Evening star., 1922-01-22
j. S. CONSTITUTION
HELD UNW0RKABLE
NJ. E. Stone Also Condemns
Congress, Saying It Lacks
High CaIiber Leaders.
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. January 21.-Melville E.
Stone, formerly general manager of
the Associated Press. in an address
tonight criticised parts OF the consti-
tuition Of the United States as leaving
this country without a leader. and
condemned the Congress as lacking
men of high caliber.
Mr.. Stone was guest Of honor at
banquet given by the Commercial
Club. He prefaced his talk on Some
of Our Problems" with the statement
that this was the first time he had
ever felt free in an address to say ex-
actly what he thought.
During the years / was general
manager of the Associated Press.
could not express myself on partisan
matters for fear some one would
think 1 was representing the attitude
Of the Associated Press. which neces-
sarily has to remain non-partisan and
impartial in all matters" said Mr..
Stone. "Now that I no longer head
that organization I can say what
please"
Says Judicial Doniaatea.
Declaring that Germany. through
the war. had left US "a world In which
it was almost impossible to live" be-
cause of the many problems, which
were resulting in chaos. Mt. stone
suggested changes in the Constitution
as remedies. saying 1t was unworka-
Bile, because 1t provided three equally
the judicial, the executive and the
legislative. The judicial dominated,
he said ..
President to Congress had never been
settled, and consequently we faced many
"i think every student Of our system
must agree that our national Coneress
is not properly composed nor its author
ity properly Defined" he said. THE
seventeenth amendment providing ior
popular election o. senator's naa.nne Gepfa af that
body. It is almost difficult to name the
conspicuous members of the senate as
to repeat the words OF the national
anthem.
the House. Its members all seem to
have district minds. There Is no leader
ship in either house-instead there Is
something well nigh akin to chaos.
Out Of the confusion imposed by
chaotic Congress. party rule mas near
ly disappeared at washington ana
Mr.. Stone said that already one found
a farmers bloc. labor bloc. the mer-
chant marine clamboring for a subsidy
and the American Legion for a bonus:
THAT policy is bold violation OF
economic rules that are elemental and
Mr.. Stone said that labor must re-
duce its wages and he opposed a
bonus for farmers.
1.-The farmers may have been
wronged through some Of our legis-
lation. but they must not use that
plea as a justification for dipping
their hands into the national Treas
ury. for two wrongs never make a
right" he declared.
Among those present at the ban
uuet~ were E. v. Jones, Minneapo-
lis Journal: stuart H: Perry: Ad- A.,
bert III. Baker, Cleveland Plain Deal
er: John G. Shedd. George NJ. Rey-
nolds, Harold F. Mccormick, Cyrus
II. Mccormick. Samuel FELTON,. Hale
Holden, julius Rosenwald and DR..
Harry Pratt Judson.
Must Take World Part.
Turning to foreign affairs. Mr.. Stone
declared that Americans must partici-
pate in world affairs Just as much
as you chicagoans participate in the
1--WE took a very small part in the
war" he said. I'VE did not strain
ourselves. Per capita We did not meet
nearly the stress met by France and
Italy Yet. we came out Dragging and
boasting. I hope the time will come
when some other people will feel as
do, that we have little respect for the
man who boasts he Is 100 per cent
American and not one-hundredth of
one per cent an international man."
Mr.. Stone said that Germany should
be made the economic slave Of the
world for 100 years to >pay for I
crimes. but interrupted an outburs. of
applause to say:
'HBut you cannot make that of
her"
He declared France had tried to
make Germany pay too much in
demnity, but added that Germany had
lied about her ability to pay.
Make no mistake" he continued
You are face to face with an un-
repentant and militant Germany fol
the next fifty years. don't say Ger
many can become a power again in
that time. yet the Germans have great
power and will try"
He said he thought the arms con.
ference q good thing. but that neutral
nations must be stopped from private
manufacture of arms and munitions
in order to make 1t effective. Con-
corning Japan and China, he con-
demned what he termed Iot OF
loose, foolish and untrue talk about both