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New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
The Socialist Expulsion

The Assembly was wrong last
spring in expelling the five Social
lists. 1t was even more blatantly
wrong in its extraordinary action of
Tuesday.
No personal guilt was ever found
against these men, as Assemblyman
Martin, chairman Of the Judiciary
Committee, conceded in the debate.
Such guilt can be the only true basis
for expulsion.
AS for the ground given for the
decision last spring, the affiliation
Of the five Assemblymen with the
Socialist party, it never constituted
a legitimate cause for removal. Yet
even this shadow Of a cause had
been removed by the action of the
Socialist party in revising it's con-
stitution and bylaws. The outrage
to representative government, to the
basic principles Of Americanism,
could not be more fragrant.
Why did the Assembly vote as it
did? The action, as nearly as can be
made out, was spontaneous-was
against the wish and counsel of most
of the political chiefs of both major
parties. The action was not party
one. Half of the Democrats voted
for expulsion, and of the half who
did not number were swayed by
the appeal that it was politically
wise to let the Republicans assume
responsibility. Nor did hope of
party advantage energize the expul-
sion. The Republicans who voted to
unseat are not fools and are we'll
aware they injured their party many
thousands Of votes.
The conclusion seems unacceptable
that what was done was believed to
be right. The expellers are to be
conceded sincerity. Their fault is
narrowness. They are patriotic in
motive, but lack the self-control to
be intelligently patriotic. They did
not like the look and the bearing of
the Socialists-did not believe that
in any true sense they had repented
or purged themselves. So they
threw them out without the slight
est regard to consequences.
Though it is difficult to find words
strong enough to condemn the ac-
ton, let no one doubt the final result.
The principle that a minority has
rights which the majority is bound
to respect is rooted too firmly to be
toppled by the New York Assembly
1t has endured more formidable
assaults. Now attacked, the expert
ence will strengthen it. Few of the
men who Tuesday voted to expel
will long take pride in saying that
they were Of those who denied to the
people the privilege Of freely select
ing their own representatives and
sought to apply the closed shop prin-
ciple to politics.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Explaining Closed Factories

Alarmed by the possible political
effects Of the nationwide protest
against its scheme of dehation in a
hurry, the Federal Reserve Board
apparently has launched CAMPAIGN
to justify its policies. The attempt
1t futile, because the policies are
not justifiable. 1t will take a good
deal more than words of self-com-
mendation TO explain away the clos
ing OF factories and the widespread
unemployment that have been nro-
duced directly by the successful ef-
Tort to reduce the volume of busi-
ness In an arbitrary way.
Two attempts at justification were
made on tn same day last week.
One took the form Of an address
oy the Hon. Edmund Platt,swice-
governor Of the board. In an ad-
vance copy of the speech sent out by
the boards publicity d, partment Mr..
Fiatt, for obvious reasons, was
played up as Republican-the only
one on the board. That led US to
expect a really strong defense. But
about the strongest statement made
was that "on the whole the policies
OF the Federal Reserve Board and
o. the Federal Reserve banks seem
TO be working WELL" Of course
working wcll'' means closing in
dustrial plants and causing unem-
3'oynent to wreck the price struc-
taTe for political effect. Mr.. .Platt
n unduly generous with the Federal
Geserve banks. They have no
policies save those which are die
tated from Washington.
Mr.. Harding. governor Of the
board, being a Democrat, the pub
hcity department saw no need OF
putting an introduction on the ada
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New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

ever taxed, coal and other substances
which are not there is not explained.
But the argument is pretty one,
for it saves Marx by hair. For
the last chapter of Das Kapital
does make the argument that the
labor question is at bottom the land
question, and that labor cannot be
freed till land is freed. If Lenine
had only enacted the single tax
forthwith communism would have
been saved, one gathers.
Just how land is to be freed, as a
political matter, is another point.
Perhaps The Freeman will write
Lenine if it has an answer. The
one hundred ard more million Of
Russian peasants sitting op their
land look fairly secure against chis
exceedingly superior handful of in
telligentsia. And so do the tech
nicians Of the world, to return to
the earlier point.
To summarize the socialists posi-
tion to-day it may be concluded that
his theory will work perfectly, pro-
vided only that: GD Industries can
be operated without experts; (2)
farming can he abolished and crops
grown in factories, or, (3) ambition
in behalf of ones self or ones family
can be abolished and altruism be
substituted as the handspring of all
actions.
Is it just possible that some day
these reformers will reach the con-
clusion that the only real obsta cles
to their perfect state are in the
heart Of man, his selfishness, his
ambition, his will to advance, and
that chasing the enemy Of mankind
through the hateful capitalists, past
the selfish technicians into the stolid
peasants is only rounding a vicious
circle which holds no answer and
no solution?
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

sounds like German "Ersatz." To
be sure, syrup has been made of late
from almost everything except mo-
lasses. The maple syrup Of COM
merce is usually guiltless Of any re-
lationship to the sugar maple which
made Vermont famous. Sweet po-
tato syrup, we are told, contains q
.arce proportion Of maltese, by rea-
son of which it gives rich brown
crust to loaves and cakes. Vanilla
extract, now dangerously associated
with alcohol, may hereafter be made
with glycerine. So it will not have
to be banished to the limbo to which
bay rum has been exiled. Perhaps
chemistry may yet make wines with
the old flavor but without the old
kick.
Tie suggestion that cattle feed
may be made out of sawdust is most
intriguing. An earlier but unscien-
tifc experimenter found that the
horse died just as soon as he had be-
come accustomed to the lack of all
food. The change from grain to
sawdust may be less fatal. Perhaps
the human stomach may be equally
adequate to the task of supporting
life on chemically prepared sub
stances Of every sort. Why not
abolish meat, fish, eggs, vegetables
all the expensive articles of diet?
Chemistry will thus be amply justi-
fed Of it's children.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

ding said that "the ability Of the
system to check undue expansion
and to induce normal and healthy
liquidation is on trial"
1t certainly is on trial, and it is
failing. The Federal Reserve Board
never made an intelligent effort to
"check undue expansion" Instead,
under the domination of Democratic
Treasury officials, it deliberately
created the most preposterous in
hation in American history. 1t
acted to "check undue expansion"
only when the Administration, in a
panic as it contemplated the pos
sible political effects of the high
cost of living which had been caused
by its own mistaken policies, decreed
that the price structure must be
brought down with a crash, even If
business had to be smashed in the
process.
The governor of the board further
said that "the transition to a more
normal basis is proceeding quietly"
"Quietly" is a safe word. Perhaps
he referred to the quietness that
prevails in closed factories at CEN
ters where tens Of thousands Of men
are out of work.
Mr.. Harding concluded with the
statement that we can cope sue
cessfully with all economic problems
IF we approach them with a spirit
Of confidence and self reliance, tenn
pered with common sense" With
this also we agree. Unfortunately
there is an abundance of confidence
and self-reliance in Washington just
now, but an acute shortage of COM
mon sense.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Courses in Americanization


To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The College Of the City of New
York earnestly requests you to give
publicity to its Americanization pro-
gram. 1t is offering to the teachers of
the city a number of free courses deal
ing with the problem of Amercanization
through the school. In addition to the
usual course in history and civics there
will be special work in methods Of
teaching municipal civics and of bring
Ing to our Loys and girls realization
OF the vital community. relations which
each Of US must establish for complete
living. The following courses are dis
tinct in aim and organization and it
seems to us deserve special mention
l. Municipal Government. This course
will be in charge Of Mr.. Rexford, super
visor Of civic teaching In the New York
City schools. Most of the important
phases Of city government will be
treated by city officials in charge of the
most important department in our city
government. Ample opportunity will
be given to the teachers who take this
course to ask questions of their city
officers and obtain first hand informa-
ton Of governmental functions.
9. Cultural Background of New York
City Peoples. This course aims to ac-
quaint teachers and social workers with
the cultural background and the racial
aspirations of the people who mako up
our cosmopolitan population. Without
knowledge of this background and
these aspirations social workers cannot
rehdar most helpful service. Each of
the important peoples will be treated by
representative leaders Of their nation
ality or their race.
Both of these courses are free and
your readers who are interested are in
vited to write for further details to
Professor Paul Klapper, director of ex-
tension teaching, 139th Street and Con-
vent Avenue. PAUL KLAPPFR
Director, Extension Courses.
The College Of the City of New York,
Sept 18, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Along Came Russia

The pathos of the reformer
(whom we might define as the man
who thinks the world can be remade
by legerdeMain rather than that it
must advance by slow organic
growth) was never exhibited more
nekedly to the world than in the
present hour.
AS long as socialism was a theory
in book uttered by a god named
Marx it could be preached and
worshiped with ease and confidence.
A sorry day it was when Leninc
got his chance to apply communism
to real people. Then contradic-
ton came thick and fast. For
time it was possible to deny the
facts as "capitalistlc lies" But of
late the tide has been overwhelming.
Perfectly good radicals like Ber-
trand Russell went and saw and
came home sorrowing. Communism
had had its chance and had f1ivvered.
Russia was to-day under new abso-
lutism, upheld by a small armed
minority; the peasants, constituting
80 or 80 per cent Of the population,
were passively resistant; and the
bubble of Marxianism had been
pricked.
The reformer cannot change his
spots. 1t is his nature to reject a
share in the days work and to in
sist upon plotting for the millen-
mum. There is no point in quar-
reling with him; and it is important
to remember that his idealism and
imagination are valuable substances
IN the social crucible. But for the
rest Of the world, that has to keep
the wheels turning despite all the
monkey wrenches that the reformers
loss into the machinery, it is whole
some to check UP each such failure
as that OF communism in Russia.
I An amusing illustration of the
retormer who, tripping, painting,
picks himself up and stumbles on
blindly in the face Of all the facts
is found in The Freeman, the latest
and most radical of our endowed
weeklies. This organ of a handful
comedies the industrial chaos which
Bolshevism brought to Russia and
applies its moral to Italy. The
Italian strikers cannot function
without the technical experts any
more than the Russian rcvolutionists
could; and how interest experts, who
are by training and ambition part
and parcel Of the capitalstic system,
! in an industrial revolution? The
Freeman does not say, but by one Of
those hasty leaps which the intclli-
Rentsia always permit themselves it
turns to the other weakness Of the
Italian workman on a strike, his in
ability TO get raw materials, and
makes this fact the foundation Of an
eloquent plea for the single tax. Just
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New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
More Houses

How firmly the members Of the
Legislature have their eye fixed on
the truth that the only way to solve
the housing problem is through
more houses is, of course, matter
Of guess.
Disturbing information floats down
the river that there is danger Of do
ing nothing except to launch . new
landlord chase, and this, of course,
means not more but fewer houses.
And also intimation come that quite
few special interests are not averse
to taking advantage Of the crisis to
push measures which will put money
in their pockets, although they will
scarcely produce new brick or tim
ber. And also that a strong lobby
is at work to force others than them
selves (savings bank depositors, for
example) to put money into building
projects at low rates Of interest.
But possibly these reports are with
out foundation.
Those who want places where to
lay their heads have an increasing
realization that some sort of housing
subsidy must be given. This is the
only stimulus other countries have
found effective. And there is in
creasing opinion that the least objec-
tionable way to subsidizc is to grant
tax exemption to housing improve
ments
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
The eConning ou0er
The Strange Case Of Alonzo Besjamm
O'Toole aad Edgar Arthur Abbott

The Strange Case Of Alonzo Bsnjamin
O'Toole and Edgar Arthur Abbott
Alonzo Benjamin O"rools was plain and
puritanical;
His bent was all for engines and for other
things mechanical.
A graduate Of M. |. r., that thorough
going school.
No student in his class knew moro than
Engineer OToole.
No trouble in a motor car, with ell its wild
vexatiousness
Could ever fret Aonzo's wide and excel
lent capaciousness.
He knew a cam shaft from a brake, a
piston from plug;
He had the mind. he had the hands that
make the Motor Bug.
Now Edgar Arthur Abbott was Ineptitude
personihed;.
1t wasn't any pose with him,--his ignorance
was bona hde.
HIS least attempt at manual things was
always bound to fail.
A motor carp" he used to say. y couldn't
drive a nail"
One day they took motor ride, and some
thing failed to generate.
They raised the hood; they go, the tools
and tinkercd and--at any rate,
Who was it made the engine 20 so sweet,
and strong and cool2
Our hero, as you may have guessed, Aonzo
B. OToole.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
The Pedestrian Turns
Direct Action Against Reckless
Mctorist Is Advocated
To the Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your correspondent, Mr.. B. 3.
Adams, in this mornings issue of The
Tribune appeals for aid in the presenta-
tlon of "some direct argument for
measures to prevent killing people" by
automobiles. l hereby volunteer the
only argument that is worth considera-
ton by sane people: Limit the speed
in the city to such extent that the
driver cannot fail always to have both
the machine and himself under the
proper degree of restraint; then iail
every mothers son Of the offenders
with a sufficiently prolonged sentence.
Confinement in prison cell will halt
the speed lunatlcs long enough to in
duce sane thinking and to overcome
any desire for speed or tyranny at the
expense Of the pedestrians. who are in
the majority and whose privileges are
more sacred. What is a paltry fine
which satisfies nobody but the driver
compared to sense of public security?
human life is infinitely moro precious
than the whims and moods of motor
maniacs. Life is held too cheap. But
who cares?
Apparently the yearly toll Of manned
ana killed children and adults cannot
move the authorities to adopt effective
measures for the prevention Of auto
mobile accidents. Instead they SEEM
ingly uphold the motorists In their mad
careers. Nothing will be done until the
pedestrians them selves rise and take
action that will be both swift and sure.
Regulations should have an eye to the
safety of the pedestrians rather than
the protection of the motorists, whe
are nearly always to blame when acci'
cents occur. I fee, no hesitancy whate
ever in denounc;ng drivers Of automo'
biles as potential criminals, careless OF
the rights and safety Of the people on
the streets. When men cease TO walk
and take to driving a subtle psychology
ical change occurs in their attitude to-
ward the pedestrian. They become
selfish, egotistic, snobbish, in:olcrant,
tyrannical
All this pleasant, chat:y argument
about automobile horns and their
pianissimo ard fortiss;mo effects is
very interesting but dscurs;,c. II does
not begin 70 solve the problem OF
measures to prevent killing people
There is only c@e solution, and ! nave
named it without batting an eye.
admit shat along country reads ike
to speed UP a bit when no ore bit n.y.
self is in ianger. bat am not too case
hardened by selfshness to &c; the othe-
fellows point o. view.
Another word: Il you d2'.'t believe
that the law protects the not lists
the next time you arr run down, OF
nearly so, by driver. beat him up as
he would have done to you. You Will f,
be promptly arrested and given nee
long Jail sentence for ycur presnn'?-
tion: Personally. if mo:orist ran
down any one belonging 70 ne ] w'u'1
try my hand at assau!. and insist upon
trial by & jury Of ny rcers-sane'
fair-minded citizens who walk,
MARSHALL RusR.
New York, Sept 21, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Creel to the Rescue!

Just as Governor Cox had been
hushed up on the slush fund charges
and the Republicans were about con-
WINGED that they must go out and
actually campaign for votes or the
balloting in the whole country would
be quite as close as in Maine, enters
Mr.. Crccl, bosom swelling, nostrils
snorting, typewriter champing, and
announces that he is off to tour the
states for Cox and win back the
West to the Wilson league.
This is the same Mr.. Creel, it will
be remembered, who won the war by
the ingenious device Of engulhng the
German army in propaganda dropped
from airplanes; who defeated Boil
shevism in Russia by similar en-
ginery, who placed the heart of Italy
at Mr. Wilson's feet (until the same
was kicked into the Adriatic, that
isl, and who is commonly credited in
ceANi OHe+iiNC CIl l4CS dS udFlHV nau
more to do with the heart of the
world than any other acolyte Mr..
Creel is, IN short, the juvenile hero
of the Wilson Administration, its
Lochinvar and Douglas Fairbanks
and boy soprano rolled into one.
1t will be rare caroling that the
citizenry will hear from Mr. Creel.
Propaganda is as much his peculiar
song as trumpeting belongs to the
elephant or the cav to the crow. If
it seems to his propagandist an
tennsc that the heart of the world is
indeed breaking-as the fintv-
hearted election odds would indi-
cate--we may expect some rare
tears from Mr.. Creel over the i'm
mlncnt tragedy. Cloudy and wet is
the representation west of the Mis-
sis"ippi And the Republicans can
feel assured Of continued crop of
converts. Why must one party have
all the luck?
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Calvin Coolidge's Clothes

Governor Coolidge, not noted for
loquacity and believing that actions
speak louder than words, has con-
tributed to the thrift discussion the
information that he has not bought
q suit Of clothes for eighteen months,
and that two years have passed
since he purchased a pair ef shoes.
The Coolidge method points to one
way to rid ourselves Of high prices.
When woolen goods skyrocketed be-
yond the reach Of the average purse,
had the average man and woman
simply refused to buy the advance
would not have gone far. The cost
of hats, shoes and other articles can
be reduced if we suspend for a short
time the national motto, u want
what [ want when I want it,"
Make the old things last. Use
them tcnderly. Have the worn shoes
mended, the coat perhaps patched.
This rule does not apply to all COM
modit;es, but it does apply to in
Vulnerable which are in general use.
Present economic conditions may be
alleviated to some extent through
enactment and enforcement of
statutes. But the real remedy lies
with the individual,
Governor Coolidge does we'll to re-
mind his fellow citizens, by example
as we'll as precept, that nothing can
take the place of the homely virtue
thrift.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
A Common Scold
New York, Sept. 2l, 1920.

To the Editor of The Tribune. .
Sir: During the past couple o.
weeks have followed with CONSIDER
able interest the cource of the Demo-
cratic Presidential candidate through
the West. In my opinion he is de-
veloping into common seeld. Next
thing we know he will be complaining
that the Republicans dent want him
elected President. A. M. ADAMS.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Another Definition

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In reference TO Mr.. Francis X
Hers statement in to-day's issue of
TIE Tribune that an "Irisnnan is one
who loves Ireland not England" let
ne amend his previous definition of an
American to read, IAN American Is ono
who loves America not Ireland"
ELMENDORF L. CARR.
New York, Sept. 1s, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
The Schoolroom' Method

10 the Editor CT The Tribune.
Sir: When went to school and
some mischief was done in the cla~e-
room, il the teacher was unable to find
out who did it, the whole class was
punished. 1t may not have been fair,
but 1t worked we'll. Maybe the system
could be worked on the anarchists in
'"ls country. P. L. M.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
MOTHER GOOSE IN LONDON

FIU HEX GOUSE IN LONDON
Sing song of sixpence,
Whatever will it buy?
Six CT them will purchase
bit of pigeon pie
But when the pie s eaten
With sundry other things,
The bill they set upon your dish
Would staggcr several kings
dollar. dlller, I haven't the siller
To go to the play with you;
used to fall for guinea stall,
But now they call for twoi
LonCon. sv,x
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Why Not Let Us Toss Il Into the Zinc

Why Not Let Us Toss It Into the Zinc?
Sir: Do you think the practice Of
brevity can be carried too far? When
l get really humorous idea, I write
5000 words about it, with the idea of
sending it to The Saturday Evening
Post; then revise it to 500 words for
Life; next cut it to two lines for The
Coming Tower, and ultimately toss it
into the wastebasket. The result is
that am neither rich, as l might be if
/ sent 1t to The Post; nor conceited, as I
might be in the second instance: nor
envied, as in the third nor happy.
I. N. B.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

In order to qualify as a writer of
movie captions, the first thing to re-
member, our observation is, is that the
possessive Of it takes an apostrophe.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

Nobody who cares q whoop in hepsi-
dam about light verse can afford not to
buy copy of Ted Robinson's "Piping
and Panning," published to-day. Ted
strums the meanest Tyre of US all.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23
Herman, Verman and Sherman?

From The Dallas (Tex.) News
MlSSlNG-Three colored boys. aged 6, and
II, each wearing a black fur hat smaller
wearing corduroy trousers. Notify Sam
Mercer, City Marshal, Royse, Texas.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

Only $142 has been taken of the price
of Fords, but $142 will buy a lot of pen
nants to drape the car with.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

The decision of the French to send
General Fayolle to this country, while
a disappointment for many Americans
who had hoped to see Foch, still assures
the legion of guest who, next to the
three marshals, Petain, Joffre and Foch
himself, was the most distinguished
French commander of the whole war.
Fayolle's first great service was in
command of the French army which,
under the supreme direction of Foch,
shared with the British the honor and
the burden of the first Somme. So
successful and complete was the
French preparation for the attack of
July, 1916, and 80 satisfied that the
French were out of the reckoning were
the German commanders, that Fayolle's
first advance was one Of the most brill
liant of the whole war and carried the
French to the very banks of the Somme
above Peronne.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-23

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