Evening star., 1923-03-23
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL y. COLLINS

There is not much that a layman
can criticize in a judgment of a group
of eminent physicians upon the
technical subject of hospitals. One
thing which strikes the friend Of the
sick and wounded veterans is that
the need of speed in providing ample
disqualification now is the all-im-
portant consideration. The peak OF
hospital needs is not yet reached
The experts fear that there may be
oVerh and then what
SHAH we do with the leftover build
ing, after the requirements begin to
drop down? The patients will die,
eventually, and then there will be
millions Of dollars tied up In use
iess buildings If the construction
Tags little more, the buildings will
not be completed when the dropping
down begins. and SO il will not De 50
SERIOUS problem. what to do with
the vacant hospitals.
There seems to be a cold -bIooded-
ness in that line of argument, which
makes a shudder. This hospital mat
ter is a war emergency, exactly as
the building of battleships, regard
less of cost, was an emergency. II
was four years last November since
the armistice. Congress has met the
public demand for human, patriotic.
full and immediate care of the
country's wards. 1t is not a question
OF money. -Four years means that the
outstanding call of duty, now, is &C
ton, not delay, and if millions are
spent in alleged "overhos pitaliza
| ton the nation will condone thai.
but never will it pardon the procras-
tination and the paper hospitaliza
ton" which counts the empty beds
in tuberculosis hospital i'm Maine
or California against the failure to
shelter and care for the least Of
these" in Florida or Minnesota, who
need treatment for some other all
ment.
Not so were the millions spent to
build ships, or cantonments The
lives of the soldiers are more to the
future welfare of the nation than
tract for stores. Action! Action.
| Action
reader appeals to keynotes con-
corning the announcement that
child is going to preach in one OF
| the public halls of Washington on
! the subject os the wickedness of the
! science of evolution. The communi-
| cation comments:
The sun do move" How easy it
! is TO twist Bible texts into declara-
! tions that the earth is fiat Does
not the Bible talk about the ends of
| the earth" How can globe have
| ends?
Evolution is a wicked teaching
! because-well. because il was not
! known when the Bible was written.
Yet the marvel is that in Genesis the
! exact order of creation was given as
evolution now confirms.
| "Galileo reiterated his scientific
consciousness that the earth moves
round the sun in spite of bigotry
and superstition, Intelligence re-
supremely inspiring fact: The heav-
ems declare the glory of God and
the armament showeth His handi-
| of vision into the heavens the more
profound the reverence"
= = = =
The Ladd party of senators to
visit Russia, at Russias expense. on
! condition that the visitors be ac-
corded the privilege to talk frankly
upon their return home. has been
abandoned, Russia, perhaps. count
| soTietism; or was il that Russia
feared the introduction of the rad.-
cal farm bloc?
X X X
Whether Attorney General Daugh-
erty meant his Florida speech as Il
campaign keynote or just an ex-
hortation to the bar. his theme was
one which finds a response in the
heart of all good Americans lie
rallies the bar and the whole ma
tion to an aroused recognition that
the only course. that will save che
nation is law enforcement. There is
no argument on the other side. I.
is a theme that may well inspire orators
of every party and every sect.
Copyright. 1923, by r. V. Collins)