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New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
The Gomperian Fourteen

The fourteen points of the politi-
cal program Of Mr.. Gompers not
only make formidable array, but
in one respect are superior to their
prototype. They are, in the main,
specific and understandable. Their
details do not fade away into fog
OF vagueness no eye can penetrate.
Mr.. Gompers would have open in
come taxes openly arrived at; Fed
eral licensing of all corporations;
government loans at low rates for
home builders; a graduated tax on
all usable lands above the acreage
used by the owner; higher income,
inheritance and land taxes; Federal
subsidies for education, with teach
ers permitted to organize; rigid pub
lie control of business credits; pub
lie ownership and operation of all
public and semi-public utilities,
including docks and merchant ma
rine; government development of all
unused water powers; constitutions
al amendment under which laws
passed by Congress or legislatures
when nullified by the courts could
not be nullif1ed q second time if re-
passed; no troops for service during
industrial disputes, and, finally, MAX
ing it a felony for any employer to
hamper the organization Of labor
union or to oppose its stirling.
We pass over other matters as to
which Mr.. Gompers is rhetorically
emphatic but not definite. But even
thus deleted his programme is rea-
sonably inclusive. During the Com
perian era it would be requisite for
all to have union cards, and when
every one had one the warfares Of
society would, of course, be between
the rival unions. Gang fighting
would take the place Of tribe fight
ing. Steel workers would march
against coal diggers and masons boy
cott carpenters.
During the war Mr.. Gompers was
alive to the common rights of men,
but in peace time he is at the old job
of assuming that somewhere are
stores Of wealth or groups of willing
workers that every one can easily
live on if unionism becomes uni
versal. The venerable leader of
American trade unionism can't see
that for the success Of his system it
is indispensable to have outsiders.
The Republic is based on the prin-
ciple that community citizenship is
more important to a man than class
or vocation citizenship. It is time
for Mr.. Gompers and for all others
to get back to full allegiance to this
simple but most vital truth.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
Two Heads for the Family

To the Editor Of Tribune.
Sir: With all due respect to your
correspondent writing upon "Feminiza-
tion Apace," we take exception to thrc
of his statements in relation to the
average broad minded man and woman
Of America.
In his first statement, "You may be
quite sure that if the man does not
exercise authority the woman WILL" he
seems to us not only unjust but unin
formed. Is not the very foundation OF
harmony in thousands Of contented
homes in this country to-day a gcner-
Gus recognition between men and WON.
en- of an equal intelligence and fair
division Of responsibility, each "playins
the game" and deferring decently to the
other in what vitally concerns them
both?
Regarding your correspondent Sec
ond statement, "There cannot be two
heads" AS the writer seems bit OF
a fogey why not recall the old saying,
1.-TWO heads are better than one?"
His third statement, "The feminiza-
ton Of man proceeds apace" seems al
most joke. When, please, did women
usurp the qualities of ability. brains.
intelligence, resource and sense of
Justice? Thousands and thousands of
"femlnized men," rich In these ouali-
ties, have come to the front, WORKING
and succeeding, side by side with their
wives, mothers and sisters, in accom-
pllshlng one more tremendous stem to.
ward civilization and progress. Whv
be disturbed? The Termination Of
man'--lf such it be-"good for neither
men nor women," seems to have con-
quered the dogma and prejudice of past
generations, and to have vindicated
through mans recognition of woman's
intelligence his fine sense of Justice and
his power for the good of humanity.
j. l.. G.
Norwalk, Conn, March ID, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
lhe Dangerous Roach
To the Editor of rho r.:,

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: am surprised not to see rc-
tort to the story recently reported ;r
your columns under the head;ro
hoaches Not Health Menace, Court
holes' 10 what authority the learned
justice OF the Bronx Supreme Court h :
gone do not know, but my own studies
as Well as those of prominent invos+;-
gators, have determined that the com
mon roach is most insidious perm
carrier of imminent peril to all whose
homes it infests.
Rather than exonerate this ;nso,+
OF germ carrying every paper sbou,d
dcpiore the prevalence Of this pest and
especially at this the breeding season
urge effective measures for it's .x-
termination. How any one can consider
harmless scavenger that does not cnr
hne Its path to putsid matter is beyond
me. ihe roach is without doubt as
dangerous to the health Of the copru-
h'ey as the rat or bed bug.
FOR the welfare of the commun;+,, ~
opinions of health authorities on this
matter rather than judges, should be
gwen prominence. A few of the lead
ing writer's are Jacolyn Van yliet Man.
nlng, M. D., Messengers Of Disease.
n N. "A. Veeder, Typhoid Fever from
% sources Other than Water Supply" and
1nomas Mccrea, Typhoid Fever"
8. s. RoSEN.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
Bolshevism and Germany

Whatever other charge is brought
against parlor Bolshevists, it will
not be said the class Is easily dis
couraged. 1t has been hard winter
for those who sign themselves "Yours
for the revolution" but they hang on
with persistence worthy of a bet
ter cause.
Bolshevism, so far as it is a social
or economic undertaking, having
broken down in Russia, the pulse Of
our parlor "Reds" gallops with re-
vived hope at the news from Ger
many. Germans are killing one an
other. Delightful! Revolution is
on the march again. Perhaps the
German Reds" Will be able to kill
enough to terrorize all into subservi-
ence.
One Of our local amateurs In Boil
shevism says that however badly the
system worked in Russia it will
work we'll in Germany. The Ger
mans are better educated, and COM
mittees which take over the man.
agement Of nationalized industries
will be able, it is said, to keep up
production, instead Of decreasing it
20 per cent, as Commissar Krassin
admits has occurred in Russia.
Wlll the Germans be able to make
the bolshevist industrial system op-
crate? Will their better education
save them? Scarcely. On the con-
trary, it is certain Bolshevism will
oring starvation to Germany more
quickly than it did to Russia. Rus
SLAMS are 80 per cent peasants and
IN their villages economically self
sustaining. Germany is 80 per cent
industrial, and her urban masses are
economically dependent. Education
will not fill the stomach Of factory
worker who is unable to swap for
food the goods he fabricatea
No one need worry over any long
success Of Bolshevism In Germany.
Germany barely gets along now with
her weakened organization. Dis
organize her further by "Red" rule
or a general strike kept up for a
week, and there would be horror
lYkc That seen in Jerusalem when
Titus bcsiegesl it. There are many
fools III Germany, as in all lands, in
cludirg our own, as our parlorites
attest, but there is probably enough
sense left there to avoid Bolshevism.
Other forms Of suicit.n might be no
quicker, but would be less painful.
B1t even though there is no tumi-
~ 70 the bottom of the abyss, the
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
Poles and Ukrainians

The rapprochement reported by
The London Times's Warsaw CORE
spondent between the Polish govern
ment and General Petlura, COM
lnander in chief of the Ukrainian
Peoples Republic, is a most salu-
tary development of the Eastern
European situation. 1t means that
as between Soviet Russia and Po-
land the two powers competing for
Ukrainian friendship choose Poland
and the west rather than Russia.
Poles and Ukrainians have been
secular enemies, but basis of
understanding and cooperation be-
tween the two peoples is at hand.
Russian Bolshevism, by ruthlessly
opposing Ukrainian national as
2irations, has sought to perpetuate
the Czaristic tradition. For the
Ckra. .nian patriot it makes little diff
ference whether his independent
cultural development is denied by a
Muscovite boyar or a "Red" inter-
nationalist; even as it matters little
for the Ukrainian peasant whether
his bit of land is appropriated by a
Muscovite landlord or a Muscoyite
Communist.
On the other hand, a free and
democratic Poland Of small landed
proprietors-and this is what the
restored Polish state aspires to be-
come-is the natural ally of SINH
larly constituted Ukraine. 1t is
common sense for both Ukrcc;nians
and Poles to recognize that their
conflicting territorial claims in
Galicia, Cholm and elsewhere are
of secondary Importance in con1pari-
son to the issue of preserving their
national existence intact against a
potential enemy Of great strength.
A Polish -Ukrainian alliance is the
logical corollary Of a league Of bor-
der states embracing also Es onis,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24

much for short cuts to the Inter-
nation and all the sloppy nonsense
Of those pacifists who feel that ma
tionalisn is a dead bird and that all
men will be brothers if you only tell
them so often enough.
What our new visitor can do is to
remind Americans rather pictur-
esquely of the France that fought
her way into the hearts Of every
man not too proud to fight and every
woman worth fighting for. Georges
Carpenter fought as did every other
Frsnchman, whether poet or prize
fighter. He wears his scars and his
ribbons. Whether he wins or loses
in the prize ring, he is gallant and
plucky figure Of a man. He is q
timely reminder Of a national
achievement without parallel in
the history Of warfare OF human
courage.
There, we suggest, is solid basis
for friendship. 1t rests not upon
the obliteration Of national lines or
the ignoring Of Unborn and ineradi-
cable differences Of character and
temperament, but upon admiration
and respect for another and a diff
ferent people, in their own admirable
way a truly great nation, unques-
tionably the most intelligent of all
peoples and, as any German can tell
you, born fighters.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
General Wood, Patriot
4 Governor of Men and of His
Own Sbrit
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Truth is the greatest factor in
favor of Wood as coming candidate,
He seems no more honest than he is
He Is a man. A truthful and obedient
servant he was; q noble and truthful
servant he will be if his fate carries
him to the Presidency. He would serve
his government with fidelity which
death alone would have power to break.
Wood never told lie in his office
Of Governor of Cuba, never broke q
promise, never did an injustice.
Wood never told lie in his office of
Governor of the province Of the Moros,
in the Philippines. He ruled wisely,
justly, and with no narrow dogmatic
view Of the Mahometan problem.
Wood governed his own spirit when
called upon to forcgo the place he de-
served during the war. He showed to
the American soldier what a soldier who
loved his couhtry above fame could do
for the land he SO loved. He can never
fail to be a patriot when a patriotic
spirit is needed, for into his bones is
patriotism bred and into his soul is
patriotism burned as a divine fire can
scar soul.
Wood will never be found lacking in
times of stress and in hours of peril. He
is man of action; words fail him be-
cause action makes appeal rather than
phrase. He is the worlds best hero at
present, for he bore heroically defeat
that was the defeat of hope to help
safeguard the world. Never has a mur-
'mur escaped his lips, never has word
of blame been uttered.
Like the honest gentleman he is Wood
goes forward; not looking back into a
past of disappointment to find his rea-
sons for asking the nomination, but to
the promises he can make for the future,
knowing himself able to fulfill his
promises. A. L.
New York, March 12, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
By
Heywoed Broun

little aggrieved. We can't help feeling
that the editors of "Colliers" must
have thought we were not worth ruin
ing.
However, we began with the idea Of
establishing the fact that Upton Sim
clair is not devoid of sense OF humor
and In evidence We offer the following
extract from chapter thirty-four, in
which Sinclair tells how a vounp
woman reporter from "The Los An.
geles Record" came to him to get an
interview about "free love-:
"1n reply 1 explained to this youne
lady that as result of previous pain.
ful experience had made an iron.
clad rule on the subject of the sex
question would not trust any news.
paper reporter, not even the most
amiable, to interpret my views on tha,
delicate subject
Well said the young lady, will
you write an article on free love- fo,
The Record'?'
Certainly 1 WILL said If .Tbe
Record will pay my price
What is your price,
Ten cents a word
The young lady looked troubled. q
don't know If The Record could pay
that said she, but this is my position
II Will explain frankly and hope you
won't mind. I've just started to he 9
newspaper woman and I'm very anxious
to make good. don't have to earn nv
living because my parents have money
What want to do is to have career
II 60 back to The Record and report
that l failed to get an interview 7
won't keep this job. So won't vo,
please write an article for me and lat
me pay for 1t at the rate of 10 cen+s
a word?'
You may share smile over this
queer situation. l pleaded embarrass-
ment; argued with the young ladv
mat couldn't possibly take her money
hut she argued back very charmin6lv.
sne SAID she would be heart brokon ;f
did not consent So at last said /.
An right, will write you an article
how many words do you want"
The young lady meditated. che
inquired for while on the back of bar
notebook and finally she said: 4 think
Ia llke fifty words. please"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
A Despised Profession
Reasons Why the Teacher /.
Becoming Scarce
To the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor OF The Tribune,
Sir: would like to suggest on.
cause for the present appalling de.
crease in numbers of those who pre-
pare to teach. The economic reason,
Of course, is a strong factor, but be-
lieve there is an even more vital one.
I speak m girls as l know them in s
city high school. They simply don't
want to be like their teachers. Surey
there is little to inspire young girl
to prepare herself for a profession
whose chief duty is the forcing Of.
more or less unwelcome subject matter
on more or less unwilling minds They
see US become stern, critical and
weary in the process and are not in
spired to follow in our footsteps.
The young girl of to-day wants to
have a good time; she wants to marry.
and as far as she can see we have none
Of the former and seldom do the latter.
If we could have the pleasure Of pre-
senting to our pupils subjects about
which we could be animated and en-
thusiastic and which they would love
instead of the formal requirements ol
regents and college entrance boards
We might show more of the evidences
of good time in doing 1t. Some sub
Jects and some teachers are glorious
exceptions, but I am speaking in ge''
eral terms. The article on teaching
geography, in the February "Atlantie'
illustrates what I mean.
But the situation Is hopeless unless
we can have salaries large enough 70
aspire respect in society at large snd
also can give our pupils subject mater
vital enough to arouse their enthusF
asm to learn, and then to teach.
A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
New York, March 1s, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
Physical Illiteracy
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: What we need, almost al! Of
US, is time for proper exercise. Even
If we do have physical training in our
schools, once we get into the struggle
to make money there will be no time
for anything else. Only very ie"
of the millions Of the people OF th''
earth-comparatively speaking, u
course-have time to take proper eaSs
Of themselves. These people are ",
the greater part those who do none W
the work Of the world. They have 'i'
almost exclusive enjoyment OF 'N'
mountains, the seas, the woods VI Wv
earth. and all the discoveries ana -
ventions of those who do the ~ofA "
the world contribute to their pieas''''
The children might be traiheu -
play a musical instrument with s.s~'
excellence while at school, but s"e'
fingers would soon lose all their ss"'
ity in the battle Of life.
To hurriedly snatch few moEnsn''
for physical exercise daily migns y
even harmful. Some Of US coSsa NV
snatch a moment, perchance.
AS for training for war, those "'~
entertain the belief that there 10 a"'
wisdom in filling the world VITA -
man wrecks and in slaughtering %"
white man while there are tee"'''
millions of the black and yellow NV
(this is not meant as . slnr w"
those peoples. who own the wo''' -
much as the rest of US do) may Do W., :,
and possessed Of great vision. A ie" ',
US believe that it would be wiser 10 o.
about devising . social system wv.
which ell the inhabitants OF the ss''
could live and Let live In pssce 80
eniovment. STUDENT.
Nsv York Na*sA II i92o -
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24

German masses must pay bitterly
for allowing the present "Red" &C.
tivities. German industry has been
slow in reviving because, though
there is ample coal In the mines, it
is not dug or transported. The
"Red" disturbance in the coal dis
tricts means another obstacle in the
way Of furnishing work to the work
less through the creation and sale of
manufactured goods, The greater
the disturbance the longer the post
ponement Of return Of normal con-
ditions. No people can go even 10
per cent Bolshevist without paying.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
Wood Anericanisr1a

Describing the Wood d-Poindexter
meeting at Pierre, S. D., the corre-
spondent of The Evening Post says:
Senator Poindexter had been max
ing it clear that he is opposed not
only to the league of nations but to
all traffic with Europe whatever. In
expanding on this he expressed his
disapproval of the recent gift by
Congress of $1Oo,O0o,oO0 to Europe.
With strong irony he contrasted
Congresses easy generosity to Europe
with itc niggardliness about giving a
pension to the widow Of q wounded
soldier. He said that money
could be spent here at home in build
ing roads, in irrigating dry prairies,
In finishing the Alaska railroad, in
building schools, in providing farms
for returned soldiers. All of these
are things that the West wants, and
the audience applauded them"
Then General Wood came forward
and with a brusqueness that is said
to have been close to anger replied:
II refuse to believe that you are
expressing disapproval of a Christian
act. If you are you are not fit to be
Americans. Are you people going to
deny food and clothing to starving
Europe? If you are you are unfit to
i've under the American flag"
Instantly, we are told, the audi
euce broke into tense and prolonged
applause.
An amateur in politics, deferential
to the advice of the more experienced,
General Wood, to avoid mistakes,
has been mild and sometimes vague
in speech; but the man more and
more shines through. He has hon
esty, courage and right ideas, and
likes to let the folks know what they
are. The best service his managers
can do is to cease soft-pedaling and
to urge the general to speak as his
head and heart dictate.
The few sentences of the reply to
Senator Poindexter made entirely
clear what sort of American General
Wood is-showed he is not one of
those who believe that the doing Of
duty at home implies the neglect of
duty abroad.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
The Cost Of Unpreparedness

The Cost of Unpreparedness
The country is just beginning to
realize the staggering cost of its un-
preparedness for war in 1917. Con-
gress Investigations are disclosing
the enormous waste involved in our
belated and hurried effort to get on
a war basis over night. Admiral
Sims gave only one item Of excess
cost when he told the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee that the Navy
Departments delay in giving effec-
tive aid early in 1917 to the anti
submarine campaign was responsible
for the loss Of 100000 lives, SIS, ,000,-
100000 and 100000 tons of ship
ping.
Admiral Sims has been trying to
draw the proper military lessons
from the Navy Departments fail
ure to conduct the war from the
start on sound strategic principles.
He wants to have the navy profit in
the future from the errors Of the
past. So he confines himself to
consideration not of what might
have been done if the United States
had been better prepared (and in the
naval sphere there was far higher
degree Of preparation than in any
other sphete), but what could have
been done with the fleet and person
mel actually available. The kernel Of
his whole argument is found in this
sentence: "If our destroyer force
had sailed for England on the night
of April 6-and there is no Gods
reason why it should not have sailed
we would have ended the war four
months earlier"
According to Admiral Sims's tes-
timony, there were two causes for
the departments apathy. One lay in
the "prejudices" of the chief of
operations, Admiral Benson, who
was fearful of doing anything that
would look like pulling Great Brit
aims chestnuts out Of the fire. The
other was a theory of American
naval policy which contemplated
keeping the fleet intact for postwar
purposes. "The future position of
the United States must in no way be
jeopardized by any disintegration of
our main fighting fleet" was the
enigmatical message sent to Sims in
June, 1917, by the operating head Of
the navy.
Was the United States concerned
mainly with conducting naval war
with Germany in such a way as to
conserve its strength for the period
of uncertainty after the war? Was
it Indifferent to a piling up of the
losses of our European allies? Did
it put It's own ultimate interest
above speedy defeat Of the Ger
mans?
Here was clear case of moral un-
preparedness for war, even in field
in which material preparedness was
relatively we'll advanced. And it in
volved heavy cost-both to the
United States and to the world. It
was in line with, and perhaps flowed
from, that general moral and
material unpreparedness to defend
American rights which was the
cornerstone Of President Wilson's
policy from August, 1914, to April,
1917. Admiral Sims limits his in
dictment to the military errors COM
mitted by those in command of our
fairly efficient and we'll organized
navy. He estimates the costs of mis-
management on the basis of naval
resources in being. They are enor-
nous. But they are dwarfed by the
costs Of the Administration stub
born refusal to prepare for war in
the military and industrial fields, in
which readiness to fight under mod
ern conditions was not entirely
achieved until the war was over.
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New-York tribune., 1920-03-24

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New-York tribune., 1920-03-24

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the
use for republication OF all dispatches credited
TO It or not otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news OF spontaneous origin Duoiished
herein.
herein also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24
The Coming 7ower
A TEACUP

A TEACUP
So this was touched by Austrian
Antoinette;
When softly luster shone
On those rococo circles met
At Marty or tho Petit Trianon,
Where sat Her Majesty this cup was
set;
And not silken duchess there,
In falbalas and powdered hair,
Saw Fato's vast shadow stand
Behind tho royal chair,
An iron chalice In It's red-stAined
hand.
She danced her day, she laughed,
The Austrian Antoinette;
With queens gesture took that
cruel draught;
And this frail porcelain, yet
Scathless as when she died,
Makes piteous her pride
And that Of all her imperial race be-
side.
An eggshell trihe, suffered to outlast
Thow heavy and presumptuous splen-
doris cast
Into the dust hole Of the broken past.
G. 8. B.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-24

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New-York tribune., 1920-03-24

The use of "out" as transitive
verb is justifiable. The Sun, etc.'s
German Labor Forces Out Noske" is
as good IS If "oust" had been used
Let's out "oust."