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Evening star., 1922-07-03
The Filibuster and the Cost.

Mr.. Voigt, the originator and con.
ductor of the recent one-man filibuster
in the House. thus replies to his
critics.
My flibuster did not cost the gov-
ernment, cent. except possibly q
charge for electric lights during two
night sessions. Tho members. of the
House and all employees are on an an
nual salary basis, which was not in
creased or decreased by the f1ibustsr.
1t makes no difference, so far as the
House expenditures ara concerned.
whether it is in session one: hour or
ten hours each day. 1t is4 not too
much, in my opinion, to ask that at
least half the membership Of the
House shall be present attending to
their official business when legisla-
tion is under consideration.
True enough. Strictly speaking,
there was no money cost, and all that
Mr.. Voigt required Of members-at-
tention to business-was imposed on
them by their commissions. He was
only asking that they attend to bust
ness.
The, cost Of a filibuster-especially
of the one-man variety-is that 1t
creates spirit Of impatience. 1t puts
the temper Of members on edge
snarls things up generally-and in
that way affects other questions than
the one in hand. 1t renders a legisla-
tive body less fit to handle business.
A number of ills may issue from a
filibuster designed and conducted to
correct only one.
The remedy-the preventive-is
contained in the short and simple
vernacular. "Stick around. Stay on
the job til the job Is completed. Uncle
Sam has the first call on those in his
pay who have undertaken to execute
his orders. No loafing. No legislation
by default-by absenteeism.
In the vocabulary Of a Congress en-
tirely vigilant there is no such word
as filihuster.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

risen in a political .m0yement. and q
fight between 5000 OF them and the
police resulted from an attack made
by the workers upon headquarters OF
a supposed royalast organization. This
affair, following the riot at Darmstadt
last week on the occasion Of memo
rial meeting for Rathenan, when,
through supposed collusion between
the rioters and the police, many busi-
ness houses were looted. is regarded
as a sinister suggestion of q rise Of
radicalism.
Chancellor Wirth is about to ask
the reichstag for the passage Of q bill
empowering the government to use
extraordinary measures in suppress
sion Of the reactionists. A drastic
measure has been prepared which If
made into law would create a power
for suppression equal to that of the
Russian government before the war,
There is some question whether Wirth
can command a majority for this bill.
Should the measure fail the govern.
ment would be in a dangerous posi-
ton between the reactionaries and the
radicals. The former. encouraged by
the failure of the bill, would. it il ex-
pected. undertake to hamper the ad.
ministration. Indeed. the Wirth gov
ernment might be forced to resign
This. however, it. is feared. would lead
to dangerous demonstrations by the
socialists, who. it is definitely known.
have been strongly influenced by the
Russian propagandists.
Thus the German republic stands
today in danger of collapse through
the meeting Of these two forces Of re-
action and radicalism. Judging from
the present temper of the German peo.
pie there is little doubt that in such a
test the latter would dominate.
Evening star., 1922-07-03
Early Crisis in Strike.

Today is a critical one in the strike
Of the railway shopmen, but the crisis
is much more acute for the strikers
than it is for the railroad manage
ments or the public. Officials Of main-
tenance Of way workers are meeting
in Detroit to determine whether the
$50 600 men who keep the tracks in
repair shall be ordered out on strike.
If the decision is in favor of a strike
the situation will take on additional
seriousness, but it will not immedf-
ately result in suspension or even cur
tailment of traffic, and as maintenance
Of way labor is chiefly unskilled. men
to take the places OF the strikers
would not be hard to find. II the de-
cision Of the maintenance Of way Of
ficials Is against q strike. the shop
crafts unions will be left high and dry.
and their strike cannot long be main
tanned. That the outlook Is not re-
garded hopefully is indicated by the
announcement Of President Fitzgerald,
head of the railway clerks union,
that he will wait awhile before de-
Gliding on a strike call. Apparently the
clerks have little eagerness to cast
their fortunes with a cause that has
so small chance Of success.
Estimates of railway executives is
that the roads can be kept in uninter-
rupted operation from several weeks
to three months with the repair shops
standing idle. But the executives are
not resting in the expectation that the
strikers will be back at work in time
to avert Interruptions to traffic. They
are making active efforts to recruit
men to take the strikers places, and
reports from different parts of the
country indicate that they are meeting
with measurable success. There are
hundreds of thousands of idle men
who need and want work, and not an
inconsiderabIe number Of them are
machinists.
The situation Is such that the re-
cruiting Of strikebreakers will be less
dificult than ordinarily is the case.
The strike lost standing at its tncep-
ton because the heads OF the shop
mems unions refused to make q final
effort to avert it, and with the govern
ment assuring full protection to men
willing to work. to be a strikebreaker
is deprived both of stigma and of risk.
There is every reason why union
labor as whole should deprecate the
strike of the shopmen. Impartial arbi-
tration and adjustment Of industrial
disputes has been one Of the founda-
ton tenets OF unionism, and the
most hopeful experiment in that d.
rection yet undertaken, the Railway
Labor Board, was flouted and defied
by the shopmen's officials.
Evening star., 1922-07-03
High Speed and Train Wreck.

0AS0 6pVSu 1A0 A1041 W10UAs
The toll Of death in the Reading
railroad wreck near Atlantic City was
remarkably low considering the ma
ture Of the accident. At latest accounts
five were killed and about seventy
five were hurt, some seriously. The
train, running. 1t is estimated, at
Iseventy-two miles an hour, apparent
ly ran into All open switch and was
Iderailed, the cars rolling down the EN-.
bankment without breaking their
couplings. Had the coaches been Of
the old wooden style undoubtedly
many more vFcslld have bean killed
outright. The steel Construction un-
questionahly sgved lives
Ia the absence Of specific evidences
the cause Of tile collision must remain
q Mattsr Of speculation. Evidently the
speed Of the train was . factor. At
the rate at which 1t II estimated the
train was moving, ssventy.twu miles
an hour, almost any cause might lead
to derailment. A stone on the truck,
q loose joint. or. a. suggested In this
cam. an open switch would hring dis
aster. At sevsnty-two miles an hour
q locumotive. with its reciprocatiug
action. q virtually rocking and Jump
ing on the rails. AZ the ccuuter
weights Of the driving wheels descend
they make . tremendous thrust DOWN
Evening star., 1922-07-03
New Rent Commissions System
Is Ciivins General Satisfaction

one for which Missouri has. become
landlord whoae rent ahaeges are de-
terminad by the commission to. be
more, than they should be 10 naturally
anxious to ascertain the basis for the
commiaston's determination A tsn-
ant who iE required to pay an tncrease
over his present rent is likewise curl
ons to ind out the reason for such
action.
In the past. much of the criticism
which has been aimed at the Rent
Commission or at the Ball act has
been concerned with the alleged OBJ
scurity Of the commissions findings.
Persons have wondered just how the
commission set about reaching de-
Observation-Disclosures. it was by q
percentage rating in comparison with
pre-war rents, by q fixed standard.
per ROOM charge, or by computing
net return and the rent adequate. to
produce 1t.
Under the revised procedure there
tors entering into consideration OF
every rental schedule are plainly
stated along with the rent fixed.
Unless the owner or tenant may dis
pute the accuracy Of the commissions s
property valuation, the sufi1ciency or
the inadequacy of the maintenance
allowance, or the amount of return
granted the owner, the determination
cannot reasonably be protested. ap-
parently.
+ X X
An interesting development in con-
nection with the commissions COM
pliance with the new provisions of
the law is the amount Of net return
which is being allowed property
owners. The commission go far has
decided that q net return of s per
cent is fair profit for the investor.
This return. it seems. has been satis-
factory to both sides to date.
The valuation being placed on
buildings named in the decisions is
understood to represent the fair mar
ket value of the property at the time
of the announcement-not its original
production cost. Consequently, own
ers of apartment houses which were
erected in war time, when material
and labor prices were at their height,
and who have been fixing rents on the
basis of cost or amount of money in
vested. are finding that these rents
will surfer substantial reduction at
the hands of the commission, If
brought to that body's attention.
Evening star., 1922-07-03
Stress in Germany.

Proceeding promptly and vigorously
the government at Berlin has caused
the arrest of men for the murder of
Foreign Minister Rathenau, with
proof that seems to establish their
guilt conclusively. 1t has at the same
times uncovered a widespread mon.
archAcal plot Of which this crime was
apparently one Of the moves. So
rarpiied is the organization, 1t would
seem from reports from Berlin, that
for the present further researches
have been abandoned, as enough Is in
hand now to occupy fully the atten-
tion Of officials. The uncovering of
this condition has driven the mon
archical party into hiding. Rathenau's
murder has thus proved q boomeranx.
and instead Of weakening has greatly
Strengthened the republican govern
nleHt.
A peculiar condition prevails in Ger
nlapy at this time. A strike Of print
ers Is in progress in Berlin, causing
the suspension Of practically all the
newspapers. Thus the capital and a
large part Of Prussia are without In
formation Of the Important events
that have occurred during the past
few days in the pursuit OF the Rathe-
nau assassins and the exposure of the
monarchical plot. The printers have,
in effect, established ceusorship at
the capital. In consequence, the wild
est rumors prevail. and Berlin II In a
ferment ct excitement.
Aeserious industrial crisis Is i'm
niheht. Tomorrow the National Fed
Grafton Of Trade Unionists and the so
cialists will call another strike
throughout Germany to emphasize
their demand for Vigorous action by
the government against the mon-
apSHsts and the general suppression
Of royslist propasanda. Meanwhile
3ire miners Of central Germany have
Evening star., 1922-07-03

F@HANGEs in. method Of pro-
4 ceflare provided for under
the recent extensinn Of the
+ Ball rent act have resulted
In a generally better understanding
between the District Rent Cpmmis-
sion and the public.
Principal among these changes, in
corporateds in the law through amend
ments. is that requiring tho Rent Com
mission to announce, in all rental de-
Examinations. the fair and reason
able value Of the whole property; the
allowance for maintenance, repairs,
taxes. service and all other expenses:
the separate rentals of the whole
property as fixed by the commission.
or II not fixed by the commission, then
as paid by the tenants; the commits
sfon's estimated net return to the
owner upon the value as fixed by 1t.
and such other findings OF fact as the
commission deems proper TO submit" /"
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In other words, the commission
must announce the valuation Of the
apartment house or other rental
property on which the rent decision
Is based; must estimate an amount of
money reasonably expected to be paid
out by the landlord in keeping up his
property during the course of a year;
must file with the determination the
complete schedule Of rents In each
case. although only one apartment in
large building may be affected by
the decision, and must state the per-
centage of net return which 1t is esti-
mated the property owner should re-
ceive under the determination.
These requirements are being met
daily in all decisions handed down by
the commission. Announcement of
the additional facts consumes but lit
tie extra time and space and the
knowledge thus impaired to both
landlord and tenant alike serves to
dispel any cause for misun6erstand-
ing as to the factors taken into con-
sideration in fixing the rent The
commission must determine each of
these points for itself. anyway. in
order to reach a fair decision, and tn e
complainants and defendants are en-
titled to the same information it ap-
pears.
This procedure is considered a vast
Improvement over the former practice
of the commission in announcing only
the bare decision as to the rent ad-
judged fair and reasonable. The
American public as whole possesses
trait more or less similar to the
Evening star., 1922-07-03
Exit Fog.

In the field of radio activity one
discovery doth tread upon, another's
heels, so fast they follow.
When Senior Marconi talks Of ex-
ploring the short wave-lenxth and of
wave in q desired direction straight
at a receiving station intended to re-
ceive it, more is meant than meets
the mere lay ear. But an immediate
by-product Of this new discovery ia
clearly s,ss i.. s e ss
navigators-fox. It seems clear that
this latest development will make
possible quite accurate navigation in
thick weather, thus reducing the haz-
ards Of seafaring by large margin.
Beyond this. howsver 1t ID al some
man. He feels as though, things were
happening over his head which are
fraught with his veal. but also pos
sibly freighted with his woe. Here
is q new force Of nature which man
is rapidly harnessinE and before he
his own nature which impel him. to
misuse the forces Of nature which he
has already harnessed-Bostcn Globe.
A hoe 10 . hos, whether he hogs
food. money, road or ether-Detroit
Journal AZ
An an eminent doctor has an
nounced that mud baths are good for
the skin, It is suggested that all q
lady has to do to get one easily To
take q ride in the side car OF motor
cycle.-Florida Times-Union.
Auto intoxication used to, be looked
after BY the doctors. Now II is
looked after by the police.-Detrpit
News. t =
It may seem a bit odd that Sena-
tor Caraway should put more condi-
rnent into the Senate than does Sena-
tor Popper-Cantpn News.
Can you remember when the ladies'
in crossing q muddy walk brAsenly
lifted their, skirts halt way up to
their boot tops?-Portisnd ExprssA
still room, at thestop. Only se0-odd
entries 10 TAR suEHested TOR our
'twelve Ereateat women.
NsWs- Cninisr. -
One Of tia. leaat iptsresting items
in recent forea9n news In TO- the ef-
feet that tho Erench wine crcr In bad
this years-Detroit Free PrsaA
Some day tho politicians, the re-
formers and the radioRl lahoritea. 6re
eninR to put the "rnEe" into tho
swsrage man. and then there'il he
anmsthing dofn1-columhis Record
Fharty-one FrinesGoa graduates ~.
in all EeFiouanasa, thai. thaY have
never kissed q eirl. and its' pretty
rad 10 ses . great edueational insfi-
tuition run down that way.-Grand
Kapids Press
Evening star., 1922-07-03
EDITORIAL DIGEST

marks. and the fact that it has been
taken up by the American Federation
or Labor suggests to the New York
Journal of Commerce that there Is
an evident effort to induce organized
labor to take up the cudgels as an
anti-judicfal body" Senator La Fol-
lette may not have been guilty Of
treason. but the Knoxville Journal
and Tribune thinks he was ''at least
guilty of sowing the seeds Of treason
and the applause with which his re-
marks were greeted served as an in
dication that the sowing was done in
responsive soil"
Evening star., 1922-07-03
The Tax Rate Dilemma.

In determining the tax rate for the
new fiscal year the Commissioners
face an embarrassment that is caused
by, forces wholly beyond their control.
The new law just enacted requires
that the assessment Of real property
be Increased to full valuation from the
two-thirds basis that has prevailed for
many years. Obviously the tax rate is
to be reduced. as the rate for the last
fiscal year would on the 100 per cent
basis yield more money than the ap-
preparations require. But the rate is
not to go down to the point merely Of
producing enough to meet the current
acquisitions on the sixty y-forty ratio Of
District-federa contributions to CAPT
tai maintenance. For Congress has
by this same act required that enough
additional money is to be raised by
taxation during the next five years to
put the District. by it's accumulation,
on a basis on July 1, 1927. to meet its
appropriation obligations out of its
own cash without calling upon the
Treasury for advances.
1t is undesirable to fix tax rate
that will raise more than is equitably
required for this purpose. That is,
a sum sufficient to enable the District
to meet its 60 per cent drafts between
July 1 and December 1. by which lat
ter date one-haH of the years taxes
will have been paid under the new
system. This, it has been roughly esti-
mated, is an increase Of about one
twelfth, inasmuch as in the course of
five years five-twelfths of a years ap-
preparations must be accumulated.
On the other hand, it is not desira-
be to carry the tax rate too low. Be-
cause of the 100 per cent valuation,
which obtains practically nowhere
else in the United States in fact,
though it may obtain elsewhere in
theory, a comparatively low rate will
suffice to yield the necessary revenue
product. Judging from past expert
ences, it Is easy to believe that there
will be an immediate exclamation
against the low taxes in the District
on the part of the congressional critics
of the capital community.
Here is the dilemma: II the rate Is
maintained at point where It is not
subject to unthinkins criticism much
more money will be raised than is
necessary even with the requirement
OF cash basis surplus accumulation. If
the rate is fixed at a point just suf-
ficient to yield the necessary funds
the District is scored as a tax-dodger.
A further surplus Of District reve-
nues, caused by the raising of more
money by taxation than Congress will
appropriate, is a source Of danger. Al
ready there is In the Treasury some
five million dollars accumulated by
now allowed to use, and against which
claims have been filed. to be deter
mined by joint congressional COM
mit1ee. 1t is therefore highly unde-
sirable to accumulate another surplus
other than that which Congress now
requires for cash-payment purposes.
In facing this dilemma the Commits
sioners will doubtless be guided by q
strict construction OF the new statute,
which simply requires them to put
the District on a cash basis by July
/, 1927. They are entitled to take into
account all Of the equities in their In
depreciation Of this law, and to give
the District the benefit Of any doubt
Evening star., 1922-07-03

As evidence OF his good health and
spirits, Attorney General Daugherty
remarked that he had digested with
pleasurable comfort table d'hote
breakfast on a railway train. No
further testimony as to tempera-
mental serenity or physical endurance
should be demanded.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

It was mistake to discourage the
newspaper correspondents at The
Hague. A conference like every other
enterprise depends in great measure
on the amount of publicity it can COM
mand.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

Congress members used to resent
remaining in Washington through the
summer. Now they regret the neces-
sity Of going back home to line up the
voters.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

The United States statesman who
defined the tariff as "a local ISSUE
could not foresee the circumstances
which make it an acute matter OF
world concern.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

The ex-kaiser is Offering his old car
riages for sale. The ancient equipage
will be Of no use to him If his jealous
friends In Berlin succeed in providing
him with a new political band wagon.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

Russian anarchists have in many
instances become converted to the be-
lief that any kind of government is
better than none at all.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

Illinois miners held dances near
hospitals. The grotesQue terrors of the
into ancient history as far as many of
us imagined.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

Producing managers promise that
musical comedies will be better next
season. There is limit to the fatigue
that a tired business man can endure.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

Occasionally president Harding, in
a very timely manner, interrupts his
policy of listening to advice in order
to give some.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

There must be moments when
Panch Villa is tempted to quit the
dear old farm and show these modern
Mex bandits a trick or two.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

Europe's war debts require q good
diplomat to develop the accomplish
ments Of a f1rst-rate accountant.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

The average citizen refuses at this
time Of year to be agitated over a coal
shortage, so long as the ice man calls
regularly.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

European flnanciers are husily1 en-
gagged on the rather ancient problem
of how to get rid Of debts without pay
ing them.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

So far as the general public is con-
cer1ed the most successful strike is
the one that never happens.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

The Hague is not developing nearly
as many literary entertainers as the
Washington conference produced.
Evening star., 1922-07-03

Motion picture producers are con-
vinced that Mr.. Will Hays is all the
censor they need.
Evening star., 1922-07-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDKR JOHNSON.

Rips Advantage.
When Rip Van Wrinkle slept along
Through twenty blissful years,
There wasn't any jazzy> song
To agitate his ears.
Tho Catskill elves who handed him
A sleeping draft intense,
Were not the bootleg boys 50 grim
Who leave us In suspense.
And that's why r. Van Wrinkle seems
A man by Fortune bIest,
Permitted to pursue his dreams
In unobstructed rest.
Evening star., 1922-07-03
The PerilOus Laugh.

The Perilous Laugh.
''You never tell any humorous
anecdotes in your speeches." re-
marked the friend.
Il had to quit trying to embeIlisf
my discourse with touches Of fun re
piled Senator Sorghum. ''The comedy
went so well that the audience
wouldn't pay any attention to my seri
Gus arguments"
Jud Tunkins says the cost of nvine
has made the woman with the market
basket more prominent than the man
with the hoe.
July L.
"A point Of great advantage We will
gain
Al people ceiehrate from SEA to sea,
II oratory II n safs and sane
Az pyrotechntcs now appear 70 be.
t@..-,-
Daaring.
do you dance?'
''I used to-" replied Miss Cayenne.
"But nov, as is the custom, simply
stand still and wrigsia."
'.6omsr or latar," said uncla Eben,
n crapshputsr - Etnetsr como home
hruke VII do same old ezcuse; 7 didn'
know 1t. was loaded"
Evening star., 1922-07-03

A skin tfst b. mal. ssddaas1s
blotehed a. dis6fnssd " sssassa. ssss
spo6, g cider sssp13o0, sssde -
tentioa.
8 LetN,linel Oesensat haie - -
fet nd Of thess aaa0yiak u1aoaU
aGecsiena oi IN din.
Evening star., 1922-07-03
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