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The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Veterans Bureau Inefficiency,

To the Editor. rhe wsshingtou Herald:
Right unoer the eyes of the
legion here is the Veterans Bu-
reau which offers the worse sample
of inefficiency in the whole gov
ernment service. Go there today
and try to straighten out a
case and you are driven TO despera-
tion eryirg to argue with a man
wearing the legion button or some
married woman whose HUSBAND is
also In the government ser Vice
while former service men are walk
ing the streets jobless The over
whelmirz number of inefficient mar
rfed women in the bureau Is one
Of the horrors Of the Arlington
Building.
The Simon Legree treatment goes
right into the hospital Because OF
the refusal months and north, ago
Of the legion tol cad a bitter hght
for improvement the hospitals are
overrun by malignerers and in order
TO control these the staff is "hardr
on all There is no patiert who
does not address a physician as
Doctor or a nurse as ''MisA" hut
the patient is shouted to as Smith
or Brown" not unlike the manner
ore would expect in a penitentiary.
Remember this lack Of the ordinary
courtesies. which Col. Forbes could
correct by a general order. is being
worked on sick men whose dis
abilities came trying to defend the
country.
II McNider. Taylor and the rest
want to get the legion back in
popular esteem where IL was two
years ago let them first sweep out
the incompetents and married
women in the bureau whose hus-
bands hold government jobs: get
behind the Sweet bill which would
AFFORD relief to the permanently and
totally disabled; compel OF nurse.
the same courtesies you find on the
street and clean out of the hos.
pitfalls the hangerson who are there
to stay IL they are not budged.
DISABLED.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10

" ENTLEMEN who held temporary COM
NJ missions in the emergency forces of the
United States during the late hostilities,
and who earn their daily bread by labor as
clerks mechanics, nod carriers, corporation pres-
dents, etc, subjected to undeserved embarrass-
ment when the public insists on investing them
with their military titles nearly four years after
the last shot of the world war.
An army officer types to The Herald an in
dignant protest after seeing the title of major af
fixed to the of a Washington man now en-
ployed in civilian capacity after few months
service in the national army during which he wore
gold oak leaves his shoulders. The protest is
timely and proper. The gentleman himself doubt
less is most anxious that folks rid themselves of
the pernicious habit.
Down in Kentucky, deduce from perusing
popular fiction. there old chaps at every cross
roads settlement known as Judge" and Colonel"
These titles have become common, in fact, that
they mean almost nothing throughout large sec
ton of the South. Perhaps venerable men who
served in the ranks during the civil war get a
certain amount of satisfaction during the twilight
of their lives when the younger generation refers
to them as general" major" etc. But young
men who fought in the world war are more likely
to become irritated at the practice.
The habit is particularly obnoxious in Wash
ington, where there many men with legiti-
mate military titles-men who have devoted years
OF study and hard work to the profession of arms
without attaining a permanent rank equal to that
OF some bright fellow who got temporary COM
mission FIVE years ago
Let's get back to plain, wholesome, clean, hon
orable mister" again when referring to men who
have neither academic degrees or military COM
missions which entitle them to any other prefix
Such titles lieutenant, captain colonel,
major, general, etc. must be reserved for men who
hold commissions in the regular army, or the ma
tional guard when duty, at the present time-or
for retired members of the regular establishment
When used otherwise they lose all their significance
The practice is silly. 1t is just as silly as call
ing former doughboy Private" or Cor
poral Smith. If you don't think this last practice
would be silly, try it-and see what you get
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
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NMM@Mity

That the United States never
will return to the wide open
door immigration policy is the
belief of Representative Johnson of
Washington. chairman of the House
Committee on immigration and
father of the present restriction
law.
Passage of a permanent restric-
'tion measure at next winters ses-
sion Is prophesied by Johnson. The
bill he expects to see passed gives
all countries a base quota of 500
plus 2 per cent of the aliens from
that country in the U. S.
As the situation now stands the
present per cent restrictive &C.
has been extended for a two-year
period from July 1. johnson favors
the enactment of permanent legi-
station which will become effective
before the expiration of the two-
year period.
MANY persons wonder why the
percentage law has not been tight
ened up and made more binding"
says johnson in discussing the sit
uation. Some ask why Congress
has not enacted a law completely
IOT peTlOH
of years. Let me remind all of these
questioners that il took more than
twenty-five years of continuous ef-
fort to get law even as restrictive
as the three per cent act.
Each and every bill designed
really to restrict immigration
passed by Senate. and House from
the first days of the administration
of Grover Cleveland to the last days
of the administration of Woodrow
Wilson was vetoed for some reason
or other. usually because the pro-
posed law interfered with that non
sensical notion that the United
States was always to be the asylum
for the oppressed of the world.
In my opinion the act limiting
immigration to $4,000 for the fiscal
year ending June 30 came in the
nick of time. 1t has saved the
United States in that year from an
influx of fully 100000 immigrants
at q time when we could neither as.
simulate nor employ them.
when the year is up we will fnd
that less than 250,000 Immigrants
have been admitted. including $500
Or 1900 who have been admitted
temporarily for reasons Of human
ity and because of difficulties in get.
ting the new law Into operation"
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Taking Religion to the People.

(lTF the mountain will not come to Mahomet
then Mahomet will go to the mountain"
Most Christian churches in the United States,
we venture to predict, before many years, will
reach the same conclusion as did the founder of
Mohammedanism.
The Catholic Bishop of Richmond last week
granted permission for masses on Sundays and
holy days at the Fort Berry Country Club over
the District line in Virginia, where many tired busi-
ness men from Washington go during the summer
months for breath of fresh air and Sabbath
golf game.
If these were obliged to stay in the city
Sunday forenoons in order to attend church they
would lose the best part of the weekly holiday.
Under the new arrangement they can mix religion
and healthful sport without neglecting either
Many clergymen, understand, complain that
the country clubs rivals of the churches. They
lament the fact that Sunday sports prove more of
an attraction to the worldly men and women of
1922 than dull sermons
The remedy is simple They can follow the
precept of Mahomet and the example of Bishop
O'Connell.
II part of a summer Sunday must be spent in
religious observance why conduct the rites in a
stutty church? Why not let the people go where
they will and then carry religion to them? The
same purpose is served in both cases
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Intelligence of Congress.

10 the Edltof. Inc washington heiAN-
I.note a great many people are
indicating lately that the Congress
Of the United States Is low grade
so far as intelligence is concerned.
and other requirements. Now. l
do not believe this. ] think we
should stand up for our Congress
men. even IL we live in Washing
ton and don't have any. do not
think there are as many stupid
men in Congress as there are out
of Il. 1t must be remembered that
IL the people of a country are not
intelligent. how can they expect
their elected representatives to be.
A representative is what the people
make him. and II the people don't
do a good job they should not
blame their product for their lack
of skill.
As It is now, when a representa-
tive makes a speech IL Is like a
good detective story, because no
body knows what IL is all about
until the end.
OF course here in Washington II
really does not make much prac-
teal difference to the inhabitants
whether the representatives of the
United States know much or not.
What We need though Is repre-
sentative that will stand up for us
like a representative from State
stands up for the people of that
State, and see that we get what Is
coming to us. And he should re-
mf meer. too. that it's only a coward
that won't stand up because he
may be knocked down.
Now, politics Is practical
proposition. and II there's no votes
to be counted when the battle is
over. who should fight for WASH
And nobody does.
/ was standing on the corner
near Lafayette Park the other day
and heard some stranger say
who is the crowd coming?" And
the man with him. a washington
man. said. They are government,
slaves" Now. no one would call
the clerks from the War and Navy
depa artments slaves. even IL they dc
work under army and navy officers
IL they could vote for their rep
resentatives In Congress- Some
thing ought to be done by some
body.
There Is no use talking about al
the women in the different States
having the right to vote until all
the men In Washington get r.
This is one time when men should
say Men first" instead OF ladies
first" Nobody pays much attention
to that old saying now anyway. AZ
far as / can see.
Then when all the men and
women are In the saddle together
and riding to victory. they car
take hold Of the ship Of state ans
guide II into the divorce courts and
the ehiid iassr aiiis saa III
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Makes Full Use of Bicycle.
He seemed an -out-of- -the-paster,

He seemed an -out-of-the-pa -paster.
He wore a turped-up brim straw
hat such as was the style in the
sixties: had the side-burns OF q
Lincoln: wore ill-htting clothes
that easily could have passed for
homespun: was broadshouldered.
and inclined to stoutness.
OF age. he was over 50.
Seated on a bicycle he presented
a sight worth seeing.
/ saw him cycle up TO the en-
trance Of a government building on
Sixth street, sling the machine over
his right shoulder, and enter the
building.
Curious. followed. and saw him
slowly ascend some stairs to a sec
ond floor corridor. with the bicycle
still slung over his shoulder.
Reaching bis corridor. he calmly
placed the bicycle on the noor.
mounted the machine. and pedaiied
TO his once doorway. where I saw
him alight. paddock his wheel. and
enter his once ~
I felt rewarded for going out Of
my way to watch his performance
0sns Paul. isst csiuasis reaA.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
An Interesting Experiment.

T. HOMAS F. COOLEY, chief of police of
i Frchburg, Mass, has conceived an idea of
striking originality. He proposes, while all New
England listens in shocked horror to discontinue
all traffic officers. He recently was placed at the
head Of the police force of the little manufacturing
tity which nestles the New Hampshire line
under the shadow of Mount Wachusett He found
men in uniform directing automobiles and pedes-
rians this way and that at every corner Most of
ihese he has placed patrolling beats in the rough
pections of the city where most crimes are COM
nitted.
"It seems to me-" says Cooley in his blunt
Irish way, that traffic gets along good deal bet
er where there is nobody to bother it. traffic
,ficer Just gets automobile driver nervous and
he doesn't know what to do. We have more acci-
ients at corners where traffic officers are stationed
nan IN all the rest of the city combined-and they
Ire usually caused by drivers who do their best 70
,bey instructions"
The Fitchburg city council members do no,
igree with Chief Cooley. His idea is too original
But he continues sending his traffic force into the
Iuburbs where there houses to be robbed and
itizens who need protection from the unruly ele-
nents. And the chief claims that since he has
ldopted this policy the number Of automobile ac-
dents in the eongested section of the city actually
iss dropped off to an appreciable extent
We would urge the police of other cities, even
hose OF Washington, where the traffic force is
hfieient and alert to watch closely the result OF
chief Codleys experiment. If, during the sum-
ner, the number of automobile smash-ups in Fitch
urs are materially reduced there is room for
Interesting discussion to whether large traffic
orce is not an unnecessary expense Is il DOS
fble that anywhere in the United States auto
noble drivers are able to take care Of themselves
'etter than policeman is able to take care of
hem? Cooley thinks so-and the most interesting
'oint Of all is that he once was traffic officer
imsef and has rebuked strenuously many an Of
ending motorist in his day
We hope Mr.. Cooley wins his fight with the
ftehburg city council and is allowed to continue
rs present policy. 1t will be good for some of
rs policemen, who will get unlooked-for exercise
atrolling beats. 1t will be good for the motoring
ubhe everywhere to have the experiment tried with
horoughness
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10

strikes, and make the world a bet
ter place to live in And also put
up the bars and keep the foreign
ers where they belong. Because IL
you prohibit child labor. why the
average foreigner will come over
mere ard work for the same wages
the child got. and you are back
where you started or even further.
because you have got the foreigner
as well as the child to support
And nobody wants the foreigner.
Who will take up the burden of
getting suffrage for all of Wash
ington and carry It through to a
successful finish? The public
spirited man who viii do so will
earn the gratitude Of a long-sufrer-
ing people. IL he is a man of ex-
perience he may say the public's
gratitude will not last very long.
But he will have in his own heart
the knowledge of laurels well won.
JUSTICE.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10

ing the purpose for which the breed % TO be
Jersey. euern.ey I xy1ssrs f % pstes seised. brown
Swiss. French Canadian. Kerry. Dexter. Red
usually listed as dual purpose
DO THE INSANE REcoyERr
To the Friend Of People:
About how many insane people recover and
are let out OF asylums? In discussion yesterday
ID declared there were were y nearly half as many that
Figures for New York State insane ssyiums
show that the ratio has been changing and that
comparatively fewer recover now than did twenty
years ago. In 1900. 1,O2s were discharged from
New York asylums cured, and in the same year
1871 died u the asyiums. In 1920 this ratio stood
Isis TO 567s. which means that less than half
COST OF WORLD WAR TO Us.
To the Friend Of the People;
Kindly give some data ON the cost Of the
world war to the United States. H s. II.
-he cost of the world to the U. s. is
military. cost as per report of Secretary Hous-
Extra cost Of governmental function, under
war conditions as per report OF Secretary Houston
Red Cross contributions. ss7s512aae
Other relief contributions, s4s0.0oooeo.
Government contributions TO relief from
supplies, etc. ss4s.o0o00o.
per report Of Secretary OF State ,s21i33a3If1.
Connscated Amerlcan-owned property in Ger
many. s1s1.147,34s.7s
Conhscated property of American prisoners in
Pension costs estimated by comparison with
24s7I2 and in world war aafess Civil war pen-
sions up June 90. 1919. were s5.zas s5s sos az
Obligations Of foreign governments absorbed
in the u s. by private interests since August l.
Governmental loans to allies. with interest,
Grand total. s5o1sss25.7o7Is
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10

srupYrsG LAW sr NAIL
To the rri.sd sf the People:
Is II possible for man to become competent
lawyer BY studying law through correspIaafn0e' l.
You should consult John Paul Earnest, 900
street. who Is chairman OF bar examining COM
mittee. He will advise you.
yroasHEyIsM AND SOCIALISM.
To the Friend Of the People
In what ways do Bolrhevisua. sovietism, So
elaiism and Communism diner? L. l. n
Boisbeyism. literally .rhe greater is the
name Of the majority terroristic branch OF the
in Russia during the revolution Of March. 1911
IL combines Sovietifm and Communism Sovieusm
workmen or soidiers, representation being based
on work rather than on location. Communlsm "
theory teaching that the 'aSor ana an Its em %
bers by some constituted authority, usually the
rovernrnent. Socialism has too many forms to be
the Instruments of production into the hands OF
the worker. It usually seeks to accomplish this
lions are too brief to be entirely accurate and you
should consult good. modern encyclopeoia sucn
as the Americana" for detailed Information
SECRETARY TO COMMISSIONERS.
To the Friend People,
who are the secretaries to the Board OF Com.
n,issioners the Public Utilities Commission OF
the District OF Columbia! SithNI@
The secretary OF the Board Of Commissioners
Daniel Garges while the secretary q the PqSs o.s
have offices in the District Building.
ABOUT DAIRY CATTLE.
70 Friend Of the People:
breeds Of dairy cattle in the United States? Please
list them according to their comparan.e aaTsn-
tages and value ~ - f|AHfN'
Authorities are much divided as to the rela-
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Hunger in the VOLTA.

I ACK of seeds, lack of stock, lack of farm i'm
l. plements and lack of physical strength on
the part of the peasants themselves to fore
cast another bitter winter in the famine area Of
Russia Although the immediate emergency is
over the peasants have lost heart. The slender
diet on which they have been obliged to keep soul
and body together during the spring and early
summer has produced little enough Of the energy
necessary for the successful cultivation of fields
Robert w. Dunn, of the Friends Service Relief
Unit, which has been operating in the Voga
region, reports vast sweeps of uncultvated land
that end only at the horizon with only occasional
green patches where enterprising peasants
have sowed grain All this is reported from one of
the richest agricultural regions of the world in
normal times.
Last year the Volga peasants were the victims
of combined nefficiency and drought. This year
they promise to be the victims of pure inefficiency
The drought largely is over. There has been
enough rainfall to insure medium crop If the
fields had been planted But the situation illus
trates the hopelessness which comes when men and
lose their ambition. What is the use?
the peasant asks. Only the echoes over the black
steppes answer.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Attacks Prejudice.
To the Editos. The Washington Herald:

To the Editos, The Washington Herald;
Justinian misunderstood the spirit
Of my criticism and misauotes my
remark concerning the Confederate
Veterans.
would not have had secession
lists hung or even punished as my
own grandfather was what was
then known as a Copperhead and
would not allow his son to fght
for the flag against the secession
list.
am in favor of amnesty now
and would have been then, and VIII
be tomorrow and at all time. what
ever the cause.
I did not claim that men who
carried the banner mentioned
should have been hanged for trea-
son, but that, according TO Justin
ian's reasoning that they should
be, II is Justinian. not myself. that
is prejudiced.
There are two schools of thought
in the South now. as former Attor-
ney General Palmer found out when
he went down to his defeat in
Georgia, as is evidenced by the posi-
ton taken by Senators Hefiin
Reid, Vardaman. Stanley and others
who believed in the Democracy OF
Jefferson and Paine, and not In the
torryism of Wilson.
The late Senator Money had some
years ago an office in the st. Cloud
Building and my grandfather was
associated with him in some legal
matters. His office was taken over
by the late Jason Bullock, of Ten
nessee. and among the old books
in Bullock's library was Trial by
Jury" by Lysander Spooner. The
Sovereignty of the Individual" by
the same author, Mutual Banking
by Col. Green. Science of Society,",
by Steven Pearl Andrews. and CIV
ilized Society" by Josiah Warren.
All of these books upheld the right
of the individual as against the
State, as did the writings of Jener-
son and Charles O'Connor. As these
writings antedate those OF John
stewart Mill. Herbert Spencer. p.
]. Prouhon, Karl Marx, and other
Eurobean writer's. the doctrine Of
the right of secession grew hrst
and strongest on American soil and
the Southern secession was prac-
tical expression of the doctrine OF
! the sovereignty of the Individual
and Is the same in principle as the
treason" of which Justinian says
the present "politicals" are guilty.
Justinian remarks that the present
''politicals" have a weak cause. In
this he is in error; Jeff Davis had
a weak cause and lost 1t because
of the economic factor involved. but
the "politicals" have strong cause
and are winning II even at indl :
vidual sacrifice. 1t was the "trai-
tors" of their kind that secureo q
eight hours as a days work instead
of twelve.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Dancing the Collegiate.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
II xaye me great deal OF
pleasure to read the letter or ohe
Who Dances" in answer to my
criticism of the collegiate. IL Is
one of the rare cases where
reader of the Open Court writes
opposing the views of another
without resorting to personalities.
as such persons as H. S. ;. can.
not seem to refrain from doing. !
am delighted with the manner IN
which "One Who Dances pre-
sented the other side of the mat
ter and Il has tended somewhat to
loosen the strong attitude ] TOOK
at first against the collegiate
dance.
Ny kick against the collegiate"
was bro1ght about by the ones
who danced II improperly, causing
me discomfort when they colifded
with me because they did not keep
going in the general direction
taken by the rest of the dancers
on the floor. They exaggerated
the glide and kicked too much to
both sides. have not seen
single couple dance 1t according to
the way -One who Knows" de-
scribed it. and consequently can
not be blamed much for what !
said against the new dance. Until
music Is written to the new time
required by the dance. that Is
faster than waltz tine and slower
than the fox trot, j do not believe
the collegiate" can be enjoyed ny
anyone who has an ear for music
for dancing out OF time with the
music is no pleasure to such a
person
The suggestion Of "one Who
Knows" that I try out the steps is
a kind one. but i would not try
to dance anything out OF time with
the music OF today and besides
think am too told to ask a girl
OF the Glass OF "a to teach any
thing to q fellow Of tha Class. of
~. ~ iaase m. 3. q" reDssked
The Washington herald., 1922-07-10
Powerful Kstrinka Appears.

Riding on Lincoln Park car is
amusing. / noticed an end-seat hog
open his paper disregardfully wide
the other day. He looked sour and
crabby. He grumbled at a robust
fellow passenger seated alongside
of him as to convey a complaint
about taking too much seating
space. Our robust friend took all
this good d-naturedly, when up the
aisle came healthy, vigorous "Ka-
trinks." Her stout fellow passen-
ger was all chivalry. He bowed low
as he offered this stout lady his
seat. The "skinnay" passenger was
in for a severe punishment. Ka-
trinka surely did crowd and crush
him. and ne'er a word said he.
I'm still laughing over the Incl
dent Do you blame me?-Philip
Ebert, 1877 c street northeast