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New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
Civic Center Building
editor OF The Tribune.

To ,hc Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Ten years ago plans were
started for n civic center for the City
cf New York. The land had been ac-
quired. One new building in this civic
center. the new County Courthouse, has
been provided for The present build
ings are the Municipal Building, the
Hall OF Records and the City Hall. The
plan includes all OF City Hall Park, as
a park. with no other building upon 1t
than our beautiful City Hall. Stretch
ing north from the Hall OF Records
and the Municipal Building, and in con-
tinuation Of the group, comparatively
inexpensive land has been acquired
upon which, with proper city planning,
a dignihed group of public buildings
may be erected. The next building
should be the new Federal courthouse
and downtown postofiee.
On April 7 last the. President sp-
proved the joint resolution Of Congress
providing for exchange Of the site OF
tho downtown postotiee In City Hall
Park for a new site 10 be supplied by
the city and has appointed a commits
sion, consisting OF the Secretary Of the
Treasury. the Postmaster General and
the Attorney General, 70 confer and
arrange with the Mayor, Comptroller
and President Of the Borough OF Man
haitian for this exchange. Let us hope
these officials will speedily act and that
New York may make further advance
toward the development OF real civic
center appropriate to the city which
is the financial and commercial capital
Of America. and will be, IL IL is not
now. the financial and commercial cap
ital OF the world.
The movement which started ten
years ago for the removal Of all build.
ines from City Hall Park except the
City Hall has now advanced 70 such a
stage that the Tweed courthouse Is
doomed. Let us hope that the southern
eneumbranee on that park is also
doomed.
| The City Of New York is not even
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28

which towards multiply. Certain y
is that assassination 'as become
common in the world since the World
War. How futile It Is is evident by
the utter failure Of n government IN
Russia which was founded on as
sassination and which vainly seeks
TO maintain itself by terror.
In recent American history the
killing Of Governor Steunenbcrg OF
Idaho turned the people of the coun-
try against labor organization
which up 10 that time had been ac-
corded a very considerable sympa-
thy. Since then the attempt at ter
rorism instituted by the followers Of
big Bill" Haywood. one Of the men
accused Of the murder Of Steunen-
berg. has convinced the country that
the I. w. W. is merely an association
of scoundrely blackguards and has
injured every labor union that Is In
any way associated with II.
In every great strike the people Of
this country are disposed first 10
hear the evidence and afterward
back with their opinion the side they
believe to he in the right, whether It
be labor or capital. It was the force
Of public opinion which won the
strike for the garment workers in
New York and which has enabled
many another labor union to better
wages and working conditions.
The investigation by the govern
msnt might we'll be accompanied BY
another conducted by tho American
Federation Of Labor for tho purpose
of determining the identity of the
.assassins In the recent Illinois mine
murders and putting them and their
defenders and sympathizcrs forever
outside every honest labor organiza-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
a National Settlement

:. TIE issue between the officers OF
the miners and the representatives
Of the operators. with whom the
President and Secretary Hoover nave
been conferring, is whether there
shall be a general or a piecemeal
consideration Of the coal strike.
John l. Lewis. in behalf Of the
miners, indicates a willingness 70
submit 10 nationwide arbitration.
The operators reply that they can't
dictate 20 each district, bat VIII
ugree 90 district arbitration
The miners seem 70 have the bet
Ter Of the argument. The coal IN
tustry is essentially national with
i,s several parts nationally competi-
tive. To have ono district union and
the next non-union invites trouble
Union districts naturally seek to
rrionjze the non-union districts, and
there is Local WAY. The operators OF
the uniorizcl districts Justly com
p.ain that thcy are at a disadvan-
tage in raising Goa. and ask the
Union u expand or get out.
The way TO break the present
deadlock IS 20 have a national com
mission attack the coal problem or
n least the widely difused btu
Minous part Of it, as whole. Inc
experience of the coal administra-
Con during the war furnishes data
70 assist in making production con-
ditions in fact uniform throughout
The country. though in details highly
different. 10 perfect weighing OF
the rules is possible, but there can
b. an approximation TO all around
fairness
: Such a commission. with the moral
power which IL would possess, should
long ago have been named Every
day Of further postponemcnt means
additional risk.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
More Truth Than Poetry
By James ]. Montague
Departed Ambition

~ - prophcsiSi that aIr,iipT Trore'i
5y rodio nay sor dqy ri'f' fh| 'r1orl
I'm told | started wailing
Within my trundle bed
Each time the moon came sailing
Serenoly overhead.
Despite the admonition
That Id learn better soon,
Ny earliest ambition
Was TO possess that moon.
In later years ! hankered
To sail an aerial bark
Till it was safely anchored
Within that crescent arc
Alert and eager-hearted
From shore 10 shore 70 fare,
Until I'd mapped and charted
The wonders that were there.
I'd have a thrilling story
When back TO earth ! came.
The town would sound my glory
And give me wealth and fame.
To hide would not avail me.
For morning. night and noon
The populace would hail me,
The boy that found the moon.
But gone is my desire
To see this shining land
Since / have learned it's dryer
Than Afric's burning sand.
a radio ship may span it,
They say, from sea TO sea,
Still this terrestrial planet
Is dry enough for me.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28

the political capital CT its own state
London is the political capital OF Eng.
land, OF Great Britain and Of the Brit
ish Empire. and the functions Of that
vast empire are eentered there and car
ried or in public buildings. The Capitol
OF the State Of New York is az Albany.
The Capitol OF the United States is
at Washington, and Washington is
adorned with public buildings and
monuments paid for by the wealth OF
the nation. The State Of New York has
contributed no governmental building
TO the city and the Federal government
can contribute only a Federal court
house, postoffees and a custom house.
We have hne Custom House. We have
a hne general Postof'iee. Let US see to
II that We have fine Federal court
house and downtown postofiec in our
civic center.
HENRY D. WILLIAMS.
New York. June 81. 1922.
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r-Spangled

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: A writer In The Tribune to-
day objects TO "star-spargled" as the
most undignihed epithet ever used 70
designate national emblem" He
says: TO designate the celestial
stars as paltry bits Of tinsel is moth
ing short Of saerilege."
Whatever may have been the origin
Of the word "spangle." think that IL
has been redeemed from its lowly
estate By the genius Of Shakespeare,
the reverence Of Addison and the
patriotism Of Key.
Shakespeare asks:
what stars do spargls heaven
With such beauty"
Addison's hymn has never been
thought undignifed:
The spacious Armament IN hlFh.
And all the blue ethereal aky.
And spangiet heavens. shining frame
Their Great Original proclaim"
And the star-spAnxied banasr
In triumph shall wave
DER the land of the free
And the home - the brave"
HARLAN II. BALLARD.
Pit,sheld, Mass, June 25, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
The Past Looks In

Cornelius Cole, Of California, in his
hundredth year, Representative in
Congress from 1863 TO 1865 and SEN
ator from 1867 TO 1873, is revisiting
Washington. II is as if an ancient
had come back TO shake is head in
amazement at the wonders and fol
bles Of modern progress. Yet the
California ancient is too ingrained
conscript father to DO anything Of
the sort. He is still every inch
Senator. Asked to compare the Sen
ate Of his day with the present body
he replied, with fine consideration;
e." couldn't do that; it wouldn't be
Senatorial courtesy -
What struck him most, naturally,
was the bigness of the two houses.
When he sat in the lower branch,
under Speaker Schuyler Colfax (af-
terward Vice-President) there were
only 1873 members. the states in Sc
cession sending their representatives
10 Richmond. There are now 43o
members. The membership OF the
Senate in his first term was sixty
six. some Of the Southern states be-
ing still excluded. Now it is ninety
six. Yet Mr.. Cole might have been
pardoned, perhaps, if he had inti-
mated that the Senate Of ls67-69
made up in quality for what 1t
lacked in quantity.
Who were his colleagues then?
Some Of them were passing figures
from the reconstructed South,
doomed TO quick oblivion. But in the
first rank on the Republican side
were John Sherman and Benjamin
F. Wade. Of Ohio; Charles Sumner
and Henry Wilson, Of Massaehu-
setts: George F. Edmunds and Jus
tin s. Morrill,, Of Vermont; Roscoe
Conklinc. Of New York; Simon Cam
eron, of Pennsylvania; Oliver P.
Morton. Of Indiana; Lyman Trum-
bull, Of Illinois; William P. Fessen-
den and Lot NJ. Morrill,, Of Maine,
and Zachariah Chandler, Of Miehi-
gan. On the Democratic side were
Thomas A. Hendricks, Of Indiana,
and Reverdy johnson, Of Maryland.
Later. 10 sit on the minority side,
came Thomas F. Bayard. Of Della
ware, and Allen C. Thurman, Of
Ohio. On the majority side new
comers were Hannibal Hamlin, Of
Maine: Carl Schurz and Francis P.
Blair jr., Of Missouri; Matthew S.
Carpenter, Of Wisconsin; William
Window. Of Minnesota, and John A,
Logan, Of Illinois.
Looking over the present Senate
Mr.. Cole might have said humbly
TO himself. "There we're giants in
those days" But he showed the true
wisdom and modesty Of the cente-
marian and suppressed his intimate
reflections. After all, the youths in
the Senate to-day have some privi-
/ leges which their seniors are bound
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
The Railroads Rival

To IN. Editor Of The rrisSM
Sir. A ssr,oou in rA' ln''s ~
couple Of days ago had 80, % :,
story to tell Of the peer r'".'. , u
.bl. to reduce freight ss'I. a
all the stalled ears IN the " ,.s
tn. mention Of the meter true" '.'',,,,
INK away tn. bu,in., " the '''' '.1's' !.
prompts me to bss tn" y0S .,,.,as
low up that story by e'llins d
20 the fact that the r'iss ~ a,
proper medium Of trsn'por'.,,',, :, l,
20 max. their roads; the trucks :. " !,
contrary. ruin all the good r'''' Z
'''u'' Dc ''''' z. c. MERRITT
Rhin.beek, n. Y. June ~
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
The Spirits of l646
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Considerable prominence has
been given Of late 20 spiritualisn,.
When was boy a great deal Of a.
ten.ion was called TO tsble-tippins,
rsppinss, etc, as manifestations Of the
spirits. No evening family or social
gathering was quite complete with.
out gathering the circle sbout the
table TO see, II with the laying on Of
hands or finger tips the table could
be made TO tilt. or bump out answers
to questions asked. Later came the
ouijs board for like purposes.
This fad. which grew 10 a furore,
began with the manifestations in the
John d. Fox family Of Hydesville
Wayne County, N. Y, In lsls. So wide
spread became this stir that dis
tinguished minister of the Dutch Re-
formed Church. the Rev. william r.
Gordon, ID. D.. made a thorough and
fair investigation Of these phenomena
which he recorded in a book, published
In 1855. by Charles Seribner, entitled
"A Thresfold Test Of Modern Spirit
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
Germany's Rickety Republic

Inc bOlQncSS OF lnc llONdISHlol
plotters in Germany, with sons OF
the Kaiser and Won Hindenburg
and Ludendorff publicly meeting at
Potsdam. raises the question Of
whether the German people at heart
want a republic.
In his notes President Wilson
told Germany she could get better
terms if she republicanizcd herself.
Germany promptly obliged. She
was under military necessity. When
the Kaiser, in the throes Of inde-
cision, stood dangling his bonnet
and plume as did the craven bride
groom Of the Lochinvar ballad, the
argument that led the assembled
Junkers to send their papier mache
potentate to Holland was that a
revolution would pay. So the Ger
man Republic has been more or less
fraud and has been recognized TO
be such.
Democratic institutions must
have congenial soil. The founda-
tions of America were laid in the
Mayfower's cabin and the struc-
ture was raised by a century
and a half Of town meetings.
Germans have practically lost
the capacity for self-governmenl.
They like to be bossed. The over
boten" principle is dear to them.
Take away the reparation question
and the feeling that a return to
Kaiserism would make it more diff
fcult to wriggle out Of obligations
and a restoration would be almost
certain. But genuinely back Of the
republic so far are the highly or
ganized trade unions. Their leaders,
it may be assumed. have no liking
for the old regime. and though they
do not much comprehend the tech
nioue Of elections they have per-
fected the technique of the general
strike. By the use Of this weapon
Kapp came 10 a speedy end
But within the trade unions
( is a strong Bolshevist element with
no love for a bourgeois republic
These would set up a dictatorship on
the Lenine model. So the rickety
German Republic founders along
not because it is wanted, but be-
cause Of lack Of an alternative.
The best guess, although predic-
ton is dangerous, is that the pulpy
Ebert government will continue. II
seems German judgment, even OF
monarchist sympathizers, that the
time is not yet ripe for changes
But should a counter revolution
come this does not necessarily imply
that William of Doom will be re-
summoned. Deep-seated is the Ger
man feeling that the greediness
shown by the ex-Kaiser, his un'
willingness to share German dis
tresses. is a display of unmistakable
yellowness
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
Working for the Reds

Il is well TO keep straight the
question which the Russian Reds
despite the bootjacks thrown al
Genoa. have once more brought
yowling to The Hague. 1t Is that
the Allies must scurry their fingers
through depleted pockets and dig
I'D a billion Of credits for Lenine TO
draw drafts against. Failing this
the Bolsheyists will not discuss,
much less seriously consider, the
restitution Of stolen property. The
only nation excepted is Germany
with whom. for other good and val
liable considerations other arrange
ments have been made.
What Is implied by the grant the
Soviet power demands? Credit cap
ital being a sight draft to be met
by labor or the fruits Of labor, the
Reds in effect ask counting labor
the world over at 81 a day. that
workmen outside the region Of Red
control shall boarding themselves
meanwhile) work for them half a
billion DAYS. To compute in another
way. they ask the Allies TO recruit a
labor army Of 100000, which
shall serve for practically year.
Lenine, taking Pharaoh's methods
as his guide, has established within
Russia a slave labor system. But
like other slave owners he is COM
pelled 10 feed and clothe his human
livestock. He finds difficulty IN DO
ing this. So, going a step further
than Pharaoh, he would have out
siders feed his slaves while they toi!
AZ he directs. Particularly Is he
concerned about hoodwinking the
bourgeois farmers of America to
send over the crops they have raised
on their best fields.
Wha. is to be given in return!
An |. O. L.. but with a proviso that
neither principal nor interest Is to
be paid unless convenient Lenine
and Iitvinoff make no concealment
OF their belief in the great prin-
ciples that debt is debt only so
long as a debtor is in mind to pay
and that theft is often a duty laid
on a thief. When Litvinoff was a
Whitechapcl tailor he did not do
business on this basis, but now he IS
better educated.
Yet VIC may be sure that here
merchants OF mush will continue
weepingly to inquire why rich
America does not save Russia $
starving babies and to bemoan the
fact that brutal persons who look
beyond effects TO causes would re-
move the conditions from whicn
the starvation comes.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
The Havtian Report

., The report Of the Senate commit
tee charged with investigating the
American occupation Of Hayti deals
frankly with conditions there. 1t
does not slur over defects in Ameri-
cen administration - the most no.
table of them being too many
change in commanders and the un-
wise extension Of the practice Of
drafting labor for building roads.
Some military abuses are admitted
n the district in which the Caco in
snrrection had 20 be suppressed. It
is also acknowledged that the Ameri-
can officials used coercion 20 get the
t5rotectorate convention through the
Haytian Congress.
80 But against these faults many
salutary results Of the occupation
sand ou.. Hayti has been brought
back 10 order and stability. The ma
t3ves are now protected in their lives
and property. The people in the in
terror can come TO the coast towns IN
safety. Agriculture has been re-
uved and long abandoned areas have
been opened 10 cultivation. The re-
rublic's finances have been straight
ened out and the foreign debt is
icing paid off. The country is being
lifted out Of chronic anarchy and
started on the road toward produc-
hvity and prosperity.
The work Of rescue is not finished.
The termination Of our occupation
would mark the beginning Of re-
lapse. In that case great civiliz-
ing effort would soon 60 10 waste.
The United States intervened in
3iayti because Intervention by Ger
many was threatened and because
Under the Monroe Doctrine we were
pledged TO prevent European intru-
Sion. We did nothing unusual or
urwarranted in protecting our own
interests and at the same time seek
inS 70 improve Haytian conditions.
Our responsibility under the protec-
torate is far from fully discharged.
For these reasons the Senate COM
rnittee unanimously holds with well
come non-partisanship that the oc-
eppation should 90 on until It has
given the people Of the republic not
OILY political order. honest govern
nnent and material prosperity, but
put within the reach Of the Hay
tian masses justice, schools and
agricultural instruction
= = The report does not deal with the
Dominican Republic. Different con-
ditions prevail there and make our
occupation highly questionable. The
committee Significantly says that
negotiations between our State De-
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
What Readers Are Thinking

uslism." vndsr the dires"'a A..
with the aid Of pronir,a, ''i''''s. 80.
OF that day he hsd hf'ssa ~ !,
sittings With mediums, "'''A - :.
The volume is an in'srs''ss - -
forming one. and treats me ~"
with old.tlms thOroussu." aa
In brief. his eonelu'is" |" ,,a
there is much In H. Il /" ." st
and fraud. But whatever n'" s..,s,
the work Of evil spirits, snd ~ ,.'',,.
be left alone. He say" "'s,t
the primsry movers to b ~" ~ ,,ll
hi, angels" His srguns'" "
sustained. .-rsnx.
GEORGE R. GAssiiss, ~, /.
Msplewood. n. j.. Juns ;"
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28

he turned on more hot taps ard put
spoonful after spoonful Of verbena
,alts into the water. Then he Got IN
again and stcwed himself in this fra
grant SOUP. when he was too hot "a
bear i, any longer he retired into
small waterproof castle al the end OF
the bath ard turned on all the cold
water douches and squirts and syringe'
Then without drying himself at all he
put on his famous blue silk dressing
gown, which had n hood to il, liz a
cigarette and tapped at his wife's door
10 ascertain whether he could SIT
ard finish his cigarette there.
Fresh from. his serubbings and soap
ings. with the glow OF the cold water
on his skin. he was pagsnly sensuou'
in his enjoyment OF the physical con-
ditions Of the moment. and. sitting BY
Silvis's dressing table, talked the mos,
amazing nonsense"
Moreover, "he dried his toes on the
tail Of his dressing gown" he rubbed
mis- hair on the hood Of il; while Silvia
listening TO his chatter, was wondering
spectator Of this rough h-hsired, bare
legged, wet-footed, beautiful, smooth.
shouldered animal" Once Peter slipped
and fell into the soapsuds. causing "a
rare and enormous splash" and Silvia
noticing an interruption in "the rims
ings and the gurglings." feared that he
had hurt himself. Just tap at the
bathroom door. Wilton" she said 10
her maid. "and ask II Mr. Msinwaring
is all right" Returning with sssur-
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
By Percy Hammond


snees. Wilton said: "Ysur pafi
ma'sm,"
Peter MainVsr.ng wa hsts,
youth, poor ssd parasite, vhs vss.
about with stupid women o. gne,rsaia
age in exchange for dinners sss
places a, IN. the,er Silvia Vsrtss',
IN. rieh, nice girl he married, h1 4
serious. boy.liks charm. eager sra
hungry and wholesome" though sw
mother. n. widow Of ar in'nrs
prohi.,r, vas a dsa,hly ugissr'sa
Mrs. wsrdogr admired and pGrsAs"d
the large. bad, symbolic vss-tsss'
PAINTED b. Peter, father. silvis 80
Peter got or beautifully together, ~
ing in uneyentisl luSgry-,hs ,,r
plaeidi.y CT their days disturbed h
few cxeiiements other iasa meterI
and Peters bath. Fer time, 'hsssa
Silvia was in doubt about the stra
OF Peters emotion toward hw ss
one night h. proved IT, " . r'S
swirl Of smoke came bsllri's W res
IN. main staircase. and throsrs is The
noise Of cracking vOst ist 'i'"
Of veiled fame" He mace sa '"
alo,v the corr.ce
John Mainvsring Peters '''s'i '"
ore Of those es,nins,s nan-n'sl"
thatMr. Benson seem, tord Of s'''s'''''
ingexecssively-wisnt.ssrs en.".'sH
in Queen Lueia"'-'ad the in'Ts''''
gaudine. Of hi. ssteta,i'r' eia,"I'
70 be NOR. annoyed VITA Mr S'a'''
than you are with sss ss'''e''f '''
SELF.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28

Not since George Moore told about
Doris's pretty ablu,ions at Orclay has
there been such an intimate literary
view Of a bathroom as that afforded
By L. r. Benson in his latest story,
Peter" You may recall how Mr..
Moore admired Doriss tubing
utensils, reveling in the scents and
powders. the oiatmen,s. polishers.
lotions, scissors and soft silks included
in the voluptuous paraphernalia Of her
cleanliness. Tho various sponges!'
Mr Moore cried; "the fat sponge for
the face. the round sponge for the
body and the little sponges." and so
forth. Mr.. Moore's vas n mere peep
ing. however, while Mr.. Benson.
mcgaphone to lip. takes US as sight
secrs on a grand tour 10 the soaps ard
faucets. Besides, Doris's immersions
were primitive compared 10 those Of
Peter. since they were performed in
the remote sponge period at rural
hotel in the south OF France. Peters
spectacular lavinG occurred in a
modern mansion near London.
You can become quickly acquainted
with Mr. Benson's hero By learning OF
his pagan habits in the bath from Mr..
Bensons detailed and excited account
Of them. There are pages OF II. Like
Doris. Peter was young and beautiful,
and he Rad a wondrous ritual for his
washing. He drenched himself, first of
all, Mr.. Benson says. and then soaped
himself from head 70 foot. Then,
still slippery and soapy, In order 10
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
The Consumers Doi'''

To the Editor Of The Trie'n- ..,s,
Sir. Recently one Of your .s' 4 ~
spoke OF the small peresn''ss .'l,asi
consumers dollar the
producer received. ..r Il
A. U. CLANCY gensr" s...s 4
the American Cranberry c.sls
quoted in this weeks Country v. '.,l.,
man" as saying that 'ois.a's -. ..s
and advertising have snsD''' - 40 ~
berry growers to &c. virtually J.
cent Of the consumers della. m ,saa
'Enslewoed. N. j.. June 20
New-York tribune., 1922-06-28
The 70WT
THE MASQuERADER

4
II SOUGHT for Beauty down the
n barren years;
Through Times long corridor
made my quest;
cried her name and woke u
bitter jest
The scornful echoes, mocking at my
fears.
Yet thrice, as when the dawn's wni'e
hour nears.
Men hear the wind come running
from the West,
She passed. | elutched TO ara"
her to my breast
And touched, | swear, the august
robe she wears.
Thrice has she passed me- ealm' and
high and fair;
4 newborn baby's first denan'
cry;
An old. old man who spoke win 'oo
in prayer;
4 kiss. long since, beneath an
April sky.
sought for Beauty. Can 1t be
that
Shall challenge Death-and md ner
standing there?