Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-31
REAL FREEDOM IS
ATTAINED ONLY
UNDER LAW
SocioIogistS Discuss Necessity
for Securing Best Condi-
tons Under Which Labor
May Be Employed,

isY soHslNe Journal aftcikL tGssrn wiRrf
Washington. Dee so. THAT free.
dom of dependent women and child
rem 10 work long hours and under
lany conditions is but abiect slavery
masQucrading under the name of
freedom. was the assertion of Prot
w. r. Willoughhy Of Princeton In his
ad lregs as president of the American
Association for Labor Legislation, in
joint session today with the Ameri-
can Political Science association.
His brother. Prof W. W. WI
loughhy. of Johns Hopkins univor-
s.ty. ln his address as president OF
the Political Science association
voiced the same idea when he saia
that there should be no constitutional
warrant given to the "spoliation of
one individual Tor the primary benefit
of other individuals He said that
the states right to exist carried with
/ i she corollary that no limits be-
placed upon les sphere of control
which, however must contribute o.
the highest social goal which he
added, "is but a statement in social
terms of the several goals Of the in-
dlvidual members of the group.
Liberty is many times sacrificed
by laws confcrring liberty said Prof
/ w. Il. Willoughby Freedom means
lrcal liberty .o choose. The state
ahstenton from AN attempts at reg-
lulation does not necessarily mean real
respect for individual freedom oi
action" lie asserted that labor was
the most important of all the res
sources of a nation and that in fu-
ture victory would perch upon the
banner Of that nation which succeeds
in developing the greatest efficiency
m the arts of peace
Japan, he said. was about 90 do for
her industrial army what she had
done ably for her men In armor
while the United States. he added
/ was today far in the rear Of most oi
I It's great competitors in social legia.
Ilatlon "A body Of sturdy skillful anc
Icoutcnted workers" ne asserted, "l
1.-THE first requisite TO national eff
Iciency."
Frank =. walsh, chairman of tbs
recently organized federal industria
relations commission, asserted thai
body intended 10 go into the qucs'
tions of industrial unrest, wages, thf
/ protection Of labOrers and the wei
! fare of workers, IN all their phases
land that the members would ap
proach these questions mot as law
yers, but as human beings He sait
/ that III there is anything In Tia,
present common law that violenu,
collldes with the present conscience
of the world along such outlines, thcf
/ let The work OF this commission b'
the beginning Of a new code of com
mon law; il the constitution does no
permit us to get such legal redress
/ then let the people rise up and amenC
this constitution or repeal that por'
ton of il which limits or rctards JUS
tice'
Prof John r. Commons Of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, also q member
Of the industrial relations commits
sion. declared that he was ordinar
ily opposed to commissions and tina
he would be opposed 20 the one of
which he was serving unless ~
could get results" TO succeed, th'
federal industrial relations commits
sion, he claimed. would have TO So
cure the co-opera ion of employer
and employees, or FEDERAL and STATE
bureaus on labor ana all other agen
cies which might help bring about th'
desired betterment of in lustrial con
ditions.'