Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1921, Page 35

e MAJORITY IN HOUSE FACES DISCONTENT Numerous Complaints Regarding Reor- ganization Will Confront Republican Caucus Tomorrow Night. | BY WILL P. KENVEDY T the republican caucus tomor- row night the more than 100 new men coming in for the Six- 1 have had in the House for some time. Then there is Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee to help make | the going as hard as possible for the | republicans. This is one reason why venth Congress will have|Some of the best republican ‘;fl:’"“ ) 5 B iy are urging the confirmation of Gar- rst opportunity to participate in | .. 44" judge—to get him out of the the majority conclave. ARt it e iouse. y Meanwhile the old members are secth-| So, the repubfican leaders are await- ing and fretting and schemi ling the caucus and preparing for the 5 new Congress in a not too well satis- g various reforms and conflictin yrganization | ¢ 2 ]_,.mmw nd, conflicting organization | fioq and contented frame of mind. First off, the republican leaders in Powerful Whip Desired. That's one reason why they want to select a powerful whip, who will be | even more important than the Speak- er. because, as one prominent repub- lican in pointing out why power should, be restored to the Speaker. said: “We might just about as well { hire some one to preside.” A strong s and | man, if made whip, could make him- ! the House | the House realize that the party majori- ty in the new Congress will be so large that' it will unwieldy, and so, they are devising ways to promote col There is persistent talk that they want a real party whose busi will be to keep the run of bus be w ion. whip see that the republican members use!Self the biggest man in 3 their big major h to the best!and Win an unprecedented following. At oTIY SIrensih 10 ¢ Pt He could make himself the outstand- advantage in carrying out the party|ing figure in line for the Speakership. policies and program. The e looking | ®There are several avowed candig for a whin to whom the many new|dates for whip against Representa- members will naturally look for guid-|tive Harold Knutson of Minnesota— ane 2 { Pepresentative Charles B. Ward of Y on!New York and Representative James committee assignments, espec, i T. Begg of Ohio. But Representative Then there the recurrent que of THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 27, 1921_PART 2 Vice President Marshall, After|Peace in Industry the Foremost NEAR EAST HOLDS Eight Years in Office, Must “Make Good” Again. BY JOHN L. MARTIN. ANS official introduction, sans advance press notices, sans everything tending r intended to capi former Vice President of the States, |planning to visit Europe in May, jjust plain Tom Marshall of Indi: intent on secing the country lunostentatious and good old-fashion- Vi ize his ce President ed American way. He is going over delcgate to the Masonic world meet- primarily prestige as a United Marshall is s na, in an as a ing to be held at Lausanne, Switzer- {1and, May 30, nd has no intention of {mixing in world politics or trying to revamp the league of nations. | be his first It will sit to the old world, and | {he is looking forward with the thrill | {df .a schoolboy to the exciting di- version of figuring out foreign time | tables and bills of fare. * £ % % With characteristic Marshall humor, the Vice President set i suspicion |that nis visit abroad would be con- {nected with the movement for world peace. “Mrs. committee eh:irma There | James R. Mann of Iilinois, the vet- been consideraple comy which | cran republican leader in the House, ving that Knut which may Marshall and 1 want to Europe just as every-day Americans,’ he said, “and not as venders of at rest any have existed see ny international patent medicine intend- offers a {ed to cure the ills of the world. “If America sure cure it weeks, against scme of the older men|son is not to be ousted. and if Mann!muyst be remembered that it will have who have been chairmen during the ses-| is ready to make a fight for Knutsonito come from some one connected sion Jjust closing. Among those Who|the probabilities are strong thatwith the new administration, apd not have been ecriticised by t fellow re-{ Knutson stays—because, as said be-|from vagrant wanderer ovfr. the publicans, who say it is 0o bad’ that | fore there are not going to be any |strickcn areas of Europe whose gray the seniority rule betckens their again! ot €00 STC NOL EOTRE Imatter will be sufficiently exhausted being in charsze, are: Fordney of Mich W'l just ‘slush’ along about ag|il endeavoring to make known his &an, ways and mean: ene of Mas we have been @oing.” said one of the |Physical wants without entering into chusetts, merchant marine and fisheries ; | W Nave beenfoingt ST Bne 0 08 | the problems of life, death and im- Steencrsun of Minnesota, post office and | {HOSC AR, [ 0¢ S This) mortality. post roads: Haushen of owa, agricul-| BAOSE JWAETENC F SRC0 OO o alo | Mr. Marshall confesses he is much ture. There is also considerable within- | ECh S 0.0 /S Whip, in name, title | party feeling against Volstead of Min-i 20a Sl ive™ (e " ane like Repre- nesota continuing as chairman of the | ST0 TR NCTATHE (OOC, TS 300007 Judiciary committee, since he was mot: il L Wno“is o close student of Te-elected as a ref n candidate, and | agigiation and a good politician, ce fie threw ove s party that made ! qp0it, resourceful and quick—will be | him chairman for the prohibition party | garels THSQEIYe 200 SHN g Ciner Cali- in the recent special election in ! for the republican flock. Of course.: fornia b .1 Walsh could not be farmally olocnd} Probably the greatest interest in p because that would give the | any committee chairmanship Is taken Pay state too much honor and | in appropriations, w Will be the | power in the House. With " Walsh | most powerful committee in the 4ng Mann to help steady when some House, especially when the federal | one starts to rock the boat, the re- budget legislation is passed, wWith the | pynhlicans. notwithstanding their un- prospec Chairman Good of Jowa s wicldy majority. will not be in such retiring early in the new Congress to | had way after all. ° | 1ge in private busine Speaker Gillett and House Leader | There has recently been a surpris- | \fondell will succeed themselves | ing amount nt amons the | without opposition. best po d statesmen in Con-| The committee chairmen will be! gress, m of both major partic about the same as at present— | 10 the effect t t best interests of | cyen Mr. Volstead will likely be | the country in legislation would be!again head of the judiciary commit- { conserved by resioring more power 10 | tee, in spite of the flare-up of re : the Speaker atting the right in his| sentment because he chambpioned .a | the committee chair- him responsible for hands to appo. man. and holdin | prohibition candidate in California opposing a republican candidate. i < Aetcatiiiri thfaitna thalra sy | APYEOREIntisns) Commistec Hean: of Congress toward such a course.;, But the chairmanship of the ap- They say that they do not favor a Propriations committee is a preblem return {o extremes of czarism or to | that will live after the new Consress | the days of Canhoni: but they do|reorganizes. It is an open secret: say it would he infinifely hetter to; that. though Representative James | W. Good of Towa will be reappointed | chairman of the appropriations com- concentrate and centralize authority and respon: ibility. jich: X | mittee, he will stay only long enough Seniority Rule Opposed. | to see the federal budget system Yet anether wave of sentiment is ifi | become amjaw. Already there is a favor of abolishing the seniority rule | contest on for selection of his suc- under which ®he senior member from | cessor. Represemtative Charles W. the majority party on a committes | Davis of Minnesota is the ranking automaticaliy becomes chairman. With | republican. who, under the seniority dissatisfaction manifest in the case of some of the committee chairmanships, it is pointed out that now would be a {rule, would succeed Chairman Good. | Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, recently returned to the ap- psychological time to try to override the seniority rule. The veteran mem- bers who would lose by such a revo- propriations committee frogm the ! post office committee, ranks next m! { Mr. Davis and i§ an avowed candi- lution are in a very &mall minority. | date for the chairmanship. Repre- The more active and progressive run- | sentative Davis believes the seniority ners-up on such committees feel that | rule should be followed: Representa- thev would ba chosen for the chairman- | tive Madden is in favor of abolish- | ship. as, for example, Longworth of | ing it. g { ©Ohio on the ways and means: Ed-| As a matter of fact. their col- | munds of Pennsylvania. merchant ma- | leagues do not feel that either Davis | ~.rine and fisheries. and Walsh of Mas- | or Madden will be chairman. The sachusetts, judiciary. The men who | hope is that the best cualified man have been in the House for a couplein the new House can be placed fin of terms, who have been active in|charze of this committee to handle | committee and on the floor, feel that | the federal budget. Discussing what they would get places of importance | may happen “if and when™ Chairman i and honor more immediately. The big | Good resigns, Representative Mann influx of new members would naturs|said the new chairman might be aily feel that they might win place | chosen by caucus. or by the com- and prominence more quickly in 4 |mittee on commiftees. by seniority free-for-all contest than under a rule | rule, or might be elected by the mem- which would hold them back until | bers of the committee of thirty-five. they had served a long apprentice- | Some members have thought that ship im House legisiation. : the inereased importance of this com- But, thgush the members are doing, Mittee in the new Cougress might en- a lot of¥planning dnd conspiring as | tice Speaker Gillett or House Leader 1o how they can effect reforms, and Mondell to return as chairman. Thi though it is openly admitted that 8 notlikely. The majority floor lead- some of theses changes are desirable T J%. in fact. too busy about other; in the public interest, it's & pretty MALers to devote the time and Stufd | safe assertion that fthe republican [CCCSSaTY fdr any commities Tt one. | caucus tomorrow night will do noth-| p.cides that. he should hold himself { ing drastic or reveluti setting. nary Or UP- | in the position of umpire or arbiter or impartial judee as between commit- { The new House will We reorganized tees and committee chairmen. just about a is today, along the! There has a'so been a quiet cam Jihes of the least resistance. There naign in putting forward the quali- Will be no reorganization that will ' fications of Theodore E. Burton of | stir up a fight Ohio. who is returning to the House | Hat mes in the new Congress. His friends are ¢ T 2 emphasizing his prestige, his well | mority is not asleep or blind to its 9P~y noywn ability as a leader and the fact portunit and that is something that he knows the game, baving once | ¢lse that the republican leaders have peen on the appropriations committee | 1 i le, the democratic mi- to take most seriously into consid-|and having made his big name as eration. Under crafty, persistent, able jcngtime chairman of the rivers and Jeadership mallest democratic harhors committee. But the chances ! minori or sat in the House are Burton will ngt be selected for the | of trouble for post. o aajority.| The apnropriations committee is the this one comamittee that will probably have can cause a whole lot the cumbersome republican Champ Clark is leaving Congres D I e Kitch. | @ new chairman. selected without re seaslo ’{\,(,';:};‘r‘ At Jauds ?,’(:5.‘:1 course to the seniority rule or stand- that he w the ways and . nd that it is a new committee. | office means comu and lead the party 50 000y Tiven that would leave the i Raleigh, in the Hou s strength permit- ',y open for a general change. ting. 1f Kitchin fails Representative| "qj) in all, the House majority are ! pefore he John Garner of Téxas is the logical|cpcouptering troubles of their own successor, and cognized as one of and the leaders are not having a par- | go to 8 SSeiel poncilane he damecrminrsicaiariy iasatul e, £ 0 2 L0 ) PRIZES FOR' THE BEST POSTERS | the the democratslticularly peaceful time hest I3 SHOWING NEED OF CHINA RELIEF| The best posters contributed by|denomination. including Jews, i3 rep- ety s resented in this fots). while gifts % ngton a illustrative of the| o o forwarded from such wide. | need for funds for the 15,000,000 men, | |y ‘scattered poin < Cubn, Hawaii, wdmen and children in the famine| Camada and forelgn countr 5 e 5 - eiv: teturned travelers from China are area of China will not only ""‘lo amonz the first to wive indignant dec prize. but will also be exhibited to the | no e Zjesarions that the Chinese public, according announcement| people are indifferent to the famine from the Washington branch of theytr: "ev‘ly ;nl lllmr _"" !‘h"l;lfl provinces. 4 e it don’t believe it,” ix the sta i American Committee for China Fam-} , . 'S0 er "Nrs. Simeon p‘ifi’fn‘”{frflf‘ ine Fund. All artists desirous of en-ihos just returned from her second trip te ring this competition should com-|to Chi where she spent much time ting with Miss Louise|0n the edge of the famine region and i saw relief parties going into the dev- to municate in w Delano, Washington China Faminc|,geated provinces, and refugees coming ¥und Committee, Red Cross nationaliout of them. headqua: Situation “Incredibly Tragie.” TH ale na life-saving stamps | The situation is too incredibly rapidly, according to| tragic to be described in words,” she ayson, treasurer of the!said. *“The Chinese are making great Jocal stamp committee. The stamps|efforts 1§ relieve the situation, and T sell for three cents each—the sum|was all the more amazed when I rving | reached this country o find that many | people believe the Chinese to be | apathetic in this matter. 1 know ab- i keeps one Ch to death each day. “It is becoming fashionable to at-colutely, at first hand, that this is not aeh Clina 1 ne ;-\;-mm” Gray e wealthy Chinese are giving most “Many i and busine generously, according to Mrs. Ford. sre pasting these little stickers on the| In addition to contributing ~money acks of | they are doing much constructive hu- of Contributions. mgnitarian work. In commenting on parents selling Ford said th: their children, Mrs. " or the customary alsaam St I imake good again ncerned at present in his ability to a private citizen He s going to give himself a sort of preliminary test in a seven-week lec- ture tour, { March 7 which he will This will carry Massachusetts to the Pacifi commence him from coast. It is his ambition to make enough money out of seven weeks of talking to enable to sce Europe mits some misgivings as the lecture platform shall not prove Mrs. Marshal n comfor 1 and himself t. But he ad- to whether -essential in- from Europe— He has | to be one of the ‘“non dustries put out of commission by the war."” * ok ok % When he returns well, that is another story the law—a profession made good before he became Gover- in” which he nor of Indiana—to return to, and a literary career if he desires it For newspapers and periodicals ®have made him flattering offers to write for pay. Any one .who is fortunate cnough to have a chat with the Vice Presi dent in th s - last busy days of the present Congress must Carry away an impression of his genuine regret in bidding farewell to his associates of both political parties in the Senate over whose deliberations he has pre- sided for eight years. 1t has been the lot of no presiding officer to make more friendships in_the Scnale than have been made by Mr. Marshall. * ok ok K “I came here eight years ago, un- | Known, ucw to WasninZion life, whol- 1y unacq with iegisiative bod- 1es,” ne had never veen in- |side a legisiative body except to de- IVer messages ws governor to the general asscmbly of the state of In- diana. 1 tound | eriticism of my i | ease, tnat senators were | wiling and generally a more than xious to ¢ LIS IPendiy remtions between the chair and the Senate. IL wasn't long unul 1 fcli, however dive Views mizhi be on public we had @ mutual respect tor cach otin- ©r. AL the end of eignt years Loam teaving. My personal and omicial v iauonsips are cordial. However uen may disagree on pubhic luuestions, that disagreement does not Lameed our private and social reia- toas.” Continuing in a reminiscent strain, the v Fresident said: peculiar position of the Vice DL seems Lo me to make him the official dincr-out of the adminis- tration. He is to an administration | What a charming and vivacious wife IS 10 an_ambitious husband. If he will beath aud smile, manifest good { humor and uccept ali the invitations that he can Lo ainncr parties, he can at least have the satsfaction of knowing that if he has been of no uge to his party, he has nogy been a situmbling block in the p: v of, its progress.” sked whether hé had any friendly “donts’ to sug 1 1o oy Coolidse the next presiding officer of the ate. Mr. Marshall repl that the school for a Vice President is the school of experience. E President to the Mar- their The Vice referred friendships which he and Mrs. W shall had made in Washington: interest in the development of Wash- ington as the gre capital in the | world, and their - ‘U in leaving the city. o The people of Washington have | been more than generous to Mrs. Mar- shall and me.” he said t even in the beginning did anybody ask me what state 1 came from, body has turned a cold shoulde cause [ | happencd to be a Hoosier. When | Washington soci cases (o poke | t 2 Hoosier, is no longer ! any question about this_country be- | a nation with a big N. | “Whethe official or soeial circles | or among those who were interested | in the effort to promote the good of could convince me that Jesus Christ | Washington. we have been received | with open arms. I had a minister |‘m|w~ who wanted me to come nd | hear him preach, because he said he | was not divine. I refused, not on the ground that he could not convince me. but on the ground that I did not want him 10 if he conld “If Mrs. Mar and T do not have the respect of all grades of Washing- on eitizens. whether in or out of pol 1 and social : if, secretly. they are glad t go. we do not want to know it “For wa ar © rezretfullv. of course. but with that regret sweet- ened with the belief that there are | many here who wou'd be willing, if we were not democrats, to have us | st ALBERT S. BURLESON, Postmaster Gemeral. PRECEDENT BROKEN. BY WILSON CABINET (Continued from First Page.) 5 ’ !mm to his home, in Stroudsburg, i Pa., and practice law. Secretary Danjels of the Navy will of his the ing. This will nrobably be done on the | return to his editorial desk in. the H i News and Observer, N. C. He is proprietor of {the paper, and was for many years entered the cabinet. Postmaster General Burleson will ranch near Austin, Tex., and engage in agricultural pursuits. Secretary Payne of the Depart- “intensiv America’s total| this country that the parents took the B i i money thus obtained and went joy- contributions ESHEONOL ”“"[n.nm; el trath 1a " he canlaies £tarving people prif China have | “the majority of parents, after selling reachan LS according to a thein children, creep into some obscure S 3 {=pot and die. They have sold thel aten ] Vernop Mun- i (1. “ones to save. them from this roe, trea of the American Com- | fate. Frequently they never make mittee for China Fund. avpointed last {any effort to spend the money thus December by P'r dent Wilson, with | obtained. Thomas W. Lamont of New York aslmay do to help these people she cai <bainman. Fractically every church not handle this tragedy glone.’ home. mer Secretary Burleson, and Glass. from the Senate, nor any one who had | been a senator. been suggested that his path might have been a bit easier had he called into his official famils a vreviously various quarters. and h fore. Postmaster General Burleson has No matter how much China |been attacked as an opponent of or- n- | ggnizations of government employes Gallatin, Mo., ment of the Interior willgreturn to Chicago and his law practife. Meredith of the Depart- { ment of Agriculture will return to his home, in. Des Moines, lowa, where he is publisher of *Successful Farming, one of the largest and most success- ful farm papers published. Secretary Alexander of the Depart- ment of Commerce will return to his town. the practice of law. Secretary Wilson of the Department of Labor will return to Bellefonte, Pa. where he has a farm. President Wilson drafted from the House five members of his cabinet— to_ resume Redfield, Palmer, -Wilson He took none. however. * k% X for owever, the It has senator or two. The attacks made upon the Wilson cabinet have been varied and from Labor has had its knife out for Attorney General Pal- Postmaster General Burleson. Mr. Palmer incurred labor's opposition when he used the Lever food and fuel control act to break the coal strike in 1919. of the country have assailed Mr. Fal- mer because of the manner in which he handled the “reds.” most exciting experience, probably, of any of the cabinet members, when a bomb was dropped outside his house, supposedly by a “red,” and part of the front of the house blown away. Secretary Diniels caused a protest from navai circles when he put prohi- bition into effect before nation-wide prohibition was enacted into law. has sought ever to improve the con- dition of the enlisted man, and in his efforts has tread on the toes of tra- ditions of the old Navy. regime. Navy has been built up as never be- The radicals He had the He Under his United States and of organizéd labor generally.” He JOSEPHUS DANIE Secretary of the Navy. WILLIAM B. WILSON, Secretary of Labo has been charged with giving the radicals of the country a raw deal, closing the mails to their publica- tions. " But for the first time in his- tory the books of the Post Office De- partment showed: a credit balance during his administration and the service has been widely developed. The airplane mail service was begun also under his administration of the department. During_ th ment under S war the War Depart- retary Baker and Mr. Baker himself were bitterly criti- cised. Yet an Army numbering all told about 5,000,000 men was built up almost within a year and more than 2,000,000 were sent over se The war cabinet under Lincoln was fairly stable, though it had its changes, and only two of Lincoln's original appointees were serving when he was assassinated, in 1865, They were Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, and William H. Seward, Secretary of State. Lincoln forgot political lines in the needs of the Union and appointed Edwin M. Stan- ton Secretary of War, a dyed-in-the- wool democrat and strong political opponent, in 1862, and Mr. Stanton was continued throughout the war, and to the end of President Andrew Johnson's term of office, too. Mr. Stanton, by the way, served for more than a year as Attorney General in the cabinet of President Buchanan, and was holding that office when Lin- coln ‘was élected President. | of U. S. Problems, Secretary of Labor Wilson Says. EVIEWING his eight years of service as Secretary of Labor, Willlam B. Wilson, the only man who has ever Lheld that position in the cabinet, re- gards the establishment of the con- ciliation work of that office as his most important achlevement in con- nection with the building up of the newest executive department. With Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Sceretary Wijson has continued to fill the original cabinet position to which he was appointed March 5, 1913, and, though he has been the center of more than one tight during that time, he is still the rugged Scottish miner that pushed his way {from the coal mines to the Congress of the United States and then on to the cabinet. * ok ok % cabinet Sees as few mewspaper men s does Secretary Wilson, and some hint of the reason for this was given as he talked reminiscently of his fa- vorite work as Secretary—the cstan- himent of the board of concilia- tion. “T'he work was established to pro- mote industrial peace’ on the founda- | ton of industrial justice,” the Secre- | tary explatned. “It covered a wide field, and there was not much we ! could about it. In fact, while ne- | gotiations are in progress in seitic- ment of some labor difficulty more publicity the matter receives the smaller chance there is for amicable settlement. For there secm: to be more ‘news in discord tha there is in harmony, and a dispute | recgives more attention than a set- ! tlement. | “When we started the work 70 per| of the cases had reached the | i | : 1 an | | n cent Perhaps no present member of the | “The Americanization program of the department might well be given third place. We began that work seven yvears ago, and though it has| come to be a word to juggle withd since that time, we hav proceeded along our original course. striving to give the immigrant the spirit of our | institutions, as well as the letter of | the regulations he must know to get his naturalization papers. In three or four thousand school districts we have opened classes. both daytime! and evenings, to these potential ci zens to acquaint them with their new duties.” SRR - Having been an “immigrant boy”{ himself in 1870, when he was but} eight years old, the first Secretary of Labor has taken a keen interest in: the problem of the newcomer (o} America’s shores, and he sald it was most proper that the control of im- migration should rest with the Labor DANGERS FOR ALL Allies Again Forced to Abandon Treaties Tbrough March of Events—Turke& to Gain Concessions. BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN. LLIED statesmen, in connection with those of most interested countries, are endeavoring to end warfare in the near east But in possible agreements they face the specter of still further confict. Agreements, intangible as they may be at the moment. already have drawn forth threats of prolonged conflict by and Turks, who possibly are the two peoples immediately most con- cerned by any attempt to overhaul the treaty of Sevres, which, like the treaty of Versailles, Is found more and more difficult reconcile with the the throne. This little affair never will be forgotten. Britain naturally is supporting the Greeks in certain measure, for if the treaty finally is sustained and the Greeks do win their ficht before the near eastern negotia- tions have borne fruit, then England has much to gain. for it is England’ extreme desire to perpetuate her in- teres.s all over the near east. Axreement on Syvia. The French and British apparently e reached an agreement on the ques- on of Syria. An issue which, at one ! time, threatened relationships between Greeks i the two countries because of the French utter disregard of Emir Feisal's inter- ests. Feisal, a friend of the British, resisted French mandative powers afid turned to Britain, who had promised him to Department. 1 “Immigration is primarily an eco- nomic question and a human que tion,” he insisted, “and only inci-| dentally a political or an international | matter. The immigrant comes to our country because he is not prospering | at home as he fee hiould prosper. H Usually he has n to purchase : 1 land, no means with which he may goj into business and no maintenance ex- | cept for a few weeks The result is| that he must at onee enter our labor { market in competition with native! and naturalized citizens, and the De-| partment of Labor is more directly interested in him than anv other branch of the government.” % % In the cight vears of h's service, Sec- | retary Wilson said, the larest single task was the problem of demobilization of the Arm the remobi W the war industries and | peacetime pur- | he exception of Relzium, the ! | strike i stage before we were called | iin. But in the eight years we have ! {become so well established that the |figures are reversed, and in 70 peri jcent of the disputes we are at work | Ino(nre a strike has been called, and | in_the big majority of instances the | |nmk.; has been averted.” { * k% % | | Asked what kind of training or ex-| | perience best fitted a man for a con- Mr. Wilson | ciliator of labor troubles i i said the position called first for dipio- | | macy and a strong personality. | | i i i 2On our staff of about thirty-five men now we have two who were for veral years in the diplomatic serv- ce." he added. “Several others are men who hav: had training as em- { ployers of labor and directors of i | dustrial enterprises. and others are imen who have served long as labpr { union officials. | “It conciliation is the first-born of { the new department, I would put the | employment service next,” continued i the Secretary. “That grew to large | proportions during the war, and Con- | Eress has seen fit to reduce it to a | skeleton organization since that time. i but it is still doing a big work. We are a clearing house for information i relating to employment conditior jand have been able to co-ordinate the | work of state and municipal employ- { ment bureaus. But it would be a great thing for labor and employer {if the service should be extended rather than curtailed. { States was the only that wert through that period without | ricus labor disturbances, and several of the nations are not tarough it yet,” | he said Yet in Ma practically demobi and that without serious trouble. conntry | 1919, this country had | ized its war for 3 that time until about November 1, 1920 any competent person seeking work conid get it, and at a_remunerative woge nce that time there hasx been more less unemployment, but it was not ation. * due to demobili; “What will be the greatest problem of this department during the next quar- entury?” the Secretary w the conclusion of the inter- v i “The promotion of a better under-i \ding between the man who works{ a the he works for” said he. | nless that can be accomplished the de- | partment will have failed of its great| object. They must be tausht that their | mutual, though not identical, interests | Jie in producing with a given amount of labor the greatest amount of output pos- | sible, having always a due regard for| the heaith, recreation and rest of the| worker. But for a given amount of la-| Dbor, the greater the cutput the more the employer and employe will have to di- vide. It is the proportion of this divi-| sion of what has becn produced that is | the great source of dispute, but that can | be adjusted by wise counsel and clear | thinking.” H { following the close of thé { tional WOULD CEMENT TIES | | nevertheless remains a fact that there {brought to a vote™ there is a sufficient BY DEN McKELWAY. “ HAT the next administration will | strive to continue the friendly | relations* with South America which have characterized this i country’s attitude toward the republics | of the 'south in the last eight vears is | ! indicated in the information that Presi- dent-elect Harding is anxious to have the treaty with Colombia ratified as speedily as possible after the convening | {of the extra session of the Senate March | §4. 1t has been learned that. Mr. Hard- {Ing already has made known his views {on the pending covenant to a number | of senators, The treaty has been pending for some years, and the, delay on the part of this ountry has been used at times by fac- { tions and individuals who made capital | lof it for their propaganda unfavorable { to the best Interests of the United States. { Favorable action by the Senate, it is stated, would have a good effect' not only in Colombia, but throughout all Tatin America, where This couniry’s at- titude on any question is carefully I noted 3 'Although it has been definitely stated that the treaty would.not be. ratified by the Senate during the remaining days ! of the present session,’it is believed that President Harding's desires, together with the fact that mtch ‘of the more Ppressing apd important legislation will have been clearcd from the slate, will serve to bring about early action be- fore April. It is said that once the {question of ratifying the treaty is number who favor its adoption to as- assage. ! S howing the ratification of the present trea a pew covenant of | amity and commerce probably will be negotiated which will serve to bring further advantages to that country. Lk Senor -Alberto Cortadellas, Who has retary of the Bolivian lega- e s ‘and charge d'affaires since July 15, has been recalled by his Zovernment to take a position in the office of the ministry ‘of foreign af- Yairy. He wil} leave Washington vithi hort time. “l‘\ggv,l:‘wuénrlndellal before coming to Washington was introducer of min- {ister. and master of ceremonies In the ministry of foreign affairs, under the administration of President ‘Montes, and during that time served twice as acting undersecretary. He began his Service with his government as chief of the division of justice, department of justice, and served .for “a time afterward as professor of law in the N ) Law School, at La Paz. He N in Paris as secretary of the Bolivian legation ‘there. ) resignation of Senor Cal- de‘rgr?“lalshle July, following the over- throw of the Guerra government, Semor Cortadellas became charge d'affaires. The appo intment of a new minister to the United States from Bolivia is| expected within a short time, but no Word as to the probable selection has reached Washington. . * % ok k- Peru has selected Hipolito Unanue, ho was a great leader in that coun- try's fight for independence and re- garded as one of her leading states- men, as the “national hero” of Peru, a statue of ,whom 'will be placed in the Hall of Fame at the Pan-Amer- ican Union 'huilding. ‘The' statue—a bust—will be made by Mrs. Sallle James Farnham, a New York sculp- tress. The unveiling ceremonies probably will ‘be held in May, and will be incident to Peru's centenary celebration, which comes in July. The exercises here areeplanned for two months earlier, however, to avoid $ha lngemvenienc of having "it take TO SOUTH AMERICA Harding's Desire to Maintain Friendly| Relations ShoWn in His Wish to Have Colombian Treaty Ratified. i place in midsummer, when many of the diplomats will be out of the city. | =t | | Dr. Maxtmo H. Zepeda, minister of | foreign affairs of Nicaragua, is in Washington on a special mission and was received at the State Department last week. He will be here for the inauguration ceremonies, and, after a short visit here, will leave for France and. Italy. He will be the guest of honor at a luncheon to be giyen by Dr. L. S. Rowe of the Pan-American Union, Tuesday. { * * % ¥ ¥ { Senor Manuel Segundo Sanchez of | Venezuela, director of the natlonal li- brary of Garacas, is in Washington on Sh(’ creation of a great Arab empire if he lent the British assistance in the war. The French regarded Feisal's ac- tions ax but British endeavor to com- r a|plicate the French task in Syria, and The las a conscquence feeling ran high# It s it would appear that the French, however. . In order to find suitable settlements, ; thoroughly sick of the millions of francs the ed supreme council again will ' drain on the French treasury through have (o ko outside the treaties drafted | the mandatory in Syria, has agreed 6 world war. | grant the British certain sections of and again they wiil have to iznore the ia which will permit of the construc- ieague of nitiens. tion of a milway dircet from the Medi- More wund more European diplom tervancan to India. march of current events, the latter pre- cluding the carrying out of its terms | in_detail, | There is but one conclusion after a cek’s negotiations in London. of Sevres wiil not stund a is following centuries-old paths, Just how or where the line of com- and more expediency is becomi promise between the ailied viewpoints ruling motive in after-the- will be drawn is, of course, not Known justment. If the present trend con-| at the moment, and it may take some tinues, not a treaty to world hostilities drawn subsequent time (o determine wh L will be perpetuated neil her ‘or not there ion between the as sizned. Al will have been suppiant- | allies, Turks and the Greeks. But there ed by azreements between govern-|is general agreement in the foreign ments—pacts.predicated on the march | offices of Furope that agreement i of events and more in line with actual | necessary for the necessity in readjustment processes. | vance in southeas! Grave Danger for \ations. | The negotiations in London in whi stimulation of ad- rn Europe. tantine’s Threat. = t onstantine of Greece threat- the near east problems have b rain to show his contempt for the threshed out have been filled with s by pressing the war in the near t} |I.m‘mrv 1v»r all concerned. The | east rogardless of any decisions which sh nationalist delegation, repre-lmay be reached by the allies and Turks, aphis Kem 1. and headed Senpngi M | He stands firm for the treaty of Servres by F Semi 1 . Jhas stated em e o 4 pias s ‘i land even though the allies and Turks phalically (that fhe mationalists will| compromise territorial _economic and PecommiSon with nothing short of{financial questions to the satisfaction of T e ) all, it is declared the Greek army will not retire either from Thrace or Smyrna, If it is true that Lioyd George and Bri- jand have agrevd to surrender a fourth of that territory now held by the Greeks Thrace there ix certain to be trou- in character. He promises 1o pr its of nationals of minor popu- lations in return for like gusrantecs territoriex where the Turks the smallest portion of the populs | in ion. | In He naturally demands the return of | DI, ¢ven though Greece conscnts to give Thrace and Smyrna, but recognizes|Up her territorial claims in Smyrna the Tight of others in Arab countries | Proper. In addition to Turkish claims where the Turks are in a minority, | in Thrace, the Bulzarians likewise are Tewfik Pasha’s delegation, represent- | interested in certain sections of Thrace. £ the sultan’s government in Cop- | Particularly an outiet to the Agean, and stantinople, is in accord with the na on of the treafy in favor of the tionalists in that he, too, demand undoubtedly would lead to com- that Turkey be privileged to preside | nie tions between the allies and the Bul- over the destinics of the Dardanelles ' under guaranty that this importaat st how far the allies can be ex- aterway be opened to all nations at |pc-ted to go in enforcing any agree- w all times. ment remaing to be sce The Gre- Apparently the Turks have beenleian army admittedly is the only divided politically, but in internationa] |great force that can be depended upon relationships and demands there is|The allies are loath to send new in the idea that Turkey shall {armies against Turkey, and, even erved. . though the British might use their And this is the very thing the allies force of 200.000 now in Mesopotamia. are not in agreement with. It Wis|there would be dangers both at home agreed in Paris that Turkey should be | “that eree ¢ 3 !and portion of the Mohanme- kicked out of Europe and that Tur-jjan world controlled by the Britigh. key's hands should be forever bound loath to act and the i !The French are and the iniquitous acts of the Mos-|jog; 3 ; lem forever curbed from an interna- | \alians have bad all the war they standpoint. The aliien set|"ant for decades to come. about to remove the Turkish stench | Questions Jefore Allles. from the nostrils of the world. and| The question naturally arises, How though their intentions were the best|can the allies expect the Greeks to in drafting the treaty of Sevres. i luphold allied dictates which permit !the loss of Greece of tens of thous |sands o1 square miles of territory now held under the treaty of Sevres? Fur- has been fighting ever since the treat was signed, and there is destined to be more. thermore, if the allies should let Great Britain's Fears. events take their course and permit Great Britain, fearful of the en-|of a conflict between the Greeks and the Turks. the latter winning the struggle. which, it is admitted, they have it within their power to do, what then would become of the allied agree- ments in case the Turks saw fit to re- sist? What if the Turks should win and, under the influence of Moscow, set about to create further troubie in southeastern Europe? Suppose the move a great portion cf the $0.000 | Bulgarians joined a successful Turkey troops she has been forced to engage |in further muddling the situation in there to sustain French prestige. |those territories taken away by after- This near eastern mandate is not as |the-war treaties? 5 attraciive as it first scemed. Italy's; These are but few of the questions mandatorial interests are nil, but |that confront allied statesmen in the nevertheless the Italians are far- |whole ncar eastern situation, and if secing and insist that if the Sevres they were not enough America has treaty stands Turkey and Greece will |claimed a voice in the dispositjon of engage in prolonged war., with com- ;mandatorial territories, and the allie plicaiions which will eventually in- know full well that the spirit of volve the allies if efforts are main- cial privilege of particular nations tained to sustain the treaty. would die if the Americans gain de- The Turks insist that the Greeks sired ends. 3 will be driven into the seas if the | With nations lining up as they are treaty is not revised. The Greeks. on |and potential troubles looming as they. the other hand, insist that with proper 'do, it may be expected that the near allied financial aid the Greeks are in |eastern question will not be settled in position to pacify Turkey, defeat the the immediate ‘future, and allied Kemalists and maintain’ the treaty statesmen will once more. fall back on of Sevres. These claims are scouted their decidedly dangerous policy of by the allies. who not only doubt |waiting for the march of events—a croachments of the Turks on as- signed mandatorial territories, natu- has been firm for the preserva- tion of the Sevres treaty. France and Italy are for modifications. France | would treat with the Kemelists and | even compromise the Cicilician and | Syrian territorial questions with the | Kemalists if she be permitted to re- a special mission in connection with the preparation of plans for the un- veiling of the Bolivar statue in New York, April 18. The statue of thej South American hero, Bolivar, is a gift to the city of New York by the people of Venezuela. * %k % % H 3 i The very life of Argentina de-| pends on a regular and abundant} supply of coal, according to Senor Carlos Vallejo, an attache at the Ar-! gentine embassy, and fuel constitutes one of dhe most vital questions now confronting the people of that re-i public. There has never been found any coal in sufficient quantity in the Argentine republic to warrant de- | velopment, and consequently the coun- | try must import most of its supply for industry, railroads and domestic con- | sumption. { Great Britain has been the main | source of supply for Argentina so far, according to Senor Vallejo, and the only question is whether she can con- tinue to ship coal to Argentina when her own supply is constantly de- i creasing. 1f Great Britain, however, continues her coal trade with Argen- tina, equipped as she is with an im-{ mense cargo tonnage and with a much | shorter distance to cover, it is a problem whether the United Sta!esl could compete with that trade with a | longer distance to cover and with a} higher cost of transporting coal. i At any rate, according to SQI'ID!" Vallejo, who has written an article on the subject in the current issue of the Coal Review, there is an ample market to be developed in Argentina hould Americans which to enter. EIE Sesor Antonio Lazo-Arriaga, former | minister to the United States from Guatemala, is in Washington on a special mission. He will represent his country, unofficially, at the Inau- guration of Mr. Harding. * * X * The National City Bank of New York has issued a_ bulletin regarding the resources of Chile, in connection with the loan of $24,000,000 recently negotiated in this country by that republic. Chile is described as the largest nitrate producing country in | the world, the known deposits being estimated conservatively at 220,000,- 000 tons. This republic has made a record for meeting her obligations punctually which has not been equaled by any other South American country, and.is one of the few coun- tries which reduced its interest-bear- ing debt during the war. Chile has reported an average favorable trade balance of $43,000,000 from 1910 to 19, and the total trade in 1918 is placed at $439,000,000. The principal imports of the country are manu- factured articles, including textiles, coal, railway supplies, chemjcals, sugar and oils. 3 * x % % Vassar College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., has adopted the plan of offer- ing scholarships to women of foreign countries who will serve as assistants in the courses of their native lan- guage. Each of the assistants will form conversational groups to meet regularly . outside the prescribed classes. Vassar has offered two of these sgholarships to women of Span- | 1 { ration. llo take what is belleved to be similar Greece's military ability, but are |policy which has been largely instru- loath to lend Greece material aid of imental in furthering inability to gain whatsoever character, particularly (concrete ends in multitudinous nego- since Greece beirayed the allied in- |tiations looking toward the sajvation terests and returned Constantine to |of the old world. — — . ish-speaking countries. The present U. S. AGENTS FIND MANY FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS holder of the assistantship is Miss One Bureau Dealing in Forgeries Mercedes de la Barra of the Uni- versity of Chile: the former incum- bent, who has been appointed to a regular instructorship, was Miss Ame- ll‘(;! Agostini of the University of Porto ico. * ok X X % Has Record of 330 Documents A rather peculiar situation has| been created by the fact thats Issued in One Month. 3 although there are to be no. cere- monies for the inauguration of Mr. | Harding outside the actual swearing |sirable and dungerous aliens to enter in of ihe President and his inaugural |the United States are being issued in address, a number of Central Amer- |almost every European country, it was ican countries have dispatched spe- |announced yesterday at ine State De- cial delegates to the United States as | partment. their representatives at the inaugu- | An investigation conducted by These delegates will npt be |American consular officers abroad has officially received in any way, and |shown. the department’s statement nothing Jhas been done for their offi- |said. .that passport swindlers have cial entertainment. The majority of [been operating on a wholesale scale. them, however, have special duties to |Gangs have been detected with coun- perform while in the United States. |terfeit passports in their possession: % % % . jalso rubber stamps with forged signa- {tures of American consular officers The final treaty decided upon LY and counterfeit fee stamps and seals. the Central. American republics for |“"The investigations have been con- the formation of a United States of | qucted by the consular officers in Central America has reached the | Pojand, - Czechoslovakia, | Austris, United States. 1t shows the form in | jrance, Italy, Greece and Germany. which article 4 of the treaty, upon | At one port a bureau was found deal- which Nicaragua based her objec- | ing in forged passports, from which tions to the union. finally was revised | 339 such documents had been placed to the matisfaction,.it is said, of the | in circulation within one month. Nicaraguan representatives. At Rotterdam five false passports The next step in the formation of | were taken from a lot of thirty-five. the union will take place this week.4 Xt Gothenborg, Sweden, thirty-one when the national . assembly of|fraudulent American vises were found Guatemala convenes to ratify or’dis- | on one American-bound ship. approve the treaty. Salvador's as-; Siate Department agents also are sembly has ratified the treaty, according | checking passports in New York, and to unconfirmed (.“sl’l‘!chi.' and Costa | o February 24 seventeen cases of Rica’s congress will meet the 1st of May | 5]iens endeavoring to enter on false locuments were reported. - Eight of Forged passports to enable unde- action. The treaty already has been e Jotifea by Honduras, and tHe rati-1jiein Came from Poland eeven from 1t . iree J atified by Hondurs, e country ¢ Lial¥. one from Greece and one from B oeded to put It into execution. | EPEland. FREIIAGHT‘!.OADING RECORD Upon the ratification by ‘the three; necessary States, a convention will | Railway. Average for Dceembn} 31.2 Tons Per Car. 5 “ Railroads in the United States dur- ing'. December, . for the second 'suc: cessive month, established a new rece rd for the average load carried by each loaded freight car, the Associa- tion of Railway Executives announcedl yesterday. The average for the month: was _thirty-one and one-fifth toms, which was seven-tenths of a ton more than that attained in November, when a new mark was also reached. The 'increase in the average, sald * the statement of the association, was made notwithstanding the fact there was a_ falllmg off in business. The December mark is one and oneé-fifth tons higher than the goal*set by the railroad executives last summer. The ayerage movement of freight cars in "Decembér was twenty-four . and four-fifths miles per day, pared with twenty-six and nmr-:g miles in November.. . - meet in Honduras, to be composed of § representatives- from, ‘eachs fifteen v country concerned, who will draw up a constitution for the union. Ratification by the necessary states i assured, it is sald. SR SEE CLEAR-CUT ISSUE. ! Railroad Executives Say ‘In,dstencel " 'Will Precipitate Decision. I Insistence by leaders of railway labor organizations that their elaims to-recog- nition _shall be admitted in violation of certain principles set down. by the railroads can only yresult in precipitat- ing a clear-cut issue between the inter- ests-of the public in the conditions es: sential to efficient and economical -rail- road operation, the Association of Rail- way Executives says in an authorized statement. . The association sets down certain principles, which it says should guide the railroads of the United States in their relations with their employes.