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chance on the place for the three
nights that I would be there.
Wilson n Strong Man.

nights that I would be there.
Wilson Strong Man.
"The work of the house of repre-
sentatives did not impress me very
greatly at close range, nor does It
seem to impress anyone much, judy
ing by the general expression of
opinion. In the senate there are
some strong men and-others that
are not so strong. On the whole,
after locking over the national leg
islative body, one thanks God that we
have strong man in the presidential
chair.
From the press, and from the
general expression of public opinion,
one gets the impression that Wash
ington regards Wilson as easily the
leading figure in the great world war.
The Allied nations all stand back to
give our president the first express
sion in answer to the proposals of the
Central powers. At home he Is the
leader Of national thought and ma
tional initiative.
1.-THE strong men that he has Sc
lected for the departments, and for
all war activities, are doing a won
derful constructive work, the bicker-
ings of some small men in congress
to the contrary Notwithstanding. I
was in Washington just after Senator
Chamberlain and Colonel Roosevelt
had made their futile attempt to dis
credit the splendid work that has
been accomplished in organizing and
equipping our great army in such
short time.
Senator Chamberlain had just
been compelled to apologize to Sec
rotary of War Baker for talking in
the senate about some things con-
nected with the war department and
the raising of the army that he knew
nothing about when he made his
speech that raised such storm
throughout the nation. People were
ldu6AlI dAu thdL SAoAUOIe
lain should have seen Secretary Baker
for these facts before he made his
speech and then 1t would not have
been necessary to make an apology
after.
''No harm was done, however, for
it enabled the secretary of war to
show to the country the bigness of
the work that had been done, and the
excellence in which it was done; and
at the same time it enabled him to
make a vigorous correction of the
few isolated errors that the opposi-
ton had been able to emphasize into
what they seemed to hope would be
a national scandal.
Administrators Labor Policy Wins.
"The labor policy of the president
and his secretary of labor is Of won
derfui depth and significance. Here
he has established an industrial
democracy that makes our fight for
world democracy substantial and
real. There is to be no sham about
it; no kaiserism in industry-but the
real right of labor to Industrial rec
ognition and expression. This has
brought to the support of the nation
the fervid loyalty of every leader IN
the American labor movement, with
one possible exception-and that one
seems to stand out all the more prom
inently because Of his lonesoneness.
He will come in time, or be removed
by his membership who are among
the truest and most loyal Of Ameri-
can workmen.
cat first this labor policy seemed
to get the bitter enmity Of the big
employers. but the very correctness
Of the presidents position, aided by
the force Of public opinion which has
awakened to the justice of labor's
necessities, is bringing these power
full factors around to a graceful &C
ceptance of the new order of things.
81 predict that we are going to
enjoy Immediately the most wonder
full team work between the employers
and the workmen Of the entire coun-
try because of the splendid under
standing that is coming about
through the administration of Presi-
dent Wilson and his administration.
Out of its war necessities, and under
the leadership of this far-seeing
mind, the nation is being born to
new industrial consciousness.
"The American citizen--and espe-
cially the wage working American
citizen-who, realizing the wonder
full advancements that have been