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year of the war in the general eco
nomic organization of the Allies"
and he also discusses how far the
principles and methods of allied CO.
operation then developed are of inn
portance for the permanent purposes
Of peace as well as the temporary
uses of war"
The text is divided into six parts
The first describes the main features
of the economic system which the
war organization was destined to
change, and sketches TIE shipping
problem and its solution. Part two
contains chronological account of
the growth of the national control
of shipping in Great Britain during
the first three years of the war.
Part three describes the main ele-
ments of control during that period,
and the fourth part covers the work
of the Allied Maritime Transport
Council itself during 1918 and dis
cusses the reasons which made
practicable and necessary the meth
DDS by which its results were
achieved. The fifth part suggests
some of the conclusions which. may
be drawn for the future of interna-
tional administration, an attempt
being made to forecast the way in
which it may develop under the
League of Nations. The sixth part
is an appendix containing a collec-
ton of official documents and sta
tistical information designed to Illus
trate and give authority for the sub
stance of the text.
In the old way of writing history.
the drum and trumpet" style, such
work as this had no place. But
since historians began to realize the
important part economics play i'm
wars. the making OF wars and their
aftermaths volumes like these are
of first Importance. Mr.. Salter writes
in an easy style that makes even
lis most statistical pages attractive,
his personal participation in the
making of these statistics giving
them an agreeable human touch. At
his hand economics are not as "dis-
NAL" as Carlyle said that science
was. and he also gives them their
true value and relation to the world
war as a whole
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q positions and salaries: selection

Of positions and salaries: selection
by promotion from within versus re-
cruitment from without; methods Of
selection from within; some basic as
poets of recruit methods and what
those methods are: the maintenance
of individual efficiency; and organi-
cations and committees. An appen-
dix with statistical tables and an ex-
cellent index puts this extraordinary
mass of matter at the readers or
students convenient disposition when
the work is used as a volume of ref
erence.
Accompanying his array of facts
Mr.. Mayors sets down his own opin-
ions as to how reforms in the Fed
eral service may be brought about,
these being based on his own studies
of the main problems and the expe-
riences Of observers of the work.
ings of the Federal service under
the old regime and the new. While
these conclusions are entirely too
numerous and extensive to set down
here, they appear to be based on a
study the fruits of which are ap-
proximated nowhere else in one VOL
ume nor so completely. Mr.. Mayors
disproves the idea that the Govern
ment clerk" is the dominant factor
in the Federal problem "as he is
conceived in the popular imagina-
ton: and he also shows that 1.-THE
conception of the national govern
mental machine as a vast circumlo-
cution office occupied solely by clerks
engaged in the preparation, copying,
filing and indexing of papers may
have had some validity a few score
years ago; but it is now utterly er-
roneous" Our Federal service has
improved to the extent that what the
Government clerk" used tc do is
now done by technicians, their labors
being performed silently and with
out the knowledge of the man in the
street."
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The System of Our Government

Selection and Tenure" Mr.. Mayors
traces the history of the civil SER
vice reform movement, describes sys-
TENS of examinations, Presidential
and non-Presidential positions, the
power Of Congress to control the dis
cretion Of the President in respect
to appointments, the civil service
rules and orders, exception OF desig-
mated individuals and the abuse of
this particular phase of the person.
mel system. He then outlines the
extension of the formal system of
selection, including the various
classes of employees coming under
the application Of the system, and
describes and analyzes the elimina-
ton of political interference inside
the service.
The second part of the volume is
devoted to "The Problem of Fed
eral Personnel Administration" All
pages being devoted to this general
subject. He shows the need for spe-
cial organization for personnel .ad-
ministration and describes in turn
the classification and Standardization
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
Harrington in
PickWickian Vein

his trousers with tepid iron. in his
bedchamber at home, counteracted
but feebly the tendency of cloth to
sculpture itself in hummocks upon
repeated pressure of the human
knee') most nearly approaches be-
ing the hero Of these historic events.
At any rate, at the close he of all
her swains is nearest in relationship
to his goddess. The ending is
totally unexpected, deliciously abb
surd and. looking back. quite inev-
liable.
Mr.. Harrington has been going on
for very fair span Of years. But
he has lost not a whit of the high
spirits and nervous energy of his
youth. And he has gained very
much in finesse. This story is not
an earnest transcript of life in that
all of the characters are, in one
way or another, humorous creations.
1t is, of course. more than unlikely
that such a series of hilarious cpl
sodes could have happened in so
short a space of time in one family.
But bizarre as some of these are
they do not in the atmosphere Of
the story strike you as being at all
unreal, for the reason that they
spring from an accurate understand
ing of the idiosyncrasies Of various
ages of man.
And Julia, the princess who is too
heartless ever to be unkind to any
one Of world of admirers. is a very
well noted case OF the eternal
feminine.
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its contributions to the budget Of
humanity rather than to it's own
pocketbook. For "it is not more
patriotism quantitatively that we
need, but higher quality of patriot
ism; it is patriotism that would
lead the world. not with chip on
it's shoulder" but with a smile on its
face and warmth in its heart; it is
patriotism which remembers that no
country is on foreign planet from
any other. and that no higher benefit
can be bestowed on any nation than
service performed in the name of
mankind.
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A Japanese Voice

at all times has the vigor of sincerity
in his plea for a more impartial
treatment of the Japanese question.
He makes it evident that there is no
real reason why the United States
and Japan should not join hands in
permanent friendship. but he also in
dicates that by our arrogance and by
the injection of race prejudice into
our politics we are needlessly pro-
voking Japan and laying the corner
stone for international complications
that might be averted by the exer-
else of little wisdom and foresight.
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awakening to the fact that we are
not guided strictly by the principles
Of Washington and Lincoln, and that
as a people we are deeply and
hideously projudiced. AS examples
in point the author mentions the
California anti-Japanese land laws.
which make the ownership of land
impossible for thousands Of hard
working people whose only sin is
that their skins are brown.
Although the author is severe in
his condemnation of American meth
ods, he is at all times farsighted. and
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executive and administrative SER
vices on July /, 1919 (the total was
757,095). their geographical distri-
button, the character of employ
ments (ranging from chiefs of divi-
sions to Officers OF trial courts"),
and the place of women in the exec
utive civil service, an element that
first entered into this personnel
problem in 1862.
The first part Of the main body of
the text is devoted to the elimination
of politics from the executive civil
service. a subject requiring Isl
pages for complete statement and
discussion. The writer shows that
the elimination of the political fac
tor in selection is the first essential
to an efficient personnel system and
gives, briefly, the means Of eliminat-
ing that factor, the chief one Of
which he declares to be is the sub
stitution for administrative discre-
ton in selecting a formula system of
selection, preferably based ON open
competitive examination"
Under "The Law and Tradition of
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
America and the Old Ideals

splendid horizons. This tendency was
to be observed In the muzzling of the
press that occurred during the war;
and 1t is still to be seen in the vari-
Gus undemocratic restraints upon
freedom Of speech and thought
most notably, in the un-American re-
quirements of some States that
teachers must pledge loyalty to ex-
listing laws and institutions. This
condition is particularly iniquitous
since, as the author remarks, disloy-
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atty means merely "the advocacy of
any important change"
Similarly. in our conception Of
patriotism, we look through lenses
that are both colored and distorted.
The true patriot does not desire to
see America rise to leadership in
the world in the manner that the
strongest hog rises to leadership in
the barnyard; he prefers to have his
country excel not in self-Seeking but
in range of vision and of ideals; in
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Continued from Preceding Page

perfect literary breeding keep from
this Odyssey of comical happenings
any trace Of vulgar tone.
Opulent entertainment aside. the
story might be recommended as
something in the nature of hand
book for parents. They. parents.
may find in 1t knowledge of how re-
markably little they are acquainted
with the astounding inner workings
OF their juvenile offspring. 10 was
Mr.. and Mrs. Atwater's strange the
ories of what would interest their
children which led TO F1orence's pub
fishing the awful announcement in
the North End Daily OrioIe Sub
scription price 25 cents a year, that
Julia while visiting in distant city
had become engaged TO "a widower
who had been divorced, with a great
many children" In consequence the
eligible male population of the town
was almost destroyed. And Uncle
Joseph. "a gentleman of great di-
mensions," found II advisable TO take
an extensive taxi drive AROUND by
way Of Texas.
The unheroic Noble Dill t"Noble's
straw hat might have frightened
under the treatment Of lemon juice
or other restorative: his scarf was
folded to hide a spot that Worked
steadily toward & complete visibil
ity. and Some recent efforts upon
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ply, ITO the victors belong the
spoils" and "Turn the rascals out"
But few of US know how that service
is conducted over which these two
axioms were ruthlessly applied until,
after the civil war, a movement
sprang up throughout the country
for a civil service reform that
brought much good in its train and
which, to degree, stabilized en-
ployment in the Government service.
One of the reasons why few of us
could know anything at all about
the Federal service was that, up to
the time Mr.. Mayors prepared this
volume under the direction of the
Institute for Government Research,
no such source of information ex-
listed between covers. We watched
the victors garnering the spoils OF
office every four years. we learned
of the work of the civil service re-
formers through the newspapers
and some books, but we never could
find in one place what the Federal
service consisted of. how it; was OPP
Grated. and what the men did who
comprised 1t.
Now we can know all these things
through reading the 600 pages of
Mr.. Mayers's voluminous, compre-
hensiye and authoritative volume.
And vet his text and tables are con-
cerned almost exclusively with the
personnel of the civil service of the
executive branch of the Government,
the employees of Congress, Of the
judicial branch and of the municipal
government of the District of Co
lumbia being excluded as not being
properly a part Of the Federal SER
vice, although incidental mention is
made Of them. In spite of this SEEM
ing limitation there is matter enough
left in the affairs of the personnel
of this one branch Of the Govern
ment to fill this great volume alone.
OF the scope of the work an in
dication may be given when it is
stated that it requires six pages to
print the contents table. Mr.. May
ers begins his exposition with sum-.
married. statement of the approxi-
mate number Of employees in the
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JAPANESE AMERICAN r e J. A
TIONS. BY Iichiro Tokutomi.
Translated by Sukeshige Yanagi-
wara. The Macmillan Company.
rN the consideration of the Japa-
nese question perhaps too little
attention has been given to the
views Of the Japanese themselves.
While the writings of K. X. Kawa-
kami and other Japanese publicists
have gained considerable audience
in America, on the whole the prob
lens of the Orient are treated from
the point of view of the Occident, the
justice of. the yellow mans claims is
voted upon by jury of white men.
and the drift of public opinion in the
East remains as unknown to us as
the ancient Egyptian beliefs regard
ing the Babylonians. For this rea-
son there is particular value in the
book under review, for it represents
an appeal not by an American nor
even by a Japanese, to the Ameri-
cans, but by Japanese author of
wide repute to his own countrymen.
AS such it affords vivid and illu-
minating glimpses Of the mind OF
Nippon. The author calls attention
to the fact that the Japanese tend to
view America with toe mild and
optimistic an eye. believing too
stanchly in the justice and altruism
o. our motives, while we on the other
hand look upon the Japanese with
too much pessimism and too deep
concern, making them into mon
sters of militarism. Following what
the author terms an instinct" such
as has guided every great empire
since the days of Assyria and Baby
Ion, the United States has reached
its hand imperialistically across the
Pacific; she has become the "enfant
terrible of the world. and has dis
played spirit like that of a strong,
self-willed youthful master of a rich
estate" But while this represents
nothing more nor less than the logi-
cal expression of a natural tendency.
il gives us little cause for boastful-
ness, and it affords us slight excuse
for decrying the motives of Japan
when she also seeks new fields of
expansion and follows an imperial
istic policy scarcely so wide reaching
as our own.
An examination of our history,
contends the author, will convince us
that the United States has not al
ways been exemplary in her con-
duct; yet the advantage she enjoys
over Japan may be attributed to the
fact that in the minds of many Jap
anese she occupies a position little
short of angelic The occasional in
justices perpetrated by Americans
have been accepted as the Injustices
of the few: the occasional outbursts
of race prejudice have been palliated
as insignificant and spurious; yet
gradually the Japanese people are
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AMERICA FACES THE FUTURE
BY Durant Drake. The Macmillan
Company. 4 -

AMERICA FACES THE FUTURE
BY Durant Drake. The Macmillan
Company. ~
~ F late years false American
ism has taken hold of the
reins Of our Government
and false conception of liberty and
democracy has moved the minds of
our people. We have relinquished
the true American ideals while ap-
pearing to follow them; we have
abandoned the principles of patriot
ism and Of justice while shouting
loud words in their defense. What
our country needs most OF all is
firm and far sighted adherence to
the aims that dominated its leaders
in the past-not those aims as enun.
ciated century or even a decade
ago, but as expanded and literally
adapted to the ever changing condi-
tions of the present.
Such is the central thesis of Prof.
brakes volume. wherein we find a
vigorous condemnation of provincial
misnamed Americanism, of special
privilege falsely entitled individual
freedom, and of collective selfishness
euphemistically known as patriotism.
Above all. the author demands a
broader Interpretation of terms such
as liberty. equality and Individual
ism; he condemns at the outset that
narrow conception of freedom which
permits man to do as he desires re-
gardless of the good of his neigh
bors; and he insists on the view that
We need to think Of liberty in terms
Of the group" and that "every man
should be helped to make his conduct
a positive contribution to the COM
mon welfare" In this connection,
Prof. Drake takes occasion to point
out the obstacles frequently imposed
by the courts in the path of prog
ress, he reminds US that their vice
like adherence to tradition and their
subconscious sympathy for the
propertied classes have caused them
on numerous occasions to veto a
genuine liberty in the name Of a theo-
retical one. and to abrogate progress
sive measures such as child labor
laws and bills requiring safer and
more hygienic conditions in facto-
ries.
The gravity of the present situa-
ton consists largely in the fact that
we have shown tendency to aban-
don our experiments in democracy
and progress; that "a new timorous-
ness" begotten of material prosper
ity. has entered our lives, and that,
as q result, I'VE are in danger of be-
coming actually the most conven-
ton ridden and unprogressive of the
great nations" For we have fostered
an individualism that encourages
all that is most dangerous and stiles
all that is most beneficial; we toll
crate individualistic activities, though
they be in furtherance of private
fortunes at public expense; but we
tread upon unorthodox Individuals
tic ideals. though they might light
the way for all Of us to new and more
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EAfEhlMENI In lNl ER-NA-
TIONAL ADMINISTRATION. By
J. A. Salter. Oxford University
Press.
n REvIoUs to the outbreak of
tie world war the Division
of Economics and History of
the Carnegie Endowment for Inter
national Peace had prepared a pro-
gram of scientific study of the ef-
fects of war upon modern life that
was checked by the world shaking
events that began in August, 1914,
with the opening of history's great
est conflict. Ultimately this plan
was changed to an extent of forming
an economic and social history of
the war based on a series of mono
graphs Consisting for the most part
of unofficial yet authoritative state
ments. descriptive or historical,
which may best be described as
about half way between memoirs
and blue books" These monographs
were planned to be contributed by
competent authorities IN all TIE
countries of Europe. this volume by
Mr.. Salter belonging to the British
series.
Writing out of his knowledge of
this special subject gained while
acting as Director of Ship Requisi-
tioning in the Ministry of Shipping,
Mr.. Salter sets forth, a narrative,
with some conclusions, that fits in
perfectly with the plan of the whole
series of books. He tells the history
of the Allied Maritime Transport
Council. which coordinated the con-
troll of tie merchant shipping OF the
Allies in the last year of the war-a
control which he declares to be one
of the leading factors in the ulti-
mate success of the allied cause.
He attempts. and with complete sue
cess it may be said, ITO indicate the
place which tie allied control of
shipping occupied during the last
The New York herald., 1922-04-30

THE FEDERAL SERVICE: A STUDY
OF THE SYSTEM OF PERSON
MEL ADMINISTRATION OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
BY Lewis Mayors. D. Appleton &
Co.
~ EARLY every America II
IN knows such gems of our po-
litical proverbial philoso-
The New York herald., 1922-04-30
Allied Shipping Control

ALLIED SHIPPING CONTROL: AN
EXPERIMENT IN INTERNA-
TIONAL ADMINISTRATION By
J. A. Salter. Oxford University
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-09
DONT'S
FOR GUNNERS
Hunting Season Opens in New
Jersey at Sunrise Tomor-
roW--M Many Gunners

Don't forget that the State of New
Jersey in granting you a hunting
license, expects you to obey the let
ter and spirit of the game laws and
that you will be a gentleman ana
sportsman at all times.
Don't forget that one hunter vio-
Iating this code is likely to bring
unwarranted disrepute upon the
whole clan of sportsmen in that i'm
mediate community.
Don't load your gun until you
are ready to hunt. Never carry 1t
in trolley cars, trains, auto
mobiles or other vehicles and never
leave it loaded around the house.
Remove the shells the moment you
stop cunning.
Don't, in Jest, point a gun at an
other person.. 1t is the "unloaded'
gun that usually plays a CHASTITY
Joke upon the victim and his unin-
territorial assassin.
Don't lean your loaded gun
against a tree or fence and don't
climb a fence or jump a ditch with
the muzzle toward another person.
Play safe and first remove the shells.
Don't draw a gun through a fence
with the muzzle toward you.
Don't rest on the muzzle of your
gun-unless you are seeking eternal
rest.
Don't shoot until you distinctly
see your game. 1t may be another
hunter or your dog rustling in the
brush. Jail or the madhouse Is
the place for the man who hoo at
any object without being absolutely
sure of its identity.
Don't hunt with a gunner you dis
cover to be drunk or careless. Make
an excuse to go home before they
have to carry you there.
Don't 'hog" all the game. Never
kill more than you can Immediately
Use. You may want to go hunting
next year.
Don't fail to kill the tramp cats
you find in the woods and fields.
They prey upon birds valuable to
the farmer and kill small game.
Don't hesitate to report to war
dens, al once, in confidence, any
violations of the game laws. These
laws must be enforced to conserve
game for the benefit Of all sports
men.
Don't hesitate to read these eau
lions again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-09

The basketball russell Saturday
night on the New Auditorium court
between the local Perth Amboy Five
and the strong National Turner
quintet of Newark, will go a long
way towards deciding whether the
local combination will finish the bas-
ketball season amongst the states
leaders in the senior ranks.
The local basketball artists, under
the leadership of Hank" Thomas,
are playing a brand of ball seldom
seen so early in the season and with
a string of five straight victories has
yet to taste a defeat. The victories
registered by the Auditorium court
sters have been achieved against
teams of no mean calibre being quin-
tets we'll known to fandom and hail
ed as the best in the various munich
palities from which they come. One
victory was even annexed On a for
eign court in a very credible manner.
The team work of the Thomas-Re-
MISUNDERSTANDING COM
bination has been the outstanding
feature of every game thus far and
it is upon this important factor that
the locals bank for q victory e
the Essex county boys.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-09
CENTER GIRLS
BEAT NEW YORK
Roosevelt Representatives
Win by Three Point Margin
.on Elizabeth Court

The Roosevelt Center Girls bas-
ketball team annexed another court
victory last night on the Elizabeth
Armory, defeating the crack New
York Collegiate girls, 14-11. This
game was a preliminary to the Eliz-
Lyceum Metropol-
itan league contest.
Miss Mabel King used her entire
squad of players in the game last
night, Miss Brennan at center, the
Misses M. King, E. Shactman and
in the advanced positions and the
Misses Ii Schwartz, K. Royertson
and Bernhard at guard. Miss
Schwartz was high point gefter for
the Centers.
The Roosevelt Center-South Am
boy Independent contest will be
played Il. Elizabeth next Wednes-
day night and not at South Amboy
on Tuesday as announced in a re-
cent issue of this paper.
Frank Bruggy's Betsytown repre-
sentatives easily defeated the Mac
Dowell Lycum quintet in a league
game, he Elizabeth players hav-
ing a ten point margin when the
final whistle was blown. The Eliz-
abeth team is in third place in the
metrop olitan league standing.