The Washington herald., 1921-06-13
WOMAN SURE HARDING
WILL AID WAR HEROES.

WOMAN SURE HARDING
WILL AID WAR HEROES.
II have the utmost confidence In
the sincerity of President Harding
to have justice given our disabled
soldiers" said Mrs. E. r. Brainerd.
at the willard, ''but the slow. cum
bersome action Of congress almost
gets the best Of ones optimism"
Mrs. Brainerd has the distinction
of being the only woman who Is
president of q civil service commits
sion. For the last seven years she
has held this position with the COM
mission of Los Angeles, Cal.
THINKS CONGRESS SHOULD
RUSH TO HELP SOLDIERS.
'Still, when consider the hun
dreds of boys who have come to
California" continued Mrs. Brain
erd. and the hope of government
aid that fills tfeir hearts and cheers
them in their effort to regain
health, I dare'not be otherwise than
optimistic-any other outlook would
be fatal. And while / do earnestly
believe in the ultimate triumph OF
the American sense of justice, 1
wish that the Characteristic Ameri-
can quickness and despatch would
hasten this triumph. II the country
had a vital realization OF its duty
to its disabled defenders, surely
congressional action could be In
duced more quickly"
Mrs. Brainerd's absorbing interest
Is in the betterment of the condi-
tion OF those who suffered some de-
rangement as a result of service
during the war. She believes that
there is no domestic question which
demands so much the consideration
and quick action of the government
as this one requiring the dispensa-
tion OF justice to disabled war vct-
Grams.
DEPL0REs TENDENCY TO
PASS UP PDIsTAsTEFUL SUBJECTS.
There is such a tendency in the
present age" continued Mrs. Brain :
erd. ito thrust aside anything that
Is the least distasteful. 1t seems
that an attempt is made to dis
countenance everything not con-
ducive to smiles and pleasure. II
one begins to talk seriously-I
don't mean pessimistically very
soon the audience begins to dimin-
ISL uHlll IN d SnOTL llHc tncEe al q
no listeners at all: so IL one objects
to being alone, then serious discus
sion must be avoided for the most
part. Nevertheless, IL We are not
utterly selfish, there are things de-
manding our consideration which
are not provocative Of smiles. and
which must not be disregarded."
When questioned concerning her
les .
proposition. Mrs. Brainerd replied:
Il am in favor of anything that will
tend to prevent the recurrence OF
war on the face of the earth. 1t Is
preposterous and barbarous that
civilized peoples have to resort to
physical combat to obtain a decis-
ion. Surely the American people
the brainiest in the world. will not
be laggard in helping solve the
problems now facing humanity.
BORN IN ENGLAND,
AMERICAN BY DESIRE.
while / am an Englishwoman by
birth, l am American by marriage
and desire. And / am quite con-
WINGED that there are no people in
the universe so capable mentally as
the American people--I mean as a
body. l have lived among them for
more than thirty years and this is
my sincere conviction after much
observation and reflection. This,
think, is due to the fact that Amer
lea has been the melting pot of the
nations, which fact has resulted in
the intermarriage OF various ma
tionalities, thus producing an un-
common type of mentality marked
by keenness and brilliancy."
SAYS JAPANESE QUESTION
Is sOLvABLE.
Mrs Brainerd admits that Cali
fornia has a difficult problem in
the Japanese question, but she be-
lieves that IL is solvable.
THE Japanese, more than any
people. it seems to me- said Mrs.
Brainerd, have developed the idea
that the greatest glory that one can
have is to die for ones country.
The idea of living to its glorifica-
tion never seems to occur. Then
their ideals are so utterly dissimi-
lar to ours-their race so different
that a harmonious blend is almost
impossible"