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Christiansted, 18th April 1926,
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Girls III Jobs Of Men Who Fought

on the other side are the, Communities ana
revolutionary agitators who believe that the
whole nation ought to be on the dole, sup;
ported by the state. In return for mlniInhm
service or short hours and easy work
III these two extremes represented the
thought fo England there would be no chance
OF pence and we might make UP our minds to
conflict and revolution. But have no peIeI
in all these fears of coming strife. because Pc
tween those two extremes-small groups on
each, side--the great body Of our people are
stiH responsible, tolerant, anxious to be fair 70
the other fellow. ready for compromise and
cancellation.
have no belief at all In the necessity Of
strife no amount or industrial or political con-
Met can help the average man to get better
wages. shorter hours and higher standard
of living.
1T ii becoming blindingly clear to all moderate
thinking men and women that the social con-
dition OF England cannot be cured by any poll
ficai juggling. BY any change OF PARTIES or
leaders. but only by. united effort Of the
whole nation TO adapt itself to new phase Of
world history.
How are We going to compete with foreign
nations working for longer hours and less
wages than ourselves? In my opinion, we
can't. If we decide not to work any harder
we must make up our minds TO be poorer. pc
cause we can't have 1t both ways.
How are we going to buy nine months food
supplies from foreign countries, II they are not
going to buy our manufactured articles TO the
same extent as in former years? The answer
lies not in communism, nor in strikes tor
higher wages. but In the land which Is largely
derelict in England. We must grow more Of
our own food. and get some OF our men out OF
the cities and the slums
We must increase production and lessen its
cost, not by lower wages. but by less stacking
and more efficiency in every grade Of work.
If we wish to avoid social conflict. which
would hurt everybody il II came, we must unite
in q spirit OF good will and fair play all around
for sound solution Of our social problems.
No class must be asked for greater sacrifice
than any other is prepared to make. The
middle class mind in England Is, ] believe, out
for peace on those lines. and in my Judgment
the fanatics on both sides have no chance
against their weight for common sense.
lCopyright 1925
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
BY CLIFFORD PINCHOT,
XII fsayernnr az pennsyiy ania.

Politicians hate the primary, and
that is the most natural thing In the
world. People usually hate what
makes, them what they regard as nm
necessary trouble, and that is pre-.
cisely what the primary does 70 poll
ticians. ss3 @
The direct primary makes It harder
for the politician to bring home the
bacon. "a.
III b because they have been ham.
pered BY 1t that politicians all over
America have seized eagerly on ne
Sscandalous expenditures IN the recent
Pennsylvania senatorial primary cleo
ton As Il pretext for abolishing the
direct primary
Nobody demands that the autono.
bile Be abolished because It Kills
thousands OF people each year. No
body wants toS do away with the
water supplies of our cities because q
main has brust somewhere and
flooded d part Of one town. What
we do is not to wipe out the thing
that usually serves us well, but
/ to improve the regulations and
strengthen the weak places. That i
common sense.
No one with any sense of public de.
cency can deny that the expenditure
of 81, SOC. 900, that sum by one side iTl
one primary iii one state, III an abonn'
fnation ana b disgrace. But buying
nominations under the primary sys
tenn Is the exception. Under the con
vention system II was per'floalsly close
To the rule.
L cannot speak with fivst. hand
EknowIedge of other States. but do
, know that iii Pannsy lyaria the very
men who are most guilty iii the pres
ent scandai are these who are fore
most In demanding i return III The
convention system
The men who debauched the pE1'
mary III Pennsy lyania are the men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
By SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

ma people are Worrying YIN ' their heads
good deal about the social conditions
of England.
Nobody can pretend that they are satisfactory
with something like million men still unem.
ployed and frightful overcrowding In slum
districts.
Although trade Is improving. not BY leaps
and bounds, but In d gradual and hopeful way,
the figures for the whole Of last year were
rather alarming because they show clearly that
we are buying more and selling less In the
markets Of the world.
But those hard facts are not the chief cause
Of uneasiness In the minds OF men and women
whom happen to meet lii social way.
They are much more afraid OF what they be-
lieve to be weakening in English character
and ideals.
They believe that revolutionary spirit Is
deliberately engineering social strife so that
the present system OF English life may be
overthrown and some new order established to
the advantage of the under. dogs 4
Some of these fears. chiefly among women
!. sooG social class, reach fantastic heights.
1t Is surprising how many Of them talk
mysteriousy Of secret societies dealing In
occultism and black magic!
Well. leaving aside all Imaginary fears and
extremes of folly. is IL possible to find any
truth atsall In these anxieties? Is there any
chance OF social strife In England? Is our
English character losing its OH: steadiness and
common sense, overstrained by the effects Of
war and the disappointments Of peace?
Writing with perfect Observation-Disclosures
1t is not worth while-I do see certain signs of
decentralization In England What surprises
me is that masses Of men Aand women are not
more demoralized considering The state in which
they have been living since the end OF the war.
There are hundred OF thousands OF men In
this country today who have never been able
to get a decent job since they took of their
uniforms In 1919. They went abroad before
they had served any kind of apprenticeship.
and they came back nervous. restless, disillu.
stoned. to find that there was no place for them
In the trade unions or in any field OF regular
employment. They drifted into casual labor
as odd-job men. and it's poor game at best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
Drinking in France
Back to Pre- War Mark

There Is once more as much drink.
ing In France as there was before
the war, according to- 81 report to fhe
Academy or Medicine by DIR. Liable.
chairman Of the acadeIny's alcohol.
ism commission. Worismen. better
lodged. taking more meals at home.
having more and more little gardens
Of their own to cultivate, are drink
ing less. But drinking among wonner,
factory workers has increased and
especially among peasants, owing, DR..
Liable thinks, to the large number
OF homo stills authorized 81 the gov
srnmert 2 SIC 1856. Nearly half the
peasant families In France iistill their
own apple or plum or grape brandy.
Absinthe has been abolished, but sub.
stitutes. perhaps equally harmful. are
cropping up. Eighty per cent az All
the alcoholic beverages consumed IN
France consists OF wine. The acad.
envy, after discussion or DIR. I4abbe's
report, has recommended d return to
the war regime Of restrictions on the
sale oR drink. the limitation Of saloon
licenses and an educational efforr
among peasants and laborers against
the abuse Of irtoxieants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
OLD-AGE PENSION ADVOCATES
FIND IDEA GAINING STRENGTH
Since Massachusetts Began by Naming Commission
to Investigate Subject, Several States Have
Passed Laws and Work Is Attracting Notice.

issues pension certificate. April.
cants must be ut least 10 and must
have been residents OF the State and
citizens of the county for at least
is years. Like that provided by the
Nevada law. the pension can only be
enough to make the applicants total
income q day.
Results Of Laws.
The Nevada law has not been In
effect long enough to observe how
well 1t works. Up to March is, 1926,
the Wisconsin law had been adopted
by Ave counties in which els appli-
cations had been received and 1913
granted. The average pension was
70 cents day. In only 81 cases was
the maximum pension OF 81 a day
allowed. and in ons case the pension
was IA cents daily. In 1924 S6 Mon.
tana counties had old-age pensions.
The total number of pensioners was
SCI and the average pension was
$151.74.
Canada and Hungary have a form
of state endowment insurance which
enables persons to purchase annuitieS
through payments begun In early life,
and Massachusetts, according to the
bureau, has had such a system since
1907, being the only American State
~ LSACAs xAt5tA 1tAeAs sASGAahatoAA -,
France, the Irish Free state. New
Zealand, Norway and Uruguay have
straight pension systems. with the
government providing the pension,
while Great Britain, Belgium, Argen-
tina. Austria, Czechoslovak France,
Germany, Greece, Iceland. Italy,
Netherlands. Poland, Portugal. Ru-
mania, Spain, Sweden and Jugoslavia
have contributory pensions, the cost
OF which IS borne In part by those
who receive the pension.
.sThe opponents Of the old.age pen.
sions base their objections upon sew
eral grounds says the Bureau Of
81 TcnntinIled an Third Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

Many of them never became entitled to draw
the dole.
The lucky ones in the army of unemploy-
ment drew the dole, nd<many have gone on
drawing II week BY week, month by month,
year by year. It keeps them alive without
luxury. but 1t Is idle to pretend that II is not
demoralizing them.
1t is worst 5of all for the boys who were too
young for war and became Of working age
! since the war, but did not find work nor get
apprenticeship In any trade. ANY nation
which Is raising up an idle yc:th like that has
the word Of doom written across its lfe
one cause for all this trouble Is rarely men
toned. It needs some courage to point II out,
because 1T seems unchiyalrous. But am going
to do 80 for the sake Of truth. It Is the In
vason OF young women into the spheres Of
labor where men were previously employed.
They have gone into the Offices, the factories,
and the shops. not for reasons OF economic
necessity, but for the sake OF silk stockings
pocket money for the rnovies, margin for the
fun Of life and escape from domestic drudgery.
/ don't blame then1-mos OF them are rather
splendid--but wish so many Of them were not
taking the places of men whose work their
elder sisters did during the War--jolly WE'LL
and whose jobs the younger ones have kept.
The employers like them. of course. They
are cheaper than men, easier to manage, nicer
to look at. But 1t was hard, for instance, on
an ex.soldier / met the other day who was
turned out OF his job as a club waiter because
women were replacing the men. 1t is hard on
an ex-ofHcer OF the Grenadier Guards. who, as
happen to know. has tried for many clerk
ships to which women have been appointed.
All that Is lamentable, but what Is even more
tragic Is the frightful ignorance or the de.
liberate falsity Of political leaders who try to
make use OF this distress underneath the fair
surface Of our social life by stirring up class
haired.
On the one side are narrow. minded employers,
panic-stricken by their trade returns, who put
all our evils down to the high price of labor,
the tyranny OF trade unions. and the laziness
Of dole.supported population. They do not
hide their belief that the only chance of pros
perity for England Or themselves is to beat
down wages. lengthen hours. ahd smash the
trade union system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
.Br RICHARD wAsHBURN child,

Former Ambassador TO Italy.
The idea 81 direct primaries was
good and patriotic. 1t was devised to
take power from the oId,fashioned
type of political boss and put Il back
into the laps OF voters. 1T was de.
signed to take the hand picking Of
candidates out of the old fashioned
political machine. 1T was purposed
20 separate to some extent money and
running for once.
But those of MS who advocated the
direct primary are today almost
driven to confess. as In the case OF q
lot OF other new political contrap tions,
that the architects plans were pretty
but the structure itself often offends
the sight, hearing and smell of all Of
us.
we did take power out OF the hands
or the old political boss by the direct
primary. No doubt Of that. But the
old political boss. whatever else he
may have lacked, had some measure
OF responsibility. He did business
over long periods He had put a ire
mendous Investment In the building
OF machine. He did not like risks.
He knew that candidates OF inferior
quality hurt his business just as ram
cid butter hurts the grOcer's business.
1T was to the interest OF bosses In d.
rect ratio to their power to pick good
men.
Wealth Important Factor.
Now, whatever the original theory,
inferior men pick themselves. About
the only guarantee we have as to
quality or candidates is their quality
Of affInence. Al man VINO Is not. rich
|is sunk in contest with one who is.
The man with money to spend on
picking himself as 4 candidate need
have no political training and no ex-
perlence In the art of administrati
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
KEEP PRIMARY, BUT REGULATE
EXPENDITURES, PINCHOT URGES
Men Who Have Debauched System Are Politicians
Who Demand Return Of Convention, Declares
Pennsylvania Governor, Recently Defeated.

who now ask that 1t be abolished be-
cause they succeeded In debauching
ii. That Is like murderer askini;
that the law against murder pc abolr
fshpd because ne has killed q man.
The remedy Is not to destroy the
most powerful means yet devised Tor
giying the people b chance to run
the Government, which, tn theory. Is
their own. The remedy Ii to regulate
primary expenses. suggest the fol-
lowing as two most necessary and
effective steps:
Limit BY law In each State, on a
basis of the voting strength Of each
PARTY. the total amount that can be
sneYt for candidate or group DIT cam
fiidates. and let that total include
every expense Of every sort. To
limit expenditures and then exclude
from that limit the principal Items
of cost would merely leave us where
We now are. The amount set should
include everything without exception.
q Every candidate should be required
ito appoint responsible agent,
Through whom, and only through
whom. every expenditure Of every
SORT from every source should be
made ANY expenditure for b pOlitl-
cal purpose through any other chan
Incl should BE forbidden on penalt ri
/ ID iail sentence. This means that no
| individual, no financial or industrial
group, no country. state or other
| political COMMITTEES, no organszation
81 any kind Whatsoever. should be
allowed 10 spend cent except
through the financial agent. And,
/ fa1rf flerfnore. violation Of the law by
1.-the agent III the successful candidate
/ .T.s...sN ssTSf sstS1Va rnssf f11e AQA11r his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
DIRECT PRIMARY DISAPPOINTING
TO SOME WHO FAVORED IT FIRST
Quality Of Representatives Declared to Be Declining
But Return TO Boss system Not Way Out,
Saws Child.

Lor legislation No one looks him over
He does not even have to be passed
by any responsible or even irresponsi
BILE political boss.
All he has to do Is to have the radio
throw himself on enough silver
screens. print and mail enough
pamphlets and pay enough workers
and he ID on his way. Limitation 81
campaign expense Is always difficult
In theory 1t can be done, but the odors
arising from Pennsylvania from the
Ware Pinchot. Pepper fight and the
golden shower Of useless advertising
which happened 10 wreck instead Of
make Gen. Woods candidacy for thu
presidency. are examples Of this
dificuity Of stippressing expenses in
actual practice.
Quality Not So Good.
In the old system, had as ii was, a
man more or less trained was more
or less promoted into an Office for
which he was more or less AT and
more or less vouched for by q more
machine. Today the candidate sells
himself to the people on the super.
advertising basis. We take our can
didates as we might try q new brand
OF puffeds peanuts. The pulled pea
nuts cost IA dime and can be thrown
away: the pulled candidate may stay
In the Senate and make fools Of us
for six years. Wise observers say
that the quality In our representative
bodies has fallen on sadly because 81
the direct primsry, and believe it,
What to do? Return to the boss
picked candidate? Probably not at all
To offer d nostrum would be easy.
That Is what 1t did before.-. This time
the first step Is toward making the
voters work on their own problems.
which IS why this editorial is written.
The direct primary as 1t Is today. un
altered, promises little. That little Il
the soft road for gilded. irresponsible
and unprepared politicians.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
BY JAMES I. GARy1N.

Nofe--The foIiotciR0 article teas Pub
itshed last SuRd0H as o signed EDITORIAL
ig The London Observer Of ieAich Mr..
GdrUin is chief editor as soeH as editor
OF the Encyclopedias Britannica.
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ri III OST thoughtful and some senseless
\ MI people are worrying their heads
sIWN good deal about the social conditions
- u of I'm gland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

To too large degree the temper
of capital has been as hard and mar
row as a knife. Labor given over
to the imagination of vain things, has
done just about all It could TO Inn.
poverish itself.
BY contrast, the American people
as a whole have reached q level Of
general weisbeing far above anything
that has ever been known elsewhere
in the worlds annals. America is q
land of millionnaires but still
more land of high wages In return
for full output.
In the supreme business Of bring
inE capital and labor into practical
partnership America is acting while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

BY exaggerating their nationa1isnls
they depress their lives. They multi
ply their customs barriers and their
arrnaments and they are always think
Ing Of contingencies which may com.
pei them In fear and honor to murder
each other.
The fetish Of exaggerated national
ism and racfalisnn, even iii the pettiest
states, 10 the hurt iii all the great
I1umanities and sanities, is base super
stition and disgrace to the civilized
Intellect in the second quarter of the
twentieth century But AT least those
who want Ii must pay for III
Al United States Of Europe with In
Continued on Third PAGE
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~ OMEWHAT oDscured by more
dramatic events, such as the
British general strike, the fall of
the franc and the German refer
enduTn, the treaty recently made
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-05
POLICE RELIEVE
PAIR HELD HERE
ARE CRIMINALS

Jack Fatherec and f. f. Rails,
picked up in this city yesterday af-
ternoon by Jimmy Applegate, are
held at the county Jail awaiting in
vestigation Of 'neir eases.
Upon being booked at the Jail,
the first named was identified as
one of the three men with whom
Sheriff Gillett had an exciting chase
over a freight train near Caijpatria
on December II. At T. ne
Fatheree and his two co rs
were accused of highway :.
The charges against them WEI, as
missed by Justice Hawkins of In
perial before whom they were ar
raigned.
Fingerprints of the three men
were taken shortly after their ar
rest and the return on Fatheree
shows that he was arrested in Phoe-
nix. Arizona, on June 5, 1922, for
highway robbery, and also served
30 days in Sacramento last year for
vagrancy. He stated when arrested
that he does not know the where
abouts of his two companions on the
occasion of his former arrest.
Rails fingerprints were taken at
the Jail this morning and will be
sent to the Identification bureau at
Los Angeles to ascertain if he has
previous record.
In the opinion of the police Faith
cree and Rails are "bad men, and
the belief is that they may be want
cd elsewhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-05
VALLEY LETTUCE
PUBLICITY DRIVE
GETS UNDER WAY

Fred NcbelThau of this city con-
Quoted very successfu' meeting of
lettuce men at Brawley yesterday
to interest them in a publicity cam
paign which has Deen planned for
the 1886 lettuce crop.
he success of the campaign CON
ducted for last years cantaloupe
crop is we'll known to the lettuce
men, and they promised their full
support OF the present campaign
which will be nation wide in its
plans.
All the successful stunts tried out
last year for the cantaloupes will
be also used for lettuce, together
with a few innovations. Windshield
stickers bearing the caption "Of-
ficer Lettuce Buy will be distri-
buted throughout the country, also
stickers for menu cards and for the
use of fruit and vegetable stands.
Printed envelopes, bearing a re-
production of head of lettuce will
be distributed among business firms
of the valley and produce shippers.
The radio will also be used ex-
tensively to tell the people of the
United States that they should buy
Imperial Valley lettuce ana pro
grams will be conducted in practi-
cally every large city in the coun-
trv.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-05
FAMOUS PLAYERS
PURCHASE UNITED
STUDIOS PLANT
by United Press Leased Wire

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 5.-The
United Studios has been purchased
outright by Famous Playcr3-Lasky
Corporation.
Consummation of the deal. which
has been pending for several days,
WIS made this afternoon.
Negotiations were completed by
wire between Joseph NJ. Schenck
and NJ. 9. Levee, representing
United Studios here, and Jesse
Lasky, head of the Paramount
finn, in New York City.
Production activities of the Las
Ky Company will be moved to the
United Studios on May l, it was
said.
Tho United Studios were former
~ occupied by First National Unit
cd Artists and several indepol q, n
companies which will cont re
duction Of pictures at other os.