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Show oo , i U NCALLED FOR CRITICISM. I No one should mls6 reading the statement of Charles G. Dawes berore a bouse committee on war investigations investiga-tions Mr. Lawes has been olfered the : portfolio of secretary of the treasury in President Harding! cabinet Du"r ing the war he was sent to Prance on' supply procurement for the American army in Prance. Much criticism has! heen direct d against the prices paid and the amounts received for the army, supplies Mr Dawes answers this crit icism with much feeling and chal-1 lenges the flaw finders to point out whai they v.ould have done. He gives one illustration. When the Germans : were on their hlg drive which carried! them in the direction of Paris, heroic work had to be accomplished. Fear ! ing thai the enemy was about to j break through, and realizing that the American forces must be thrown into the battle line willi great speed, Mr Dawes went into the fields of southern France where horses were performing ihe work of harvest, and he boughi the animals at any price within the range of reason. The 80.000 animals obtained in that mannei did much t get ihe artillery deep into the woods! on the west side ol the salient below oissons and made possible ihe surprise sur-prise attack in July, lfilg. which broke) (he backbone of German resistance. How many American lives were saed by this energetic solving of ihe horse problem no one can estimate It wa the turning point in ihe war and helped to bring victory, Many similar difficulties Involving the purchasing of equipment were surmounted sur-mounted in the same way The American people should thank the big men who, quitting their jobs, went ocl to France without pay, to I do their utmost to help America win. j We agree with Mr. Dawes that fori years our diplomatic eervicc has been H weak. In addressing the house com mlttee, he said: "The diplomatic system of appointing appoint-ing man with pink tea experience in war time." he continued, "was a rotten ' j failure Sharp was all right, but the jrest of them were utter failures. It! I was all due to the appointment of bo-Cl bo-Cl men pink tea fellow? Wh', we CQUldn'l get anywhere We had George McFadden over there and he did in' three days wfcat the diplomats coiil not do in three months " For thirty years our diplomats have, been selected in order to allow their I wives to got into the social circles of I Europe. Our strongest men are sel dom named for service In promotiong America s welfare abroad on |