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The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
Pay Too Small.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
read Government Employees ar
ticle on Pay of U. S. Clerks"
He says that some of the en-
ployes of the Marine Corps are get
ting $500 per year plus the bonus
and others salaries averaging over
sl.600 per year including the bonus
Yes. Government Empioye. this
part Of your article IL true to a
certain extent and I want to say
right here that favoritism in many
instances is shown In the govern
ment departments or It may be as
you say the chief lacks the neces-
sary qualities that go to make
up an executive.
1 am a married man with a fam
lily to support and have not re-
ceived a square deal in regard to
salary and promotion. I am a faith
full. consc' 'entious worker and my
efficiency record. is good, but faith
fulness, conscientiousness and ones
condition seem not to be considered.
1t seems to me pull and bull has
much to do with II.
Perhaps, Government Employe.
YOU are right about the salaries be-
ing less in civil occupation, but you
know as we'll as I do since you are
in the government service that the
majority of clerks and others hold
ing minor positions do not receive
a living wage, then the clerk
in civil occupation Is sure up
against II.
I'll tell you straight that
couldn't live II It weren't for help
outside my salarv.
The mechanics in civil occupation
earn much better salaries than
clerks in the government. / trust
that my children will be better oc-
cupied financially than IN govern
ment service unless they are fortu-
nate enough to be in the favored
class and remember / do not favor
favoritism. but justice to all.
I have had Senators and Repre-
sentatives tell me I was foolish to
ever to come to Washington. and
I realize that better than they do.
Perhaps some will say. why didn't
you go back to the states. Posi-
tons are not found in a day. / had
good positions offered me during
the war but stayed in the govern
| ment service and sacrifced for
Uncle Sam.
HENRY SMITH.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
In Self-Defense.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Thursday mornings Herald con-
tained an article from some inter
loper who signs himself Govern
ment Employee" OF course we all
know that there are born knock
ers. but as a rule they knock thos"
who arr. outside their category.
However. this knocker Is disloy1l
enough t. attack those o. whom he
Is orc. What could he 40 were he
released from the government? No
dcuht he would he helpless in 'he
commercial world. However he
prefers to remain in the govern
r,cnt among what he thinks a
number Of slothful clerks. wha' 4
rr.v that one with his initiative
cannot be active In commercial
work! Strange that a man with
his ideas would be content to re-
main in a'place so distasteful To
him do not receive such a
stupendous salary. still ! am glad
that my co-workers do. for why
he envious OF them Perhaps had
this complaining man received such
a large salary In the government
for. as he would say. little or no
work. perhaps then he would not
be SO in love with the commercial
world. Why does he not give up
government work and enter the
commercial field. wherein ne can
do himself Justice? There will be
only too many glad to take up his
work and be more grateful for
their position than he.
DOLORES DUANE.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
Dig Up Weedsi
To the Editor. Inc Washington Herald :

10 me Edtor, Inc Washington Herald:
Weeds are again the subject. 1
counted nine varieties of weeds and
two (possibly three) varieties of
Srass in the little circular parking
around the large elm tree on the
corner of Executive avenue and
Pennsylvania avenue. Several of
the weeds were about twelve
inches high. Each of the other
trees in the center of the sidewalk
in front of the White House were
parked" about by weeds. not grass
1t will cost $4,000 to make new
lawns in the public breathing spots
of Washington IL the present inva-
sion Of weeds Is not Immediately
stopped. Since the war not a thing
has been done 70 eradicate weeds
much money has been spent to NOV
the lawns. The park employees
should be put to digging UP weeds
by the roots or there soon will be
no grass to NOV.
was surprised to fnd that the
average doctors house had about
the most neglected lawn. Next
churches; next. hotels: next came
artists. Then followed quasi pub
lie institutions. which are nation
builders" IL their advertising liter
ature is to be taken as a criterion.
Most Of theee Institutions cay.
Join our Blankety-blank Society
and help to make the Capital City
beautiful" but so busy are they
with the mind uplift that they over
look the lawn in front OF the build
ing.
Dig IN the weeds-don't NOV the
lawn. Use dynamite. T y T. stump
pullers. hoe. spade and knife-and
elbow grease.
G w AYERS
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
Racial Outbreaks.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
1t is very gratifying to note the
condemnatory tone OF editorials
throughout the country against the
horrible outbreak of lynchings in
Georgia and Texas. What was
foreseen by many is now evident to
all. AS a result OF the subtle props-
ganda Of many moving pictures.
especially The Birth OF a Nation"
anti-law societies have sprung up
all around the country. In some
sections the God ordained duty of
these destroyers of a nation is de-
clared to be to keep the white race
pure. In some places the effort is
made to keep the negro a low class
underpaid laborer. In other places
they seek to prevent Japanese from
becoming an economic factor. and
still further they aim to prevent our
religion from becoming tainted with
Catholicism. These lynching So
cieties have been fostered to serve
as tools by which the laboring
masses have been kept seething in
broils over differences of race and
religion that amount to little when
weighed against the benefits that
would accrue IL reason prevailed.
There are a few States in which
pure American stock overbalances
the rest of the population. In some
states like New York and Massa-
chusetts We have less OF the orig
inal American stock, while in some
of the Southern States like Georgia
and Texas the percentage is high
In States where they boast most Of
maintaining Anglo-Saxon Ideals we
hnd the greatest amount OF bar
barism shown in the form of burn
ings and lynchings.
B. 3. HENDERSON.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
To Friend Of the People:
the ssas?" MISS z. 3.
This doctrine was nrst propounded by Grotus
in his Mare Liberun 'the air. running water. the
ssea,are common to al" selden answered with
shs British isies. The issue between Grotius and
doctrine rssarding the marine league that is that
In the Eighteenth century continental antag-
onism to British sea power produced the doctrine
backed by the armed neutrafties Of i7so and 1900
and finally incorporated In great part. into
isss Whe5 aso aSossed prHasssrns Rsan
time a third meaning had come to be fastened
property should be immune from capture on
the high seas in war time unless IL
this motion thes United States has always been
the champion
SALARY OF PRESIDENT.
To the Friend Of the People:
What is the salary of the President OF the
The salary of the President is $4,000 a. a year
COMMANDER OF GUARD
To the Friend Of the People:
Na,yns whG Is of ss New York
Nathan l. Miller. governor of the State.
HEIGHT OF wooLwoRTH BUILDING.
70 the Friend Of the People
Can you tell the height OF the woolworth
Building in New York?
The woolworth Building is hfty-one stories and
is 1872 feet.
TESTS OF LIFE.
To the Friend Of the People:
What the common tests to determine
whether a body is dead or alive? F. L. G. .
Hold mirror to mouth; II living, moisture will
gather. Push pin into flesh: IL dead. the hole will
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
Winning Own Way.

To the Editor, The Washington derald:
Every paper that. comes into my
hands chronicles the starvation of
millions of peoples. every corner Of
the streets that I turn some mis-.
sionary holds out q receptacle for
a donation of coins to assist the
starving. This thing ought not SO
to be.
May Hazlet. an English girl. who
lived on a farm in the Touchwood
hills, in Saskatchewan. for the past
four years. looking after her stock
and cultivatinG her lands. The farm
was originally her brothers home
stead. at which time Miss Hazlet
was a stenosrapher. Her brother
was killed while fighting with the
Canadian forces at Vimy Ridge.
Neighbors advised Miss Hazlet to
sell the farm, but she decided that
she was tired OF the eternal pound
ing" and became a farmerette.
Mrs. Mary J. Blackburn. q pioneer
woman farmer of Alberta, has Just
added $50 acres to her farm near
Hardisty. Coming from Eastern
Canada, Mrs. Blackburn owned a
quarter section in 1902. She had
two Holstein heifers. q bull and SIT
first summer and in a sod shack IN
winter. Her first crop put her. as
she tells II, on Easy street. In ten
years she had herd of sixty pure
bred Holstein cattle and was oper-
ating a prosperous dairy. A fine
residence has supplanted the 500
hut. / milked my own cows. raised
my cattle. cut my hay and stacked
II all by myself. started on bare
prairie with no money and made
good. / worked hard. but the en-
perience was wonderful.
Demonstrative of the present
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
farming Out" Children.

To the Editor, The Warrington Herald:
The reports and editorials In
your newspaper regarding the con-
troversy now raging over the ef-
fort to close the Industrial Home
School have been most interesting
andf Illuminating. 1t has brought
to light a condition which might
well cause washingtonians to pause
and think.
The Board Of Chiidren's Guar
dians has been shown to have the
-power-at least II has assumed the
power-to take children arbitrarily
from their parents, and hide them
in houses and among associations
known only to the board. 1t Is up
to the board to decide whether par
ents are it to have .tirir own chill
dren. With ali this power Of break
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

for Workmanship in the army. He
served in the Spanish-Americar
war also.
Brookhart Is a farmerite and la
borite and is classed with the radi-
cal agricultural element. Clifford
Thorne. one of Brookhart's op-
ponents. sought to take the farmer
vote away from Brookhart on a
conservative platform. The two
were backed by rival agricultural
journals.
Brookhart would repeal the Cum
nins-Esch transportation act and
would place agriculture and labor
in control OF the Reserve banks.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
X en- more Association
Receives Tlr0 ST. 900 Gifts

FREDERICKSBURG. Va, June -.
Mrs. v. M. Fleming. president of
the Association to preserve Ken
more" the home In this city Of Betty
Washington Lewis. sister Of George
Washington, has received q check
for $1,000 from Mrs. Alfred / dl
Pont, of Wilmington, Del. who was
Miss Ball. of Virginia, and Is a
descendant OF George Washington.
The Association for the Preserva-
ton of Virginia Antiquities. of Rich
mond. has made a donation Of $1,000
to the cause.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

remain but ~ alive. will close. Place nngers In
rsSnt rsS % a:. strSns ,sht % y alive they VII appear
FIFTY KILLED HERE IN Is2o
To the Friend People:
How many persons were killed In automobile
accidents in Washington during 1907
Records Of III. Police Department show thar
fifty persons met their death in auto accidents
during 1920.
SOUTHERN STATES NOTICES
To the friend Of The People:
What is the MOTTO of States Of North Carolina
South Carolina, TENNESSEE STATESMAN.
North Carolina: Esse Guam videri CTo be rather
than 10 seeml. South Carolina: Dunn spiro. spero
Commerce.
MEANING OF PUsILLANIMoUs.
Frierd Of the People:
What ie the meaning Of the word pusillanimous7
J. n. d.
cowardiy: mean-spirited; fsint-hearted.
POSTAL MONEY ORDER LIMIT.
To the Friend Of People:
Is there any limit as to the Amount Of money
that be sent by way Of a postal money order?
H A. +.
The maximum is 800. but there is limit to
the number that be issued In one day to the
same remitter.
THIRTEENTH UNITED STATES PRESIDENT.
To the Friend Of the People:
States? What was his wife's name? How many
sons a ghters did he have? When did he die?
What was his political faith? SAMUEL F.
The thirteenth President MilIsrd Fillmore
ing Abigail Powers and Caroline Mcintosh. He
the father of one son and one daughter. both born
March g. 1874 at the age OF ~ years He was a
member Of the whig party.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

and maintenance Of the highest pro-
fessional. moral and artistic stand
ards possible to attain. The industry
is not analogous to any other indus
try In the world. We are responsible
to posterity and to better citizenshIp
now as creating what 10 potentially
the greatest moral vehicle in the
world.
Tt is a tremendous Job. We have
to furnish amusement to 10000, 200
daily. and Il must be wholesome
amusement or the country will see
red ! am against censorship. for
believe that what we propose TO
accomplish viii remove any reason
able demand for censorship"
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

II honestly intends
to do. moving pic
ture machines for
purely educational
purposes will re as
common in every
7ublic school as
the second reader
s now" says Will
X. Hays. former
Postmaster Gen =
eral, and now high
commissioner of
The movie indus
Try. "A group OF
producers have
banded themselves
into an orgsniza-
tion the chief OBJ
Ject OF which is
the establishment
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

a go when he came
W | { h in $4,000
votes OF defeat
ng Senator Cum
n l ms for the
domination for a
;enate chair. AT
that pri m a "
Brookhart polled
IS per cent. of the
vote.
Brookhart made
a brilliant record
in the world war.
Ie Is an expert
marksman a n d
his suggestions 10
Secretary of War
Baker caused the
revolutionizing OF
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
OpemC Court letters hoMe77ezald
VIEWS CURRENT INTEREST A

communina lions will not be rs-
turned unless specific request for suoh
return is made and stamps inclosed.
letter. ssould Be typewritten when
ever possible. Communiostions s1.
trsmsly difficult to read will rot Be-
considered. No communications tgnsd
with fctitiols names will BE- u ~.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
MARY CUSTIS LEE
NAMES HER MAIDS

FREDERICKSBURG Va. June -.
Miss Mary Custis Lee. Of this city.
daughter of the late Capt. Dan M. Lee
and a niece of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
who has been named as a sponsor at
the grand reunion at Richmond next
week. by Admiral A. o. Wright. has
appointed Miss Lily Braxton Wallace
and Miss Josephine Barney. maids Of
honor. and Mrs. Hugh Antrim, Of
Richmond, chaperone.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
.Duler Ts Promoted
To Chief Inspectol

Walter c. Diller was promoted "a
chief inspector IN District weights-
Measures and Markets Department}
yesterday by the Board Of commis-
sioners. He takes the place recently
vacated by Leo 9. schoenthal
Dtlier was an inspector IN the de-
partment before being promoted. Ths
place he left viii be filed by John
L. r. Keenan,.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
HORSES DO NOT CATCH
DIPHTHERIA FROM MAN.

Wild horses running on the oper
range and never In contact with
hum beings have been found 70 b,
infected with the diphtheris eerus
according 20 Or. II. W. schoeninr
Of the patIologicai division Of th,
Bureau OF Plant Industry. This
fact. he claims. indicates that thu
dtphtheria organism 70 widespread
in the soil ana 10 not carried 20 the
horse by some humsn attendant. az
has heen held. W n
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

when Smith Brookhart won the
Republican nomination for the Iowa
Senate seat now occupied by Charles
A. Rawson. Iowans were not sur
prlsed. They had in mind ms
spectacular campaign two years
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

The French much alarmed because the
American tourists are nursing their bankros.
The Americans have been given quite course
of instruction in this art here at home the
past four or FIVE years.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

A flapper has been defined as a girl who
believes that personality is physical instead of
mental We have noticed that.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

Kissing has been forbidden in Siam. Judg-
ing by the pictures of some Siamese beauties
we have seen there should be no necessity for
passing law against it.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14
SCHOOLS WILL USE
FILMS, SAYS HAYS

when the association with which
am working gets its plans and ideals
The Washington herald., 1922-06-14

After man takes five or six honeymoon
trips to Niagara Falls the old place begins ts
seem like home to him.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

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The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Sha1,dlellano

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coeyRiSH1.is1
9y LE0N/740.H LEECH
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07

Monahan. IT is an entirely ittins
rebuke to the Costello Post of the
American Legion.
The rank and file Of the Ameri.
can Legion-the men behind the
guns-would not. ! am sure. consid-
er those placsrds an insult 10 Their
dead comrades. Those placards en-
phasize the very truth which the
rank and file want to emphasize
that there is not going to be any
more wars. so far as they are con-
cerned.
The world war may have de-
stroyed Prussianism in Prussia. bu,
IL established Prussianism in these
United States. and IL is my opinion
that the rank and fle-who de-
stroyed Prussianism in Prussia
are concerned about its destruction
here. BE that as IL may, il is a
real. living. vital fact that there are
some millions OF d-blooded
Americans who did not take part
in the world war who are intensely
interested in the destruction OF
Prussianism in these United States
s. r. BLANTON.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
PacifiSm.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
wish to thank YOU for your
editorial, Ware of Pacifism." in
your !ssue of August l. 1t is timely
and hits the nail on the head.
am surprised that other editors
have not sensed the difference be-
tween the universal desire for
peace with honor and justice that
dwells in the heart Of every good
citizen be he soldier. sailors or
clergyman. and the city for mo
Mole at any cost which is a senti-
ment worthy only OF race of mol
lycoddles helpless to defend them
selves and maligning those whose
protection gives them a free coun-
try in which to indulge their ef-
feminacy.
The situation is as you describe
it. The vast majority of these So
cieties are well meaning 'propa-
ganda geese led by a foreign born
propaganda fox" Members of
these societies are signing the
''slacker's oath" but it is signifi-
cant that not a single paciist or
ganization Is protesting AGAINST
Trotzky's army of 100000 in So
Wet Russia. The fox has given his
orders. However, I am not worry
ing-thank God, the spirit Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt still lives in the
land. L. McNAMEE.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
Mr.. Debs Defended.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
A friend sent me the editorial
page OF The Washington Herald
for July 90. 1922. marking an arti-
Gle. MIR. Debs Grows Bitter" say
ing: This writer evidently is not
an admirer of Gene
After reading the article. one who
knows Gene. readily appreciates the
fact that the writer Of IL, is, like
too many in like position. either
ignorantly class-conscious or will
fully so, and picked a few words
from some newspaper article to
build up a case on. II what Mr..
Debs wrote in the article from
whichs you quote him as saying.
vote together. strike together and
fight together" is SO awful. why not
give your readers the whole of it.
and let them judge for themselves.
Quoting a few words of a radical
speech is a favorite stunt of reac-
tionary editorial writer's. upon
which to build a straw man to be-
labor. The inference intended in
your in other words. he comes
dangerously near advocating armed
revolution against the government
of the United States" is not justified
by anything Mr.. Debs says in the
article. or anything he ever wrote
or said. Your inference is rather
far-fetched and so childish as to
cause one to pity any one holding a
position such as editorial writer.
who at this late day in Mr.. Deb's
life, would try to maintain such a
charge against him. Until We be-
hold a few editorial writers as
serting themselves against violence
of every kind. even the violence
nations commit. TO the extent that
they will go to the penitentiary for
their convictions-some doubt may
be expressed as to their honesty of
expression.
Your editorial writers. hidden by
the screen of anonymity. unknown
TO most every one except the
owners of the paper and a few of
the leaders in boards of trade.
chambers of commerce. and like
organizations. can lay on the lash
to any individual or group that ex-
presses an idea not in keeping with
the ethics of privilege. The diatribe
against Mr.. Debs consumes nearly a
full length column. editorial size
and YOU give us just seven words of
what Mr.. Debs said--a very un-
sportsmanlike trick manifestly un-
fair not only to Mr.. Debs but to
the fairminded readers of your
paper. who pay attention to ed
itorials. The class-consciousness of
capitalist newspaper publishers and
their editoria. writers is proverbial.
though the same virtue when in
dulged by a Debs is severely con-
demned.
w r
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
At Thomas Circle.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Allow me TO say how greatly ]
enjoyed and appreciated your edi-
toriai Of July % on the safeguard
ing of pedestrians at Thomas Circle.
Many others spoke of the delight
full way you handled a sore spot
Especially TO be admired was the
recognition and honor accorded a
constructive suggestion offered BY
real. honest-to- goodness either
who loves his Washington. and who
looks steadily to the time when il
may be said of our Capital. all her
streets Are ways Of pleasantness
and all her paths are peace"
Now II so happens that I have
the misfortune to he the --latest
hit" Of that notorious Circle. Il
was because Of the distress whi-n
came to me upon attempting I,
cross there that the gentleman was
moved TO think out and submit
such a plan, A plan easily devel-
oned vet one which. il followed
would give the pedestrians a
chnnce TO protect their lives. II
means the longest way around. but
the surest way home.
a Personally. / never expect to ec
home" that way again. JIst for
that, I've moved-all the way &
Glen Echo. Here my heretofore
unblemished Cinderellas may take
the healing air in safety.
While waiting for them TO hll
their No. Is again without crowd
ing. I've been thinking. Mr.. Editor
thinking how deplorahle IL is that
this beautiied spot designed to
commemorate service to the Union
should now become a zone of fear,
and even hatred a condition
which must be disturbing to the
brave spirit of Gen. Thomas. Who
knows? But. for pity sake, let us
think Of the living first,
ELIZARETH q. WAKEFIELD.