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- EDITORIAL SECTION ° he Sundiny Stw? 16, 1924. NATIONAL PROBLEMS SPECIAL ARTICLES Part 2—18 Pages SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH OTHER POWERS TO SIGN WASHINGTON, D. C, [“FOR” AND “AGAINST” WAGE RUM-RUNNING TREATIES British Pact, When Effective, to Increase Hazards of Liquor Smugglers Off United States Coast. nv GOULD, as it has ex- isted along the Atlantic coast in the vicinity of New York, is about to be dislodged and to be forced consider- ably further out to sea, if not en- tirely eliminated. The Senate last week ratified overwhelmingly—61 to 7—the treaty negotiated by the ad- ministration with Great Britain which will permit visit and search of vessels flying the British flag and suspected of violating our prohibition laws within such distance of thé United States coast as may be tra- versed by the suspected vessel in one hour. It remains only for the British to ratify—as they are expect- ed to do promptly—and for ratifica- tions to be exchanged at Washington to put the treaty into full force and eftect. Rum running to the dry shores of the United States, therefore, will be- come more of a deep sea pastime than it has been, with further dan- gers for the smugglers taking part. Originally it was proposed to allow visit and search to be made within twelve miles of the coast. But un- der the terms of the treaty, the ra- dius will depend upon the speed of the vessel which may be searched. { ¥or example, a ship that.can make! only ten knots an hour may be search ed only within & distance of ten knots of the coast. On the other hand, a vessel that can make twenty knots, may be searched within twen- ty knots of the coast. Controversies Promised. These variations in the distance un- der which visit and search may be made, and the difficulty of declaring | Just how far a vessel may be at a given time from the American coast, appear to promise not a few controversies when the visiting gets under way by | the coast guard vessels. Much will| depend upon the attitude taken by the | British government if there is to be har- monious administration under the terms of tho treaty. But the fact that Great | Britain is willing to enter into such an agreement is regarded here as an evi- | dence of her good faith in seeking to | aid the United States in preventing violations of American laws by vessels fiying the British flag. The foremost maritime nation in the world having ertered into such a pact, it is to be ex- pected that similiar treaties will be made without much delay with other pations. Under the treaty just ratified, the vessels of France, of Germany, of the Natherlands and other maritime powers, are not affected. They are still at_liberty to come close to the three- mile limit at which the jurisdiction of the United States ceases over the waters that wash its shores, without being subject to visit and search. But Secretary Hughes of the State Depart- ment has said, referring to the treaty with Great Britain: “There are other powers which I be- lieve are quite ready to act in a similar way.” G. LINCOLN Py M ROW," | i | | [ Situation May Change. Stories of the vast amounts of alco- helic beverages which are smuggled into this country from “rum row” have been told mary times. It has been es- timated that only a small percentage of the liquor shipped for smuggling into this country is captured by the coast guard and the prohibition agents. The rum runners, flying foreign flags, have flaunted their deflance of the law in the faces of the American authori- ties just outside the three-mile limit. The negotiation of the treaty with Great Britaln, and the prospect of sim- ilar treaties with the other nations, to- gether with the appropriations now be- ing made to equip the coast guard with much speedier vessels, is likely to change the situation materially, it is said. The British, to be sure, are obtain- ing concesslons from the United States in return for their agreement to the visit and search plan described. At present their vessels, like those of all the other nations, may not bring liquor capable of being used for bev- erage purposes within the three-mile Ji.oit of the United States, except in such quantities as may be needed for _medicinal purposes for the passen- gers and the crews. Under the terms of the new treaty no penalties will be imposed upon British vessels which bring such liquors within the territorial waters of the United States, provided they are under seal and remain under seal until the ves- sels have left these waters. This means in plain English that the Brit- ish liners may bring all the wine, whisky, etc., they may require for the use of passengers sailing from l Farmer.Must View His Problems As Business Man, Says Williams HE business of the farmers, by and large, must be viewed from the same standpoint as that of the mapufacturer, Representative Arthur B. Willlams of Michigan, who is himself both a 'manufacturer and farmer, is impress- ing upon his colleague: Farm bred and having made good in big bueiness, Representative Wil- liams stresses that “the farmer ought to be a. better business man.” Of all the producers in the world, the far- mier is the only one who has nothing to .say regarding how and for how mugch his product shall be sold, Rep- resentative Williams says. ‘“The only ‘WAy to correct this,is through co-op- eration,” he believes, and admonishes that the farmers must quit ruinous competition, each with his neighbor, and that they must work together for batter sales agencles. s o *If' the farmers of the eountry in HEN the labor the United States to foreign ports into American ports—which they have not been able to do since the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States held this illegal. United States Ships to Stay Dry. It has been argued many times that to permit the ships of Great Britain and other foreign nations to carry all the liquor supplies they desire for passenger use is unfair to the American passenger liners which are “dry.”” The American ships, it appears, are to stay dry. Albert D. Lasker, former chairman of the United States Shipping Board, protested vigorously against making American ships “dry” in competition with the ships of other nations for passenger traffic. But the lid was clamped firmly on the American vessels. But whether it is really a handicap to be'“dry” is a debatable question. In the first place, a majority of the people of this country believe in pro- hibition, or there would be none. Secondly, there are many persons, both Europeans and Americans, who prefer a “dry” ship to a “wet” one these days because of the greater Peace and quiet on the former, or be- cause they are traveling with young people in their party. Shipping Board officials have received many commu- nications from patrons compliment- ing them on the dry American boats in recent months. demonstrated how departing club member. his foreign opponent. ence. to go their own way. Restriction Not Understood. The decision of the Supreme Court that foreign vessels may not bring liquor into American ports, although under seal and perhaps consigned to other foreign ports, has been regard- ed by some of the other nations as a departure from international comity. They have been unable to understand such a restriction which interferes With their trade with other nations than America, although they have acquiesced in the decision. The treaty with Great Britain, it is pointed out, removes this source of Irritation, and negotiation of similar treaties with other nations would have a beneficial effect in the interests of peaceful con- ditions, Probably there are foreign vessels that will seek to violate the prohibi- tion law under the treaty stipulations by landing illicit cargoes of liquor, but such will be risky business at best, and will subject the vessels to seizure by this government. One such vessel, the Orduna, foday is under $1,000,000 bond because of the landing of liquor here. Prohibition agents necessarily will have to keep a sharp lcokout for such violations. But they must do so under present conditions, as the experience with the Orduna proves. cally to break balance of the labor party. Mr. Paris, just as all Macdonald couldn’t change His poeition was very i United States Committed to Limit. The new treaty definitely commits the United States to a recognition of the three-mile limit. But the Su-| preme Court of the United States had previously declared the country recognizes that principle in interna- tional law. The three-mile limit was established many years ago, on the theory that a country had jurisdic- tion over the waters washing its coasts to a distance that cannon placed on the shore could command those waters—a distance then of three miles. Under such a theory today, with guns that carry seven, eight or nine times that distance, and even further, the jurisdiction would be much extended. But the nations have thought best to stick to the old three- mile limit up to the present time, But it has been recognized that modern methods of transportation and communication have rendered the three-mile limit wholly inadequate to cope with the rum smugglers. High- power lgunches, airplanes, etc., have enabled the smugglers to traverse the three miles from the rum-running vessel to the shore in such brief time as to render their capture exceedingly difficult, especially when the smug- glers have been notified of the where- abouts of government craft by radlo. The treaty provides that in cases where liquor is intended to be con- | veyed to the United States by a vessel other than the onc boarded and searched, it shall be the speed of the other vessel and not the speed of the vessel boarded, which shall determine the distance from the coast at which the right of visit and search may be exercised. If, therefore, a rum-run- ning vessel of comparatively slow speed was using a fast, high-powered launch to land her contraband cargo, the speed of the faster vessel would be the méasure of the distance that the former vessel might be visited and searched and seized. BY EDWARD F. ROBERTS. HY does the United States lead civilization in crime? Statistics show that, in proportion to population, there are more crimes, and especially crimes of violence. committed in this country than in any other country boasting an equal degree of civiliza- tion. The comparison is particularly bad in the case of Great Britain, where the records show one murder as against forty in the United States over a given period of time. Here is the answer to the problem, supplied by Richard E. Enright, commissioner of police for New York city, president of the International Police Conference, and a man who has spent his life in police work. Inci- dentally, Commissioner Enright be- lieves the statistics mentioned above are more favorable to the United States than otherwise. He summars ized his explanation of our unenviable crime record under the following heads: 7 Free use and easy access to pistols. Enormous number of stolen auto- mobiles, Lack of co-operation between the various police organizations and lack of facilities for such co-operation. Cumbersome court procedure and legal loopholes which make it a “des- perate job to put criminals in jail and a desperate job to keep them in.” “Silly sentimentalism,” which has made jails no longer feared by crimi- nals. Disrespect for law and law enforce- ment on the part of the average American. The movies. Bill of Particulars. Such are the headings of the bill of indictment brought against us as a law-breaking people by the leading police official of the United States, and as he diagnosed the disease he offered remedies. “The deadliest criminal combina- tion we have to face,” said the com- missioner, “is the pistol and the stolen auto. They are commonplace | features today in most crimes of vio- lence, and the only way I know that they can be eliminated is by federal action. Individual states passing laws like the Sullivan act here in New York, prohibiting the sale or possession of firearms unless under license, will do little good. The cheap magazines and some newspapers teem with advertisements offering pistols for sale to anybody who has the \price, and the weapons can be sent ‘anywhere through the malls. Only a federal law strictly governing the manufacture, sale and distribution of firearms which can-be carried con- cealed on the person can put an end to this evil. “A federal law would also put & big crimp in the enormous stolen auto- moblle industry. A bill of sale, simi= lar to a property deed, should be re- 1920 and during the period since then had been thoroughly organized, they would have been in a position very largely to have protected them- selves,” he argues. “Instead of con- tinuing upon a war basis of produc- tion they would have curtailed pro- duction to the probable needs for domestic consumption and export. In- stead of dofng that, with reference to certain products at least, they have kept righton producing regardless of the market available to them,” he ex- plains. The first step in the matter of governing production is to have a well-organized sales agency that is constantly in touch with ths nature and volume of demand. A good salee organization in any business directs and has everything to say with ref- erence to the kind and quantity of production. In this the farmers have been lacking, BY FRANK H. SIMONDS. government came to power there was an ex- traordinary amount of Interest and no little apprehension in certain di- rections on the continent. What would labor's foreign policy be? Would there be an immedi- ate or eventual break with France? Would labor strike hands with Berlin against Paris? It was known in advance that labor would recognize Russla, but having recognized Rus- sla_tormally, what would it do then? Now in the answering or fafling to answer these all-important questions, labor has again little variety any party, whatever its pre-election pledges, can really bring into office. Broadly speaking, labor has settled back into tory and coalition policies, as a newcomer drops into the armchair.of a It is not too much to say that foreign poli- cies and foreign affairs have turned out to be the stumbling block of all three of the recent prime ministers. Lloyd George was long successful in giving the appearance of victory, after he had achieved one of his marvelous exploits in bewildering and then overbearing In the end, however, while the Greek collapse in the cast was the occasion of his going out, he fell largely be- cause people were tired of victories without results and triumphant campaigns that had to be started all over again at the next confer- When Lloyd George gave way to Bonar Law, and Bonar Law to Stanley Baldwin, foreign affairs fell into the hands of Lord Curzon. He is a disciple of the Palmerstonlan school. He undertook to lecture Europe in a somewhat lofty manner. with the difference that while Europe and France in particular were para- Iyzed by the Georgian method, and nothing happened, under the Curzon touch they began Must Restore Prestige. Now it is quite obvious that the first neces- sity of Ramsay Macdonald will have to be to restore British prestige, at least in the eyes of Britons. But how can he do it? Theoretical- 1y he might break with France, but practi- vith France would by no means simplify the German situation, and in view of the extreme nervousness in this country might lead to a competition in air strength, which would involve large expenditure, fatal- 1y restrict the amounts avallable for labor's housing and employment plans, and ultimately precipitate a row between the pacifists and the Macdonald, then, from the outset has accepted the necessity of working through his predecessors since the ‘war have done. He was in the position of the manufacturers of some sort of toilet article Yyears ago, who used to advertise that, being unable to Improve the article, they had im- proved the box in which it was packed. Mr. the fundamental elements in British foreign policy, but he could and he did change some of the methods. much stronger at home than that of his predecessors, because the nation had in the -meantime pretty definite- ly made up its mind. When Llo¥d George was quarreling with various trust and dislike of George in England not only insured much Eritish sympathy for the French, but also French resistance to Lloyd first George was encouraged in British newspapers. offices, went undergroun creasingly dissatisfied. Feeling in the event that Germany to coerce sympathetic attitude a moral, rather, work for a settlement Russia in, to ass it the man whom the woi tionary servative course. not only the question of be considered. ‘league of nations. quired with every transfer of an auto- mobile. That one step would go a long way toward destroying the mar- ket for stolen cars. “What is the remedy for the lack of co-operation between the different police bodies?" “Federal action again,” promptly replied the commissioner. “We will never get very far until we have some sort of federal police bureau which can co-ordinate the activities WHAT IS charge the battle became one between foreign the public uninformed while restless and in- Certainly within the last fourteen months— that Is, since the ocoupation of the Ruhr—the British public has reached a pretty definite conclusion. There is not the smallest chance now that any British prime minister could get a majority in the house of commons for any direct alliance with France, for any outright amd direct British guarantee of French securi- ty. or for any military arrangement as be- tween the two powers alone. It is still possi- ble that French security might have an direct British guarantee through the medium of the league of nations. A compact might be made by which British military could be pledged to the defense of France in and the league of nations pronounced that at- tack wanton and unprovoked. Macdonald is not seeking to employ events French policy; waiting with extreme patience and a wholly until gives,proof of a change of mind arrived at within herself. Lloyd George would have leap- ed into print to celebrate Poincare's discomfi- ture, Curzon would have been bound to point but either of these actions might casily have aroused quick gnd bitter French Tesentment. Macdonald will arrive as a friend, at call, than as a master or-a tutor. Now, looking to the immediate future, what does Macdonald plan to do? He can only do what all his predecessors have tried to do, and his successors would have end the Franco-German struggle, restore eco- nomic life, and terminate industrial anarchy. His remedy is to make use of the league of na- tions increasingly, to get Germany as well as ist in Franco-German. conver- sation within the league, to give all possible aid and comfort to the work of the Dawes commission, to avoid every kind of act which might inflame passion or provoke anger. Above all, I think his watchword is “patience appears committed to a totally con- Hopes for Conferemee. Back of all there lies in his mind the hope of’a new conference, probably European, al- though he would welcome America, at which 1y, but also those of debts and armaments, may 1 should guess could hope to find him at least as generous as his predecessors in the matter of financial arrangements, but I should also imagine that he would stand immovably against any proj- ect of alliance or combination outside of the It remains to be said, rightly or wrong- Macdonald Wants Advancing Europe; " Bans Intrique in Gaining Ends there is at the moment more optimism in London today over the ultimate prospect of settlement in Europe than has been discovera- ble for the past four years. Ramsay Macdonald has just begun. He has a long way to go to restore British prestige, to enlist French con- fidence, to regain European influence, but he has done more giving his best energies to this field and he perceives clearly that the fate of labor as a French statesmen, dis- 1y, by editorial utterance ‘When Curzon took d, 8o to speak, and left government England. policy. to seek, to in. Eests trick, resources agaln attacked France = rather he is mon desire France herself policy now. to do, namely, to in Europe which will ~the national judgment is and rld hails as a revolu- Sympathy for reparation and securi- with a conse; that teristic and France interest may of the city and state police authori- ties” “Do you mean something like Scot- land Yard?" “Yes and no. T do not mean any- thing like a federal police. That would only bring rivalries and jeal ousies and is not necessary. What | we want is a central bureau of in- formation, a clearing house to which any police organization in the coun- try could apply and get all the in- SUCCESS? WHICH JOB IS BEST? BY ROGER W, BABSON. ITHOUT doubt a man's suc- cess is very closely bound up with his occupation. In the study of occupa- tions, we find that they may be di- vided into four main groups: (1) The professional group, includ- ing medicine, literature, Jaw, the min- istry and other professions. (2) The mechanical group, inelud- ing engineering, building, manufac- turing and the like. (3) The selling group, including merchandising, advertising and dis- tribution in all its phases. (4) The raw material group, in- cluding agriculture, forestry, mining and the production of basic commod- itles. Very few persons are fitted for all four groups; most persons are fitted for only one of these groups. Hence, in preparing for success, it is most important that young people analyze themselves and go into the occupa- tional group for which they are best fitted. Of course, such an analysis should not be carried too far. If one is a natural salesman and best fitted for group 3, it makes no difference what he sells so long as it is some- thing which makes people ultimately happier and better off. In the same way, & man who will succeed in agri- culture will probably succeed in for- estry. A man should keep out of a group for which he is not fitted; but, after selecting the right group, he should not be too fussy about the special division of that group. Opportunity. in Every Line, There are opportunities in every iine and every division. In the long run, these opportunities equalize them- selves. Those lines which at the mo- ment are most promising will soon be overcrowded, while those which to- day are unpopular may be the most attractive a few years hence. Each man must himself select the group to which he is to give his life; but, after making that decision he can trust God to guide him into the right di- vision of the group. To get Into, the right - division it 1s only neces- sary to forget onmeself and go un- selfishly where the need is greatest. It is very important that young people—and older ones, too—work with concerns and individuals who are aiming in the right direction. We all make mistakes, and we are all more or less hypocritical, or at least Inconsistent. Some of us, however, are striving hard to live and work according to right principles, while others are indifferent. In order to be happy a person must work with or for a concern which js striving to do what is right, even if it often fails in the attempt. The important factor in success is the motive, purpose and ambition of the person possessing these tools. This motive, purpose and ambition is the product of religion. Hence it is all important that we work with and for men and women who also are building on a religious base. Many a good man with a religious founda- tion and a fair share of success qual- ities has never succeeded because he has been working for or with those who have lacked the religious base. Such a good man may have built his own house “on a rock,” but he has put his house, rock and all, on the sands of another! The other person ultimately failed to succeed, and so the good man suffered likewise. Is Money Success? Statistics show clearly that success is absolutely dependent upon our em- ployer and assoclates having a clear conscience. This does not mean that a man cannot secure money, influ- ence or fame by questionable methods. But money or fame thus secured sel- dom does the owner or his children any permanent good. This is why so many concerns have gone to pieces when the younger generation came into control. Naturally I cannot de- cry material prosperity, for I have devoted my life to helping people ac- quire such prosperity. As my income is derived from such work, I should be the last to belittle it. A certain amount of material prosperity is nec- essary to assure a family the where- + (Continued on Third Page.) cided by the ultimate fortune of his foreign Would End Subterfuge. Mr. Macdonald said to me, and it is the key- note of all that he has said and done since he took office, that it is useless to undertake to deal with details while there {s between the two countries an atmosphere of suspicion and of doubt. He has sought, Lloyd George, he will not hold forth promises which cannot be realized, and, Curzon, he will not make threats which will later be disclosed to have been empty. In a word, he will neither try France nor to coerce France. He is profoundly aware that the real pacification of Europe must be by common agreement, by mutual concession and as a result of a com- justment. As a Scotchman, the prime minister is not a visionary; as an old parliamentary expert, he is not a believer in patent reme- dies. To judge by all of his record, patlence is the most important ingredient in any peace Prime Minister to Guide. British foreign policy, labor's foreign poli- cy, so long as the present ministry lasts, will be almost exclusively made by the prime min- ister. He brings to it certain qualities hither- to lacking, an odd combination of international sympathy, coupled with a profound belief in should guess, a larger measure of the national support than any one of his predecessors. My terms now obtainable from Great Britain, but that if his offers are rejected, the consolida- tion of national sentiment against France will be complete, view deplorable. In any event, labor's foreign policy opens a new period in European relations. British poli- cy, which has beemn confused and confusing, obscure and pretty clear and definite now, and, without the intrigue of Lloyd George or the arrogance of Curzon, to follow a national course, while es- caping the appearance of insular selfishness. by the determination to see Germany economi- cally restored, but in foreign as in domestic affairs British revolution will express itself prime minister will seek not to achieve mira- cles, but if possible to promote an internation- al state of mind in which conflicting national ness and dealt with in an atmosphere of mu- tual confidence. (Copsright, 1924, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Why Does U. S. Lead Nations in Crime? Greatest Attributed Causes Revealed BY BEN McKELWAY. F there is any national associa- tion for the prevention of, the advancement of, the protection of or the abolition of any cause, ob- ject, theory or tendency which has not established a headquarters in Wash- ington with a paid secretary, filing cabinet, corps of stenographers and 2 memeographing machine, please answer “present” in a loud, unfalter- ing vofce and come forward with suitable. explanations. Washington, with an old and honorable reputation as the nation's capital, has become the national headquarters of about every organization, society, federa- tion or association extant. The only ! logical explanation for the failure of any of them to establish a head- quarters in Washington Is the pos- sibility that the idea has not been suggested. Take up the telephone directory and start at “American,” then switch over to “national and if that is not convincing, examine the “associa- tions" “socleties” and the “federa-| tion Better still, glance at a list of national organizations, with head- | quarters here, which was compiled some time ago by the local Mer- chants' and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion. The list indicates a total of about 272, but the list is getting old now and revision probably would show an increase, Here’s What You Fi: A man with a fairly idle curiosity | may wonder what brings all these as- | sociations to Washington and he may | allow his pursuit of knowledge to} lead him into the Washington head- | quarters, say, of the “National Asso- ciation for the Protection of Cat- fish.” The name of this organization is fictitious, of course, but the fictitious organization is character- istic, nevertheless. The “National Association for the Protection of Catfish” occupies a large and hand- some suite in a down town of- fice building. Entering, one finds its walls picturesquely decorated with ! paintings of catfish in their most convincing poses, and a chipper young lad with a pencil poised over a neat little pad asks the caller's rame and his business. The visitor wishes to see the secretary about the need for the protection of catfish and {Be is ushered at once into a private office. | ‘The secretary is busy. They are all busy, but they are never too busy to stop to explain about the need for conserving catfish. The secretary is a man with a remarkable head for figures. Once started he iIs able to quote statistics and calculations and jdeductions with a rapidity and ease that leaves his listener open mouthed from pure admiration. He punctu- ates his sentences with movements of his hand to the buzzer and he orders 9! his stenographer to produce in rapid succession pamphlets Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6, which he places in a neat pile at his-visitor's elbow. When the visitor thinks his informant may have run out of figures and statistics concern- ing catfish he puts in a question, and the secretary begins all over again with a marvelous agility at muster- ing a2 new row of figures and a new corps of statistics. The interview is than & little; he is frankly and its future may well be de- | and will continue eliminate everything which sug- subterfuge, maneuver. Unlike unlike Lord to bam- and necessity for a general ad- point of view. He will have, I that he will offer France the best and from the French point of inconsistent, is likely to be r France will not be uninfluenced rvatism, which is at once charac- bewildering, and labor's first be considered with utmost frank- | formation which was at the disposal of any other organization. Under the present haphazard system if the police of New York, for instance, want . assistance from the police of Chicago there is as much formality and red tape as if the two ambassa- dors of foreign nations were con- 2 sulting cach other. There is 10 way, | por 41, “cremomeephor ;‘,"Z'h:;p:‘"; for example, for the easy interchang®i iy a copy of Congressman Blank's of information in regard to known|,.e pu for the preservation of cat- criminals. A crook may have a rec-|gep with the hearings on the same ord in New York, move to Chicago, |measure. The visitor, convinced of commit a crime, get arrested and|ipe apsolute need for the preserva- then escape as a flrst offender be-|4ion of catfish bows his w: cause the Chicago police have no way | gop ay out and of finding out what we know about him. Then One Meets Foen of Catfish. “Take the question of finger prints| But this is only half of the story, and alone. . We have in New York about|to satisfy any remaining craving for 500,000 such prints, possibly the |information concerning catfish the curi- largest collection in the world, and|ous one enters another office butlding yet it is only one-fifteenth of the|and knocks at a door labeled “The Na- total number on record in the United | tional Association for the Abolition of States. Such a federal bureau ds I|Catfish” Here the preliminaries are have in mind would have the charge | virtually identical, although the visitor of all the finger prints available and | may note that the walls bear pictures of they would be at the immediate dis-|catfish in their ugliest moods. He be- posal of any police official in the[gins to experience certain suspicions country. All other information of use | concerning catfish as he propounds an in the work of criminal detection |interrogatory to the secretary of this or- would also be on file in that bureau.” | ganization, and the suspicions mount “Have any definite steps been taken | 33 the secretary proceeds with hig an- toward the establishment of such ajSWers. Strange to eay, this secretary is burean?” also a master at quoting figures and “Yes. A bill for its creation has|M3XInE deductions. He fairly staggers been introduced in the House of Rep- | th® Visitor about the danger of allowing resentatives by Representative Ken- |Catsh to remain at large, and he pounds drick of New York and the same byl | the table and gnashes his teeth as he Will be introduced in the Senate|Tolls forth incredible facts concerning shortly.” the absolute necessity of taking some “The next item In your indict-|©OrYard P to rid the United Siates ment,” I suggested, “reflects on our | & S foaes Wileq i the visitor ventures an opinion, gained 2 trom his recent interview with the sec- retary of the rival organization, he is The Bail Evil. - “Well,” said the commissioner, “T imagine that any intelligent news- paper reader knows the situation there Scarcely a day passes that you cannot read of.some criminal being released on bail. If he has a clever lawyer the chances are that he can get his case dragged along for six months or longer. In the meantimd the witnesses have disap- peared, died or been bought off, with the result that when the trial does take place the police cannot T X eI make good their case and the result| *“The worst thing the movies do is is an acquittal. That Is such an old [by constantly presenting:the crim- story that there does not seem much |inal in a favorable light and also by | use in saying more about it, but you showing just how he commits his can readily understand how dlis-|crimes. The police are nearly al- heartening such a system is to the ways shown as foolish and stupid, police. while the lawbreaker is given all the “Anyway,” went on the commis-|brains. The last scene, of course, sloner, with considerable energy, “if {usually shows the criminal caught, we do get a crook in jail the senti- |but that does not offset the effect of mentalists have succeeded In robbing |[What went before. Then, in showing punishment of all its terrors. Prison [the commission of a crime, such as today is a social club, with libraries, | housebreaking or safe-blowing, the lounges, theatrical entertaiaments |movies are so strong on realism that and swimming pools. The only thing | they give the actual detalls in a very they have not put in yet Is a golf [faithful manner. These “scenes are course and I cannot understand why}very often so true to life that a boy they do mot lay ome eut. The soft- can get a genuine education in crime headed. tndividuals who think crim: technique by watching them. inals are some sort of rare pet are always on the job to tell a law- breaker that he is not really to blame, that it is soclety that is all wrong and that he is a victim and not an offender. The criminal swal- lows all that kind of slop readily enough and ends by believing it.” “What is the bill of particulars against the movies?™ | HOT BATTLES IN CAPITAL Interests of All Kinds Represented fo Protect Selves—Government © Also Aided, However. knocked off his feet by the answers, which puncture the argument like a pin stuck in a toy balloon. As the conversa- tion proceeds the stenographers file in and place at the visitor's elbow great sheafs of mimeographed press releases on the subject of catfish, and the in- terview usually concludes with a last iring for the stenographer who appears with a copy of Congressman Hank's latest bill for the abolition of catfish and hearings on the same measure. 4 Prepared for Publieity. Publicity is one of the chief objects of Washington headquarters for any organization, and for this they are well prepared. If the secretary is mot a former newspaper man—and he usu- ally admits he is—then the head- quarters is equipped with a highly or- ganized publicity personnel. It is amazing with what rapidity a national headquarters can prepare its material for the press. When Congressman Hank speaks innocently on a measure opposed by some organization with FLeadquarters in Washington, he barely takes his seat before the mimeograph machine in a downtown office butldin: begins to roar and splutter as it pro- cuces articles showing up Congre: man Hank as nothing less than a mis- informed moron. And with the sheets from the mimeographing machine still wet with the ink, they are placed in envelopes and rushed to every corre- spondent and newspaper in the city. while scores more are dumped in the mail. On the other hand, should Con- gressman Hank speak favorably on a pet measure of this organization, the mimeograph machines roar and whirr again, as they turn out copy giving the text of the congressman's speech, with a lengthy statement by the “secretary for the national association for etc., ete.” Always Ready for Hearing. ‘Whenever a congressional hearing is held on 2 subject which concerns in any way the association with head- quarters in Washington the secretaries are there to testify with their convine- ing figures and enlightening statistics Pro and con, and the congressmen may well shake their heads in wonder and dismay when they read the record for more thorough deliberation. For the remarks of a national secretary are convincing and indisputable, the con- gressman thinks, until he turns a page and reads the remarks of an opposition national secretary, The assoctations keep their eyes peeled for allusions to their organiza- tions in the public press. - Should a re- porter inadvertently suffer his article to reflect upon some national organiza- tion’s pet project, the editor of the pa- per is at once presented with a request to correct the reporter's erroneous statement, and this correction, of course, affords opportunity for favor. able publicity. Seekers of Information, But national associations' heaq quarters do not confine their activi tles to preparing press releases. When & 8roup of hardware manufacturers organize, for instance, and establish a headquarters in Washington they do 5o with the idea in view of keep- ing informed of everVthing the gov. ernment does concerning hardwar Many national organizations in Wash- ington publish magazines for their members, dealing with subjects of terest only to their members, Tha national headquarters in Washingto: becomes the clearing house, not only for information from an outside poins of vantage, but from within the or- ganization as well. Washington has been selected be- canmse it is the ideal location for « national headquarters, and the in- creasing number of associations and societies which come to Washington bear this out. Government Gets Ald. The headquarters here are not only advantages to the members, but to tha government as well. A government department, for instance, which de- sires information or wishes to adver- tise information on a certain subject finds a well informed source for ob- taining, facts and a well organized medium for its use in any national headquarters. While many Wash ington headquarters are established with the sole purpose of conducting a 1obby, the lobby is usually for a good cause, and the congressman suffers no disadvantage of remaining unin- formed on any subject. This is the day for organization, and it Is the unorganized group which suffers. Those who have selected Washington as the site from which to direct their activities have done so with the object of keeping themselves represented in & spot where those who are unrepresented are lost. ———————————————————————————————————————— “The movies also do an enormous amount of harm by giving an utterly false idea of life. The young boy and girl who get their ideas of life from the movies are bitterly disil- lusioned when they go out into the world for themselves and see how very different things are. Naturally they grow dissatisfled and envious and are ripe for temptation. A boy or girl who has got the idea that life is just a brilliantly lit ballroom, with beautifully dressed men and women spending their entire time enjoying themaselves, is not in the best mwod to buckle down to hard work and plain living. “I think the radio might be made a very effective police weapon,” re- plied Commissioner Enright thought- fully. “For instance, i} we had a powerful broadcasting station in connection with the federal bureau 'which I have described it might prove a valuable aid in tracing both 'missing and wanted persons. Such a station could broadcast throughout the country the description and par- ticulars of both fugitives from jus- tice, and people who had disappeared™