Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1921, Page 6

m EVENING ST AR’ when they assume the right of in- dividuals in deflance of organization WASEINGTON, D. O. If members of a trade union can at 1 |20y time shuffie off the obligations ‘WEDEESDAY. ~. . June 15, 1821 | oy p their own organization imposes FEEODO! YES Editor | uPon them, and by acting as individuals BE W. N0 5 repudiate agreements, they are inflict- e Evening Star Newspaper Company ing a dangerous wound upon their own system. They are claiming the right Bustoess Offies, Pennsylvania Ave, New !: :-:::; Naseau St. ™ |of the closed shop, while acting as hMssgs Office: First National Bask Building. | “open shoppers.” ‘A ‘shop” can be Buopeas office: 8 Begent St., London, England. | kept closed only so long as the work- “with ing| ers regard the rules governing it. If those employed in such & shop walk out in deflance of their own regula- ‘the | tions, on the ground that they are acting as “individuals,” they make it necessary for theit organization to man the shop regardless of them, or permit it to become open. The only way a union member can gain the right to act as an individual in such circumstances is to resign from the union. Literally the Boston printers Dally only. who have struck have in this way quit Sunday’ caty their own ranks. —————— i ‘Without -public sympathy and with- Foreign Trade and the Navy. out support of their organization these Said Secretary Denby at Georgetown | Strikers are doomed to failure. But University yesterday: the question involved in Boston is one “America must maintain a Navy suf- of greater moment than the welfare of ficiently large to keep tne sea lanes|the individuals who have struck. It e time, that her £00ds Y |relates to the obligation of the Typo- go down on her knees and sue ; graphical Union to maintain its own Desce on o0y terms it her com: | discipline and order and having enter- merce should be cut ol ¥ (merica. 15 | ed into contract to fulflll that contract bound to the world through its for- so long ax the publishers on their side| i S R L :ikeop faith and obscrve the law. | All Other States. Daily and Sunday. negative Navy. Our goods must flow through international trade channels! 3 with as little interruption as possible The German War Crimes. Ol A e ey Tor insure 1hi*| When agreement was reached be- tween the allies and German repre- Can any little Navy advocate gain- | Sentatives that the terms of the Ver- sy this? It is true, to the letter. It|sailles treaty regdrding the punish- inheres both in trade nature and in |ment of those guilty of crime in war human nature. A merchant fleet needs | should be left to the. German court just the support the Secretary de-|sitting at Leipsig there was little faith seribes. that real justice would be done. But And as, industrially, we are bound |apparently that was the best arrange- to the world through our foreign trade, jment that could be made. The trials be it remembered that our present|have started. To date three Germans plans comprehend a larger foreign|have been brought to court, two of trade than ever—the largest possible | them accused of cruelty to prisoners —large enough to introduce us as a|in camp and one.a naval officer, for the trader to markets where today we are | responsiblity of sinking a hospital ship. @ stranger. 1f possible, we want to|The two former have been convicted eircle the globe with our products. (and sentenced to short terms. The And, of course the larger our trade, | naval officer was acquitted on the the greater the necessity for its pro-|ground that he was simply obeying tection. Its growth is not going to|orders. give pleasure to any of our com-; These trials have caused a pro- THE EVENIN( Chicago case. These gangs seem to have been organized for the purpose of spicific crimes; and ure not direct- ly associated so far as known. Thus the “master mind” theory that was at first entertained when the chain of robberies occurred is discounted. ‘The ‘master mind” in the Chicago affair was “Big Tim,” it would seem, and his mentality proves to have been of a very ordinary caliber indeed, not at all the sort to give society fears regard- ing its safety. The republicans of Virginia will put a state ticket in the field this year, and for that purpose will meet in conven- tion at Norfolk July 14. : Arrangements are in progress for making the occasion memorable in the party's local history. The counties are to be well represented, both as respects delegates and visitors. The gathering will be large. In addition to local leaders of prom- inence, national leaders and party of- ficials will attend by:;nvlmuon‘and ad- dress the meeting. Chairman Adams of the national committee and Chair- man Fess of the national congres- sional committee will be present and give encouragement to what is being done. ‘This is the note. Granted that.the fight is uphill, with the chances slight of making the grade. Granted that in either of the two men contending for the gubernatorial nomination the dem- ocrats will be well led. Yet the re- publicans should make an effort, and the best one possible. They should call on the pick of their number to accept nominations, and conduct an earnest and thorough campaign. The situation in the south is well known. In some of the states in that quarter the republicans have no or- ganization worthy the name. Only a skeleton something bearing the name exists, and functions principally in dividing the spoil of office when the party is in national control. But this is not true of Virginia. The republicans of the Old Dominion have a good organizationgand in & number of counties and several congressional districts make a highly creditable rec- ord on election day. In these new times, with new issues, they should bestir themselves, if for no other rea- son than to show how much alive they are. - STAR, WASHINGTON, Editorial Digest Putting It Up to Obregon. Secretary Hughes' frank statement concerning the State Department's proposition now laid before President Obregon for the signing of a treaty ‘which would assure American prop- erty rights s looked upon by the ma- jority of the newspapers as a fair condition upon which to base recog- nition_of the Mexican government. Some writers still profess to “smell oil" in the transaction and look upon the American policy as a brusque at- tempt to force Mexico to alter her conatitution to suit special interests. A milder tone is taken by others, who feel that hesitancy to accept the State Department's position is due, not to doubt as to {ts sincerity on the part of President Obregon, but to fear lest -some. elements :in Mexico might make capital of it to secure his downfall. The Brooklyn Eagle (independent democratic) is among those who feel that “it is obvious tHat Mexico can- not expect recognition” until the American conditions are met. While it “believes that Obregon “seems to appreciate the justice of the United States demand that the righs of our citfzens be protected,” it thinks “the uestion at the moment is whether bregon is strong enough to chal- lenge his enemies on the issue.” Without attempting “to guage the correctness of the palicy” before its fruits are realized, the Baltimore News (independent) also _reminds its readers that Obregon is “betwaen the devil and the deep sea” and “the ap- pearance of having mitered the na- tion's constitution at the behest of the hated ‘gringoes' will probably not strengthen his position.” . The New York Call (socialist) in- terprets the Hughes demands ~as meaning, “in plain English” that “foreign Investments are fixed in per- petuity and any attempt of the native government to- recover thé rich-re- sources in the hands of aliens ‘Atrikes at the foundations of international intercourse.’ * Without accepting the allegation that American ofl interests are back of the move, the Baitimore Sun (independent democratic) , sounds the warning that the government has as certain a duty to “checkmate” any effort of such interests as it has “to safeguard the bona fide property rights of Americans in Mexico. The New York World (democratie) is critical. “It comes down pretty much to this: 1f Mexico will meet the demands of American oil interests voiced through Washington all will bo lovely, the old friendship of the United States will be patched up at once and on the Obregon government will be placed the stamp of officla recognition by the Harding adminis- tration.” As to ‘‘concealing” the oil issue, the Chattanooga Times (independent democratic) s certainly not guilty. Why shouldn’t we say, it asks: “We want the ‘oil’ locked up in your hills and valleys and as we had once had the concessions for getting it we want those concessions validated by the new administration before me agree petitors. So that to encourage its nounced reaction in France and are growth, and derive ourselves the pleas- ure that issues from growth, we must provide protettion commensurate with trade established far and near. A survey of the subject from any point of view gives full reasons for making the Navy adequate in every way—on the face of the water, and both under and above the water—for the already large and the increasing uses of the country. The Tariff and the Republicans. Again the republicans, in office on a promise to revise the tariff, are warring among themselves about ap- plying the policy of protection, and again there are views and reviews of past tariff performances by Congress. Take this question: To what extent did the Payne-Aldrich revision of 1909 contribute to the defeat in 1912 of President Taft, who had approved it? Two answers are offered. One is that it contributed a good deal. It had divided the republican party and brought about the loss of the House tn 1910. That loss widened still fur- ther the party division, and two years Iater brought about complete defeat. The other answer is that the defeat of Mr. Taft for re-election is referable solely to the personal ambition of Theodore Roosevelt. Granted that the Payne-Aldrich tariff revision was de- fective. Granted, since it cannot be denied, that the defects caused the dé¢- feat of 1910. Still, the revision in operdtion. did not produce all the bad effects that had been predicted, and by 1912 was, it is contended by some po- litical students, working so smoothly and acceptably that but for the candi- dacy of Mr. Roosevelt, which was not based on objection to the new tariff law, Mr. Taft would have been re-elect- ed. In his first term Mr. Wilson was a minority President. Had the repub- licans remained united in 1912 they would have scored another victory. But no matter. That is old stuff. The Mve issue is the division now exist- regarded as evidence that no adequate punishments will be administered by the German court. Subsequent cases may remove this impression, but now there is serious tension in the French senate and chamber of deputies be- cause of what is denounced as the farce of the Leipsig trial. A manifesta- tion of this feeling is just reported. A member of the senate put in an interpellation on “what measures the French government intends to take concerning execution of the treaty of Versailles relative to bringing William Hohenzollern,, ex-kaiser of Germany, to trial for his crimes against human- ity.” A tumult arose in the senate and the interpellation was postponed, ow- ing to the absence of the premier. It was thought that the question of the trial of the ex-kaiser had been definitely settled, owing to the refusal of Holland to extradite him, that re- fusal being stated in explicit terms. Only in consequence of @ complete change of mind at The Hague could the person of the ex-kaiser be secured. There is no sign of such a change and Hohenzollern himself shows no symp- toms of wishing to leave the sanctuary of the Netherlands. The real purpose of the interpellation at Paris, therefore, would seem ‘to be to raise the whole question of the punishments on the ground that the German war gullty are escaping and the treaty is not be- ing carried into effect. Probably there the French administration. } A diplomatist is often surprised by the importance attached to remarks intended only as complimentary chat- ter to enliven a social occasion. l Perhaps if reports of Admiral Sims’ | speech had been garbled more the concern they have caused would be less. I Lenin is inclined at this time to put more faith in'a live commercial trav- S —— to recognize it as the de jure govern- So much depends on the style and | ™Bu all this talk of ol seems to the amount of attendant publicity that|New York Tribune (republican) to be doubts may arise as to whether pugil-| (&8 #HEIPL L0 TCVOT e which the ism is a rough pastime or a literary | Tribune presents as »lnllows 'Article it. XXVII of the Mexican constitution By permits Mexican authorities to confis- RO — cate the property of foreigners in Mexico, be it oil lands, ranches. farms Wastetulness charged to the war has|or mines. Such a Power of confisca- tion is a direct violation of interna- not occasioned enough remorse toj Y, % A Myhy “should Mexico. If it make the Treasury Department's con-lig not her purpose to exercise this : fund .bulge with contribu-|power, not say so?" oy e P ! masstion of “safeguarding tons American rights.” upon which 8o much stress is laid by the department and the supporting newspapers. is not as No hard working member of an in-|important just g}?“‘;_ in 129 Q&'es o{n::: Vi i yami St. Louis Star (independen as vestigating co meg can understand S fegmarding of Mexico against a re- what pleasure a leisurely capitalist|nowal of domestic chaos” On this ili stiol .|theory the Star urges recognition. caninnaiin; conpli S 0. 3 raion whlc}z will assure stability to Obre- gon's government, with the threat of v " v ¢ relations if, later. a Former advocates .of government [SCYeTRRce, o TUAERD ot Mathed ownership are now seeking to devise|" The sentiment quoted above, for the some rapid means for a recovery from | most —_————— part unsympathetic with the s Department’s policy. is. however, e entects: T:“:he Painority. The greater part — et {of the press. without rehenrsing ;I;’e ] “ o il, registers its unifie - There are atill & few “hecklers™ sur- 35 10 G35, I°Fuae "G "Secrerary viving, although the presidential cam- es. Typical of this comment Is e the "New York Herald (in ign i vear's affair. that o e New - e TG ki dependent), which praises the Secre- = tary's efforts as “on a par with the The ocean continues to provide|other prompt, able and whow &l toples for intellectual consideration, |mirable work he has done ce took the rtfolio. from ships to bathing costumes. O o New York Times (independent : democratic) declares that “no finer A ample of open diplomacy could be Bergdoll is of no service whatever | Sxued " a sentiment to which the St. to his country, is not even much of a [ Louis Globe-Democrat (republican) help to his mother. agrees, citing it as a policy “in the spirit of the times” “Frank, un- SHOOTING STARS. it adorned and_decent.” is the comment BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. $ i of the New York Globe (independent) on the Hughes statement, which “could not be improved upon.” the Chicago Tribune (independent repub- lican) asserts. The Chattanooga News (democratic) finds it “moderate and reasonable. The Boston Transcript (independent republican) is_ stil more emphatic: “American diplomacy swings back to the level of Bayard, of Olney. of Hay and of Root in the statement of the Secretary of State on our relations with Mexico. There is in this masterly utterance no bluster. no ‘shirtsleeves diplomacy. Nor is there any shifting, any weak evasion, any watch-and- pray smugness of pusillanimity.” Question of Amount. The world arises in its pride And says, “Let all endeavor,” To put hostilities aside, That peace may reign forever. But when the pugilists draw near Our purses gaily rattle, And breathless millions stand and cheer Their hero in the battle. ‘The rules are never all the same Profiteering in Shoes. ‘When courage takes its chances ng Tn its report on the high prices of Dont miss and wholly. ad- | ing, and widening, over the revision now due and taking shape, and which if it is not healed is likely to defeat - the party in power at the polls next| There is no place in the mind of the year. average aviator for the motto, “Safety first.” eler than in soldiers and statesmen. —_———— His retirement to private life has 3 mark @abled Pancho Vilia to make an im.| Not 8 “Master Mind” Crime. pression as one of the few farmers| Lariy in April a number of men in the world who are genuinely con-|drove up to a vacant lot near one of tented. the railroad stations in Chicago in an automobile and began playing ball. Presently a mail truck was driven up to the loading platform and suddenly the ball players swooped upon it in a body and in a few moments had taken from it several sacks of reg- istered mail, thrown them into their S R motor car and disappeared. The crime The Boston Printers’ Strike. | was committed as expeditionsly as if ‘Those newspaper printers of Boston it had been rehearsed, as for the who have violated the rules of their |movies. For the past two months the own organization by striking in re-|government agents have been at work fusal to accept an arbitration award | upon the theft and now it appears they on the question of wages have given|have solved it. They have taksn eight a serious blow to the cause of organ-|men prisoner, including one believed fzed lubor in this country. One of the| to be the leader of the gang, a former most definite stipulations in the Inter- ' state legislator and at present the head | national Typographical Union contract | of the Gas Workers' Union, who en-! with the publishers is that there shall | joys the famous cognomen of “Big be no strike over an arbitrable ques-| Tim.” This man Murphy, it is alleged, ——— The complications of daylight sav- ing cause an element of irritation and delay in railroad travel. 1t is no com- pliment at present to say that a road 18 running like clockwork. {is politics in the effort to emmnl‘ If frays are fraught with praise or blame . Depends on circumstances. A single warrior, bold and strong, Arouses no invective. It seems that fighting's only wrong When it becomes collective. Automatic Adjustment. “Do you have housing prablems in Crimson Gulch?” -+ -, “No,” replied Cactus.Joe. “When the place gets overcrowded the boys become irritable and hostile to a de- gree that just naturally compels the surplus population to go somewhere else.” . Not in His Line. “How do you explain your latest theory?” “My dear sir, I am too eminent a scientist to be expected to spend my time answering questionnaires.” Applications of Energy: We exercise in work or play, . But no one has quite understood ‘Why one man should play golf all day And let another chop the wood. Various Effects. “Do you think music is’calculated to firm hold on & class of business men shoes from 1918 on, the Federal Trade Commission tells the usual story of gross profiteering. Excessive profits were taken all along the line by the tanners and manufacturers clear down to the retailers; profits out of all proportion to the increase in cost. It was the buyers’ strike In the epring of 1920 that first halted the advance. To give the dealers due tredit, it was no fault of theirs that they did not continue to move prices upward. But now that raw materials have declined, the consumer is not yet getting the benefits to which he is entitled. At one end the farmer and at the other the consumer are nursing their grievances. Calfskins and hides bring only a fraction of war prices; foot- wear has_been marked down only slightly. . Ih the circumstances all the explanations that may be offered will not cool their resentment. The profiteering habit has taken a who_still imagine that they are - yond the reach of relnllltlgn. ll'abney dealers went through the buyers' strike of last year anwarned by the experience that there must be & fair readjustment of the selling prices of all necessaries, and forgetful that the public has learned that it has the lp:lz::n.lndklhe r;elnu to protect its —New Vi Pty ‘ork World (demo- The President’s Shipping Policy. President Harding's shippi - ley. outlined in '3 alspaten” trom on e oeton s economically sound, 1. That the business of ship op- tion. In the Boston case the proceed- ings were regular. The issue of wages was referred to a local arbitration board and was decided adversely to the printers. The printers then had the right to appeal to the national arbitra- tion board for a review and reatbitra- tion. They chose, however, to reject the local award and to strike, breaking their own rules, invalidating thélr own agreement and challenging the author- ity of their own officials. The Boston newspapers have con- tinued to appear, though in somewhat reduced form, because in each office some of the printing staff remained a* ‘was the leader, to‘whom a mail clerk gave the signal that the money van was at the platform: by:‘tipping his hat. Murphy in turn tipped his hat to the bell players. That hat tipping caused the court yesterday to fix his bail at $100,000, which he was unable to produce, The sum of $112,000 was found in & trunk in the home of his father-in-law, but that is not available for bail. 5 . These arrests are encouraging. ‘They, 80 to show that crime is not as easy) as it would seem. . Whether the gov- erneent recovers all the. stolen mat- ter or not, if it can put-in prison the = eration be turned vi soothe the insane? interests with n:elltt‘::egel:oy :-";:::f “In some cases,” replied Miss |5l et daoe o at deficits must be stopped. Cayenne. “Whether music soothes or ‘ That the Shipping B”rdpm._“ promotes mental disturbance depends| make an appraisal of. the: asgets’ of entirely on the Kind of music.” the government under its jurisdiction * l‘tnd i;:Ill:rze to t‘hb‘a vu:-‘ everyl liabil- 3 2 y that cannof made Jud Tunkins' ‘says- gentlemen’s pr{)flllbl& a Hade utorul and agreements have worked out so well| It is.a sound policy, but is the ad- ministration prepared to carry it to that maybe in international affairs|its logical conclusion? It may in- gentlemen's disagreements.can some ;:'WE"QE‘V':M "{h ‘:”P' at ‘RW ‘0‘; ricet ien at was empte day take the place of wars. before there was a tremen:oul hpo'l —————— | from various quarters. It may in- . volve practically the entire aban- Bad news for. the pedestrian: An-[domment of our roseate plans for a other reduction in the price of cars.— | Merchant marine, 2 project of a great American Indianapolis News. s merchant marine has appealed pow- work in obedience to their uriim law.|men implicated in the robbery it will Public sympathy is unmistakably with | have scored a triumph. The worst the papers against the strikers. The|form of crime Is that which is not ‘de- men who have struck have asserted |tected or punished. A° mall robbery. that they are quitting work not as|at Toledo coimmitted some time cdrljer mertibers of an organiztion, but as in- | hag led to arfests and the accused are . @ividuals, which saises the question|now on trial with good progpect of of whether they do mot forfelt their | thelr conviction, The Toledo case in- '“umdhm volved numerous individuals like the: Paul Poiret, Paris dressmaker, Says the corset is returning. Where ¢; the dance hall. ?—Rogk Island Argus. Now that® ailithe giris’ dress’like that, the vamp.has to'do_some real acting to put over the idea of wick- ednesa—Lincolp. Btat... ... . The girl-next door" Httle resscs for down silk stock- n erfully to the imagination of the American _people. they would not be willing to carry it.on indefi- nitely at a loss for the benefit of a favored few. merely because of their pride in it If even a good start 1s made in the direction of carrying out the President's policy it will force a showdown. of.the -git- rei ‘comed.—Baltimore Sun; (independent- democratic). You buy clothes to wear; ~ but you dont see “wear” when you buy The style may look attractive; the price tempting; but neither means anything unless the wear is there "' You know it's there when. you see this name in clothes— Hart Schaffner & Marx You get satisfaction or your money back Rale'i‘gh. Haberdasher 1109-1111 Pennsylvania Avenue Copyright, 1521, Hase Schafioer & Mars