Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1921, Page 6

L, THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. ‘' WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY.......May 14, 1921 , THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bualness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassau St. Chieago Offce: Firat National Bank Buflding. European Office: 3 Regent St., London, Fugland. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the ity at 60 cents ‘month: daily only. 45 cents per 30 cents per month. Or- mail, or telephone Main Cotlcetion is made by carriers at the ead of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. o Maryland and Virginia. 0 fly and Sund: . $8.40; 1 mo., Daily Only.eoery 1 yr, $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday only. 137, $2.40; 1 mo. 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1yr., $10.00: 1 mo., 860 Daily only. 1yr. $7.00:1mo. 600 Sunday only. $3.00: 1 mo.. 250 s i bt Gen. Pershing's New Task. In making Gen. Pershing chief of of the existing general staff, as well as of the recently conceived skeleton- ized general headquarters staff, Secre- tary Weeks has reached a logical de- cision. For, quite aside from the obvious qualifications of Gen. Per- shing to fill the dual post, any other course would have meant a divided and conflicting author the recast- ing of the Army reorganization act, and the relegating of America’s fore- most military fizure to a position of dubious importance. Any such pro- gram would have been impossible of Justification. What Secretary Weeks has had in mind since he became responsible for the efficiency of the Army has been the remolding of the theory which underlies the existence of the Ameri- can peace-time general staff. That theory has been in the past such that the chief of the organization has oc- cupied the chair of an executive, con- cerned primarily with Army admin- istration rather than the position of actual leader of the peace Army, pre- paring and planning for the swift and effective transformation of that force into the maximum armed power of the nation. Secretary Weeks, aware of the fact that any such condition was not in accord with the best conception of modern army organization, has been working steadily and with excellent Jjudgment toward its correction. With Gen. Pershing as its chief, the general staff of the United States Army will take its place as the actual brain of our fighting force on land. The administrative work of the staff, obviously buta portion of its legitimate and necessary functions, will be as- signed to Gen. Harbord, designated as- sistant chief of staff. Gen. Pershing will thus be free to devote the greater part of his great talents to the training and organization of the regular and re- serve Army, to the upbuilding of a general headquarters staff fully quali- fied to cope with the intricacies of mod- ern warfare, and to the perfection of plans for the transforming of latent American resources in men and mate- rial into the maximum war power of the nation. That is the prime purpose of the modern general staff, and that is the ing between the two points is good. When the President wishes to confer with the republican leaders 'in Con- gress he has but to signal, and they call. When they wish to confer with bhim they call, and a welcome always awaits them. , in inviting the Vice President to sit in” at the cabinet game, the President probably had in mind, and only in mind, securing suggestions from him about matters in general relating to'the public business. Mr. Coolidge has had considerable experi- ence in politics and in office, and such matters as come up for discussion at the cabinet table—not restricted by any means to contemplated legisla- tion, or to congressional sentiment— | fall in well with the range of his in- formation and the scope of his powers to advise. Mr. Harding’s innovation is inter- esting, and should work to the profit of his administration. The man who | has no say in the Senate chamber will have a chance to say his say in the cabinet room. And where a man has something to say that is worth saying, as in the case of Mr. Coolidge, he —e—————— Parks and Public Buildings. In the plans for the development of sidered yesterday by the Fine Arts Commi; n and were in broad manner approved by President Harding when that body called upon him, nec rily and likely to disintegrate within a decade. Of the latter class are the two great structures south of the speed- concrete and capable of resisting wear and weather for a generation or two. ‘The government needs buildings in addition to its present permanent equipment. It must rent rooms out- side of the structures it owns and; those it has hastily erected in war-| time emergenc partments and major bureaus are housed in rented buildings. For more than a decade the United States has owned, through condemnation and di- rect purchase, five squares of ground at the western end of the “Mall-Ave- nue triangle,” extending along 15th street from Pennsylvania avenue to the park. It was originally proposed to erect three department buildings upon this space. Later it was found that the area was not sufficient for three structures and it was proposed which protest immediately arose. The plan was dropped. Indeed, the whole project was pigeonholed, and the gov- ernment has continued for years to hold these squares, sometimes in doubtful morality, often in undigni- fied landlordism, while the public serv- ice has suffered from building con- gestion. Today the cry is for economy and abstention from large government projects. Superficlally it might appear to be a bad time to call for large building works. But, in fact, it is in task for which Gen. Pershing, relieved of the distress of the anomalous posi- tion he has occupied since his return from his splendid achievements in France, is most admirably fitted. He will have, in his work of vitalizing a great position which has tended to drift toward uninspiring bureaucra- tism, the unqualified confidence of the public. George Truesdell. Col. George Truesdell's physical in- firmities had caused him to withdraw in great measure from all civic activ- itles for some time before his death, but he nevertheless wrote a remark- able record of usefulness as a citizen of the District. He was interested in all things that made for the develop- ment of the capital. He entered into ell enterprises that tended to bring the District up to the mark of its possibilities. He was in some respects a pioneer, especially in the matter of transportation facilities. As District Commissioner he was a force for the betterment of municipal conditions, thoroughly representative of the civic spirit of the Washingtonians, and at all times a stout defender of the Dis- trict’s rights. Il health and business misfortunes, in which he had the sin- cere sympathy of his fellow citizens and his associates, have during the past decade clouded his life, but he remained stout-hearted in his faith in Washington and his intense admira- tion of the city of his adoption and a century. His lovable qualities, his sterling integrity, his breadth of vision marked him as one of the most admira- ble and valued members of the com- munity. ———— ‘The employment of Mother Goose by the Navy, in code communication, ‘was at least an assurance to disap- pointed aviation experts that some- thing in the flying way was under serjous consideration. ————— An ordeal has been passed. It is officially understood that Ambassador Harvey met the King of England ‘without saying anything clever or sar- castic. A defective slacker list s as good a hiding place for a genuine slacker as he could possibly desire. Mr. Coolidge and the Cabinet. In a news story in Thursday’s Star ‘mention was made of surprise existing in senatorial circles at the silence of the Vice President concerning the cab- inet meetings he attends. This is a paragraph: “When the Vice President was in- wvited to join the meetings of the cabi- net some senators thought he might prove to be a kind of liatson officer between the republican leadership in the Senate and the administration of- ficials at the other end of the Avenu But there 18 “nothing doing,” tors are now saying. So far as the obtaining from him any information on what the cabinet is thinking and talking about, deponent saith noth- ing.” A liaison officer {s unnecessary. The way between Capitol Hill and the Jhite Houseis clear again, and travel- » continued residence for more than hal!l the interest of the truest economy. The government is paying very much more in rents today in this city than it is getting in rents out of its unused land on 15th street. It is paying in rents indeed more than a fair rate of interest upon the cost of the buildings necessary to give it adequate housing. True economy, in truth, consists in the adoption at once of a building program covering perhaps ten years in execu- tion and assuring the government of freedom of all privately owned hous- ing and the restoration of the parks to their natural and legitimate uses. The Fine Arts Commission, bent upon the development of the capital in accordance with an established plan, can do most to this end by urg- ing upon Congress at the present ses- sion an enactment which will author-| ize the Public Building Commission to prepare at once a comprehensive project for the relief of the govern- ment’s housing needs. The materials for such a project are in hand and need but final formulation. The need is great and the present condition of the Treasury is in no way a bar to this immediate step. ———o—————— It is feared that German taxpayers will find the terms of reparation as hard to understand as Dr. Einstein’s theory. e — Some of the college boys wish Mr. Edison had not learned to go without sleep. He appears to pass wakeful nights in thinking up hard questions. —————— It is safe to say that there is one make of automobile in which no sales- man tries to interest Mr. Newberry. The American Merchant Marine. Chairman Benson of the Shipping Board, in a communication to an Eng- lish publication, says: “America is on the sea to stay. Who can doubt that she will, after wit- nessing the wonderful, almost un- dreamed of, accomplishments during the world war? * * ¢ I for one am optimistic as to the future of the American _merchant marine. The shipping of the entire world is now in a period of depression, but I belleve that within a short time we shall see a turn for the better; in fact, even now there are indications of a re- vival. We are now ship independent, and we must and will strive to main- tain that independence This is the note; and, sounded by one so highly placed and so thor- oughly informed, it will be heard and heeded far and near. There has been criticism here at home of the management of our ship- ping interests. Complaint has been that we were getting nowhere; that while our competitors for foreign trade and ocean freightcarrying were all alive, we seemed stalled—tied up to our docks. But Admiral Benson points out that “the rhipping of the entire world is now in a period of depression.” That puts un entirely different face on the {matter. When the trouble is general, we need feel no discouragement at having to share it. We have no right to cxpect immunity. When the de- pression lifts, it will lift for us as lwul as for others. fhe admiral's optimism is well deserves opportunity to free his mind. | the National Capital, which were con- | is involved the removal from the Mall | mountains mewhere ne Hagers. and Potomac Park of the buildings|town. According to the mother’s which were erected there during the it s hidden very near Philad war. These structures are of two|According to Treasury Department of- kinds, strictly “temporary” and semi- | ficials the gold was actually with- permanent. Of the former class are|drawn from the government's v those of the “6th and B streets™ group, ! by the Bergdolls. Sb there are ¢ a composed mainly of lath and plaster | facts assured: there was gold, the way in Potomac Park, constructed of | Several of the de-| to put one of them in the Mall, against | THE EVE feunded. We have gone into this thing whole-heartedly—have invested a huge sum of money, and have a very large tonnage to show for it. We nre not easily disheartened, or ac- cumstomed to fail. We have many notable successes to show for our ven- tures on land. Why should not success attend this venture on the sea? What 1s to prevent, if we show the quality of courage we have hitherto shown? —_——————— The Bergdoll Gold. If the testimony giv ! fore the House investigating com- mittee b ¢ zdoll is true, the notorious d dodger and { son, | fugitive from military j certs Ily put one over on the ernment when he claimed that there was jof zold, to recover which he W {lowed to leave his guard. ustice, I ment under in any | jway prejudging the conclusions of nw“ sigit, his courage ; Al Lo le is not surprising, the 'paper { committee, it may be pointed out that| ito: those Whahay e watched the laccording to the mother's statement | adherence of the new »lmm‘ he s Gt lniow histe tia sold| tr 1o the policy of the olc [ithe-gont dia ngt-Know where the & GRS displaying ¢ enthusiasm || was located. and could not have found! over the plan, the | it if he had tried. Furthermore, she|dependent) Jess i Hat o i { clares that “President Harding has = that she did not know what he! /vy oblized to run the white flag prison for, but thought it|a little ways up and make the first ake riendly visit.| & rd surrender,” and the to make a friendly visit. R e ratie) oo Doubtle: he had read somewhere Vowing he would ne'er con- |that military prisoners were given leave to go home oceasionally. Ac- cording to the son's story 1o his coun- transmitted to the War Depar {ment and made the reason for the ex- [ pedition, the gold was hidden in the sel, {was an expedition, and there was an escape. All that remains is to find out just who managed the these three. Postal Mail Casualties. A shocking story is told by Lieut. c.c sole to a federal committe sitting at Chicago respecting the con- |ditions in the postal air service. He attributes the death of thirteen mail laviators to negligence on the part of mechanics at the flying fields used by the postal service. One of them, he | indicates, possibly the vietim of “direct action” in consequence of his activity in organizing an association of air mail pilots. Casualties work have been so numerous as to raise a serious question in the public mind as to the value of the service. As a {matter of fact, postal avi experimental. It is not a material fac- tor in the moving of the mails. It may develop into a dependable, per- haps the major, method of moving let- ters between cities. But it will never be worth while if it is accompanied iby the high rate of fatality that has marked it thus far. 1f the charges now brought are trus and the guilt can be traced to indi- viduals, there is, of course, no limit the punishment that should be admin- istered to those guilty. however, should not stop at that. It should ascertain how such conditions {could develop and continue without | the knowledge of the highest postel authorities. —_———————— There is at least a comforting con- fidence in the Parisian mind that the ensuing diplomacy will be conducted with less wear and tear on the Hotel Crillon. ————— It is feared that Lenin's hospitablo interest cooled as soon as he found that Big Bill Haywood had not brought any money with htm. Ve SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOFINSON. The Edison Examinations. ©Oh, Mr. Edison, why should you shame us With questions which betray our lack of sense. 1 must confess I am an ignoramus. I never knew an intellect so dense I don’'t know where the ocean is the deepest. 1 don’t know how to make a pan of fudge; I can’t say what toboggan is the steep- est; Nor how to make a balky burro budge. I shall not buy myself a new fedora. I shall not try to wear a hat of straw. No silken tile that gleams like an aurora ‘Will I attempt above my brow to draw. For when I view the vast array of knowledge, From digging clams to relativitee, That I have never learned at home or college— N A dunce cap is the only thing for me! The Hunger for Comedy. “Why don’t you put a little humor into your remarks?” “I tried it once,” replied Senator Sorghum. “It almost ruined me. The folks out home began to write indig- nant letters because my subsequent speeches failed to make 'em laugh.” Comparisons in Mentality. “Do you think Hamlet was insane?” “Well,” replied Cactus Joe, “I'm no alienist. But I will say he was smarter in some respects than us fellers that paid real money to get into the show.” New Fish Stories. John Barleycorn, the friend of vice, Still makes a wicked struggle, And deos not know it is not nice For fishing smacks to smuggle. Jud Tunkins says one way to get a reputation for great wisdom is to think up & lot of questions and then beat the crowd to the encyclopedia. A Victim of Sympathy. “Why are you so frequently discon- tented?” “I dunno,” replied Farmer Corntos- sel; “mebbe T wouldn't be if all the politicians I met didn’t seem to think it was a part of their regular business to sympathize with me about some- thing.” A her | a last of | ( in the postal air mail} tion is still§ The inquiry, § Editorial Digest Uncle Sam “Sits In” Again. There i a general tone of satisfac- tion in the newspaper comment on the renewed participation of America in the world councils, with an un- official observer on the reparations commission and with President Hard- ing personally represented on the supreme council. There is a marked tendency in the democratic press to int to this a resumption of | Vilson pol a shaft that is by emphatic protest by a| humber of repabiican wrlters, that representation abroad anything in the nature of en- me league enthu: step progress to’ ceptance of the covenant, i vigorously attacked opponents. Loulsville urier - Journs i Tresident President has con- Harding the Milwaukee Journal (inde- [pendent) the administration has sim- ply “come back to Mr. Wilson's way nd the country should be glad of it.” act which “it will do no harm to tendeney to gloat over.” Louis Star (independent), 4 “has been taught by logic of marching Juld not stand aloof.” (independent) administration essential pol “stripped nabhiunders, nd without ac uthor.” pro-league newspapers sident’s acceptance ss the r nam nts to it B e of the look upon the P {of the allied in deal of hope. The Wheeling Register ocratic), for instance, con “an acknowledgment of the 1 of nations and its subsidiary parts and the capacity of the same for do- iniz good’ umption, however, is imme- by a heavy barrage of de- . Say dependent), thy” with the ste: action no with the {league of or the league of nations idea. On the contrary, the {American note expressly declares this Eovernment's adherence to the tradi- tional policy of abstention from the participation in matters of distinctly European concern.” Indeed, “we are going in” says the Baltimore ~ American (republican). {“with the understanding that in do- ing so we are not tying ourselves up G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1921—PART T PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent ! on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity Assets More Than $7,000,000 Surplus Nearing $700,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES NERRY. President JOSHUA W. CARR, Secretary EAT A PLATE OF UNION SAVINGS BANK OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN WASHINGTON WELCOMES YOUR ACCOUNT 710 14TH ST. N.W. with the league of nations.” How- ever, the American feels that now | “the world can go ahead with its hgisiness, fied that “the United States is a willing partner.” The Chi cago Tribune (independent repub- lican) and the Philadelphia Bulletin {(independent republican) make clear to their readers that America’s ions of the supreme without involving dan- {binds the in advance. Our representation “commits us to nothing,” in the opinion of the Bos- ton Herald (independent republican), and the Harrisburg Telegraph (re- publican) adds, “We take part as a frce power.” The Knickerbocker Press (Albany, republican) and the jNew York Mail (independent) take {the defensive emphatically against the democratic assertion that the ac- tion is an indorsement of the Wilson policy and the league. Both of these assertions “are wrong,” savs the Press, and the Mail declares that there is “a world of difference” be- tween “what President Harding de- cided to do and what President Wil- son wanted to do. The general run of newspapers, however, are content to assay the administration's act on its face value The York Times (independent democratic), for instance, considers “a long step toward ecnding the senscless and unsafe policy of isola- tion” and represents “an enlightened and broadminded polic Philadelphia Public Ledger (independ- ent) it is a “definitc step toward re- sumption of our international obliga- {tions” The course is, in the opinion jof the Cleveland Plain Dealer (inde- pendent democratic), “a further indi- cation of the administration’s sin- cerity in its expressed desire to stand by the allies. A number of writers who do not necessarily quarrel with the policy object strongly to the fact that George Harvey, ambassador to Great Britain, will _represent America—a task, as the Roanoke Times (demo- cratic) su s, “requiring a Taft or a Root. Lady Astor and Parental Authority Lady Astor, America’s contribution to the house of commons, jarred the sedate members of that body into many expressions of perturbation To Keep-Fire Out of Your Garage Wall and ceil your ga- rage with Sheetrock for the protection of your car. Sheetrockis made from rock. Therefore it is fire- proof; it resists both cold and heat; and it cannot warp,shrinkor buckle. Indeed Sheet- rock is of such rock- like durability that you will want touse it also in remodeling your home or in build- ing a newone. Come and inspect Sheetrock for yourself. Rosslyn Steel & Cement Co. 216 Woodward Bldg. Main 920 Main 930 { when she delivered, Friday afternoon, what a pondent described as “one of her sermonettes” Her de- nunciation of men for men” is said to have turned “an otherwise dull sitting” into one of lively interest. She was speaking in support of a bill to make the mother of a child its joint guardian with the father, providing equality of author- ity, rights and responsibility for the parents. ew mothers know,” she said, “that no mother has a legal right over her child.” She was_speaking, of course, of England. She might have been speak- ing of certain states in this country. Doubtl, there was widespread amazement recently when a_speaker at the national convention of women voters mentioned the adherence of several states to the ancient theory of an exclusive paternal rule over chil- dren, With the appearance of women in politics the public is beginning to learn of some inequalities based on sex distinctions that are wholly re- pugnant to modern conceptions of Justice. AIn England the plain-spoken Lady leading the way.to a better standing. Despite its “oh's” and the commons voted with her iy afternoon, and her bill went to ond reading.—Wilmington (N. &)™ Star (democratic). Mme. Curie. America properly extends the warm- of welcomes to Mme. Curie, est or the foremost scientists of the world, and in achievement the great- est won of the present genera- tion. It A happy inspiration that led the American welcoming commit- tee to raise a fund of $100.000 to buy and present a gram of radium to its discoverer. Of Mme. Curie, the scientist, it is unnecessary to speak. As a recipient of the Nobel prize and as a member of the exclusive French Academy of Sciences her rank is fixed. And to Americans the glory of her work is not lessened by the fact that she came from the people, herself earned the money that maintained her when a student at the Sorbonne, and first saw the rays of the self-feeding jewel metal that she uncovered in a laboratory so limited as to be little more than a closet. But of the woman who has done much’ for other women it is well to bear testimony. She is a personal force for the upliftment of her sex, and this, despite the fact that she has not been noted in the self-con- scious woman movement. After all, there Is nothing that teaches as does example. It is the deed that counts. Mme. Curie, though her concern is in pure knowledge, has ended the reproach that in the higher walks of the understanding women do nog travel. Her wonderful career, as wonderful when she was struggling as when fame came to her, is in- spiring thousands of women to press on and up.—New York Tribune (re- Ppublicand. 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