Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-06

young men serving their first SEN
tence.
The administration of Justice
would be facilitated greatly by in
Guiding in the Bureau of Investiga-
ton of the Department of Justice
a Division of Criminal Identification,
] where there would be collected this
informatioG which is now indlspens-
able in the suppression of crime.
Prohibition
The prohibition amendment to
the constitution requires the con-
Sress and the president to provide
! adequate laws to prevent its viola
ton. 1t is my duty to enforce such
laws. For hat purpose a treaty is
being negotiated with Great Britain
with respect to the right of search
of lowering vessels. To prevent
smuggling, the coast guard should be
greatly strengthened, and a supply
of swift power boats should be pro-
vided. The major sources of pro-
duction should be rigidly regulated,
and every effort should be made to
suppress interstate traffic. With this
action on the part of the national
government, and the cooperation
which is usually rendered by munich
RAJ and state authorities, prohibition
should be made effective. Free gov
eminent has no greater menace than
oisrespect for authority and contin-
ual violation of law. 1t is the duty
of a citizen not only to observe the
law but to let it be known thai
he Is opposed to its violation.
The Negro
Numbered among our population
are some 10000, 900 colored people.
ITndar Mir nnnCtjfpffoa shat. ,fnh4.
are just as sacred as those of any
other citizen. 1t is both a public
and a private duty to protect those
rights. The congress ought to exer-
else all its powers of prevention and
punishment against the hideous
crime of %lynching, of which the ne
Sroes are by no means the sole suf-
ferers, but for which they furnish a
majority of the victims.
Already a considerable sum is ap-
propriated to give the negroes voca-
tional training in agriculture. About
half a million dollars is recommend
ed for medical courses at Howard
University to help contribute to the
education of 500 colored doctors
needed each year. On account of the
migration of large numbers into in
dustrial %centers, it has been pro-
posed hat n commission be created.
composed of members from both
races, to formulate a better policy
for mutual understanding and con-
fidence. such an effort is to be
commended. Everyone would re-
joice in the accomplishment of the
results which it seeks. But it is well
to recognize hat these difficulties
are to a large extent local problems
AXrhinh naY.et In 1,,np1-aI 80 -. ~
mutual forbearance and human
kindness of each community. Such
a method gives much more promise
of a real remedy than outside inter-
ference.
Civil Service
The maintenance and extension of
the classified civil service is exceed
ingly important. There are nearly
$4,000 persons in the executive civil
service drawing about $500, 600, 900
of yearly compensation. ,Four-ffths
of these are in the classified service.
This method of selection of the en-
ployes of the United States is es-
pecially desirable for the p%ostofice
department. The civil service COM
mission has recommended that post
masters at first, second and third
class offices be classified. Such ac-
ton, accompanied by a repeal of the
four-year term of office, would un-
doubleday be an improvement. 1 also
recommend that the field force for
prohibition enforcement be brought
within the classified civil service
without covering in the present
membership. The best method for
selecting public servants is the mer-
1t system.
Public Buildings
Many of the departments in Wash
ington need better housing facilities.
Some are SO crowded that their work
is impeded, others are so scattered
that they lose their identity. While
do not favor at this time a gem
eral public building law, l believe
1t is now necessary, in accordance
with plans already sanctioned for a
unified and orderly system for the
development of this city, to begin
the carrying out of those plans by
authorizing the erection of three or
-FOUR buildings most urgently needed
by an annual appropriation of S.
600, 900.
Regulatory Legislation
Cooperation with other maritime
powers is necessary for complete
protection of our coast waters from
pollution. Plans for this are under
way, but await certain experiments
Tor refuse disposal. Meantime laws
prohibiting spreading oil and oil re-
1use from vessels in our own terri
torlal waters would be most helpful
against this menace and should be
speedily enacted.
Laws should be passed regulating
aviation.
revision is needed of the laws reg
ulating radio Interference.
Legislation II regulations estab-
ilshlng load lines to provide safe
loadlng of vessels leaving our ports
are necessary and recodifcation of
our navigation laws is vital.
REVISION of procedure of the fed
era trade commission will give more
constructive purpose to this depart
ment.
If u Alaskan fisheries are to be
saved from destruction there must
be further legislation declaring a
general policy and delegating the
authority to make rules and regula-
tlons to an administrative body.
Army and Navy
FOR several years we have been
decreasing the personnel of the
Army n Navy and reducing their
power to the danger point. Further
reductions should not be made. The
army is n guarantee of the security
OF our citizens at home; the NAVY is
a guarantee of the security of our
citlzens abroad. Both of these SER
wees should be strengthened rather
than weakened. Additional planes
are needed for the Army, and addi-
lOnal m a Tinaa fnf. thu ATa,sty Trhal