Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-20
John BayIeycorn-Dead, or Only Stunned?

1.-The whole people the Legislature" have not
legally ratified unless the act OF rat1hcatlon
has been passed on by the people. Rhode
Island and New Jersey are attacking the
validity of the amendment on this and other
technical grounds. In New Rork, Governor
Smith has asked the legislature to repeal
it's previous act of ratification and submit the
question to the people, but the SYRACUSE
POST STANDARD (Rep.) is certain that,
even could such a repeating act be passed
and accepted as valid, it would not postpone
the effectiveness Of the amendment single
day" since there are sufficient notifications
without that of New York. The ALBANY
ARGUS (Dem.) thinks none the less that eff
traditions of democratic government are to
be upheld in this state it is imperative that
the Legislature take the action urged by Gov
erD9r Sn2:@4. ="
The country seems to be of two minds on
the liquor question, and in fact the YOUNGS-
TOWN INDICATOR (Dem.) sees in tne.
supreme courts close vote "ony reflection
of the division of public sentiment the coun-
try over. East and west, mort, and south,
among high and low opinion as to prohibit
ton is pretty evenly divided"
We reject the peace that we won. We
shrk responsibility for it. We refuse to
sustain the nations liberated by our arms.
We assume no obligation to restrain the ma
tons whose violence i even now threaten
ing new wars. We array ourselves with Rus
STA, the Ishmael of nations, and with Turkey,
signers of the armstice of November II,
1918, continue to operate under the terms of
military instrument, with less than 10000
men in the occupied district to enforce our in
depreciation of it. Western Europe is at
peace We who made that peace possible
are still at war.-NEV7 YORK WORLD
(Dem.)
BEGIN BY AMERICANIZING THE CHILL
DREN
Herbert Hoover who in the midst of ac-
tivities comparable to those - scarcely any
other man, never seems to lose his sense o.
proportion, addressed child-welfare lunch
con in San Francisco the other day and
said:
Il feel sometimes that we are perhaps
more concerned over the cases of mass mis-
cry Of other nations than over the individual
needs OF our own. The appeal of mObs of
starving children draws our sympathy to
faster action than the scattered minority at
home"
Mr.. Hoover said that the whole problem
OF Americanization would be met in twenty
years IF the nation could systematically
grapple with the child problem and insure
proper conditions Of birth, education and
nutrition"
This sort of thing must be developed out
OF the conscience of every separate COM
munity," he said Moreover zone feature
OF organization in these matters is outstand-
lng-the responsibility of organization, is
rested almost entirely upon the women"
That is to say, if the problem of American
ization is to be solved, the women in every
separate community no matter how large
or how small, must be organized to see that
each child has proper conditions of birth,
education and nutrition.-TACOMA DAILY
LEDGER Und)
PLUMB PLAN MAKES PUBLIC THE
- MINORITY STOCKHOLDERS r
Glenn Plumb the author of the socia1istio
scheme of railroad control that bears his
name, now argues for the extension of the
same general idea to other lines. He pleads
for "tripartite" control-the three control
ling parties being capital, labor and the
public.
That would be very fine and very logical
if there were three equal partners in the
wrong idea. Capital is not an equal partner
with the public, nor is labor. Capital and
labor may be equal partners between
themselves, but they are not equal partners
with the public Maybe they think they are,
but the public knows better, and the public
is not going to tolerate any such insolent
pretensions of equality on the part of two
subordinate groups 1t is as though two
boys should say to their father: ''Now
father, you and we will run your business
henceforth as equal partners"
1t is a smooth, slick, adroit scheme, this
Plumb plan. The idea of delivering the pub
lie over to a combinlti of capital and la
Dor is very clever. But it won't work be-
be delivered If Uncle Sam goes into
combination of that kind he is going in as
boss-not as a minority stakeholder to take
whatever is handed hirn.-ADRIAN (Mich.)
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