Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1919 — CONDEMNS BAKER ACTION. [ARTICLE]

CONDEMNS BAKER ACTION.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10.—Protest against the reported award of wages and civilian clothing to conscientious objectors discharged from the army, was made by the house of the (Nebraska legislature yesterday. A resolution citing press reports that clothing and money were to be given to conscientious objectors and call-, ing on the congress to “condemn the action of Secretary of War Baker in rewarding the slacker,” was adopted. A similar measure was approved by the state senate. Under the terms of the resolutions copies wfiH be sept to Secretary Baker and members of the Nebraska delegation in the congress.