Middletown transcript., 1921-02-12

anu l am HOT SOluS " Dc. Anu
thank God that in a 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 it 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 E
Hughes of New York.
Secretary of the Treasury-Char!es
G. Dawes of Illinois or A. w. Mellon
| of Pennsylvania.
| Secretary of War-John w. Weeks
of Massachusetts.
| Secretary of the Navy-Frank O..
Lowden of Illinois.
Attorney General-Harry NJ. Daugh.
erty of Ohio.
Postmaster General-Will H. Hays
of Indiana.
Secretary of Agriculture-Henry c
Wallace of Iowa.
Secretary of Labor-John ]. Davis
of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Interior--Albert
i D. Fall of New Mexico.
Secretary of Commerce-Still va.
can't.
Mr.. Davis, slated for the labor port.
| folio, was formerly a 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 execu.
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 tG
overthrow the railroad labor board
and to crush once for all, the existing
labor organizations. They said they
! could show that if the bankers who
are responsible for the fiscal needs OF
the railroads since their return to pri'
vate ownership would perform their
duty, the roads could be adequately
! financed and their solvency main.
tained.
"A yelled threat was found in the
| statement of Grand President Cradle
of the maintenance of way employees,
who said: 1.-THE whole thing SINNERS
down to a question Of whether the
employees are to 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 to stay up or go down."
President Wilson was appealed to
by both sides, but decided, it 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 1t
to a final vote An attempt to apply
cloture was defeated by the Demo-
Gratis, who then embarrassed the Re
publicans by consenting to have a
showdown on the measure about Feb
ruary 49, The Democrats asserted
the Republican leaders had been
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 ex.
cept industrial alcohol, wines for sac.
remental purposes. and liquor for re-
tail druggists, who will be permitted
to withdraw not more than five cases
under each authorization. He also
ceased issuing permits for wholesale
liquor dealers. Having clamped down
this lid, certain of the chiefs leading
aids were sent to the Canadian Dor
der to try to stop the smuggling OF
| liquor there.