The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-03-02

tee, In one Of It's economical spasms.
reduced the estimates Of the Depart-
mcnt of Commerce to the extent of
$3,oSo,Sol. and those OF the Depart
mcnt OF Labor by 81 1,227,Tl2.
DtEMlERS LLOYD GEORGE AND
1 roINCARE met privately In
France Sunday for the purpose of ar
ranging the nEcnda for the Genoa con
terence ON the economic and financial
regeneration of Europe. There are re-
ports that the conference may be post.
p"n"d for several weeks. OF course
the European nations are exceedingly
deSirous that the United States shall
take part in the meeting, but this
grows more unlikely as time passes.
Secretary Hoover, in a Washin2ton's
birthday address in Chicago gave
what might be considered an unofficial
| expression OF the administrations &
views on this matter. Without becom-
Ing to" specific. he made it plain that
the United States could not be OK
prrtrd I" lend assistance to the nations
of Europe until they had worked ont
some of their present pressing; prob
lens. including "unbulanced budgets.
"v"ItaNcd peoples. large armies and
an unbrarnble debt, both domestic and
eXternal-nll bearing their fruit of In.
tlation and instability"
Mr.. Hoover added: "We find orr
| selves much torn between IN earnest
desire to be Of service and a rightful
desire to keep ourselves free from
mnttcrS TO which we are not a purty
ana which we cannot remedy; pnrtici-
rntion IN which. nevertheless. would
undermine our strength, our influence
| and our ability to render real service
in the future"
| TRUCE has been agreed upon by the
Iuhrreling 1riSli-Free State sup
| porterS on one side and republicans on
the other. Ard Fheis, the convention
of the Sim Fein, on Wednesday atl-
| Journcd for three months, at the end
OF which period the people Of the is
| lnnd Will be called on to vote on a
constitution, and also on acceptance Of
| the treaty with England. No election
is to be held until after that refcren-
| dunn. Michael Collins announced he
| would resign the chairmanship Of the
provisional government If in the three
months the opposition gained control
of the Dali Elrennn. His majority
now Is exceedingly slender. One thou
sand members Of the Sim Fen met
with De Valera and formally organ
ized the republican party, and plans
were laid for n campaign in every
county against the Free State and the
proposed constitution.
| THE resignation Of Judge Kenesaw
! NJ. Lands from the federal bench
"f the northern Illinois district is
cause for sincere regret, except per-
maps on the part of baseball fans
Though often spectacular IN methods
ana speech, Judge Landis was always
fearless, just and impeccably honest
ana he had an uncanny ability to get
Mt the truth and commendable
tendency to ignore unimportant tech
nicalities. If these latter qualities
were shared by the lesser judiciary Of
the region where Judge Landis has
been exercising his activities there
would be less cause to complain Of the
prevalence Of crime there and Of mis-
carriages of justice
| D REPRESENTATIVES, Of 16 railway
~ unions and Of the United Mine
Workers OF America met in Chicago
and entered into defensive alliance,
but there will be no sympathetic Pail
strike on April l, when the coal miners
are expected to quit work. The agree
ment, moreover, does not become op-
crative until 1t has been ratified by all
the organizations. If any Of the labor
unions embraced in tie agreement us
made the victim Of unwnrranted Mt
tacks, or Its integrity is jeopardized,"
ways and means Will be considered,
any action to be approved by each of
the II organizations. An executive
committee. composer Of the chief ex-
ecutives of nll the unions, will make
the necessary recommendations.
WHAr may develop into new new
w political party was born In Chi
cago last week when several hundred
farmers. Socialists, union labor leaders
ana others started movement for the
e,ectloh to congress Of men and women
VI the working class. At present the
participants In this movement are
pledged to nonpartisan political ac-
.lo,. Radicals OF many types and de-
srees, were present at the conference.
OUT L w. We We're not admitted,