The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-10-23
DIPLOMAT HITS LEAGUE;
HAS COST IS MILLIONS
ENGLISHMAN, IN STATEMENT,
SAYS 1T is CLEARING HOUSE
FOR SMALL MATTERS.
SALARIES ENTIRELY TOO BIG
Run All the Way Down. From $685.
$50 a Year for Sir Eric to Sl,782
For Women Typists. Pays $15,50O
A Year as Rent for Quarters.

$50 a Year TOR Sir Eric to Sl,IoZ
For Women Typists. Pays $15,5OO
A Year as Rent for Quarters.
The league of nations has cost its
members $18,00O,0OO, and the work it
has accomplished could have been
done just as we'll without it, is the
declaration of an English statesman
whose work brings him into close
connection with Great Britain's fl
nances. England's share of the expens-
es, he announced, was $l,500,0OO.
The Englishman, in a public state
ment. pointed out that Europe still
is far from we'll despite the grindmgs
of the mills of the league. In addition
he declares that the policy OF the
United States, which has refused to
ioin the league despite the fact that
an American president formed It,. is
direct rebuke to the organization
and its methods.
Several South American nations, he
declares, have severed all active reia-
tions with the league, and in some in
stances are far behind in their dues
One or two nations have dropped out
of the league altogether, he said.
A Political "Melon."
The league never has attained the
purpose for which it was intended
and never will, the statesman declar-
ed as long as it is operated as 'po-
ltical melon" from which hundreds
of men and women draw juicy Sala-
ries.
The London Daily Express comes
+ba tat
league is "a bowling fascO," although |
there is some reluctance to admit it. |
The reason for the continuance OF the |
league may be found in the motive its
official staff have for holding on to !
their high salaried jobs The London
Express points out that the league
has already cost its members $l80OO,-
600, and England is warned that the
league will cost another $4,500,OOO
next year, of which England's share
will be $540,000 The Express then
gives a summary of the salaries paid.
Sir Eric Drummond was voted sal
airy OF $45,000 a year and residence,
rent free. He was actually ashamed
to take the money, so he scaled his
own salary to $33,750, and gave up
the rent free residence.
Continuing, the Express points out /
that PROBABLY, the most expensive sec
ton of the league is the international
labor bureau. which holds forth i'll a :
magnificent office in Geneva, for which
rental of SIS 500 a year is paid. In I
this office the labor bureau, which
spends the biggest part OF the leagues \
funds has installed staff. of 400 per :
sons. OF these So draw a salary OF
Sc 600 or more year, rs of them get
ting $4,000 year.
This, of course, does not include
travelling expenses. For the British 5
staff to return to England for an an +
nual six-week vacation the travelling
expenses alone are about $1,000,
which the league pays.
The director of this bureau, M. Al q
bert Thomas, the former French So
cia1ist minister, receives salary OF c
$4,000 a year and, in addition, $9,4OO /
for entertainment He has three sec y
retaries, who receive enough to live !
in comfort
10 Assistants to the Assistant.
It is said that the salaries of the
leagues staff are about so per cent
higher than those received by OH +
Gals of similar standing in the British r
civil service At any rate, no complaint
Of underpayment are being heard from
those fortunate enough TO have league
jobs.
The average salary of a woman sec
rotary, Of which there are a great
mary, is $2,218 a year. and that OF
tvpist is $l,782. The chief librarian
gets $4,320 year, and his immediate
assistant $500, but these two have
been provided staff OF eighteen sal
ary drawers, of which eleven are as
sistants to the assistant and get ST.
800 a year each. There also are two
typists at $1,728 each, two copyists at
$500 each, another copyist at S787
and two messengers at 1887. How the