Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1921, Page 6

L] = THE EVENING STAR, With Sunduy Morning Edition. WASHINGTCN,D. G TUESDAY......January 10, 1921 THEODCLZ W. NOYER. .. .Iditor The Everiug Star Newspaper Company Business utice. 11th 8t. aad Peansylraaia Ave. Ncw York ;_Tribune i Chlcago Vitic Figst Natioial Baak Ml Kuropean Uffice: 3 Regent 8t., Loudon, Eag' Star, with the Sunday vered by carviers within the city 4 ot 80 conts per month: daily only. 45 cents per month: Ru-ry ualv, 20 cenie per month. dora mg, mail, o telsplioas Main by carriers at the Rate hy Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virgin'a. Dafly and Sunday..lyr, £ 101 mao.. Dailv only .. 1 vr. a0 1 ma., 8unday onlv Ay, e 40:1mo. All Other States. e Paftv and Sunday.1 = Daily onlv .. B .. “: Sunday only & - A Charities end Corrections Code. | Vice President arshall’s interest in the matter of devising a svstem or code of laws for the District of Co- lumbia governing charities and cor- rections has resulted in the prepara- tion of a bill after expert planning and with careful drafting in consulta- tion with representatives of all the local agencies. This measure, a com- prehensive and constructive scheme, is based upon the best practice that prevails elsewhere in respect to char- ity organization and correctional work. It provides for a new branch of the District government, to be known as the department of public welfare, a title susceptible, it may be, to mis- interpretation in view of the proposed creation of a federal department un- der the same title, but embracing far different lines of national work. It is Mr. Marshall's hope that he may be able to secure the enactment of this bill at the present session, which will close his eight years of mervice as Vice President. It will be & most graceful act by Congress to accede to his desire, especially as a measure of this sort is urgently need- ed. It is not merely that there is lack of system in the District charity laws, or that there are imperfections in some of the statutes and practices, or that there is waste of effort by over- lapping. The important point is that the District is living in its charity and correctional work, so to speak, from hand to mouth. Its system is the result of occasional emergency enactments. There is no correlation #ave that which has been worked out by necessity. This measure which the Vice Presi- dent now advocates may have its faults. In the discussion of the bill, however, these faults have not ap- peared of moment. On the contrary, the chances of error have been re- duced to a minimum. The bill has been drawn under the scrutiny of rep- resentatives of all the agencies that are now at work in the District for the correction of misdemeanor, de- linquency, and improvidence and the care of those mentally deficient. It is’ probably as workable and practieal a plan as can be devised for the co-ordi- nation of all these energies under & single supervision at the head of which ‘will stand the Commissioners of the District. It is urgently important to secure this codification, as it were, of the| charities statutes. If faults develop they can be corretted by later legis- lation. Experience will be the best tes. of the efficiency of the system. The District is grateful to the Vice President for his interest and his pres- ent endeavor in its behalf. ————e———e— Naval Balloon “Training.” Some light is being thrown on the reason why the naval balloon that ‘was blown over into Canada was sent out in winter time. At the court of inquiry the commandant of the naval air station from which the flight started said that the purpose of the fiflght was to train naval air pilots. | i So | tient, and in thelr Impatience deraund = lthe impossible. i This is the first statement on the] score that has been given. But it ‘would seem to be fair to suggest that ¥ the object is to train pilots surely one of\the first precautions to be taken is that there will be pilots to be train- ed, and one of the surest ways of los- ing pilots is to send them off in win- ter time in non-dirigible gas bags with inadequate clothing and pro- visions and without consultation with the weather service. If winter train- ing is desirable—if balloon training is really needed—surely the risks can be reduced. That is to say, unless it 1s the naval balloon standard to pro- vide the hardest possible test and the greatest possible risk as measures of elimination. On that basis the return of these three men from the frozen north may stamp the flight as a com- plete success, even though the balloon ‘was lost. ——eee—————— If battleship construction can be dispensed with, an economy of money, labor and inventive energy will be effected which should be of assistance in making the problems of living easier in the humbler walks of hu- manity. ———e— e A device that will enable ships to navigate safely in a fog has been per- fected by Marconi. Unfortunately for European explorers of diplomatic seas, it cannot be made to apply to ships of state. —————— Pancho Villa has retired from poli- tics so completely that he has not even published an opinion on the league of nations. ———————— Confidence in Mr. Harding. ‘The following is taken from an ad- dress signed by the citizens of Hunt- ington, Ind., and delivered to Mr. Harding at Marion by one of their number: “The American people will not ex- pect the impossible from you in the way of reconstruction, because you had the magnificent courage during the paign to frankly tell the na- tion Yhat there is no panacea for our ills, but that oply individual and na- tional thrift and industry., and the fullest practice of peace-time patriot- ism will solve our problems and re- store normal conditions. ¢ * * W h ulterior motive whatever. ‘We bave no desire to help you name your advisers or to tell you how to administer the affairs of state. Frank- ly, we think you are entirely ca- Pable of doing that yourself, and we % | ? | have the conviction that the .gr majority of the American P think o0, too. Go om, and may bless you.” This address must have given Mr. Hearding great pleasure. Here were good folks with no advice to offer, either as to appointments to office or as to policies, but with confidence! in kis ability to surround himself with the right sort of men and shape the rigiit sort of course. That they spoke sincerely for themselves there can be | ino doubt, and lucky will it be for Mr. |should arise and the United States IHerding it they have sensed correct- |should need 5£00.000 or more men in Orly the feeling of the péople in gen-|8 burry—and an eral. Mr. Harding's danger lies In the| fact that expectations are very high; | ithal there is a great deal to be done;, dunt material for the ran at many people may grow impu-‘ So much is in dis-| order, and so general is the unrest| growing out of the disorder, and so pressing is the necessity for ameliora- | tion that only a superman cqui; H with superhun:an agencles could right things as speedily as desired. The people must give Mr. Ha:ding | time. He dues not set up for a super- | man, and he promises nothing but his best services with the best agencies it his command. The Council of Social Agencies. Problems incident to social welfare work call for the same degree of | trank co-operation as is demanded by | each of the many problems confront- ing society today. That the several! agencies engaged in the important task of driving sorrow and want and despair from Washington are fully aware of that fact is evidenced by the recent formation of the Washington Council of Social Agencies. Their ac- tion in so doing, connoting as it does an eagerness to work shoulder to shoulder in full efficiency toward their mutual goal, will be heartily indorsed by the city as a whole. ‘The social problems of Washington, as of any large community, are many and complex. To comprehend those problems, to see the big job ahead as a whole rather than in its component parts, and to plan for co-ordinated effort in the efficient handiing of that job is the work before the council. Members of the organizaticn are fully justified in their confidence that the citizens of the District, given the assurance that the agencies of Wash- ington are working together toward the attainment of maximum efficiency in their general and particular tasks, will accord each that financial sup- port essential to continued effort in even greater generosity than in the past. The council, in its purposes of avoiding duplicated effort, of seeing that uncared for social needs are cov- ered, of lining up its member agencies behind needed legislation and of keep- ing Washingtonians informed through effective publicity of the work and needs of its member agencies, can per- form a large service. Thirty-two of the most progressive of the social agencies of Washington s0 far comprise the membership of the council. Shortly the number should include every worthy agency in the National Capital. It is difficult to conceive of any organization en- gaged in social work which could not benefit through membership. Yet ad- mitting that such may exist, the duty of joining will still be insistent. For, with nothing to receive itself, it would still have much to give to others. And the future of welfare work, with the future of the world, rests today upon the ability and willingness of men and women and governments of men and women to meet face to face in the frank and sincere determina- tion to dispose of their problems. ——— Prohibition Commissioner Kramer will not retain his - position after March 4. Whatever his next employ- ment may be it will probably be easjer. ——————— Genuine winter weather has been 80 scant that an occasional fall in the January temperature seems only a reasonable concession to the boy with the Christmas sled. l {ing one tian |in the House he was a joy THE T men who ere to command in’case of an emergency must be developed out- side of the regular establishment. They may come from or through the National Guard, the reorganization of which 1s now developing more satis- ! factorily than for many years. They may come through reserve organiza- tions or through occasional officers’ training camps or through the schocls and colleges. But there must be some | system, else if another eme:gency | army of tkis size | in 2 hurry—the coun- would be nevded try would be fac ficulty that it n with a shortage of men to train and com- mand. ———————————— Col. Tom Ockil'ree. “How soon we are forgot when we are gone!” Rip's Jament has o wide application, but n:where a mol n the world of H. M. Wurzbach. who will represent the fiftecnth Texas district in the next Congress, is advertised as the flvst republican elected to the House from | that state. This leaves out of the| reckoning the Hon. Thomas P. Ochil- tree, who sat in the Fuorty-eighth Con- gress for the Galve: “*Colonel Tom," had no “call” for did not tarr hut dur he tesn was known, anship, and one term in that} body. He mude a zood speech, wa faithful in atlendance, ated friendships on both sides of the cham- ber and was popular on both. But it was in the cloakrooms that he shone, and wrought his best ef- fects. A traveied man; a celebrity himself, and chummy with many celeb- rities at home and abroad; a story teller of exceptional charm, and with many of the best stowed away in the back of his head, he was irresistible when in the humor, and gathered, and held, an audience with ease. But, at that time, Texas was not hospitable to republican ideas and policies, and the Galveston district did not repeat its preference for *‘Colo- nel Tom.” So he passed out of the same. But he left behind the memory of a hundred good yarns, told with inimitable ease and effec: cu The Special Session. Whether the date for calling the |\, new Congress in extra session is fixed for late in March or early in April is of small consequence. A furtnl;.‘htl will not count. The point is to have | the bill revising thé Underwood tariff | law ready for immediate considera- tion. Present prospects for that are favorable. The ways and means com- | come of ran} EVENING STAR. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 192T. Editerial Digest l Townley Moves to Kansas. When the so-called “Czar” Townley | of the Non-Partisan League invaded: the Sunflower state and the localj posts of the American Legion pro-| posed to run him out, the American press refused to consider either event as m pgx a crisis in Kausan his- tory. s. of the newspapers seel! to feel that the ex-service men have a right to combat the Non-Partisan ! League, at least, now that their na- tional commander has decreed that it cannot be done under the Legion's| banner, and separate organization | has becn forme k con v wiil T Do in Pari n- o Mem lisis of 1 combat i of discretion American Lo introduction Townley brand under the tith League, has = o of North D-ukeoa are to oy tue lea we fecl sure, (1 528wl suppo er than « in the recent war.” Since the Non not true ‘o its s Amieri purpose altacking the What the ¢ “no mo Herald legion’s fizht mears of the Herald th “the chief Part a failure” rmer soldiers farmers is met by bona fide proof of failure in the North Dakota experi- mental field, there is no nced to fear that Mr. Townley will muster strength in the Sunflower state.” This fecling that the league is real- 1y going to pieces is echoed by a num- ber of w The Houston FPost (democrat. for instance, con: n for Thwnl is the fact that re a fruitful new he will be ou that the chief re: invasion of unless he can field for his of a job soon - in Nori a8 Montana cratic) spe: move towa westward ag We've been stunz once. farmers want to dig up the sion fee for the Townicy circ ness and_nobody mittee is making good progress with | Whit its hearings, and at their conclusion | the measure can be drafted in time for prompt presentation to the House. How long the House will “chew on it” is a question. The measure will be full of debate, and many members, full of the subject, will want to ex- press themselves at length. But the House has means of curtailing debate, | and employs them even at the ex-, pense of the most important measures. | It may employ them at the expense ! of this measure. § The tug of war will come in the Senate, where a mild form of cloture exists, but dues not interfere with a full and free expression of opinion. | And the Senate likes a tariff debate. | Five times in the past thirty vears— in 1890, 1894, 1897, 1909 and 1913—it ! indulged itself freely, and made many changes each” time in the bill the| House had sent over. ¥n 1913 it held | the House bill for five months, and! touched it up considerably. .The tariff; of course, will not be the only question presented at the special | session, but will be far and away| the most important to the country. In some measure it will touch every- body, and therefore be of general interest. ——————— When there is a change of admin- istration an important portion of the | inaugural parade is necessarily regu- lated by the “one way” traffic sys- Naval ballooning has been returned : tem. to the attention of scientific experts without any further fear that a ref- eree will be required. i ‘The Poles regard the movements of the bolshevik army as offensive, not only in the military, but in the ordi- nary sense of the word. ? The Army Limitation. After a preliminary maneuver which indicated a disposition to place the limit at 150,000 men, the Senate has voted for an Army of 175,000, and the House bas taken similar action. This insures an army of the size recom- mended by the military chiefs. The difference of 25,000 between the two proposed limitations is not material from the public point of view, but in the judgment of those who under- stand the military situation best the larger organization is necessary to af- ford the proper basis for expansion in case of need and for the proper maintenance of essential guard duty in time of peace. The great war proved that the United States can quickly create and develop a large civillan army. It is not necessary to keep an immense standing force of trained men to be ready for an emergency. In six months after the first call men can be available for duty at home or abroad in numbers equaling the ca- pacity of our transports in the case of foreign duty and fully equal to the requirements in case of invasion by 8 foreign foe. But the primary les- son of the war was the need of officers to drill, train and guide such a force of men. ‘When the United States entered the war in 1917 it was unprepared for a large expansion of its army in terms of experienced men to command. The officers’ training camps, hastily or- ganized, filled the need fairly well, but there were many mistakes and many bad selections, and doubtless the chief of the faults developed by our expeditionary forces was due to the lack of adequate trained officers. It is tmpossible to maintain an army large enough in time of peace to provide in fitself the officer nucleus for a war army of magnitude, The ———————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. March Enthusiasm. We will have some entertainment, Though the fireworks we will miss. We will wait for the arraignment On that subject or on this. When the arguments are thund'rous In magnificent array ‘We will revel in the wondrous Conversational display! Pyrotechnics they will scatter Through the parliamentary grind. Prejudices they will shatter By explosions of the mind. So we’ll wait and be contented, For the future will be gay ‘With a great, unprecedented Conversational display! Radical Remedy. “What is your remedy for unrest?” “To have as much as possible,” re- plied the busy sovietist, “all at once and get it over with.” “A feller that tries to live without work,” said Jud Tunkins, “thinks he's a slicker when he's only a slacker.” Starts and Finishes. Our human projects seldom In a consistent course. The easlest laws to make may prove The hardest to enforce. move Confusing. “Isn’t it confusing to buy' your spring clothes so early?” “Yes,” replied Mrs. Upton Dayton, “we are getting so far ahead of the seasons that I hardly know whether I am wearing my winter wraps or my summer furs. Un-Merriment. “Wouldn't you like to see an old- fashioned comic opera with a chorus of merry villagers” “No,” replied the census expert. “It would be too untrue to life. Every- body seems to think that in order to be happy he must move into town. There’s no such thing as a merry vil- Jager.” ‘ed himself out of court in the Dak in the Fargo (N. D. league’s own ores the publicity tha “from the The B to eript (independent republican) makes an appeal against any form of “sunpression”: “Kansas fought a hard fight for - speech in the 2 cannot wcll give up the idea now. of seditious talk of zovernment-des tion throuzh communism and anarc the platform should always be free. Mr. Townley talk. He has already ti-slavery days, and -a Short The true Kansas, loyal Kansas the American 5 i $ ) : RECORD i EXPEN- o P Rolfe E. Bolling Prestdent. R. Golden Donaldson Chatrm: an of the Board. James H. Baden Cashler. January Nineteenth— National Life Insurance Day **5.—Carry Life Insurance—to pro- tect your loved ones in case of your death.” *6.—Make a Will—to help insure your rescurces going quickly to those you desire.” The above quotations. taken from the Ten-point Finan- cial Creed, contain advice which should be followed by every one. In taking out life insurance, consult your banker and, ask him to give vou the names of several companies whose reliability i1s unquestioned. The represcntatives of these chmpanies will be glad to point out to you the advantag.es of the different policies, and you can then select the pollcy which best suits your needs. In making a will, it is well to appojnt as your executor a trust company to act with any individual you may care to name. There are many mnstances where indivx uals ap- pointcd as executors have both dicd. and the estate of the deceased has had to go through the courts for settlement. Any of our officers will be happy to help you with sug- gestions in regard to these most important matters. The Commercial National Bank will win this fizht as it! won the others.” i The Montgomery Advertiser (demo- crat) does not worry over the sitwation, | but believes that the safety of Ka lies in its prosperity rather than in izsl | i | discreation. 1 No Bone-Dry High Seas. I The American shipping men who appeared before the House judic committee to urge the passage of ([l the Edmonds bill to superzcs. the Palmer ruling strictly applying the | Volstead law to American passenger | ships made their case clear. H The American merchant marine, so | far as international passenger ser H ice is concerned, will be out of bust- | ness if the Palmer rule is enforced. | We can have passenger liners or we | can have the satisfaction of saying ||i all American ships are liquorless, but we cannot have both. i The Paimer rule attempts to apply | the Volstead law to the high seas.| It can't be done, for we have no ex- clusive jurisdiction over the high seas. Other nations will not adopt | our regulation. We can't make them. | And we can’t escape the competition of ships’ not operating under the | Palmer rule. To build up our American merchant | marine at best will be difficult. cannot succeed unless our xhips have | |l 2 100 per cent chance to secure busi- | | | ness. They will not have such a chance if the Palmer rule stands.— New York Tribune (republican). Our Russian Policy. | Acting Secretaty Davis of the State Department is very happy in that portion of his letter to ex-Judge Al- ton B. Parker, president of the Na- tional Civic Federation, in which he sets out the Itussian policy of th United States in the matter of phi anthropic relief work in reply to cer- tain statements of an organization calling itself the League of Free Na- tions, In Substance, Mr. Davis settles cer- tain basic things that it is well for the country to understand. His let- ter establlshes the important fact that it is not the United States gov- ernment that has interfered in any way with organizations that would relieve the sick and the amicted in |l Russia, but the soviet government. 1t is the soviet government that re- ||| fused to let the Hoover relief ad- ministration last summer feed the starving babies in that part of Poland | controlied by the bolshevists. And in all that large section of Russia|| which bolshevism controls today no relief organizations have been al-| lowed to operate save in so far as' all that they have done has been! strictly placéd under the control of | the central soviet commissariat. | Moreover, Mr. Davis makes it clear | that on théir own risk Americans are | free to go and come from Russia and | to trade with it in 8o far as the soviet government allows them to do so.| “That the actual facts should be so fanatically misrepresented by the | league is characteristic of the pe- culiar incapacity of any one believ- | ing in bolshevism to tell the truth!| about any issue in which it figures.—- I’hi;udl;lnhm Public Ledger (independ- || ent). If you have a half hour to spend, don’t spend it with some one who hasn’t.—Columbia (8. C.) Record. Here’'s wishing you many little in- come tax exemptions for the current year.—Houston Chronicle. 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