. Review of reviews and world's work. lie employees,without a clear mandate from a public tribu-nal that shall determine the merits of thecase after a review of all the facts. Thelailways propose tlie Interstate CommerceCommission as the public body to decide thematter. The Pennsylvania Railroad indi-vidually has printed an appeal to its 225,000men to use their inllut-ncc against a vote infavor of striking. Only 18 per cent, of thePennsylvania employees are called on to voteon the (iiu-stion. Last month Warden Thomas Wiirdtn 111 Otborrmanii .Mott (Koome resumed liis du-ainasina ^j^.^ ^^ ^-^^^


. Review of reviews and world's work. lie employees,without a clear mandate from a public tribu-nal that shall determine the merits of thecase after a review of all the facts. Thelailways propose tlie Interstate CommerceCommission as the public body to decide thematter. The Pennsylvania Railroad indi-vidually has printed an appeal to its 225,000men to use their inllut-ncc against a vote infavor of striking. Only 18 per cent, of thePennsylvania employees are called on to voteon the (iiu-stion. Last month Warden Thomas Wiirdtn 111 Otborrmanii .Mott (Koome resumed liis du-ainasina ^j^.^ ^^ ^-^^^ ^-^^^ Pris<in. New York, the courts having disposed of the vari-ous charges preferred against him liefdiclocal courts of Westchester C(Jiuit\. Thewelcome accorded Mr. Osborne by SingSings inmates, organized as the Ix*ague, was something unprece-dented in the history of prisons. It wasaruioiinced that a psychopathic cliiuc wouldbe ktarted at Sing Sing fur the scientific .stutly 146 THE . RKJIKIf OF REVIEJrS. Teuchers in Convention riiolograph by Paul Thompson. Nciv YorkHON. THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE (aT THE RIGHT)AND GEORGE VV. KIRCHVVEY(Dr. Kirchwcy served as Warden of Sing Sing Prisonwhile Mr. (Isbornc was lighting in the courts the chargesthat had been brought against his management of prisonaffairs) of indi\ idual ciiininals. All conx icts ?will beexamined and those found mentally defectivewill be separated from those of normal men-tality. Each convicts personal history, thedetails of his home life Jmdearly environment, the inHii-cnces to \\hich he has beenexposed in his later career,his conduct in prison, willall be investigated. Thefunds for this work are con-tributed h\ the RockefellerFoundation. Later, whenthe new State prison is com-pleted. Sing Sing will be agreat rccci\ ing station, whereall prisoners will undergo apreliminar> examination andgrouping. Thus the veryname of Sing Sing, long thes_\mbol of all that is rottenand decadent in a bygone


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