The Washington herald., 1918-04-08

waste OF either men or lives Every
dollar and every life we give to the
cause of democracy must count. All
our resources are none too much TO
defeat the Hun. 1t Is to the finish
now-and this year. may God have
it. shall be the last of war for all
time to come.
And, 1t is none too much to ask
that every department in. this city
be organized in the most efficient
legation of business men from a
Far Western State which visited
this city Friday and Saturday-and
the lack of efficiency which they
found by contact with many
branches of the War Department
and including the desk warriors
was disheartening to them. This
must be cured. Let the example OF
the Shipping Board. which found
most discouraging office manage
ment retarding and hindering 1t. be
followed and let all departments
organize with the sole aim in view
of doing things expeditiously and
accurately. The Shipping B
found that a days change wrought
a multitude OF good effects. So
should it be in all departments
where inefficiency and carelessness
| now prevail.
Congress is possessed of a de-
termination now to do only those
! things that will aid. The members
| are not apt to forgive dilatory tao
| tics from now. nor are they apt to
concur in any action that will him
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| ganize America efficiently must
| take their medicine. We must win,
| and we must win as quickly as we
cantor the sooner we conquer
/ Germany the sooner we will begin
to save American lives. Oh, II we
| had only known about the airplane
| program sooner. Think of what a
| thousand American battleplanes
would do IL they were only circling
over the German lines today-and
think of what would happen IL we
had another thousand bombing
planes over there well equipped
with the Barlow bombs and doing
| business on a big scale.
Members of the Senate Military
| Committee who visited the war
council Saturday were hopeful that
Gen. Foch's statement about Amiens
would prove true, but they were not
at all confident that it would. The
situation Is grave. very grave.
President Wilson let 1t be known, in
| several Western States. that he did
not indorse the nonpartisan league in
| any of its activities. The statement
\ is of some value. for the charge Is
made by some of the Western defense
| councils that money was solicited on
the ground that the Executive did
! speak encouragingly to the league
leaders, Of its mission in the present
| political affairs OF the nation.
No doubt there are some OF the
| aims Of the league which find ac-
ceptance at the hands Of the Presi-
| dent But not all Of the actions OF
the league heads are condoned by
] him, by any means. Not until the
| league arrays itself unqualffiedly on
| the side Of America in the war will
the league have the Presidential sup
port-or the support of the nation at
large which Is furnishing its men and
resources for the conquest OF mill
tarism.
A complete misunderstanding seems
to have arisen in the country over
P. p. Claxton's statement with ref
erence to the teaching of the Ger
man language In the schools. The d.
reetor's friends say his statement ap-
piled only to high schools and acad-
emies and colleges. but that he wrote
so untiringly and lengthily that he
| got away from this thought. At the
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