Evening star., 1921-10-02
BY HENRY w. BliNN. :,
Copyright. 1921. By The Washington star.) !.

" HE following is a brief summary OF the
most important news Of the world for
the seven days ended October 1:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The debate on anti-beer has been postponed
until after the action on the treaties and on
the tax bill.
1t Ia stated that the President has intir,ated
to the republican leaders in the Senate his
desire that action the Borah bill which
proposes repeal of the Paharta canal tolls act
be postponed until more "opportune' time
that is. presumably, until after the Washington
conference on the limitation Of ornaments.
vote the bill is scheduled for October TO-
1t is thought that the President will not have
his wish; that the vote will be taken as
scheduled. =
Debate on the treaties is proceeding
vigorously in the Senate. Some senators In
opposition will not hear to ratification. others
would ratify with reservations The proposed
reservations seem generally to agree In re-
quiring an explicit statement and acknowledge
ment of our obligations under tha clauses Of
the Versailles treaty embodied in the German
treaty; and similarly, it is to be presumed,
as to the other treaties. 1t is expected that
the treaties will be voted by October 10.
The reichstag ratified the German treaty on
September 20,
The national conference on unemployment
opened Monday by the President him
self. After brief and admirable speeches by
the President and Secretary Hoover, and with
out preliminary palaver fanfare, the men,
bers were divided into committees and pro-
ceeded to practical work. On September 80
the steering committee has ready its report
based on the reports of the several committees
appointed to consider emergency measures
looking to reduction of unemployment. That
report is a document of the first interest. 1t
finds that 1.-THE problem of meeting the
emergency of Unemployment is primarily
community problem It Is chiefly up to the
mayors, supervising emergency committees
The report recommends speeding up of public
onstruction-municipal, state and federal. "A
congressional appropriation for roads would
make available a large amount of employment"
''The greatest area for immediate relief for
unemployment Is In the construction industry.
which has been artiflcially restricted during
and since the war. Considering all branches
Of the construction industries. more than two
million people could be employed" if needed
construction were under way. The report Is
noncommittal as to the number of unemployed,
merely stating that there are .variously esti-
mated from 3.5O0.O00 to 100000 unemployed
and there is much greater number dependent
upon them" The report quotes the recommenda-
tion of the committee on emergency measures
by manufacturers to the effect that an effort
should be made to secure general cooperation
with view to reducing prices to correspond
ence with present costs Of manufactures; only
thus may the buyers strike be broken and
industry restored to normal.
The conference, having adopted the report.
adjourned to October 10, when it will address
itself to the study of causes and the attempt to
formulate economic policies likely to prevent
unemployment crises in the future. Quite as
important the emergency recommendations
would seem to be machinery to make them
effective. Press notices give no hint of such
a machinery. but presumably there is one and
already in motion.
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THE BRITISH EMPIRICAL last Lloyd
George has spoken, replying to De Valera. The
British cabinet, he says, have been looking
over the correspondence between himself and
De Valera, commencing with the invitation to
Inverness. They think the best plan would be
to burn that correspondence forget it. act as
though it had never been. So interpret the
first five paragraphs OF the somewhat awkwardly
worded note. The note ends thus: I'VE send
you a fresh invitation to the conference in
London on October II, where we can meet
your delegates the spokesmen of the people
whom you represent. with view Of ascer-