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At Hia Best
ffevsMaat Harding'* f-econ?! an?
nual message to Congre?? ie full of
!ar-driving, constructive sugges
' ion?. It deal* with urgent domestic
jroblems in the frankest and most
jractieal way. It is not covered
i ver with the hard and slippery
''aze of vague political generaliza?
It is courageously concret?!?
the strongest and bluntest which the
Pr?sident has ao far delivered.
As Secretary Mellon'? report
showed, the government ha? now
turned its own corner. It has set
its boute economical y in order. Bet?
ter times are in sight. But certain
intnsjualities in liquidation and re
ry remain and must be remedied.
Agriculture and transportation are
51(11 out of line in cur post-war ad
?nt. The government's atten
jn must therefore ta given, first,
? -helping the farmer out of the pit
f depression and. secondly, to re
?orieir the economic efficiency of the
ailuads, so hard hit during the
**ar period by incompetent govern?
ment management.
The President favors a broad ex?
tension of cr?dita to the farmer, so
hat he may not oniy borrow on his
and but also on his products and
nay draw up on equal terms with
iroducers in other industries. Spc
.al provision is urged for livestock
rod its. So far as economic far
re concerned the farmer has
litherto stood last. If then* is to be
ny inequality perhaps he ought to
tand first. But all he asks for, and
vhat he certainly ought to hare, is
,-ial opportunity.
In to abnormally low
; the farmer has had to face
he burder increased rail
oad rates. The Presit!?.*nt thinks
hat agriculture is entitled to lower
utas, to be made up to the carriers
y a readjustment of other tariffs.
N'on-agricultural commodities are
??tter at.le lo bear higher rates than
arm products are.
The transportation problem does
?t ? nd there. Government control
r the existing statutes has been
?live and awkward. The co
rdinaticn of rail rates and rail
wages ought to l>e confided to the
ame body. It is now tonfi.;
wo isolated bodies. The result has
??en chaos. The Railroad Labor (
?loard functions really belong to the
interstate Commerce Commission.'
he President ii absolutely right in
mending consolidation and in
?ng the roads and their em
iloyees to settle the vast majority of
disputes among themsehi?. In
iucii cases as may come up to an
enlarged Interstate Commerce Com
mision the commission, in his opin
?ught to have full power to en
wage as well as rate decisions.
Railroad Labor Board was
unfortunately handicapped by the
fact that it represented three in?
terests?the roads, the workers and
the public. It became too much a
forum for debate and dissension.
The public learned from last sum?
mer's shop-craft strike how deeply
its own welfare an?! safety are in
. in railroad hold-ups. The gen?
eral interest requires disputes in
which the public is the chief suf?
ferer to be adjudicated by bodies
exclusively representing the public.
As to railroad strikes the Presi?
dent has the courage also to lay
dostrn the controlling principle of
paramount public interest. He says: '
"Since the government assumes to
safeguard his [the worker's] inter
-twtt? while employed in an essential
public service, the security of so?
ciety itself demands his retirement
from the service shall not be so
timed and related as to effect the
destruction of that service."
These word.? express a truth of the
highest importance in the regulation
of the public's future relations with
the minority groups in industry
which now seek to tyranniie over it
Other subjects? immigration, tbe
n?*?*d of amendments withdrawing
tax immunity from state and
muaicipal securities and giving
Congress power to regulate child
labor?are touched on in the same
crisp and pragmatic manner. Tho
President doubtless feels a cer?
tain challenge from the noisy Con?
gre*? bloc- He has the narrow
vision ai bo bloc. His message is a
welcome reassurance to thoae who
believe in the maintenance of the
majority principle and In the free
play of all interests within the circle
of paramount national welfare.
General Wood SUy. On
The newa thst General Wood does
Mi ate hia way clear to leavo the
Philippine*, and has therefore re
sifned the office of provost of the
University of Pennsylvania, is not
altogether unexpected. Kvery month
of his stay In the Islande has shown
more clearly the extent of the dam?
age which he had to repair and the
amount of patience and effort which
thia work would require.
The machinery which Messrs.
Taft and Forbes had made effective
was allowed by the Wilsonian Gov?
ernor General Harrison to rust. The
discipline and prestige which they
had 'nstiiled were relaxed. The pro?
grams of internal improvements and
achoola which they had inaugurated
were ignored. The inaular finances,
which they had placed on a sound
basis, were allowed to become cha
an administration run on
high principlea was substituted a
n of (traft operated by native
Filipino politician?.
General Wood'? ta?k. therefore, in
ways was even mor? difficult
than the work of Taft ai.d Forbea,
who brought order out of chai
the early day?. It will take a long
time to overcome the bad effects
which foliowed the weakening of
American control under the Harri?
son r?fiflM. Thankft to Harrison,
American prestige was almost nil
when General Wood arrived. Its re?
vival is due not only to the ability of
his work but to the influence of his
personality, which to-day, as it was
twenty years agro, in great through?
out the Philippine Islands.
His resignation from the provost
ship of t*v '-?yi
is at no t-mall personal sacri?
fice. The position which he would
there have held would have per?
mitted him to live out his days
in comfort and honor. Now, how?
ever, when his work in the Phil?
ippines is done, he will find him?
self beyond the age limit which
would have made his retirement
from the army automatic and with- :
out the financial advantages which
he would have retained had he :
rounded out his term in the army.
It has been one of the salient i
acteristics of General Wood, how- I
afe?, never to hesitate when there '.
has been a question between his duty
find his convenience or comfort. In i
the present instance his sense of
duty has convinced him that he must ?
remain in the Philippines. So, n -
gardless of sacrifices, in the Philip- ;
pines he will stay.
A Dangerous Mistake
Terrific pressure is certain to be .
r.roupht to tirar on Governor-elect
Smith I of his political as
sociates who desire above all things
to see New York's transit problem !
committed into the hands of Mayor
Hylan and the Tammany Board of
Estimate. These political associates
have reaped a rich profit from th*
bus lines which were conducted by
Commissioner Whalen, with the sup?
port and approval of the Mayor and
the Board of Estimate. To them it
would not matter how the transit
problem was solved, so long as the
method of its solution provided them
with the pickings which supply the
reason for their taking part in
politics.
Mr. Smith will stand or fall ac?
cording as he succeeds or fails in
his handling of transit in this city.
It is the most important job he will
have to do as Governor.
The Tribune believes that a de?
cision by the six Republican Assem?
blymen from this city to act with
the Dem?crata in consenting to any
course Mr. Smith chooses to adopt
with regard to transit would be a se?
rious mistake. Suppose, for example,
that he yields to Tammany pressure
and intrusts the building of new
subways to Mr. Hylan and to Mr.
Whalen. Disaster Is certain to re?
sult, and in that disaster Mr. Smith
is certain to share.
It may be that Mr. Smith has no
such plan. But the existence of a
veto power, vested in the Republican
majority in the Assembly, may very
well help him more carefully to con
sider the situation before he makes
any decision.
There is no doubt in the minds
of many intelligent citizens that the
transit plan evolved by the present
commission is the only workable
method of relieving an intolerable
aituation, and that the members of
this commission, having worked out
this plan, are better qualified than
any one else to put it into execution.
Inasmuch as these commissioners
are all New York men their control
of tranait is not violative of the
principle of home rule.
By retaining the veto power the
Assembly majority can be of great
assistance in preventing hasty
action by the Executive. Indeed,
they can directly contribute to the
success of his administration as far
as New York City is concerned.
A shrewd and influential Demo?
crat, very favorable to Mr. Smith,
said of his first administration: "It
was a better administration because :
of the check upon it exerted \v a
Republican Legislature. There were
many times when Al was glad that
ha was not allowed to do all the (
things Tammany wanted him to do."
If the New York Republican As?
semblymen, instead of seeking to be
too serviceable to the Governor, will
maintain this check, it will be better
for Mr. Smith, and far better for a
which will face business stag?
nation unleas its transit is developed
on a wise and practicable plan.
Having voted for Governor Miller's
traction bills and having by this
vote expressed their approval of
them, th.? New York City I.
licans will cut a sorry figure if they
shift their convictions merely to
curry favor with a new Governor.
Swamped
When Magistrate House, who has
fined more motorists than any other
judicial officer on the bench, con
faaaea himself unable to find any
solution of the traffic problem it I?
?hst the task was takrn up by
some body orgsnized for that pur?
pose. The fact that $500,000 was
collected locally in fines for speeding
and reckless driving last year shows
that fines do not materially help the
situation. Offenders pay their fines
ntinue to break the laws
Judge House's suggestion that
pleasure cars will have to be limited
in number :.tive. /It
vi!l be dif 'ermine what is
a pleasur" cur and what is not. And
he 'rationing" of such vehicles
would effect no permanent cure.
Any one abroad on Fifth Avenue
during this season of holiday shop?
ping can see that something must be
l>ut no unofficial observer can
determine what is to be done. Only
a commission of engineers can make
constructive suggestions. The sooner
such a commission is appointed,
either by the Legislature or the city
authorities, the sooner will New
York be safe alike for motorists and
pedestrians.
Concentrating tlie Fleet
If Admiral Mahan were ali-.
day he would probably characterize
the consolidation of the Atlantic and
Pacific fleets into one body as an act
of simple common sense. Besides
- this, however, it In a tribute to
the wisdom of this gTeat scholar
admiral, who more than any other
single naval officer inspired his fel?
lows and his i n with sound i
principles of naval strategy. '
centration, he repeatedly affirmed,
is the A 1'. C ?? naval strategy. In
his writings or. international pi
lems and in his lectures at ;he Natal
ollege he continually recurred [
to this point.
The Admiral was no sentimental?
ist. He looked upon the navy as the
police power behind our forelpn pol- ?
icy, and his attitude toward it was
altogether professional. With
pleaa of the politicians to scatter the
lleet in order to give apparent pro- ?
tection to all coasts he had no pa?
tience. In particular did he attack
their plan to divide the fleet into
halves, one stationed on the Pa
? oast and ore on the Atlantic.
"So distributed," he wrote, "the divi?
sions in each ocean would have been
decisively inferior to a foreign bat?
tle fleet there present, to which fleet
the two would have been equal or
superior if united." And again: "Xo
course could be more entirely satis?
factory t?) an enemy or more para?
lyzing to the United States fleet
than just this. All or none; the en?
tire fleet concentrated, whether in
the Pacific or the Atlantic."
Whan the Democrats came into
and Josephus Daniels took
1 of the navy the Admiral's
warnings and protests were alto?
gether disregarded. The fact thai
by splitting the navy in two its de?
fensive power was split in two could
not be appreciated by lay minds.
The new reorganization, however,
is in accordance with Mahan's teach?
ing. It will involve the ultimate re?
assignment of units which are at
present ?r-.ttereil afield. But it also
will assure to the United States the
udvantagea of a fleer that not only
operatea together but has been
i together. Herein lies one of
the most important practical aspects
of this move.
The Pan-Amen, an Conference
It is the hope of the President
and Mr. Hughes that limitation of
armament, both on land and sea,
will form one of the important top?
ics of discussion at the Pan-Ameri
can conference which Is to be held
in Chile next March. Some of the
nations have hesitated to accept it
as an item on the agenda before
they know the nature of the pro
poaed limitation.
In the case of the Washington
conference the ?fatua quo was taken
as a starting point, and from that
a ratio was figured which would not
materially alter the relative strengths
of the British, Japanese and Ameri?
can fleets. In the case of the I
ean conference the f^ctthattw
?ations are concerned ados
many complexities. The jeslousles
and rivalries of some of the South
American republics are even more
keen than those among the three
great naval powers of the world.
How vo adopt a formula acceptable
to all twenty-one is sure to be one
of the most difficult tasks faring
the conference.
has there
been a bef -t of reaching
nn understanding on many ques?
tions ?hat have heretofore kept the
American republics apart. The ere
?Mon of an effective Pan-American
League, with a Pan-American court,
Ls not beyond the rang? of possibll'
tie? Besides, there ara numer?os
commercial matters to be atandard
nnd co-operative efforts to be
encouraged which can be of great
value in preventing International
discord.
The outcome of the conference
of the Central Amcricsn ?tat
present being held in Washington'
tf course, have a certain effect
upon the Pan-American conference.
But even if the present conference
fails to achicvu all that ia hoped of
i? the Pan-American conference
will serve to draw closer the nations
of both continents and will offer the
opportunity of making new st
toward practical international co?
operation. _
A Yankee?by Adoption
Fortunate ia the foreigner who
entera America by way of New Em:
land?and stays there. The Puritans
practiced thrift at first from t.
sity, but they soon made it a habit;
and because they kept their a
within the compass of eaay attain?
ment and came to regard the spend?
ing of an unnecessary cent us well
nigh criminal they prospered?even
on an inhospitable .--h?re.
Since their day New England pru?
dence with regard to money mal
has liecome proverbial. Nothing so
troubles the New England cotise-i en er?
as the escape of a dollar which might
have been kept in tether. The result
id that economy has become epidemic
east of the Hudson and north of
Nantucket. Even the Immigrant soon
catches the contagion.
In this week's news is the story of
a Boston immigrant bootblack who
with his own elbow grease has sent
a daughter through Radcliffe and
will in time see another daughter
and two sons graduated from that
institution and from Harvard, re?
spectively. In any other eit
temptation to inve-t his savings in
"movie" tickets and phonograph rec?
ords would have been too strong. In
Boston even the lure of the film and
the 50-cent table d'h?te could not
lubdue the urge for financial pru?
dence that is in the very air.
Four enlightened American citi?
zens will in time go frtrth from the
lousehold of this bootblack equipped
,c battle of life as far as the
>rganiied erudition of Cam!
?an equip them, and n"
rvhen he cams to America he la
n a section whoso tradition of thrift
s as stern and rockbound as its
roast.
The blockade against Christmas
lquor has not yet become so off?
that there ia any urgent necessity
for rationing the supply.
More Truth Than Poetry
By James J. Montagjo
According to Rules
(Two workm?r. In MiSSlefown. N. T..
-yin? ?h?n
UM ?rhls?a Lia?, n??rl)
ompamen who ha,.prn*d lo Xio undar
n?*th.J
"Oh! Fireman! Save my precious
dears!"
A mother murmured, through her
tears.
"The while they sleep
The wild flames leap
Along the nursery- floor."
"We're sorry, ma'am,' the lire
men sighed
"But your request must be denied.
Another day
The hose we'll play,
But now it's half past four I"
"Policeman!" cried the banker's
spouse,
"A burglar's going through the
house!
Too frail and weak
Am I to seek
To capture him alone!"
"I'm very sorry," said tho cop,
"But I'm compelled all work to
stop.
Iff not the time
To put down crime,
Because the whisie's blown !
"Hi! Lifeguard," yelled the ahip
wrccked crew,
"Our vessel just has split in two!
We wish you'd save
Us from a grave
Beneath the cold, wet sea!
The lifeguard answered, with a
frown,
"To walk away and see you
drown
Will prove a shock.
But 8 o'clock
Ia quitting time for me.
Iron Nerve
If. Cleroenee?u'? ?elf-control Is
still dominant. He announced that
he didn? want to Ulk ?bout th?
League of Nations ?nd then pro?
ceeded to Ulk about It for three
quarters of an hoar.
:!ope
A choreh u?her, not recognising
Mr. Rockefeller, gave him back $10
he hsd dropped into the contribution
bot. Th?t usher will never grow up
to b? ? college president
Helpi Industry
One tking m?y be ?aid about mur?
der? in New Jersey: Investierung
th*m cerUir.'y gives employment to
? very large number of people.
(Cop)ri?h! fcr Ja n,?? J. Mon:?*-?*)
Good in Priaon Diversions
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Tho letUr from John 0. Purdle
OB Sing Sing ?nterUtnment? seems
typical at a misuken attitude toward
prison reform. Very little geod
accrues to society at Urge ?nd con
?iderable harm to the criminal from
th? old-f??hioned prison policy of un?
relieved confinement.
It is only by education and develop
that c.-imlnals c*n b? helped
?ad made over lato better eitisens.
H. W. T.
New York, Dec. 7, 192S.
The Lantern
Copti fen Tat* T|tn>?? to*. IMS
Happiness
It matters not that long ago
My heart wat broken quite in
twain ;
It matter? not how well 1 know
? The tharp and bilter taM?* oi
It matters only thst I see
The world is still a nfnai place;
It matters only that for me
There still persists I srrrrt grace.
I wok?- to ?l.'v ti? find l!i<* moon
Attfide a little rosy cloud;
I knew it would Ik* s*jr?n?e soin.
And w.ilclnng. tli'?r, I laughed
aloud !
im
Tlu? BUtt of
the matter ?if i
joiccs in a law for
? in ?Iririk ? ?.f ;iny
a news story which we tin 1
an Augusta d
I was out front among
all the state?? of : in
its prtiiiibition law.
else may has.
the enfoncn.. f< It is
evident * m
monwealth intends to set the
pace as long as possible in i
? vital dri.i
ning to-day, i
-
:iks in the hotels ?
catinr* places of any kind?not
I '
me
in contn i id to be
drunk.
The key*. ' ?.*%? is
health. I oint out that
ro is danger of the existence
of harmful bacteria in the
that, while | all
right, a (jT. ;. n of it
comes from rivers and streams
that arc suhject to poll..'
They pay ?M i I health, '
and they may bel:*
say, t. .da. But we b<
that, sub-eonsci. arc influ
. by anoth- . . the
must in
i\s whan, even in Main?, the
highball was a genial ;
And with recollection con.
ing. And from yearning may grow
' ?tion to violate the laws of
p,d. There is something jolly
?bout that tinklo of tho ice -.gain?t
tho glass, and, as I rmer
'".ir as the question of harmful
bacteria is concerned . . .
teria need not exist in io> any more
than in water, if du >xer
..nufacturo tho ice out of
the r?
Wa look forward to the glorious
day when the drinking of water ?
will ba prohibited. If the drinking
pf water goes on unchecked it will
keep in tho mir.
?le to drink
and wine | But if
.re not allowed to ?irink I
they will grad t that it
rink at all. Then,
?hen only, will the world
safe. If there are some millions
kill-d bacatsaa they cannot adapt
themselves to this regimen, so much
the better: their deaths prove th.it
there was somothing inherently sin?
ful in their nat :
"The Ministers' Monthly," a pub?
lication issued at Chicago, advo?
cate* "a campaign to enlist 50,000
ministers and through them 40,000,
000 church members to take an ac?
tive part in the 1024 Presidential
>n."
This is good news. Good news
because it indicates that these fifty
thousand preachers control the forty
millions of church members so com?
pletely that the congregations are
ready to do just what the preachers
tell them to do.
Aft?*r tho preachers have
thtir forty millions how to vot.
hope is that they will go on an..
them how to live. Ami the:..
und customary injustices will
.vanish from the tMU
, drops drunken by a morning sun.
Wa had not supp?t? d thut t
were forty mill. :* in
Arrnrica rea?ly and obey
their preach-rs so implicitly. \V?
have had. the notion that per/hap*
the tangled snarl in which humanity
finds itself is due to the circum?
stance that the millions do not obey
the tenets of their v .
But sin?
is*, in one wieldy and obedient
herd, rea?! . are told?
why not tell them '?rat how to
and th?*n : tes fall a
they
I If the millions lived proper'y
that
need? t?y the du!
method of
Dr. Frank Crane knows that.
have a feeling? possibly in?
spired by reading 'Merton of the
??>**?? that when "the hammer
murderess" got out of the wir
of that Los Angeles jail she ??id
down a eucalyptus m
A "New York ?
I ent refer? to "the idea thu*
, always though' that
the early !
I job.
1 Don Mavaquia.
COMING IN AS BLIND BAGGAGE
Oaswri?nt. ms, Ham Tara Tribs?** !?*. _
Bootleg By-ProduCtS I** Fairfax Do?ncy
'ipHK medieval alchansiata putterin
1 Bad among their mortars an
?ml rruetMr* wer? happ
though unsuccessful in
for the philosopher'.! stone whic
?ransmute into gold the base
M* '?!'. But how miserable would thi
old chap? ha aid they han
foreseen that the not particularly
scientific gentry we know as bootleg
gar? were to stumble fortuitously on
the effect the cauae of which the]
sought, and change Into gold the baaei
liquors!
The possessors of the Ullsman put
In no years of patient research like
thr'r predecessors. Fortune smiled
most unexpectedly. It was as if they
had overheard the open sesame to the
trensure cavr in chance conversation.
It was simply that somebody proposed
a law, somebody els? voted for it (there is
some uncertainty as to who and how
many did this) and the thing forth
-camc a law. It carried no rider
making appropriations for bootleggers,
but then it might as well. Money that
have corns In as taxes if there
had been liquor might have gone out
for enforcement if there had been en?
forcer ? was, other moneys
- that purpose.
But it is a BSlstaks to suppose that to
the bootleggers belong all the spoils.
A large portion has been and is being
allotted to what may be called direct
cr indirect bootleg by-products.
Take that most logical instance, the
flask. Who would have thought to
have seen the revival of that old-fash
inr.ed receptacle? If not out of styl?
it long since had ceased to be a
adjunct of civilisation and had beet
given over to those who went rough
ing it in the wilds. But ths flssks ?eei
in the wide, open spaces are nothini
to their numerous relations displays
in the wide-open places.
From the shapely silver flasks it it
no far cry to the hip pockets, especially
constructed by our best Ullors for th<
neat and Inconspicuous carriage of
said vessels. They are another by?
product. A flask is the glass of fashion,
?nd it is molded to the form.
And then there ?r? the ?oft drink?,
which, aided by prohibition, ware sup?
posed completely to supplant th? harr!
stuff. The soft drinks have not been
as unkind and monopolistic as all that.
They are blending on the sama terms
f ?uld lang? ?yne. Because a certain
brand of ginger ale mingles wall with
gin that property is not being
deprecated as a talking point. Waxed
cylinder container? sre provided for
the conveyance of cold orange juice to
the privacy of one's apartment, and
whether one prefers that mea:
downing one'i orange juice straight
and discreetly or otherwls? i? one'?
own business. Much money I? ?pent
for such conveniences, and ?o ha? there
been on cider, especially since time is
reckoned as money.
A pretty penny has been made for
the stage and ita people by jokes on
prohibition and Its sccompanimenU,
and It still Is being made except on the
l vaudeville circuit, where liquor Jokes
I wer? banned. (Do they go la f?r an
enforcement?) One ??Mom ???ti?*;
' nowadays where the stag* iituaaaa
? not eall for drinking or ta? snsjsa?
I thereof or ths dislogue hss set ue
i reference te it A f?w >??r? ta? h
! of it would have been cut a% asta?
iary buainess.
The building trades have ota?
unbeneflted. Wast stauly skan
cellars have been decreed ta fsaa
tieava measarsleas to reveaas at
What special, massive door* aasiafS
?et in, whst drawbridge? ?sn km
raised and portcullises let tm\mt
?II the artifices at the eommsedeja.
mason, the bricklayer and tt> a*
maker. Money has been se asjat
when put into devices for pretataBa*
privat* stock, for sad ?xpeiiasa as
forced the realization that st*MSs?>
do not guard the o!d prt-wsr stsf at
iron bars a cache.
The apothecary does no? stasi s j
lose, and that does not rtf?r m M
bootlegging druggist but te tfcs itsr*
tradesman who purveys net lif,sat If
analyses it. His servie?? sur ** *
valuable, even vital. What I? ??
pay for an analysis of acsMofssSsI
which sold at llio or so aad atgS*
ht good but may not?
There also Is the humble poteau
has managed to lay in a eowiavae?
of brand led peaches or cherri*??**
he disposes of to his tttttSt
customers, thus eMnceiag ?tn asm
for a year st least H?. too, a* U*
by-product benefit* under tie tuet
| ?eherne of things whleh Is Bra*?***
What Readers Are Thinking
I?______?
Mrs. Foreythe's Successor
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: tema Bae editorial on "Politic
and the ?School?" calls attention to i
vfry important matter?namely, the ?e
lection of the person best qualified t
All the vacancy in the board of ?uper
intendenta caused by the death of Mrs
cachan Fonythe. You rightl;
?ay: "t'pon the efficiency of thes.
associate taperintendents dependa th
auecea? of the city'? entire education?
system, its routine, Its morale."
There are many, hovever, in th?
public school system, at well as thot?
in other lines of activity, who do no
agree with your eoncluaion that "Mis:
Jone? it an admirable candidat?, wel
fitted for thia important pott"
Why doet The Tribune alto ttate thai
"the race is between Mm Jones an.
a political candidate- either Mitt Mr
Cooey or a man aimilarly equipped,'
thut disregarding entirely the thre?
women dittrict superintendents bow In
activo service? It it pottibl? that Th?
Tribuno did not know of their exist?
ence* The pending election of an as?
sociate superintendent is an extremely
important matter and tho public it en
! to know on what grounda The
Tribune favors the advancement of any
principal over the heads of thee? thre?
dittrict superintendents.
If the three women district superin?
tendente are not fitted to be district
superintendents public interest de
ma de that they be removed from their
present ol?ce. If, on the other hand,
they are acceptably filling the position
of district tuperintendent why would
it not better terve the Interest? of th?
city to have one of these women, al?
ready experienced in administrative
work, advanced to the next higher po*t,
ni.mely, that of associate tuperin?
tendent ?
The associate euperintendent la re?
quired to direct the activi'.iea of dis?
trict superintendents and through theta
of principals and teachers. It It not i
obvloua, therefore, that a principal I
tuddealy elevated to the position of ;
associ?t? superintendent without pats- j
ing through the intermediary grade of.
diitrict superintendent could not poi
aibly (through lack of experience) be
able to render si efficient service to
the pablio schools as a district super?
intendent, who would bring to the office
of associate superintendent the added
equipment of familiarity with adminis?
trative work on a large scale?
It may be pertinent to add that dis?
trict superintendents are nominated by
the board of superintendente and are
choten from among the hundreds of
?chool principal?. Diitrict superin?
tendente have, therefore, in a special
?ens? ?lr?ady received the Indorsement '
of the board of superintendent?.
If Misa Jone? i? so "admirably
fitted." as The Tribune thinks. It it
not strange that the is still only a
principal of an elementary school and
that the board of superintendents ha?
?ev?r nominated her to the politl?n of
district superintendent?
PUBUO WELFARE.
New York, Dee. 6. 19*:.
Children to Remember
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Kir: There are many children ef
disabled ox-service men in the city
who?? enjoyment of Christmas de?
pend? on th? Red Or???.
The production department ef th?
N?w York County Chapter, American
Red Croc?, brnt Madison Avenue, will
gratefully rveeive contribution? of
mitten?, glove?, stockings, hair rib
ben?, necktie?, books, gamea and toya
to help make Chriatmaa a marry on?
for tho?e children whose fathers are
?till in government hospital?. They
rang? from babies to boya aad girl?
of twelve year?.
MRS. AUSTIN R. BALUW
Chairman Committee on Production.
New York. Dec. 7, 1MI.
Mr. Schief?elin en &* S*
To th? Editor of The ***?*?; km
Sir: I resd In year TtTj^
s letter of protect ?ge??*?"?TM.
the s:ng Sing vrmttattUfi?^ ^
teruin n:ent aad *^>t^fJt\mmt a
-th? mo*t ou?afss????i ?gtB?
outrages." FurtsasV *V ^ a*ekie?J
in Sing ^f^?S?J|W?*<,f
th. pl.ee ?^^"S-Ults??.'
mu.hy crash, sa? "^TI, to Mag
Prl.on ret???? ? T?.^, Wit**
Slag from t* ?* f"^ .**.
O.borne, has bees U t*??^ ? .
?ny latelllgeat el?sss <*? ^ ^
benefit to the eommsslty- ^
experience In pr1?<? *"JJ? , ?s?
portunlty to r?>eov?r st ^ ,
degree of e?l^w,^.^fa?*
knowledge that th? world is sj-^
sarily sgai?* ?'"? k' .?a"'
turned loo., at th? ?"'J*",,*
term le?, of ? meases tsa- _
I. determined U take l*ve^^
If the writer of th? '?^"Je*
toba. eeer beea la Slag?* .*
realis* that convicta """L^e*
find their path strewn ?"^i
th* introducing InU tlw? *
?n opportunity t* be o1^ a ?
th.lr fellow m.a and tsJ^yo*
slight degree the er9$AlmJ^t0m ?*?'
of prison life Is a ttaitra m~ #
mat?. laflueM. ?snael aft
community. .???'=''5
Any m.n who ""?^ ,*?**
which degrade, and ???^^T***
ble to a ay?tem whlek ? ? d o
ing at least allow, tto"^?,se*
interest in life snd the i*?? ^
re.peet i. ??"U,U^J? j? ?**
leset Any oae wko ?t*,M~\ ?* *
and aantimenul t0 ^ T g.?*s '
community a man ** JV,?,. I
chaaee to recover ?".???'
<-y rather thac ? ??" ^
embitUred e?a only be ??*?*" ^ ^
those one of whom. %e**^^mtyaaw
popular ?ayir.g, ??? bora ?"J-?^
JOHN JAV KH1??W^
New York, Dec. T, XttS.