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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
WILL AID IN READJUSTING
CHARGES OF CARRIERS
I. c. C.. Chairman Notifies Senator
Harris Of Cooperation With Ship
pers and Others Interested.

In letter from Chairman Clark of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
yesterday to Senator Harris of
Georgia, the chairman says the COM
mission is cooperating with carriers
and shippers in bringing about ap-
propriate readjustments through re-
duction in transportation charges.
The letter was In answer to the sem
ator's suggestion that lower rates
would produce more traffic and mean
more income for the roads
Readjustm ents are being sought
respectfully where it appears that the
existing charges are such as to pre-
vent the movement of the trafic,' %
Mr.. Clark said, agreeing that both
the public and the roads deserve an
honest living" but adding, Il fear
that both are now suffering"
''The financial results from opera
ton of the roads by the government
are well known" said the chairman's
letter, "as is also the fact that the
level of operating expenses had risen
out of all proportion to the revenues
from the existing rates. The opera
ton ratios were and still are abb
normally high, and it is by no means
certain that even with the existing
level of rates the carriers can under
the existing level of operating ex-
penses. the principal items of which
are wages and fuel, earn a reason
able income for their investment We
are endeavoring to keep abreast of
the situation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
BILL PROVIDES INCREASE
IN BUREAU PERSONNEL
Chairman Says $50 New Jobs Will
Be Provided for Internal
Revenue.

A big increase in personnel for the
internal revenue bureau will be pro-
vided for in the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, when
it IS reported to the House this week.
Representative Will r. Wood of In
diana, chairman of the subcommittee
which is drafting this bill. on which
hearings closed Friday. said that while
an increase of about 1000 employees is
asked for in the departmental esti-
mates, the committee will recon-
mend funds for about $50 new jobs.
This item will be the principal in
crease in the legislative appropriation
bill. The committee has made severe
cuts in the appropriation under the
amounts asked by all the government
establishments, but the proposed in
crease in force for the internal reve-
nue. Office has prevented holding the
total of the bill as low as the House
committee originally intended.
The committee clerks will start
marking up" the legislative appro-
priation bill. as tentatively agreed
upon by the subcommittee in the
course of the hearings, on Tuesday,
and it is hoped to make the report to
the House on Thursday or Friday.
Chairman Wood said. This is the
tically all the government depart
ments and independent establishments.
The present program is to report
the sundry civil appropriation bill to
the House Tuesday, and take it up for
debate Immediately. 1t is expected
that it will take the best part of the
week to pass the sundry civil bill, and
by the time tits passed the legislative
bill will be ready to follow it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
SENATOR NUGENT RESIGNS
TAKE EFFECT JAN. is
Governor Is Expected to Name
F. 3. Gooding, Who Is
Senator-Elect.

Senator John F. Nugent of Idaho.
whose nomination to be a member of
the Federal Trade Commission was
confirmed by the Senate last week,
has telegraphed his resignation from
the Senate to Gov. Davis of Idaho,
to take effect January Is. 1t is ex-
pected that Gov. Davis. who is a. re-
publican. will appoint Frank r. Good
ing, former governor and now SEN
ator-elect, to fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of Senator Nugent.
Senator Nugent is a democrat and
he was defeated at the elections in
November by Mr.. Gooding, repub-
lican. When Senator Nugent's NOM
ination was sent to the Senate by
the President to be a federal trade
commissioner the Senate promptly
confirmed it the same day.
Senator Nugent has conferred with
members of the Trade Commission
and they desire that he take up his
duties as soon as possible, the work
being particularly heavy at this time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26

(SOnIlnueO from E1TSt fdSe.J
during war years, and the number
no did that is very small.
Perhaps dte most optimistic in
Washington hre those who see in the
falling pricds of building materials
the answerI to the labor question.
High rent, il has been contended, has
been the backbone of every demand
for increases in wages. The shortage
in houses has been nationwide. Some
building materials are back to pre-
war prices. But building on a gen.
eral scale will not be resumed until
labor comeS down, too, for any one
wanting to build a house and sell il
several yeark hence for at somewhere
near the original cost will not build
at war prices of labor. If the pur-
chasing power of the dollar should
gradually increase the average work
! man, will not be justified in asking
for the retention of high wages, but
the trouble will be to make the aver
age man accept that line of reason
| ing until the dollar actually does buy
as much as it used to. The trouble
about the readjustment of economic
conditions is that things do not move
uniformly and naturally reductions IN
labor cost will be resisted.
i Operations to Resume.
In the sense that fall in labor
prices is vet to come. the painfulness
| of the economic situation is not over
but with unemployment so extensive
| the resumption Of large business OPP
| erationS after the first of the year
| will tend toward the relief of those
who are getting no wages at all and
who believe in the practical philoso-
! ply that some kind of job is better
! than none.
| The big fact is that the financial
world which makes possible the con-
tinuance of manufacturing operations
| has passed through it's crisis and thai
| while buying will be conservative
! the return to normal has at last be-
! gun on a basis that has removed TIL.
wrinkles of anxiety on the faces oil
| the government officials and made
| them feel that the nation has success.
| fully weathered the storm.
Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
What Congress Is Doing
The Senate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

ID IL uOO LII A1NSOANs
n 7 NOTWITHSTANDING the fact
that the holiday season had
arrived, the Senate last
week accomplished not a
little work, and plans still more
for the coming week. The Senate
agreed to the House amendments to
the Gronna resolution authorizing
the rehabilitation Of the War FL
nance Corporation as an aid To the
farmers of the country who have
been hard hit by falling prices of
their commodities. This action sent
the resolution to the President for
his approval. A number OF minor
bills to which there were no objec-
ton were passed.
Senate committees were active.
The immigration committee held its
first meeting on the johnson (House)
bill to suspend immigrationS for the
period of a year and determined to
begin hearings January 3, with the
idea of perfecting some legislation
restricting immigration, if not sus-
pending it.
The Calder committee. which has
been investigating housing condi-
tons and the. high prices charged
for coal during the last six months.
had before it officers OF the assocla-
tions of coal producers and whole
sale dealers, and testimony was
given to the effect that government
officials had been prof1teering in
coal. The committee will probe this
report, meeting again on Wednes-
day.
Before the Senate finance COM
mittee. Secretary Houston Of the
Treasury testified that the United
States Treasury would go into the
fiscal year 1923 facing a large deficit.
He opposed any proposal that would
further increase the Indebtedness of
the United States, including the SOL
$1,000. 900, 900 credit should be ex-
tended to Germany as an aid to the
export business OF the United States.
The Fordney emergency tariff
bill, levying duties on farm prod
ucts, struck a. snag in the Senate
Thursday when Senator Harrison
of Mississippi, democrat, prevent
cd it's reference to the finance com
m;ttee. He is bitterly opposed to
the measure. which he says is
against all democratic principles.
An effort will be made tomorrow
by the republicans to send the bill
to committee. Democratic opposi-
ton to the measure is growing.
Senator Poindexter Of Washing
ton gave notice that if Senator
a Toilette did not bring UP his mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by
which the Senate passed the Poin-
dexter anti-strike bill. he would
move to table the motion.
The Senate appropriations sub
committee in charge of the Dis
trict appropriation bill practically
completed hearings on that meas
ure and expects to have the bill
ready for report by the end Of this
week. A liberal policy toward the
public schools has been indicated
by the committee.
If there is a meeting of the
foreign relations committee this
week Senator Borah will ask that
his resolution asking the President
to negotiate with Japan and Great
Britain for a so per cent curtail-
ment of their naval programs for
the next five years be considered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
The House.
BY Will P. KENNEDY.

TINE big work ahead of the
House this week is the
passage of the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
This is the Junk" bill. carSlns
concentrations for varying oaos
and ends of the federal service not
cared for in other principal APP
preparation measures.
The enlarged House appropI.a-
lions committee has been ma ,Hs
a drive to get it's twelve fnas ~,
appropriation bills ready Tor tne
House. Some days hearings nay
been held by rs many as Ten SUI
committees. The District ana pen
sion concentrations bills have been
passed-the latter carrying $zeo,-
900 900. Hearings have been nm
ishcd on three others-Sundry csli;
legislative, executive ana 1uoicia,
and the post Office bills. hearings
are in progress on the Army anu
Military Academy bill tconsoL,
dated). the Navy, Qualifications anu
r;vara ard harbors bills. One hear
inc. was held on the diplomatic Dill;
and the Indian and agricultural
bills are being prepared for near
ings this week.
Nv unanimous consent, the SeS-
sion tomorrow will be given over
to bills on the private caIenuar
against which no ooJeclioi h""
been registered.
The House passed, on Wednesday,
by a vote of 1875 to IS: when ~
democrats joined with the repup-
Hcan majority, the Fordney emer-
gency tariff bill, which provides
heavy tariff on a list Of specihe,di
agricultural products. The Dill
now is before the Senate.
The ways and means commli.ee
adjourned until January 6, when
open hearings will start on gen
eral revision of the tariff. Early
last week the ways and means
committee held hearings on the
proposed abolition of the excess
profits tax and substitution OF the
final sales tax.
The item of most Importance to
the District of Columbia was the
report received by Speaker Gillett
on Friday from Secretary Baker
transmitting the opinion of the
Engineer Corps that the develop
ment of Great Falls is feasible
and economical for supplying light,
heat and power to residents OF the
National Capital and that, the de-
velopment of the Potomac Is pref
erdDio TO inc ueVcIopuehl u lhC
Patuxent for an increased water
supply.
That the majority of the census
committee favor an increase of the
size of the House from 435 to 4S3
for reapportionment under the 1920
census was announced by Chair
man Siegel after an executive ses-
sion Monday.
Republican leaders favor an ap-
preparation of s100,000.000 for
state road aid. it was announced
at an executive meeting of the
roads committee on Tuesday.
Hearings were held Wednesday
by the merchant marine committee
on the Britain bill, which would
allow the Navy Department to
make contracts for transmission of
press dispatches by naval radio, at
rates to be approved by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
Opponents of the Sheppard
Towner maternity and infancy bill
were heard on Thursday by the
House committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. This provides
for federal aid in cooperation with
the states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
HOUSTON 0PPOS|
BANK EXEMPT
Holds That Joint Stock,
Organizations PriviIe
Should Cease.

Holding that joint stock land
are organizations of private
for commercial purposes. Sc
Houston of the Treasury Depa
has recommended that the tax
tion privilege no longer be e,
TO farm loan bonds issued in
ture by such banks.
The withdrawal of the tax
ton features from farm loan
however. the Secretary sua
should be accompanied by an I
in the powers of the FEEDER;
banks to make any loans now
ized by joint stock land ba
order that there be ~ curtailI
the financial benefits to agri
provided by the farm loan act
I'm view OF the absence o
pensating benefits for the
revenues resulting from the
sion of the tax exemption p
securities issued by institute
ganiZed on an Investment
nrivate capital for gain" 81
Houston continued. Il think
is clear that section &c of the
farm loan act should he anne
as to withdraw the tax ex.
privilege from farm loan bo
sued by joint stock land ban
this connection il should be b
mind. however, that the join
, land banks now in operatio
organized under sanction Of ]
with the approval OF the COVE
In any legislation withdrawing
exemption feature from far
bonds issued by joint stoc
banks it would appear to be
sary. however. to make prev
safeguard joint stock land
bonds already issued. as wei
interest of existing Joint sto'
banks"
During the last fiscal We
, Secretary said, twenty-sev9I
stock land banks were in
| operation. making loans in thf
gate of S29.262,470 to Bias boz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
RIGID ARMY METHODS
SWEPT AWAY BY WAR
New Type Of Officer Understanding
Mechanics of Human Feelings
Is Result, Says General.

Old. rigid army methods were
swept forever into the past by the
world war. necessitating production
ing the mechanics of human feelings
Brig Gen. Douglas Macarthur, super
intendent of West Point Military
Academy. declared in his annual re-
port.
With nations. not merely profess
sional armies. in arms. Improvisation
will be the watchword," he said, and
there must be a liberalization of
ofiicer that amounts to a change in
his psychology Of command"
The training system at West Point
has been rebuilt on this basis, Gen.
Macarthur said. adding:
The results have trsnscended my
most sanguine expectation; they will
be felt throughout the Army at large
with the graduation of the classes
now under instruction"
To reach the end sought, the re-
port said, there had been at West
Point "a substitution of subjective for
objective discipline, a progressive in
crease Of cadet responsibility tending
to develop initiative and force of
character rather than automatic per-
Torrance of stereotyped functions"
Inc Curriculum naQ Deen DrOadened
to keep abreast of the best modern
thought on education" it added, and
the academy brought into closer rela-
tion with the Army at large.
Gen. Macarthur paid tribute to the
wartime citizen soldiers. Person
mel was of necessity improvised, both
at the front and at the rear" he said.
, and men were used with q minimum
Of training.
I'm general result" the officer
added.'this was largely Offset by the
high personal type of those engaged.
Discipline no longer required ex-
IRENE methods. Men generally need
ed only to be told what to do, rather
than to be forced by fear of conse-
ouepces of failure"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
EX-SENATOR TO LIVE HERE
Willard Salisbury Becomes Asso.
ciated With Legal Firm.

Former Senator Willard Salisbury
Of Delaware has returned to Wash
ington to practice law, assoeiating
himself with the firm of Britton &.
Gray. The former senator and Mrs,
salisbury have leased Mrs. Philip
,Sheridan's residence on Sheridan cir
Gle and plan to spend the winter in
the capital.
In democratic circles there has been
talk of Senator Salisbury as chair
man of the democratic national COM
mittee in the event Of George White
retiring from that office Senator
Salisbury comes from a state that is
almost on the dividing line between
the north and the south; he is widely
known and highly regarded. The
fact that he is to make his home in
Washington this winter, where the
national committee maintains perma-
nent headquarters, would make the
selection of Senator Salisbury for
this Office particularly desirable.
Many Of the party leaders will neces-
sarily be here also while Congress is
in session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
SHOT KILLS PRISONER.
Crashes Through Two Walls When
Rifle Accidentally Discharged.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, December 25.-
Monroe Wood, one of five men held
for investigation in connection with
the dynamiting of the home of a
miner at Searles. was accidentally
shot and killed today by Private Ed
ward Gartman, Alabama city guards
man, one of the soldiers guarding the
men.
The accident occurred at Brook
wood, and according to information
received at the headquarters of Gen
Steiner here, Gartman had stepped
into a room two doors from that in
which the prisoners were held. where
his rifle was accidentally discharged,
the bullet crashing through two
walls, striking Wood and killing him.
him.
The soldier was Immediately placed
under arrest and the coroner of Bibb
county notified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
DEMOCRATS BACK
TO HANCOCK VIEW
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expressed whether the bill will ac-
complish what it sets out to do. There
was Mr. Treadway of Massachusetts,.
who declared, my friends, we are
starting from a false basis. 1t is not
the influx of importations which is
causing the serious financial loss to
certain sections of the country; it is
the reaction from the war, the depres-
sion in the value Of the dollar Never
theless, 1 appreciate the great emer-
gency of the agricultural interests of
the west and SO I intend to give them
the benefit of the doubt and vote for
the bill"
There were not lacking charges,
either, that the bill was q wicked re-
publican political trick designed for
the undoing of the democrats by lin
ing them up against their traditional
policy of a tarff for revenue only.
Mr.. Garrett of Tennessee, regarded as
one of the most thoughtful among the
democratic leaders. asserted that the
bill would not bring the relief ex-
pected, and moreover, he did not be-
lieve it would become a law. What he
apprehended was that it would put
democrats on record where they could
be called upon by the republicans in the
next House to support high tariffs.
Republican Admissions.
Republicans, for their part, admit
ted that the bill was not perfect,
that it was hastily and in some re-
spects not as wisely drawn as it
might be. but it served in an emer-
gency. Mr.. Green of Iowa, put the
case in a few words.
Destroy the farmer" he said. land
you destroy the market of the manu-
facturer. This is not a local emer-
gency. 1t is a national calamity that
is upon us, which We have sought to
meet as best we could by the bill now
presented"
The debate brought out the fact
that the shrinkage in the value of
farm products in 1920 has been from
fourteen billions to nine billions, an
actual loss to the agriculturalists of
the staggering total of five billions
of dollars.
Mr.. Griffin Raises Point.
Here is a point raised by one of
the debaters. which has doubtless
occurred to many: VIII the farmer
sheep raiser get the benefit of the
tariff protection, or will it accrue to
the wool spectators?
1.-The report on the BILL" said MI.
Griffin, "shows that there are ap-
proximately six hundred million
United States. Do you suppose all
that wool belongs to the rancher and
the grazer? No, that wool is owned
by the SPECTATORS and the profiteers."
However, it is said at the Capitol
that much of all this talk is but
leather and prunella. as the Senate
democrats do not propose to allow
the measure to pass The debate in
the House is regarded as serving the
purpose of showing the rapidly
changing sentiment in this country
on the tariff question, dictated by
local conditions, and as being a vivid
object lesson of the clashing of sec
tional interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
INSISTS ON COAL POWERS.

Continuation of the Lever act. re-
peal % which is provided in a bill
already passed by the House, is
vitality important" to insure an ade-
quate fuel supply for the Navy at
reasonable prices. Secretary Daniels
declared. He urged continuation of
the act lat least until peace has been
formally declared
Only by the exercise of the COM
Wandering authority conferred un-
der the act, the Secretary said. has
the Navy in purchasing it's coal been
able to avoid the profiteering prices
demanded by suppliers" More than
100000 tons of coal, according to
the statement, have been comri,an-
years. at prices ranging from So a
ton at the mines in October, 1917. to
1924 last September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
SENT AS DEBT PAYMENT.
Spain Receiving Large Quantity of
German Railroad Material, 80.

MADRID, December IA large
quantity Of German railroad material
is arriving in Spain as a result of a
reported arrangement between Spain
and Germany, by which Germany will
repay a debt Of several hundred mill
lion pesetas. which she incurred In
of thousands Of homeward- bound in
termed Germans. Reports are to the
effect that the entire requirements 81
the Spanish railroads will be met by
the German material, but, neyerthe-
less, public bids have been requested
for railroad contracts on January Is,
Francophile quarters comment ON
the difference in the ARRANGEMENT
with Germany. declaring that for the
credit loan advanced by France pay
ment was demanded in gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
WILL TOUR WASHINGTON.
Commissioners Will Pilot Senate
ID. C.. Subcommittee.

The District Commissioners, it was
announced last night, will take the
District subcommittee of the Senate
appropriations committee next Tues
day on a tour of Washington to in
spect the streets. the Improvement of
which is being sought in the new ap-
preparation bill.
With this tour the COMMISSIONS rs
will have completed the huge task of
presenting to Congress the needs of
the city for the next fiscal year.
For several weeks practically all of
the time of the city heads has been
spent at the Capitol. testifying before
subcommittee of the two houses on
the estimates which they submitted
for the year beginning July / next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
CENTRAL BUYING
AGENCY FOR u. S.
TO BE EARLY STEF
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of many individual shipments, often
by express.
4. Curtailment of clerical expense
by great reduction in the number of
orders and vouchers through the
elimination of red tape"
5. Broadening. of competition of
federal supply contracts by calling
for, definite quantities at specified
dates.
s. Keeping supplies on hand, thus
avoiding the necessity for keeping
many stocks in various bureaus,
minimizing lost time and delays by
immediate delivery, and avoiding
open market" purchases at high
prices.
Z. Getting cash discounts for
prompt payment. where now due to
red tape the contractor often has to
wait three to eight months for his
money.
s. Standardization of governments
equipment and supplies. with a con-
sequent reduction in costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
GRAIN HEARINGS JANUARY 4,

Hearings on Legislation to regulate
grain exchanges and dealing in grain
futures will be held by the House ag-
riculture committee beginning Janu-
airy 4. Chairman Haugen announced
Half dozen measures to regulate
such trading have been introduced in
the-aouse At this session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
RESTS AFTER OPERATION.

Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, who
successfully underwent Friday the
first of two operations necessitated
by HIS illness, was reported last night
to be in good condition and resting
comfortably.
The second operation will be per-
formed within the next two or three
days. He is at Emergency Hospital.