Show The Issue Is Here NOT OT tho the fact that administration officials in charge of federal control measures fail to make a decided stand for government ownership their intention is nono none tho tiro less obscure That government government govern govern- government ment ownership is n a definite plank in tho the program of tho the present administration as ns much as fiS if they wore were openly committed to it is evidenced in the trend of events c in Washington Mr rr McAdoo expressed dissatisfaction with the tho old i order na as n it related to the tho railroads K Nevertheless e he did id not commit himself to a n of program government go ownership in asking for an extension of or federal con con- On tho the heels of the tho McAdoo l maneuver comes con I the announcement ement that ownership of the tho telephone and the telegraph lines is proposed in resolutions introduced in the House As we judge the present maneuvers ers in Washington the they are rles designed only to establish government go ownership owner owner- ship hip without making an issue of the tho departure The arguments of the administration officials ma bo ho may reduced re re- to the assertion that tho the old system was not ideal They place the tLc blame on the railroads and remain silent on federal regulation which which- offered tho t only excuse for federal operation Nothing is promised the pu public lic for tho ilia future Not Kot committed to a n pro program ram of government go ownership they decline To Io sponsor tho the institution institutions they thoy would establish The They propose extensions of federal control only that the issue may be deferred and that they may adopt govern go overn- overn ment went ownership not as a pledge o for improvement ement but hut as an nn experiment promising nothing but ut a change from the old order We have gone to Europe to establish democratic i ideals and all the while tho the administration at nt home homo is bending evet every eff effort rt to establish a 3 bureaucratic is ic govern govern- government govern ment in America If democratic principles are good for Europe they aro arc good for tho the United Stales States and it is high time that we adopt the policy of our preachment f The e issue of government is ownership not to bo he deferred The public publio is to consider tho t e administration pledged to it it a as ns s much as if it had promised reforms and not ex ex- J There Thero i- i is ino no better hetter time to decide the issue than now tei l' l fen 1 Id |