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Show soiuhsfdh electidnres u lts REPUBLICANS SAY REBUKE WAS TO CONGRESS AND NOT TO , THE WHITE HOUSE. luis kt'it the Leglou naeniDers Interested Inter-ested und busy. Now the American .Legloc, lias Interested Itself in un at-(emi)t at-(emi)t to decrease the illiteracy in the United Stntea. Certulnly nobody will rise to say tlint tlila Is not a worthy-object worthy-object to ensuge the attention of the men who fought Germany. . It was th war which made known to the people of this country the extent ex-tent of Illiteracy In the various state of the Union. It is said 0 per cent of the people of reading and wrltlnj iiKe In the United States can neither read nor write. DEMOCRATS THINK DIFFERENT President Harding Was Not Surprised by Reverses Sustained by His Party Calls Extra Session for Action on Ship Subsidy Bill. By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington The election hus cone and gone. It may be said that Kcpuo-llcau Kcpuo-llcau leuders generally In Washington were shucked but uot stuuned by the news of the day. ' They were shocked apparently because be-cause of the uuml8tukuble fuct tlmt the country struck the way It did. but they were not stunned, becuuse the truth Is. most of the lending Hepifb-llcnns Hepifb-llcnns In Washington, more thun Itulf expected that the blow would come. It Is the bluut truth to say thut Ue-puullcans Ue-puullcans closely connected with the administration hold tlmt the general result of the election wus a rebuke to congress and not to the White House. They do not say this openly, but covertly. cov-ertly. The Democrats declare thut the rebuke was delivered Impartially to the White House und to the cupltul. Washington ts seeking reasons for the great lucreuse In the Democratic vote. Nuturally the Kepubllcuus hold that there Is no 'reason" In It, but thut there are causes for It. The majority ma-jority of Republicans seem to feel thut local considerations und general mutters mut-ters In no way associated with either Republican administration or Republican Repub-lican congressional endenvor brought about the defeat of the pnrty. They Legion Takes Up the Cause. One reason why the extent of 11 llterucy was not appreciated was that the records were not properly kept ly the different states. It has been charged that some of the state olHciuls did not make proper Investigations before be-fore they made their reports. The war showed the facts In the case and now the Ameiicun Legion through Us national Americitnism commission Is going to do what It can to help in the work of giving at least what may be culled primary education to the Illiterates Illit-erates of the country. Garland W. I'owell !s the director of the national Americanism commission of the American Legion. lie hus Just Issued a statement with proper proof to show that the United Stutes stands eleventh us a nation of Illiteracy compared com-pared with the northern nations of Europe. Eu-rope. In Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Switzer-land, the Netherlands and Flnlund there Is less thun l per cent of Illiteracy; Il-literacy; Norway und Sweden have 1 per cent; Scotlund, Englund and Wales less thun 2 per cent, and France 0.9 per cent. All these countries coun-tries have fewer Illiterates In proportion propor-tion to their population thun the United Stutes. It seems likely that the Education Week advocuted by the Amerlcnn Legion Le-gion will occupy the days between December De-cember 3 and December 9. During these seven days every effort will bs made to Induce adult Illlterutes to attend at-tend night schools and to Induce citizens citi-zens to adopt Illiterate adults and children chil-dren for educntlonal purposes. The Legion hus njuny posts in many say that the wet und the dry Issues, conflicts In the party ranks between conservatism und radicalism, blocs nnd cliques nnd various other things are responsible for the result. The Democrats on the other hand clulm thui the great change In the vote from the campaign of 1020 can bo Interpreted ns nothing more than as a stinging rebuke to the whole course of procedure of the Republican party since It came Into complete control of the government. President Not Surprised. Occasionally one is able to learn things which are not told htm directly by word of mouth. There hus been u feeling in Washington for some time that President Harding more than hulf expecled there could be no great victory vic-tory for his party this year, nnd that, so to put It. he quorter-wuy expected that the Democrats might win pretty much everything In sight. Friends of the administration say the President saw the signs of the times and they have Intimated mar the party's chieftain did not share Uie views of nutlonal committeemen nnd others whose business It Is to he prophets proph-ets of cheer, even If the clouds bung l a states of the Union. The Individual members will bo asked to work for the educutlonnl tuuse and to see thet Interest does nol lag. The National Education association and the United Mutes bureuu o education ore cooperating co-operating with the American Legion to promote the success of the work. Women Versus Women. When woman in jet woman then comes the tug of war. Under the leadership of the National Woman's purty, it la understood, an attempt is to be mude In 42 stute legislatures legis-latures this yeur to secure the adoption of u legislative progrutu In behalf of what might be culled sex equality. The members of the Woman's party apparently ap-parently desire thut there shull be no discrimination whatsoever In legislation legisla-tion us between man und woman. This means, If the logic of the case runs right, that certain American, women do not like luws which place womuu as a worker or as a citizen on a different differ-ent plane from thut upon which the laws pluce man. A meeting has Just been held In Washington of members of the National Na-tional Consumers' league. At this . . M low and the tnunuer roars, u is nm overstating things to say that Presl-j Presl-j dent Harding probably was the least ! surprised man hi Washington over the result of the elections. Already the politicians In Washington Washing-ton nre looking forward to 1924. Some of them profess to see the elimination of President Harding as a cundldute to succcmI himself. OHieis sny tlmt thinking men know the President's course contributed nothing to the election elec-tion day results. Sane politicians know that It Is too early for such dealing deal-ing In futures. An extraordinary session of con-gvess con-gvess hna been culled by the President. The present great Republican majority major-ity In congress of course will hold until March 4 next, when the lease of life of the present body expires. The lawmakers will be askel to pass the ship subsidy bill und certain other administration ad-ministration measures prior to next March. If these measures cannot Ie passed at the extra session or Pt the short session, some of them of course will bnvo hard traveling In the congress, con-gress, which next comes Into power. It Is a long while until 11)24. A lot of things enn happen In two years, and nobody knows It lietter than the politicians. poli-ticians. There Is plenty of time between be-tween now nnd the next national conventions con-ventions for things to happen, which will itnike or unmake men whom the rewnt election has brought forth Into the light, or has thrown temporarily Into the shmle. Education Week Proposed. In nearly every big city of the country coun-try recently n week wus set aside In which to Impress upon the people the necessity of guard'ng against accidents. acci-dents. These weeks have been called "Xiifcty Week3." Now there Is being advocated In Washington for the whole country u plan for an "Education Week" some time In December. From the Interest which Is being taken In this mutter by vurloim organisations who know the renditions of Illiteracy In the United States and who appreciate Its dangers. dan-gers. It might be said that education week In the hlshest sense will be a ' safety week for the Amerlcnn people. When the American Legion, com-posed com-posed f former soldiers of the World war, wns formed. It wns said that the I oigani.iition might not hold together bxiiuse it had no definite plan "f ac tion In view. The lCWm undertook a campaign for adjusted compensation for the war veteran-, and white then' has been u goml deal of opposition to ! Uie ciusadi, if U may be culled, it t meeting mere were represeuruuves ui a large group of organizations composed com-posed largely of women who are opposed op-posed to the Nutlonal Woman's party program for Bex equullty through legislation. legis-lation. When woman meets woman then comes the tug of war. The Nutiouul Woman's pnrty Is composed com-posed to considerable extent of the women who In the days of the struggle for suffrage were known us the militants mili-tants and from their ranks largely cunte the volunteer plcketers of the White House. Most people will remember, remem-ber, probably, that during some tnonthi of the last administration women with banners paraded In front of the White House In behalf of the amendment to the Constitution which has given worn an suffrage. Groups In Opposition. The women who ore opposed to what may be culled sex-equnllty legislates stty thut 10.000,000 women lu various organizations In the United States stand In opposition to the plan of th National Woman's party. A list of these organizations In opposition haj Just been given to the writer. It comes from a reneosentptlvs of tho Ni'tlonnl Consumers' league, nnd Is ns follows: National Consumers' league; National League of Women Voters; Nutlonal Council of Catholic Women; National Women's Trade Union league; American Ameri-can Association for Organizing Family Social Work ; Girls' Friendly Society In America ; National league of Girls' Clulm; Nutlonal Council of Jewish Women; Parent-Teachers' association; National Federation of Federal Employees; Em-ployees; High School Teachers' union; National Council of Mothers; Association Associa-tion of University Wonen. At the meeting In Washington of the representatives of these organizations the reasons for the opposition to tha state legislative program of the National Na-tional Woman's party were given by one of the lenders, who charged that the proposed "blanket equality" measure meas-ure will work out to the disadvantage of women. Here Is what was snld concerning con-cerning the mutter: "If the status of men nnd women are made identical wives cannot claim support from their husbands; deserted wives would be obligated to supixirt their own families; divorced hushntiiM would not have to pay alimony; widowed wid-owed mothers would not be entitled to Mnte pensions, no nmtfi'r bow great their need, unless the same provision were made for widowers; women In industry would lose protection uf ths eight hour day, rest at nilit and out day's rest In fcaven." |