The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-09-18
PoLICIEs-NoT POLITICS.

POLICIES-NOT POLITICS.
while the American Legion ad-
heres to its Policies-Not
Politics'-it conceivably will have a
great deal to do with politics. Not
with narrow partisan politics. The
Legion was conceived and is being
built of a bigness and soundness far
cognizance of what it sound prac-
tice and what is not sound practice
in the political reimbursement of the
country It's members are not going
to wink at political flabbiness and
political cottenness. Nor are they go
ing to temporize with public or would
be public servants whose American
ism is found tainted with supicion.
saThe word has gone out already
National Headquarters sent ito eve
ry one of the $500 posts urging Wig
orous opposition to aspirants for pub
lie office whose loyalty to America
has been brought in question. The
question of party affiliations is not OF
the slightest moment or consideration.
This is entirely a matter of policy and
sound practice.
.'There is no place in public life
for draft-dodging slackers, any more
than there is for the type OF Stacker
| who was able to buy Liberty Bonds
and failed to do so. We do not be-
Iieye it is sound practice to put them,
{ now in places of responsibility, lead
ership and honor We do not believe
the public wants to put them there,
and we do not believe they are going
to be put there in the future. Ger
tainly not if the American Legion can
prevent it. And we believe 1t can"
American Legion Weekly
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MORE WORK.
4 IA Boston banker when asked the
other day how to reduce high prices
said, work another hour day" HIS
idea was to increase production and,
thus. by catching up with demand
bring prices down.
Of course the Boston banker might
have amplified his advice but II he
didn't, he is poor economist. His
advice would stand if everyone would
work an extra hour day without
pay but now -a-days no one will work
without pay.
If everyone worked an extra hour :
a day and was paid for the extra hour
it would, no doubt, increase produc-
tion hut there would hardly be re-
duction of prices unless the workers
saved their pay for that extra hour. |
That is the nub of the whole question /
of prices
Either production must be increased
and demand held at the present point,
or production held at its present level
and demand decreased. If production
is increased by working an extra hour
a day and the fruits of the extra toll
are spent, the situation is not chang :
ed one whit.
There is just one way to lower f,
prices Stop buying things that are X
not vitality necessary and save reg {;
ularly. The United States govern =,
ment recognizes that and asks the
people of the United States to help VI
'orce prices down by purchasing War Re
Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings ="
Certificates bringing in four per cent
interest compounded every three
months. Sn
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The citv of Boston and the state 20
If Massachusetts are right in refus- An
ng to reinstate the striking police Of Cir Cir
icers anG in filling the places made Ne
acant waen they struck, with former Cas- Cas-
oldiers, without the ordinary civil
ervice red tape The policemen do
OF deserve the sympathy OF any one;
hey are not common laborers, who
IN cult job when they wish, but
re officers Of the government, sworn Car
, uphold the national and state com Pos
:. :. ~, ord;nonooS of the 9th
ty. They are just as much deserters
they would be had they been in
q army and quit their posts, in
hich case they would have been Stat
pod against a stone wall and shot, ~
their desertion had occurred IN
ne of war. Police forces in other
wns and cities are threatening to SIS
ike in sympathy with the Boston
serters and President Wilson has