Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-03
WILSON PROMISES
FEDERAL AID TO.
COMMUNITIES
Continued from Page i,

threatened shortage OF work incident
70 slowness of rehabilitation, buffer
employment must be found, he said,
ana the best means Of furnishing this
.ay in the government Immediately
engaging in normal construction OF
pubic work. 10 provide labor with
mployme in this way. he declared
would unite the workers and would
tend to check propaganda and false
philosophy, and prevent a possible de-
cade of unrest.
Secretary Baker. followed Secretary
Wilson and explained the war depart
lments method in ,cancelling contracts
SO as, to accomplish a great saving to
n government without demoralizins
industry Or disturbing labor.
Immediately after, the armistice
was signed steps were taken to can
eel contracts and so far he said the
var department has suspended OPP
srations that would have cost five bill
hon.. eight hundred and t%wenty-nlne
million dollars to complete. There
were $4,000 separate contracts that
mad to be adjusted and of these A.
500 have been settled.
One reason why the return of
troops has been slowed up, Secretary
Baker explained, is that Great
Britain withdrew troopships to curry
home New Zealand. Canadian and
Australian soldiers who had been in
service longer than Americans, which,
he said, was perfectly proper pro-
edure. He reiterated that by April
100000 American troops would be re-
turning monthly:
War Department Interested.
The war department, the secretary
said. is much interested in measures
to provide jobs for returning sololers
and he told how Col. Arthur Woods,
former police commissioner Of New
York, had been made a special assist
ant secretary to perfect cooperation
with the department of labor and the
council of national defense for en-
ployment activities. Reciting the ter
rtole losses of the war and vast ex-
penditures of money, the war secre-
y +sry said:
fThe time for the United States to
(the greatest service to mankind is
: IT," He added that the United
Stes should set an example Of
4darity of government and that one
6ential to this was to restore normal
editions of employment and indus
Aactivity as soon as possible.
&kng of a fear of a period Of
oyment entertained by some,
ry Daniels said:
not one of thoseIwho believe
will be general unemployment.
demand Of the world for what
erican makes will be SO great
re viii he a job for every man who
lts t work" he paid this tribute
k'Labor heard the call as truly az
: > men who wore the uniform" and
,sed his address by predicting an
I 4 Of prosperity.
Secretary of Labor Wilson, who
! esided at the opening session, told
! he conference that the RECEIPT strike
! t. Seattle, Butte, Lawrence and other
'laces were not industrial economic
I disputes in their origin but were re-
3sults of a deliberate organized at
Jtempt at a social and a political
movement to establish Soviet govern
ments in the United States.
- More than ITO mayors or their
representatives, and a score Of gov
ernors had registered at t%he.confer-
ence before noon. About half of the
states were represented by. subordi-
nate officials or by citizens named by
the governors.
The governors attending were:
Townsend, Delaware: Cats, Florida
Dorsey. Georgia; Harding. Iowa;
Stanley, Kentucky; Pleasant, Louisi-
ma; Millikegp, Maine; Harrington,
OASSPSAS DAAoOS
bartlett, New Hampshire; Edge. New
Jersey; Cox, Ohio; Sproul, Pennsyl-
Yania; Cooper, South Carolina and
Yager, Porto Rico.
- Presidents Address.
The president said:
II wish that I could promise my
self the pleasure and the profit Of
taking part in your deliberations. /
find that nothing deliberate is permit
ted me since my return. I have been
trying under the guidance of my sec
rotary, Mr.. Tumulty, to do a month's
work in alweek and I am hoping that
not all of it has been done badly. but
isasmuch as there is a necessary pres
sure upon my time, I know that you
Will excuse me from taking a part in
your conference, nue. as I should be
profited by doing so.
my pleasant duty is to bid you a
hearty, welcome and to express my
qualification that so many executives
of cities and Of states have found the
time and the inclination to conne to-
gether on the very important matter
we have to discuss.
'The primary duty Of caring for
our people in the intimate matters
THAT we want to discuss here. OF
course, falls on the states and on the
municipalities and the function Of the
1ederal.government Is to do what 1t is
trying to do in a conference Of this
gort-draw the executive minds Of the
country together 10 that they may
profit by each others suggestions and
plans, and so that we may ofer our