Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20

ton that is pressing for en- answer. II
looks now as if the answer might be
delayed until after the election. Re-
CARELESS of political affiliations, sena-
tors and representatives are divided
on the question as to whether the
merchant marine should be govern
ment-oWned or owned privately. The
senate committee on commerce is still
listening TO persons who have thoughts
about what should be done with the
ships but apparently is far from com
ing to decision or recommends
ton. In the meantime, it, is the policy
of the shipping board to sell ships
whenever fair prices can be obtained.
During the last six months the gov
eminent has parted with a large num-
Der of ships it built during the war.
Army Reorganization.
Army reorganization legislation will,
ii now seems probable, be completed
before adjournment is taken 1t is alb
solutely necessary in the Judgment of
the war department that this legisla-
ton shall be in force by the beginning
of the fiscal year July 1. The house
has passed a reorganization bin and
the senate committee on military af-
fairs is now giving that bill considera-
tiOn. While the recommendations of
the war department are in a general
way carried out by the house bill, the
bill as a whole falls considerably short
OF the aspirations af the department.
The failure to make any provision for
universal training or for reserve
army is particularly disappointing to
the general staff. There are probably
enough votes in the senate to put a
universal training provision in the bill,
but senators realize that the house
would not accept it and so the prOba-
bility is that the senate will not delay
the passage of the bill by attaching
any such provision. 1t is believed that
the. senate will take a somewhat more
liberal attitude with respect TO army
legislation than did the house.
About the hardest nut congress has
to crack relates to legislation that will
take suitable care of the soldiers and
VI lllc WOElu WAL SOulS GA
preston on this subject, it seems, will
have to be made before the session
comes to an end.
Interest Aroused in Gardening.
The United States school garden
army which enlisted a million boys
and girls in the war time and two mil
lion and half last year has perfected
plans to make the summer of 1920
surpass both preceding years in num-
Der of children enrolled in home gar
dens and in amount of land cultivated
and products harvested, and in aroused
interest in everything that comes from
healthful work on the soil.
In an announcement covering the
work for 1920, Director John L. Ran
dali of the interior department says:
with the coming of a new year the
problems that confront us are to in
crease the numbers in the United
States school garden army to make
the garden work more permanent, and
to increase its educational value. The
motto of the garden army-'A garden
for every child-every child in a gar
den'-can only be realized when gar
dening becomes a definite part of
school work.
"The president recognized the value
of school-supervised gardening b.
making it a productive line of defense
during the period of the nations need.
Congress has appreciated the service
of garden leaders to the country and
has recognized the permanent value of
this work by granting an appropriation
to continue the United States school
garden army. This is a wOrk~not for
ourselves or any organization, but one
devoted in a spirit of service to the
education of children"
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