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A FOUR-YKtR ntnr.nAM l'OIt
riiiuuiKi.riiiA
Thlncs en which the people expect the new
-Minlntstriilhm te concentrate Its attention!
The Delaware river brUlee.
A arvneck blp motion te accommodate the
raraijl nhiiie,
Development of the rapid transit sislcm.
A Convention fcqll.
A eulldliip for the Free Llbrarv.
,An Art Museum,
Rnlareemrnf e the catcr svnvlu.
Hemes te accommodate the population
WHY?
TN TABLING the P. It. T request for a
copy of Engineer Snow's report en the
fare situation, the Public Service Commis
sion took absolutely untenable- ground when
It decided that it Is net a matter of public
record because it was never offered in evi
dence. '
If It was never offered in evidence, it was
certainly before at least one of the commis
sioners, since Commissioner Clement In his
decision referred te Its conclusions in sup
P0Tt of the position he took.
The rules of law and fair play require that
very litigant or complainant slmll have the
right of cress-examination en the produc
tion of every fact entering into the conclu
sions upon which a decision is based. Clearly
this was net done in the case of the Snow
report. Therefore the commission by its re
fusal convicts, if net the whole member
ship, at least Mr. Clement of basins his
opinion en facts te which the most vitnlly
concerned parties the 1'. It. T. and the
public have been officially denied access.
What is the object of guarding this report
se jealously? Is it possible its publication
would make somebody in high place uncomfortable?
RELIEVING THE SIDEWALK JAM
TN INTltODTJCINO into the Council an
ordinance ordering the transit company
te remove the Market street subway exits
and entrances from the sidewalks, ('nun
cllman Hall has reopened a subject te which
Insufficient consideration was originally
given.
Tn many instances the passageways te the
underground line were net well planned.
Near Uread Street Station, for example,
there is an inexplicable excess of exits nml
a shortage of entrances, especially realized
In the afternoon rush hours. A passageway
beneath the Btrcct would be serviceable ac
Fifteenth street.
Seme of the mlstnkes are net remediable
Tjltheut costly and elaborate reconstruction
work. The removal of the kiosks, which
constitute a vexatious obstruction te dense
pedestrian traffic of Market street, is, how hew
sver, well worth consideration.
Nearly all Philadelphia pavements are tee
narrow. The installation of the subway ap
proaches se thnt they will net project be
yond the building line would bring some
relief. That the plan Is practicable has been
proved at Fifth street nud several ether
stations.
NATURE'S OPULENCE
FA country se prodigious rich ns the
United States no autumn would be com
plete without record-breaking crops. This
year's preliminary estimates announced by
the Department of Agriculture nre, how hew
eyer, unusually stately.
Cern, ns is customary, takes iirst place
with the enormous total production of
3,109,1126,000 bushels, representing mere
than 70 per cent of the world's total output.
Tobacco is another conventional record
crusher, the amount being 1, 17(5,-1 11,000
pounds.
The ether three banner performances by
rice, sweet potatoes nnd pears reveal sig
nificantly the immense diversity of soil re
sources and climate in the empire of states.
, In the contiguous territory of almost any
ether nation such contrasting achievements
would be Impossible.
.' It Is net boastfulness which these wonders
should inspire in the mind of the thinking
American, but rather a bensc of profound
responsibilities. There are interest pay
ments te be paid by man for the cupital se
Uvishly furnished by nature.
A CHIEF FOR THE SCHOOLS
TIIEItK ere many conflicting ideals of
education. And there are ns many
dubious substitutes for true education a.t
there are for virtue, for truth and for geed
complexions. The business of a superin
tendent of schools In this city is te differ
entiate between the true and the false and
te search for the best amid the welter of
geed und bad practices and beliefs that hnve
crept into the public educational system.
He must be the tlnal arbiter in a matter
that deeply concerns the whole public.
There urc people who sincerely believe that
all cultural training favored by teachers,
wrongly called highbrow, represents a wuste
of time and effort In the schools, and that
the only system worth while is ene that
trains boys and girls te work with their
bends or exercise their minds with a view
te the practical labor that brings dollars.
Overemphasis en the value of vocational
training is the result of this doctrine.
Vocational training is valuable in many
wsys. It tends definitely te give boys and
girls a geed start as co-operative units in
.society that honors work and gives itself
wp'lnrgely te productive effort. Hut voca
tional training alone will net cause n boy
or ft frirl te hate wrong or te be a power en
the slda of the things thnt nre right and
thorsfere enduring. It will net provide, as
tome sorts of education can provide, the
Und of richness that cannot be lest or taken
away. It is net comforting ns true knowl knewl
Jm Is comforting.
' u f 9fh public schools hnve been trying for
'ivtars te .strike a fair balance
Itmi el eaucatien that are
I, these that broaden I"
""T pf P
1 It flMT Dl .Kv tbe spirit,
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Evening
live. They have net succeeded. The tend
ency has been steadily toward a ma
terialistic concept of educntlen, und It Is one
thnt has aroused misgivings in critical minds.
Life nowadays is illlcd with Influences thnt
confuse and distract youthful minds and
obscure for them the need of allegiance te
the simple and unchanging virtues without
which only base imitations of happiness and
succchs arc attainable. Te be cultured is te
knew a system of vnlues and n. way te suc
cess with which money has little te de. It
is te be a geed citizen nnd n most useful
member of the community.
It will net be ensy for any scholar te serve
both ideala in the public schools. That is
why much of the discussion that has been
going en iu the Heard of Education In rela
tion te the choice of a man for the office of
superintendent sounds Infinitely futile. What
is needed in this Instance Is n mind. Where
thnt mind comes from does net greatly
mntter. Fer once a row In the Heard of
Education may serve a useful purpose. The
deadlock which will delay the appointment
of n school superintendent until December
gives the public time te make its own opin
ions count for fumcth!ng.
A LEGISLATIVE SNICKERSNEE
NEEDED FOR JUDGE BROWN
Use of the Municipal Court as a Part
of a Political Machine Can Be Stepped
Only by Changing the Law
TV THE people de net like the way Presi-
dent Judge llrewn is distributing re
wards and punishments among the empleyes
of the Municipal Court they have their
remedy.
Judge Drewn is acting within his powers.
The Municipal Court is in law n county
court. The power of nppelutment and dis
missal is concentrated in the hands of the
president judge, and the number of em em
peoyes Is limited only by his discretion.
As the court is n county Institution, it is
exempt 'from the rules which govern the
appointment and conduct of empleyes of the
city. Candidates for appointment de net
need te pass any examination te test their
fitness. The probation officers, for example,
who in theory nre supposed te exercise a
supervisory nud dihciplinnry care ever de
linquents, especially children, released en
parole, may be appointed en the recommen
dation of ward leaders wishing te take care
of some of their helpers who have been
active in getting out the vote en election
day. And if the political activities of the
appointees de net please the president judge
of the court he can dismiss them or suspend
them ns he sees lit.
lie has just exercised Ills discretion by
dismissing Geerge J. MeElwee, Jr.. of the
Forty-eighth ward, and by suspending
Jeseph Cesta, n follower of Harry J.
Trainer, of the Third ward. The two" men
worked for the election of Mr. Onllagher te
Council in the First district in opposition
te Mr. Pnmmcr, whexu election Judge Drewn
is said te hnve desired. The reasons as
signed for the discipline nre neglect Of duty.
This is supposed te be neglect of duty in
the court, but every political worker is con
vinced that it was "neglect of duty" In be
coming politically active in opposition te the
president judge.
If the two men had worked for the elec
tion of Pemmer it is generally believed that
I hey would have been undisturbed. Tills
is because the impression is abroad that the
Municipal Court is being used ns a political
machine iu the interest of its president
judge.
Although the law creating it was drafted
by reformers, the politicians get in their
fine work before it was finally passed.
They first made it a county court, se that
the appointing power in it might be un
hampered by the Civil Service Commission
and se that the laws ajainst the political
activity of municipal empleyes might net
apply te its staff.
And then they concentrated the power of
appointment in the hands of ene man.
Judge Drewn is doing only what the poli
ticians expected the president judge te de
when they consented te the creation of
the court.
He has become ene of tue met powerful
ward leaders in the city through the dis
tribution of the patronage at Ills disposal.
He cun name as many attaches as he pleases,
and if the money is net appropriated te pay
their salaries he can go into court and man
damus the city te provide the money. He
can reward men who take his political or
ders nnd he can punish the men who disre
gard these orders.
Whether he ought te de se is an entirely
different question. Opinions en it will
differ. These who object te having a judge
net n.s a political boss und de net like the
use of the patronage of a court te build up
a political machine regard the existing con
ditions as scandalous. Dut the politicians
who believe in the use of patronage of nil
kinds are bursting with admiration for the
skill which Judge Drewn has displayed in
developing the possibilities of his position.
We have said that If the people de net
like what is going en they have their remedy.
The conditions in the Municipal Court
are enl the latest manifestation of what
happens with the dual system of government
which has been allowed te continue In Phil
adelphia county.
If the fiction of a county government were
net preserved, the Municipal Court would
have been made dependent en the City Coun
cil instead of upon the county commissioners
who represent the county government. Then
nil appointees would have had te pass a
civil servlce examination before their names
were put en the payrolls and no one could
have used it se unblushingly for political
purposes.
The laws restricting the political activities
of city empleyes would also have ap
plied, and neither MeElwee nor Cesta could
properly have been engaged iu the fight in
the First district if by any chance they had
been appointed at all,
Dut no suggestion that the ceuuty gov
ernment be merged with the city government
has ever been seriously considered. It has
been argued that there arc technical con
stitutional difficulties iu the way, but they
nre no greuter than were In t,hc way of
merging the government of New Yerk county
with the government of the borough of Man
hattan. The county officers remain there,
but they are merged into the borough gov
ernment nud they nre financially and politi
cally under municipal control.
The city and county of Philadelphia nre
territorially Identical, but there exists here
a city and a county government. The char
ter, with its previsions for n budget and its
prohibition of the expenditure of public funds
save when nil appropriation has been made
for the specific purpose, places ue adequate
restrictions upon the county officers. The
money for their support must be raised by
the city tax rate, but no city body has any
proper control ever the amount which they
can spend. If the appropriations are net big
enough te suit, extra meuey can be obtained
by mandamus proceedings. The salaries
paid are lixeu net uy me vuy council, uui
by the State Legislature. And as there Is
no ceuuty civil service law, all the county
lepsrtments are naanageu in accoreanco witn
in principles erw vu aivua.iacw, ,xuc7
v public ledger
nre filled with political workers whose main
business Is politics nnd who serve the county
en the side.
Until the county and city governments are
merged this sort of thing will continue.
The remedy lies In a change In tue law.
If there is opposition te a cemplcta merger
at this time, there can be no valid objection
te an amendment of the Municipal Court
law putting thnt court under the control of
the city, where It Bheuld have been put in
the first place.
It is n city court In fact. It should be
made a city court In law by making It finan
cially dependent en the City Council, se
that there could be adequate control ever its
expenditures.
The moment it Is made a city court the
right of Us president judge te mandamus the
city for the payment of his bills would
automatically disappear, and nt the same
time his power of making appointments
without the supervision of the Civil Service
Commission would be taken from him, for
the Civil Service Commission has Jurisdic
tion ever the qualifications of all appointees
under the city government.
If the administration wishes te put an
end te the Municipal Court scandal It will
rend te Hnrrlsburg early this winter a bill
amending the law creating it se ns te make
it an integral part of the city government.
Then these who want the present conditions
te continue would hnve te come out In the
open nnd fight for them If they dared.
ROOT STANDS FAST
TTvISCLOSUItE of the partial contents of
-' n cablegram written In August by Elihu
Itoet en request of Will Hays sheds no new
light upon the opinions of the former secre
tary of state concerning the League of Na
tions. Ne additional illumination was
actually needed. Mr. Reet's actions speak
for themselves.
His presence in the committee of jurists
appointed te draw up plans for the perma
nent court of arbitration in pursuance of
Article XIV was in itself positive proof of
his belief In the general principles of the
league and in his desire te see them put into
execution. Mr. ltoet's single campaign
speech further emphasized the consistency
of his position.
Altogether in line with such n keen nnd
sincere nualysis of the case Is the cabled
declaration that "a new deal here from
the beginning by abandoning the Versailles
treaty is impossible. Te attempt it would
bring chaos, en entire less of the results of
the wnr and general disaster Involving the
United States." "It would be very un
wise," also wired Mr. Heet, "te declare the
league dead. It would net be true."
Conjecture Is new busy, perhaps busier
than Mr. Harding himself, with possible
candidates for the cabinet. The situation
differs from these usually resulting after
presidential elections in the fact thnt it is
net merely men but policies that are te be
chosen.
The new secretary of state will take office
with a foreign problem of the first mag
nitude upon his hands. In the settlement
of that Issue Mr. Heet's methods would un
doubtedly differ widely from these of Philan
der C. Knox or David Jayne Hill, whose
nnmes have also been mentioned for the
highest cnbinct office.
Mr. Harding's discretion, which preserved
at least pre-election harmony iu his party,
is embarrassing te the gesip mongers. There
are numerous utterances of the President
elect, however, which enn be clearly con
strued in favor of retaining the league nnd
treaty structure with carefully considered
amendments. Mr. Heet's warnings against
utter rejection by no lneniui imply thnt there
is any unbridgeable gulf between him and
Mr. Harding regarding the league.
It has been said thnt they interpret the
question of the Panama canal tells differ
ently. Certainly Mr. Heet's objection te the
exemption of American censtwise vessels
from duties is no secret. He has argued the
point with skill, basing his opinleu directly
upon the obligations of the Huy-Pauncefetc
treaty.
Hut the exemption problem is subordinate
te many ether foreign relations Usucs. If
the former is nil that divides Senater Hard
ing's views from the-e of Mr. Heet, it is
tee early te Insist that they have gene sep
arate v,ays.
The point en which Americun attention
is nnturnlly fixed is the one which the elec
tion, contrary te Mr. Wilsen's hopes, left
entirely unsettled. There was no referen
dum en the League of Nations, since thou
sands upon thousands of the voters for Mr.
Harding earnestly believe In the main prin
ciples of the covenant.
The appointment of Ellhu Reet ns sec
retary of state would mean that faith with
the great mess of Republicans had been kept.
CHOOSE!
rpIIESH people," writes an aroused citi-
L en, "make me tired:
"The man who swings his umbrella hori
zontally in a crowd.
"The lady who steps en her way across
the street through traffic te talk about mil
linery. ,
"The man who, every time he rides en
a trolley car, acts and talks as if the con
ductor rather than the Public Service Com
mission nnd the financiers of the P. II. T.
wns solely responsible for the seven-cent
Thnt is all well enough. Dut there Is
nnethcr citizen who nowadays makes fatigue
even mere genernl ameug his friends. He is
the man who believes that Mr. Cox was
cheated out of victory at the polls.
WOMAN'S NEW PLACE
AS POLITICAL workers there are two
roles which women can play with no
less of practical efficiency. One is te nffillatc
completely with the various party organiza
tions te the views of which they may happen
te subscribe. The ether is te erect and main
tain a nonpartisan machinery.
Of n third arrnngement, which wen con cen
piderable distinction In the late campaign,
the best thnt can be said of it was that it
worked successfully In an emergency. The
women's committees, Republican and Demo
cratic, contributed substantial aid te the
elder organizations. Hut for the future it is
evident that the most solid practical results
with n minimum of wastage can be secured
by a merger of partisan interests regardless
of sex.
This is clearly the opinion held by the
women's Republican committee which is co
operating with the Republican state com
mittee In the formation of plans looking
toward a fusion of procedure. As a conso censo conse
quenco of the reorganization the state com
mittee will probably Include a male chairman
and n female vice chairman. '
Dy the time the next national election rolls
around the status of women nnd men ns par
tisan workers seems destined te be identical.
As enfranchised citizens, such women us seek
te held aloof from the established political
movements are simply festering nu unjust
tradition which the nlneteeuth nmendment
was designed te obliterate.
And the obligation te fuse political activi
ties rests as well upon independents as upon
professed Republicans or Democrats. The
special circumstances Id which special
women's committees wen MSdful h'are
uasbed. f
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Philadelphia, Wednesday, ;no Vem6er
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The Unusual and Sirring Histories
of Three Flags Taken Abroad
by Phlladelphlan
Dy SARAH D, LOWRIE
I WAS standing nt the gate of a country
place en Old Yerk rend the last Sundny
In October, when n little band of men and
women inarched swiftly nnd silently by car
rying the green and orange nnd whlte flag
of the Sinn Fclncrs. I say sljrntly. bqt by
that I only mean there was no music; they
were talking among themselves ns they
walked In nn Informal, nlmest chatty man
ner, but they never lest their formation or
their swinging rhythm. There must have
been n hundred of them,
Thnt night nt dinner we were exchanging
notes ns te the day's experiences, and it
turned out that most of these present had
seen simitar bands marching along the reads
of the suburbs en the way te join the main
parade In town.
A geed deal of quick Industry must have
been expended en the making of the hun
dreds of little flags for each marcher carried
a flag of green, white and orange with a
'little black cress attached and the large
banners the size of regimental flags were
even mere nstenlshlng; for even new flags
are net easily come by.
PROHADLY these who used them that
Sunday had shown the same kind of
foresight that Darclay Wnrburten did when
he wns ordered te England during the wnr os
second military attache of the American
embassy. He took with him, much ns an
other man might provide himself with extra
heavy underwear for his war kit, three large
and beautiful American, flags, te have en
hand "Just in case they might be needed."
The history up te date of theso flags is a
very spltitcd tale.
The following copy of a letter sent event
ually with one of the flags te the President
gives part of its history :
March 2S, IMS.
The President, tlie Whlte Heuse, Wash
ington, D. C.
Sir I take the liberty of presenting you
with this American ling en ncceun't of the
special glory which Is wrapped around it,
and for that reason I feel that it bheuld be
in your possession.
This particular flog wns carried In Lon Len Lon
eon by the Seventeenth Regiment of rail
way engineers. U. S. N. A., en the 15th
of August, 1017, when the four regiments
of railway engineers of the United States
national army paraded and were reviewed
before their majesties, King Geerge and
the Queen Dowager Alexandra, in front of
Dueklngham Palace.
When the review was decided upon It
was discovered that the regimental flag of
the Seventeenth railway engineers had
been sent te France with their heavy
equipment, nnd happily this one whlrh I
possessed became available. I am in
formed that this wns the first foreign bedv
of armed troops that marched through
Londen since the days of Prince William
?l """If ""'I therefore this was one of
the first four American flags ever saluted
by a reigning monarch of the Dritish em
pire under such circumstances.
Iho secretary of war. Mr. Newton D.
linker, has kindly consented te present it
nT?r'.M"-vb.(,hn'f- Very sincerely.
DARCLA HARDING WARDURTON'.
Majer, Assistant Military Attache.
THE person who told Harclay Warburton
that the marching of the American troops
through Londen marked un epoch In English
history was the king's uncle, the Duke of
Ceunnught. He happened te be pnsslng
through the Oreen Park as Majer Warburton
was returning from delivering a message
from Mr. Page te the officer In command of
he Americans. He stepped and stared at
he soldiers and then, returning Warbur
ton s salute, asked him what wns going en.
He was immediately nherbedlv interested
in the eminence, and characteristically re re
membercd iiet only his l.Mery but also that
he had met Majer Wnrburten In New Yerk
during n brief visit he had mnde across ,,c
border a year or two before, n,. mil rather
emphatically that It was the merest chance
he was In Londen (lmt morning und thnt te
pfernbie 'ght W0I,M hnve bcc" ' '-
tJT0r;'i' "."I11 '""' "",("-'' nr(" ,1C first nrmed
troops that have marched through Londen
since the dnvs of William of Orange. I am
nu te sure I .n correct in this statement
but If I nm net I will let you knew."
Se much for thejlrst of the three flags!
A T A banquet given by the lord mayor of
7 iwl0"..""1 wim, ,car '" tlle following.
Mr. Page, the American ambassador, made
the speech of the day. nnd nt the end, ami.!
great cheering, he wrapped the second of the
Amerlcnj. flags about the high seut of the
mayor. I he mayor In accepting It placed It
against the wall en one side of his efficia
chair. 'I he fe lowing day a Dritish flag was
presented by the Earl of Derby te be placed
en the ether side Detween t .ese two flags
there smiles blandly den the face of the
ihf Third! th tllirtCCn c'nl-Gcerge
THE third flag was placed in the American
embassy in Londen, which, strangely
cnei.gh, lacked one of any real proportions
at that very crucial time thnt could be used
indoors. u "'
One would be curious te knew what the
etiquette of the White, Heiimi would be as
te the flag which Majer Warburton pre
sented te the President. Dees it belong te
he President ns President nnd therefore te
the nation, or does it belong te Woodrew
ilsen the man?
FROM FRANCE
(Te a Girl)
THE world Is still het and smoking
The world is still shot with pnin '
If war comes ngniu in a decade.
Where is my bleed-bought gain'
The May was sweet in my nostrils'
The night te n lad was rare
Fer dreaming, dreaming shyly.
Of a girl with dew in her hair.
I was young life lay before me,
A precession in purple hnzc
Of nights, nil yearnings nnd longings,
And a let of gct-thcre days.
Dut the world that pur fathers hed tinkered
Had sprung a leak, somehow,
And I was sent out te mend it
Se I am a ghost, just new!
Fer me there is no mere star-shine,
Ne football, no mad north breeze
I shall never ride out ever prairies, '
I shall never sail back ever seas.
Dut I fought with an old commander
Who worked out a triable plan
Te bring the nations closer,
Te make things surer for man.
My chief lies broken In battle,
Shet ui In a party'R strife,
Who se believed In nil fellows.
He'd trust them a little with life
His plan seems plain and simple
(Surely mother's Christ did net lie!)
It Is only te love your neighbor
O girl of mine, give It a try!
I'm loving you, out here In Silence.
Seme day fied may give you a son,
And I weuldn t have done te your man-child
The things that te me were done.
The world is still het and smoking,
The world Is Rtill shot with pain.
If war comes ugaln in 11 decade,
Where, woman-who'll. vote. Is the gain?
Guy Heward, n the New Yerk Times.
A Commonplace Here
Frem the Sun
Three pieces of old Brussels lace, worth
$20,000, hnve been lest or stolen in Londen
nnd the fact Is cabled. Why, our enterpris
ing creeks frequently steal $20,000 worth of
silk In the mldtewn neighborhood and the
news barely gets en the first page.
Fattening
Frem the. Nw Tork Herald. ,
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hlOWMYIDAlS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phiktdelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
ALBERT SMITH FAUGHT
On Public Jobs and Appropriations
mllE fnct that lobs should net be created
X for any purpose except serving the eetuul I
neetis or tiic community, nml should net lie
made for the purpose of influencing appro
priations or building up a political machine.
Is emphasized by Albert Smith Fnught, sec
retary of th'e Civil Service Reform Asso
ciation. The low pay of probation officers Is nlse
ciilicized bv Mr. Kiiught, who asks whether
It is possible for auy one te live today en
$600 n year.
"A judge of the Municipal Court, speak
ing nt a recent public meeting, explained
with refreshing candor that jobs muy be
i rented with the intention of influencing ap
propriations," says Mr. Fnught. " 'f'nder
old Councils nnd even in this snintly Council
you cannot get appropriations if ou don't
crcnte enough jobs. I wns amazed recently
te see the extent te which this had gene,'
remarked this Jurist.,
"The charge was promptly denied b a
l'limber of tetincllmen. The significant fnct
is thnt n judge of the Municipal Court
frankly recognizes that there is a temptation
te i rente unnecessary jobs.
"The Civil Service Reform Association
exists became there are many citizens who
de net believe that Jobs should be created
for the purpose of Influencing appropriations
or for the purpose of building up n political
machine, or for any ether purpose except the
actual needs of the community.
"One object of civil service laws is te
provide an impnrtial employment office,
whose duty it is te provide eligible lists of
persons qualified te serve ns clerks, stenog
raphers, janitors, probation officers nud
similar classes of empleyes.
One Benefit of Civil Sendee
"If the rank nnd file of empleyes of the
Municipal Court were chosen only after
competitive civil service examinations there
would be no temptation te nsk for additional
jobs for the purpose of influencing appro
priations. According te the statement made
in the budget estimates for 11121. new before
the City Council, the municipal court em em
plejs 200 probation officers, with sulurles
ranging from $000 te $5000.
"Probation officers arc chosen by civil
service methods in New Yerk state, and the
fifth annual report of the New Yerk State
Probation Commission gives this definition
of n probation officer :
" 'Probation is a system used in suitable
instance te discipline and impree the con
duet of convicted adult offenders and juve
nile delinquents without commitment te nn
institution, by release en geed behavior and
under -authoritative helpful oversight of an
officer known ns a probation officer.
"With this understanding of what It
means te be n probation officer the tax
payers of this city are interested in knowing
whether a probation officer qualified as such
con live en $000 per annum, or $1,05 a day,
or whether this is an extra bonus given
some ether empleje of the city. The budget
estimate gives no hint thnt any one's salary
Is being split into two items. One purpose
of a budget estimate is te indicate clearly the
total salary needed for each empleye.
"It is peer economy te give only $000 or
$S01 a year for u full-time probation officer.
One 'of the fundamental recommendations of
the classification report is that empleyes
who are serving the city should be given
adequate wages. Can it be justly said that
SRIVI a year, or ?2.ni) a day. is a standard
rate for 1021 for even the lowest pnid pro pre pro
bntlen officer? Clearly net, for this is less
than the umeunt new paid by the city te un
skilled laborers.
Should Obtain Standard Salary' Rates
"Dy asking the Civil Service Commission
te make a classification study of the em em
peoyes of the Municipal Court, the Munic
ipal Court and the City Council could obtain
recommendations as te standard salary
rates, which, If adopted, would result in
giving cquul puy for equal services and ude ude
quate pay for each based en the character
and responsibility of the position,
"Probation officers perform duties of rec
pgnlzed luiportenee, and lmlltlcs should net
be allowed te enter into the appointment or
compensation. The citizens of Philadelphia
ere vitally interested In seeing that probation
officers are given adequate wuges. It does
net seem just te grant salary Increases In
10-!l te certain favored classes of public
servants and ignore reeeinmemlntlnn., .
standard salary rates for the rank and file
pf empleyes. If any probation officers are
kfpt In 1021 nt S2.S0 a day, while police.
10, 1020 '
OFFICER! HE'S IN AGAIN!!
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Under what theory can a probation officer
'"iiiiiiieuucii in tne classification report,
i i il.. )t,1,er .city nml oeimty empleyes
should likewise be paid standard salaries.
The remedies appear te be as follews:
rirst. The Majer con furnish te the
t-ity (council the numerous budget estimates
recently prepared in accordance with the
recommendations nf the Civil Service Com
mission. The City Council can then net en
. ' .""'"""ndntiens. The increnw, in
EH. . ".be '"'"i'lcrably less than $2,000.
t ..Ve,Kiv" '"'"H'ute nod just rates of pnv
ii 1IU for all the positions which have up
teUih time been classified.
r-ccend. Steps can be tnken at once te
extend the classification te cover the em em
plejes of the municipal court nnd ether
county departments se that earlv next ciir,
ii net nt once, standard rates of pay eHn be
.,!'.?. I I1 . c recelvlug compensation
t-em the city treasury.
Charter Doesn't Limit Number of Empleyes
r'i."iTh "c.,v cll.nrtcr ''"PS net give te the
Ull Service Commission any jurisdiction
f,er!2 . m'mIVr of emplejcs in uny de
partment, and the pending classification le-P-rt
,ines net contain any recommendations
as te the needed number of empleyes. Frem
i, ak ' I? t. "" .!'.llen te
mblshifi cbwi '.UU'1? ItH r081,lts H,,0'I1 be
piibl si el se that advantage -nn bi taken
of it by the court Use f und also by the
-Mayer nnd City Council. J
'Finnlly. the empleyes of the muiiiclnil
court should be placed under the c!v7s"rvce
crtm.sr "H.. ,re"levc the temptation te
appren i' ItUi V. int-ti 'nnclUg
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
11 Wii,rH.n,a .Pelnt J.sabel' wl,,rn Senater
Harding Is spending his vacation?
? & ,?.w,ns Kva,1n" In classical mythology?
3. Wlmt Is nn aimniige? ' ""
r !n.1 Mn? of a S01'''' H a barcurele?
B ,netC?&W?e ",0 b0lllKere n
6. Who was El Orece?
7' "slVm'L?1""5' .tmnBH difficult te Ue
it wh?niL' ,aHy t0 Perftrmance"?
word coup?0""" Pronuncla,-le'' of the
'' I wIS? Mnei f EnRlam1 we ""'
10. Why Is Texas called the Lone Star Stntef
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
X' JUth" ffTeda,l?ta,tei!VcnCh ainbasar te
' "hS2,lar,, ,st,rp.'!t" ls a fnmeus book en
banking nnd finance by Walter Haww
the English economist, publicist aSd"
Journalist. Lembard street Is the beni
inir center of Londen. a,1K"
31 SK IntdScWss'i l"-
' ""; Kber- tars;
centennial thus rn?S sa centennlald
s ThaAa" erJS0 'u''fl"mcnt of ISO Jears
western division of the emnlra wh im?
6. The constitution Provides "hat con
sha I specify who shall become p.7
dent In case of the denlli nfT.l 1J'
President and Vlce President i'nh !t
same administration. AccerdlnV te th
present law en the subject tlm 2J'
wise and pacific ru le. The cerrV,0? '",
S! "am. Is mIS' fi bS Tan anC6Urm
10. The unenyujt pf m
ne unomeet of mythology niid ji
'" sm en irss tiinii nait the pay of a pollee pellee
"V"i; V.'. re,"c'ly seems te be in the hands
of the City Council. The policemen nnd
1'remen should receive nilvnnce In iminn- nu
- ' iiuuwuiin us te me reorganize -
ni'",lr"c!ll"r b".rea,,s op 'Ifp.rtmcnts.
nindn THeni,,.Ve 8tud-v, of thc 't "I" 1"-'
mnue liy the Itnrenn nf m, ,.,::... .. i, i.
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SHORT CUTS
Just seven weeks from 'mums te mum
mers.
The drive against draft dodgers seems te
be delayed by a balky team somewhere.
Francis Wilsen hns revived "Erminlc,"
but, uh, who can revive young Krancil
Wilsen?
Thc motto of the talesman' seems te be
like unto the catchword of the telephone
operater: Dxcuse it, please.
Of all the maxims that point a moral
nnd adorn a tale, that of a feel and his
money receives most frequent illustration.
There are new thousands of men tin
employed in the United States. Thc fallles
of prices is having its usual running mate.
Tobacco
pipemakers are en strike la
ew ierk. Hut It may net be serious.
1 ney may be merely laying off te take t
eiiiune.
i.i L,vcry, time wc see a pretty young uirl
witu her face smudged with paint wc nee
a geed reason for the existence of the Girl
Scout movement.
rrenk A. Vandcrlln's efforts te rebuild
and rec aim a physically and morally run
down village has already excited Interest sod
may incite emulation.
Clothiers in convention In Chicago w
dealers nre overstocked and prices muit
come down. Cutting prices according te
their cloth, as it were.
Because bills must be pnid, any reduc
tion of taxes must be the direct result of
economy of administration. This Is going
te be hard en sinecure holders.
Chicago's health commissioner says a
rrSJY ,w,ld snve the lives and merala
of r.000 children annually. Jeybells thus
have no gladseme edge en the curfew belL
Director Cortclyeu says lie can atop
auto banditry with a motorcycle force.
euncll therefore has a chance te give tb
thug his deathblow by hitting him with U
appropriation.
A Norristown hat manufacturer wu
excused from jury duty because he was bun
scaling down the price of hats, and tbe
judge was inclined te let the geed work te
en. Most noble Judge I
i A. Westmoreland county firebug hii
burned three schoolhouses In two weeks. We
would suggest that the authorities leek for
" J" ,' ',. Ilraie hand in a lonesome ctve u
me ueiguDorneou of a barn.
lactfulncsa is a quality stressed M
being necessary In the breeding of akunki
h? 1.1.1 j depressed fur market may be
DU.UIUICU. it xarmers shy at the Jeb, wdj
nut ism it eyer re uipiematlsts7
A Weman lurer wan timiuvl In WilkeJ
Darre because "she could net spend all
afternoon in court." That doesn't sound
iinc reason, out it is at least as femininely
v.muujr us merely "uccause.
i flu excellence in the surgetlj
of City Controller Hadicy that the city U
nsured against less by highway robber;,
but superior efficacy In the plan of Direct
d ibf mane nignway robeery w
Buffalo has established a patrol te itep
the flew of liquor into the city "froe
Canada and Pennsylvania." The claielsl
of Pennsylvania as a wet area Is no gre
compliment te Attorney General Palmer
UVU4V OkUtV
eevcrn
visab ity of bulldlnr heinlmls. It U
feed Samaritan unhampered by Bid Tape.
A tleer jumping out of the weeds ne
v ii iivn u a mils betore n im
v?,.7 ln "jnnlng thlrtr-flre mllei U
hour, nnd then leaped into the Leblgh rhf,
ILZI tt BOed, P" whlla it lasted, bet d
ceurse one could net expect a little d
.., .u tuuuruece or an iron horse.
The h,ew Yerk state law which permffl
a nan te dispose of all his personal prepertf
e the exclusion of hi widow nnd cblldrej
is oil wrong, declared a score of taUamea Jl
iL.cw. Yer J11"1' nnd they were excuH
,.. ii,! i,.,Jr .Ln th? cnRa Pending. ThtreJ
?? Red 9re.M nd MP Promptly bj
cause It gives help promptly. It Is a flett;
footed angel of mercy. It gives first t
while government. .. ..t.r.i .(, i.
"new -psneT '
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