Show l Passing aSs n the lire Buck I lay day magnifies tho the task confronting confront- confront succeeding EACH in- in tho next Congress Not only must t l this Congress meet meet tho the problems of the future but it must correct the mistakes of the past hi In n every er e flounder floun- floun the tho solution solution der n g hole the present administration seeks tion Lion by bv passing the tho problem on to tho the next Congress The muddle oC or the railroads roads un under er Democrat control defied solution and was passed on OR to the tho Republican Congress a ad as one of tho the problems of oE the reconstruction finds tho lie Republican 1 an Now ow Secretary of oE War Var Baker of his Conn s a hav haven of or refuge refugo as the performances and indicate breakdown a a. military y machine go awry He lIe is content to pass pas the problem up to the rho next Con C Congress ln- ln g gress g rc s for solution The country at nl Im largo o must rejoice in the thc lie tendency to pass the matter along hc because that thatis elected for 31 11 r. r is what a 1 Republican 1 Con Congress was I Baker has already demonstrated his inability to formulate formu late nn au effective effective military policy for the td States Stales Irhe The public can expert more from a Republican lican Con Con- gress Our on entry try into the great conflict would have havo been accomplished with greater dispatch if iE Mr 11 Baker had hind perfected a military policy in the first da days s 's of his term I of oE office He Ile however ho worked on the theory that the war was three thousand miles away and not even cven the declaration of war convinced him of the tho need of a 3 mil mil- military military policy On the thc eve of the tho i reconstruction construction we are in ill need of ofa a more definite program something more moro determined Notwithstanding tho the fact that th-at we wc are arc praying that wars may cease we cannot afford to be caught with our heads in the sand The Democrat disposition to topas pass pas the grief gric is going to increase the bur burden cn of oE the next Congress but it augurs well for the interests of the thc people of the United States He i KB 1 i |