The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-13
SOUND SENSE FROM OLE.
(NeW York GlObc)

tween saving things that are highly sensible and things that are rather more than slightly absurd, When he advocates mob violence against the radiCaIs-Stringing them up tC telephone poles, which he has been quoted il press deSpatCheS as urging-he Is SanCtioning the very sort of contempt for law and order and the due processes of government which i, such crime in the men he attacks When however, he says that a good ob decent home, an education and fair treatment for la. Dor are the best safeguards against Bolshevisn he is talking sound sense He was in particr. lary good vein at last nights dinner of the National Association of Manufacturers Whc1 he said
 You men, as employers of labor, must also do your share in a private capacity tC aid our country in this great crisis. Ave you must do more than your share in the payment of men, in improving the living conditions of the workers; you must gC more than half way in meeting the demands of labor; you must be more than fair now because so many have been unfair and scl- fish in the past
 labor is entitled to more than 1t re- Ceivcd prior to the war The cost of living is so very much higher. In many parts ot this country labor did not receive sufficient to live in decency and comfort and rear their children as children should be reared
 The worker is entitled to good food to decent clothing, to comfortable home and to education for his children By fair square dealing between the employer anC the worker BOlshcvism is destroyed Every child turned out into the world unstlitcd tc battle for his livelihood, by lack of educa- ton or otherwise, IS menace to a free gov ernment The first birthright of a chiC should be health, the second educaton anC everything tending to healthier, happier anC better surroundings should be encouraged by the government and by ourselves
 Labor must be satisfied, must have good living conditions, and must receive the highest possible remuneration The dark noisome factories must be torn down and replaced by new buildings where the sun- light of heaven pours in on the Worker for his precious eyesight must be saved. His fingers, his legs, his life must be protected from injury by every possible safety de- vice. His food and his housing conditions must be such lthat he comes to- his to whstlins My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty." His children must be well fed and clothed and educated. An igno- rant child is the most ignobe work of man. The workman must feel an interest in the success of the enterprise in which he is en- ployed,
 This is very sound sense, and comes with especial importance from man with Han sons record. The best and in the long run the only answer to Bolshevism is for us to re- move the conditions which breed discontent That can be done by individual action of en- ployers far better than by legislation. But if the employers do not take the initiative in the process then the state will have to; and there is no guarantee that the controlling voice of in the states councils when such a moment comes will not be the voice of labor itself The sooner employers realize this fact the better, and a message such as Hanson brot to the N. A. M is doubly welcome for that reason
 The useful sChoolboy whose knowledge is casually referred to whenever it is desired tO imDlv general historical in form tiOn 1O,bf