The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-18
U. S. HOUSING PROBLEM.

~ - TktOBlEM.
/ Question: What is the Govern
ment's housing program for recon-
struction?
Answer: The Senate, on Dec. -,
1913, passed resolution ordering the
suspension Of all Government housing
! projects which are less than rs per
cent/completed
The United States Government is
at present building houses in such
cities as Washington, D. c.; Rock
Island, ILL.,; Moline, Ill.,; Norfolk, Va:
Newport and jamestown, r. T.:
| charleston, w. Va; Vallejo, CAL:
bridgeport, Conn.,; Philadelphia, Pa:
Portsmouth, N. H.; Bath, Me. Erie.
Pa., Duluth, and many other indus
| trial centers
IN view of the foregoing it is sug
| gested that all workingmen who are
interested in the Government continu-
! ing and extending it's housing pro-
gram, write to Senator James A. Reed.
! author of Senate joint Resolution No.
1884, protesting against ne passage of
this resolution. Also write to Con-
gresham Frank Clark, chairman Of
the Committee on Public Buildings of
the House Of Representatives. pro-
testing against the passage Of Senate
Joint Resolution No. 1914 which is
now pending before that committee.
| THE VALUE OF DEMOCRACY.
! question:: Why is democracy a.
good system of government? why is
1t social system?
Answer: The people Of q dcmoc.
racy are not related 20 their rulers as
subjects are related to a government.
They are themselves the SOVEREIGN
authority. The government is merely
an attempt to express the conscience
OF everybody, the average conscience
OF the nation in rules that everybody
is commanded to obey.
The beauty Of democracy is social
system is that you do not know where
the man is going to come from, and
you do not care, so he is the right
man. You do not know whether he
Will come from the avenue or the
alley. The humblest howell may pro-
duce your greatest men. A very hovel
did produce one of our greatest men,
| THE CABINET SYSTEM.
Question: We hear much these
days of the Cabinet System of Gov
eminent. What is meant by this sys-
| tenn?
| Answer: The Cabinet System of
Government originated in England,
the essential feature of which is the
union of the supreme direction in
both legislation and administration in
ministry taken from the legislature.
Other. features of the system as it
existed before the war in Great Brit
ain are the following: Cd The men,
bers Of the Cabinet, all of whom are
ministers and usually heads of depart
ments-though not all ministers are
members of the Cabinet-are men,
bers of the party which controls a
majority in the House Of Commons:
(2) The solidarity of the Cabinet is
realized through the Prime Minister,
who selects his colleagues and medi-
ates between them and the monarch:
60. If the Cabinet is out-voted in
the House on an important measure,
it must either resign at once or ask
the King to dissolve Parliament and
call a new election, request which
is always granted.
The smooth working of the Cabinet
system in England is secured by the
! unquestioned right of Parliament to
, control the Crown, the equally I'M
questioned nredominance of the
House of Lords, and the party sys-
, tenn. In France a modified form of
the system operates on a basis of
equal responsibility to both chambers.
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