Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1928, Page 16

STAR, WASHINGTON, 16 THE EVENING which, although non-partisan today in [ the business of producing and seliing | discussed. that they cut across both parties, may [electric power? The same principles | held sporadically throughout the coun- become partisan questions tomorrow, | underlie the agricultural situation. |try. There are, however, so-called de- Just as, conversely, questions whicih to- | Shall the Government guarantee an |bates promoted by propagandists, the ay are partisan may become non-par- [annual profit to the farmers for [trick bemg to have their own side ably ) | tisan tomorrow here was & (ime | their grain, cotton and other |presented while the presentation of the | when “State rights” was a Democratic ' products? ; other side s left to a weakling. ‘There herloom but now it belongs almost as| Azain the {rust question fs nelther have even “been debales where the much to the Republicans as to the |a partisan nor a class issue. Shall |weaker side was in the pay of the | Democrats, our Repubdican President | the herman anti-trust act be |stronger. | being one of its strongest advocates amended, repealed or left mm;!"; All \vl‘}l agree that organized effort 5 " { " There are many important issues | Changes in that law are demanded | is needed to provide for the holding of blic Indifference 10 ISSUES ueroe out poopie at this. time which | by fvoups represcnting diverse. inier- | tousands of fair joimt diseusslons before people at this time which ! | can hardly be termed partisan, but | osts. such as ofl, coal nlhlh\lk agri- [ This could be accomplished if each of i | which cerfainly call for much intelli- | cultural, manufacturing and labor as |the national co-operating organizations Held Biggest Obstacle to gent study. Think of {he momentous | well as by various trade associations. [ would promote educational meetings of . . | consequences involved in the Tor mple, in what s ecalled the | that character through their 100,000 Intelligent Choices. mination of the question before Con- | £reat coal tragedy, it is agreed by all | local clubs, chapters, posts, lodges et gress today A big N o | sides that the crux of the problem | cetera ‘The undertaking should b» —— Navy or no Navy!” Only cks | lies in the fact that there are 2,000 | supervised and directed by a national JOHN HAYS HAMMOND, |AR0 & young men's politic Such meetings are being club of [too many mines and 100,000 too many mm»t\unl.\m\ board including in its considerable importance declared for | miners and that this excess conld be [ membership representatives of each nf unconditional arbitration of all mter- | eliminated only through agreements | these national organizations. Needless national questions, even that of ..,,.-‘“]m.-h1 would” be. in" contravention nf‘n; say. that bourd should be composed & “inde) 5 All the subjects in | the Sherman ac of men and women of such high cha e group- League of | Taxes Increasing. acter that any suspicion of partisanship T1¢ to the fmportance of meeling s ld Court, outlawry of | other questions. important but non- | ¥ould be Hiceltin., One ot fine civic obligations during the com- Briand Fpraposals, SBivan Bicaties | rtican today. are: Gt e LU SR ShShig . " and compulsory arbitration of all in- | PL B VIR Sl i State, county | @ comparatively small - cosf stratfon and envoll- Lo ichat disputes, are not L aoy o distuibing ty | &RIVing the arguments of the * as on elec oday in the sense that et ‘men, not forget- | con” sides which would furnish is taking one side or the oth Al controversy over | 10 aid the local speakers in equipping e ez ablnT Neralibudeor L themselves to deal with questions of na- both e Philippines: What shall we do | {onal and international eharacter, T ; : ! S L : A bt s of these issues coming before e e o year of 1826 whe | Sctat S OH R G e e agislatures and city councils, off of 192 3 G R ticipation | POV OF in e e s ng more intimately the materialized * body, . The Foving) | dnoriopuite et SRl belthean ycr of our citizens, speakers wonld ne. our i iU naturally secure their material on the likewise O he crime whee. with, citisens shot | €round; and there are an_illimitable down in broad daylight on the busiest | NUmber of non-partisan topics of the iretts ot ot Targe eiies. the holiee be. | latter group which it would be imprac- i ald i EREER s | ticable o enumerate in this statement. e greal mass of Inber and: coctal | THeY run the whole gaunt of our civic I ive measures, Federal, State and | lIf¢. from strect-cleaning, garbaze dis R e Sl S \¢ | bosal and food inspection to character fare of women and children. ed and home rule amendments, commis- heotion of ctios sion and manager forms of govern- ctory legiciation, e workmen's compenss and accident prevention, employ- ment offices, installment buving. chain- ore methods. housing and. last but not | I"ast, the use of injunctions in labor dispates. And. above all. tha ' issue, pro- hibition which, however overshadowing it may be. is not likely to become in any ense a partisan one take on - e | Now, how are the voters to be in- t i on these high controversal al- | non-partisan_questions? The ach side flood the e as much excit 4. when practically Havana loomed the country’s ations doudtedly spel the vote of oceu- Parties Essential. In emphasizing the large number of questions _which” are generally non- partisan, T do not mean to imply that citimens <hould ignore party organiza- tions and become independent voters. Nothing could be further from my pi pose. Our Government rests primarily | upon the foundation of political parties and without party machinery it would <0on run down and go out of business. so0 to speak. Think of the choas which would result if the two party organiza- tions should fail to man the election precincts during registration. prima cenrollment_and eclection days. and t fulfill the many other requirements en- | tailed by the election laws! Realizing part the pa election mac \ t or not. safeguard any rdersiand the Soviet Question. is always a highly important between the and the * there were no other. in the int good government alone ther aiways be a party of the with which we wers is, lecture forms, pulpits and watch the party of the g tically no one except the delegates |forums of all descriptions with their scandal s 1S t ;1 who had drafted t ank knew |special arguments. But, a partisan pre: ut, if there were only one party. t|that it meant recog Soviet | entation of a subject. although better ¢ of graft and misrule we should a t >, is far from educational Then there is that issue between d is the presentation of the parties which seems perpetual —our both sides of such perplexing problems. | bu | the 234,000 eligible voters interviewed, ©ld friend the tariff, although now the | conduct it e For e, 1f the young men's politi- | ot so much over principles cal ferred to eard all sides Chokers Made $5 volve the dest sovereignty ! HH han > tratidn New England Furriers and Boulder anklin G133 Shall the Governm It should include » Y 3 ce forums | these very vital questions query where both sides of a given subject are The Supreme Combination of all that is fine in Motor Cars The Packard Eight Sedan Limousine The Packard Eight reduced in price YOU are one of those who have longed to own a Packard Eight you will learn with interest that the prices of these world- famous cars, including all of the closed, Packard-built, custom models, have been reduced from $500 to $700. For example, the seven-passenger Sedan Limousine, pictured above, was priced at $5,250 at the factory. ‘The new price is $4,550. thirty years of fine car building. The company is passing on to its clientele the savings effected through the expenditure of $9,000,- 000 in improved plant facilities. Needless to say, there has been no change in quality. The new prices apply toidenticallythe same models which previously cost so much more. The same complete custom equipment and unlimited paint and upholstery options are included. Packard has lowered the prices of its own closed custom models in the face of the heaviestdemand for Packard cars—both Six and Eight -—ever experienced in its nearly PA ASSEK T VHIE A phone call will bring a Packard “ight to your door for you to dem- onstrate for yourself. All that we ask in return is the privilege of appraising your present car. Packard Washington Motor Car Co. O. Coolican, President Adams 6130 Connecticut at S D. €. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1 that, when it comes to getting out the | vote doesn't count,” “both parties alike, vote, the party organizations naturally | one as bad as the other” and “fear of take the lead, let me urge the national | showing ignorance. co-operating bodies to have their locals appoint subcommittees to co-operate with the party organizations by indu ing at least their own members to register. enroll and vote. While the foregoing refers almost ex- clusively to our adult citizenry, another | large field calls for attention. It is A C., on D Friday, April Willlam M. Butler and 5) Vi e respective chairmen of well known fact that 7,000,000 hoys and | I Shaver. the respective 4 il the Republican and Democratic Birls YAl Cost thelr first presidential | | 0" C0r nlttces, have been invited to votes In 1928. In most cases these young people have had splendid civic training in colleges and high schools address the committee. active in party work. There {5 even a & Democrat: field where the several million partici-) Elthu Root, pants in the national and intercollegi- | State: ate oratorical contests on the Constitu-| be cnlisted. to incite the leves in to To Meet Here. cilitate, through their local organiza- To consider the proposals in this| statement and to plan for active work in conneetion therewith, the campaign committee of the depariment on active citizenship will meet in Washington, Ni of War: duty. and therchy e country. s shot t vour zeneer zen, the voter, can to his country. He not ¢ punished but feels him:eif Let me close by quoting the follow- | and, with their youthful enthusiasm and | ing utterances by two illustrious citi- | energy, they will be eager to become | zens, one a Republican and the other former Sceretary of | . The duty rests upon each in- | tion, who are not yet of voting age, can | telligent citizen in his own community rs of the party he be- ke charge of their own affairs and to substitute party organiza- Our department on active citizenship | Uon_and party leadership which s s appealing to the Repuiern sun | really represeriative of them in place Democratic national committees to fa- | Of the party organization and the party tions, the utilization of these “near voters” on registration, primary, enroll- ment and election days and the inaugii- ration of social and educational pro- grams at party club meetings which will interest the junior groups. An experi- ment along that line is now being aned in a_Democratic and Repub- lican district in New York City. Also, in that city an experiment was mace during registtation week last October in | utilizing the 125000 high school boys and girls to stimulate the cvie inter R of their parents and other relativ : s The resultant report showed that, of ‘”vl'"“! ‘/””1" ! When effectively Pimples, 170.000 (72 per cent) registered. This | dependahle healir was a big percentage, considering that |ient to use any time no National or State officers were to be filled. The excuses given by those who declined to register were: “Lack of in terest,” “off year,” “fear of jury dut “disinclination to tell age to registration board,” “poll closed too early.” “one Itching, Ann(_)ying Skin Irritations Apply Healing Liquid Zemo. leadership which are maintal 1 by become evnical when eorru tion be- the distribution of office for the sake of comes evident t offic - wion D. Baker, former Secretary MENU PEA his fellows and th 5 o lriden “A soldier who sleeps on outpost JAMES M. 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