Evening star., 1928-02-22

Resignation OF Col. William B. Gree
ley, chief forester of the Government
TO enter lucrative private employ. calls
attention afresh 10 the perennial in
ability OF Uncle Sam to retain high
grade men at low-grade pay. Hardly a
month passes without such loss TO
the Federal service Not day goes by
without the temptation OF some big Of
ficial to turn his talents TO profitable
account. Secretary Jardlne has had be-
fore him for months seductive offer
TO quit the Department OF Agriculture
and conduct Florida fruit growers
combination at a salary double or treble
his cabinet wages. Senator Borah could
leave public lie tomorrow and join a
metropolitan law firm at 10 times his
congressional pay. Corporations anxious
FOR constructive retrenchmentS" period
ically danglc fancy emoluments before
Gen. Lord, director OF the budget. Mai
Gen. Robert &. Davis. former adjutant
general OF the Army. last year accepted
an executive Job in New York. worth
thrice his military income. President
Coolidge has frequently commented on
the impossibility OF competing with pri-
vatc enterprise for the services Of emf
nent Government employees. He thinks
1t an unmistakahlc compliment TO the
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Elevation OF Representative "Blli" r.
Green OF Iowa. veteran chairman OF the
ways and means committee. to u United
States Court OF Claims judgeship. shows
that Congressman with sand" can
oppose the higher powers and still COM
mand their respect, Judge Green's chief
IN ma has I.A..s tRf tn
stand against repeal Of the estate tax
Year after year he has made the fight
and won It, Against him we're arrayed
the ll-powerful force OF the Coolidge
administration and particularly that of
Secretary Mellon But the new revenue
bill. now awaiting Senate consideration,
leaves the estate duties intact. Green
Will be remembered on Capitol I'm as a
driving power. virlle far beyond his %
years When the great 1924 tax fcduc~
tion bill was In the making. he said he q
nave II ready for passage before Christ
mas, though Congress WAS meeting only
three weeks previous. Cant be done"
said the House leaders. wait and see"
said Green Ten days after the bills In
PRODUCTION u was passed by the great
est majority ever given similar meas
tre. The Craftsmanship Of ways and
means brought three men straight
from The House to the presidency of the
United States Polk. Fillmore and Me
kinley
one Of the Damon and Pythias reia-
tioihllps which occasionally lillmine
public HE is the friendship Of Secretary
Kellogg and his right hand man. Col
Robert ". Olds. Undorsecretury of State
hob olds has been keilogg's con-
ildaii i0r the better part Of II genera
tioi. though the undersecrttary IL his
fhiefs junior by 20 years Since the
| dawn of Tho century Oids has been AS
ISOLATED with Kelloggs private law
practice In ht, Paul Their friends ,,u~
drfhtood that one Of the conditions on
Wilch Kellogg took the secretaryahip of
state IN 1925 was that his partner some
dhy should come IN aa undrraecretarv,
~ soon as the vacancy occurred, Bob"
tIlda Was appointed To MI II. Kellogg
nld MS young Coadjut0r u signal honor
the other day by abdicatlng the Hecre~
tafpsliip ~ State ifof IA trip TO Caiattal
I'isi ~ time Ia permit Oits to function
AS acting Secretary and IN that capacity
Ia sign the epochnl new arbitration
| treaty with France. History viii know
II AS The Olds -Ciaudei treaty.
is the United states the land of
hustle II claims t0 he? Here Is Congress
limping along, u mere 10 years after the
armistice, with legislation Ia restate war,
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