Evening star., 1922-12-06
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

| with adults that is Impractical, ex-
cept 20 limited extent which Will
sco.ordtnate with their daily labor
nut ever II only the rising genera
eion 10 given the fundamentals. 1t will
NOT De nve years before the present.
national diagrace and menace of ig-.
norance will be wiped out The
o.VVo.ooo iiIiterate adults will grad
ually die of. but 1t is most important
.nat tne oncoming generation shall
! ana read and know the issues Of ~
democratic government on which
they Will vote.
The schools everywhere need more
funds: teachers cannot live on old
time pay and new buildings and
equipment are pressingly needed. but
even II the available funds for such
necessities were doubled and trebie,.
unless other steps are added that will
not touch the crying need Of reach
ing the submerged iliiterates.
How much does education COS
!, Thomas Jefferson gave the eStimat.:
Let our countrymen know that I'll"
| people alone can protect us aeairsr
these evils. and that the tax which will
! be paid is not more than the thou
sandth part Of what will he paid II We
\ leave the people in ignorance"
The progressives d" not purpose 20
form new rarty; merely appoint a
committee to formulate platform on
| which each may put one foot. while
holding the other firmly on the Old
party organizations. That may be a
progressive Idea OF holding balance
Of power in both the old parties. The
chap who stands In the middle nj tA,s
teeterbosrd does lot more toward d.
Gliding which eni OF that board ross
up and which goes down than n r.
got off onto hoard OF his own. Still,
If the old board is creased he is liable
TO slide east or west, IN spite OF his
hobnails
There is IN this country what /
call an 'aLenism'-a deliberate slienisnl
(which becomes hostile and criminal
declared Or. Abram Simon. presidert
OF the Washington board Of education.
speaking at Il conference Of the new!y
oreanized Americanization SocietH.
I'VE can not ask too much money Tor
that" he added meaning that funds a:a
needed from Congress to help make
American citizens out OF the aliens
There are in Washington today l.ooJ
aliens. and many Of them are en-
ployed in government offices.
In the years Immediately preceding
Americas entrance into the world wa
there were expert map makers. Prus-
sian born and Prlssian citizens s'ii'.
who were engaged in government de-
road and farm In the United States
invaluable to an invader. Let none li'
Americans by birth or adoption be p'it
In positions of trust. Let aliens who
refuse to learn the Ideals Of Anleric;,
be questioned as 20 what constitutes
undesirable citizens. Only one in ten
Of the Washington $4,000 aliens is en-
-olied in. the America n!zation schools
It would be most gratifying II at least
half Of them wouId attend. They Will
he welcomed into full citizenship as soon
as they qualify.
Safety week in Washington was Il
splendid success. largely owing to the
general management. whose policy
was to incite everybody with spirit
of cooperation to make il success
The police deserve special credit. not
alone for their watchfuiness. but for
their discriminative recognition that
when a citizen made blunder il Wa,
rot through carelessaess nor indiff.'r-
ence. as a rule. and SO il called rili. =
for admonifion and explanation As i"
I what he should have done. CourrcSy
ruled. and courtesy always goes far
ther than biuster.
! * * < ::
Now that We can breathe again and
think out the whole problem of how
not to get hurt and how not to hurt.
shall we not reflect that Safety week s
must be fifty-two per year. and that
next year there will be in the United
States 2.4O0.000 more automobiles
than there are now. What are We
going 70 do about that? Merely add
ing policemen and driving more eau
tiously have their limits in assuring
safety and practical speed Of travel.
The day is coming when pedestrian :
and vehicles cnn no longer occupy the
stitutes for sidewalks-must be de-
veloped. They should be on a level
with the second stories of our iu>i-
ness houses. he in the middle If the
streets. leaving ample space for day
light Cor the houses. That will elinli-
nate grade crossings entirely in the
congested districts. Individual bridges
of each business house. The ,u;ir-
ground space will be given to vefi-
cies all streets to he nne-way -hor-
ouGhfares on eacn side of the caEf,T =
line OF the pillars of the ped d.striar>'
walk. and crossing over. or turnins.
by vehicles will De limited 80 inter
sections of the streets.
Chimeriralo Within five wears moth
in- else will be possible.