The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-06-20
UNLIMITED NATIONAL
EMERGENCY"
BY j. E. Jones

EMERGENCI"
BY ]. e. Jones
Washington, D. G. June ia
week ago the townsfolks of Presi-
dent Roosevelt here in Washington
were as much in the dark as the
Ihomefolks, friends and neighbors of
the country about Unlimited Ma
tional Emergency. Now, day after
day there have been orders from the
President for Federal control of oil
under Secretary of the Interior
Harold l.. Ickes; endorsement of a
War Department bill empowering
the President to take over any kind
of property for National Defense;
mandatory priority measures affect
ing business and products; demands
upon Congress for more money, or
ders to National Defense to speed
UP; besides declarations and admin
istrative orders of considerable i'm
portance.
AS matters now stand the United
States Treasury finds that its fin
ancial program for 1917 billions of
dollars is too small, and that anoth-
er 4 billion dollars has been added
by the Presidents request for money
for bombing planes.
Commencement
There are about million school
teachers in the United States and the
service they perform is not matched
by any other civil or public work in
our country. The last day of
school, is Commencement Day-the
commencement of new relations in
life. In these recent weeks there
have been several million parnets,
relatives and friends spending few
hours in school rooms to witness
graduation exercises. At the fortieth
commencement of the Holton-Arms
School and Junior College in Wash
ington large class of girls receiv-
ed their diplomas, among whom
were natives of England, Czecho-
slovakia, some born or raised in
Central and South America, China,
the Philippines, and in many States.
Due to the fact that some parents
are officers in the Army and Navy;
some connected with the foreign di-
plomatic service or members of the
| Administration, or Congress, these
girls were brought together in a
famous girls school. They received
their diplomas from Mrs. Jessie
Moon Holton who founded the
school and has been the principal for
forty years, during which time she
has chartered the lives Of many
thousands of girls and made person
al presentation of diplomas to a
thousand or more graduates. That is
the simple narrative of one school
and is it any wonder that the ties
that are cemented in these rela-
| tionships bind pupils and teachers
together during their lifetime. While
this is rather an unusual and dis
tinct event in school life it serves,
nevertheless, as sort of an apprais-
al of the uhapproachable value of
the service rendered by the Ameri-
can school system, and to pupils who
in their turn are responsible for the
work of today and the future.
Charles Evans Hughes
If there ever was a grand old man
in Washington his name is Charles
Evans Hughes who's resignation as
Chief Justice has just been accept
ed by the President. The Chief JUS
tice is 70 year sof age, and he has
weathered the tempests and storms
of many years, and retires from his
high Office after earning the admir-
alton and appreciation of the whole
country. President Roosevelt in ac-
cepting the resignation wrote to the
Chief Justice: This comes to- me,
as / know it will to the whole nation,
as great shock for all of us have
counted on your continuing your
splendid service for many years to
come. My every inclination is to
beg you to remain; but my deep
concern for your health and strength
must be paramount" Mr.. Hughes
served New York State as Governor.
He was Secretary of State in the Ad-
ministrations of Harding and Cool
idge, and the Republican nominee
for President in 1916.
There has not been a man in pub
lie life in Washington during the
twetieth century who has served his
country better than the retiring
Chief Justice. He ranks with John
Marshall as one of the greatest of all
American jurists.
When one thinks of how a JUS
tice of the United States Supreme
Court should look the answer is:
like Charles Evans Hughes.
Time To Stop Talking
The vocal part Of the United
States Government tells the strik-
ers that every iseua fhov have rails.