The Washington herald., 1920-08-28
In the Limelight
By George Perry Morris.
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Miss Adams. of the Department
of Justice. has climbed high; but
not as high as Hannah Sheehy
Skecington. a member Of the su-
preme Court OF the Irish Repablie
The Sim Fein Parliament named
her as such: and she will now
share in that remarkable system OF
iudicature that over a large part
Of the land has put the Kings
Courts out of business and made the
sheriff's writs of none effect Mrs.
SkeEington is well known in this
country among radicals sympathetic
with the Irish Republics cause. She
has spoken before many OF the lead
ing civic and literary organizations
of the country which opened their
| doors 10 her when she came here
attired in ebony-hued garb follow
ing the killing Of her husband In
the Easter revolution: She made a
palmetto. poignant appeal and won
many friends for the cause"
Henry Ford, Educator.
stitute especially created and ad-
ministered without charge for the
$4,000 employees OF Henry Ford De-
grees in chemical, electrical and
mechanical engineering are to be
granted. Mr.. Ford, the '"interna-
ttonalist." does not always hit the
bulls eye; but he is a bold man
who dares say that when he ctays
in Detroit and saws wood he ever
! fails TO do what he sets out 10 do
/ He recently bought a railroad. II
will be well run. He is negotiat-
ing for iron mines at the present
moment. II he gets them he will
convert them into wealth produc-
ers. So with this institute. HIS
money and common sense and the
best technical advisers will put the
scheme over. tThe workers viii
have a chance to rise as high as
they can; the city as a manufac-
turing center will profit by a large
accession Of home trained enei-
neers. And Mr.. Ford. will he gain
anything? Yes, He viii raise his
administrative .staff indefinitely in
efficiency.
Peerless Name-CaIIer.
Anti prohibitionists. anti PUri-
tans. anti-censorship advocates.
anti -Philistines. and all individ-
ualists in morals and appetites will
md their bitter revolt voiced in the
elaborate poem by Masters OF
Spoon River Anthology fame. re-
Gently published in Reedy's Mirror
For invective. epithetical brilIiancy
and vigor. and naked disclosure OF
an authors inmost hatreds there is
nothing in recent American litera-
ture to compare with it,
State Aid by University Experts.
One Of the books that most needs
TO be written about the part PLAYED
by the United States in the war is
one that wall give both a detailed
account and a synthetic study Of the
service rendered to the nation-and
through il to the worldly the men
summoned from the colleges and
universities to act as civilian adyis-
ers OF the government in meeting
new problems Of applied science
economics, and training of the army
and navy in education for duties
that neither West Point the Naval
Academy or the War COLLEGE had in
cluded in their curricula. An equal
~ valuable and much needed book
is one that will show how the States
and the nation are now utilizing
academic men in such reconstruc-
tiOns Of government as war and
peace have shown to be necessary.
To cite a case in point consider the
release from the University OF wyo-
ming Of its professor OF political
science. who for the next year will
be at the service Of the executive
department OF the State in installing
a State budget system. Professor
Harrison W. Dale already has made
an administrative survey Of the
State institutions required under
the budget law.
An Expert in DRAFTING.
Who will take the place OF
Thomas /. Parkinson. when the Sen
ate resumes its labors at the next
session OF Congress is an important
detail Of legislative efficiency and
accuracy. Named in March. 1919. as
craftsman OF the bill enacted by the
Senate, he brought from his expert
ence as professor Of legislation in
the Columbia University Law School
a wealth of knowledge that proved
invaluable. and to find = successor
with anything like the same COM
potency will be difficult Yet the
work must be done both there and
in the House if the best standards OF
lawmaking are to be lived up to-
Very tardiIy has Congress awakened
TO the part that the trained drafts
man plays in giving legislation its
final form. and even now a majority
of the members have to be argued
With to hold them to making appro-
priations for a service that is i'm
perative. During the next fiscal year
only $4,000 is available. The House
Committee on Appropriations would
have granted nothing. II it could
have had its way. Prof. Parkinson
was so genial and human in all his