The Washington herald., 1920-10-25
BARUCH'S BOOK
MEETSCRITIC'S
Making Of Reparation and
Economic Sections of
Treaty" Enhghtening.
by GEORGE PERRY MORRIS.

Mr.. Bernard Bsruchs book on
The Making Of the Reparstion and
Economic Sections Of the Treaty
is the informal but not negligible
answer Of the American business
men and hnsnciers who served al
Paris to the charges Of Maynard
Keynes widely circulated sne
quences Of the Peace" IL is not
likely to be as popular. Keynes hit
the world with mis- book at the
Psychological moment" to use an
outvorn phrase. But the historian
Of tomorrow and possibly some
statesmen OF today will check Up
the validity Of the English critic
attacks by the evidence, docUmen
tary and otherwise, that Mr.. BsruCn
presents, derived by him while
serving on the Economic DrsftinE
Committee, the Commission OF
kePsratiOn and the Supreme Eco
nomic Council Americans who
have gained the impression thai
their representatives At Paris were
a sort Of hybrid produCt-hslf fools
and half knaves-msy read this
book to their enlightenment. Much
that the groups with which M
BsruCh worked told the British ana
| French has come true.
Service 10 PcnOIosy.
ZebUlon Reed Brockway Is dead.
I He was born in 1927, at time when
Connecticut folk were naming their
children ZebUIOn. Zephsuish and
the like He lived too long 10 ger
any adequate recognition in this
day and generation for the service
he rendered TO the science and art
Of penolOgy from lS4S TO 1900. His
fame with the generation now pass
/ ing on the scenes was derived from
his nearly a quarter Of a century
I Of service as head Of the ElmIra
{ Reformatory at ElmiTa. New YORK.
Academic and church organizations
national in sCoDe. then bid eagerly
J for his words Of counsel as 10 how
TO deal with the criminal. especially
the male youthful offender sgains.
law. The example he set at Elmirs
was initiated by the prison and
reformatory administrators Of other
States. Cornell University had him
lecture before classes studying so
yiaI problems. European pcnologists
welcomed him when he visited in
ternstional congresses. His per
sonal friends were to be fouDC
among some ol the ablest men o.
letters and publiCists OF the COUD-
try. They liked him not only for ms
specialized knowledge but quite as
much for his wit. common sense ana
lraEge o. information and though.
Indeed il may be said with cont
dence that as an intellectual
American penolOgy has never had
his peer in general culture. lie haa
acquired it by wide reading, by his
FRIENDSHIPS. and by the innate ca
A. 70 ngH o
trained him. He rose from being =
clerk in the State Prison al Weath-
lerfieId, Conn. TO the altitude Of be
ing a world figure pioneering in =
,, field Of revolt against the Older
J punitive and 'vengeful ideals or i'm
! .prisonment.
8 Samuel Cntermyer often has fig
ured in the role of a defender of
the interests OF the public. but usu-
ally IL has been a speaking or
writing part. But now he IL dUinE
] things. with unlimited authority @.
r the State government back u him.
) he is ripping open and bringing int"
the light evidence as to how New
Workers who have had TO build and
e repair structures have been the pre-
{ Of proftcers among the contractor
e and the workmen. What the publ.
=, has long suspected seems likely 10
/. be confirmed Employers aud ON
v ployCs within a vital social EroU0
apparently have federated 70 bleed
% muIct and strip the varied interest,"
that depend for domestic comfort
4 and business efficiency upon con
struction Of homes and places OF m
.dustry and trade. As MI Untcr-
h nycr proceeds he creates ConstcrHa -
II tion. for his case seems to be "doCu-
Is n
n nesses is ChsraCterIstiCally mcrCl-
less.
/. Expects La Toilette Appeal.
o The tenor Of the speech just made
d by Senator La Toilette q Milwsuk''
with its omissions and commissions
Il its attacks on Republicans and Dem
e ocrats alike. its direct charge
d against Senator Iycnroot and its ca
5 did announcement that not only the
league as now drafted but as IL NAV
c be amended under Mr.. Roots guio-
u ance will be opposed by him, con
e firms the impression ! gained when
]. recently in Minnesota and WlsCun
sin that Battling Sob" H. about
Il ready 10 make an appeal 10 tho dis
isentient forces in tho JpPor West
e and say Come. follow me
II "Patieucc- Of Women.
Women are said to be Icniont. pa
III .t;ent long suffering. and the like
- The celebrity with which the Wu.
d mems Democratic club Of New Nurr
city has expelled from It's rank
j Mrs John Shcrwin Crosby wnuIr
d seem TO indicate that the saving r'
u mythical. She has had 60 walk tn'
'e plank much earlier and fsstor tNsu
any Of the eminent male holters. Thii
% incident together with Mrs. Corinns
IA Roosevelt RCbiuson's s recent persona
Is attack on President Wilson. indicsf.
that women As politicians arD En.na
ID ia prsNid" some surprises for fnr
ll community
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