The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-01
PEOPLES FORUM
Some Peace Mail

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The Birmingham Peace Confer ence Committee would be very glad if an Alabamian should win MT. Bok's magnificent offer of S100,000. And why not? This award will be given to the aGthor of the best practicable plan by which the United States may CO., operate with other nations to achieve and restore the peace of the world" It is just as easy and no more difficult for an Ala bamian as for any other American to work out such a plan. The last hour of admitting a manuscript is 12 o'clock midnight. November 15, 1923, by which time it must have been delivered to the American Peace Award, 342 Madison avenue, New York City.
 In addition to the main prize, there are four subsidiary awards of $5,000 each, flor any plans or portion of plan used by the jury of award in a composite plan" Full details, with list of the policy committee in charge of the matter can be had by writing to the above address in New York. This pros pectus came to hand with two other helpful things on Wednes- day.
 The second consisted of two clippings from a Southern paper. One fthem says that France will never pay her borrowings from America unless Germany makes good her separations fund, and would never submit the matter to a world court of international justice. The paper understands MT. Poincare to mean just that. A second clipping, however, breaches from the text: Let us have peace!" It planes France for her supposed imperialism, backs up MT. Baldwin, the premier of Great Britain, and plainly expects him to save the world from imperial maniacs." But what do all these prophets mean? Only that the questions involved are not French questionsP world questions; not British, nor American questions. but all of them calling mankind to think through them and to solve them and to end the dreadful era or uncertainty.
 The British taxpayer Is paying. we learn, six times more than the French His chance to earn by trading Is cut off by the paralysis of Germany, effected by France. And so the vast catch -as-catch can wrestling nations of the world sway and swing nearer and nearer to ruin!
 GEORGE EAVES.
 Federal Employ mcnt Service To the Editor of The Age-Herald;
 The writer believing you to be Interested in the general welfare of the state. and Birmingham in particular, I desire to infringe upon your valuable time if you will permit me tp do so, in order to bring a matter which I think Is one of vital importance to the lcommunity and the state at large. The United States employment service. department Of labor, for the past year has maintained free employment service for the state with Birmingham as head quarters. The federal govern ment appropriates eighteen hun dred dollars per annum and all office equipment and the franking privilege of all mail. The federal government feels that since the state of Alabama is the chief ben eficiary of this service 1t should extend state aid in fair proportion to carry on the service. Other progressive states are making substantial appropriations for free improvem ent service. some of which are as follows:
 North Carolina, s15,o0o per an- mum.
 Oklahoma, s1S.ooo per annum.
 Kansas. S20.000 per annum.
 Indiana, $3S,000 per annum.
 Massachusetts, s60,705 per an- mum.
 Connecticut, s54.5oo biennially.
 Unless the state. through the ! Legislature, makes some appro- priation towards the service there Is probability of Alabama losing this federal appropriation and equipment. During the past twelye-monah this. service has placed in gainful occupation over 5000 people and has served thou sands of employers over the state in supplying labor and help of all kinds.
 This service is open to all, re- gardless of creed or color and Is a distinct asset to the people. oc- cupying unique position in com