The citizen., 1920-06-24


sage across to ex-service men who are
not aware OF the opportunities open
to them: In arranging for interviews
between the men interested and the
district officers; In advising proper
courses, and In assisting in many mat
ters OF procedure incident to entering
training, such as the filing OF applica-
tions and the adjusting of claims and
compensation.
What Home Service Workers Do.
Through the efforts of Red Cross
home service workers, who are In
close touch with the families Of ex-
service men, many who would not 9th
erwise have entered training are per.
suaded to do so. II Is sometimes found
that a man refuses training because
of influence brought TO bear by his
family to have him remain at home.
In such Instances the friendly advice
of the Red Cross worker is often the
means of convincing the family Of the
benefits of vocational education and
the result 1t Will have on the mans fu-
ture welfare. Many times there are
family difficulties which keep the man
at home, and these the home service
section tries to adjust.
Frequently the federal board refers
to the Red Cross the names of men
whom II cannot locate because Of in
sufficient address. In one locality the
Red Cross learned of the names of 10
men whose medical reports the fed.
eral board had, but for whom no ad'
dresses were given. From the medi
cal reports the Red Cross obtained
the names of the places where the
men had been discharged. wrote to
the Red Cross field directors In the
various camps and, consequently, Oh
tained the addresses. As a result the
be difficult to recount all Of the
friendly forms of service extended by
the Red Cross to the men.
Establishes Clubs for the Men.
An especially valuable form of Red
Cross aid to the men who have en-
tered training is that given in estab
fishing clubs In places where they are
not adequately provided for in the col
lege dormitories. This has been work.
ed out effectively in Buffalo and
Brooklyn, New York. In Providence
where there are some one hundred
and twenty-five men in training al
the Rhode Island school of design and
at a business college. the Red Cross
working in conjunction with the
school people, instituted plan pro
vding for the adaptation of the serv'
ice mems club to meet the needs Of
the situation.
II appears now that the vocational
training for MANNED soldiers will &C
on for a good many years. That much
good is coming out of this training is
admitted by all who are acquainted
with what is being done.
Effort to Stop Lynchings
The judiciary committee of the
house of representatives In advO-
eating the passage of anti-lynch-
ing legislation sets out facts and
figures which show that the lynchine
record in the United States is hu-
initiating one. 1t is shown, for In
stance, that congress has appropriat.
ed and the government has paid to
other governments S792, ,499.39 to com
pensate the murder by lynching OF
aliens by American mobs, and that
there are now pending with the de
partment of state unadjusted claims
to a large amount for similar murders
of Austrians, Greeks, japanese and
Italians. Every diplomatic letter
sent by the state department to an
other nation with regard to these
claims has stated that the federal
government is impotent to protect
strangers within the borders of the
United States, and seeks to lay the
blame on the state governments. Ev.
cry such letter admits the derelictiou
of congress in not enforcing the guar
antics of the fourteenth amendment
This sum of $792, ,499.39 was paid fOi
less than 100 lives of foreigners tax.
en- by mobs.
The bill favOrably reported seeks ~
TO prevent lynching as far as posi-
BILE; (2) to punish the crime Of lynch.
ing; and (3) TO compel the communt
ty In which the crime is committed to
make such compensation as is posi-.
BILE. 1t is proposed to exact from the
county In which a person is lynched s
penalty of $4,000, recoverable In an
action to be brought by the district
attorney in the name Of the United
States for the use of the dependent
family, If any, and II there be no de-
pendent family for the use Of the
United States.
The judiciary committee believes
that such a penalty would make II to
the interest of every tax payer Of a
county TO do his share toward prevent
ing a lynching; and the committee
says that as to foreigners lynched. II
is certainly fairer that the county,
whose non-enfOrcement of the laws
was responsible for the lynching.
should pay for It than that congress
should be compelled to make compen'
sation for a local wrong.
Statistics collected by the judiciary
committee show the following lynch
ings by states from 1899 TO 1919, in
elusive: Georgia. 3S6; Mississippi.
373; Texas, 325; Louisiana, 313: Ala.