Evening star., 1923-04-18

Brig. Gen. Hines, director of the
Veterans Bureau, says that in MS SIX
or seven weeks Of administration ne
has not found any evidence OF gran
or dishonesty. Mai. Gen. ORyan
who is making the preliminary IN
vestigation for the Senate committee
says he has found evidence or "eX-
travagance, waste and in some cases
actual dishonesty"
There 10 nothing contradictory in
those two findings. The director
attention Is devoted to present ad-
ministrative affairs, and he is not
hunting for past muddles, except in
connection with his efforts to remedy
defects Of the present. The discovery
of actual dishonesty" would be in
cidental for Director Hines; it Is the
main quarry of Gen. 'O'Ryan. Both
are strong men. working in mutual
harmony. for the benefit of the thou
sands OF veterans. sick, wounded
she'll hooked and in need OF voca-
ttonal training. There is re-
markable change in the whole
bureau; the atmosphere is different
Representative Thomas D. Schall
has brought to light the fact that the
Andrew Carnegie will provided lega-
cies for former President william
Howard Taft and for Mrs. Preston
widow of former President Cleveland
and for the widow of former Presi-
dent Roosevelt. All these bene-
ficiaries were personal friends of the
great steel magnate and philan-
thropist and there is nothing remark
o. in they a.
membered by him in his will.
At the time Mr.. Taft received his
first benefit of the will he was neither
President nor Chief Justice. Even
now. with his salary of $4,000 as
Chief Justice. he is very moderately
position and the expenses necessary
to his living. The Carnegie bequest
adds $4,000 a year to his income.
In Mr.. Carnegie's viii a provision
was made authorizing his trustees to
pension. in the amount of $4,000 a
year, all past Presidents and past Vice
Presidents. but public sentiment re-
er been put into effect Consequently
former President Wilson receives
nothing from the estate. The three
benef1ciaries mentioned above were
specifically named in the will and
they stand as any other legatees. In
case the bequest for the Presidents
and Vice Presidents were put into
force, il would cease as soon as the
government made provision for their
maintenance. Hence. Chief Justice
ia as we'll off IS If the presidential
pension were effective.
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The tragic poem Boots describes
the effect on the mind OF marching
soldier of the rnonotonous and unend-
ing tramping of his comrades. until
the tread, tread. tread of the boots
before his eyes drove him into insan-
ity. The senseless endurance dancing
contests have at last wrought simi-
whose nerves gave way after forty
three hours strain, in a Baltimore
dance. He flew into towering rage
at the jazz band. The police finally
with brutal prize fights in public. and
but for the suddenness with which
the long gendurance dances have beer
sprung on the public, similar laws
would prohibit such suicidal induI.
gences of senseless vanity. The
such dances Will not be permitted
here.
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The combination of forty-three
hours of whirling and shuffiing. with
jazz music" is enough provocation
to excuse almost homicide. In the
first place, well balanced mind
would never enter into such a contest
In the second place, jazz is itself mu-
sical insanity. Put the two together
q fnv
any container short of a bomb-proot
steel safe.
In Cleveland a music publisher seri.
ously advocates combination of nu.
sic and CoueiSm a means of curins
diseases. The rhythmic autosugges.
ton. either from musical instru.
ment. an orchestra or community
singing, would "soothe the savage
breast"
The unprecedented thing has hap.
pened in the Presidents cabinet meet.
ing. At the invitation of the Presi
| dent. the meeting was attended lasl
week by Acting Attorney General
Augustus T Seymour, in the absence
of the Attorney General, Mr.. Daugh-
erty.
There is nothing in the law defin.
The members may advise with the
President and with each other. but
the decisions rest only with the
President-not. by a majority vote