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The Engraving Bureau Upset.

The action Of the President in dis.
missing the director Of the bureau of
engraving and printing and in dismiss
Ing or retiring the heads Of division In
that bureau was shock to the pub.
lie, and without doubt shock to the
officials removed. There was no warn.
ing that such a stroke was under con.
it must have been had by only a few
men in the government service outside
Of this particular bureau.
It is clear that some sort Of q sur.
vey or investigation must have been
under way for some time, because in
addition to the dismissals and retire
ments there have been substituted new
ohlcial titles for old ones and certain
Offices have been abolished. The pres
ent action being the result Of this
survey or investigation, the public will
assume, and has the right to assume
that q very serious and most unsatis.
factory situation was revealed. The
new director of the bureau is quoted
as saying: Il am not prepared to give
the reasons. There has been a secret
investigation Of the bureau for the
past three months made at the in
stance Of President Harding in answer
to numerous complaints. The state
ment given out at the White House
contains the substance Of all that will
Be given out at this time. 1t is the
most drastic reorganization Of gov
ernment bureau in years. and the out
going officials were not transferred
but were dismissed from the service
The only explanation officially given
Of this remarkable and perhaps un
precedented action with regard to a
government bureau is that it was
taken for the good Of the service
This is vague, and the public will ex
pect In due course an explanation thai
explains. In default Of such explana
ton the public will construct its own
theories and rumor and gossip will
thrive, perhaps run wild.
This bureau engraves and prints all
United States currency, bonds and
stamps. 1t Is the custodian. or the
storehouse, Of all the plates from
which these securities and stamps are
printed. Vast sums in currency and
vast fortunes in bonds originate in and
pass through this plant, and large
amounts OF these securities are kept
on hand for long or short periods
Rumor will be busy as to why, after
a secret Investigation, the President
removes practically the full official per
sonnet OF the bureau. Public policy
and every other reason that can be
thought Of indicate that the govern
ment should. as soon as it is consistent
with the public interest. make an ex'
PLANTATION Of its most unusual and dis.
turbing course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

ing judged rejoiced in its passing. But
even. while he rejoiced he recognized
the possibility Of carrying the cards
on-the-table" policy to dangerous ex.
tremes. and spoke q timely warning to
the people to whose interests his LIES
work has been dedicated.
when two men misunderstood
each other their troubles can usually
be settled by getting them together
to talk things over" he said. "If there
is controversy. the most important
thing Is to get some one to change his
mind. II he is wrong make 1t cary for
him to admit 1t; II you are wrong.
keep in a position where you can ad-
NIT it. The man who comes out pub
licly does not dare to change his mind.
1t Is more important that before you
get a man in public you get him
right"
Sound logic, the applicability of
which to matters Of everyday, man.
te-man relationships is universally
recognized. In applying that logic to
the affairs Of nations as well as Of in.
dividuals, Mr.. Root points out the es.
sential limitations which must be
placed upon the new school Of diplo.
matte negotiation.
The theory that two nations faced
with a problem approached from op.
posite viewpoints can, after each has
vociferously asserted the unqualified
virtue of its own position and the un.
mitigated evil of the others, sit down
!, together and-with the world as an
audience-adjust their differences is
as Mr.. Root points out, preposterous
Human nature, for human nature
plays a no less important part in in
ternational negotiations than in those
Of individuals. would render the effor,
futile and hopeless from the start.
What the United States needs, tc
insure the harmonious adjustment OF
its affairs with other powers, large or
| small, is first, the service Of men Of
vision and genius commanding public
confidence in charge Of our foreign re
lations; second, the absolute divorce OF
diplomacy from political considera
lions; and third. the full appreciation
on the part Of the American public
that those in charge Of our foreign re-
lations must be given q free hand to
discharge their responsible duties
without the embarrassment Of trouble
breeding rant from irresponsible dema
gogues or jingoes.
Open diplomacy has come into its
own and will, on It's own merits. super
cede those furtive and secret methods
which experience has proven danger
Gus and inexpedient. But. as Mr.. Root
insists, "open diplomacy" must be in
terpreted as a policy of conducting in
ternational negotiations in frankness
and candor through statesmen selected
| for the task, rather than as an invita-
ton to self-appointed trouble-makers
to inject the venom Of their opinions
into ordered and cordial proceedings
or the premature assumption before
the public of stiff-necked postures
which seriously menace the very OBJ
ject Of amicable international con
| versations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

The Senate District committee Mon
day afternoon will begin hearings on
the new salary bill for the District pub
lie school teachers. which was intro
6uced in the Senate February by
Senator Capper OF Kansas This meas
ure was drafted by school ofiicials after
an exhaustive study Of salaries paid
teachers in torty-eight cities Of the
United States with populations over
100000. and has the support Of the
Washington teachers as q whole.
School authorities have urged for sew
erai years the enactment OF legislation
covering q new salary schedule for the
teachers. The bill now before Congress
Is designed not only to provide an In
crease in pay for tho teachers. but to
make teaching career in the District
Of Columbia.
There are several reasons for the
urgency Of new salary legislation for
the teachers. The present salary Of
practically every employe Of the board
Of education is subject to a point of or
der in Congress because 1t is not pro-
vided for in law. The several increases
in compensation which teachers and
others have received are authorized only
In the appropriations bill. and hence
are only legal from year to year. The
salaries Of all employees Of the school
system should be established by law,
and should not be left in their present
uncertain state. according to the OFF,
Gals OF the schools.
4 \ \ \
Since the organic act Of 1906. which
established the present school system,
many changes in the organization OF
the school system have taken place.
These changes indicate o progressive
development Of a growing school sys-
tenn. However, they are not fully rec
ognized by law as they should be. A
few illustrations OF these changes fol-
low:
/. Junior high schools have been
organised in the school system, but
there is no legally authorized salary
schedule for them. Teachers serving
in those institutions now serve either
as class ga of high school teachers or
as class 4 or class Of elementary
school teachers. Under these restric-
tions school officials contend. that 1t
Is impossible to organize effectively
a junior high school system.
2. Administrative principalships of
elementary schools with sixteen or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
EDITORIAL DIGEST

was the record? Perhaps the possibly
apocryphal story of Sir Isaac Newton.
the greatest student Of physical sci
ences OF his time. who. in planning a
new house, was said to have insisted
that the kitchen door should have two
holes. big one for the cat and a lit
tie one for the kitten. But there are
plenty Of illustrations of the vagaries
Of greatness for any man who wants
to hunt them, and comparisons are
odious.
will take to writing poetry, or 20
proving cancer cures or to interview
ing the spirit world, or to discovering
perpetual motion we do not know.
Something striking is expected Of him.
He has made good beginning
Brooklyn Daily Eagle independent
democrattc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
The Flyless CITY,

The fyless city,is the dream Of
| health officials. Mcpherson. Kans.
with population well under ten
thousand. plans to realize the dream
an ordinance enacted by the city
commission, which offers an example
to every community which makes the
well-being and comfort of it's citf-
! Gems one of its foremost considera-
tions.
The commission, after studying the
problem from all angles. has ruled
, that no resident of Mcpherson shall
be allowed to keep more than one
horse. cow or hog within the COR
porate limits. All barns, stables,
, chicken houses and even dog houses
must be cleaned three times a week
| and the refuse removed outside the
city, whore means will be available
for It's destruction. Every merchant
must place wire flytraps at the front
and rear entrances of his place Of
business and all citizens must take
similar precautions in their homes
under penalty of mourning a fine
Providence Journal independently.
There are those who might be bet
ter on II they were not so well Off
Detroit News.
Lots Of women think Easter Sun
day Il decoration day.-New Lon
Tee hand that rocks the cradle
rarely rocks the boat launched on
the sea OF matrimony.-Ashevfl
N. c., Times.
II woman lawbreakers were tried
by blind jurors the veriicts might
be MISUNDERSTANDING, Tenn, Ten
nessean.
It is a mighty small caliber ofn-
ctal who has not been photographed
listening in on radio set-India-
napolis Star.
What's in a name. Because mans
an expert at sidestepping trouble
Chicago Post.
Another TAYLOR murder suspect has
been released. Why not organize
them into a regiment.-New Orleans
Item.
Auto bandits IN Chicago have start
ed in on the pawn shops. Trust these
gentry to know where the money IL
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Philadelphia Judge rebukes jury for
drinking q quart of evidence sub.
mttted to them. But who took the
criminally negligent chance of sub
r,itttng It to them.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
That missing rich Chicago coed
was working as a cook and getting
by with her Job. Now and then there
! IL confirmation of the view that 1t
pays to educate.-Iansing, Mich.
state Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

1t necessary, that every shooting
tragedy shall be done with q 80, SO or
AS caliber revolver. The "high power
in a car and the caliber Of q pistol are
rarely allowed to escape.
The New York police commissioner
IL to be congratulated on enlisting the
aid Of automobiles in hunting crimi.
nails. II the automobile is found as
efficient in running down criminals as
pedestrians 1t will be q great success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
Expert Testimony.

Six million dollars worth of govern
ment time Is reported by efficiency
experts" as lost each year by woman
employees, who average one hour each
day In powdering. rouging. patting
their hair and otherwise primping.
NOW, some woman bookkeeper, not
listed as an efficiency expert, should
hgure out how much government time
ana money has been wasted by eff
cheney experts in formulating this
apdoodle.-Toledo Blade (republi-
CAM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
Politics.

The ball has opened. Everything
goes. The announcement that the
President will not take the stump this
year is construed by the opposition
as conceding its criticism Of Congress.
How, it is asked. could the President.
in good conscience, advocate the cleo.
ton Of another republican Congress
after the failure Of the present one?
Jocose, but clever in a way.
OF course, II q stumping tour by the
President had been announced he
would have been represented as in a
panic. and resolved upon the last des.
perate means of saving the situation
as willing to put up everything in a
gamble for the continuation Of party
power on Capitol Hill.
We are getting back to normal in
politics. That Is to say, we are lining
up after the pre-war fashion. The
two old parties are squarlng of for
action in good earnest. and as the
campaign progresses will show all
their PAGES.
Apparently, they do not fear a third
party. talk about which held some at
tention for awhile. But the matter
has not advanced beyond talk, and
may not do so. Organizing a new po
litical party Of consequence is q large
order. and especially in times like
these. when everything Is disturbed
and ventures are unusually uncertain
Neither the President nor Mr.. Will
son will canvass the country this year
and yet each will be an influence for
his party. and an inspiration to those
in the field either as candidates or as
stumpers soliciting votes on party
| lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Ministers, underpaid. are taking en-
ployment as foorwalkers in New York
department stores. They remain pa
tient and polite. although having ideas
Of their own, no doubt. as to the con.
trast Of q shoppers iiberality toward
the cash registe~ and her frugality to-
ward the contribution plate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

An English architect named c. H.
Reilly declares that America has some
of the most beautiful buildings on
earth, although the Congressional Ii
brary building is by no means one Of
them. The praise is high. A nations
literature is usually more or less neg
lected until maturity in more sub
stantial lines is reached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Night riders who have been burning
tobacco in Virginia are poor econo-
mists. The theory that a diminished
supply enhances price and thereby
benefits the vendor is the cause Of a
large amount Of social unrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

1t is predicted by Col. Bryan that
the democrats will recapture Congress
next fall. Skepticism concerning the
Darwinian theory does not provide an
abiding faith in processes Of political
evolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

There is only one way for a strike to
end. The public must be served and
work must go on. 1t will be better for
both operators and miners if they can
settle their difference before public
opinion ceases to content itself with
the role OF patient bystander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
Absent. Mindedness in the Ultimate

observation-disclosures? Surely the auto
mobile owner who forgot his own ex-
pensive car on q ferryboat after 60
ing into the smoking cabin. rushed
on with the other passengers and had
q taxicab take him to his Office makes
d fine bid for this ultimate. The West
Hoboken oblivion expert explains that
he had been in the habit of having his
chauffeur take him into town. Driv-
ing the car himself was q break in his
habit Of life. He puzzled the ferry
mon, who were sure some driver had
committed suicide. His sedan IL now
back in its garage.
This challenges the record What
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHIL.ANDER JOHNSON.

A Fine Audience.
They say abroad that Uncle Sam
IL lacking. more or less,
In graceful phrase and epigram
And higher art f1nesse.
In one respect, at least, he wakes
An interest intense.
Your Uncle Samuel always makes
A lovely audience.
So, bring your lecturers along,
The brave, likewise the fair.
Commit your choicest birds Of song
To his considerable care.
He'll pardon all your slight mistakes
And freely recompense
Your Uncle Samuel always makes
A lovely audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

The so-called Shifters' Association
might be humorously dismissed II
decision were more easily reached as
to whether it is funny or vulgar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

A threat in Germany to place a
heavy tax on all foreign visitors will
discourage tourists just at time when
it would seem desirable to gather in
ali the tips possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

April used to be observed as q
day Of good-natured folly. A coal
strike may be folly, but it Is not good
natured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Scientists are still in doubt whether
there is plesiosauros in a Patagonian
lake or whether the old-fashioned sea
serpent has decided to locate inland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Appeals are discouraged by jurists.
The United States Supreme Court is
evidently suffering disadvantage in
being too popular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Al that is necessary for peace in
Ireland Is for the Irish to become as
anxious for it as the English appear
to Be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

The Antagonist ghost shares the
penchant for extremely trivial per-
sonal amusement that has distin-
euished SO many famous "hants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Russia has not terrorized the world
but has Mortified 1t. r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
Mental Consideration.

"You used to specialize on sym.
pathizing with the working man."
1.-THE working man rsciproca&ed, !"
replied Senator Sorghum. During
their recent years Of affluence the
working men in my constituency have
sympathized with me for having to
keep up appearances on q government
salary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
Question Of Taste.

I'VE ought to love our enemiss."
eat distance" replied Miss Cay.
enne. ''It IL proper sentiment to. I'D.
miro an enemy as a member Of the hu.
man race, but bad taste to cultivate
one as a close associate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

"we'd git along better" said Uncle
Eben. ''if de average man was as
anxious to do his share Of de- work as
b = TO hold up hiS end q . auaSrsl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01
Independent Speech.

I'll call spade 70 spade" with care
And yon potato, decked with mud,
For me shall be no 'pomme de terre.'
I'll also call q spud, "a spud."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Jud Tunkins says people who get
out and argue about whether marriage
is failure generally prove that in
their own cases It ID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

That missing rich Chicago coed
was working as a cook and getting
by with her Job. Now and then there
is confirmation of the view that 1t
pays to misunderstanding, Mich.
state Journal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Lots Of women think Easter Sun
day IL decoration day.-New Lon
don, Conn.,, Evening Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

Tee hand that rocks the cradle
rarely rocks the boat launched on
the sea Of neutrality-suspicious.
N, c., Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

There are those who might be bet
ter of II they were not so well Off
Detroit News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

II woman lawbreakers were tried
by blind jurors the verdicts might
be MISUNDERSTANDING, Tenn, Ten
neSsean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

/. Auto bandits IN Chicago have start
ed in on the pawn shops. Trust these
gentry to know where the money IL
Fort Worth Star-Telegrana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

What's in a name. Because a mans
name is Dodge IL no sign that he 10
an expert at sidestepping trouble
Chicago Post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-01

drinking q quart of evidence sub
mttted to them. But who took the
criminally negligent chance of sub
Knitting It to them.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

there in saving hundred marks when to-naor
row these will perhaps be worth only the half7
This reasoning explains a great deal Of the
surface prosperity of the country.
1t was here that [ began to understand why
the latest exchange rate of the dollar figures
SO prominently in the local papers; all whole
sale purchases in rural Germany to-day are
made in dollars; that is to say, III marks cal
culated on the dollar basis.
The Germans themselves have lost confidence
in their own money. But they do not blame
their government for printing so much paper
money; they ascribe all their new misfortunes
to the French demands; and as no German be-
lieves that his country was responsible for the
outbreak of the war--the most liberal opinion
I heard was that all the warning nations were
equally responsible--the bitterness against tho
French Is evil and ominous. AT first had en-
deavored to conceal my nationality, but
learned that an Englishman, especially one who
can understand German, is most popular. 1t
was dsconcerting to be given popularity at
the expense of an ally, but no protests pre-
vailed; could not get hearing for the French
point Of view. / found also that the Germans
still regard the Slav races as interiors: they
would sp5re a good word sometimes for the
Russian as an artist, never man, but my
good report of the Czechs was received with
increduIity And always the talk came back
to the French on the Rhine. ;.
We were nearly drowned in the Plauer See.
one of the larger Mecklenburg lakes, where
several people met their end in a storm the
previous week But the Muritz, the largest
lake In Germany and by far the most dan
gerous by reason Of its choppy waves. was un-
expectedly calm, and we came across it, four
teen-mlle pull, without incident Before ven-
turing out on one of these lakes we pulled
into the shore for breakfast; we had not time
20 disembark before an indignant man rushed
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

they were all Germans; / did not meet single
foreigner during the whole Of my trip. We
had to pay 90 marks each for our rooms, and
dinner cost about 100 marks. The next day
brought us through the picturesque Plaue
Canal to the Elbe, down which we made good
time as far as Tangern,unde. Here it is pos
sible to discover another side to contemporary
German conditions. Just as the beautiful
medieval town is hemmed in by huge sugar
refineries and allied factories, so its activities
are overshadowed by their proprietor, Herr
Meyer, good natured person by all accounts
and one certainly enjoying prosperity that is
not shared by most of the townsfok / was
surprised to find proclamation of the Com
munist party posted at street corner, but
learned that wherever there are German fac
tories to-day there are Communists, naively
persuaded that life in Soviet Russia is as
ideal as it is represented by the lecturers and
writer's Of the party headquarters. ! was as
sured (by their employers that the German
workmen, who have reduced their working
hours from ten to eight hours, are living in
better style than before the war-which may
or may not be true.
Prices were already much higher than
when we had left Berlin--it was at the tint
OF the sensational fall Of the mark, which was
immediately felt in retail prices-and my COM
panions found themselves hard hit. They told
me that the student OF to-day can no longer
live on his allowance from home, 1000 to 1000
marks month; he is obliged to work in Il
bank or factory during his holidays, and
even during term time, to make both ends meet.
We set off the next afternoon and arrived at
Wittenberge, where, as at Domitz next day,
we were welcomed by the local rowing club
Athletic clubs Of all kinds have increased
greatly in number since the war, as the
younger Germans feel a call to more open
life in direct ratio, by the way, the dueling