Evening star., 1925-07-05

Jnat Unlleu states Marines Wnlcn
have been stationed in Nicaragua for
13 years to guard the American lega-
tion will be withdrawn in August.
Cleaving the night between New
York and Chicago, the United States
air mail last week began the nightly
delivery of letters between these two
great American cities. so that those
posted at the close of one days busi-
ness will reach their destination at
the opening of the next. The running
schedule between the two cities is
S hours and Is minutes.
Mrs. John Jacob Rogers, widow of
Representative Rogers from Massa-
chusetts, was elected to fill his place
last week at a special election. While
the vote was small. Mrs. Rogers won
by a larger proportion than her late
husband received.
Education.
Instruction in elementary reading
and writing for the 5000, 900 native
and 100000 foreign illiterates in this
country rs a public school response
bility to be recognized by every COM
munity," Charles M. Herlihy. Massa-
chusetts State supervisor of adult
education. told the adult education de-
partment of the National Education
Association, meeting in indianapolis
last week. This field of education has
become an integral part of the public
school system in 15 States, he de-
clared.
The national association received a
report on conservation of eyesight,
which declared that l child out of
every IL in the public schools of
A -.tA H..
the rural districts in the United
States have such serious defective
vision as to be handicapped in their
school work.
Right Rev. Thomas j. Shahan of
Catholic University was elected presi-
dent general of the Catholic Educa-
ton Association, which concluded ses-
sions last week in Pittsburgh, Pa. A
cablegram from the Pope. expressing
praise for the work of the association,
was read before the convention.
Meeting in Chicago, the American
Federation of Teachers demanded
repeal of the Summers amendment to
the last District appropriation bill,
which would prevent payment of sal
airy to any school official who permits
teaching of disrespect to the Holy
Bible, partisan politics or that the
American Government is inferior. The
spirit of the resolution was that the
amendment was an insult to the
teaching profession and that 1t was a
move in the direction of curbing free
dom of teaching; that 1t becomes a club
TO frighten teachers away, and that
it establishes the principle that those
in political control may force citizens
to accept their views at any time.
Economic.
Indicative of the feverish building
activity evident throughout the coun.
try, the District of Columbia in the
last fiscal year, which ended June 80,
spent $62 ,ooo, 900 in building, estab-
fishing a new record for this city and
SURPRISING the records of many cities
of larger size. Looking backward TO
1904, the city's building expenditure
was only $13,017,575.
Chairman Green of the House ways
and means committee believes II is
best to "let we'll enough alone" where
the tariff is concerned, and in a state
ment last week declared that history
shows that attempts in the past to re-
wise the tariff between elections has
played havoc with the parties attempt
oring for reductions in the tariff rates,
and with some American industries
bowling for increased tariff. Chairman
Green believes the best thing TO do is
to let the situation remain as it is.
Something of a mystery developed
last week when bids for the purchase
of Shipping Board vessels for scrap.
ping purposes failed to disclose any
hi fynv@, H.
pected to bid for the entire lot of 200
ships offered for sale. Mr.. Ford de-
clared that he mailed his bid for the
vessels and that no mistake was made
at his office as to the time and condi-
tions of the sale. The Shipping Board
at the same time maintained that the
bid was never received. In the mean
time. nobody knows just what hap
pered to the Ford bid. 1t was Henry
Ford who some time ago offered to
buy all the idle Shipping Board
vessels
A vote of censure against the Brit
ish government for its failure to solve
the unemployment problem was de-
feated in the House of Commons last
week by 373 to 143. The motion, which
was proposed by Ramsay Macdonald,
the Labor leader, declared that the
government, after a lengthy period
of industrial depression and con-
fronted by an alarming growth in the
number of unemployed, has failed to
take measures to deal with situation
of unprecedented gravity" During
the debate on the resolution Premier
Baldwin asked the House of Commons
to consider, as the government had
been considering, the possibilities of
subsidizing certain industries which
seem to be beaten down and in a
position of helplessness. The premier
admitted the difficulties were great.
but he did not think them insurmount.
able.
"White-collar" employees of the city
of Chicago, numbering SIS technical
men of the engineering service, went
on a three-day strike last week as
protest against their low salaries
They declined to call their absence
from work a Strike" however, term
ing it a three-day Suspension" from
work. 1t lis believed the city council
will take some action on their plea
for salaries commensurate with the
buying" power of their pay in 1914.
Russia wishes TO bring it's telephone
system up to the standards OF service
recognized in America, and intends
spending something like 500, zoos, 900
in doing it, it was announced in a dis
patch from Moscow last week. The
Soviet has invited Swedish, German
and American telephone companies to
discuss contracts for technical aid.
The Soviet is represented as being
eager to obtain the services of the
Western Electric Co., but that firm
has let it be understood that it will
be willing to enter negotiations only
after 1t has received compensation for
the confiscation of it's plant. which
was nationalized after the revolution.