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Evening star., 1923-06-06

whelming sentiment among the mem
! bers of the churches thus represented
is for the principle which the combined
|, organizations now advocate, the prfn-
ciple of the shorter working day as a
measure of social justice and Of physi-
cal and moral health
Three particular points are men,
toned in the statement of the church
organizations rejecting the point of
view of the proponents of the long
work day. One is that it is question
able whether men who work shorter
hours actually spend their leisure time
at home; another is that the workmen
themselves prefer the longer hours,
and the third that the shortage Of Ia
bor may seem impracticable to change
from two to three shifts.
On the first question there Is no
ground for argument. Whether the
workman free from toll spends more
or less of his time at home is entirely
beside the issue of whether it is right
to keep him continuously at his task
for half of each day. The claim that
the men prefer the longer working
day is to raise the question whether
they are not compelled to prefer it be-
cause they cannot earn enough for the
support of themselves and their fami-
lies during the shorter day. Finally
comes the question Of the shortage Of
labor. Undoubtedly a few years ago
during the war period there was such
a shortage. and any expedient to keep
the essential industries active and
productive was justifiable. But, save
for the limitation of immigration, there
is now no shortage. There is no enier-
gency. Conditions are normal.
The question. in fine. is whether it
is good for the country for SO large a
number of men to be kept at work
half the time in one industry-and
that the most toilsome of all-when in
virtually all others the average period
of labor is one-third of the time. The
Iron and Steel Institute declares that
it is desirable and justifiable. The
church organizations. representing
nearly half the people of the country,
declare to the contrary. The issue is
joined, and there can be no doubt of
the verdict of the country on the ques-
tion if it should be submitted to it in
any manner or form.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
The Size of the Crowd.

1t is evident that not as many peo-
pie have come to town for the Shrine
convention as the estimates indicated.
There was talk of 900 on their
way, and some . calculators of the
crowd put it as high as 400, 900, though
it. was plain that the city could not
accommodate even the smaller Of
those numbers. At present it is i'm
possible to ascertain precisely how
many have come, but evidently not as
many are here as were expected. Per-
haps there are half of the lower esti-
mate. But at 10000 strangers the
city has about all it can comfortably
entertain. So it is well that the first
estimates were too high and that all
who indicated an intention to visit
the Capitol at this time did not carry
out their purpose.
Assuredly an additional hundred
Thousand could not have witnessed the
parade of the uniformed bodies. For
every grand stand seat was taken and
every window was filled, while the
sidewalks were packed from building
to curb with standing spectators. A
material addition to the crowd would
probably have caused a most danger
GUS congestion. -
Just why the early estimates ran
too high is not yet known. Perhaps
Evening star., 1923-06-06
Modified Parking Regulations.

The experience of the first few days
Of strict enforcement of the "no-park-
ing regulation, applied to the down
town section of Washington. has
conclusively established the necessity
for prompt modification of that instru,
ment.
The National Capital has every wish
to insure the comfort and convenience
of it's Shriner guests. The sincerity of
its hospitality has been and will con-
tinue to be effectively demonstrated.
But there is limit beyond which even
the most genuine hospitality may not
be asked to extend. and this limit the
existing ''no-parking" regulations
obviously transgresses.
For two week days business, accord
chants of the city, has been brought
virtually to a standstill in downtown
Washington. Denied the privilege of
parking their cars for even the briefest
of periods within an extensive restrict.
ed zone, the residents Of the National
Capital, together with their welcome
guests. have been practically shut off
from normal shopping methods, and as
a consequence do not shop. From
every viewpoint. that of the mer-
chants. the shopper and the visitor,
this condition of affairs should not be
suffered to continue.
Parking upon the avenue should
continue to be prohibited. The one-way
street regulations should be continued
in force during the week and in the
future. But half-hour parking should
be permitted under the strictest of en-
forcement upon all other streets, until
pm, at which time the streets must
be cleared for the night crowds.
This is the course of action today
wisely determined upon by the Com
missioners, to be put into effect tomor-
row morning. Grateful for a wise modi-
fication in regulations excellently con-
ceived, but proven to be slightly too
drastic as a result of the smaller at
tendance to the convention than antici-
pated, every Washingtonian or guest
should cooperate whole heartedly with
the traffic authorities in strictly adher-
ing to the half-hour time 'limit placed
upon the parking privilege.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
The Twelve-Hour Day.

AS between the American Iron and
Steel Institute, which recently; at a
New York meeting. recorded its ap-.
proval of the twelve.hour day in. the
steel industry, and the three repre-
sentative church organizations that
have just united in a protest against
this provision there can be no room
for doubt on the score of public feel
ing on this question. The twelye-hour
day, which is defended in the report
adopted by the institute, is out of har:
mony with existing industrial condi.
tions. 1t is an anachronism. In prac-
tically every other industry the shorter
day prevails. In time, and perhaps a
short time, it will prevail in the steel
industry as well, for it is impossible to
conceive the continuance of that long
period of labor in one of the basic in
dustries of. this country in the face of
the adoption Of the shorter day in
other lines Of labor. =.
The three church organizations are
the, commission on church and social
service of the Federal Council of
Churches, the social action department
of the National Catholic Welfare Coun-
ell and the social justice commission of
the Central Conference. of American
Rabbis. It is stated that these three
organizations represent fifty million
Protestants, Roman Catholics and
Hebrews, nearly half ofzthe American
people. Seldom has there been such a
concentration through representative
organizations upon any single question
ton. While it is doubtless true that
there may be dissent in the ranks of
the. laity of these three great, church
organizations, undoubtedly the over.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Observations around about Wash
ington were made by this observer
yesterday from the Incompatible
vantage point OF the sky. For nearly
two hours he cruised in an Fol
seaplane of the gallant aircraft
squadron of the Atlantic feet. Beau
tiful as all the world knows the val
ley of, the Potomac to be, its pano-
ramic. glories need to be enyisaged
from aioft. Washington itself be-
comes truly city of magnificent dis
tances. Even Alexandria develops
unexpected picturesqueness. Mount
Vernon and it's sylvan environs are
loVeiiness incarnate. AS for an aerfai
hike in Lieut.. Henderson's bus, no
hivver. limousine, street car, Pullman
or elevator could possibly; provide
easier riding. Even when we were
dropping smoke bombs, aimed with
uncanny accuracy at a moored target
700 feet below. this land-lubber pas
ence with the deliciously even tenor
Of our way. Manned by. the splendid
sailormen of the Navy's aircraft
units. such a thing as danger-ex
cept to the foe-is remotest from the
mind of those who fly i'm them.
w -'E.
Observed at the Anacostfa naval air
station: =, . ~ =
That last thing before going up is
polite request TO sign a release alb
solving Uncle Sam from responsible
ity for unexpected happenings: also
to give name of next of kim. to be
notified in case you are bumped off. "
That first thing after going up . is
the stuffing of your ears with cotton
wool, to keep out deafening roar of
proneIlers. ..
That Capt Qsami Nagano,> Japanese
naval attache. was keenly In
-terested spectator of the preparations
for mock war in the air.
That our air sailors. offcers and
men are 1000 per cent enthusiastic
about their jobs rt..,. !. -,
Walter Folger Brown of Ohie.- who
has just returned to Washington aft
er acting as itinerary advance agent
for President Harding. continues to
be conspicuously mentioned as the
C. O. T.. campaign manager for 1929
Brown will cd out ahead of. the
L
to see that the ways are creased at
every possible point. The former
progressive chieftain is widely ac
quainted in the west, dating from
1912 days when he was an important
cog in the Bull Moose machine, II
is because of Browns close .assocla-
tion with the Roosevelt movement
that ne is considered an ideal paciti-
Gator for the purposes of next year s
presidential campaign. President
Harding has great esteem for him.
He tried hard to send. Brown. to
Japan as ambassador in 1921. :; :,
y
In the full-page advertisements Of
many American newspapers. a wide
ly read monthly periodical is boom
ing an article entitled Who is
Haynes-and Why" appearing in. its
June number The advertisement
SAYS Haynes lis honest, upright.
hard-workinG. longtime believer
in prohibition: doing his best-but is
Evening star., 1923-06-06

unknown; lacks public confidence,
ana is not now the man for the job"
Inc prohibition commissioners friends
reel mat such an attack Is unfair.
oHe OF these days some of them may
burst forth and tell how Haynes en-
rorcement activities are blocked by
polltlcs and politicians. Two classic
ana recent incidents relate to his in
ablilty to secure the appointment of
federal prohibition director for H.
Iinois and to the overruling of his
CHOICE for a New Jersey director in
faVor OF an appointee preferred by
the politicians
y 4
Louis C. Cramton, representative
from Michigan, who would like to see
the Treasury spend $50,00OO0 on
prohibition enforcement, Is q long
time dry advocate Still on the sunny
side of fifty. Cramton is expected to
bring to prohibition leadership in
congress little more vigor than
Andrew j. Volstead, who is sixty
three. was able to supply. Cramton
Is sure to be valiant in the fight
against spread of the New York null
ihcation movement. He was a CO.
author of the WarnerCranton liquor
law. enacted by the Michigan legis-
lature as the state enforcement code.
Cramton is a graduate of the Univer-
stty of Mfchigan.- lawyer by profess
sion. once published newspaper and
Is entering unon his sixth successive
term in the House.
X
Vancouver is making elaborate
preparations to welcome President
Harding on July 26 His final deci-
| sion to. speak in the metropolis of
British Columbia is the result of more
than a year of negotiation, begun
when Sir Auckland Geddes. British
ambassador to Washington, was at
Vancouver. in 1922 Barring a hand
shake with. Diaz across. the Mexican
border by President Taft and Presi-
dents Wilson's trip to Europe. Mr..
Harding's sojourn on Canadian soil
zwill be the only occasion Of a United
States Presidents presence on foreign
territory, The British Columbians
feel bond of special kinship with
their fellow North Americans south
of the Dominion line. Vancouver is
very much or go-ahead Yankee
railroad and port life destined one
day to make IL a, worthy rival of
neighboring Seattle and of San Fran
cisco.
=: 4
Appointment OF Brie. Gen. Dennis
E. Nolan u. s. A. TO an assistant
tchiefship of stan at the War Depart
ment brings back to Washington one
OF the big figures OF the American
expedftionary forces Nolan was
Pershing's' chief. OF intelligence and
no man, even in the active combatant
branch OF the Army. rendered more
vital service to our cause in France
When Nolan went to Europe with
PershfnS IN May. 1917. the Army in
telligence service consisted of him
self, two assistant officers and a tyne
writer BY the time OF the armistice
we were in possession of c." divi-
sion. the peer of anything in the field.
Nolan was its creator If war ever
overtakes US again M l." viii be
ready. Gen. Nolan for the past two
years has been with the field artillery
division at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Copyright 1928
Evening star., 1923-06-06
Good Management.

While numerous other features
mark the convention Of the Shriners
than the parade, of the uniformed
bodies yesterday. the manner in which
that spectacular display, was conduct
ed stamped the convention as sue.
cess. The parade. to begin with, was
started strictly on time. There was no
long walt. The route was kept clear
for 1T from first to last. There were
no halts or breaks. The order of
march was strictly observed, and it
was possible to follow the organiza.
tions and identify them even if the dis
tinguishing banners were obscured.
No accidents marred the occasion.
The heat caused some of the specta-
tors to become faint, and they, were
promptly treated. thanks to the per
feet ambulance service that was main
tanned by means of the numerous call
stations along the line of march. The
police had little to do save to guard
the lines and to give access across the
Avenue from time TO time to those
who wished to pass to one side or the
other. The Boy Scouts were helpful in
serving drinks of water to the march
ers and in carrying messages
1t is a remarkable fact that only one
accident was reported, although fully
half million people were assembled
along the route of the parade, and that
was the result of an effort to raise
chair to a window, and was not of
serious nature.
The smoothness with which this af.
fair was managed was high credit to
the organization taking part and to the
local committee in charge. 1t was
most satisfactory result Of many
weeks of careful preparation.
Evening star., 1923-06-06
. A Brilliant Spectacle.

Washington has been the scene of
many beautiful and interesting
pageants and parades in the course of
the long years in which it has been
visited by national organizations and
representatives of the country at
large. But il has never witnessed any
thing more colorful or impressive than
the parade of the uniformed bodies of
the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mys-
tic Shrine yesterday.
II was ii unique parade for the ma
Jority of Washingtonians, for il was
the first time in twenty-three years
that the Shrine has met in national
cOnclave here 1t was brilliant as a
spectacle, infinitely varied in detail.
though harmonious as whole 1t was
significant in that every part of the
country was represented. 1t was inn
pressive i'm that it was composed of
the sturdy citizenship of the United
States, men Of affairs, prominent in
their communities. intensely interested
IN national welfare. active in the pro-
motion of the business of the country.
A kaleidoscope was turned loose on
Pennsylvania avenue. with every color
of the spectrum in evidence. Each of
the l20 temples presented a different
combination of hues. and some of.them
offered variations in their patrols,
chanters and musical organizations.
There were at least so distinct effects.
I,, IY;tl
and slittered with an indescribable eff.
feet. The eye was constantly surprised
and pleased and never tired
Then, too there were diverting. fea-
lures. surprising maneuvers of the
patrols, forming geometric designs
with ease and remarkable expedition.
Shrill whistles sounded above the notes
OF the many bands, and suddenly the
rigid lines broke. and reformed, intri-
cate movements We're executed and
order was resolved out of seeming
chaos.
The chanters, too, furnished excel.
lent music, though their voices were
at a disadvantage against the many
bands and in the din of the almost
constant cheering. Now and then ami
mails, some of them real. added notes
of geological interest. A few clowns
cavorted to the great joy OF the
younger onlookers.
But on the whole the parade was a
dignffied; significant display of the
manhood of America, dressed in un-
usual but attractive costumes, true to
the type of the order expressive of the
spirit of jollfty which underlies the
organization of the Shrine, indicative
Of the cheerfulness and mutual help
fulness which pervade the ranks of
this great institution.
There was food for thought in this
display. Why do men associate in such
manner and assume such gay array?
There is nothing of profit in it for
them. 1t is the eternal spirit of youth
manifesting itself, d spirit that it is to
he hoped will never falter, a spirit that
keeps the nation young and vigorous
and: progressive. There is business
enough to keep men active. But it
does not need to be eternally solemn
and fun-killing.
A country that can send from it's ac-
tive ranks of workers $4,000 men
thousands of miles to march in cos
tuned parade to express the thought
of good fellowship is sound and will
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even refrain from attending church
on Sundays if there is TO be an eclipse
or the sun. Next Sunday, when Sun
day VIII be only one minute old, there
VIII be total eclipse of intoxicating
liquor aboard foreign vessels in
American ports. So rules the Treas
ury Department, carrying out strict
ly the decision of the United States
Supreme Court. Will there be a mid
night watch?
Ihat Will be epochal in American
history. whatever may be the out
| come when Congress meets in De-
| cember. The Treasury. being an ex-
ecutive branch of the government,
had no discretion, but is obliged to
carry out whatever law Congress en-
acts, especially after the Supreme
/ Court construes the law.
\
Won't somebody stop the squabble
between the chairmen of the national
committees of the two great and good
political parties? If they continue
to dispute over sugar and the league
like they are doing they'll get "all
het up" and there might not be any
election until they cool off Maybe
the great party leaders think some
body is reading their arguments, even
with the thermometer at 100, and
Washington trying to tell the visi-
tors that this heat is quite unusuai
for Washington" Who reads poll
tics now?
One lasting effect of this weeks
Shriner decorative gayety in Wash
ington Will be a stricter enforce
ment hereafter of the law of the Dis
trict regulating the use of the nag.
Never again will the American flag
in the District be draped in the form
of butterfly or contorted in any
other fantastic shape The Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution ard
the Women's Auxiliary of the Ameri-
can Legion have combined their
forces In protest and before the next
decorative stunt they will be pre-
pared for organized prosecution of
the widespread defiance of the con-
gressional law on the subject. 1t is
hard to sing "Oh, say can you see"
when all that is seen is a red, white
and blue butterfly.
The weather man has overdone his
duty in providing a Sahara ternpera-
ture this week. It was not necessary
to poke up the sun to this degree
just to give the Shriner desert cara
vans a warm welcome Damp IL
Turn on the rain. We are not al
camels.
Secretary Herbert Hoover is sure
to standardize everything If ne keeps
on the job long enough. Now he has
Hooverized the language and issued
a Hoover dictionary for the use of
builders in making up specifications
Words are useful in concealing
thought sometimes; but when they
are used in building contracts. words
without very definite meaning, are
expensive playthings. The Hoover
vocabulary will become obligatory in
all government departments in MAX
ing contracts.
If this dictionary could be un-
abridged so as to be used in Con
gress in planning bills. and especially
in arguing them. Congress might I'm
fsh SO as to have an eleven month
vacation every year. The Capitol
would become as efficient as one of
the better homes"
When Hamlet was asked what he
was reading he answered furiousIy.
Words. words, words" Must have
had the Congressional Record or
some of "the other partyis speeches..
Copyright. 1923. by p. V. collins.l
Evening star., 1923-06-06

some thought first to come and when
dations were taxed by advance en-.
gagements changed their minds. Some
definitely turned back, members of
the motor caravan that started across
the continent and ran into muddy
roads In the middle west.
Whatever the cause the fact re.
mains that enough have come. to give
Washington all 1t can comfortably en-
tertain. And perhaps the occasion is
the more enjoyable because the crowd
is not greater than 1t is. Certainly it
is better to have had q good time'with
10000 visitors than to have had 30O,-
900 in discomfort. -,
Evening star., 1923-06-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Advice.

Advice.
Advice is something very fine. :
Mos. people sometimes need it,
Yet as it's passed along the line
There are but few who heed IT. >.
The warrior gets advice in bales. =
The statesman always hears It. :, !
Whenever any project fails -. -
The wise ones show what queers it,
There's many an honest man and true
Who scorns to seem a shirker :,
And seeks instruction with a view =
To be a willing worker. -:
But lofty analysts of fate - - :
will often leave you surely.
Most good advice arrives too late :.
Or else it lands too eTrly,
And even when it seems to touch :,
Your need you learn to hate ita :.
You find they hand you out so much
You can't accommodate it! = :,
The Gardener. -; -:
Oh let us all rejoice once: more.
The vernai skies are bright: =
The garden seeds down at the store
Once more our hopes invite. -,
Well watch the tender leaves and buds
And pray for sun or shower -:
And raise most everything. from spuds
To:kale and caulifiower. =,
Oh, let us greet the crowd once more
That gayiy gathers round.
The cutworm, as in days, Of yore.
Is working through, the ground. = =
The grub that makes the butterfly =
Displays pernicious zeal. -. :. !.
And everything that wanders by !,
Is looking for a meal;
Evening star., 1923-06-06

Historians who might seek to intro
duce sighting suggestions concerning
American incidents and heroes only
waste their time. The boys and girls
of the Country enjoy unlimited oppor-
tunities for independent reading and
have way of thinking things out for
themselves.
Evening star., 1923-06-06

Times have changed since the days
when old John Barleycorn considered
it his privilege to ring in as an osten-
tatious figure in every assemblage Of
men on pleasure bent.