Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1922, Page 6

THE EVENING STAB’ * With Sunday Morning Edition.~ WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........July 38, 1080 S T A , THEODORE W. NOYES...Editor The Evenin editica, s d .'..Q_fl'l 20 cents per mon! ders may ba west by mail or tel m may "'h" i = ead of each month. meoraing e e aein, tha ity daily only, 45 cents ’f Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Vlffllh Daily and Sund Daily only. {ly and Sunday..1 10.00; 1 mo., ¥ E yrs"w lmo.,gg Public Opinion Working. A dispatch from Philadelphia rep- resents John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, as confident that en interstate joint conference ©f the central competitive district will be arranged within the next few days looking to & settlement of the bitu- minous coal strike. . “Powerful in- terests,” governmental and otherwise, are reported to be working to bring about such a conference, and, while Mr. Lewis declined to identify those influences or to say just how they were being exerted, he left it to be inferred that he was not unmindful of their pressure. ‘There ought not to be any mystery about the powerful influences which ars at work to bring about a settle- ment of the mine strike. These in- fluences spring from and derive their power from the hundred million Amer- ican citizens, who demand that such & settlement shall be effected. To describe them as ‘“governmental and otherwise™” is an error, for whatever influence the government has been able to exert is only public opinion organized and made articulate. Mr. Lewis, at times, has voiced de- fiance of public opinion, and some of the mine owners have professed to be scornful of it. But their deflance and thelr professed scorn were in them- selves an edmission that they felt its welght. In the very nature of things it could not be otherwise. However much they may talk of their personal liberty as workers and their personal rights as owners of the mines, both the miners and the operators know that because it is an essential indus- try in which they are engaged they have responsibilities which they can- not put eside at pleasure or in self-in- terest. The pressure of public opinion for & settlement of the strike has been upon them since the day the strike was called. It went to bed with them at night and got up with them in the morning, sat with them at meals and forced itself into their setret confer- ences. There was nowhere they could &0 to escape it and nothing they could do to lessen its insistence. As the strike dragged its way through weary weeks the pressure of public opinion grew daily stronger and more insistent, until now the time ap- proaches when it is too burdensome longer to be borne. If elther the miners or the mine owners were wholly in the right their resistance would be fortified. But both are par- tially, at least, in the wrong, and, knowing that they are wrong, neither dares face the consequences of braving public opinion to the end. ‘Wilson and Vardaman. Mr. Wilson has put in his oar in the Mississipp! senatorial primary. He was opposed to Mr. Vardaman four years ago when the latter was try- ing to remain in the Senate, and is opposed to him now when he is trying to return to that body. ‘There is less danger to the democ- racy in this case than in the Missouri case. In Missouri the republican perty is well organized and led, and has some victories to its credit. In 1920 it car- ried the state for Harding and Cool- idge by & hundred and twenty thou- sand plurality, and re-elected its can- didate, Mr. Spencer, for senator. . Hence any bitter factionism emong the Missouri democrats—bitter enough to outlive the primary—will have an opportunity to exercise itself in No- vember. In Mississippl there is no repub- liean organization. The democrats could not lose an election if they tried. Disgruntled members of that party may go fishing on election day, but emough go to the polls—and not many are required—to put the demo- eratic candidates over. Hence whether Mr, Vardasman or another is nomi- nated for senator, the nomination will ‘be ratified. This interference of Mr. Wilson, however, will add to the interest in the Mississipp] eampaign, and draw outside attention. Mr. Vardaman is fighting beck, and as it is & case of now or never with him he may fight ‘with eonsiderable vigor. A merger when decided upon by the steel interests is generally re- gurded not only as legal but inevitable. The Street-Paving Estimates. Undeterred by the action of the budget buresu last year in cutting the estimates for street paving and of Congress in making still further reductions in the appropriations for this purpose, the District Commission- ers, it is reported, will submit esti- mates for $1,200,000 for strest Im- provements, or $400,000 more than was asked last year. In 1921 the Com- misgioners put the street-paving fig- ure at $800,000. The buresu cut it to $330,000 and the appropriation was finally placed at $233,600. There is no economy whatever in|from street paving, Without the least question, all of $1,200,000 is needed in the District in the course of the next fiscal year for this pur- pose. . Many of thé city's strests and most of the county roads are in bad repair. From being.a well paved city, with its highways in good condition, ‘Washington has become one of the roughest. bumpiest, nmhu cities in the ceuntry. mesns ultimetsly higher w pavements can_ bs kept in repalr for a long period. But these. repairs must be continuous and extensive, not spcsmodic and: scat- tered. A neglected street, the surface 6f which could be repaired for $30,000 this year, will cost perhaps $40,000 next year, owing to the greater depth of ‘the holes and width of the cracks and range of the waves caused in the surface by constant traffic. False economy in the matter of street paving is similar to that which has been practiced In the past in the Or- | provision of sshool buildings. There i= an arrears now of paving needs just as there is an arrears of school needs, and it is necessary some time or other to go at these arrears on & big scale. If Congress granted only 10 per cent of increase beyond the minimum normal of annual paving appropriations to catch up with these deficiencies it would take at least a decade to put the city in smooth shape. Meanwhile a far greater sum than that required for good paving is lost through damages to vehicles and the wear and tear incident to the rough surfaces in the city streets. The hope this year is that the budget bureau, end Congress as well, will see the wisdom of adequate street-paving appropriatior nd will not again seek to “economize” by cutting down the funds. —— Dean No “Man of Straw.” Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, would better have made more sure of his facts before declaring that “J. Cleve Dean, chairman of the Railway Em- ployes’ Publicity Association” Is & straw man put up for the purpose of eliciting from the President his sound rebuke erated Shopcrafts of that city has taken steps to rebuke said Dean for his telegram to the Prgsident, and identifying him as a flagman on the Alabama Great Southern rallway. There is such an organization as the publicity association, formed to dis- seminate information renrd!n‘ trade unionism emong the farmers of the country. It appears that before answering Mr. Dean, the President, through the officials at the White House, called up Mr. Gompers' office and asked if he knew Dean. He did not—had no record of him as an official of Ameri- can labor, and “even telephoned rail headquarters at Chuago in an effort to learn who he was.” No one knew anything about him or ever heard of him, and the White House was 0 in- formed. The President'’s letter was sent notwithstanding, and it proves to have been sent to the right person. It would have been,far better for Mr. Gompers, instead of questioning the good faith of the correspondenc to have joined in the denunciation of the unpatriotic and dangerous expres- sions of “Chairmen Dean.” Every- thing the President said in his letter was specifically along the line of labor’s best interest and the American Federation of Labor can do no better than indorse it, regardless of the pres- ent strike situation. The imputation that & “man of straw” had been set up In order to furnish an excuse for the writing of the President’s letter was ungraclous and unwarranted. No excuse was needed. The President could have said the things he did just as effectively in a general statement. Mr. Gompers’ denial has served the purpose of ac- centing the fact that the words of the .chief executive were addressed to a of official ~representative veritable labor. ———t————— The Association of New York Pro- ducing Managers has decided to ap- point & censor of its own at & large compensation. If he can rid the stage of the obnoxious forms of entertain- ment the public should not object to contributing at the box office toward his salary. —_———————— Russia has restored vodka as the national drink. It will be manufac- tured under state monopoly, the need of revenue being such that the au- thorities feel compelled to run the risk of secrificing the proletariat. ———————— Government ownership of the coal industry would involve rather delicate questions of compensation to the pres- ent proprietors when the properties are taken over. ————————— In personal experience, members of the Rallway Labor Board know neither strike nor holiday. —_————————— Midsummer “Horrors.” This is the disaster-prediction sea- son. Some call it dog days and some the silly season. Perhaps there is a relationship between the phrases. Maybe there is something in the atmosphere of midsummer that causes people to forecast horrors for bhu- manity. Two of these prophets of gloom have come forward lately. One of them pronounced the doom of & great part of the world when he sald that within three weeks from the date of utterance, which was ebout & week ago, all of southern Europe, northern Africa, southern Asia and western America. would be destroyed by a series of earthquakes, with the death of hundreds of millions of people. Now comes another one, & Nebraskan visit- ing in Chicago, who says that that city is to be wasited by the greatest storm in the bistory of America, with an appalling Toss of life and the de- struction of property worth billions. This storm, by the way, was to hit the Windy city at 3 o'clock this morn- Ing. As The Star goes to press, how- ever, no word come of the catas- trophe. Perhaps the wires are down. Maybe there is no one left to send & alm. but other news has come Chicago all day, and it must be for the present essumed that there 'wes something wrong with the cal- it ‘with th¢ aid of the horoscope, strange cabalistic computations on the orbits of the plasets. Others have “revelations.” . For, together with the dis-|of men and women are affected. The patch from New York in which he{pay envelope is suspended, and divi- makes that statement, comes one from dends for a time have gone glim- Chattancoga saying that the Fed-|merin terrible tales of hideous things to come. Some decades ago e religious cult flourished on forecasts of the millennium, but, efter several dates for tHe blowing up of things had been set and passed, the putting oa of grave clothes and giving away of property and assemblage on hilitops by the faith- ful went out of fashion. It is hard to scare people nowadays. So many real horrors have come without prediction and so many predicted horrors have fafled to maferialize that only a very few persons are ever shocked or In any way disturbed by these ghoulish “glooms” who announce disasters to come. A few of them were jarred by extravagant assertions of the baleful effect of the close approach of Hal- ley’s comet a few years ago, but they ‘were doubtless on the edge anyway 'and would have gone over under any other influence. —————————— The World for Gallery. As a nation we have the world for gallery. The fact is at once sobering and consolatory. It is sobering because in a great crisis we realize our responsibilities. ‘We must give proof of what we claim for our institutions—that they answer the ends of progress and safety, and need only to be firmly administered to serve all who harbor beneath them. It is consolatory because, as has often been shown, when things get as bad as can be a change is bound to take place, and a change, of course, means betterment. Surely things with us could not be much worse. Busi- ness depression eontinues. Discontent and unrest are at their peak. Strike follows strike. Hundreds of thousands A change is absolutely necessary, and on that account is due. It cannot be much longer delayed. If the poll- cles we have adopted do not promote it, it will come of itself. A great coun- try like America cannot be kept down. Its resiliency is a law of its being.* We should welcome the world’s at- tention, and improve the opportunity to show the world that we “have the goods” and are all that in less per- turbed times we have claimed for our- selves. A desire to make mall service as rapid as possible does not exempt the postal chauffeurs from the usual traf- fic regulations. A representative of the government should not claim im- munity, but should be looked to for example. ‘The debts of "Mr. Allan Ryan are found to be fourteen millions less than originally figured. A few millions one way or the other do not appear to matter much in an effort to corner the market. The popularity enjoyed by Mr. Ble- laski in Washington makes it difficult to understand why certain elements of Mexican soclety should have taken such a dislike to him. The Massachusetts young man who felt he had no right to retain a large fortune has become less communi- cative after ascertaining the large numbers of easy ways to get rid of it. It is hardly necessary to remind the public not to waste coal. Its price for a number of years has had an econom- ical influence which ought now to be valuable. A rationing system will be arranged, with the co-operation of the only ele- ment in & controversy that is always responsive to discipline—the general public. —_————— The fact that he could not come to ‘Washington caused Lloyd George to miss one of the few conferences that are popularly regarded es having achieved results. —_————————— Nations no longer fearful of Ger- many es a military antagonist are beginning to study her as & commer-| G cial competitor. —————— Money spent for much alrcraft equipment during the war was, it is claimed, thrown to the winds. —————t—————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Slippin’ along through the shade— The long days come and the long days g0 Over forest land and glade. Here is & blossom and there is & song As the old year gently goes slippin’ along. 8lippin’ along—past the hope and fear As our mortal passions rise. In a tumult the year stays not to hear As we grasp at some fleeting prize— Tears for the weak and mirth for the strong. The year heeds not, but goes slippin’ slong. Proceeding with Caution. “Do you think a statesman should cultivate a sense of humor?” “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “Some of us would'nt get by if we went too far in encoureging our con- stituents to look around for something to laugh at.” Jud Tunkins says anybody can tell the tryth, but it takes & smart man to tell it without making himself dis- agreeable. Musings of a Motor Cop. Hortense Magee rides fast and far; Her speed, she cannot drop it. Hortense knows how to run & car, But she hasn't learned to stop it. g x Labor-Saving Here and There in Washington BY “THE MAJOR.” Pershing in uniform is not an unusdal one. We all admire his splendid physique and soldierly bear- ing. The other night at the first meeting in the new home of the George Washington Post, No. 1, of the American Legion, of which he is & charter member, the general was scheduled to give a little talk to the four jor five hundred legionnaires there' assembled, and necks were craned to get-a olose view of the A. E. F. leader. They expected to #ee him in full uniform, but instead they saw & well-set-up man wearing & tuxedo, and while the general may appear to advantage in his well fit- ting uniform, §am Browne belt and well polished boots, he is also a very imposing figure In informal evening dreas. * ok ok ¥ UCH ado was made the other day becafuse Chief Justice Taft salled on a ship bearing the Eng- lish flag. The wets seized upon it 8s a cholce bit of propaganda for the necessity of the serving of liquors on American ships. The truth of the matter $s that ke Chief Justice of the United States sailed on particular line because the passage wi less expensive. Mr. Taft I8 by no means a man of ‘wealth, and he must, therefore, keep within his personal budget. It is an odd but true fact that the Chief Justics of the Supreme Court does not recelve the same net salary as do the assoclate justices. The ex- planation of this is that the asso- clate justices benefited by the law which exempted them from paying an income tax on thelr salary, and Mr. Taft, being appointed to the Supreme bench at a later date, did not recelve the benefit of the law. * ok x * e VERY sweet young girl, one of the kind that hates to step on a bug, the other day was bemoaning the fact that the present-day craze for sweaters would result in the slaughter of many fnnocent little © those of us wholive In Wash+ | ington the sighti. of Gen. 'sheep. The young person, being city bred, did not realize that sheep are shorn of their wool and are only (killed for the purrose of furnishing food. Queer things—girls. i « C ok kK % THE next time you are down on the speedway park your car tol one side and see how many license ! plates you can count from different| states; It really will surprise you.! Nearly' any afternoon or evening | you can see cars from Massachusetts, Michigan or Maine, cars from the 0Old Dominion or from sunny Ten nessee, autos from the golden state of California or-the sandy shores Florida. Some are luxurious some are flivvers, but all the cupants appear to he happy to be visitors to the most wonderful city in _the world. * ¥ ¥ ok UST what the reason is nobody ap pears to know, but it jsa fact thats large number of the young men of the | Department of Commerce spend their lefsure hours in emulating Walter Hagen, Jim Barnes or Jock Hutchi son. It may be that these young men ! choose this form of exer in order to keep physically fit for the stren- uous duties that confront them each day, for these young men are playini | an fmportant part in the further build- ing of the nation. * K ok ok OME years ago Royce Hough, ene of Washington's leading autorobile | dealers, won numerous trophies on the athletic field, &ps lizing In hl&ll‘ jumping. Every now and then when an athletic meet takes pluce you can see Royce sitting near the bar where the high jump takes place and you can | imagine that you can see the nervou twitch of his muscl as If once mo he would like to don his athletic to and participate in the sport. * k * % OME day when you are drlvinz down along the waterfront gi out at the strip of water t 7th street from the speedway and you will see a palatial yacht riding easily at anchor. It is the Tech, owned b Senator T. Coleman du Pont of Dela- ware. Every now and then this sena- torfal boniface, for some of his mil- | lions are invested in big hotels, tak his tired senatorfal colleague. the river for a cruise. EDITORIAL DIGEST Restoration of Haiti Should Fol- low That of Santo Domingo. That the promises made of restora- tion of the Santo Dominican govern- ment to the Santo Dominican people hould be followed by a similar prom- ise in the case of Haitl is the view of most of the newspapers which comment on the plan. They declare that this action would have a very Dbeneficlal result on the Latin Ameri- can relations of the United States. After all, in the opinion of the New York Times, naturally favor self-determination, and “the whole case is now referred | back to the Dominicans themselves. If thev have the earnest intention | and ability to set up a stable govern- ment of their own, complete evacuu tion of their territory by American forces will surely follow. The good will and unselfish purpose of our own ! = government are clearly established '? y the terms of the program for Santo Domingo which Secret:éy Hughes has | uccessfully negotiat There is neral IDpYDvll of the American lan, the New York Post is convinced. ecause ‘‘competent observers ‘said that the most intelligent Dominicans had no real objection to the American The Dominicans should their country, nations desire. result which both It is to be hoped that the modified program will be so rapid- | ly executed that our flag can be hauled down within a few months. can we similarly cut the ings In which we hold The recent Senate report on Hait{, called for a gradual reduction in the American forces, but said noth- | ing whatever about a termination of our occupation. Why cannot we give me conditional offer of ‘The Buffalo News also nolntl out that “we have been In here too long to step out uncon- dmonllly The terms will not be considered too severe, save by those who are ready to criticize any act of the administration on partisan grounds. Certainly they mark an im- provement over the Wilson admin- istration’s neglect or refusal to de- vise ways and means of taking our finger from out the Caribbean pie. idual reduction of our forc in Haiti was called for in the recent Senate report. That lollndl well, but does it mean anything? A more aefinite program with respect to with drawal from Haitl is desirable and might well follow the announcement concerning Santo Domingo.” “The object of the occupation. plains the Indianapolis News, create peaceful conditions in which the natives could erect and maintain a stable government. The United States has at no time had any other object in mind. The more intelligent of the Dominican leaders have seen the wisdom of the American policy, d have striven to qualify for the responsibilities contemplated in it. In effect, the American government 0w to the 'll,)omlnl ans: that you are capable of self-goverw ment.’ The burden of proof rests ‘with the Dominicans and the method of proof is such as to help them to gain strength as they make progres; For years they have had before thes an example of law and order, and they will merely have to demonstrate that they have been properly co: verted to the advantages of sound rule lor the benefit of the majority. The lan {s far better than turning the minicans for the United can intervene at any point and save -the country from the penalties of a serious revolution.” And the New York World considers that “In form and substance this thll might well be adopted in Haiti Caribbean. It l! l model because, instead of vague promises the agreement the precise steps which 0 be taken in order to insure our wit drawal. The conditions may be dif- ferent for Haiti, but whatever they are they should follow this precedent in naming the specific acts which the Haitlans must rform if they wish us _to withdraw. Entire freedom m: it will be certain, Public Ledger argues, because “con- siderable time must elapse before there can be any final withdrawal of the American marines. These forces, however, & to be concentrated at certain points and the maintenance of peace and order delegated to th. Dominican police. In a word, whole agreement can be regarded looking to a practical test of ability and disposition of the Do- mlnlun,g'oplc to govern themselves and to an .aminmnunn cap- the it obliga- !fl?lsllttl be slow, but Philadelphia Jmplement. 1a Pl “Do you find that taking summer boarders lightens your burden as gn agricultural toller?” “IMl say it does,” declared Farmer Corntossel. “It's & heap esasier to get your tomatoes with.a can opener than it is with a hoe,” "l‘lh much to say m‘munv ve lut mini, '%m-m of Ilinols, with th dll!nr'no. that in to Domingo did not respect any individual of constitutional right that we found iemt. Our lurca.dthen wel extra. toll»l i as extr: legal forces always Y ferred .nmnmu- beneflits, -includin a ‘but “they con- poln!l of bayonets the American people | is a procedure | & .nnfimnu or lf:é weido they think of l;hem for calling - which were often thr is nothing new in plan. We simply 1 icans to set up and able to man fairs cord all inten ire rom their our des. gove pendency. of the m in. since their tin Americ: v, of tyranny Standardized Lives. The scene is a full ent in one of {u magazine | dashing off in a which app that the you ied.” They are s eyes with that | i hich help: iency bode appens ing que! miarr no g » be d for happ i “And so they lived 5 dvert reads the future | fresh loveliness of {attracted 1 { The charm that will hold it through the ¢ for wa the seeret o is something thetic ahout snch cony |in .= beauty which is | It somehow or “refined young o the zppe | perity threatens to . rugged ori | Americanism. 1ke all the facial cream and fall in standardized “divine dancing !less, of course. this has done us all a grave injusti Hartford Times. Falling for the Gentle Grafter. All of us, pr to like the gentle fellow came along hoppi leg, with the statement that he w hopping a_ race between dime and line of conversa orting event. his_pictures into some of and the chances are that wher out of town and let his down he’'d jingle more col peckets than he could have a week, even if he had w work. Thera are more of them. There is the voluptuous lady with the Mona | Lisa smile, who is so! orphanage 'in the South She gets the money. The tired bu ness man loosens under th of those large, de: it strong: this or . which. shall pu greedy middleman out the man with a patent factory built and capitalized for the pleasant companion who hs 0 few acres of banana land and the polished stranger who has a few | blocks of stock in a field where a gusher is being held back until he | can let his friends in on the ground floor. We fall for all of them. We love | the gentle grafter as much as w hate the rude, unmannerly hold-un man. Old P. T. 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