The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-10-14

army. as was also Mai. Gen. Joseph
T. Dickman. The brigadiers promoted
to MI these vacancies In the list of
major generals were Charles ].
Bailey and Samuel ID. Sturgis, and
when he gave out these names, Secre-
tary Of War Weeks made II known that
hereafter merit will be the test for
promotion to the rank of brigadier
general. Secretary Weeks. in letter
TO General Wood, paid high tribute to
the latter's achievements. IL do not
consider" he wrote. that II Ia too
much TO say that your efforts con-
tributed more to remedy our unpre-
paredness for war than those OF any
other individual. and for this your
country will give you credit long
after the circumstances which denied
you the privilege OF commanding In
battle the troops you trained are for
gotten"
In accordance with the recommenda.
tons OF the conference on unemploy-
ment. President Harding issued n
public statement asking governors and
mayors throughout the country to
organize I'm each community ma
chlnery for the correction Of economic
conditions along the lines worked out
by the conference. Local cooperation.
he declared. is absolutely necessary
to success. and 10 give national CO.
ordination to the efforts for re-
Mobilization. a central agency will be
maintained In Washington under the
auspices AZ tn conference. SeeretHxXI
Hoover appointed ~ had &
agency Cel Arthur We1a4 =
police commissloner Of New Yo
Mr.. Harding believes that =
number Of men nov job,ess wou19
given employment II congress- wousu
pass the railroads credit bill. which
would mean the payment Of about half
billion dollars to the railroads.
Therefore he Is urging that the meas
ure I've adopted nj this session.
william Howard Taft was sworn In
MS chief justice of the Supreme Court
Of the United States last Monday and
took his seat as the fall term Of the
court opened. Two days later he took
on his gown and appeared before the
senate judiciary committee to advo-
cate enactment Of law creating
eighteen additional federal judgeships.
The volstead act. he said. has added
considerably 10 the congestion In the
federal courts. and he continued: IL
do not hesitate TO say that ] believe
violations ~ the prohibition law will
greatly Increase before they begin 20
grow fewer"
Attorney General Daugherty. also
before the committee. disagreed with
this opinion. saying prohibition cases
have reached their peak and viola
lions will decrease. as the people want
10 see the law enforced and the ten
dency Of state authorities to leave en-
forcement Ia the government IL begin
ming to disappear. Mr.. Daugherty
should know what he II talking about.
hut the news columns ~ the daily
papers do not bear out his assertion.
Col. Charles r. Forbes. director Of
the federal veterans bureau. returned
10 Washington last week after an In
spectI"n trip throughout the country.
and NJ once made startling report
20 President Harding. lie asserted
that Of the 10000 disabled soldiers
who nre being given vocational cdu-
cation at the governments expense.
$4,000 are being Harmed out to
sweatshops and mushroom instIfu-
lions created for the purpose 81 get
ting federal trainers and government
money" Forbes declares the Chicago
situation IL especially had In this ne
spect and adds that, N r. nothing short
81 crime snd slavery 20 put men In
some Of tho places they have l-een put.
He gave orders for tho disconiluuance
90 training nj certain schools and In
siliutions IN Chicago. Chicagoans
Interested In the vocational training
20 ex-servi~e men rould not bring them
selves 20 believe the truth ~ Colonel
Forbes accusations. though admitting
there might be Isolated cases % ex-
plolistion.
In an authoritative summary ~
the programs the big powers are ex-
pecied 90 bring 90 the conference on
fr,,tt.sfu~. .f arrnnsuarsse and Ear