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New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Arms and the Leae1,e

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: At the Town Hall this morning.
lecturing on the subject "America's In
fuence in Foreign Affairs" but in fact
emphasizing his opinion Of the failures
of the Washington conference and the
accomplishments of the League of Ma
tions, Raymond 3. Fssdick stated that
the present membership of the league
consists Of ffty-one nations, represent
ing seven-eighths of The civilized peo-
pies OF the world. He intimated that
members Of the league have enormous
ly increased their national debts since
the armistice.
1t would be Of interest to much
larger audience than that of the Town
Hall if Mr.. Fosdick would explain
why, II these ffty-one nations are act
ing in good faith. they do not abolish.
or at least greatly limit, the size Of
their enormous military establish
ments, thereby taking tho principal
step inevitable for their economic re-
covery.
AN 1NQUIR1NG AMERICAN.
New York, March 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Tainted Meat

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: l read with great 'n'''s. "a.
your editorial regarding the nl'A0'..'
report of Senator Nathan Straus y"
based on the Investigations by the ~.
ate Committee on Farms and MatA''.
Try herds, of which 20 to 0'
cent are tubercular, are nieha''
the public health, and there Is
doubt that infected cattle, wnss"'
they are milch or beef herds, sfs
constant danger 10 the health o. v
state. an
If 1t is true that the Ferris p', NJ
passed by the Senate on March ., W.
give the owner Of slaughtered ANNA,
the right to dispose of an ihA'. ~.
carcass as he sees fit, and that IN " ",
way tainted meat. carrying the s' Ala
of tuberculosis, would be SOLD " ".
inhabitants of cities, mostly !" .,a
form of sausage, a situation is cFes.. :..
which requires the greatest pa0''S
and immediate correction. o
JANE NORMAN sMrA
New York. March 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
First Get the Facts

No injury TO the schools will be
done by the failure of the Legislature
to pass the bills relating to them
pending before it.
The Tribune believes that it is i'm
pCrtant to rescue the schools from
the present administration which
would like to make them into a polit-
ical machine. The exposure of the
plot to bring this about caused it's
temporary abandonment.
The Mayor became a little timid
about removing the best men in the
department when his animus against
them had been revealed. There are
some situations into which even he
fears to rush.
Preliminary to any school legisla-
ton there should be a searching in
quiry by the State Board of Regents,
which is composed of educators and
men of intelligence and business ex-
perience.
Such an investigation will show
exactly how control from the City
Hall could introduce politics into the
schools. and exactly how much has
been done in that direction already.
1t will probably be necessary, in
order to make the schools Rylan-
proof, to provide for the appoint
ment Of members of the Board of
Education by some outside body,
preferably the Board of Regents,
giving the Mayor only one vote in
the selection.
However, lacking full information
as to the best methods, it is we'll to
await a report. The Legislature has
authorized the expenditure Of $4,000
10 pay the expenses of the inquiry
The Regents have all summer in
which to make it. BY the next ses-
sion they will be able to offer sugges-
tions for constructive legislation, the
passage of which will take the
schools out of the hands Of the poll
ticians for all time.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
A Shadow Navy

Representative Fess told the
House on Saturday that the naval
sub-commttee OF the Appropriate
tions Committee intended to cut the
naval estimates from S350,000.000
10 S160.Q0O.000 or $170,0O0,oO0
and to provide for an enlisted per
sonncl Of only $1,000 Such cuts
would leave the "trcaty navy" a
shadow.
Secretary DENLY has said that
10000 seamen and 5000 appren-
tices are needed to operate and care
1or the feet which the naval limita-
tion agreement allows us. Ships
laid up at piers or sent to sea un-
dermanned soon cease to be navy.
The vessels deteriorate and the men
lose their training edge. The eff
ficiencv of navy lies in the pre-
paredness of its units and their
capacity to work together and to
respond to a delicate system of
control.
It is bad policy to set up an in
ternational capital ship ratio
and an international standard of
strength, and then to live deliber-
a'ely far under the standard The
United States is one of the two
greatest naval powers and has
'pent billions Of dollars to attain
ihat ranking. We have assumed re-
sponsibilties based on the main
tenance of treaty fleet. Why
should Congress set about under
mining the new status even before
the naval limitation agreement is
ratified? Psf
If this agreement is not ratified,
building rivalry viii begin again. If
it is ratifed-and its fate depends
upon the fate of the four-power Pa
cifc treaty-we shall still have to
pursue a naval policy which takes
into account conditions at the end
of the naval construction holiday
in case we should become involved
IN war before that time the holi-
day provisions would automatically
lapse.
A well-manned, well-trained navy
is still national necessity,
Gripping the fleet is surrender to
the purbhnd pacihsm which forgets
nothing and learns nothing.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

inevitable that the practical depart
ments of business education should
be developed in advance of one de-
voted to the fine arts, and this is not
to be regretted. But it is significant
Of the true university spirit that
the latter has followed quickly upon
the former and that the university
demonstrates thus its service to the
community's aesthetic as we'll as ma
terial requirements.
Comparable with the gain which
the university will enjoy through
what will substantially be the addi-
tion Of faculty Of fine arts will
be the gain of the National Academy
in securing for its students the ad-
vantages of university culture in
history, literature and philosophy
and the bestowal Of university de-
grees upon those who complete the
course. While the genius Of the
painter or sculptor is not to be
created simply by burning the mid
night OIL such knowledge and cuI-
ture as university imparts arc Of
high value to the artist who would
attain the highest rank they are
indispensable to the increasing num-
Der of those who, would unite arts
with crafts for the profit Of the in
dustrial world.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
The Bonus Nest Egg

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to point out what
l consider one Of the fundamental
reasons why bonus to ex-service men
should be awarded now.
Everybody knows that tho first $500
Is the hardest to save. Now, should
wo ex-service men be awarded the
bonus it will of course be used first
to pay debts; the balance, in the ma
5ority Of cases, I believe, will form the
nucleus of an estate or the means of
business foothold, which in time
may bring financial independence, with
out which the ex-soldier would become
an applicant for the old-age pension
which will be demanded at some future
time. r NJ IT
New York, March 8, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Short Cut to Bedlam

The bill at Albany that would
permit summary disposal of per-
sons suspected Of mental deficiency
should not be passed f-hand. The
measure which Senator knight has
introduced provides for the arrest
on anybody's information Of an ZAP
parent" mental detectives; the ap-
pearance Of the suspect before a
magistrate, and on that officials
say-so commitment to Bellevue or
some other safe and comfortable
place" pending final determination
of the poor souls mental status"
This would be a convenient way
of getting rid of mild eccentrics-
harmless nuts" as Bird S. Coler,
Commissioner Of Public Welfare,
calls them-whom unfriendly rela-
tives or persons with grudge would
be glad to put away. AS the bill is
drawn, the most superficial symp-
toms of abnormality would be
enough to railroad" an alleged
crank TO the asylum, from which he
would be lucky if he ever got out.
New York certainly doesn't mean to
put iettres de cachet in the hands
Of the malicious informer.
1t is true that there are danger
Gus as we'll as harmless nuts" who
ought to be confined for the public
safety but who go at large. They
should be placed out of harms way
by due legal process at the instance
of accredited alienists. But it is
putting an unfair burden on the
to require them to take
snap judgment on the mental COM
potency Of every somebody who
somebody else says is out of his
head.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Fine Art, at N. Y. u.

The establishment of an organic
working alliance between New York
University and the National Acad-
emy of Design appeals to public
interest on both sentimental and
practical grounds. There is an his
toric fitness in it, seeing that the
two institutions had an almost
simultaneous origin in the intellec-
tual and artistic movement which
stirred New York nearly century
ago and that the chief founder and
first president of the academy, Sam
uel r. B. Morse, was also professor
of the literature of the arts of design
IN the university. 1t will be crafty
ing now to have that professorship
revived, and hearty thanks are due
to Colonel Michael Friedsam and
the Altman Foundation for making
that consummation possible.
The arrangement will be another
step toward the fulfillment of the
purpose proclaimed by it's founders
nlnety-two years ago to establish
New York University "on a liberal
and extensive foundation" The orig
inal scheme included practically all
the great schools of special training
which in late years have become
features Of the university, such as
the School Of Education, the School
of Commerce, Accounts and Finance.
and also the School Of Fine Arts,
which is now to be supplied by the
National Acadanru It was nerhans
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Fire Insurance Lobby -
Companies Right to Present Their
Views Opposing MIR. Untcrmycr's


Views Opposing MIR. Untermycr's
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Samuel Untermyer charges the
fire insurance companies with main
tanning corrupt lobby at Albany. If
Mr. untermyer has any evidence of this
why does he not present it to the
criminal authorities? A reckless and
unsupported charge against his oppo-
nents is poor argument in favor of
the passage of his measures.
There is lot OF humbug about the
word "lobby.' When legislation is
under consideration insurance COM
panies have exactly as much right to
present their views to the men re-
sponsible for Legislation as Mr.. Inter
myer has. If you agree with Mr.
Untermyer you are actuated by the
highest motives; if you disagree with
him you are corrupt lobbyist" This
is state Of mind into which many
temperamcntal reformers are apt to
fall; they are carried away by the
sense Of an almost inspired mission to
benefit humanity.
AS matter Of fact the fire insur-
ance companies as whole conduct
their business in an exceptionally clean
and straightforward way and under
the strict supervision of an honest and
efficient insurance department, headed
by a gentleman Of the highest stand
ing, who, however, ha. his own opinion,
much to Mr.. Untermyer's surprise. of
tho unwisdom of some of Mr.. Inter
myers proposals.
Mr. Untermyer's pathetic statement
that his state fund cannot exist unless
given an absolute monopoly is prob
ably true. Private enterprise can
always put a government owned con-
cern out of business if given half a
chance. The fact that 81 per cent of
the insuring public prefer to pay Is
per cent more to the stock companies
for high class indemnity and service
than to intrust their interests to n
soviet state fund proposition speaks
for itself SO far as compensation in
surance is concerned.
Mr.. Untermyer's desire to have the
hre insurance companies invest their
assets in mortgages is most unwise.
Mortgages cannot be readily turned
into cash The next big confagration
is overdue, and when it comes the
policyholders will want to be paid in
cash, not in mortgages.
If Mr.. Untermyer has no better argu
ment FOR certain of his measures than
making faces at their opponents and
calling them lobbyists" he had bet
ter come back to New York, where some
OF his efforts in respect of labor and
building combines have been of great
service to the community.
SIDNEY r. KENNEDY.
New York, March II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Books p.,., Rs,,,,,,, b.

and to knit into them a credible
romance with various amusing epi-
sodes. No less a critic than MIR.
Lorimer, Of "The Saturday Evening
Post" has approved Of Mr.. Toohey's
hctions, for they were printed first in
that prudent repository of nothing that
is not popular. Of the many press
agents who have found their vocation
a threshold to literature Mr.. Toohey IS
perhaps the only one who has cele-
brated his calling in a novel. Chan
ming Pollock, James Forbes and Eugene
Walter write plays; Townsend Walsh
is the fond biographer of Bouccicault;
Frank Wilstach complies invaluable
glossaries, and his brother, Paul, prints
good books about Richard Mansfield
and the Potomac landings.
William A. Page adapts frequent
serials for the evening newspapers and
Randolph Hartley is the librettist Of
an American grand opera that was
hissed in Berlin. Frank P. Morse, who
used with difficulty to make the press
friendly to Henry Miller, now en-
lightens the subscribers to THE Wash
ington Post" by his amusing feuilletons.
He coined for Mr.. Miller the phrase
the Cancer critics" None of these,
however, except Mr.. Toohey, has writ
ten about the thing he knows best. Still
since Mr.. Toohey has glorified so we'll
the so-called gentleman of unneces-
sary occupation" the neglect of his
brethren may be forgot. "Fresh
Every Hour" does nearly all that may
be done for the erstwhile theatrical
press agent
When and II, as they say in the
financial advertisements, Mr.. Toohey
decides to continue his narrative, !
wish he would talk to William A
Pinkerton, the great detective. Mr.
Pinkerton can tell him of at least two
interesting jewel robberies which, be-
cause actresses were concerned in them,
were never disclosed to the newspapers
Anna Held and Lillian Russell were the
victims of these actual depredations,
and the circumstances Of their loss and
their recovery were so "baroQue," as
Mr.. Toohey would say, as to be beyond
the imagination of even Jimmy Martin.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Mosquito Preparedness

On the principle that prepared
ness is effective in any warfare,
publicity campaign is being waged
to prepare for the mosquito war
that will come with the warm
weather. True to the most ap-
proved version of this principle, one
of the leaders in this campaign ad-
vocates beginning preparedness at
home, and announces that the
famous Jersey mosquito is not so
much of pest to New Workers as
our own garden and park variety,
born on Manhattan, raised on Man.
haitian and finally killed on Man
haitian in the act of drinking the
blood of good New Yorker.
During the last two years." SAYS
this authority, when light and
other conditions would permit, |
have made it a point to examine
every mosquito l could find. Not
one in ten that ] have been able to
see clearly could have been of the
migratory type, and Lot one have I
found that could not have been bred
within a few hundred feet of where
it was found"
This testimony can be disproved
only by experts. In the mean time.
all who have dwelt in the city know
that the mosquito has become al
most as great pest as the fly, and
all Will welcome a campaign to ex-
terminate him. The problem is not
a difficult one. Experience in the
country has proved that the mos
quito can be killed In it's breeding
places cheaply and effectively. But
here in the city q campaign Of edu-
cation will be necessary, in which
the city health authorities will have
to cooperate.
A precedent has been set by in
structing the school children how to
keep down the fly. The same thing
could and should be done in the
hight against the mosquito. The
time will soon be at hand when such
instruction should be given. The
Wosquito war can easily be won.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

ties under the law may better be at
tackled singly than in battalions
The Livermore bill has been passed
by this Legislature, giving women
an equal opportunity with men to
serve the political parties Four
equality bills are before the Legis-
lature, among them one amending
the decedent's estate law to en-
able mothers to share equally with
fathers III the estate Of child.
There is no difference Of opinion
among women as to abolishing the
excellence Of the sex." There is
a difference only as to method
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
The Excellence Of the Sex"

A California judge was recently
called upon to decide who should COL
lect damages in the case of woman
who had injured her arm - the
woman herself or her husband. The
husband had deserted the wife some
years before, and entered her life
again only when he learned she was
entitled to damages for her injury.
The Judge, however, decided that he
should collect the money, according
to an ancient law which gave the
husband preference "on account of
the excellence of his sex"
1t is because of such happenings.
against which there is no protection
IN existing law, that the National
Woman's party has had introduced
IN the New York State Legislature.
as IN other states, blanket bill of
rights. This aims to "sweep away
the last vestiges of the subjection of
women" In other words, if any
thing be found in the mustiest
corners Of the statute books which
is not in accord with the modern con-
ception of women's rights it is to be
nullified by the new bill of rights.
Women" it begins, Shall have
the same rights, privileges and i'm
munities under the law as men," and
it continues with a list of fourteen
specifications, such as control Of
earnings, custody Of children.
grounds for divorce and so forth.
The feminist statisticians have
discovered, even in advanced states
like New York, many inequalities
under the law. According to a case
decided in 1921 New York man
was allowed to collect money for
sewing done by his wife in his home.
All modern-minded persons will
agree that the law should be mod
flied in every respect in which it de-
MES justice to woman or limits her
freedom.
But there is much opposition on
the part of women themselves to the
blanket bill Of rights. They fear
that absolute equality under the law
might deny them many privileges of
which they still feel the need under
existing conditions of society. For
example, there is clause in the
blanket bill Of rights which reads:
No disabilities or inequalities on ac-
count of marriage shall exist unless
they apply to both sexes" The sup
port to which wife is now entitled
is an inequality on account of mar
riage. Will that be imperiled?
1t is because there is so much
room for questions of this character
that there is difference of opinion
among women themselves as to the
value of the blanket bill. The old
lineup Of the suffrage campaign
prevails again. The woman's party
is for the sweeping reform. The
conservative groups, such as the
League of Women Voters, are
against it.
I'LL ~ -1:nxx> 41,& ;n.c,,o1;
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Military Attaches Recalled

Withdrawal Of American military
attaches from various countries in
Europe will effect only an insignif-
cant saving, but is justified by the
relations Of the United States with
these nations
Military attaches are representa-
tives of the War Department, as
sociated for the sake of admins
tration with diplomatic missions
abroad, but acting independent
ly and reporting to the War
Department. They specialize on
information of Importance to
the military authorities, and keep
IN touch with army and navy de-
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

After all, the whole matter is alb
surdly simple if you'll only follow in
structions. Such instructions as this,
for example:
"In no case shall the tax computed
with an exemption of $4,000 exceed the
tax which would be payable If the cx-
cmption were $500 by more than the
amount of the net income in excess of
$1,000
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
MIR. Underwood's Choice

MIR. Underwood has many times
proved his stability and broad mind
edness. He did so again in his speech
OF the four-power Pacific treaty. He
consented to serve as a member of
the American conference delegation
because he saw chance to advance
American interests by ending dam
gerous international frictions in the
Pacific. He now advocates ratifca-
ton of the conference treaties, on the
ground that the conferences work
was a signal contribution to the
pacifcation Of that region and has
thereby greatly benefited the United
States.
No partisanship enters into this
attitude. 1t is the attitude of the
average American, regardless of
party. If the treaties are judged
simply on their merits what can be
said against them? Opposition to
them so far has been based chiefly
on extraneous insinuations as to
methods and motives. But there the
treaties are. They offer a plain
choice between concert for peace
IN the Pacific resting on solid foun-
dations and return to the old con-
ditions Of suspicion and discord.
Why should any Senator hesitate
20 make the choice which Mr.. I'm
derwood makes? 1t is a choice
which should be equally easy for a
or a Democrat.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montague
The Income Tax Blank

We've figured out our assets
And put them on the blank;
We've written out the facts abSsG
Our money IN the bank. -
The cash in hand that Te con-
mand
Is down in black and white,
But still we quail with fears Of
jail
They probably aren't right
Arithmetic appalled, Us;
We could not learn rule.
1t made US sad to have to add
Or multiply in school.
At problems which were set Us
We labored all day long.
We tore our hair in dumb despair
And always got them wrong.
We've studied the directions
The government supplies,
And only find they strain our
mind
And tangle up our eyes.
We read and read them over,
Then walk the foor and cuss.
But all in vain; they're just as
plain
AS so much Greek 10 US.
We've put down all the income
We think that we have got,
And yet, somehow, II strikes Is
now
That we've left out a lot.
However, it is finished,
We've laid aside our pen.
We'd rather go 10 jail, we know
Than fill it out againi
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Cruel and Unusual

The proposal to make all canai-
dates for Ii. 3. degrees go 70 college
would keep them indoors in tnos'
youthful years best suited to 'n'
chasing OF ambulances.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

We can find no space on the blank
for deduction of certain items, to wit:
pads of paper.
l bottle OF ink.
l tablecloth ruined by item immc-
diately above,
Trip to stationcrs.
] bottle Of ink.
Trip to bank for another blank.
Lacerated feelings of wife.
neighbors.
Two now pages added to celestial
record Of our offenses, under head of
blasphemy.
One day Off. complete loss
Trip to bank for two more blanks.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

How much is sovcn times three?
What's the exemption gct2
"Schednlc tho items in c."
Losses by fire, Storm" ct Get,
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

The perfect optimist, to define him
for the nth time, is the person who, on
being told that he made "A mistake
in his return, thinks the government is
going to send him a refund
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

They've doubled tho exemption on
children. That's something. If they
only continue to do this each year we
may be exempted for the entire amount
of our small sons yearly upkccp before
he starts in to support himself.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

Who're do / unsWer and how?
Lord, 0iue me patience and grocei
Please do not bother mo no,O
"Do not reply in this space.'
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

fo0 can purchase merohandisO advertised In IHs
TRIBUNE wIfh sbSoute safsty--for II disSat sfac-
ton results fa any case THE TRIBUNE ooaran-
;ses 20 psy you- ronty back upon request. No red
tsse. 80 eulhtiiro We refund promptly " the
ssvtrtise- DOES not
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13
Look Out

The public IS warned that
counterfeit twenty dollar bill now IN
circulation IS worth very little more
than bundle of German marks
New-York tribune., 1922-03-13

Dommit '1oao, don't interfcrel
Who said they'd made some reducfions2
Henry, tho children wiU heart
"Seo Section of instructious.v