davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1921-07-24

and out of Congress have been from time to
time preparing the country for realization that
expenses of the government will keep up for
at least two years to come. and that there can
not be very much reduction in taxes.
But Senator Penrose thinks that the new
bills. while affording SUCH reduction as may be
found possible to achieve. will certainly find
favor with the people for Its provisions reliev-
ing the taxpayers of some Of the inequalities
and burdens under which they now labor The
average man might ask why those inequalities.
long since admitted and frequently pointed out.
have not been roned out before this. and the
only answer is that 1t was the judgment of the
lawmakers that no ironing-out process was
practicable until general tax reform bill should
be taken up; that the corrections could not be
made piecemeal, as the whole system was a
complicated structure of machinery and easily
thrown out of balance by tinkering with its
parts. ---
While Congress. the executive departments
and the whole administration are in a very
fever of economy of stopping the drains upon
the Treasury, and regard no sum too small to
be saved, there was one authorization OF ex-
penditure which was made gladly and un-
grudgingly 1t was provided in the Sweet bill
to consolidate all government agencies dealing
with world war veterans and to extend addi-
tional benefits to disabled former service men.
The bill carried in round numbers about half a
billion dollars. 1t was taken up and passed in
the Senate within three hours without a roll
call.
That action exemplifes the real spirit of
Congress toward the former service men. Men
who in position to know whereof they
speak assert that there is doubt that Con-
gress will give to the uttermost for the helping
of the disabled service men. In fact, Congress
has given in the past generously. and. in cases.
avishly. The cause of complaint has been in
the administration of the relief furnished by
Congress- not due any ones ill-will. but to
the diversified channels through which the
lief ran.
The Sweet bill proposes to correct the evils
which grew out of this system and to make
every dollar provided by Congress count for
dollar and not losing any of its value by fric-
tion with the red tape of methods conflicting
or duplicating government machinery.
1t is believed in Congress that the furry
over the postponement of the bonus bill has
blown over. and that the great of the
former service men will yield to what appears
to be the predominating sentiment of the coun-
try, that President Harding presented incon-
trovertible reasons for the action which
taken in the Senate. The reaction of the coun-
try is declared by senators and representatives
show that the President will be sustained.
and that senator's who voted for recommittal
of the bill need not fear the sentiment Of the
ma tority Of the voters of their states.
-. Many senator's and representatives hope and
believe that the country. when 1t ponders the
Evening star., 1921-07-24
BY.,N. O. MESSENGER.

~ RESIDENT HARDING assuredly is a
u busy man these sweltering summer
days. when the prevailing thought with
so many is upon vacation bent. But the
chief executive of of the greatest going
concerns In the world--modesty forbids using
the superlative-the government Of the United
States. can take his vacation only by nibbles
and bites. week ends Whether he tries to find
way to finance the railroads. difficulties to the
tune of half a billion. or contemplates the third
Of billion in the Shipping Board or shares
Secretary Hughes concern Of Japan's attitude
toward the peace conference: or listens to the
drum fire of demand that Congress do some
thing about taxes" or considers peace plans for
Germany, or-one might go for column
telling what the President has on mind The
point is. that the congressman at the Capitol
who are bewailing their lot that they have a
tariff bill or tax bill. some other single
subject on their hands, ought to go up to the
White House and wetch man work who has
some work in hand and ahead of him.
- X X X X
Congress is grinding away at its tasks with
much inward travail of spirit. which finds ex-
preston in private conversation of senators
and representatives by lamentations. but with
grim determination to go through with them.
Congress would like to take a vacation. but
"dassnt" do it on a large and gratifying scale.
and will probably have to be content by nib
bling at it ss does the President. each house
taking three days at time. The session seems
to bid fair to run well into the fall months.
X X
Chairman Fordney of the House committee
on ways and means. and his hard-worked COL
leagues will not allow themselves a moments
rest between the completion of task and
the taking up of another. although in the past
a tariff bill considered work enough for
one session. and bill Of the magnitude, i'm
portanee and complexity of the tax bill would
have been deemed more than enough. The ways
and means committeeman think they can report
a tax bill within fortnight and get it through
the House in short order. The Senate will then
find itself with two great revenue measures in
its committee at practically the same time. for
the committee on finance will not have had op-
portunty to get rid of the tariff bill before the
tax bill drops into the basket.
X X
Senator Penrose, chairman of the Senate
committee on finance, is not a pessimist or a
croaker. but as he is very practical man in
legislation as we'll as in politics, he does not
put on binders when he approaches facts but
meets them with both eyes open. In this atti-
tude he views the approach of tax legislation
without much enthusiasm over the prospect of
affording very much effective relief for the fu-
ture or course. he has not made a discovery
in announcing his opinion that the country will
have TO be prepared for disappointment as to
the extent of tax reduction which it will be
possible for Congress to make. From President
Harding down, the administration leaders In
Evening star., 1921-07-24
Congress Faces Legislative Tasks
Conscious of the Country Demand

situation carefully. looking at it from every
angle will be pleased to have mercy upon Con-
gress for not being able to accomplish the i'm
possible in the way of tax reduction The coun-
try. congressman say, Is apparently thinking
deeply on public questions. more SO. indeed than
ever before. and the judgment and common
sense Of the people can be relied upon to render
a Just verdict. II time and opportunity for con-
sideration Of all the points involved are AFFORD
ed so the statesmen are encouraged to hope
that after the first outbreak Of irritation over
failure to reduce taxes. the country will look
at both sides Of the governments balance sheet
of income and expenses. and realize that Con-
gress is doing the best 1t can with an abnormal
situation for which no one no party and no
Congress can be blamed.
Congress- and the administration. II Is
claimed. have united in honest and practicable
efforts for economy. and feel justified in asking
the country to consider the necessity for the
appropriations rather than the aggregate. and
to take into account the purposes for which
money is expended rather than the sum.
The United States thinks in terms of billions
now. and must continue to do so indefiDdteiy.
There is a general satisfaction in Congress
over the close and helpful contact which is
maintained between Congress and the execu-
tive and administrative branches of the gov
eminent. Team work" between these co-ordi-
nate arms is becoming more pronounced all the
time. 1t is said.
President Hardine's determination to ap-
point one senators to the delegation
representing the United States at the peace and
disarmament conference pleased the Senate. 1t
is said. In view Of the criticism directed
against the failure of the last administration
to recognize the Senate in somewhat similar
circumstances, the Senate expected nothing else
The result is counted upon to be that the
Senate will be not only in close touch with the
proceedings of the conference at all times. but
the conference will open with the Senate in
sympathetic rather than suspicious attitude
toward it. The psychology will be favorable
to a happy outcome, 1t is asserted.
The question has arisen in connection with
the contention that the proceedings of the con-
discussion may be the subject of animadversion
in the Senate while it is going on? Will it be
possible, 1t is asked, to keep the Senate from
talking about the pending propositions and
lending its advice" whether it all times
yields its consent to the subjects under dis
cussion? 1t has been suggested that the more
secret the conference. the more likelihood of
considerable range of speculation and animad-
version in the Senate. Freedom of debate is a
cherished institution of the Senate, and the
visiting statesmen from other countries. espe-
cially those who were familiar with the Paris
meetings may be expected to be surprised to
find the dongs Of the conference the subject of
very frank handling In the Senate from day
to day
Copyright, 1921. By The Washington stsr)
Evening star., 1921-07-24

them sent to Europe every wear nv
TINS country. and the most popular
brands are these: ." and tho
doctor ,reeled off a few wefl known
brands in the order Of their popu-
larity. (By the way. and Just to tell
the doctor he's not such an expert
on cigarettes. after all: he called one
brand quite out of its name.)
Dr. Sawyer has a habit of break
ing into his theme with little Incl
dents about himself There's a GER
tain old grist mill out in a little Ohio
town today. Maybe the miller, or the
miller of twenty-five years ago, Is
dead now. But Gen. Sawyer likes to
talk of the days when he was a
half-grown boy. when he and the
miller used to spend hours together
the miller. talking of the grain, and
how 1t was ground. and made into
food to build up the body. and the
doctor hazily forming in his boys
mind an ambition to help the miller
not in making the food for the body
but in caring for the body to enable
1t to enjoy the miller's food
you know" DR.. Sawyer will say,
II learned more from that miller
and 1 owe him more than anybody in
this world"
DR.. Sawyer's popularity as a
speaker has increased to such an ex-
tent that he receives invitations
every day from every part of the
country. But, although President
Harding is a remarkably welt man,
the department of public welfare
must be attended to. DR.. Sawyer says
he refuses as many as fifty invita-
tions a day. He would like to ac-
cept many of them. but there's a
limit to. human endurance and time.
Doing Something for Others.
''One of the greatest pleasures in
this work is that know l am doing
something for other people" DR..
Sawyer says there's great joy in
that. So many people are going
around these days with two good
eyes, but blind, utterly blind. It's
remarkable what a great good Tor
somebody little human act will
accomplish. How many people, for
instance, do you think will stop or
pause to thank the officer who stands
on the corner in the heat OF the day
directing the traffic? Or who would
think of saying thank you to the
man who runs them up and down on
the elevator? Not many, but il there
were more this would be happier
and a better world"
One more glimpse Of DR.. Sawyer as
he reaches for the push button to
summon the next bureau chief before
NOW go ahead and write your
story" he warns the reporter, but
forget the Sawyer part of II. Don't
put too much Sawyer in It. Just
.soft-peddfe that Sawyer END Of 1t,
win yop"
Evening star., 1921-07-24
MOVEMENT OF ITALIANS
TO BECOME NATURALlZED

There has been a general movement
among the Italian immigrants of late
In favor of naturalization. Several
factors have contributed to 1t, one of
which is decided change in the atti-
tude. Of the Italian-language press.
Before the war. this press was gem
orally opposed to Italians in this
country becoming naturalixed. though
it always urged upon them a strict
observance Of American laws and Gus
toms. Now. however, this attitude has
been changed. and the italian press
makes, every effort to persuade its
readers to take out. citizenship papers.
This movement rs also furthered by
the Italian ambassador. Senator Ro-
landi Ricci, who is making q tour OF
the most thickly populated Italian
settlements throughout, the country.
advising the Italians to become Ameri-
cans citizens and pointing out to them
the advantages, of becoming an inte-
gral part Of the American civic body.
Evening star., 1921-07-24

- RESIDENT HARDING assuredly is
j busy man these sweltering summer
days. when the prevailing thought with
no nnan,. is nnon vacation henf Ruf thu
Evening star., 1921-07-24
PLANNED TO REBUILD
EAST CAPITOL WALL
improvements Proposed to Add to Artistic
Appearance of Central Part Of Building
Will Cost Approximately $3,0O0,000.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

TLANS for correcting some archi-
. tectural faults in the national
Capitol building, contemplated
since 1865, are nearing COM
Evening star., 1921-07-24
GERMAN IMMIGRANTS &
SOON "TAKE OUT PAPERS,

The great majority of German inn
migrants are naturalized as soon as
possible. According to the latest
available census figures relating to
naturalization Cthe figures for 191O),
nearly 10 per cent of all German i'm
migrants were then American citi-
zens. This represented a higher per-
centage than for any other nation
ality.
An article in recent issue Of one
Of the German Language newspapers
in this country threw an interesting
light on the question of why many Of
the older immigrants have. hitherto
not taken the necessary steps to COM
plete their citizenship. 1t was pointed
out that thirty or forty years ago
large numbers of German farmers
were invited to settle in tie west, be-
ing induded to do so by the promise
that after years residence they
would be entitled to vote At that
time. and up to quite recently, some
western states gave the vote to aliens
who had their first papers that IS,
had declared their intention of re-
nouncing their old allegiance and be-
coming citizens of the United States.
When whole villages, and even
counties. were populated entirely by
recent immigrants. such a policy on
the part of the state was understand
able. Under those circumstances peo-
pie imagined themselves to be citi-
zens. They voted sand were elected to
public Offices. When times changed
and new laws were made. these older
immigrants suddenly found that they
were not citizens Of the United States:
IN fact. according to more recent nat
uralizattion laws, even their first pa
pers' had become useless.
Many Of the older men. were
ashaped to apply again for their first
papers" and go through the ceremony
OF becoming naturalized. They would
not let their neighbors know that
they were not American citizens, after
having lived in the country all these
years and enjoyed Americas protec-
ton and prosperity. However, forces
within the family are at work to
| remedy the evil.
Evening star., 1921-07-24
GEN. SAWYER MUCH IN DEMAND
AS A SPEAKER AT CONVENTIONS
Presidents Physician Overwhelmed With
Observation-Disclosures in Doing Some
thing for the Good of Others.

~ VERY time there's a conven-
IL tion in Washington-and there
are lots of them-it has be-
- come a sort Of habit among
those in charge of arrangements to
invite Brig Gen. Sawyer. the Presi-
dents personal physician. to make a
speech. The convention may be the
annual meeting Of the Pencil Sharp
eners of the World. or maybe the As
sociated Societies for the Prevention
of Prize Fights-but whatever 1t Is.
Gen. Sawyer will make a speech, a
good speech, and while touching on
the best way to sharpen a pencil or
prevent a prize fight, Gen. Sawyer
will ring in something about the sub
ject nearest his heart-establishment
of a public welfare department.
Gen. Sawyer has become in a few
months one Of the best known men
in the United States. Not long ago
he was what he styles himself. "a
little old country doctor" Gen., Saw
yer's name is linked with that Of the
chief executive on nearly every occa-
sion in which the President Is inti-
mately described in his daily work.
His sayings have been widely quoted
his views on nearly every subject in
which the government is interested
have been sought. Yet Gen. Sawyer
the real DIR. Sawyer-who goes to
work at o'clock in the morning and
sits at his desk long into the night;
who shyly admits he has learned to
smoke cigarettes since coming to
WASHINGTON; the man who never for
gets to thank the elevator boy Tor
taking him up and down several
stories in his hotel each day, Is little
known. And to meet him the writer
called the other afternoon with the
ostensible purpose of obtaining an
expression on the progress he Is max
ing IN his survey of the government
agencies for the establishment OF a
denartment Of public welfare.
Disreeards FOrmality.
There isn't much formality about
the little man in the brigadier gen.
erals uniform who sits at dig oesh'
ewes twinkling behind a pair Of thick
lensed glasses. He reaches out and
pulls up a chair beside him, bids the
caller be seated, and usually. from
force of habit. faces his visitor and
asks, Now what department do you
come from?"
The query is natural. During MS
long working hours Gen. Sawyer has
a small crowd of bureau heads await
ing their engagements in his ante
room. He talks to each one inti-
mately-gets him interested In tine
subject at hand-then dismisses MN
with friendly pat on the knee ano
thanks him for calling, And the ou-
reau chief makes an exit, feeling very
patriotic, very. well satisfied with
Evening star., 1921-07-24

himself and very enthusiastic for a
department Of public welfare.
To the writer Gen. Sawyer briefly
outlined his case. You can say" he
began. in his speaking for -publica-
tion style. that we are making ex-
cellent progress. We are going to
have a department of public welfare.
and its creation is going to be one Of
the greatest steps taken by this ad-
ministration. Efficiency and economy
are the watchwords adopted by this
administration. and the department Of
public welfare is going to be the en-
bodiment OF those two principles"
But Gen. Sawyer doesn't follow that
style in conversation long. He be-
he reveals himself as the delightful
country doctor who knows a little
something about everything"
I'm Just getting informed on what
we have to do before we begin to do
It," he says. Here's an example Of
something the man in here a few
minutes ago told me. A certain bu-
reau in this government Is buying
bandages and other medical supplies
at market prices. while almost across
the street the Quartermaster Corps Is
selling the very same articles at sur
plus war material prices. That's the
thing we've got to stop in this work
of ours.
Praises General Practitioner.
Then again, I can't see the use
Of the public health service sending
out man into a state to investigate
typhoid and another to investigate
diphtheria and another. to investi-
gate scarlet fever. What We want
to do is to send one man out to
that state. and while's he's there let
him investigate all three diseases at
once" ,ts
Then you don't believe in spe-
cialists, doctor?"
specialists" and DR.. Sawyer pretty
nearly, sputtered. Young man. do
you know the greatest specialist in
the medical profession? HES the
general practitioner, There are ex-
perts on this and experts on that.
but the real expert is the man who
knows something, about everything.
I have a man working for me today
who is perhaps the greatest dag
nostician ON The Pacific coast. He is
helping me In this work now, and
when he goes back to the west he
will be. a greater and better dag
nostician just for learning some-
thing about this work here.
"a man is better OF forlearning
something about everything. You
know, never smoked much before
coming to Washington. but rye
learned to, smoke cigarettes-not
much, not many-but' have learned
at the same time something about
cigarettes. There are billions Of
Evening star., 1921-07-24
new BREED OF POULTRY
DEVELOPED BY UNCLE SAM

Lamena is the name given to a new
breed of poultry that has been de-
veloped at the experimental farm of
the Department of Agriculture at
Beltsville, Nd. 1t has been named by
Secretary Wallace after the origina-
tor. Harry NJ. Lamon, senior poultry
man Of the bureau of animal industry
1t ts white fowl with red ear lobes
that lays a white-shelled egg. White
Plymouth Rock. silver gray Dorking
and white Leghorn were the breeds
used as foundation stock.
Evening star., 1921-07-24

N' ASSIEG the buck" a favoritt
exercise among officials Of
the government, who haze
Evening star., 1921-07-24
ASSISTS CUBAN. INDUSTRY.

An agreement to advance $25o,00o
to an unnamed exporter to assist IN
financing the shipment of sugar mill
machinery to cuss u announced by the
War Finance Corporation:
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-20

The ain was Ger iainly one of the
Old f2shiored gulley' washer variety.
tuti! funny, at sines, how much
rlare your friends nd 4 nesghbok know
about yourdGo y !sohst a.rate affai's
thar Yoa doEour iaifg
Narclse aigran who was fecentlyga
+ges.rd has bpa .gigea. hisx3 lib rty nn
der $a,o0s be Ia for hts 'Appsarahce
at Circnit cous / n.sxs week. .,.s
New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-08-12

flnge, bob ct i'm lebtcns @i1ter oc,s
Ntufrnbr IN &rpnitabtn ernffudbt fat
&pan peroadtigte s0arauf oensSeta
tor, nit Sen BoIiditptfi I'M sgmuers
nebmen au ffei1t utb bon ibnen sieine
Snformation erbalten, 3u BADEN.
@1th Die nnbern bier tpeilenben
Bertreter M1nerifos 1tenen bic Nid'
ti9feit Der Mngaben oeS Se1dtors
in Mbrebe. Genutor Granee tat
feine M%euBeru11gen .nIf Der Babrt
BON ieinem Sotel mad benz z8abn-
bof. Or ift erbottg, feline 8eibuDi<
gl11gen in Der 5ibnng bes 8nuoes.
ie1ats gu mieoerbolen.
81. .RRpar ffo1nr1t nas 45cranton,
Ba., uno bat pdiibrerb bes &rieges
bos Mote arer5 in sberibieoenent
! Q6nbern @uropas bertreten.
Mrbetter,taruben III ,Sapan.
&obe, SSapan. Sic Mrbeiter.
frcitigfcite11 bier .artens mieoerum in
bI1tige t&1mpfe. aus,
Dteier Gage ereigneten iiibt unrnbeM
III Denen, mie geibaBt mirb, perig-
items SO 8erlonen permunoet mur-
oer, nno bdlb 0arauf ereignete iib
Elm blutiger ~3uiammenltDB, dis trob
bes 8annes auf offentlide &unoge.
bungen 5000 @erftafbeiter aunter
Sem gbjtngen bon Nrbeiterlieoern
unb B~eroammungsrufen gegen baS
friibere Gprgeben ser 8eaborbett, ,baS
dig tprannifb berurtetlta mitrbe, t,taob
einem lofalen Sbrein mari9ierten.
Die BarnbeteiInebmer mMroen an
Tempeltor bon 500 s8oli5iiten an.
gebalten, Die NIT Sdbelr uno @niit.
teln auf fie einiblugen. Die Yoli.
55ei tpnrbe bur1 bunoert sSnfanteri-
iten beritdrft.
Die Gage bleibt fortgeiebt 6ro.
bend. Die Understanding bat
gntibliebungen gegen ben @ebrardj
bon S9tpertern Sen Stretfern ,ge-
genuber angenommen.
@egtertng fur perantmurtli@
gebalten.
Sofio. - 8as iapaniibe .Aabi-
nett beiprn6 6ieier Sage Die Sage IN
&obe uno befbloB oraittide MaB-
regeln IN M%ntpertoung at bri1gen in
Der Mnnabme, DOB Die nnruber
BORT burb at. berS berfldbe ni9t er-
fennbare @infliiie a11gelttftet iein
f1nnter.
New Ulm Post. [volume] (New-Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1864-1933, 1921-08-12
2Made.

Gin Man1t beiaB etne grobe f6nar,
&c. @abe, Sic Sic ltnangenebme @igen=
5ihaft bette, Oh un6 a1 benz na6itnob-
nenoel1 8utder Elm Stld Sleii9 gu
lteblen. Ser 59ldbter reoete init
oem Better ser &ate mebrere Scale
ooriiber; aber 0ie &abe beiierte itd
niht, uno ba itellte iener pos l1lti.
nahum: .@enn sic &ate mir iekt
nod sein sein5iges Mal Gleiid mauit,
sberqifte.ih fie."
@inige Sage 6ara1f iab ct aber
.mieoer, tpie bas Gier NIT einem fafz
tigen 5tid boponrar1te. CT legte
ueine 5tiife bergiftetes Sleif@ aus,
,uno am r1d)ften Morgen Lug Sic
.ihmar5e &abe tot l1n6 lteif Dor Ser
Eiire ibres 8eiibers.
Dtefer tpartete, bis ser 9aoen ,oes
8lttmers nit &ut1ben nnb @unbin-
net1 gefiiH NOR. Dantt trat aer audi
ei1t, sic tote &abe rnter Dem Mrm.
Weit frdftigen ShmunQea tuarfser oet
&ooaper auf bens&aublod nnb babel
rief er, baB es ieber b0ren fonnte:
rDa, Sobn! Das ii11b ieBt adtltno-
iieb5ig. 9ie an6eren 3peiuno8tpan5tg
bring i6 nod Dor abeto."