Evening journal., 1918-02-01
RY NIcTOR MoRGAN


Editor OF The Cleveland Press.
Copyright. 1915, by the Newspaper
Enterprise AsSociation)
40 groups in civil Germany must
bear a greater measure Of responsibility
for the world war than;
The school teachers.
The college professors.
The ONCE holders
The newspaper writer's
/ Mark now the moving Of the hand
Of iustice-retributlve justice, the kind
the poet sings about For--the groups
IN civil Germany who are suffering
most today are;
The school teachers.
The college professors.
The offlce holders.
The newspaper writer's,
/ Il Is they who put the poison in the
/ fact-wells and drugged the German
people into a condition that made II
easy for the Kaiser and the militarists
/ TO work their will with them.
Teachers. professors, newspaper
writers and oflceholders are wage
/ earners, Just as machlnisis and black
smiths are.
But there is this diiference-the ma
chluists and blacksmiths have unions
/ 20 bring them recognition in the mass.
Because they have unions and be-
cause they are essential to the produc-
| ton OF munitions and the carrying on
/ of the war, the machinists and black
smiths. in fact, all skilled manual
| labor. have had pay increases 10 help
make living bearahle under war con-
/ ditions.
Because they have no union and be-
cause they are not essential TO the
carrying on Of the war. the teachers,
ETC., are working today for practically
/ the wages paid In peace time.
OF course, there sre exceptions, main
ly college professors and writer's. The
! prominent ones Of before-the-Nar are
/ prominent still. and receive the pay Of
the prominent. A few have achieved
prominence with books or articles. and
have advanced TO the pay Of the
prominent. But the great majority
have no prominence and only the
meager income Of pre-war days.
That means that those without
private means today have a standard
Of living lower thsn that Of the skilled
manual lahorer. ! saw advertisements
in German newspapers offering 81 50 a
day 80 marks) for munltion makers
There were no advertisements for pro-
fessors, teachers, ofilceholders or
writer's
With the exception Of the writers, al
OF these classes are employees Of the
government And with millions Of mer
under arms, practically without wages
no branch Of the government has hac
the temerity TO increase the pay OF
government employees at home.
Perhaps 70 occurs TO you that these
groups might retaliate by opposing th'
! governments war policy. No danger
They are all operating as individuals
and the German government knows
how to deal with individuals.
On the meager pre-war pay Of the
teachers, etc, the table can groan witt
Little besides bread and potatoes, which
the government undertakes to bring
: within the reach OF all Meats and Other
foods desirable from time % time in con
nection with potatoes and bread are
quite beyond the reach Of their slen.
2 der pay
And as for olothes-hesveA onl.
knows how they manage. Obviously
they cannot 80 about in tatters or il
, honest blue Jumpers. Clothes involvl
caste, and one must dress his part il
Germany. And good clothes do no
grow on the bushes. Just now, like al
other necessities, except bread and po
tatoes, they fall only 20 the man witt
money.
shsbby-genteel is the one term tina
} lts this class today. Shabby-gentee
Supermenl
Probably none Of these teachers o
insanity realizes that he was an acces
sorry to the great crime OF history
The keeper OF the opium den al
I most always hits the pipe" himself
other teachers. past and gone. in thei
day had taught them poison-takins
, Doubtless the teachers regarded them
selves merely ss executing a routin
dnty when they read 70 their pupil