.... .... .. 8 A' THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. MARCH 5. 1922. Dr. Hubert Work Takes Oath as Head of Mails New Foilmaiter General Ssyt ' Ha Will Continue Hayi Policy of "Humanizing the Service." ' Washington, March 4 Dr. llu. brt Work took the oath cl emce today postmaster geuersl sue. ceeding Will II. Hays who 1i1 been a member ol the cabinet a year to &r. Work, whoje liome state it Colorado, had been first sitant postmaster general under Mr. llayi. In t statement addressed to the per sonnel of the postal service the new Abinet official said Mr. Hays had "set up tew ideali (or a postal eerv let." addim that uch ideals had been approved by the American peo pit, Vt. Work laid it was ins pur. pose "to give substance to hit viiion," , , Oath Administered. The oath of office wse adminis tered by Rush Holland of Colorado, assistant attorney general, in the presence of a group of friends of both Mr. Hays and Dr. Work and a number of senators, representatives and postal employe. Secretary Wal lace. George B. Christian, secretary to the president, and Brig. Gen. Sawyer, President Harding's phy sician, also attended the ceremony. After Dr. Work had been sworn in Mr. Hays told him that "all the regret over leaving tlie cabinet is completely and absolutely antidoted by the happiness in turning the Post office department over to you, the in dividual' Replying, Dr. Work informed the retiring postmaster general that it was "not possible to assuage the re gret in this department over jour departure." fhe statement issued by the new postmaster general follows: "The postmaster general has tend ered his resignation to the presi dent and will retire as head of the Tostomce department. "Impulse of Kind Heart" "The impression his personality has made on the morale of the postal employes has been unprecedented and it has been altogether for good. " 'Humanizing the ; service' was merely the voicing of a wish and the kindliness which is in all of us 10 some degree, responded to it. It wss the impulse of a kind heart; an expression of that intangible thing called the common touch which makes the world akin and 'the letter is now put in the box and not thrown at the door.' "He will travel far hut will not be come a wanderer. He may live among tha pictures but he will not become confused, for nature has en dowed bim with the intuition of a woman, the initiative of the inventor, the heart of a wholesome boy and the judgment of a man-traits that have endeared him. to all of us who served under him. It is true now as when it was written that 'where there is no vision the people perish.' Mr. Hays set up new ideals for a postal service. They have been ap proved by the American people, and as his successor in office it will be my purpose to give substance to his vision." Slash Coal Operators' ; Profits, Urge of I). M. W. New York, March 4. Cheaper anthracite coal for the public is to be made possible- "by slashing the profits of the mine owner rather than by reducing the laborer's wages, is advocated by the United Mine Work ers of America in a statement issued here today., "Mine owners freely admit that the cost of coal to the consumer is too high," declares the statement. "The remedy they suggest, as a pre liminary to the opening of new ne gotiations for a working agreement with the workers, is a reduction in the cost of digging the coal the miners' wage which is placed by the operators at $3.92 a ton." The mine workers indicate that lower labor costs will represent a "bare living wage," whereas they in sist upon "a saving wage comT mensurate with .the hazards of the industry." 111 ' Legion Plans Drive to Get - Joba for 700,000 Veterans Indianapolis, Ind., March 4. Em ployment of 700,000 veterans of the world war who are now idle and in need will be undertaken in a great joint national effort already initiated by the American Legion in co-operation with an impressive list of na tional business, civic, fraternal and welfare organizations, according to announcement today at the the na tional headquarters of the legion. Preliminary preparations for the campaign have been started under the direction of local units of the legion and co-operating bodies. This includes a survey of conditions and suggestions for remedy in every lo cality. This work will be completed before March 20, which shall be known aS American Legion Em ploynient day. Watch Deflect Bullet - Fired by Highwayman Lawrence, Mass., March 4. Ro . land J. Ferguson of this city is probably congratulating himself that he did not become addicted to a wrist watch. Ferguson was held up and robbed by three youthful bandits who fired several shots at him. On of the bullets rendered his watch, which be carried in a vest . peehet, a total loss. .The highwaymen took $50 from etne of Ferguson's pockets and over looked $250 in another pocket The watch was so badly shattered by a bullet that they threw it to one side. Aiiessora to Be Tamed , Loose on County April 1 '' April I will see 79 tax assessors turned loose on the citizens of Dpuglas county. "Sixteen of these will operate in the rural districts while the remaining 3 will serve in the city of Omaha. TIi.m itirtmn now arc receiving iKrla- instructions from the county assessor.. They will be jaid $5 a day each, i . ' ' "Conference President," Title Applied to Harding; First Year In Office Marked by Bringing. Many Minds Together By GEORGE X. HOLMES. Washington, March 4,If Warren G. Harding should step out of the f residency today at the end of his first year In the White House he undoubtedly would go down in his lory as "the conference president." Conferences international, agri cultural, industrial ana legislative have been the outstanding features of the first year of President Hard ing's term. There hsve been few weeks in Washington since March 4 Lot when there was not a confer ence of some sort actually in ses lion or in the making. In the back ground of them all stood the figure or the president President Harding ence described himself as a "devout disciple of the conference idea" in the settlement of controversies and dispute whether they he international, national, mu nicipal or domestic. Once during the campaign Mr. Harding was speaking to a group of confidents about his chances for elec tion and the prospects of four years in the White House. The passage of time has removed the mantle of confidence that was thrown about what he said that day. "Don't 'Kid Myself." 'You Lnow." he remarked thouaht- fully. "I don't 'kid' myself that if elected I will mike the best presi dent we ever had. But I pride my. self that there ts one thing I do as well if rot better than most men I have the faculty of bringing: men together; I can reconcile minds that ere widely divergent, minds that are perhaps better than my own. And it seems to me that is what we need today somebody who can bring men together instead ot keep them apart. That was in October. 1920. How faithfully President Harding has pur sued the "conference idea" in his lirst year as chief executive may be seen in the fact that there have been more conferences in Washington since March 4 last than in any other single year in recent history. At the top of the list, of course, stands the international armament conference, which for three months met in a steady succession of daily meetings and at the end produced a dozen treaties and agreements which their proponents claim will firmty establish the peace of the world for the next quarter, of a cen tury at least Two Crises. It was not only in international af fairs that the president pursued the conference idea. In two national "crises" in the last year he has summoned to Washington leading figures in the nation's financial and industrial life to try to work out programs of betterment. These were the "unemployment crisis" and the more recent "agricultural crisis," which is still with us. Opinions differ radically as to the benefits derived from these two meetings of "best minds," but in any event they both adopted programs of betterment and adjourned with out engaging in any fist fights or damning the government more than usual. In his contact with congress and in attempting to keep a guiding hand on the course of legislation the pres- idents pursuit of the conference idea" has' been even more pro nounced. A score of times in the last year the party chieftains " and the leaders in congress have gathered about the hospitable Harding dinner table in the White House to discuss affairs of state over a good meal. Sometimes democrats have been in cluded, although for the most part the invitation lists have been con fined to members of the president's own party. Are things in a snarl at the capi tal? Is the party success being en dangered by the stiff opposition of a minority-in some committee? Is this group or that group kicking over the party traces? Invites 'Em to Dinner. "Invite 'era down to dinner, and we'll talk it over and see what can be. done about it." The first legislative conference, called a few weeks after the Har dings took up their residence in Pennsylvania avenue, created some what of a stir in Washington. Per haps there was a precedent for it, but if so it was so old that everyone had forgotten it, and reporters flock ed to the executive offices in droves that night, staying on duty till long past midnight At the end the pres ident himself came, bareheaded, to the big, broad portico and informed the newspaper men what had been discussed and accomplished. Since that first conference of the legislative heads of the government almost a year ago there has been a steady succession of such meetings. Some of them have accomplished t -V, -J r--SAT WTii . e, X - - VV, i 6381 a - rr j. ,,: t,-,! .1 much; some of them little, tut they continue regardless. Washington was surprised and in terested when they started. The White House had been virtually closed for three years the Wilsons had tew dinner guests and did little entertaining except for intimate per sonal friends. Now the capital has become used to seeing white-shirted members of the two houses stroll up to. the White House for dinner and a chat It has been one of the great est steps in the process of 'getting back to normalcy. ; Department Heads Confer, Then there was the inter-dcDart- mcntal conference, in which all the departmental heads and bureau chiefs in Washington took part. It was inaugurated by President Harding and lashed jnto vitality by the picturesque proiamty 01 'ilea n Maria" Dawes, director of the budget. It still meets at stated in tervals to listen to the explosive ad vice of General Dawes on matters of economy and co-operation. The bureau chiefs had seldom met each other before the initial confer ence. For years they had pursued their individual ways, each bent on getting all he could for his own bureau in the way of money, per sonnel and ' supplies. If a bureau needed 1,000 brooms the purchasing agent went out and bought them, regardless of the fact that some other department might have 10,000 sur plus brooms. , The conference idea, vigorously promulgated by the volcanic Dawes, changed that.. They now get to gether once in a while to talk over their mutual problems. Outstanding Feature. The outstanding feature of Presi dent Harding's first year, from an international standpoint, has been, of course, the armament conference. Seven treaties and 12 resolutions grew out of that epoch-making event, and in them ' is incorporated nearly all the administration s foreign pol icy that has thus far been disclosed. .these treaties adjust many of the international questions left pending when the democrats retired a year ago. The far-famed Yap dispute is settled, likewise Shantung. The na tions of the world have repledged their adherence to the open door in the far cast, and they have likewise pledged themselves to act as "moral trustees for the interests of pros trate Russia. The United Spates has secured rights in mandated territories denied by the league of nations;' the navies of the world have been cut in half, and the expensive business of building $50,000,000 battleships has been stopped. isext in iinjjui iut-e mii;i national ly is the conclusion of peace with Germany through the agency of a separate treaty. Opinions vary as to the outstand ing achievement from the domestic standpoint, but probably the con sensus of opinion would point to Lloyd George to Resign, Intimation London. March 4. What was re garded in political circles here as seemingly a plain intimation of the early resignation of Prime Minister Lloyd George, with an endeavor to form a new national centerist party out of the moderate conservatives and coalition liberals, was, given by Winston Spencer Churchill, secre tary f or the colonies, in his address at Loughborough this afternoon. 1 his party, as Mr. uiurcniu de scribed it in the reports of his speech received' here, would be "liberal, pro gressive and pacific in its outlook, at home and abroad, and resolute also to uphold and maintain the tradi tions of the state and the power and unity of the empire." London, March 4.-(By A. P.) Austen Chamberlain's declaration of the solidity of the cabinet behind Mr. Lloyd George has had little ap preciable effect on the situation which threatens to bring about the resignation of the prime minister, in the opinion of the majority of the political writers in today'! news papers. It is generally conceded that the crisis continues at an acute stage, and even the journals most anxious to preserve the coalition government candidly admit that the position is about as serious as it possibly can be. No important development is liol-rtl fnr until after the weelr rnd. i Mr. Lloyd George has gone to Chequers Court, his country estate, where he will have as his guests over Sunday Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Chancellor Birkenhead, Sir Arthur Balfour, probably Sir Robert Home and possibly Andrew Bonar Law, and the situation naturally will be exhaustively discussed. Bust of Lord Bryce Will Be Presented to America London, March 4. An English sculptor, Reid Dick, has been com missioned by Sir Charles Wakefield to execute a bust of the late Lord Bryce, which is. to be presented to the American nation as1 a memorial to the distinguished ex-ambassador at Washington, according to the Sul grave Institution of Great Britain. A cable has been sent to President Harding offering this gift to the city oi Washington. TheSulgrave Institutions of Amer ica and Britain also have begun the organization of a special committee to .establish a permanent educational memorial to the memory and honor of Lord Bryce. Omaha Bank Clearings. Clearings for Omaha for the week were $41,942,832.89, according to officials of the Omaha Clearing House association. For the same week last year they were $48,852, 902.66, and for last week they were $34,721,862.45. . Bee Want Ads Produce Results. the establishment of a budget sys tem. The first budget-has been launched. In matters of dom(ry(ic legislation not a great deal has been accom plished. Permanent taxation and tariff measures are yet to be writ tenmuch less passed. The most important of the measures that have gone through the legislative hopper at the capitol are those designed to relieve the acute distress of the farmers. It is against the domestic record of the administration that the demo crats are going to center their heaviest fire during the nminp con gressional campaign. The demo crats will charge that . the republi cans have not reduced taxation nor effected the economics they claim to have effected, and that if any savings are shown they can be ascribed to the natural reaction from war days rather than to re publican economies. The campaign promises to be a repetition of that old familiar sight the republicans "pointing with pride" and the democrats 'viewing with alarm." President Harding rounds out his first year with the original cabinet intact, although the . resignation of Will H. Hays as postmaster ?en eral becomes effective, today. It is regarded as likely, however, that another year will see several cabi net changes. In the matter of patronage much progress has been made. Republi cans are now sitting jn most of the appointive offices which a year ago were occupied by democrat?. 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Because of its germ-destroyitig prop erties, nothing has ever been found to take the place of , this sulphur preparation that instantly' brings case from the itching, burning and irriation. ' Mentho-Sulphur heals eczema right up, leaving the skin clear and smooth. It seldom fails to relieve the torment or disfigurement. A little jar of Mentho-Sulphur may be obtained at any drug store. - It is used like cold, cream. Leaders Review Harding's First Year The Democratic View. By SENATOR PAT HARRISON (D ), UsIM Sis Stasia tras) MImIwImI, Washington, March 4. A trail' of broken prom ises, misrepresentation, apologies and an absolute fail ure to reduce the high cost of living mark the first year ot republican administration cl the; government. The only achievement the republi can party possibly can claim was the passage of legislation at the instance of the so-called agriculture group a group made up of democratic and republican and progressive rcupblican senators. The amendment to the War Finance corporation act, grant ing credits to farmers and relieving banks holding , agriculture paper,, would never have passed had not the anvlfiiilliira Mress t n lea a tt at mt aim S lt at n demand that the measure be passed. Ls"'"t","3 This legislation when first suggested was bitterly OP' posed by President Harding and administration forces in the senate and only accepted when the agriculture group, backed by the militant democratic minority. forced it through the senate. This legislation is the single achievement of the present administration. Those who now claim credit for the results of the disarmament conference as an administration achieve ment seem not to realize that the conference was held not because of President Harding but in spite of him. The idea first was suggested in concrete form in Ar ticle 8 of the league of nations covenant. Senator Borah, a progressiva republican, introduced a resolution in the senate that was championed by the united minority in congress, calling for such a conference. It was opposed at first by President Harding and the republican leader ship in both house and senate. It was killed twice in committee and only allowed to be passed when some progressive colleagues of Borah and the militant demo cratic minority aroused such a storm of public opinion that the calling of the conference could not be denied any longer. This one year of republican control in congress must answer to the country for the "whitewashing" of Sena tor Newberry of Michigan. The republican record of this purchase of public office will never be overlooked by the people of America. Not one single thing has been accomplished by the administration to reduce prices and the cost of living. A little while ago soldiers were being auctioned on the block in Boston mind you while the president was publicly proclaiming that living conditions were im proving under republican rule. Nothing has been done to alleviate the condition of 6,000,000 men out of work. The republican administration claims credit for re ducing army and navy expenditures, but a mere scan ning of the Congressional Record shows that every single reduction was forced upon the cower in command .by a combination of progressive republicans and the united democratic minority. The reactionary leadership of the republican party opposed every single reduction. I here has been no revision of the tantt one of the loudly boasted promises of the republican party. One full year of administration and two years of control in congress has resulted in absolutely no relief. Not one single bill has been passed of a helpful na ture which did not have the original support of the pro gressive republicans and the democratic minority. On the whole the legislation most necessary to the welfare of the country was either held or killed in committee by the republican leadership or passed at the insistence of the democratic minority. J The Republican View, By SENATOR JAMES E. WATSON (R ), UalM (Islet SMtter frta laeltsa. Washington, March 4. Americans may well be proud of the achievements recorded in one year by the Harding administration. The republican party was con-! fronted with Herculean tasks when it came into control of the government March 4, 2L The administration's success in carrying out its platform can be measured only by the magni tude of the obstacles it overcame in its attempt to achieve normalcy. An era of public expenditures on a scale staggering imagination prevailed in the Wilson administration. Public service was habituated to extravagant measures. The country was burdened S rM under a national debt, the interest alone of which was greater than the total public debt prior to the world war. The disarmament conference, called by the Harding administration, has been an extraordinary success. It has dealt with questions of the most difficult character and on all of them has reached agreements that will have most beneficial results. This conference was the greatest single step taken to eliminate war in the his tory of mankind. Its success is due to the genius and inspiration of those who directed the policy of the United States. It is a tribute to the leadership of President Harding and to the able men he selected to represent the United States in the conference. The Hardimr administration one year ago today was confronted not merely with the necessity of re moving officials long trained in extravagance, but of attempting to cure an extravagant plague that perme ated every federal bureau and department. There was a huge army of unemployed. Industry was paralyzed. These conditions were inherited from the Wilson administration. They are not corrected yet, but in one year of effort the Harding administration has done much not only to cure the country's financial ailment but to prevent a recurrence of the devastating disease. From a constructive standpoint the administration has ended the technical state of war with Germany. This act was essential to the prosperity of the nation and was a long step toward bringing a return to normalcy. The budget act was next passed by a republican congress. This measure already has proven a success. Its adoption had a healthy effect on cur bine extrava gance in public office. The farmers' emergency tariff act also was passed to provide the first necessary relief for overburdened agri culture. The Capper-Volstead co-operative marketing bill was passed only last month' to give agriculture further relief. Other bills were enacted to helo the farmer. The sodiers were not forgotten, even though a bonus was impossible under existing unstable financial condi tions. The Veterans' Bureau was formed, consolidat ing all government agencies for the relief of soldiers for carrying on the important work. The maternity bill, one of the planks in the republi can platform a year ago, was enacted by the republican congresc It was an administration bill and provided tor tne care or mothers and babies. The packers bill, regulating commerce in livestock and dairy, products, also passed. It ended a long and violent controversy over abuief com plained of by 1 4 nil prcduitt. I ir the shipping iiiirretis the rt publican senate passed an act pei uuitinr Anitrkau tritrl to pate through, the Panama cattail (rt of loll. 'I her art but few c( the most important bills. There were num erous ptrisures of canttructit fu ture which have given btnelui on every side. No one )sr of party administration in history tan be successfully pointed to as bavin en. acted more constructive egiUtion than the first year of Harding rule. AIM KBTMCVKftT ESCAPE THE FLU, KEEP GERMS FROM NOSE AND THROAT Guard yourself and others iti-intf iiilluctua. Avoid crowds. Sleep wiih your bedroom open. At the first sign ef a f"M, fever, sore throat or that grip feeling consult your doc tor. Hut, ahove all, try to keep your none and throat protected day and night by an antiseptic cream. 1 In grrmi are literally breathed in: jour system. 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