The Washington herald., 1920-12-03
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New Illinois Arbitrator Was
Secretary to the Late
John Mitchell.
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President Nelson Of Smith Col.
lege has vithdrawn from the Com
mittee of One Hundred on Ireland
headed by Senator walsh Of Nassa-
chusetts has begun taking evidence
on conditions In Ireland. A Scot.
with liberal tendencies. President
Nelson agreed TO be q member OF
this committee because he supposed
that IL would name q commisakoB
fairly representing both sides In The
controversy. and that the Witnesses
summoned would be from beth
camps. He finds that his expscta-
tions have not been reslisedg and
he washes his hsnds Of all further
responsibility. Nelson's ORIGINAL
'credulity could hardly have reck-
oned with the facts back Of this
project The nation and its present
owner do not initiate Judicial" IN
vestigations.
ulissis ReesG.ises ws.an.
Miss Harriet Reid. who has been
named q member Of the Illinois In
dustrial commission. TO act a. arbi-
traitor In disputes. formerly was sec
retary of John Mitchell, president Of
the United Mine Workers OF America
and later a high oficisl in New
York States labor bureau. For
many years she has specialized in
the study Of Industrial problems. es-
pectally as they affee women ana
children; and the women Of Illinois
feel eisted because she has been rec
ognized at last and given a chance
TO put her experience at the service
Oh the state In an authoritative way.
The oherteltser Csstreversy.
II Gov. Sproul OF PennsylvsnIs
thinks that he can compose the con-
troversy now raging within IN.
commonwealth over the treatment
he recently gave Ellis p. Ober-
hoitzer, by oficial utterances OF a
bromide type, he is mistaken. II
is true that Mr.. OberhoItzer is stf:.
on the States motion picture COM
mission and is In receipt of a
slightly larger salary than he used
10 get; but his real power as A
censor has been curbed. and IN,
church people and the law and order
people are up in arms. They do not
hesitate to charge the governor
with succumbing TO pressure Of an
indefensible kind. and they want
the Quaker executive to understand
that he is bound TO care more for
the morals Of youth than he is for
the inhuence Of an industry. Mr.
Ooerholtzer. who is the storm cen,
Ter. is a man Of letters OF consie-
cradle fame, whose biographies OF
eminent Americans and whose his.
tory OF the United States since the
civil war have shown him to be can
do and courageous, qualities thtt
he has carried over into his work
as secretary OF the State Board or
Motion Pictures
Restoring west.i.ster Abbey.
To take fIO.O00 from the fncom.
OF the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace and give IL TO the
authorities OF Westminster Abbey
Tor restoration OF that fame has re-
Gently been the pleasurable priyi-
lege OF Mr.. Elihu Root. Mr.. jaime,
Brown Scott Nicholas Murray But
Ter and other ofiicisls Of the endov-
ment. The argument for the Gift
may be human Il not sound from
the legalistic dead hand" stand
point.
The Abbey is a famous ,hrin. q,
a faith preached by the Prince OF
Peace. The money came from IN.
fortune Of a Briton born. Church
and State together must meet and
overcome war. civil as well as in
ternational. The Abbey is door.
The Endowment is well of. Ereo:
let's stretch the law and be friendly.
Lord Leverhul.e 4. the Ceurtry.
Lord Leverhulme has arrived in
Canada and from that center Of hts
investments will proceed TO this
country. He has not announced his
intention of having his portrait
painted. For a season he has had
all the contact with artists that
he cares to have. The worlds where
he rules unchsllenged are those OF
sosp-msking and model town con-
struction. His cleverness Is not un-
mixed with humor. as . recently
published anecdote shows An OK
ford cleric urged on him the name
for a new brand Of soap. and sur-
gested q rate OF payment for the
proht that would accrue. One-third
" IL was TO 90 to the cleric. one
third TO the LORD" and one-third
70 the veteran soap maker. The
latter replied with a note. in which
he said: We ought to understand
about this more clearly. ! rather
gather from your letter that your
basis Of claim is the fact that with
out the Lords help we are neither
Of us any use, so the Lord is really
TO be our senior partner. Have you
got the Lords permission 20 ssy
that His share shall only be one
third? Then who is going TO draw