Evening star., 1920-02-15
BY &. GOULD LINCOLN.

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- Mitchell Palmer, there is
no law or custom which
cOmpels a President of the
United States to wear red neck
tie. AS Attorney General OF the
United States engaged in eliminat-
the color has no attractions for
him. AS Quaker and the son of
Quaker. his tastes have been for
Quieter colors. But there is no
gainsaying the fact that Mr.. Pal
mer has the face and figure to
wear red neckte and get away
with it.
If the democrats decide to nom
mate the Attorney General as
their candidate for the presidency
they will have a. least selected
their best looking candidate-and
this year the women's vote Is to
play larger part than ever be-
fore in the decision. Mr.. Pal
mer is tall and broad shouldered.
He has a shock of gray hair that
would make him look considerably
more than his forty-seven years
were it not for a face that gives
the lie to his gray hairs. His
eyes are blue and his features
regular. except for a chin that
thrusts forward as though looking
for a fight. His Quaker training.
perhaps. has held his chin in check.
However that may be. the Attorney
General has never avoided fight
when it came to him. His friends
call him the Fighting Quaker"
Since Mr.. Palmer took Office as
Attorney General in Washington
almost year ago things have been
moving. / had occasion to call on
him not long after he had moved
into the Department of Justice and
asked him what he was going to do
about the reds" His reply was
that he intended to handle them
without gloves. and that he would
recommend to Congress a law with
teeth in it," to strengthen the arm
of the government in dealing with
those seeking it's overthrow. He
made the recommendation, and.
after months of delay, Congress is
finally acting.
Under the direction of the At
torney General, however. the
agents of the department recently
rounded up nearly 1000 radicals.
located in every section of the
country.
He asked from Congress and OBJ
tanned legislation to aid more eff
fectually in prosecuting the food
'profiteers." the amendment to the
Lever food control act. And when
the bituminous coal miners struck
and threatened to freeze the people
of the United States because their
demands were not granted by the
coal operators, Attorney General
Palmer. under the provisions of
this same Lever act, which pro-
hibits conspiracies to limit produc-
ton of coal and other necessaries.
got out an injunction against the
strike. The strikers did not go
back to work, however. until. just
as the government was about to
try the strike leaders with the
idea of putting them in Jail, a work.
ing agreement vas reached. after
conferences on the part of the
miners and operators and the At
torney General ard other officials
of the government.
1t was only recently. too. that
the government. through the De-
partment of Justice. has reached
an agreement with the big five"
meat packers, whereby they are to
divorce themselves from the stock
yards. wholesale grocery business
and other allied lines~ Of busi-
ness.
Before Mr.. Palmer took Office as
Attorney General, he served as
alien property custodian. A fight
against his confirmation as Attorney
General was made by Senator
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey and