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league Favors
Reds, Is Belief
Of Poindexter
Covenant Furthers Interna?
tionalism, Just as Do
Bolsheviki, Senator Tells
National Security League
To War on Communists
Plan* for Counter Propa?
ganda to Fight Soviets
Laid at Annual Meeting
fii? league of nations was attacked
last night as standing for interna-1
tionalisrr:. which the Bolsheviki also
favor, by Miles Poindexter, United
State- Senator from Washington, in
his address before the annual meeting
, ? i;:.? National .Security League in
Carnes;? Hall.
Ser.a.or Poindexter also quoted the
I residen' as favoring intejnationaiism.
"The supreme issue in America to?
day." he said, "is Americanism in its
full sense as against internationalism.
!t is not only the Bolsheviki and the
- who favor internationalism.
; suppose that it is not disloyal to
quote from President Wilson.
President Quoted
"The President, just before he trans?
ferred the White House to Paris,- said
that the time had come for the United
State? to make the supreme sacrifice
and to join our forces with the forces
of men everywhere. That is interna?
tionalism.
"It is not within the power of any
department of our government to
transfer the government to an alien
power."
Some one in the hall here shouted:
"They're not aliens!"
"What!" exclaimed Senator Poindex?
ter. "The Africans and Asians aren't
aliens? While it is proposed for us to
go into Asia and Africa to settle in- |
ternational troubles, I see the pro
nunciamento has been given out at '
the War Department that we will have
to haul down the Stars and Stripes in
the Philippines. To turn the Philip?
pines, after twenty years of good gov
ernmer*. over to political and military :
eommissii r.s there would be a ca
lamity
Peace Treaty Ridiculed
The ?| en asserted that $5,000
had been paid recently to a Mexican
to ransom an American capt?
urai by him.
"The time will come," he assorted,
1 not be necessary for the
States tr> ransom its citizens.
Let us pay a little attention to our
own b:s ' ?'>? and not so much to Euro- '
pean affairs "
)'? then ri ; culed the peace treaty.
"I wa! tremendously relieved." he
g the treaty which it
'?'-?? ?repare to find that
the skull of kintr Od
Geri ?- Ea Africa shall be
turned over to His Britannic Majesty.
can rest in peace, since his
Britannic Majesty has that skull.
"I a!=o note tea- Germany shall r"
P the ? ';? " ip-; Ottman
Kahn, who formerly lived in Medina,
to the King of Hedjaz. I know you will
- fiad to hear that.
War Declared on Reds
Whi ? := the use in our talking about
e are going to do for our mili?
tary defence? Go and ask this aiien
. what to do. Any little
? King of Hedjuz, if he happens
to be a member of the league can
tction by voting against it."
Alton B. Parker presided at the
Frederic R. Couder: and
Major General John F. O'Rya::
cpoke.
nembers of the league. 2,500
strong, cheered its president, C? Ion?
F. Lydecker, when he declared
Bolshevism, saying:
"We must lay bare the hollow pre
:' humanitarianism in the Bol
propaganda. It is a seditious
acherous movement of the
cratic form. Its aims are
?? ???? of religion and the
home."
- s urging Americanization
ot foreigners, war on illiteracy and
the dissemination of knowledge con-;
cerning the duties of citizenship were t
pasted. The resolutions also urged
ihe necessity of universal military
?raining.
Resolutions Adopted
The resolutions presented by A.:
Lawrence Abbott, editor of "The Out- ?
iook "
National Security League, at
fth annual meeting, held in
'arn-y?-- Hall on May 7, 1919, hereby
? e officers and mem?
bers o.r the league join with our fel
- raen i ri an expression of
atitude to the men wr.o,
?:ourage and unselfish de
rictory for freedom.
*e shi sorrow of those who:
' reared through supreme
heir names will always be
grateful remembrance by all
cherish the civilization
saved.
"2. '?' re record our admira
eourags and devotion of
v.r.ich enabled the United
at last to take an active part '
ce of those principles of
that are fundamental to
III. That the National Security |
' . eving that, its work fo?- the
of an informed national
n hat 'rtfi-rt <,1 service to the
be? itself to this high
romises to work for:
Americanization Urged
I zation of all those
OT?g? to " ?
But??, .?-.-.?; net I re horn or for
b)
spreading of a wider knowl
**?#* '- ? onal privileges
?responding obligation f>r
?mmrUan -
*i krn?<)mpromi?iiig Opposition to \
-?* substitution of any foreign Ian
**J*> fot th? English langue*?.
t. e- i'' tai upon illiteracy,
? adly fo#! of fr<<- govurr.
?Ml
"'). I' | .??-,;,.,. ..,,,,,, ,',,,. ?uty ,,f
Z***? Ameriean to fit himself for the i
*'"'' '- nai oi ; military defenci ?
pensable ?imment in ??t?zen
n of a pubbe ?lenti- ;
?**?? *fhitk ?/rill look upon public of
?** *?- a publie tntet te be eomm tted
?wy to tho?Wi who Kr? known to )><?
?.<?<???>, l?r*| to ,iltr '.'on
'??? and ready te ibor? ne
Tiffany & Co.
Fifth Avenue &- 37"c? Street
Pearls Diamonds Jewelry Silver
Clocks Watches China Stationery
A Soldier Says
ii <T>L1NKETY-BLANK- is the po
?*-* litest expression that comes to
me on the government's action in put?
ting over prohibition on us while we
were in France," said Captain Alexander
Wiley, of the 77th Division, who lives
at 9 West Ninth Street. "My answer
to the question whether prohibition
would have been put over if the soldiers
had been home is NOPE.
"Yea, I am for universal military
training, and I am not opposed to a
military man for President. It all de?
pends upon who he is. As for the
league of nations. I candidly confess I
don't understand it. Nobody else seems
??.i. either.
"I think the Americans finished the
war. At least, we put the finishing
touches to it. The Americar army is
the most democratic more democratic
than the French regular army."
sonal aims and ambitions to the com?
mon weal.
"IV. That the preaching of revolu?
tion by violence in this republic is B
menace to that peace, safety and happi?
ness which free governments were
formed to insure, and destructive of
the interests of all citizens.
"We, therefore, pledge ourselves to
oppose in every lawful manner that
reactionary movement called Bolshe?
vism, falsely claiming to be progress?
ive, which to-day is menacing the civ?
ilization which free peoples hold in
trust for all humanity.
"V. That we declare our belief in the
rule of the majority, and hold that all
needed changes in our law of govern?
ment may be effected by peaceful
means, through the use of peaceful
instruments- free speech, free press,
free assembly and the free ballot
which belong of right to every citizen
and which cannot be lawfully taken
from him without his consent so lone
a? he employs them in the interest of
peace."
Investigators Defied
Colonel Lydecker presented his re?
port to the members of the league, in
which he reviewed the organization's
activity prior to and after the entrance
of the United States into the war
against Germany, and asserted that the
league has contributed greatly to the
defeat of the Kaiser. He ridiculed the
recent Congressional investigation of
the league, and, speaking of thf
league's critics in and out of Congress,
said :
"To thc-p people and to their press
the National Security League bids de?
fiance."
Attacking Bolshevism, Colonel Ly?
decker said : i
"Patriotism at this moment calls for
open, strong and intelligent exposition
of the insidious teachings of the In?
ternational Socialists. If we do not
brand with accuracy and positiveness
these various groups of serial dema?
gogues who are assiduously disseminat?
ing the most revolutionary doctrines
and polluting ail the springs of knowl?
edge to incite hatred of and opposition
to our political institutions, we shall
liave one of the 'mo't passionate polit?
ical campaigns on our hands that the
country has ever known.
Congress Report Absurd
"The NaMonal Security League seeks
?o be non-partisan, and as long ae
patriotism is its watchword we hope
to keep it so."
Of the reported plan to request tli
government to distribute 200,000c? ?,
of the Congressional report assailing
the league, Colonel Lydecker said :
"We have been told since Congres?
adjourned that the government has
been asked to furnish 200,000 copies
of this absurd report. It is to be
hoped that it will give no satisfaction
except to those worthy people who op?
posed the declaration of war upon Ger?
many, who opposed sending troops,
who tried to prevent the sending of
munitions to the Allies, and those who
gloried in the success of the Cerman
undersea boats."
Colonel Lydecker urged the neces?
sity of sane reconstruction reforms to
avert the unrest now sweeping Europe
and delivered what was regarded as a
veiled criticism of the league of na?
tions.
League Is Criticised
"America has no fear of war, if war
be just and necessary," he said. "It
desires peace on earth and good will
to men, but it has no thought to ex?
change the freedom which our flag
has symbolized, the liberty which has
beer, guaranteed to the citizens of the
republic by the sacrifices and wisdom
of our fathers, for an ?deal association
with al! the nations of the world. This
nation desires association with all
high-minded peoples who will see that
justice is done, but without pledges
and guarantees which others can claim
to ( n force."
Colonel Lydecker announced that a
committee appointed by the league is
preparing for the celebration of the
?Anniversary of the signing of the con?
stitution on September 17, 1919. The
chairman of this committee is Dr,
David, Jayne Hill and the secretary is
[>r. Robert M. McElroy. The commit
enlisting the support of the
various bar associations throughout.
the country, the principal patriotic so?
cieties and many prominent jurists and
iducators.
Officers Elected
The following officers for the year
1919-1920 wer?- elected:
Honorary president, Elihu Root;
honorary vice-president, Alton B.
Parker; president, Charles E. Lydecker.
Vice-presidents, S. Stanwood Men
ken, Robert Bacon, Myron T. Herrick,
George Wharton Pepper, Willet M.
Spooner and Luke K. Wright; treas?
urer, Alexander J. Hemphill; secretary,
( harles D. Orth.
Directors, Herbert Barry, 'harles A.
Bill. Franklin Q. Brown," Thomas VV.
Churchill, Haydcn B. Harris, ?Trank
Presbrey, Charles F. Rand, Lloyd Tay?
lor and AugUHtu? Thomas.
Argentine Strike Ended
Official Statement Say* Dispute
of Port WorkiTH I* S?-ttl?-<l
WASHINGTON, May 7. The Huenor?
Ayre? port, strike ha>'. been nettled and
activities at the port are again nor?
mal, ?aid a dispatch received to-day
by tin- Argentine embassy from the
Minister of Foreign Affairs..
"Rumors spread regarding new dif?
ficulties at the port, of Buenos Ayres*
Hf absolutely without foundation a?,
in fart, the por?'* activities are in full
and perfect, working order," said the
?/.e-.-.age. "The reasons which caused
?he previous strike have been com
School Sanitation
Called Disgusting
At Board Hearing
Mrs. Emit Boas Says Loral
Education System Has
Been Neglected for Years;
Improvements Demanded
Appearing before the Board of Edu?
cation yesterday, the Public Education
Association presented a scathing ar?
raignment of the sanitary conditions
now prevailing in the public schools ot
this city. "Immediate action" of a
remedial nature was demanded, par
I ticularly in the cases of the Higl
School of Commerce and of Public
Schools 108, 19, 70, 130 and 61.
A report, read to the hoard by Mrs
Emil Boas, in which present condition;
were characterized as "disgusting anc
disgraceful," said:
"It woul ! be considered the heigh:
of folly to attempt to run any busi
ness in the manner in which the publi?
schools of New York are run as re
gards their repair and equipment
They have been neglected, slighte<
and inadequately patched up for years
and in many instances are lite rail;
falling to pieces. Plaster is droppini
off, roofs leak, leaders are broker.
floors are rotting, toilets are broken
windows rattle, radiators leak i
short, the results of neglect are every
where apparent.
"What will the Board of Bducatio
do abolit it ?"
Responsibility Passed Along
Through Frank P. Wilsey, head o
the committee on building and equij
ment, the board passed ?>n the respon
? sibil it y to the Board of Estimate an
Apportionment.
President Somers, in reply to the PuV
!ic Education Association's statemen
protested that the war and special r,
quests and rulings by the war indus
tries board, had greatly tied the hanc
of his board in this matter. VVha
with this, the influenza epidemic an
the coal famine of 1918, no Board t
Education, ho said, liad ever faced sue
difficulties as has the present one.
He also charged that an "effort 1
fasten upon this city a system of odi
ration that has not proved a succef
except in an experimental way itt th
West" had diverted funds which migl
otherwise have been applied to rented.?
ing the physical conditions of t r
school-,
"We are- a! present," he sai
"obliged to use twenty-one s? f"<
which were built between 1830 ?,i
1860, and we are doing the best we ct
with them. Since litli. 1 believe, n
;-. single new school building has her
erected."
Calls Protest Exaggerated
On behali of the Board of Superi
tendents, Assistant Superintend?
^hallow declared that the Public Ed
cation Association's protest was grei
ly exaggerated. "In the case of Sehe
70," he said. "SO per cent of what t h
i. : ; rge is wrong."
When Howard W. N'udd, head of t
Public Education Association d? leg
tion, rose to protest against this Stal
ment. President Somers' gavel cut h
short. .Mrs. Simon Guggenheim"!' th
read a statement from the Natior
Civic Fed?-rat ion. declaring thai ?
body had checked up on the Public E
ucation Associations investigation. Ii
? found it correct and ?pdprsed all
its several itemized demand? for '?
provements, including prompt erecti
of a new Julia Richmond hi<-h Schi
ano a new High School of Commet
for Boys.
Summing up, Mr. Wilsey then s?
that there were "forty more scho
just as bad as those cited." He pro?
tested against any of the schools be?
ing called "firetraps," but said that
nothing could be accomplished without
the aid of the Board of Estimate.
Pledges Association's Aid
Mrs. Boas drew applause from a
large and representative audience that
had gathered when she pledged the
Public Education Association's co?
operation in any pressure the educa?
tional heads would bring to bear on
the city administration.
At the end of the hearing the board
devoted considerable ?me to discuss?
ing whether it should send any official
expression to the hearing on the bill
to increase pay for teathers to be held
before Governor Smith at Albany to?
day.
President Somers explained that the
board favored home rule rather than
rule from Albany, in all phases of the
city's educational problems, but that it
did not wish to appear to oppose an
increase in pay for teachers. In the
end, however, the board decided to take
no action with reference to to-day's
Albany hearing.
At. the same time Superintendent Et
tinger announced that the Appellate
Division yesterday unanimously ap?
proved the decision empowering state
commissioners of education to examine
the accounts of the local school sys?
tem.
"St. Joseph" Slamls Guard a?
German Sentinels Disappear
.Wie York Trifrinr
Foreign Prms Barran
"The story of an ingenious method
of covering desertion, adopted by two
German soldiers, was told me the other
day." writes a correspondent, in "The
Manchester Guardian." "They were
on duty on a church tower which was
??sed as an observation post, and had to
i-emain there for twenty-four hours.
During the night they descended into
the church and took from a niche a
statue of St. Joseph. They carried it
to the top of the tower, placed a Ger?
man cap on the head and leaned it for?
ward over the parapet, so that the face
was visible from below. Then they
quietly took themselves away, and
when the sun rose St. Joseph was still
on guard. It was not till an officer
climbed the tower late in the day that
the clever fraud was discovered."
Tis said that the burden
of obesity is not in the car?
rying of pounds, but in
being forced to treat the
obvious as if it was surrep?
titious.
On the contrary!
A man has reason to
swell with amiable pride,
once he's aware of the style
we put into stout men's
clothes.
A size for every size of
man or boy.
Rogers Peet Company
Broadway Broadway
?t 13th Si. "Four at 34th St.
Convenient
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at 41st St.
j tmaawawaamamm isV
I - IBEUbSbSm I <v**?ss?.
Il OLDIERS returning to Civilian life
/* j voice a very definite preference for
V_y our Spring Suits and Top Coats.
They demand Metropolitan Style?
and quickly discover that we show
nothing else.
They demand good value?and rec?
ognize that these stores always give
good value.
Their ideas of Correct fit are very
critical ? and they appreciate the
careful tailoring we employ to assure
Correct fit.
Satisf/trlory
Wear Qur service to soldier and civilian
Guaranteed
alike is a service which understands
the requirements of the well
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^feber c^Heilbrciner
Clothiers, Haberdashers and Hatters?Eleven Stores
?241 Broadway 345 Broadway 775 Broadway *l I?5 Broadway
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Broadway
at 34th St.
Reduced!
300 Women's
Fashionable Suits
$28.00
Formerly $35
and $39.50
Now
These beautifully
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in the most suc?
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? bo x, strictly
tailleur, Russian
blouse and sports
effects ? featur?
ing many very
charming innova?
tions of taste and
refinement.
The materials are of a highly
dependable quality and include
Poiret twill, gabardine, wool Jersey, heather mixtures,
tweeds and rich taffeta silks. Two styles pictured.
Sale strictly limited to Thursday and Friday.
Fourth floor.
For Vacation and Summer Camp Wear
Boys' Outing Suits
?^ <%f} Special
at $3.95
Two very practical mod?
els, made of washable
khaki drill. One is in sport
blouse effect with "flap?
per" pants, (he other
in collar-attached blouse
style with knickers.
Fashion favors Foulard, making a
Special Sale Today of ,
Women's Foulard Street
Frocks at S25
of exceptional interest!
Smart, cool silk foulard frocks, in a
new draped style, as pictured, with
yoke of Georgette crepe.
The clever lines of the model and
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w V \2 Obtainable in navy blue with white,
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Second floor.
Beginning this morning?A Remarkable
Sale of Children's
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Special 58c
The ideal Summer undergar?
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drawers and underwaist. Made of
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At 58c ? an unparalleled value!
Second floor.
Very Special
At $13.95
Exceptionally fine Irish
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They come in rich plaid
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Sixth floor.
1 hey, interpret Fashion's latest dictates?
Women's Smart
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Specia
at
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Only a rare combination of circumstances* could
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each model is of a very high standard. Ten distinct
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Full ripple, coatee and flare effects
developed in silvertone, Spring weight velours, and
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Beginning This Morning?A Remarkable Three-Day
, Sale of Women's Slip-Over and
Middv Sweaters at $3.85
J
Regularly $5 to $7.95
Genuine zephyr wool, silk fibre and Shetland word sweaters in the newest slip-on
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Rose, turquoise, corn, huff, navy blue, black, purple, orchid,
Copenhagen Blue, and preen. Four styles pictured. Third floor.