The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-10

Great Britain. am not In politics,
and ! am not going to be. And l
thank God that In crisis like we had
there were no chickering's between the
English-speaking people. Great Brit
ain took over 40 per cent Of our troops.
OF course General Pershing gave them
five divisions, but II had to be done to
save the allies line"
In these remarks Mr.. Dawes. who
has been leading probability for the
place Of secretary of the treasury In
the Harding cabinet, seemed TO re-
move himself from the lists. Certain
ly what he said so frankly will not
make him very acceptable to the pro-
fessiOnal Irishmen Of America who
are mainly responsible for the anti
British propaganda. However, at this
writing he is still among the cabinet
possibilities. The latest list, as report
ed by the correspondents with Mr..
Harding in Florida. is:
Secretary Of State-Charles Fl
Hughes of New York.
Secretary of the Treasury-Charles
G. Dawes of Illinois or A. w. Mellon
Of Pennsylvania.
Secretary Of War-John w. Weeks
Of Massachusetts.
Secretary OF the Navy-Frank o.
Lewden Of Illinois.
Attorney General-Harry N. Daugh-
erty Of Ohio.
Postmaster General-Wil II. Hays
of Indiana.
Secretary Of Agriculture-Henry u
Wallace Of Iowa.
Secretary of Labor-John ]. Davis
Of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Interior-Albert
d. Fall Of New Mexico.
Secretary of COmmerce-Stin va
cant.
Mr.. Davis, slated for the labor port
folio. was formerly steel worker and
Is now director general Of the Loyal
Order Of Moose.
The fight over wages, between the
railway executives and the railroad
brotherhoods, is on before the railway
labor board. and accusations have
been flying thick and fast. The sxecu-
tives asked permission to abrogate the
national wage agreements entered into
during the war, which would mean the
lowering of the present wage scale.
The brotherhood leaders Immediately
entered vigorous protest, asserting
that the rail- chiefs have conspired to
overthrow the railroad labor board
and to crush. once for all, the existing
labor organizations. They said they
could show that IL the bankers whe
are responsible for the fiscal needs Of
the railroads since their return to pri-
waite ownership would perform their
duty, the roads could be adequately
financed and their solvency MAIN
tanned.
A yelled threat was found In the
statement Of Grand President Cradle
Of the maintenance Of way employees
who said: "The whole thing SINNERS
down to a question Of whether the
employees are 10 secure their rights
by justice and the proper legal ave-
nues or by the use OF economic force.
This is the question WHICH is now up
for answer, as much as that of wheth-
er wages are 10 stay up or go down.
President Wilson was appealed 70
by both sides. but decided. II was said,
TO take no hand in the fight.
The Fordney emergency tariff bill
took up a lot OF the senate's time, but
there was little prospect OF getting II
TO final vote An attempt to apply
cloture was defeated by the Demo
Gratis. who then embarrassed the Re-
publicans by consenting to have o
ruary 10. The Democrats asserted
the Republican leaders had beca
bluffing about their desire TO pass the
bill and were buncoIng the farmers.
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
put an awful dent In the Illicit booze
industry last week by an order for
bidding further Withdrawals from
bonded warehouses OF any liquor eE
cept Industrial alcohol. wines for sac
remental purposes, and liquor for 70
tail druggists. who win be permitted
TO withdraw not more than Eve casss
under each authorization. He alss
ceased Issuing permits for wholesale
liquor dealers. Having clsmped down
this nd, certain OF the chiefs leading
aids were sent 20 the Canadian Dor