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HIGHLY PAID POSITIONS
IN GOVERNMENT OPEN
Interest Attached to Probable Appointees
for |. c. c., Federal Reserve Board, Tariff
Commission and Shipping Board.

ment was made at the White House
that the nomination would be with
drawn.
But four men are now serving on
the tariff commission. which is sup
posed to have a personnel of six. DR.
F. W. Tausig resigned as chairman
to go into private business. and Will
liam Kent, former member OF the
House from California. later left the
commission to enter the campaign for
Congress again. The commissioner
ship pays $500 a year. the same fig-
ure as drawn by members OF Con
gress.
Another position paying $500
year is that on the United States
Shipping Board. the resignation OF
Thomas A. Scott having become ef-
fective April Is. It is thought that
| this vacancy will be filled by Martin
J. Gillen. who has served as an on
Ger Of the board. Judge John Barton
Payne Of Chicago found the chairman
ship Of the board a stepping stone
to the cabinet, being appointed Sec
rotary of the Interior after a few
months service as chairman of the
| shipping organization.
job Filled with Dimculty.
1t was only after much considera-
| ton that President Wilson succeeded
in filing the latest vacancy on the
| federal trade commission, John q.
Pollard being named to succeed Col
Nelson B. Gaskill, resigned. The mem
| bership Of the Civil Service Commits
sion was filled about the same time
| by the appointment of a woman com
missioner. Mrs. Helen H. Gardener
the first woman who ever held a place
! in that group. The commission 10 an
| important one, having charge Of ap-
pointments to a force Of more than
half a million civil service employees
in normal times, and a greatly aug
| mented number during the war.
All Of the boards and commissions
sponsible directly to the President or
to Congress, and are not under the
supervision of any department. In
addition to considering these vacan-
cies. President Wilson has within the
last seven months named five new
cabinet members, new commission
er of internal revenue. who has
charge of enforcement OF the pro-
hibition laws; a bituminous coal COM
mission of three men to settle differ
ences which caused the coal strike.
railway labor board Of nine members
to hear the wage demands of the rail-
road workers. not to mention the
usual number Of federal judgeships
and postmasterships which he has
filed during that time.
| The latest resignation to be received
by the President is that Of DR.. Van III.
Manning, director of the bureau Of
mines of the Department Of the Interior.
who is leaving the government after
thirty-four years Of service to accept
position Of responsibility with private
corporation. In rendering his resigna-
ton, to take effect June l. Mr.. Manning
directed attention to the fact that pri-
| vate industry is continually taking from
the government highly trained men at
salaries that the government does not
pay, or even approach.
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AduSdS luuuSCTldl COURT anu
the methods whereby it op-
crates. are matters Of vital in
terest to students Of the industrial
problems Of the United States today.
Many who have followed the crea-
ton and functioning of the recently
established court are of the opinion
that the experiment marks the most
important single step toward harmony
between employer and employe taken
since the development Of organized
labor. An explanation Of the plan
was contained in an address upon the
subject made before the recent con-
vention Of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association in New York
by Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas.
Gov. Allen has been designated as tho
father Of tho court"
PREDICTING his remarks with q re-.
view Of tho atmosphere which created
tho need for the court in Kansas-an
atmosphere Of bitter industrial differ
ences which eliminated in the extern
sive coal strike Of last winter-the
governor entered upon the topic Of
the remedy for industrial warfare Of
fered by Kansas.
Not q One-sided Plan.
His address is quoted in part:
I'VE called a special session OF the
legislature, not to pass bill against
labor. not to pass a bill against cap
ital. but to pass a bill which would
protect labor against capital and cap
ital against labor and the public
against them both-or either way.
"Now you say that we cannot take
away a mans right to quit work. We
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Departments advices from Mexico City do not
as yet indicate any imminent possibility of
such a contingency. military opinion here is
inclined to the view that 1t is highly probable
that Carranza may be swept out of power
1t is obvious that the situation is rapidly ap-
preaching a climax and the week will
undoubtedly give definite indication of what Is
to be the outcome
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done. No state, no parliament has
ever created a court like this. before.
1t might be called the court of the
penniless man. 1t does not cost any
body anything to get into this court.
A laborer may come who has a. griev-
ance, or his wife may come and pre-
sent that grievance to this court. and
this court Is commanded by the law
to provide that person with a lawyer
an electrician or whatever expert is
necessary for the full developm emit Of
his or her side of the case: a lawyer
to present the situation to this tiourt,
If he or she wishes a lawyer. Then.
the court. having made its decision. If
the aggrieved person Is not satisfied
he. may take the grievance up to- the
supreme court directly. and the su-
prone court Of Kansas is one Of the
sQuarest courts in the world. and there
again. without expense for transcript
Of evidence, with a lawyer. with
whatever Is needed and without a
cent. Of cost, the supreme court he;srs
the aggrieved party and makes hts
decision.
'They say, You have taken the only
weapon we had, the weapon of tine
strike 1t is adequate to say that
in every honorable controversy we
have given them the much more eff
fective weapon Of the state govern
ment.
Let US see how they have used
their weapon Of the strike down in
the bituminous district Of Kansas.
where $4,000 men make a living at
mining. In three years, that ended
with the LIST of January of this year.
there had been. in that district 40S
strikes of various sizes, shapes and
for various causes, more than eleven
strikes a month. These strikes had
gained for the miners in monetary
victories $77S.s4. They had cost the
miners in loss Of wages more than
100000 and it had cost the miners
for the purpose of carrying on their
district organization, out of their own
pockets. $4,000.
Surely government may do better
than that"'
The governor. after outlining what
the court has already been able to
accomplish for the laborers Of Kan
sas. continued:
Has Increased Production.
Under this law there is no shut
down. Listen to these figures: We
have produced in the last three
months in the mining district at Kan
sas more coal than was ever pro-
duced In any other five one-half
months OF the districts operation.
That means the miners have been
more steadily employed, and that
means, moreover. that next winter
Kansas will begin the winter with a
coal reserve instead Of a coal famine.
THE court is absolutely impartial
1t does not have upon it a representa-
tive Of organized labor or a repre-
sentative of employing capital. The
court is like the other courts Of the
state. standing there with the dig
nified pledge of the state for justice.
The court contains administrative
functions. as we'll as judicial func-
lions. and for that reason very prop
erly should not be a court Of final
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OF THE KANSAS INDUSTRIAL COURT
EXPLAINED IN TALK BY GOV. HENRY J. ALLEN

do not attempt to. We have legalfzed
collective bargaining in the law, but
we nave set up this principle. that
where any group Of men conspire to
shorten production fer the purpose
OF Affecting the price or the wage
then that is conspiracy against the
public. IT is not a new principle; IL
is an old principle; that certain in
terests are impressed with the pub
trial life; every effort at arbitration
pressed. they may be regulated by
organized society.
We have not esta blished a court OF
arbitration or q court Of Cancellation;
we have established a court of justice
Arbitration has failed along fifty
years Of growing difficulties In indus
rial life: every effort at arbitration
has been a failure. When you have q
trouble. representing capital. and
representing labor. we each select q
man OF our choice and those two men,
representing utterly opposite direc-
umpire. He may do one Of three
things: He may choose your side and
get partisan decision, or he may
select my side and get partisan de-
cision; or he may decker back and
forth and get a dog fall. That is
about all those decisions have
amounted to in the past. and in the
consideration of arbitration of that
character there seldom has come any
concern for the public good which. in
essential industries. is the party most
likely to suffer. We have
come to the point in the determine
ton of labor controversies which So
ciety reached in her evolution that
required the establishment of other
courts"
Decisions Favor Labor.
After describing the caliber of the
three men who comprise the court the
governor continued:
Tho court has made three decisions.
All three of them have been in favor of
orRanixed labor. not because it was or
Ranized labor, but because organized la
Dor in those cases was entitled to the
decision out OF justice.
THAT is what we have done. Surely.
surely, II moral principles do not exist
in American institutions for the purpose
Of extending these institutions to meet
crises such as we have had in the last
few years. then American institutions
are doomed to failure, for the issue here
is government, and nothing short of
government.
Unless you men wish to subscribe to
the principle that a class may live above
the law, then you have got to realize
that the responsibility for settling in
dustrial controversies in the future must
rest with some impartial tribunal.
1.-THE best definition of government l
ever heard was from John Adams. Peo-
pie are always telling us what govern
ment is for; that it exists for equality,
and for this. that and the other purpose.
But John Adams said. The chief aim Of
government is Justice II that is true.
that is the chief aim in every industrial
controversy. and there is only one place
in which impartial justice may be guar
anteed; only one source in which 1t may
be standardized. only one bit of ma
chinery for it's impartial administration,
and that IL government.
THAT Is all the Kansas law has
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judgment. because no court should
be given the right to fix wages, the
right to fix working conditions, the
right to administer upon all Of the
problems and also the right Of final
judgment. Hence, the law has a pro-
vision that cases in the court are ap-
pealed directly to the supreme court.
and that any industrial cases are
given priority in that court. The
court makes an order. II the man
disobeys the order the court may ap-
peal to the supreme court, and it
confirms the order. The aggrieyed
person may appeal from the order to
the supreme court, and its decision
is final
NO Better Plan Offered.
Men say. oh. we'll. it is a new
tnat and the other thing but do
that and the other thing. but do
these gentlemen who tell us these
things offer you any remedy? You
have got to have . remedy for this,
and the remedy must contain the con-
structive courage and wisdom and
Justice Of the American people! That
Is where We will have to show our
leadership l believe that God AL
mighty intends that the American re-
public shall lead the world, and not
because OF any International society
we may JOIN. out because of the sue
cess which We may have in the ex-
pertinent of government in the United
States of America"
Gov. Allen closed with an explana-
tion that the constitutionality Of the
law creating the industrial court is
being tried in the supreme court of
Kansas. and that he has no doubt but
that IL will there he unheld
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ovE VERBAL s.;.s of the e cont on,
sensible, business like
schedule of national dates
that will foster more careful legisla-
ton. and possibly a change in the
date for the ouadrennial assemblage
Of tho people to witness the inaugu-
ration Of the President. is now being
considered by leaders in Congress.
Revision of the national calendar
has been advocated for many years
and has internationally been studied
by congressional committees. prin-
cipelly in connection with the in
sistent proposal that the inaugural
Date should be changed. The unreii-
ability of the weather on March 4 has
prompted demand that this great
. later date. While the desire is
strong locally In Washington for such
a change. this would really mean
much more TO the people throughout
the country hundreds of thousands of
whom flock to Washington 10 witness
the induction into ONCE of their
chosen leader.
Behind the popular interest in the
inaugural spectacle is a broader and
more important question of rearrang-
ing the dates for the opening of Con-
Rress. and even of holding elections
40 that national legislation may be
handled in the most efficient and
timely manner.
There are two general PROPOSE
tions-to lenKthen the short session
Of the retiring Congress and place
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significance of the new
Kansas Industrial court. and
the methods whereby it op-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02
? HEN Is a justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United
States not a Justice? This
nneafion Is aeitating some of

HEN Is q JuSIlCo u ITO -
preme Court Of the United
" i States not a Justice? This
question is agitating some of
the LEGISLATORS on Capitol Hill, the agi-
tation being induced by the recent de-
cisions handed down in important cases
where two Of the members Of the court
were disqualified. They did not pre-
side" as the saying goes. and the de-
cisions were rendered without them
In the antitrust suit against the
United States steel Corporation two
Of the justices were disqualified De-
cause they had been active as counsel
in these cases before they were ap-
pointed to the Supreme bench. One
was Justice McReynolds, former At
torney General, and the other Justice
Brandefs. The decision handed down
by the court was not the decision or
majority Of the entire court, for the
court divided to 3. Four justices,
therefore, determined that the govern
ment.s suit against the Steel Corpora
tion was not valid. Had the full court
Of nine passed on the issue. VINO
knows what might have been the de-
cision?
The federal government, however.
won its antitrust suit against the
Reading Company and affiliated COM
panies a few days ago on a to
vote. with the same two justices. Nc
REYNOLDS and Brandeis. not sitt' :.
Representative Brand OF Georgia has
a bill authorizing the Pres
ident to appoint a judge or judges OF
the circuit court of appeals. pro nae
vice, to preside in any case before the
Supreme Court when any judge or
Judges Of the highest court are dis
qualified for any reason. The meas
ure was referred to the House judi
ciary committee and in turn referred
to a subcommittee headed by Repre-
sentative Dyer Of Missouri.
Mr.. Brands contention is that case
of sufficient importance to be brought
before the highest court in the land is
entitled to have the full court Of nine
Judges consider and pass upon it.
He points out that the law fixes the
number of the judges Of the Supreme
Court at nine. though the original law
relating to the Supreme Court provid-
ed that there should be five judges.
with four as a quorum. Under the
law increasing the number of judges,
the quorum was fixed at six.
Suppose. suggests Mr.. Brand. that
members of the court were disqual-
flied because of interest or other rea-
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MILLING vacancies that have &C.
~ CURED on various Independent
federal boards and commissions
during the last year and a half
has been one Of the most difficult tasks
| that have confronted President Wilson,
and the nominations of Henry James
Ford and James Duncan to he members
| of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. sent to the Senate last Friday. by
! no means completes the list Of pending
appointments. One place on that COM
| mission still remains open. and railroad
and administration officials will watch
the White House with keen interest to
| see who is chosen to fill 1t.
From six to fifteen such vacancies
| have existed during 1919 and 1920. in
spite Of numerous appointments made by
the chief executive and confirmed by
| the Senate. and at present there are
several important appointive positions
open. for which the salaries run from
$1,000 to $4,000. During the war this
condition did not exist. for the serv-
| ices of the entire country were prac-
tically at the disposal Of the Presi-
| dent. But with the return to the
peace status many Of these men have
gone back to their private business
| and the task of filing their places
has given the President much con-
Germ.
| j. c. C. Vacancies Important.
The vacancies on the Interstate
| Commerce Commission were the most
important under recent consideration,
| two of them having been caused by
the action Of Congress in increasing
the membership from nine to eleven.
| The third vacancy had existed for
more than a year. no successor having
been appointed to Commissioner Har-
Ian. whose term expired December 81,
| 1918. Applications for the commits
sionership are not lacking. for the
act referred to increased the salary
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. but
tho position is one that calls for more
than average experience and ability.
Another position in the $4,000 a
year class is that in the federal re-
| serve board. vacated last March by
Albert Straus. who resigned because
of the press Of private interests. The
board membership includes FIVE ap-
pointees named by the President, and
J two ex-off1cio members who draw no
salary for their service on the board
Their position also requires special
ability, for the Federal Reserve Board
is the financial nerve center of the
country. and when Frederick A. De.
lano resigned in July, 1918. 1t was
sixteen months before President VIII.
son found a man to his liking who
would accept the position.
| President Acts Beforehand.
It Is evident that President Wilson
sometimes sends nominations to the
Senate without having received the
consent Of the nominee to serve. A
few days ago he named former Sena-
tor Theodore E. Burton Of Ohio to
I'LL one of the two vacant places on
the United States Tariff Commission,
and SO fearful was the former senator
that the confirmation was going
through that he telegraphed to friends
in the Senate and came to Washington
in person to make it plain he could
i not serve. Accordingly. announce
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preaching climax and the new week Will
undoubtedly give definite indication Of what is
to be the outcome
Foremost In the events to be noted under
the chapter dealing with labor for the course
of the week comes the expression of Samuel
Gompers, president of the American Federation
OF Labor. to the effect that organized labor
Of the United States should in the coming
election register its disapproval Of the pres
ent Congress as "one Of negation and mac
ton" The veteran labor leader protests that
the present Congress has cung with a despe-
ration to the restrictive and coercive measures
when aa1,e were necessary during the war and
buke and defeat upon chose who have been
dear to the needs and wishes of the great
masses of our people"
mat Mr.. Gompers has been of late repeatedly
asserting the necessity for the continuance of
tcies. Wiser than many of his lieutenants.
ne leader Of organized labor in America real
abor cannot be achieved through distinct
and separate party. Previous experience. COM
DDS whereby prohibition legislation-to take
but one example-was obtained. prompts him
TO the wise belief that success for labor can
most fully be won by following similar lines.
Jim and Jane. in whose interests this coun-
try Is or should be run. should thoroughly
understand the significance of Mr.. Gompers'
attitude. What he proposes is this: labor.
party with labor candidates would. in the COM
ing national election. inevitably be swamped.
The labor vote is. however, eagerly desired by
both Of the larger parties. To the which
will go the farthest in gratifying the ambi-
tons OF union labor Mr.. Gompers proposes to
deliver the ballots of his followers. In four
years the process will again be repeated-and
1t is not new process. being generally
identical with that followed by prohibition
lists for years preceding their ultimate
And it is an entirely legitimate
Upon Jim and Jane. however devolves the duty
OF carefully and intelligently scanning plat
orms upon which candidates shall run. with
they are letting themselves in for in the fu-
ture. instead of blindly following party
name. For what the future of this nation is
to be is in their hands.
X X X X
nine trainmen's locals in the New York-New
Jersey district were during the week revoked
as result Of the disapproval Of the brother
hood officials Of the part they played in
he recent unauthorized railroad strike. The
nation a whole will applaud the action,
which evidences in definite and concrete form
IN appreciation on the part Of organized labor
OF the necessity for fulfilling its contractual
o bligations.
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Queries.

new lease on life. an the cuttin' was
turriblc!
You can say what you want about
Tammany. Sis! Roast the old Wig
wan, an call her brave chiefs all
tricky, but l defy any rooster in the
broad confines of our glorious coun-
try to prodooce like number of out
an-out organization 'grasshoppers'
who can split up a ticket in more gem
teel manner than that democratic
crew in lii old Moo York,
Iammany never bolts. She's always
penInd the party man till the last
whistles bowed, but it takes a great
judge Of pace to figure how far be-
hind.
In the case of the boy orator of
the dust-covered Platte, fr'instance:
Every time he run for Office,
For that high an mighty office,
The greatest gift Americans
Have to offer i'll our lam,
All the braves down at the Wigwam
Nearly went into Mysteries,
An startin' with Chief Murphy,
Cut the ticket to a man,
20 they sliced him in the 'Bronnix';
In the goat-infested 'Bronnix,'
An tore him into ribbons
Across the bridge in Kings.
An when dear old Manhattan
Slipped the signal on. to Staten
The good folks out in Richmond
Carried on like them in Queens.
Yet they told it in the papers,
In the next days evenin' papers,
That Tammany was regular
Right up until the last,
An that no one rully oughta
Blame the Wigwam for the slaughter,
AS it always run consistent,
Even though it pulled up last.'
Say, Lon, if you've got time be-
tween rallies kindly tell me:
If, by chance, Miss Ouri falls
For Harding's pleasin' manner.
Do you thing Governor Cox will win
Her rival. Indy-Anna?
ROSEMARY RUTLEDGE.
Courage, Rosemary. the mob's upon
u.s. Wait til after election, sweetie,
an I'll tell you the answer"
DOPEY DAN.
Note-Lon says. Who remembers
when all a guy hada think about at
election was how big the bonfire was
gonna be?