Evening star., 1923-06-02
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

A definite policy against bolshevism
in the Navy has been adopted. with
a view to stamping II out.
1t Is said that thousands of sailors
from foreign vessels desert their
ships every month in the port of New
York alone, and many more IN other
ports. They are lured by the reports
of higher pay in the American mer-
chant marine. Disappointed in get
ting employment aboard our vessels.
because the merchant marine today
is in a slump, many remain here and
seek work in machine and automo-
bile, shops.
These sailors are bringing into this
country vast amount q smuggled
rred" literature, and wherever they
go they are talking bolshevism. I'm
der our immigration laws they are
not entitled to remain in the United
States, say Navy officials. and so long
as they teach revolution they are
undesirable citizens"
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The Daughters of the American
Revolution of the District of Colum-
bia have begun a campaign Of educa-
ton on the proper use OF the Amer
lean flag. They have secured the aid
of Army and Navy officers to give
educational talks, as the general pub :
lie pays little heed to the rules and
regulations SO often printed in the
newspa pers. The cause of the pres
ent protest is the many violations of
these rules in the decorations in
honor of the Shriners.
Not only is the flag improperly
draped. but civilians fail to salute it
should be removed and be held
aga inst the left breast while Old
Glory is passing.
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For each soldier who went over
seas the War Department counts
one and one-half trophies still held
in storage. either in Newark, n. j..
or Norfolk, Va. The lots number
over 100000 items They include
German cannon Of all sizes, 10000
rifles and 10000 machine guns and
everything else that makes up q
fighting outfit. Among the collec-
ton are paper harnesses for cavalry
horses, such as Germany was
obliged to substitute for unobtain-
able leather. -
The government would like to get
| ria Of these trophies by distributing
no authority yet from Congress to
do so. They are useless, except as
! trophies, but are of great interest to
the men who helped capture them.
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Half a billion dollars a year is
the cost OF Americas candy. The
federal tax of per cent brings to
| the Treasury 100000 a month
and that is based on manufacturers
| prices, not retail cost. The account
| has grown 90 per cent in 1928 over
| 1922. If it keeps up the pace we
| shall be a billion dollar candy kid"
| nation before the end of the next
presidential term.
There Is an institution. located in
CheVy Chase D. c.. of which very
! Character Education Institution" of
which DR.. Milton Fairchild is the
head: Working quietly along lines
, peculiar to itself. it has achieved a
victory, which the highest of diplo-
| macy may we'll envy, for il has been
instrume mental in the setting UP of the
! same children'S code of morals in
America and Japan.
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! In 1916 the now deceased DR. Kel-
riogg. of breakfast food fame, offered
through this character education in
stitution, a prize of $1,000 for the
best children's code of morals There
were many eminent competitors for
the prize. and some fifty-two codes
were submitted. The judges were
Prof. George P. Ladd of Yale Uni
versity, Justice Pitney of the
United States Supreme Court and Mrs
Philip North Moore of the National
Mothers Council. The prize was
! awarded to DR.. William J. Hutchins,
president of Berea College, Kentucky.
| News has reached America that the
code has been translated into Japa-
! nese by President Sawayanagi- of the
! Japanese Educational Association
! and published for the use of all Japa-
| nese public schools. No change what
| eveS was made in the Japanese trans
| latfon of the code, except that the
words adopting the code as the ideal
| for making good citizens of Ameri-
ca" were changed to good citizens
! of Japan"
| The code has also been translated
fnto many other languages. but Japan
| is the first foreign country to adopt
it as its own ideal.
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The code consists of ten laws" fol
ideal character. They relate tc
health, self-control. self-reliance, re
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