The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-23
SAYS WILSON GOT
SCARED AT HIMSELF
Never London CriticiseS Pres.
idcnt's Attitude on Pre-
parcdncss Problem.
TALKS TO CONSTITUENTS

Although Meyer London. Socialist Con-
gresAman. said ne was sick or pre-
pasedness'' and did not want 10 be Ques-
TONED on Il when reporting to his con-
stituents at Public School IL yesterday
afternoon. he singled out President Will
sons attitude on this problem for crit'-
cism.
I'm not sure he said. that the Pres
dent IL sure % his own policy on pre-
paredness. Perhaps that explains why
he cut short his recent tour. When the
Presiden, started his tour he wasn't as
aggressive ~ when h, finished. When
he finished he wanted an army hig
enough TO lick the Germans. English.
French. Russians, Austr'ans. Turks.
Chinese and Japanese. Then he got
scared nj himself and wen, back TO
Washington.
9Th. President has said" Mr.. London
Continued. "tha, he has changed his
mind about preparedness. Well, there
are many thousands of words In the
English language The President is mas
ter of them all Ne can form out Of
,h.m 1859. G61 900 combinations AZ far
as explaining changes - ,he'e IL no one
better equipped for the purpose
Referring TO the Democratic party as
q whole. IN. Congressman said that three
tendencies with regard to preparedness
| could I've discerned one group In the
Central and Weston States. he thought.
~as opposed to = large addition t" the
| navy. hut not TO the army On the other
| hand. Southcr. leaders. he said. were
afraid Of y large military Organization,
fearing II will force IN. domination Of
| the negro upon them lie believed. how
ever. tina, they Mere IN favor OF n sub.
stantial increase Of the navy.
The third division Of the party. in his
| view. followed the Presidents lead on
the question. Hut. as NJ. London pointed
| out, President Wilson'S stand on pre-
paredness appeared TO he unsettled On
| the whole. he considered that the DEM
ocrats have shown that they will follow
| any method that will give them the next
| election"
Of secretary ';arrison's rcsignatvs, the
| speaker sajd: THAT WAS the nohlest
| thing he could nave done. II clarified
| the situation"
| Much OF the Cong ~ressnan's speech
dealt with the hill I've introduced on De
ccmher 4 for the appointment OF a COM
| mission to prepare and recommend y
plan for the establishment of n nationai
insurance FUND and tn" mitigation OF un'
employment. Under MIR I.ondon's plan
the President would appoint two em-
| ployers Of orkme and two representa-
| tives OF organized labor to the commis-
sion. with the Secretary Of Labor as
chairman In emphasizing the need Ia
study unemployment M. London said:
should this war terminate sooner
than We expect. II would bring about
the greatest financial crisis ia the history
Of the United States, There has been n
great imitation Of values As soon as
those values collapse the financial struc-
,urc will collapse"
Large classes of workers. he said. Were
| frequently thrown ont ~ work because
their occupations were seasonal. lie "N-
pressed belief that "thc problem OF
| gangstcrism that has cursed New York
might he due to tens 90 thousands az
people who are on Of work for six
months In the year
MIR. London asserted that the problem
81 Unemployment was complicated hN
the fact that a,uoU ,oOO children were en-
ployed in industries throughout the coun-
try. He prophcsicd that In the next
Congress there will he AT least twenty
Socialist members. Last night Mr.. Lon
don made a similar speech at Lafayette
Casino. ~ Avenue II