Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1921, Page 25

EDITORIAL PAGE NATIONAL PROBLEMS SPECIAL ARTICLES Part 2—10 Pages PLANNED TO REBUILD EAST CAPITOL WALL 7- WA'SHINGTON, D. -C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, ‘1921. ongress Faces Legislative Tasks Jonscious of the Country’s Demand)| and out of Congress have been from time to * situation carefully, looking at it from every angle, will be pleased to have mercy upon Con- “PASSING THE BUCK” TO VETERANS STOPS Congressional Legislation Consolidating \ Improvements Proposed to Add to Artistic Appearance of Central Part of 'Building ¢ : . - BY'N. 0. MESSENGER. W}ll COSt Approx1mate1y $3,000.000. RESIDENT . HARDING assuredly 1s a busy man these sweltering summer < BY WILL P. KENNEDY. present. The roofing would be ex- days, when the prevailing thought with y $2.500 authorized for ‘the fiscal year LANS for correcting some archi tectural faults in the national Capitol building, contemplated since 1865, are nearing com- pletion and Elliott Woods, architect of the Capitol, is now preparing a report on which he will soon go be- fore the appropriations committee asking funds to carry out this work. Briefly, these plans consider the ex- tension of the centrol portion of the Capitol on the east front £o as to give | & better setting for the dome, which now projects over the east wall, and tearing off the outer shell of the en- | tire central portion of the building | on both east and west fronts, resur- | facing it with marble in conformity | with the Senate and House Wings. | This would provide additional commit- tee rooms and much needed space for the Supreme Court and its law library. From the artistic as well as the historic viewpoint, this proposed re- modeling in conformity with the original plans. which were never car- ried out, making the only extensive alterations in more than three score | years on this monumental and beauti- I ful edifice, has aroused the interest of Congress. There is every probability that it will be approved and the ap- propriation authorized by the ap- propriations committee headed by Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, who is himself an expert on ‘ big bullding construction. Recommended In 1564, That this work has been recognized as very desirable for more than fifty-five years is shown in the re- port of Thomas U. Walter, as archi- tect of the Capitol, in charge of the | improvements then being made, in November, 1864. He said: “Now that the new dome and wings of the Capitol are approaching com- pletion, it must be apparent to every “one that the extension of the center building, on the east, to the line of the new wings becomes an architect- ural necessity. I have, therefore. pre- pared plans for thus completing the work in harmony with what has al- ready been done, and will place them n the Capitol for future reference.” in 1904 an extensive report on this proposed extension and completion of the national Capitol building, pre- pared under the direction of Mr. Woods, was made to a joint commis- sion of the Senate and House or- ganized for the special consideration of this important improvement, which has the support of the architects of the country. The latest action by Congress in recognizing the need for this work was an appropriation of 1919 and plans. The report on which Architect Woods is now working will show that where before the war it was estimated that these improvements could be made for about $1,500,000. it will now cost ap- proximately twice that amount. The recommended improvements will be con- sidered under five headings: (a) Ex- tension of the east front and rebuilding it in marble; (b) reproducing the west . front in marble; (c) replacing west ter- race steps in granite and repairing the terrace which faces toward the White 1920 for revising these tended in copper. It is intended that the extension shall be excavated. so that there will be a subbasement under the bullding, and these rooms will be for storage, having painted brick walls and ce- ment floors. The new and enlarged rooms obtained In the basement, sult- able for committee rooms, would have marble floors, marble bases, plaster cornices and marble fireplaces. The rooms on the main floor, some of which adjoin the Supreme Court, would be suitable for judges' rooms, and others suitable for committee rooms. . In the attic the portion over the Su- preme Court would be used for an ex- tension of its library, and on the south side one room is intended for‘docu- ments. Two small stairs on either side of the rotunda would extend to the upper floors. There will be rooms above the attic for a low storage floor for documents. The floor of the main rotunda would be taken up and relaid in marble of a pattern and design conforming with the adjacent floors. Wesat Front Improvement. Recommendations regarding the re- placing of the west front in marble are as fol'ows: *The sandstone facing of the entire central ‘portion of the west front should be cut away, generally about one foot deep, and replaced by white marble and granite base of the same design, except that the columns should be fluted. The present windows would be left unchanged. but two new mall windows would be cut In the attic floor. A bronze door, now stored, would be get in the entrance doorway. The cut surface of the wall would be 1éft as rough as possible and In ad- dition anchors would be driven or ex- tension bolted in so that the new marble averaging eight inches thick would be thoroughly bonded to the old wall.- The present iron railing would be replaced by bronze of the same de- sign. In regard to replacing the west ter- race steps, worn deep by the feet of thousands of tourists from every city, village and hamlet in this broad land, the recommendations are: The bluestone steps and the plat- forms, leading down from the west terrace overlooking the city -with his- toric Pennsylvania avenue the great Applan “way to the Treasury and White House, leading to the lower terrace at the fountain level, with their returns are to be removed and replaced with solid granite steps, similar to nearby steps. The present iron railing down the middle of these steps will be replaced on the new steps. The cement paving within the area embraced by these steps is to be cut down to a sufficient depth and then entirely resurfaced, similar to the present color and pattern, but to proper drainage grades. Cellar Entrance and Elevators. Regarding the west cellar entrance and proposed new elevators the rec- ammendations are: An entrance-way should ‘be constructed from the ter- race at the level of the fountain on the west side, up a few steps to a level about three feet above the fouptain terrace level, and In to a e D e e e e GERMAN IMMIGRANTS SOON “TAKE OUT PAPERS” ®0 miany is upon vacation hent. But the chief execiutive of one of the greatest going concerns in the world--modesty forblds using . the superlative—the government of the United States, can tak$' his vacation only by nibbles and bites, week ends. Whether he tries to find a way to finance the rafiroads” difficulties to the tune of half a blllion, or contempiates the third of a billion in the Shipping Board; or shares Secretary Hughes' concern of Japan's attitude toward the peace conference; or listens to the drum fire of demand that Congress “do some- thing about taxes,” or considers peace plans for Germany, or—one might go on for a column telling what the President has on mind. The point is, that the congressmen at thd Capitol who are bewailing their lot that they have a tariff bill or a tax bill, or some other single subject on their hands, ought to go up to the White House and wertch a man work who has “some” work in hand and ahead of him. * %k x X Congress is grinding away at its tasks with much inward travail of spirit, which finds ex- pression in private conversation of senators and representatives by lamentations, but with grim determination to go through with them. Congress “would llke to take a vacation, but “dass'nt” do it-on a large and gratifying scale, and will probably'have to be content by nib- bling at it ‘a8 does the President, each house taking three days at a time. The session seems * to bid fair td run well into the fall months. * % Xk X Chairman Fordney of the House committee on ways and means, and his hard-worked col- leagues will not allow themselves a moment's rest between the completion of one task and the taking up of another, although in the past a tariff blll was considered work enough for one session, and a bill of the magnitude, im- portance and complexity of the tax bill would have been deemed more than enough. The ways and means committeemen think they can report a tax bill within a fortnight and get it through the House in short order. The Senate will then find itself with two great revenue measures in its committee at practically the same time, for the committee on finance will not have had op- portunity to get rid of the tariff bill before the tax bill drops into the basket. * K ok ok Senator Penrose, chairman of the Senate committee on_finance, is not a pessimist or'a croaker, but as he is a very practical man in legislation as well as in politics, he does not put on blinders when he approaches facts, but meets them with both eyes open. In this atti- tude he views the approach of tax legislation without much enthusiasm over the prospect of affording very much effective relief for the fu- ture. Of course, he has not made a discovery in announcfng his opinion that the country will have to be prepared for disappointment as to the extent of tax reduction which it will be possible for Congress to make. ¥rom President Harding down, the administration leaders in / The great majority of German im- time preparing the oountry for realization that expenses of the government will keep up for at least two years to come, and that there can- not be very much reduction in taxes, But Senator Penrose thinks that the new bills, while affording sugh reduction as muy be found possible to achfeve, will certainly find favor with the people for ita provisions rellev- ing the taxpayers of some of the Inequalities and burdens under which they now labor. The average man might ask why those inequalities, long since admitted and frequently polnted out, have not been ironed out before this, and the only answer is that' it was the judgment of the lawmakers that no ironing-out process was practicable untila general tax reform bill should be taken up; that the corrections could not be made plecemeal, as the whole systtm was a complicated structure of machinery and easily thrown out of balance by tinkering with its parts. * K kK While Congress, the executive departments and the whole administration are in a very fever of economy of stopping the drains upon the Treasury, and regard no sum too small to be saved, there was one authorization of ex- penditure which was made gladly and un- grudgingly. It was provided in the Sweet bill to consolidate all government agencies dealing with world war veterans and to extend addi- tional benefits to disabled former service men. The bill carried in round numbers about half a billion dollars. It was taken up and passed in the Senate within three hours without a roll call. That action exemplifies the real spirit of Congress toward the.former service men. Men who are in position to know whereof they speok assert that there is no doubt that Con- gress will give to the uttermost for the helping of the disabled service men. 1In fact, Congress has given in the past generously, and, in cases, lavishly. The cause of complaint has been in the administration of the relief furnished by Congress, not due to any one's ill-will, but to the diversified channels through which the re- - lief ran. The Sweet bill proposes to correct the evils which grew out of this system and to make every dollar provided by Congress count for a dollar and not losing any of fts value by fric- tion with ‘the red tape of methods conflicting or duplicating government machinery. * k x ok It is believed in Congress that the flurry over the postponement of the bonus bill has blown over, and that the great mass of the former service men will yield to what appears to be the predominating sentiment of the coun- try, that President Harding presented incon- trovertible reasons for the action which was taken in the Senate. The reaction of the coun- try is declared by senators and representatives to show that the President will be sustained, and that senators who voted for recommittal of the bill need not fear the sentiment of the mafority of the voters of thelr states. * ¥ X X > - Many senators and representatives hope and bélleve that the country, Wwhen it pondera the GEN. SAWYER MUCH IN DEMAND AS A SPEAKER AT CONVENTIONS gress for nof being able to accomplish the im- posible in the way of tax reduction. The coun- try, congressmen say, Is apparently thinking deeply on public questions, more so, Indeed, than er before, and the judgment and common sense of the people can be relied upon to render a Just verdict, if time and opportunity for con- stderation of all the points involved are afford- ed. So, the statesmen are encouraged to hope that after the first outbreak of irritation over fallure to reduce taxes, the country will look at both sides of the government's balance sheet of fncome and expenses, and realize that Con- gress 1s doing the best it can with an abnormal situation for which no one, no party and no Congress can be blamed. Congress and the administration, it is claimed, have united in honest and practicable efforts for economy, and feel justified in asking the country to consider the necessity for the appropriations, rather than the aggregate, and to take Into account the purposes for which money.1s expended rather than the sum. The United States thinks in terms of billions now, and must continue to do so indefinitely. * %k * There is a general satisfaction in Congress over the close and helpful contact which is maintained, between Congress and the execu- tive and administrative branches of the gov- ernment. “Team work” between these co-ordi- nate-arms is becoming more pronounced alll the time, It 15 said. President Harding’s determination to ap- point one or more senators to the de'egation representing the United States at the peace and disarmament conference pleased the Senate, It is said. In view of the criticism directed against the fallure of the last administration to gecognize the Senate in somewhat similar " circumstances, the Senate expected nothing else. The result is counted upon to be that the Senate will be not only in close touch with the proceedings of the conference at all times, but the conference will open with the Senate in a sympathetic rather than a suspicious attitude toward it. The psychology will be favorable to a hapyy outcome, It is asserted. The question has arisen in connection with the contention that the proceedings of the con- ference &ha!l be public as to what extent the discussion may be the subject of animadversion in the Senate while it is going on? Will it be possible, it is asked, to keep the Senate from talking about the pending propositions and lending its “advice” whether it at all times yields its “consent” to the subjects under dis- cussion? It has been suggested that the more secret the conference, the more likelihood of considerable range of speculation and animad- version in the Senate. Freedom of debate is a cherished institution of the Senate, and the visiting statesmen from other countries, espe- clally those who were familiar with the Paris meetings, may be expected to be surprised to find the doings of the conference the subject of very frank handling in the Senmate from day to day. - ' (Copytight, 1621, by The Washington Star.) NEW BREED OF POULTRY DEVELOPED BY UNCLE SAM Lamena is the name given to a new breed of poultry that has been de- migrants are naturalized as soon as possible. According to the latest available census figures relating to naturalization (the figures for 1910), nearly 70 per cent of all Gesfhan im- imigrants were then American citi- Zens. This represented a higher per- centage than for any other nation- ality. An article In & recent issue of one of tHe German-language newspapers In this country threw an_interesting light on the question of why many of the older immigrants have: hitheilo not taken the necessary steps to com- veloped at the experimental farm of the Department of Agriculture at Beltsville, Md. It has becn named by Secretary Wallace after the origina: tor, Harry M. Lamon, senfor poultry {man of the bureau of animal industry 17t is-a white fowl with red ear lobes !that lays a white-shelled egg. White Plymouth Rock, silver gray Dorking and white Leghorn were the breeds used as foun, ion stock President’s Physician Overwhelmed With Invitations—Delights in Doing Some- thing for the Good of Others. himself and very enthusiastic-for a department of public welfare. To the writer Gen. Sawyer briefly | them sent to E: s i urope every year by outlined his case. “You can say,” he|this country, and the most );npull’r VERY time 'there's a conven- tion in Washington—and there are lots of them—it has be- come a sort of habit agong BY G, GOULD, LINCOLX. ASSING the buck,” a favorite exercise among officials of the government, who ha . had to do with soldier re- lief—at least, according to many of the veterans and also to members |of Conzress who have investigated the administration of soldier relief— 18 to become a back number. The Senate and House have both passed the so-called Sweet bill to co- |ordinate the various government gencies dealing with the veterans of the world war and consolidate them in a “veterans' bureau.” And as soon as differences in the Senate and House bills have been ironed out in conference, the measure will be sent : the President for his approval 113 right direction. It has been actively urged for passage by the American Leglon and other veteran~organiza- tions. It was approved by the Epe- clal Senate cgmmittee. which has been delving into administration of government relief. for the former service men. This committee found that. in its opinion, the present system of separate bu- erans that are so closely would be unfavorable from the point of view of the incapacitated vet- erans. The present sysiem has been responsible for unexplainable delayi confusion, red tape, with its in- !tricate and slow-moving machinery. It has contributed to the dificulties of the incapacitated former service men when they have sought to ob- !tain the aid authorized by Con- gress. = Men have testified before the com- i | mittee to waiting months and' months without a settlement, or even a decision in their vases. though some of these men have been themselves or their families. Lack of (o-Ordination. A great difficulty has been that the bureaus examining. rating and hospializing the men have not been working in conjunction. as they should, with the bureaus compen- sating and training the men. This is the assertion of the Senate com- mittee, which gives the following example: The bureau of ‘war #sk insurance and the Federal Board for Vocational Education are both calling upon the adjutant general for the military | nistory of the same man and_ are conducting separate physical exam- inations in each case. Neither of them accepts the findings of the {other. The vocational board has ruled in many cases a former service man's disease was connected with the service, while the war risk in- surance bureau. on the other hand. has contradicted this and denied compensation, and vice versa. Some- times a ‘man has been granted vo- ‘cational training. which implies at least 10 per cent disability, by the Federal Board for Vocational Edu- cation and has been denied a similar rafing by the war risk insurance bureau. Neither of “these bureaus has had adequate control over the dctgils of the hospitalization pro- The measure is a long step in the | a further continuation of | | reaus handling problems of the vet | related | maimed beyond hope of supporting | House; (d) constructing cellar entrance | Point under the narrow passage be- |plete their citizenship. It was pointed on west front and constructing new ele- | tween the two courts, and then aiout that thirty or forty years ago vators; (e) putting fitting permanent | branch on either side, sideways and |large numbers of German farmers sculpture in the new east pediment or | inward, to two sets of three ele- | were invifed to settfe in ua= west, r,e-l over the main entrance to the Capitol | Vators each, running from thig cel-|ing induded to_do so by the promise e lar_level z building. 3 . The thousands of tourists from every po{fa"fif.’g o;lhlelhm work, it is pro- part of the country who make pilgrim-ishould be .cut, shored, underpinned and otherwise reconstructed. Thd fountain should be removed and the paving around it rebuilt to fit the new entrance. All the exterior work will be with materials similar to those on the existing work, as changed in previ- ous items—that is, white marble wall work, granite steps, windows like those now existing, copper roofing. etc. Skylights will be put in where the passages run under the courts and these will be of wired glass, with wire netting.over them, The new sets of elevators will be slow-speed electric elevators, with all modern safety devices and steel cars. The passages will have mau ble mosaic floors, marble bases. mar- ble walls. The rooms beside the entrance will be finished off as com- mittee rooms. 3 Plans are still under considération for the pediment sculpture, har- that after a year's residence they would be entitled to vote. At that time, and up to quite recen‘ly, some western states gave the vote to aliens who had thelr “first papers”— that had declared their intention of r nouncing their old allegiance and be- coming citizens of the United Statcs. When whole villages, and even counties, were populated entirely by recent immigrants, such a policy on the part of the state was understand- able. Under those circumstances peo- ple imagined themselves to be citi- zens. They voted-and were elected to public offices. When times changed and new laws were made. these older immigrants suddenly found that they Were not citizens of the United States; in fact, according to more recent nat- cellar foundations age annually to the seat of government are expected to take much interest in these improvements designed to carry out the original plans and to give ar- tistic and architectural grace as well as enduring permanence to the building, which represents in tangible form the stability and grandeur of the American goverpment. Improvenients on East Front. Conclusions that have been reached by Architect Woods after careful study and consultation with the best archi- tects in this country and which he will make to Congress are: ) Regarding the east front—that the present sandstone walls of the entire those in charge of arrangements to invite Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the Presi- dent’s personal physician, to make & speech. The convention may be the annual meeting of the Pencil Sharp- eners of the World, or maybe the As- sociated Societies for the Prevention of Prize Fights—but whatever it is, Gen. Sawyer will make a speech, a good speech, and while ‘touching on the best way to sharpen a pencil or prevent a prize fight, Gen. Sawyer will ring in something about the sub- ject nearest his heart—establishment of a public welfare department. Gen. Sawyer has become in a few months one of the best known men in the United States. Not long ago he was what he styles himself, * Iittle old country doctor.” Gen. Saw- yer's name is linked with that of the chiet executive on nearly every occa- sion in which the President is inti- mately described in his daily work. His sayings have been widely quoted, his views on nearly.every subject in began, in his speaking-for-publica- cellent progress. We are going to have a department of public welfare. | gy and its creation Is going to be one of | tna. qoc the greatest steps taken by this ad- ministration. Efficiency and economy are the watchwords adopted by this administragion, and the department of public welfare is going to be the em- bodiment of those two principles. But Gen. Sawyer doesn’t follow tnnl style in conversaation long. He be- gins to “just talk,” and then is when he reveals himself as the delightful country docfor who “knows a little something apout everything.” “I'm just getting informed on what we have to do before we begin to do it,” he says. “Here's an example of something the man ih here a few minutes ago told me. A certain bu- reau in this government is buying bandages and other medical supplies at market prices; while almost across the street the Quartermaster Corps is brands are these: tion style, “that we are making H-Idmwr reeled off a few wefl known brands in the order of their popu- (By the way, and just to tell tor he's not such an expert on cigarettes, after all; he called one brand quite out of its name.) Dr. Sawyer has a habit of break- ing into his theme with Iittle inci- dents about_ himself. tain old grist mill out in a little Ohio Maybe the miller, or the miller of twenty-five yvears ago, is dead now. But Gen. Sawyer likes to talk of the days when he was a half-grown boy, jmiller used to spend hours to the miller- talking of the grain, and how It was ground. and made into food to build up the body. afid the doctor hazily forming in his boy's mind an ambition to help the miller. not in making the food for the body, but in caring for the body to enable it to enjoy the miller's food. and the There's a cer- town today. when he and gram. Typical Example at Cincinnati. This same duplication of ‘authority and confiict of decision has been found to exist in the fleld—that is, outside of the headquarters in Wash- ington. The committee has given as an ilustration of this condition the lmumon In Cincinnati. The dis- wict offices of the federal board for vocational training in that city are In the Dayton building: the district office of the war risk insurance bu- reau is in another building some six or seven blocks away. The lacal office of the federal board is in the Lyric buiding. three blocks away trom the dtstrict office, and the treat- ment of the publlc health service is five blocks away, and the local office of the war risk insurance is in the post office building, away from the other offices. This condition is typl- cal of the administration of these bureaus throughout the country. The the gether. . . central portion of the east fror¥ should be taken down, together with all the construction in front of them—portico, pediment, steps in front of them, etc., except a portion of the wall back of the supreme court, which should be left + as an interior wall, but in this portion the exterior architecture should be left as an interior wall, but in this por- tion the eterior architecture should be stripped oft and thp Supreme Court chimneys taken care of. It is proposed that a new wall shall | pe bullt twelve feet and ten inches farther eastward than theeld wall, with a white marble facing and granite base, substantially reproducing the old design except as follows: The pediment, which now is eight columns wide, should be widened to ten columns, and the steps widened correspondingly. The columns should be fluted, like the present col- _ymns of the wings. The parapet balus- trades should be like those on the wings. The pediment in this work is proposed plain, its sculpture being considered ‘in & Iater item. The present iron railing would be replaced with bronze of the same de- sign. The present bronze doors and lamp standards would be reset. The present marble sculpture would bd reset in position on the new marbie. The present granite steps would be reused, extending the length with new | granite as required, The roadways be- side the entrance would be recorfstruct- ed, similar to the present, but moved out as required by the new position of qefling would b» marble. New windows would he similae to those at wills and steps. The portico floor and | w0 visory ‘ton marieting. monizing with the original pediment on the Senate wing and with the more recent pediment sculpture by Paul Bartlett o the House wing. — Working for the Interests Of the Cotton Growers IT:!RL WILLIAMS, is chairman of the national ad- mmittee on co-eperative. oot- !| factors have contributed to ‘it, one of ") gral part of the American civie-body. patriotic, very . well satisfled . with uralizattion laws, even their “first p “You know,” Dr. Sawyer will say, “I leatned more from that miller, and I owe him more than anybody in this world.” Dr. Sawyer's Many of the older men- were|have been sought. Yet Gen. Sawyer plus war materlal prices. That's the ashamed to apply again fof their “firat | —the real Dr. Sawyer—who goes to | hing we've got to stop, in this work pap and go through the ceremony | WOrk at 7 o'clock in the morning and | of ours. of becoming naturalized. They would |5its at his desk long into the night; SR D not let their neighbors know that|Who shyly admits he has learned to "Tlnl‘“en :‘:': 2 "'“‘ ] they were not American citizens, after | Smoke clgarettes since coming to| . T Lo '.‘“"cnh 5, a0 the ive having lived in the country all these | Washington; the man who never for- Sl i bl it years and enjoyed America’s protec. |8ets to thank the elevator boy for| B0 % SR G S CE B ate tion and prosperity. However, forces| taking him up and down several| S o o " la" another to Investi- within the family are at work to|stories in his hotel each day, is litte| SR EVCL My & (TP P L vant remody, tisovil, . known. And to meet hu: “"“:":::-:o 2 (scAHE erer), What wo, want lled the other afternobn W X mt emlme purpose 6f obtaining a that state, and ,while’s he's there let o P the progréss he is mak- | him inveatigate, ail three' disenses at expression o s e ing in his survey of the government | ® ¢ i & : n:;:nele- tor (ho cetavilsiment iof Wy ohen you, Gokit “delleva Ju Epe department of public welfare. popularity as . a speaker has increased to such an ex- tent that he recelves invitations le‘;ry day from every part of the country. But, ~although President Harding is a remarkably well man, the department of public ‘welfare he refuses as many as fifty invita- tions a day. cept many of them, but Xfl!te- a limit to- human endurance and time. Doing Something for Others. “One of the greatest pleasures in this work is that I know I am doing somgthing - for other people.” Dr. Sawyer says there’s a great joy in that., So many people are going around” these days with two good eves, but blind, utterly blind. It' remarkable what a great good -for somebody a little human .aet will accomplish. How many people, for instance, do you think whl stop or pause to thank the officer who stands on the corner in the heat of the’day recting the traffic? Or who would think of saying ‘thank you' to the man who runs them up and down on the elevator? Not many, but if there were more this would-be a happler and a better world.” One more glimpse: of Dr. Sawyer as | he reaches for the push button to fl:mon the next bureau chief before “Naw go aheadand ‘write your story,” he warns the reporter, “but IMOVEMENT OF ITALIANS TO BECOME NATURALIZED There has been a general movement among the Italfan immigrants of late in favor of naturalization. cialists, doctor “Specialists! and Dr.Sawyer pretty i mearly sputtered. Disregards Formality. “Young man, do I you know the greatest epecialist in 't much formality about! }the. medical _profession? ~He's the perts on this and experts on“that, eyes twinkling behind a pair of "‘“"“dgnm Ahe real expert is the man Who lensed glasses. He reaches out “; ! knows something mbout everythis pulls up'a chair beside him, bids the | ("lon2 2OTER D8 BUot AveryIng caller be seated, and usually, froml o, = "0 bong (ne' greateat diag: force of habit, faces his visitor and 3 asks, “Now what department do you come from?” The query is natural. During his long working hours Gen. Sawyer hi a small crowd of bureau heads await- ing their eng‘l(amenu in his ent room. He talks to each one fnti- mately—gets him interested in the subject at hand—then dismisses him with a friendly pat on the knee and thanks him for cailing. And the bu- reau chief makes an exit, feeling very Several There is) which is a decided change in the atti- tude. of the Italian-language press. Before the war, this press was gen- erally opposed ‘to Itallans in this country becoming naturalised, though it always urged upon them a strict observance of American laws and cus- 'toms. Now, however, this attitude has been ‘changed, and the Itallan press makes every effort to persuade its readers to take out.citizenship papers. ‘This movement 18 also furthered by the Italian ambassador. Senator Ro- landi Ricel,” who is making & tour of the most thickly populated Italian settlements throughout the ‘country, advising the Italians to become Ameri- cam citisens and pointing out to them the advantages of becoming an inte- nostician oi ‘the Pagific coast. ° He is helping me in this ‘work now, and when he” g0€8 ‘back to the west he will be s greater and better dia nostician ‘just for learning some- thing’ about this work here. “A man is better off for learning something _about. everything. You know, I never smoked much before coming to. Washington, but I've learned . to, smoke cigarettes—not much, not many—butf I have learnt at the same’ timg something about cigarettes. There ‘are Ubillions “of pers” had hecome useless. . which the government is Interested | gelling the very same articles at sur- 1 i put too much Sawyer. in Just end of it, {must be attended to. Dr. Sawyer saye) He would like to ac-| forget the Sawyer part of Dan'tIWI X Succeeds W. H. Frankhauser In House of Represenufives JOHN M. C. SMITH, whe feated him for re-clection in the, will 8l the umespired term of o |ma & Agencies for 'So'l_dier Relief Will Elimi- nate Duplication and Quicken Results. former service men wander from one office to the’ other. and frequently thelr cases have to be presented to Washington. going fhe long way roupd from one bureau to another. All of this duplication and eonflict jof authority\ has tended to confuse the veteran and has added enormous- }1¥-fo the expense of caring®for the veterans. Proposed Censolid: It 18 to cure just much conditions that. the Sweet bill was drafteq and Is about to become a law. In the first place, the bill provides for con- solidating into one burcau the bu- reau of war risk insurance, the re- i habilitation division of the Federa! | Board for Vocational Education, and | 80 much of the public health service as relates to the examination, assign- {ment to hospitals and welfare of the former service men. As the bil passed the House, it provided thig veterans' bureau should be under the Treagury Department, with its di- rector an assistant secretary of the Treasury, at a sulary of $10,000. The i Senate, however, detcrmined to make { the bureau an independent establish ment, diretly undr the control of the President, with, however, a director receiving the same salary as that pro- vided in the House bill. In this joue bureau will be consoliduted, therefore, all .u: agencies. which have been in ict over cases of the veterans. hoped that a mars lof red tape . cut immeditely, and that th: Lessing delays in {allotment, a . compensation {and insurance .. will be brouszht to an end. Reglonas 4 Suboficers. While centraiiis .on of authority in Washington i< puasned. the bl makes provision iur deccntralizution in the fleld 10 muse .U puseible more speedily to aid tae ve.erans. Provi- sion s maue for fourteen regiona. offices and noi 1o exceed 140 sub- oftices throughout the country. At these regionsl offic.s all the work of receiving apphcations, hearin. | complain.s, low.ng examinaiion. passing on uv.u.us wnd odher routin { work will be dou.. .id inves.iga.io, Wiil be wady 101 wac Propes aad ex- of compei- ton und sews e lu'u apd L furnishiag s o - ..ot Diie 80d VOCA- togal ra . uihier benefits Lo which . i L v.ce méh may be endticd u wperaddun ot the | peditious ac.e 1 aw. Bacu regsonal offices will be feey €omplete L WBAL 108 4o el The stove. acrmore, will be | auxiliary pevild, OIICES Whiv wul have . 5 s may b i deiegutea . . Uy he director. usat.on and lu- W Brane vocs | except 10 w.. Burance awu.c. tonal trus. 1n this wa), <ue velerans' bureau | will be deceawrus.ced, except for the general auu.uisdacon and fnal ac- counting. The uviizinai records of ai. {activiaes concerucd, however, wili remain in Washingtoh, while coples or working cards are kept in the regional and subotfices. In each regional otfice the men in charge will be rezponsible for main- | taining proper aud «tonomic service, examinations for awards, for making payments, for hcspitalization, voeca tional training and all other matters involved. All Questions, so far as possible, will be set{led at the point of origin, near or in the presence of ! the men concerned, doing away with many of the in.ermed.ary steps now i sary, subject to final review by the director of the bureau. The central office of the veterans bureau will be located in the Arling- ton bullding here, and it is expected that it will house completely all thé office activities. Rights of Service Men Extended. The Sweet bill also enlarges the ex- isting rights of the former service men. It provides, for instance, for the first time, for medical care and treatment of persons suffering from an injury contracted in or aggravated by the service to, some degree less than 10 per cent reduction in earning capacity. Under the existing law the bureau of war risk insurance can give no medieal care or treatment to those not entitled to compensation, and it can give compensation only o those persons having at least a 10 per cent disability. Although the Sweet bill grants no compensation for disability less than 10 per cent, it does au- thorize the veterans' bureau to grant medical ald and treatment to persons who suffered any disability in the military service, although the dis- ability be less than 10 per cent. Pro visions are made in the bill, alro, amending the law relating to tRe re- instatement of war risk insurance. | The Sweet bill, it is expected, will do much to relieve the situation which has arisen regarding the veter- ans. It is Mkely that it will be the only soldier rellef legislation at the present session, except for possible further appropriations for hospitals, etc. The soldier bonus bill will not be taken up agaln, in all probability, untfl the regular session of Con- | gress next winter, and even then it {=ay be postponed. An agreement to advance $250,000 to an unnamed exporter to mss'st ‘n financing the shiptaent of sugar miil 3 lu Finance Corphration, 3 required. Appeals will be possible from the regional offices to the Washington headquarters, if neces- chinery to Cullh 1§ afnoiinced by the