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army, as was also Maj. Gen. Joseph
Il. Dickman. The brigadiers promoted
to fill these vacancies in the list of
major generals were Charles J.
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 latters achievements. Il do not
consider" he wrote, that il is 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 recommends
tons of the conference on unemploy-
men!, President Harding issued
public statement asking governors and
mayors throughout the country to
organize I'm each community ma
chinery for the correction of economic
conditions along the lines worked out
by the conference. Local cooperation.
he declared. is absolutely necessary
to success, and to give national CO.
ordination to the efforts for re-
Mobilization, n central agency will be
maintained In Washington under the
auspices OF the conference. Secretary
Hoover appointed as head OF this
agency Col Arthur Woods. former
police commissioner OF New York.
Mr.. Harding believes that a large
number Of men now jobless would he
given employment If congress would
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 he adopted at this session.
william Howard Taft was sworn In
as chief Justice of tie Supreme Court
Of the United States last Monday an"
took his seat as the fall term Of the
court opened. Two davs later he too
of his gown and appeared before the
senate judiciary committee to cd o
cate enactment Of law creat'ng
o'ohteen ndhitional federal iud0eSh'ps
The Volstead act. he said has ad"ed
considerably TO the co7ppstion in tte
eodpra' c"urts md he continued "1
do not hesitate To say that 7 believe
'.'olatiOne 80 the nroh'htion law VIII
greatlv Increase before they begin To
grow fewer"
Attorney General Dauoheltv also
before the committee diSo"reed witt
this oninion saving proh'hitio" c"cn~
have reached their ncak md vi"'"-
lions viii decrease as the neor'n want
to see the law enforced and the ten
dencv of state author't'cs 70 leavo on.
forcement n rho government IS har'"-
ning to disarnenr W. na"~hort''
should know what he Is talking abort
hut the news columns of the daily
papers do not bear ont his assertion.
Col. Charles II. Forbes. director Of
the federal Veterans bureau returned
TO Washington last week after an in
spection trip throughout the country
and ut once made u starting report
TO President Harding. He asserted
that Of the 100000 disabled soldiers
who are being given vocational edn-
cation at the governments expense
10000 are being formed ont" 10
sweatshops and "mushroom institu-
tions created for the purpose of get
ting federal trainers and government
money" Forbes declares the Chicago
situation Is especially bad in this re-
spect and adds that il Is nothing short
Of crime and slavery To put men In
some Of the places they have been put.
He gave orders for the t1iscOntlnuance
Of trimming ut certain schools and In.
Stitutions IN Chicago. ChicagOans
interested i'm the vocational training
of ex-service men could not bring them
selves to believe the truth OF Colonel
Forbes accusations. though admitting
there might he Isolated cases Of ex-
ploitation
In an authoritative" summary OF
the programs the big powers are ex-
pected to bring TO the conference on
limitation Of ornaments and Far
Eastern questions IL Is stated that
Great Britain. France and Italy will
try TO make the cancellation OF the
allied debts TO the United States of
eleven billion dollars one Of the sub
jects TO be discussed. or course they
have not said this, but well Informed
persons believe that Is their desire