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adopted by the Danish war council, :"
he says, the millers began to flock to

adopted by the Danish war council, :"
he says the millers began to flock to
Washington in droves.'
Dean Russell of the University of
Wisconsin informed the house com
mittee on agriculture, May 2, 1917,
in my presence, that sin OF the big
gest -four millers in the Northwest
had arrived in Washington on the
same train with him. While Profess
Isor Alonzo Taylor was urging the
house committee to discourage the
movement for whole grain bread, the
smillers in person were appearing be-
fore the senate committee
! He makes the comment that "Our
officials at Washington knew better
Chan to prevent the adoption of the
| whole wheat standard) but they were
then under the. domination of the
millers, where they promise to remain
Ifor many q. year to come"
| Aiding Insurance Companies.
Chairman Benson Of the shipping
board is sending out general appeal
for help for the privately financed
and operated syndicates that are
placing insurance on our new merchant
marine. He wants the country to
repeal all federal and state laws inn
posing taxation on premiums, and to
abolish all other limitations upon the
growth of this marine insurance pool.
When the ships were directly oper-
at ed by the board on public account
and before that, when privately owned
ships were running through the sub
marine war zone, the government
provided insurance at rates that were
a fraction of the rates demanded by
the private companies. The war risk
insurance act as originally passed was
a marine insurance measure, which
earned millions in profits for the pubic
while it saved many more millions to
the shippers. Because it was so sue
cessful, our reactionary bipartisan
combine in congress determined to kill
this government insurance system right
away. They did so in the Jones
| Il erchant marine act of this year. The
private insurance syndicates are pro-
yided for in this measure.
Practically all American marine in
surance interests are cooperating In
the new syndicates, according to
Admiral Benson. What they now
lack is freedom to write all kinds Of
insurance, as their British competi-
tors do, and freedom from state tax
alton especially. $
Capital for the expansion of these
marine insurance syndicates is not
flowing in fast enough: Hence the
appeal.
Johnson's Latest Scare.
Congressman Albert Johnson of
Hoquiam, Wash. who melted the at
tack on Assistant Secretary Of Labor
Post last winter as sequel to the
Palmer-Caminetti "red raid out
break, has paused in his denuncia-
tions of the red peril long enough
to declare officially that he has I'M
earthed vast yellow menace in
the form of "a system whereby thou
sands of japanese are annually
struggled into the United States.
Johnson used to be employed on the
paper in the national capital owned
by the late John R. Mclean. Then
he went West and stayed long enough
to have himself sent to congress.
His friends are the big lumber COM
ipanies of his district. His political
method is lurid sensationism. When
he is not unearthing a worldwide re-
evolutionary conspiracy, and loudly
shouting it to the members Of the
house with newspaper correspon-
dents in attendance-he is denouncing
most anybody who seems to be UNI
popular with big business. He is an
lardent "exposer" of the Nonpartisan
League.
Anti-Japanese agitation is good
Gpolitics on the Coast. Johnson has
inherited the Craftsmanship Of the house
committee on immigration, which;
would normally incline man to handle
any statement on Japanese smuggling
Iof immigrants with some care. But
that does not stop Albert. He shouts
his charges and ignores the fact that
the japanese foreign office has given to
the press challenge to him to produce
| his evidence.
/ Colby's Note to Allies.
\ Secretary Colby's. note, delivered to
the allies through the Italian am
bassad dor, stresses the following points:
F 1. "This government believes in a
united, free and autonomous Polish
state But we will not participate
in general conference lest this should
lead to recognition Of Russia.
q. America upholds Russian terri