Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-06

William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, stresses
two points as the keynotes OF this
years forty-fourth anniversary OF
Labor day. The paramount issues, as
Green outlines them, are % an In
tensive trade union organization cam
paign and az a non-partisan participa-
ton by labor in the 1925 congressiona.
campaign. The American Federation
Of L.abor's goal long has been a mem
bership Of 100000. 1t is now about
a million short Of that objective.
President Green reminds wage earners
not yet affiliated that 1.-THE present
stable conditions enjoyed by Amer
lean workers were not voluntarily
conceded by employers. They are the
result of organization. AS to politics,
Green urges all workers to go to the
polls without fail on election day and
"vote for candidates who will be loyal
to the people. If loyal to the people,
they will be loyal to labor" Labor
day was born in New York City.
September 2, 1882. America is the
only country that has made a fixed
day in the year a legal holiday in
honor Of labor. Both Congress and
the 4S State legislatures long ago
acted in that sense.
X
Japan and the United States have
set the rest of the world an example
by joining in treaty for the abolition
Of passport visa fees. The agreement
went into effect during the Summer.
1t applies to all japanese and Ameri
can tourists, students or business
representatives who go in continuous
transit" through the two respective
Vnfy hn to-
nable at the pleasure Of either govern
ment. The number Of persons from
Japan or the United States who visit
one another's country is, of course,
limited, compared to the hordes of
globe-trotters who annually go to
Europe from this side and who come
to us from the other side. A country
like France, which is the banner
mecca Of our transoceanic fraternity,
probably would think twice and thrice
before surrendering the fat income
passports.
They're f1inging personalities with
gay abandon in the Wisconsin pri-
mary campaign, which comes to an,
end this week. Senator Lenroot, asN
an argument in favor Of having the
Badger State represented at Wash
tngtOn by a Senator who is persona
grata at the White House, has just
told this story in the course Of cam
paign speech:
do you want another Senator
in Washington who doesn't feel
free to go to the White House on
a non-business matter? Let me H.
lustrate. Last Winter the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin Glee Club came
East. The President and Mrs.
Coolidge invited the club to sing
at the Executive Mansion. The
club accepted. Then the Presi-
dent invited men high in official
life, and their families, to attend
the concert and come to the east
room of the White House and hear
the club. I was invited to attend,
and so was Senator La Toilette.
But Senator La Toilette did not
feel free to go, and he did not do
so, alumnus Of Madison though
he is"
Who knows what medical artist"
is? There's been the bit Of a guam.
dairy on that point at the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. Chief Examiner H.
A. Filler recently sumbitted to Chair
man Deming and his fellow commits
sioners for approval an announce
ment Of an examination for medical
artist" at $4,000 year. This is only
one of the 1900 different kinds of ex-
aminations the Civil Service Commits
sion holds from time to time. That
the dignified supervisors of Uncle
Sans merit system have a sense of
y, ic IN . n
cal artist" file. Would you call a
medical artist an interior decorator"
asked Commissioner Jessie Dell
WELL" replied Chairman Deming,
most medical men work on the in
terror. as well as the exterior, and
some Of them are real artists" The
facts appear to be that medical
artists" are employed in the hygienic
laboratory OF the United States public