South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-04
MAY 1920.
L. A. WOOD M D., AND HIS PROPOSED
INTERNATIONAL DEBATING SOCIETY.

Some OF the comment Of Or. Leonard A. Wood
on what would he n proper reconstruction Of the
League OF Nations covenant is significant OF the
time killing processes OF the school OF politics which
he prescribes the panacea for everything internal
and external that affects US. that indeed,
der that the "old guard" docs not gobbe him up.
assure him OF the leadership which he aspires,
and put an end right now 70 all the possibilities Of
a convention controversy. His implcation-exactly
what would be left Of the league covenant under the
Lodge reservatons-that the supreme council should
Re eliminated and the activities Of the league so
circumscribed as to make OF it a international
debating club without adjacent powers of execu-
ton. so repubHcanesque that 10 doubt that nc
meant II would be TO be skeptcal without excuse.
Take the record Of the Goth congress, for in
stance. and the special session that preceded it,
a debating society. yes with lots Of hot air and
no accomplshments-tha Is the record. We de-
sire TO call attention OF American workingmen e
that phase Of the doctors prescription, especially.
emphasizing the probability that it is real repub-
lican ideal Here at time when the people OF
the country being urged TO settle down to work,
and much is being said of an honest days service
is well that wOrkingmen take notice of this time
killing congress which instead OF being of the
most notorious slackers OF the country should set
an example In attention to business It has been
pointed that when that body ought to beswOrk
ing overtime in the interest of reconstruction. 50
many the members absent from their posts
that It frequently is difficult to obtain quorums.
Nearly one-half of the members OF the senate and
one-third OF the house are declared to be away
now devoting themselves 20 their political fences.
But with their pay going this directing atten-
ton TO thor Inconsistency in demanding IAN hon
est days work for honest days pay on the part
OF others
The 66th congress. however, excels. in one thing
i'm talk. It's special session produced approximate
" $4,000 600 words and. while many of the
bers are absent the regular session is maintaining
the hot air record the past week the dig
niied" senate with half its members absent, beat
the house supposed TO be especially addicted to
loquaciousness by something like 10000 words. It
put an aggregate OF 100000 words into the Con
gressional Record as against 900 put in by
bers OF the house. What was the result? Each
branch has the passage of but measure of inn
portance its credit. The senate put through the
army reorganization bill, and the house the rail-
road deficiency measure.
Contrast this record with the feversh demand Of
months ago. made by republican leaders that
session be called so that congress could Immediately
take up It's work for reconstruction with else
than words. words. words following. however the
s6th congress has proved more a promoter of un-
rest than a stabilzer.-but still Dir. Wood opines
that the extension Of that sort of thing into
international affairs confning activities talk.
and execution. would be good. a League Of Ma
lions just for debating club, EN-, Wouldn't it be
NICE Put stop to war by the CAB route. We
think we understand now why the doctor
anxious to assume direction Of the a. f. F.. and
why his party was so peeved when Wilson went to
France. An oratOrical job wanted for & o. p.
wind Hammer