Evening star., 1920-01-04
By NEWBOLD MOVES.

~ CAME with the promise of peace, her
- aided as the opening of a new and
happier era in the relationship OF men
to men and Of nation to nation. My
childhood the world. rejoicing in
it's deliverance from four long years of agony,
proclaiming it's new-found aspirations and
ideals My youth witnessed the start Of the
decline from the moral and spiritual eation of
those first hours the drift toward all that is
selfish and sordid. My maturity brought with
it the further disintegration of ideals, and the
constant threat of material debacle. My old
age was saddened by the consciousness of what
/ might have been; by the memory of lost OPP
portunity; by the knowledge that there was none
who cherished me. But if, when all is said and
done, leave you the knowledge that the
blame is yours and the determination to deal
kindlier by my successor, my heritage-far from
being all that I could have wished-should still
be reckoned of value Goodbye Jim Good
bye, Jane
That is the story of 1919-the old year which
passed with the week. Contemplating together
the beautiful clean slate upon which shall be
written the story of 1920-it were better that
Jim and Jane should read. For the old year
spoke truth. Whatever is to be is in their
hands. Nor. if they will but remember as they
step forward into the glad year., is there
any reason why the ideals and aspirations sac
rifced in 1919 should not be terminated. to be
nodded from dreams into enduring substance.
The failure of 1919 should serve. not to dis
hearten for what lies ahead but to quicken the
pulse of nation entering into period of even
greater opportunities than those which have
been lost.
Ave 1919. Vale 1920.
The above matter, in article dedicated
to the purpose of reviewing the pageant of
weekly and not annual events. deemed ad-
missible on two rather inadequate grounds. The
first and least adequate lies in the fact that the
passing of 1919, every one knows, took place
within the week under consideration. The
ond, and, after ALL rather compelling considera-
ton is that as matter of fact nothing of any
considerable consequence occurred during the
said week except the above indicated demise.
The nation has been marking time, possibly be-
it has seemed auspicious to start
new developments under the rising rather than
the fading star, possibly just because this
the holiday season and weary world was fully
aware of that joyful fact. At all events, from
the news angle, it has been unconsciously dull
The outstanding feature of the week was
the announcement by the Presidents second
industrial conference of tentative plan for the
adjustment of industrial controversies through
reasonable rather than forceful means. This
plan, of which the establishment of a tribunal
of employers and employees in each of twelve
industrial regions and of central national ap-
peal board are the basic provisions sub
mitted to the nation for constructive criticism.
Briefly, it is proposed that regional boards
of inquiry and adjustment and a natural ap-
ts triRnnAl shall be needed sperma-
nefit fnathnery for tffhef the afb fffatfon or tn
vestigation of such industrial conflicts may
not be adjusted by direct negotiations between
employer and employe. Panels of employers
and employees to be drawn in each region,
and from these. each side in the controversy
having the right of specific number of chal-
lenges. will be drawn the boards as occasion
arises. Where both sides consent to board
in, it's adjustment capacity the process is to be
one of arbitration pure and simple with the
unanimous findings to have the full force of
trade agreements. Where either side refuses to
participate in the adjustment the board func-
tions in its inquiry capacity, and is to be au-
thorized by law to make any Investigations it
may fit. These are. in the main, the broader
outlines of the proposal.
Such criticisms as have been volunteered to
date have taken one of two forms. The Ameri-