South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-21
BALL BAND BOSSES
HOLD GET TOGETHER
Foreman's Club Hears Lecture
by Saltiel, Corporation
Counsel.

An tAIenfl0f aaiN anger t--.i- e.t-
together meeting Of the Ball-Band
Foremau's club Of the AIishawaka
Wooden Mfg g.. was held Tuesday
evening which featured a lecture
by William H. SaltieI assistant cor
p0ration counsel for the city OF
Chicago. who spoke on the -oplc
"AEChae. Brown Politician. NJ
Saltiel is Wen known because of he
comprehensive grasp az politics
from the inside. and his clear in
81 Shit .uto the fundamental causes
~ cr.minaIty.
Preceding he regular meeting.
supper was served % The company e
Wen furnished cafeteria JIM the base
ment Of the new building Music
Jy the Sh.pmau and Moran orches-
ira served 20 tighten the heavier
courses. and jack Slater assisted
Icy the orchestra, gave serera vocal
selections Mrs Verne Gratmller,
manager OF the cafeteria. chose the
end of the supper as the logical time
20 thank the department heads Tor
their kind cooperation i'm tighten
ing her duties in the cafeteria, and
TO announce her s-gnaiOn of mat
position. on closing her remarks,
she vac given a rising vote or APP
probation.
Following the supper. the club
adjourned TO the assembly hall
where the meeting was called to
order by the presd dent Ira Boles.
who turned the meeting over TO
Lewis Z. McCouum. POSTMASTER OF
the evening After a few remarks
Mr.. McColllm Introduced tne
speaker Of the evening. William ID.
Saltiel
Mr.. Saltiel in his Introductory re-
marks revealed himself a. pol
ished and interesting after-dinner
speaker He stated that in his
talk he intended by using an mag
mary person. identified as Michael
Bronw" TO bare TO them, politics
from the ang e Of humanity, from
the psychology of human lives. and
to poin. out possible, the funda-
mental cause Of some Of our great
est problems IF the day
Every war. ne stated. was sup
posedIy for the purpose Of rectify
ms wrong. but, taking the late war
of the rebellion, as an example,
when with "a million dead. men
bousht they would be more fair
in their dealings with other men.
The history covering the following
years refuted that statement.
The person OF Michael Brown was
hrz M q oil
years. just bereft Of his father i'm an
explosion. A this age. Mike sold
newspapers and was forced 10 see
the barbarity Of tenements and the
wee Of gambling dens. He sees his
comrades sent TO the reform school
and to the prison. A fgh-' with a
gang leader brings him 10 the no
tee OF a powerful member Of the
local political machine, who APP
points him boss Of a small district.
His success Is rewarded with a pO-
s.tion in the city nall where he is
finally shown IN the power Of he
Traction" ring.
MIR. SaltieI stated that Bloody
Williamson county, H.. would not
exist as a shame to the outrages in
Armenia, were it not for he
Michail Browns in politics, today,
and that if politics did not divorce
Michael Brown" from ii, this
country was facing civil war.
Mr.. SaltieI followed with several
avowed cases Of criminals in poll
tics. and stated that they could
never be convicted if our intelli-
gent men continued to insist on per-
Turing themselves TO avoid jury
duty. Action Of this kind opened
up The jury box to bribery and re
suited in the 50 called "incompete
cy Of the jury" y
In closing MS talk. Mr.. Saltiel
said that the creates cause Of "un-
clean" politics, lay in the home and
al the immigration office. He sus-
gested that civics should be i'm
pressed on the growing child at
much earlier age than he present
practice permits and gave the age
Of u as a suitable time to instill
thoughts of honest government in
the minds Of the coming generation,
DO we send good Americans %
meet the immigrant on his arrival
20 this coUntry?" he queried, "Oh.
10. we let Michael Brown attend
20 that" The only result is that
he political machine receives an
other ignorant voter. II instead.
we were TO go out and meet the
newcomer to this land with open
arms and honest hearts, this recep-