Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-02

the direction. Go, and 20 a. fast ~
you please; but always know when
Critics Most Active Helpers.
some Of the gentlemen who are now
most vocal in criticisins the things that
have been done during the last three
and a half years were very active and
useful in helping to do these very
things. Which means only this. that
until last June, when rival candidates
for election to the presidency were
nominated, they were rational beings.
and that since these nominations. by
some alchemy which We have become
familiar with in our politics. they have
ceased to be rational beings.
But this period of irrationalfty has
produced something else. 1t has pro-
duced the impression in some quar-
tiers that this nation does not mean the
same thing to all of US. We have got
the impression that some Americans
want to use America for her own des--
tiny and that some want TO use IT IN
order to promote the particular inter-
ests of some group oe foreign rations. :
Must Fight Only for High ideals. :.
The impression. has arisen that some
of US have our hearts outside Of Amer
lea, while some of US have our hearts
inside of America. hope and believe
that a great deal of that Impression is,
due to the very atmosphere of which
I have been speaking. the. atmc sphere
of political campaign. aad L want TO
remind people who get these impress
e;ons that they are not to Judge by the
noise how many people are making II;
they are not to Judge by the apparent
volume Of the sound how many voices
1t comes from.
What we want everybody to under
stand is this, that'we are not going to
be drawn. into quarrels which do not
touch the thing that America, has set
her face to. We are not only not Hfral 10
to tight, but we are not disinc!ineo 70
night when we can find something. as
big as American ideals to fight for. We
want to hear the call that America has
always listened to. You know some Or
the things we fought Tor. We iougns
To- united nation once we !oushe
because we thought the people OF Cuoa
were being put upon and their nves
rendered impossible and their destinies
prevented of accomplishment. We nave
fought again and again for the rlen,s
ever fight for any purpose of agrees
sion and self-satisfaction. I
Wants to Rectify Court Processes. !.
TT Is remarkable how grateful the
skilled workers of this country are
when you do them mere Justice" the
President said. IT am Ashamed when l
do them mere justice to have them come
and thank me. Political parties are
very much interested in the workingman
when election comes around, because
they know they are in the majority.
want to help them after the election.
I want to have the federal Treasury
help them to get vocational education.
Zone Of the things I want to take part
In is the rectffcation OF the processes OF
our courts. The processes are too com
pick. The trouble is not with the judges
and the lawyers. Most of them. not all
of them, want to do justice. But 1t Is
necessary to go through mass OF pro-
cedure.
I'VE have heard a good deal recently
about the eight-hour day. One OF the
things that interests me about 1t is
not merely that 1t means justice. out
that it means health and happiness.
am in favor of it just as far as II
can be made to work. 1t increases the
physical vitality of workers.
''Not Afraid to Fight"
after 1t is done everybody will have
profited. The men who. oppose 1t do
not know what makes the heart work:
They only know what makes the spleen
work. - q = -
II am impatient that the talk which
has got to last until next. Tuesday
should be over. :.
some of the men now most vocal In
criticising the things done in the last
three anu half yeaFD&wer formerly
the men who ifelped 70 do those things.
They have not been rational since last
June. z s
- are not going to be drawn into
quarrels which mean nothing to us. We
are not interested in seeing one nation
OF group of nationes prevail against
another
1--WE are not afraid to fight and we
are not disinclined to fight for the
things that America stands for.
I'VE are waiting for the call we have
always waited for. We have fought
for humanity. God forbid that We
should ever fight for self-satfsfactfon
or for aggression"
President Wilson left at 1880 o'clock
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