Show r Homes and Radicalism I HE interview given out at New York by Mark Sheldon the 1 Australian commissioner to the United States contains many noughts of interest to Americans He dwells upon the success the Australian arbitration system has attained in preventing strikes the death of ot the one big union movement and nd the suppression of I W W Wa W.-is W. W. V. m. m There is one other thought deserving of special a attention Mr Sheldon says A wholesome factor against any extremist tendency is the fait fitt that the skilled laborer usually has his own house and grounds C tamed from the government a under liberal arrangements This gl es tes the worker a selfish interest in the maintenance of order and ands liability s ability In those few words we believe the Australian commissioner I has fias summed up up the only permanent cure for lor radicalism It can really be he stated as a truism that when a man becomes a i property owner he lie be becomes omes a staple citizen It is not meant to imply that n owners may not be equally as loyal but the argument argument argument ment is that land and home ownership lends to stability And here are no property owners among the I. I W. W V. Ws W.'s s 's and anarchists generally Australia has an excellent t system somewhat socialistic it is true of ot helping its people become home owners In our own Country no such system prevails The banks and building and loan loana a associations have d done ne all they legally can do to fill the gap but buthe he hey Y cannot do it all Nor can they r under the law come near to toa approaching a the generosity of the Australian plan I r The Australian government does much to aid people to become become become be be- come home owners Our government does nothing For this reason rea reason on we feel that every real estate agent banker and civic organization organization or- or should be encouraged in all they may do to induce induce tome e building But we believe too that our government might aid a l somewhat as Australia has shown aid can be given If the proposed soldier settlement plan is correct and we ewe lieve e eve all an that is possible should be done for the soldiers there r It h uld be no objection to extending the plan to include all an citi citi- zens s. s If our go government would loan for home building purposes as much ich as it has loaned to the allies for war purposes and on hat ome similar terms we venture to predict that the United c States ates would experience such peace and prosperity as it has never noun before |