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New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
':Be Prepared, . Is
Plea of ':Ariuto,'''
Belief That There VIII Be
No More Wars in the
World a Fallacy, He Saws

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: You have had several proposed
planks decrying the need Of military
training and the "useless expense" and
waste" of taking further steps to put
the United States on military par with
the rest Of tho world. Is it useless
expense to protect our country1 Is it
waste to make Of Its men q better race
physically and broader race mentally,
for it Is that which universal military
training, with its linking Of the Clans"
most certainly does7
AS long as human nature remains
as it has been for centuries past there
will be wars. although after each in
creasingly great war people have been
heard to say. "Surely this Ia tho last
war" Il, therefore, behooves us to
prepare 1t all times for what the future
may bring in this line and to assure
ourselves that wo arc at least ready
as the most prepared nation in tho
world.
Tho brief military career which
fair training plan would give each male
citizen would come to be looked on as
part Of q great plan for building up
tho health Of the nation and ct the
same time returning to the country,
by making her prepared, small part
of what she gives to her citizens.
AVIATOR.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Honesty First
Given as Greed
OF Republicans
Results and Not Visions
Essential i'm Restoring
Confidence in Govern
ment and Patriotic Spirit
No Place for Corruption
Men Needed Who'll Run
Nation on Same Principle
as Own Private Business
To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Let us return to tho muttons
of party responsibility. Unless the Re-
publican party handouts itself, puts
weights in both pockets and jumps
overheard into the Saragossa Sea Of
partisan standpatism, it is bound to
carry the fall elections. Suicide of that
sort is as inconceivable as it would be
deplorable. Hence the necessity of
Fundamentally, tho basic needs of tho
nation and the world.
Parties, like streams, rise no higher,
fall no lower, than their sources. The
rank and file Of citizenry inclines
nightly to honesty-especially for the
other fellow. Corruption breeds in the
professional fringes, the froth riding
the waves Of any and every ground
swell. No party monopolizes probity,
patriotism or public spirit.
It 10 axiomatic that the people least
governed are best governed. Hence, my
Republican friendly ensmier 1 pray
you. pledge yourselves to try for the
minimum Of efficient government, hon
estly administered. that will secure to
every citizen unhampered enjoyment
Of the right to life, liberty, the pur-
suit Of happiness and the possession of
the rewards Of industrious thrift-and
then perform what you have pledged.
How is quite another guitar, which you
are graciously permitted to choose for
4
MARTHA M'CULLOCH-WILLIAMS.
1947 Broadway, New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Enforced Citizenship
Proposal Is Condemned
Prohibition of Naturalization
Plan Also Assailed as I'm
American in Principle

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue Of February "a
there are two planks, one from ]. OBJ,
the other from Martha McC. Williams,
advocating, respectively, enforced cit
izenship and prohibition Of naturaliza-
tion. beg leave to disagree with both.
Would enforced marriage encourage
happiness? Does J. OBJ. believe an
forced citizenship will create loyalty
to country? Citizenship which Is forced
upon an individual is not worth the
paper it Is written on. Citizenship and
loyalty are not on paper, they are in
the heart.
To prohibit naturalization is = direct
blow to American principles. It would
intensity any i'll feeling Of foreigners
into hatred, creating Q continuous un-
dercurrent Of chaos. We would be vio.
lating the idea Of "liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness" It would not abol-
ish the hyphen, it would make 1t longer.
The hyphen will be eradicated only
in one way-by creating a desire in the
foreigner to become a true American
by proper Americanization methods;
by making him see that there are bet
ter things in this country than Just
punching tho time clock.
LOUIS LENGYEL,
27 Cedar Street, Saranac Lake, N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

mittse in the next Congress to ~
through every appropriation bill and
comb out every item which puts the
government into the paternalistic at
titude and position Of doing anything
which any individual, class. community
or industry ought to do for itself. The
law that mental, moral or physical
fiber only grows through exercise
should control in government no less
than 1t does in biology.
The revenue service pay roll, It II
estimated, can be reduced at least one
third by scientific taxation system
in place Of the present hodge-podge
OF income. excise, stamp and other
revenue monstrosities. The postal
service does not come within this cate
CORY; 1t needs more, not less, and bet
ter paid workers.
Not only can the government pav
roll be reduced, but the question Of
furniture, fixtures and supplies-in-
cluding prtnting-which every depart
ment head and every department clerk
seems to think necessary to the dig
nifty Of his work involves a tremen-
dous waste. Enough desks can be
found in tho emergency war buildings
in Washington to build bridge Of
polished oak from New York to Chi
cago, apparently, and. with rare ex-
ceptions, not a stroke Of work was
done on any Of them that could not
have been done as we'll on q pine
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Dry" La,u Assailed
As Bureaucratic Act.
Infringing Liberty
To the Editor Of The Tribune,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Bernhard yon Bdlow, Imperial
Chancellor for twelve years, and an
acute critic Of the old German govern
ment, observed In 1914 that "nothing
more easily produces discomfort with
existing conditions, nothing tends more
to foster unrest among the people than
narrow-minded bureaucratic clumsi-
mess ness. on NJ the p.tt OF the poics and
matters, in which a civilized nation
quite rightly wishes to remain unmo-
Tested" The imperial regime that Won
Bdlow was rapping has since passed
into the discard.
Our own, government during the last
few years has exercised an trksome Of
ficiousness in intellectual affairs; this
may be attributed mainly to the zeal
Gus excesses' Of an overbearing Ad-
ministration. But now we have the
crowning example Of meddlesome
bureaucracy actually enacted into q
statute-the prohibition enforcement
law. This act, with Its multifarious
irritating petty details, can scarcely
lawyers. How, then, is the layman,
who is expected to obey and whose
ignorance Of tho law will never excuse
him, to guide his actions 30 As to keep
out Of Its meshes7
More dangerous than the law itself
Is the precedent It creates and the
tendency it abets-namely, that Of in
fringing upon tho natural liberty Of
individuals. To narrowly circumscribe
mans footsteps or, more important,
to punish him for some slight technical
breach Of law will arouse in that man
more resentment and i'll will against
the government than could ever possi-
bly, be excited by any difference of
conviction. More should be left to the
discretion Of both executives and gov
erned; neither wishes to feel that he
Is incompetent to interpret or obey
the broad meaning and general intent
of law. 4 " =
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Raise Exemptions Under
The Income Tar Lnsp

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: / suggest as a plank for the
exemptions allowed under the income Ne
tax law from $1,000 to $4,000 for sin
gle persons and from $4,000 to $4,000
for married persons, with an increase
from 5000 to $400 for each minor or
dependent.
1t being generally conceded that the
cost Of living has increased 100 per
cent during the last Ave or six years,
1t Is only fair that the exemption grant
ed to an individual before he pays q
tax to the government should be in
creased proportionately.
:, At the same time let 40 support the
idea of wiping out the excess profits
tax. BARKER D. LEIGH.
2 Rector Street, New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
.COOdEducation
Declared Cure
For BOlshevis1n
Newcomers TO u. S. Also
Must Be Projected from
Exploitation, So No Dis
c0ntentment Will Ensue
Lack of Schooling Peril
Playground Facilities Held
of Vital Importance in
Campaign Against Unrest

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: You can lead An alien to the
nag. but you cannot make him love
and adopt it unless it represents to his
mind better condition Of life than ha
has hitherto been used to in the land
Of his birth. The benefits which &C.
crue to him and his children must
loom larger In his eyes than those
which he has left behind him.
Arriving here. more or less ignorant
Of the laws and customs. he must be
made to understand that, while IL il
Of prime importance to obey tho laws
Of the land, he. on tho other hand.
will be fully protected against ex-
ploitation and that his personal
habits and mode Of life will be respect
cd ~ far ~ is consistent with the
public velfare.
Above ell. his property right must
bs respected. Recent laws, 70 hls
mind. have seemingly NOT done 90,
and, - a result, many Of his type have
returned 70 the old country. or, Tar
moro serious 20 the national velfsre,
through force Of circumstances they
remain. with discomfort and . sense Of
injustice seething in their breasts.
Even through his children he il
often being made to suffer. for though
these selfssme children pride them
selves upon their being stanch
Americans, they are being deprived
Of proper schooling through lack Of
sufficient and efficient teachers. And
these millions Of prospective voters
need all the education that can DOS
sibly be given to them before they
must join-the ranks Of the workers.
This country's very future rests upon
what they become. A good education
is the best antidote to Bolshevisna.
Almost as important as their school
Ing Is the need Of sufficient play
ground facilities. Gutter and side
walk playing is not conducive to
health. mental, moral or physical. All
city children should, through civic.
state or Federal aid, be given
some weeks of outdoor life each year
A lew do get sent to camps and learn
some OF the wonders and beauties of
nature, together with invigorating
their bodies. Under present condi-
tions the marvel is that there is so
little Juvenile delinquency.
| just SO long as we ignore conditions
as they are and don't try to remedy.
them, but shrug our shoulders with
Let George do it" air. just SO long
shall we have discomfort and unrest
among q large and vital part of our
population, and keep alive a potent
cause Of social upheaval and perhaps
revolution. HAROLD CLAIMING.
$40 East Seventy seventh Street
New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Enforcing of Law
Will End SeditiOn
And Profiteering
Republicans Can Restore
Tranquility to Country
by Use of Old Statutes,
Without Any Additions
% the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party pledges
itself as the party Of all the American
people-as an American party cherish
ing the American ideals, principles and
traditions Of our forefathers.
The Republican party pledges itself
to the enforcement Of old laws already
on the statute books rather than the
enactment Of new laws as long as the
old laws are compatible with the fur
thering Of American interests. 1t
pledges itself to repeal all laws that
are hindrances to practical govern
ment or that are distractions to rapid
progress in reconstruction.
Sufficient powers are granted the
government under the United States
Criminal Code to adequately deal with
the undesirable alien and sedition--
merely enforce the law.
The high cost Of living can be ad-
vantageously attacked through the Fed
eral trade commission law (1914). The
potential scope Of this act 10 not fully
realized, and at present it is disap-
pointment; 80 appoint . united COM
mission Of qualified mon to work for
definite object. Only In this manner
can this act benefit the people Of the
United States as 1t should.
Practical government for the benefit
Of all the people is the evident need Of
the country, and the Republican party
should pledge itaelf to give it.
p. E. RENTSCHLER.
ala Cuyler Hall, Princeton, N. ].
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Long Terms and Security of
Tenure Advocated for Officials

To the Editor o
Sir: think
Federal
and attendant - '
The position OF \ Of
than half the the
complex to be thoroughly mastered less now
election approaching how
hil his obligations with the dind
emands? = -
Appolntve officials are il anything .
little
the persistence OF the
one appointed to position the
accord with the Governor
The extremes to which the
field OF local
commissioners where public
best qualified
engthned provision
parchment in
to and reasonable bounds all probability
and stability n andn j.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Demand Treaty Ratification

We demand ratification of the
Treaty Of Versailles, with the Lodge
reservations, or their equivalent, pre-
serving inviolate certain policies and
action that are traditionally Ameri-
can. We condemn the efforts of the
present Administration. by approving
the covenant entire, to deprive Con-
gress of its undivided and constitu-
tional right to make war, and deny
that the Administration has endeav-
ored to hasten ratification by COM
promise, asserting that between pre-
serving the sovereignty of the nation
and possible subjection to an inter-
national super-state, as provided in
the covenant, there can be no COM
promise.-D. F. H.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Too Many People
Refuse to Assert
Power of Ballot
Rebirth of Interest i'm Great
Horde of American .Peo-
pie Called First Great Need
in Days of Reconstruction
70 tho Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sirs In these days of reconstruction,
when our government Is being tried
and tested, the duties and responsible
ties Of citizenship should be strongly
stressed, in order that every citizen
may become fully conscious Of his or
her individual duty as a part Of this
nation.
Our government rests upon the fidel-
ity and loyalty Of its citizens, and II
as individuals this important truth is
keenly felt there can be no question
as to the future Of America. But the
proper estimate has never been placed
upon tho duties and responsibilities
of citizenship by 9 great many.
Unfortunately there always has been
a great deal Of indifference in this re-
spect. Too many men, born in America,
do not have sufficient interest in the
government to go to the polls and vote.
The naturalized citizen I find less
negligent in this respect. In examining
the registration books in my Assembly
chagrined by the names 1 did not find
there. The result Of an election is often
determined Just as much by those who
fail to vote as those who do. This fact
must be 80 emphasized that the coun-
try shall not suffer through indifYer-
ence.
Government is suffering from . lack
OF interest on the part Of those who
could contribute to It's uplift and bet
terment if they would, just as 1t Is suf-
fering through participation Of those
who have only selfish motives to crafty
and look upon it as an opportunity for
personal gain.
If we are to have a government of
the people, for the people and by the
people, Why then that government must
be the concentrated expression Of all
tho people qualified to take part
STUART L. RITZ,
Tottenville. N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
.525 Planks Submitted in Platform Contest n Six Wee
To-Day's Prize Letter


To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican platform for
tho 1920 campaign should contain /.
plank which goes beyond tho usual
platitudes Of pledge to the "utmo,t
possible economy in government" and
say In words Of action Just what thu
party will do to bring governmental
expenditures back to a normal level
Some principles are involved and a
statement Of these deserves a place in
the party platform. The first Of these
principles is that the government i.
now performing far too much aerv,ce
1t has been accumulating burdens
unloaded on It either by reformers
who have sought this utopian wav Of
doing for people what other people
thought ought to have done for them:
or by self-seeking interests who have
wanted something done they are too
poor, too lazy or too shrewd to do for
themselves.
An illustration Of this picked at
random is the business Of getting tho
government to furnish free employ
ment agency service. It Is now being
done in the Department of Labor; in
the Bureau Of Education, where q free
teachers agency is maintained, and
also In the Department Of ARricul-
ture by every farm bureau agent.
There is need for an economy COM
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Place Alien Women ON Same
: : Citizenship Basis as Men

g the Editor Of The Tribune.
sSir: Ny proposal for q plank in our
nrty platform is:
That all alien women be required to
astain citizenship in this country
Snde. the same conditions as men, and
@at American women who marry for
Ssgns.s retain their American citizen
zip, unless renounced.
~. do not think 1t fair In the case Of
undesirable alien woman becoming
{ good American citizen simply by
Extracting a convenient marriage any
wore. than in the case of so many
mfscns like Emma Goldman, who
@ariy saved herself from deportation
Claiming rights she always affected
., sNor do I consider 1t fair to American
Tmen who inherit the precious privi-
e Of American citizenship and arc
sefortunate enough to fall in love with
Sme reputable alien and lose.
sosooklyn. F. SMITH.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

bench. That il tho kind Of desks on
which the men who really won the war
drew their maps, wrote their orders
and composed their last letters home.
There have been enough unnecessary
government buildings, river and har-
Dor works. irrigation dams and this
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. roads built
with government money to wreck any
thing but the richest nation on tho
face Of the globe.
One step in the right direction is =
budget system, but even budget sys-
tenn needs q foundation Of economy
by stern command Of the voters which
every elected official must obey.
A platform plank is needed on which
no Congressman who wants every 9TH
er pet scheme cut out but ais own. and
every other Congressman's clerks sent
home and the clerks from his own
district kept in their jobs and
promoted. can even be nominated.
Finally, the plank should say. in
plain language for all to understand,
that the cost Of government is met
by taxation, and all taxes are finally
passed on and met by the consumers.
That Is demonstrable fact Of gov
eminent and taxation, and it is the
real reason for economy. The cost
OF living cannot be cut down while
tho cost Of government is eontinu-
ally going up. A. N. LOOMS.
Washington, D. O.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

! $7.87 for the wool In suit Of clothe.
that sells for $S5. and the American
Woolen Company, after its Federal
taxes have been deducted, shows q net
profit for 1918 Of more than $12 2,O00, ,00c
on only $22,oo0,0OO investment, it
requires no Sherlock Holmes to de-
tect tho profteer. We have created
$4,000 brand new millionaires in less
than three years. The government can
and should stop that sort of exploita-
tion Of the American people. The Re-
publican party must commit itself to
that task.
The party can contribute still moro
to the restoration of normal conditions.
which is the real cure for high cost Of
living, by checking the imitation of cur
rency and credits that has been an
accompaniment Of the war, and by ex-
ercising the most rigid economy in
public administration and expendi-
lures. The present Administration set
the fashion Of national extrava-
gance, waste and graft; the Re-
publican party must cause the govern
ment to set new fashion of economy.
thrift and common honesty. Through
the establishment Of budget system,
the prevention Of unnecessary appro-
priations and the elimination Of official
extravaganza and dishonesty @ way
may be opened for the reduction Of
taxes and return to normality in
public and private business.
Peoples Interests Paramount
The Republican party must set its
face against the demands Of privileged
interests. Neither organized capital
nor organized groups Of individuals
must be permitted to enforce their de-
mands on the general public. The in
terests Of the people as whole are
paramount to those Of any class; fair
and square deal between the three sides
of the triangle-capital, labor and the
be the guiding rule in
the adjustment Of industrial troubles.
The Republican party is the party of
sanity; it Is progressive without being
radical; It Is conservative without be-
ing reactionary. l have faith that 1t
will meet the crises Of the readjust-
ment period in a manner wholly cred
liable to It's glorious history.
ARTHUR CAPPER.
United States Senator from Kansas.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Reclamation Advanced
As Cure for BOlshevisna
Californian Points to Clean
Living of Farmer Glass
as National Asset
the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Upon careful consideration, I
believe the key to the situation
of unrest to be reclamation of desert,
swamp and stump lands. Millions Of
acres of fertile lands idle In the United
States lie as liabilities.
Reclamation would provide sane liv-
ing and profitable employment for our
citizenship In general and for our re-
turned soldiers in particular. You will
find few /. W. WIS In the farming class.
"The man who owns part Of tho soil Is
pledged to the whole Of It"
Believing that reclamation will solve
more Of our national problems than any
other ono measure, I submit the In
closed plank for the consideration Of
the Grand Old Party.
HAROLD r. HARVEY.
Long Beach, Calf.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Senator Capper Pleads
For Wnr on RudicuIisn1
Aansas Statesman Asserts Republicans Must Be
committed to Unwavering Loyalty and Should
Stop Exploitation by Profteers
To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party Is the
hope Of tho country. It Is the only
party that can bring order out Of the
chaos precipitated by the war; tho only
party to which the American people
can look with confidence for the main
tenance Of thoroughgoing American
principles, for efficient and economical
administration Of public affairs, for
more justice in the bearing Of burdens.
fairer distribution Of wealth, square
deal between man and man and new
and better standards Of living. I be-
heve the Republican party will con-
tinue to stand for an exalted national
ism and immayably against any scheme
of imperialistic internationalism.
The foundation plank Of the next Re-
publican platform undoubtedly should
be vigorous declaration for unadul-
terated and incorporating American
ism. We must go into the next cam
paign with a platform which commits
our party to unwavering loyalty to
our government and its institutions
and fearless enforcement of all its
laws. We must stand for = relentless
warfare on Bolshevism, socialism and
all other forms Of radicalism which
aim as the overthrow Of the American
government. or any change by force Of
its form or structure. The Republi-
can party's sixty ysars' record Of
sturdy Americanism 10 the guaranty to
the people that this pledge will be
faithfully kept
Must Stop Exploitation
The party should make no foolish
pledges Of accomplishment contrary to
economic law. 1t should not promise
an immediate slashing in the high cost
Of living, which no party can immedi-
ately effect, but it should face this
problem squarely and should take those
obvious remedial steps that will bring
early relief from present hazd living
It must bring the prohteers
to time. They are not hard to find.
When the wool grower receives but