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EDITORIAL PAGE NATIONAL PROBLEMS SPECIAL ARTICLES EDITORIAL SECTION he Sundny Stae. Part 2—12 Pages FARMERS WILL ASK Have a Program of Important Legislation That They Wish to See Adopted. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. HE farmers of the country are planning a drive on Congress " at the session which opens to- morrow, for legislation which they conceive to be In the interests of the producers of food. It is their conten- tion that the farmers have been given the short end of the stick too often in the past. Although their program is still in the making, it is almost certain to in- clude the folowing measures: A bill authorizing co-operative mar- keting by agricultural producers. An emergency tariff bill giving the farmers immediate protection for thetr products against foreign im- ports. Ample protection for farm products in the permanent tariff bill which will follow the emergency measure. An snti-grain gambling bfll. A pure fabrics bill, designed par- ticularty to protect the wool growers. Repeal of certain features of the tramsportation act. in an effort to ‘bring about lower freight rates. ‘Though it is not so sure to be in- cluded as some of the other measures mentioned, it is likely that the so- called packers’ bill, to regulate the meat-packing business, will be on the program. At any rate, a large sec- tion of the farming interests will de- mand that legislation. On the negative side of the legisla- tive situation, many of the farmers will attack the proposal to levy a #ales tax or turnover tax, which is be- ing advanced by a number of promi- nent legislators. ‘The wool growers are insisting upon legislation providing an embargo on the shipment of wool into this coun- try, and Senator Smoot of Utah has indicated that he will offer a measure to attack. Some of the measures ad- vanced had a hearing in the last Con- gress. For instance, the Capper co- operative marketing bill passed both houses, but died in conference. Sena- tor Capper of Kansas introduced his anti-grain gambling bill, but no prog- ress was made with it. He will sub- mit it again and press for action in the new Congress. The pure fabrics bill. sponsored by a number of sena- tors and represntatives, was the sub- ject of exten®we hearings before the House ‘inters¥ate and foreign com- merce comEfitee, but no action was taken on it. ke packers’ bill, known as the Kefyon-Kendrick bill, passed the _Senate, but failed of action in the House. Aroused Over Freight Rates. The farmers are much aroused by the present high freight rates. Farm- efs in Kansas, for instance, say that they cannot ship their hay to St. Louis because it costs them as much or more to pay for the freight as they would get for the hay. aCttlemen in Texas and other states are protest- ing, to& that their profits are taken away when they ship live stock to distar® points. The producers of ag- ricultural products are particularly hard hit by the long haul rates. So the farmers are coming to Wash- ington with blood in their eve, to take a fall out of the freight rates if they can. They will demand that the Congress repeal the provision of the transportation aet which they con- sider a government guarantee, and which authorizes the Interstate Com- ‘merce Commission to fix freight rates that will enable the railroads to make 5%to 6 per cent return on their in- vestment. They regard this as the reason rates are so high today. The for that purpose. i ‘With the republicans in &Ne saddle and about to enact a protefive tarift law, the farmers, and the senators and representatives from agricultural states, take the stand that the faym- fac tthat the roads are not making money even with the high rates In existence, but are losing ground, they deplore. But they are neverthelese. interested in getting the rates down again. The farmers also are aroused over ers are just as entitled to protection for their products as are the manu- facturers located in the big cities of the country. There is a strong group the fact that the Interstate Commerce Commission, under the authority of the transportation act. has interfered in Congress which will seek to have the farmers given this protection. Oppesttion to High Tarif. Onthe other hand there will be strong opposition to s high tapiff on farm products from members of Con- gress representing constituencies that do not producs, but have to purchase food. The demand which has been heard above all others in this coun- try in the last few years is a reduc- tion in the high cost of living. In re- cent months the cost of living has ac. tually been on the decline, so far as food and clothing are concerned. In the opinion of many observers, the enactment of a high protective tariff will not suffice to keep up the prices now that the turn for lower costs has been taken. But there are those in the republican party who are by no means giad to see an effort under- way to keep up the prices of food- stuffa. They fear the consequences ‘when they go to the polls a year from next November, if the party iy charged with having kept up the prices of meat, bread, potatoes and other kinds of foods and @othing. The attitude of the democrats in the has been consistent opposi- tiory to high tariff rates on neces- sarie of life. It is true that during the segsion some of them broke away from this traditional policy and votedl for the Fordney emergency tar- iff Bill, to protect the producers of agriculturel products—principally the democrats from the cotton and sugar states. Democratic leaders warned them that this record would cause them embarrassment in the future. But the demand from their constitu ents was too strong to be denied. It may be expected that the demo- cratic minority—it is ap unusually minute minority—will attack the pro- posed increases in tariff rates on nec- essaries vigorously at the coming ses- sion, and will not be slow to inform the country that the republicans are seeking to enact legislation which will keep high the cost of living. There are other features of the It is hoped that a program can with intrastate freight rates, increas- ing many of them. They will demand that the section of the law granting this power be repealed also. Produce Sold for Less Than Cost. The fact of the matter is that the farmers have found it necessary in many instances during the last few months to sell their produce for less than it cost them to produce. It has been a bitter experience, and they do not wish to have it repeated. So they are seeking in every way to bring about a situation that will prevent a recurrence of these conditions. On the other hand, reductions in the costs of various materials—some of which have already occurred and others of which are on the way—will eventual- Iy reduce the farmer's production costs, and opponents of the plan to keep up the price of food will advance that argument in opposition to the farmer's plea. The farmers, or at least very many of them, are opposing the proposed sales tax, under which a tax would be paid every time an article was sold, on the ground that it will take the burden of taxation from the shoulders of wealth and place it on the shoul- ders of the mass of the people. This, by the way, will be the attitude of the democrats in Congress toward the sales tax. The farmers' legislative program is to be discussed at many meetings in Washington this week. Among the organizations whose representatives are gethering here for the confer- ences are the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Grange, the National Board of Farm Organiza- tions, the Farmers' Ur and the American Live Stock Association. The Farmers' National Council has called a meeting and also the People’s Re- construction League, to discuss these matters. The organizations firsy will hold meetings of their own and then a joint meeting, and finally will meet with senators and representatives of the agricultural Congress. be states in farmers’ program that will be subject | adopted that all will support. LABOR GOING BACK TO FARM BECAUSE OF UNEMPLOYMENT KANSAS CITY. Mo, April 9.—Wide spread unemployment in cities has created a drift back to the farm and relicved the farm labor shortage brought about during the war, re- ports of federal and state employment bureaus reveal. Farm hands in the great grain belt of the central states are plentiful at wages greatly reduced a compared with a year ago Farmers who for several years have bLeren forced to grant almost any comcessions to labor to bring thelr crops through. are in a posi- tion this year to dictate terms of em- ployment, according to employment ageney officials. Then, too, the farm- cr faces the problem whie. £urm wages In Kansas this year board and than a r a0, the free employment bureau W. H. Lewis, de- $40 & month, or about $20 less &verage Joaging, that state reports. souri commissioner, ¥ 1 « year much lower than in any year since 2915 .. In North Dakota. a survey dis- reported | this year of Lolding down the cost of production necause of the low prices of farm rroduc's, and generally. is trying to et alomg with as little help as pos- labor ares “there probably will not be shortage of farm labor this und wages probably will be closed that farm labor for spring and summer work was plentiful at from $30 to $40 a month, as compared with $50 to $60 a month wages of from paid last vear. In Illinois the state department of labor reports farm hands going back to the farms and accepting the cut in w Kunsas farmers are demanding ex- perienced men after worrying along for several years with any sort of labor that presented itself, accord- ing to officials of the Kansas free employment bureau. Experienced applicants are being located as fast they apply, however, while there are about sixteen applicants for very job open in other lines of in- dustry, the records show. The bureau warns that farm hands who venture to define how many hours a day they are willing to work stand a poor chance of getting jobs. The general scale recognized in Kansas, the principal growing state, according to bureau officials, runs: For experienced hands, from $25 to 350 a month (according to experience, for single men, and from $40 to $65 for married men. who are willing to live on farms with their families. Last year, the peak year of farm wages, the scale ran $40 to $65 for single men and $50 to $80 for mar- ried men. WASHINGTON, D. C, OF CONGRESS ReLigr President Harding to Emphasize SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1921. Society News Domestic Issues in His, Address BY N. 0. MESSENGER. DENT HARDING'S address to the Congres called in extraordinary ion, will be devoted mainly to dis- on of domestic questions, although < he will give some attention to in- ternational problems. Congress leaders regard this as a wise disposition of time and effort. because they know that the country, which is to say their constituency, is more keenly sen- sible of the pressure of domestic vexations upon its daily life than of international affairs. Yet, the leaders themselves, the cabinet and the “captains of industry and finance” outside of Washington are equally alive to the fact that the chaotic condition of international af- fairs bears heavily upen the domestic situation. The two must be considered very close to- gether and as co-ordinately as may be found possible. new * % % % What really is happening Is this: The ad- ministration has not yet evolved a definite, con- crete policy or plain relating to forelgn que: tions {n their varfety and vastness. The Con- gress leaders have partially agreed upon legl lation aimed to reach some of the domestlo ills —“aimed.” it will be observed, is the word to be stressed, for some of them are by no means certain that the proposed solution will be ef- fective when put to practical test. By the middle of this week, after the Presi- dent has addressed Congress, a definite schedule of legislation will be outlined, determined by the President’s suggestion as to priority of sub- jects to be considered. Tax revislon and tarift reform, the two principal remedies for domes- tic troubles, will be taken up in the order inti- mated by him. * ok % % President Harding finds himself, as to for- eign questions, very much in the attitude he occupied in the months elapsing between his election and inauguration—standing between two groups of thought in his party and in the Senate, and seeking to be the harmonizer to bring the factions together and evolve a policy which will command the united support of the At this stage of the proceedings he is nar- rowing the field of consultants. He will devote his own mind to the subject, and with Secretary of State Hughes, the ambassadors he will ap- point this week to England and France, to gether with senators of the two factions on the league of nations, will go over all phases of the situation. EREE President Harding, it is pointed out, as the head of the republican party, is called upon to take a broader view of the proposed policy on international affairs than the senators and other individuals who cling tenaciously to per- sonal opinions and prejudices. He breathes the rarified air of clevation and sees over and be- yond the pent-up Utica in which some others awell. He must see to party action conforming to the pledges of the national convention and its platform, and more than that, to the will of the voters expressed in the solemn referendum of November 2 last. There are, to be sure, some slight shades of difference among individuals as to the analysis of that decision which may ause difficulty in recorciling, and that will de- volve upon him, too. * k k % It should be distinctly avowed that the Idea is not to suggest that the President of the United States is assuming the role of a dictator of foreign policies, for his consistent course since his election has been in the contrary direc- tion, evidenced by his consulting so freely all phases of individual thought on the subject. And the line which he is, at present, follow- ing in reaching a determination conforms to that policy. He is trying to put the declaration of peace and the recommendation for the salient feature of a concrete foreign policy into one instrument which will come before the Senate for discussion and approval. Necessarily, some one must come forward with initiation, and, ap- propriately, the President is the one upon whom it should devolve. The Senate, however, is to have its day in court, and the House, if the action is embodied in the form of a joint resolution of Congress, will participate. for the country will read his own words after they are addressed to Congress in a joint meet- ing of the Senate and the House in the hall of the House of Representatives. President Harding reali the advantages of personal contact with legislators which such am occasion affords. He has an engaging pres- cnce, a magnetic personality and his command of the English language to express forcibly his thought is unquestioned. The uttered word i isceptible, he thinks, of more impressiven and can be better entuated by the speaker ac than the printed word. Moreover. the sy er es- tablishes psychological contract with his audi- and gets by imp ion the reaction of their thoughts and their reception of his sug- gestions. * K k% The address to Congress will be a profoundly important and memorahle occasion. Consider what marvelous chang ha occurred since President W n addressed ("ongress upon the beginning of his second term, changes which have affected the entire fiber of industrial life in this country and the financial condition of the world. The new administration is’called upon to deal with the situation as it finds it, a situation none of its own maki The Congress he ad- dresses will be the Congress of reconstruction, to deal with the problems left by the war. Who will say that they are hardly less important to the welfare of the nation than the problems of war-making which previous Congresses have met and solved, and more complex in point of fact, because new economic ground is to be traversed? * % ok % It ean be well imagined, therefore, that it will be a solemn and serious-minded group of statesmen the President will face as he rises in the rostrum of the Speaker of the House of Representati and glances about him. The proportion of new men in the member- ship of the Senate and House constituting the audience, men inexperienced in legislation and rot as widely conversant with internatiomal and domestic problems as the “holdovers.” ¢an be expected to add to the gravity of the occasion. 'WOULD GIVE DETAILS 'TO AN UNDERCABINET Plan Suggested to Increase Efficiency in the Reorganization of the Gov- ernment Departments. Br WILL P. KENNEDY. | ganized as board of 4 rs in PERATION of an “undercab- | an¥ larze business, who would work ! inat not! sb-catledl but out these purely sorviee problems effect to fill just such a |Make a report with recommendit i ce in the federal serv-|'0 the President by {ice—is being urged upon those in| Which they could " i charge of the reorganization time for y gram as one way in which to Emphasis s greater cfficiency workshop. The general principle is thi cabinet named by the President confirmed by the Senate is a cabinet and concerns itself with in the government 1e The and rty big ins The n questions of policy—financial, inter- B ¥ ‘such anany ment national. etc. It has too many im-| D¢ “MPloyes ail along the line would portant questions of policy to handle [ not have any one placed in authority to consider the relatively smaller | °VeT them who was not already the matters of detail in departmental| " 0F OMeC and interdepartmental business. L These e fatherinz this So that an “undercabinet” is being | POS4l @dvVise that the permancni | discussed. It is suggested that it SISUANU secretaries should b |should be composed of assistant |4 WHrough the civil service because | secretaries of the various depari- | ©f Their spe =5 for the work, ments, and the recommendation has | 1f The new s appointed by the President and co irmed been made that they should be made semi-permanent, 0 that come-re- | 41¢ 4nd the assistant secretary could publicans-and-go-democrats or vice | MO0 @8ree on policy, then the Secre- versa, the business of the depart- | 'AT¥ could move out the assistant ments would continue to run along | SCCTCTATY. but it would not be on ac- S | count of party politics It is urged that the “undercab- | inet” should meet regulariy and han- | Retainiay Dxpeticnced ©Miclats. dle all interdepartmental problems, and that in this way much dupli ral thought i= to retain the ecretary as an inside mana- tion and overapping of work could | who knows the ropes, and be detected and the surperfluous : any serious upheaval in the work stopped. ernment workshop eve fow AS a matter of fact, the joint con- | vears with the change of adminis- gressional committee on reorgani- | tration. The Department of Azricale zation of the federal service will|ture now presents an illustration of after July 1 have an opportunity to| kuw this can be done. Elmer D. Ball {see how the permanent assistant | isa rcpublican, appointed by a demo- administration and the republicans of the That is to say, participate in the declaration of peace and in expressing the But after all is said and done, is it not a fact secretary phase of this proposal will | crat, who is being retained under the Senate, During those months he consulted the “best minds” of the country freely and listened to arguments directed to every angle of the for- elgn situation. That he has not thus far been sense of Congress as to a policy of international agreements to supplant the league of nations. Of course, the joining of an association subs quently to be formed could be only by means of a treaty which the Senate alone could ratify. able to crystallize them into a positive poilcy is frankly admitted by him, and he practically asks for ninety days more for further consider- ation. * Kk % It would be idle to speculate upon the han- dling of the domestic problems by the President, that the problems are to be solved by the ap- plication of American common sense, of Ameri- can patriotism and love of country and mankind, and why should not these representatives of the people, chosen by the people with faith in their possessing the homely qualities which the people possess, be confidently looked to in the handling of problems, however difficult? . (Copyright, 1921, by The Washington Star.) work out. The Department of Agri- ' can administration. The ap- culture. having sought openly for | ment was made because Dr. Ball years 1o get permanend assistant | Was considered the best man ava secretaries, now gets them by in-|able for the job, and Secretary Wal- direct legislation. These assistant s retaining him on the same jsecretaies are: A director of regu- latory work, who will handle all] pointed out that it does not law-enforcement duties of the de- ¢ mew law 1o put the second- partment—being the police work: lary cabinet proposal i operation, but the other a director of research |to have tn ant secretaries come Contends American People Are to Blame for “Usurpation” of Power by President BY THOMAS R. MARSHALL. Former Vice Preaident of the United States. KNOW the new President of the United States. I have a warm personal regard °for him. I wish him luck. And, e if I know myself, he is going to have my loyal allegiance as an American citizen. But I cannot forego the observation that the attitude of the American people toward him is that they have elected him a not very limited monarch for the next four years. Ours is supposed to be u EOV- ernment of laws and not of men. We are supposed to have gotten away from discretion and reached principle. It is imagined that it is not who does it, but what is done, that counts. We boast of a representative democracy under a republican form of government of three co-ordinated branches, the rights and duties of which are clearly defined, and along the di- viding line are supposed to be numerous signs marked ‘“No tres- passing” * ® kK If a man were to propose to change this system of govern- ment into a limited monarchy he would be Jucky if social ostracism were tie only punishment inflict- ed. We have a dread and fear of monarchy. either absolute or lim- And yet one of the hu- things—and here comes the luck in our ability to laugh at oursclves—is the great delight that the American people take every four years in electing a limite ad the newspapers and be- everything 1 read in them I think is true. From the Zionist Leader in America In Interest of Movement PROF. CHAIM WEIZMAN, Prenident of the World Zionist Con- gTess, who recéntly arrtved in the Tnited States. He heads the delega- tion of prominent Zionists who are here to appeal to American Jews for support of tha Zionist movement. ’ day of the election in November up to the inauguration of Presi- dent Harding, the newspapers were filled, not with comments upon the republican platform of 1920 and the various legislative steps which the party proposed to take in order to crystallize into law the promises made to the people, but statements in flaming head- lines of what President Harding proposed to do. * ¥ ¥ ¥ Of course, no one believes that any President of the United States seeks to usurp power, but ao one can be deceived with reference to the attitude of the American mind at the present time, and that is that the citizenship of our coun- try does not look to a political party nor to political platforms nor political principles for the guidance of the affairs of this na- tion, but, upon the contrary, all look to the President for obtain- ing the kind of government which they think should exist. And the newspapers of this coun- try make, perhaps, not public opin- ion—because they may not present the entire facts upon which an opinion is to be based—but they do beyond doubt make a public prejudice. In all administrations that I have observed, the press has in the beginning lauded and mag- nified the President and minimized the principles of his party; and then, when the executive lost the favor of the newspaper owners and editors, they have begun a general criticism of his conduct. * ok % K During all the years of my con- scious life I have been hearing about the usurpations of the Presi- dent and about senatorial ' oli- garchy; but, as I have watched the public press of America, it has seemed to me that Presidents usurp just as long as the people desire them to usurp and the Senate oli- garchs whenever the people de- mand that they shall oligarch. In other words, under the life we lead, it is a continuous perform- ance of deifying first and then damning. 1 do not claim that harm is done thereby. Whether it be public opinion or public prej- udice, in the end it is legislative, Jjudicial and executive in its char- acter. Still, I believe that some time we will get tired of deifying. martyring and murdering either the bodies or the characters of our Presidents by loading upon their shoulders responsibilitics not con- tained in the organic laws of the land. We will restore the ancient balance of power. We will take a parting laugh at our snobocracy and become real American demo- crats. * k% ¥ The saving grace of the Amer- ican people is not their system of government, their wise men, their intelligence, their prosperity, but their ability to laugh at them- selves. No difference how solemn the ceremonials may be under which treaties are negotlated, consti- tutions adopted and laws enacted, unless the people themselves desire to keep them, they will still be only scraps of paper. Unless dis- cussion about their binding force and validity can be conducted in good humor and with a sense of humor, trouble is sure to arise. ‘When Shakespeare sounded all the shoals and depths of human passion, he wrote that “all the world’s a stage.” I do not know that he desired us to understand that it was very largely mummery, but I am inclined to think that he did want it understood that, while each man in his time plays many parts, any man with good, hard, common sense can play a part. The players in the parts of public lifo generally take themselves se- riously. They expect everybody to recognize them and to pay that tribute of respect which belongs to the costume they wear. When I was in office I never grew angry at the bitterest criticism of my conduct by a political enemy—that was part of the tragedy or comedy 1 was engaged in—but I did feel that the pillars of our constitu- tional liberty were being shaken to their foundations when a de- cided blond—one that I afterward learned had determined only the day before to be a blond—insisted that I furnish her with reference as to who 1 was and whether I was financially able to pay for a dollar necktie. 1 was willing to admit, as I have always been, that 1 was only playing a part, but I did think that the audience should familiarize itself with the cast of characters. That phase of public life—playing a part—seems to go on forever. * K K X There is not an ugly public of- ficlal from constable up anywher! in America who has legs long enough to reach the ground— as Lincoln said all legs should be —who does not pose as a second edition of Abraham Lincoln. It was bad enough to be shot down in cold blood by a frenzied assas- sin, as was the Great Liberator, but why America may not per- mit heaven to deal with the faults and foibles of Abraham Lincoln 1 cannot understand. Why, pre- tending to worship him as a mar- tyr in the cause of our common humanity, must punish him from day to day and year to year when he is silent and cannot pro- test, by observing the great re- semblance that exists between him and the Honorable Todd Hunter, county coroner. * K x x The duello has passed from pub- lic life, the league of natiops has not arrived, and vet I think some way would be found to drivea man into a fight or arbitration who seri- ously disputes the fact that we are we a great democracy. On that sub-. ject one of these days we are go- ing to get into trouble, unless our sense of humor enables us to laugh at our inconsistencies and, laughing, to rectify them. ‘Whether the world has been made safe-for democracy or not will depend pretty much upon whether the people in it desire to be dem- ocrats. The little play we are now presenting upon the American stage discloses that our country is fairly safe for snobocracy. We would resent any suggestion Wwhatever that blood, lineage and inherited position entitle a man to any consideration whatever in this American life. It has been but a few years since we sneered at the conduct of certain Americans that we said were trading their daugh- ters and dollars for dukedoms. * ok X % And yet there is an inherent weakness in the American, as in every other created man. Secretly he has a feeling that some other fellow is really a little better than himself. In the monarchies of the old world that has resulted in the handing down of titles from generation to generation. In' this country that secret feeling induces the magnifying of certain individ- uals until the public reaches the conclusion that it is strong enough to crack his great legs and toss him in the gutter. So as we move along it might be well to use a little moderation in unifying the idol—we are working feverishly now—and then when the inevitable smashing tinle comes it won't be £0 much troubdle to attack. (Copyright, 1921," by Thomas R. Marshall.) COL. BASH TRANSFERRED. Col. Louis H. B Corps, at Fort M sPherson, | transport service there. New Senator From Oregon A Millionaire Sheep Kingl ROBERT N. STANSFIELD, United States semator from Oregon one of the world’s largest sheep herders, He ralyes 200,000 sheep a year on his own range and feeds 400,- 000 to 600,000 purchased from other srowers. R . Quartermaster Ga., has been ordered to Hoboken, N. J., for duty as general superintendent Army work. who will handle all matte relating to new projects, investiga- tions, etc., being the science work. | They are both to be civil service em- ployes, not presidential appointees, and so removed from partisan poli- tics. For years the Department of Agri- culture has been asking for perma- nent assistant secretaries, and dur- ing the war period got them under the emergency appropriation. work done then, notably by Dr. Clar-| ence Owsley, made a very favorable impression upon members of Con- gress. Like a Board of Directors. Those who are urging this second- to an agreement among themselves and get the approval of their chiefs Other close students of government who have been advising with those in charge of the reorganization pro- gram strongly advocate “department- al cabinets,” as, for example, that the Secretary of the Interior should have a cabinet composed of his bureau chiefs, with whom he would hold regular conferences. The already existing Federal Club, composed of the real working exee- vtives of the government service, is |pointed out as an agency through which greater efficiency in the federal service can be obtained. Some of the administration advisers believe that ary cabinet scheme point out that the | the idea should be carried further, President should not be worried with {and that all appointment clerks should the petty matters of co-ordinating |hold meetings to compare problems work—say as between the bureau of and methods, and that other special *| chemistry and the bureau of stand- organizations of particular groups of ards, or between the bureau of government officials should get to- standards and the bureau of mines. gether and work out more efficient, The secondary cabinet might be or- | co-ordinated procedure. CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE WORK WINS HUNDREDS TO MEMBERSHIP Leading church officials of all de-)however, at the community meeting nominations in this section are watch- | for the adults, and at this time a ing with interest the social service |collection is taken. and religious education activities of | All of the work done by the West the West End Presbyterian Churchof |End Presbyterian Church is as far New York city, which is performing|as possible approached from the r. the combined servioe of church, club, |ligious standpoint. Dr. Albert Edwin Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A in a sec- | Keigwin, pastor of this church, be- tion several square miles in extent|lieves “that the way to do the Mas- where no other organization is doing [ter's work is to do social service work MR te with the soul in it “It must be hu- “Something doing every minute”|manitarian, but also strictly evan- could easily be the slogan of this|gelistic” he says, “and for the glory church, with its several departments|0f God and not alone for the good of working from 10 o'clock in the morn- | man.” One of the features of the West End ing until 10 o'clock at night, seven community work is a wireless unit of days a week. Seventeen paid warkers compose|Boy Scouls. Une of the finest wire- less outfits in the city has been pur- the staff. These seventeen are in ad- dition to the pastor and the assistant [ chased. Regular classes in sending pastor, and all have grown up through | and receiving messages are held and the work of the West End Church,]up-to-date instruction is given. with the one exception of the head| The Boy Scouts’ work is under the of the religious education department, | direction of Mr. Sorcne Stetson, who who was long in Y. M. C. A. work. [Was the first to recogmize the Boy Various Departments. Scout possibilities in this Presbyterian Church The outstanding features of the [, i iy 0 [Fieysbip § the fntoht work being done are in the depart-{ O S S one of the officers ments of religious education, social| Scouts of A service and community center work. Branching out from these various de- Established 22 Years Ago. partments there are gymnasium| The welfare work developed W, classes for younger and older boys,[Prof. Jasper T. Goodman twenty-two with basket ball games and other|¥ears ago, had met with such favor recreation; community get-togetherjand grown so that when Dr. Albert meetings for the young folks and also | Edwin Keigwin, present pastor, came a community night for the adults;[to the church. he soon found a mew boys’ olubs of various kinds, girls so- | building and parish house medessary. cieties and mothers’ guilds. An em-|Iit was then that the plans were made ployment agency is also maintained |for the church and $150,000 parish and a room-renting section, rclief to|house, the erection of which was the needy division and health depart-|sSoon started at 165 West 105th street. ment branch in addition. The social service department of A feature widely commented on and [ West d Presbyterian Church ds very popular with the school children [now recognized officially by New each | York city as a board of health center. school day noon at a cost of 10 cents|During a recurrence of the influenza daily. Many of the school children.{epidemic. this church ministered who later become Sunday school and |widely to those affected. Relief has church attendants, are brought in[been extended in many cases of un- touch with the church for the first|employment and sickness where the time through this luncheon. Every[wage-carner has been forced by cir- time they come they are made to feel|cumstances to appeal for help. at home and an urgent invitation is Clothing Made. extended to them to come again. Over| 1 (g on B0 i00jare fodiweekly, secretary. hss made hundreds of Moving Pictures Feature. friends among those she has helped. On Monday afternoons this church|“Not mind only. is put into the solu- throws open its doors to all the young | tion of problems,” she says, “but the boys and girls of the neighborhood [ heart also.” The Good Cheer Circle and holds its get-together community [of King's Daughters helped 417 sick meeting. The chief feature of this|and shut-ins, and sent fruit, plants is well selected and approved mov-land cut flowers, while letters, birthe ing pictures. No charge is made |day cards and Rickases are again shown at nigh the lonely. is a luncheon given to them