Wood, Leonard, Loyal Son of America. 498 I. T. Bush S Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair Black Hills, The Red Man and the..C. EBates 408 "Bonne-à-toute-faire," A... Grace B. Patten 348 H. Biddlecombe 4067 Churches, Converging.. Conventions, Party, and the National Capital. Conversations with Workmen. Bridget Dryden: The Carpenter .L. M. Overstreet 283 Prohibition, Why Pick on?..Confirmed Criminal 439- Red Man, The, and the Black Hills..C. F. Bates 408 Religion, A Business Man's View of. Rolls and Discs...L. J. Abbott 24, 166, 324, 456 Roosevelt and the World Economic Confer- Rubber, America's Greatest Stake in. Russia, Henry Ford Conquers..Maurice Hindus 280 Science Shakes the Plum Tree....W. A. Du Puy 468 Self-Expression" Delusion, The Great. Shap, A Yankee at the Court of the. South Dakota State Park......Peter Norbeck 151 388 Jefferson and the Embargo (Sears). 90 9. What are Clydesdales? 10. What was the religious issue, such as it was, in the Presidential election of 1908? 11. What was the document that the barons wrung from King John? 12. Of what material is an etching plate made? 13. Who composed the opera "Tannhäuser"? 14. Who seized Fiume for Italy after the war? 15. What two American brothers were, respectively, a distinguished psychologist and a distinguished fiction writer? 16. What is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States? 17. Who is the new Premier of Japan? 18. In what country is Rangoon? 19. On what island is Batavia? 20. In what year did Commodore Perry's "persuasive muzzles" awaken Japan? (Score 5 for each correct answer.) Answers to these questions can be found in the pages of this issue of The Outlook as follows: To 1, on p. 7; to 2, on p. 5; to 3, on p. 3; to 4, on p. 4; to 5, on p. 5; to 6, on p. 5; to 7, on p. 6; to 8, on p. 18; to 9, on p. 20; to 10, on p. 8; to 11, on p. 10; to 12, on p. 6; to 13, on p. 24; to 14, on p. 26; to 15, on p. 11; to 16, on p. 11; to 17, on p. 12; to 18, on p. 15; to 19, on p. 15; to 20, on p. 13. COLORED DAMASK TABLE LINENS A new Vogue! Introduced at the Ritz-Carlton The formal introduction of Colored Damask Linens to hostesses of the metropolitan area was made not long ago at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. You may secure exactly the colors and patterns shown at the Crystal Room Salon. We will be glad to send you full information on request. The Cloths come in luncheon and dinner sizes. ༣ Published weekly by The Outlook Company, 120 East 16th Street, New York. Copyright, 1927, by The Outlook THE OUTLOOK. May 4, 1927. Volume 146, Number 1. Published weekly by The Outlook Company at Volume 146 May 4, 1927 Number I THE The President's Appeal HE American Red Cross reports that, by a most conservative estimate, there are now more than 75,000 refugees from the floods who must be cared for by the Red Cross. While this emergency continues, which will be for weeks, these refugees must be fed, sheltered, and clothed. Their health must be protected. In the event that the floods rise to the predicted higher levels in the next few days, the number whose most primary needs must be cared for will be quickly doubled or trebled. The situation is indeed grave. The Government is giving such aid as lies within its power. Government boats that are available are being used to rescue those in danger and carry refugees to safety. The War Department is providing the Red Cross with tents for housing refugees. The National Guard, State and local authorities are assisting; but the burden of caring for the homeless rests upon the agency designated by Government charter to provide relief in disaster-the American National Red Cross. For so great a task additional funds must be obtained immediately. It therefore becomes my duty, as President of the United States and President of the American National Red Cross, to direct the sympathy of our people to the sad plight of thousands of their fellow-citizens and to urge that generous contributions be promptly forthcoming to alleviate their suffering. In order that there may the utmost co-ordination and effectiveness in the administration of the relief fund I recommend that all contributions, clearly designated, be forwarded to the nearest local Red Cross chapter or to the American National Red Cross headquarters' offices at Washington, St. Louis, or San Francisco. I am confident that, as always in the past, the people will support the Red Cross in its humane task. CALVIN COOLIDGE. A National Calamity Calls for National Help I N two weeks the Mississippi River flood expanded in its devastation from a local disaster to a National calamity. It is estimated as we write that at least 100,000 people have been driven from their homes; that an immense area, valued at from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000, has been rendered useless for this year's production or for living purposes; that many scores, perhaps several hundreds, of lives have been lost. The extent of the damage and human distress is comparable only to such great disasters as the San Francisco fire of 1906 or the Galveston flood of 1900. Such was the situation when President Coolidge on April 22 issued his Proclamation appealing for prompt aid from the whole country. Since then the extent of the damage and suffering has still further increased, and on April 26 Secretary Hoover, who had arrived on the scene of the disaster under the direction of the President to study and report on its causes, relief measures, and possible methods of dealing with this constantly threatening danger in the future, said: What Can Be Done? W HAT measures can and should be As to the homeless flood refugees, Mr. Fortunately, as a result of wartime drives, the country has a net of local agencies which can and will bring out and forward individual donations. How this may be supplemented by direct gifts to National Red Cross. headquarters is made clear by Mr. Coolidge in his appeal. The President has appointed a special Cabinet committee of four-Secretaries Mellon of the Treasury, Chairman; Davis of the War Department; Wilbur of the Navy De partment; and Hoover of the Department of Commerce-to aid in every way possible. It is stated that $5,000,000 should be regarded as the minimum for the relief fund. As to security in the future, it is evidently too early to speak dogmatically. The most capable engineering minds of the country have long studied the question of the Mississippi watershed; it must now be studied anew. There seems to be a prevalent feeling that in the past too much emphasis has been put on redeeming land and too little on safety: Those who criticise the levee system and suggest that the remedy may lie in vast storage lakes behind dams have to meet such objections as that of Dr. Frankenfield, of the Weather Bureau's river and flood division, to the effect that an adequate storage reservoir would have to be of the same area as the State of Kentucky. What the country is agreed upon is that the problem must be treated as National and that permanent safety and security must be put ahead of either political or local expediency. The Mississippi seems unconquerable; it must at least be guarded if it cannot be tamed. It is true that the present flood is unprecedented even by that of 1922, but it would be folly to deal with the danger from the "It may never happen again" point of view. Justice and Journalism T HE Sapiro-Ford libel suit came to an end without being presented to the jury because, as the presiding judge bitterly said, "Justice has been crucified upon the cross of unethical and depraved journalism." Six weeks of testimony and the great expense entailed by an important trial were wasted. A mistrial had to be declared because newspapers in Detroit had published the Ford counsel's charges and affidavits of bribery against one of the jurors, who was a woman, and against the plaintiff's counsel. In turn, the juror gave to the press an interview defending herself. Such unsubstantiated charges against a juror during the progress of a trial could not be made public without jeopardizing the continuance of the trial-which the Sapiro counsel believes was exactly the purpose of the Ford counsel. The judge did not raise the question of how the documents got into the hands of the papers, except to say that he had, of course, not been the means; but the New York "Times" reports that the Ford counsel called the newspaper men into a conference and handed out the documents. In any case the newspapers' editorial knowledge of what could be published without sacrificing justice to journalism should have caused them to withhold the information which was The last line of defense-Negro convicts on a levee Even when the squalor-pandering trial Another "Czar" THIS is an era of recognizing the value of academic detachment in practical enterprises: to wit, widespread freedom of high executives from arduous duties so that they may be free to think and plan; to wit, emphasis on research work only indirectly related to definite production; to wit, the employment of such outsiders as Judge Landis and Will Hays to sit in dispassionate judgment of the various factors in various organized interests. The most recent industrial group to put its welfare into the hands of a learned stranger is the National Wholesale Women's Wear Association. The "cloak and suit" industry centers in New York, and its annual output exceeds $300,000,000 in value. Dr. Lindsay Rogers, Associate Professor of Government at Columbia University, is the "czar" who has been chosen. His title will be "executive director" of the Association. At the same time he will continue his connection with Columbia University. Dr. Rogers made his acquaintance with the women's clothing industry as a member of Governor Smith's Advisory Commission appointed in 1924 to devise a method of settling labor troubles in the industry; a commission which was successful. Labor questions will not be under Dr. Rogers's jurisdiction except as they relate to problems of production. Mr. Raymond V. Ingersoll, appointed Impartial Chairman at the suggestion of Governor Smith's Advisory Committee, still retains the supervision of that phase. The most important part of Dr. Rogers's work will be the establishment of a mechanism to find better methods of marketing and distribution, fashion development, credit extension, and the amelioration of the relationship between manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. |