Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-08

will be the final test and proof of her
place among the peoples of the world.
Must Help People Overseas.

=. Must Help People Overseas.
| And. if only in our own interest. we
must help the people overseas. Eu-
must keep her going or thousands OF
our shops and scores of our mines
! must close. There Is no such thing
as letting her go to ruin without our
selves sharing in the disaster.
In such circumstances, face to face
carded. Passion and disregard Tor
the right of others have no place in
the counsels Of free people. We
need light. not heat. In these solemn
times of determination and saving
action. There must be no threats.
Let there be only intelligent counsel.
and let the best reasons win, not the
strongest brute force. The world has
just destroyed the arbitrary force OF
military junta: 1t will live under
F.: coercive Is in the discard. Those who
seek to employ it only prepare their
own destruction.
| We cannot hastily and over night
revolutionize all the processes of uor
economic lie. We shall not attempt to
do so. These are days, of deep ex-
citement and of extravagant speech.
but with us these are things of the
, surface. Every one who is in real
! touch with the silent masses of our
great people knows that the old
strong fiber and steady self-control
! are still there. firm against violence
; or any distempered action that would
throw their affairs into confusion.
I am serenely confident that they will
readily find themselves. no matter
what the circumstances. and that
they will address themselves to the
: tasks of peace with the same devo-
ton and the same stalwart preference
for what is right that they displayed
to the admiration of the whole world
in the midst of war.
And I entertain another confident
'Ope. l have spoken today chiefly OF
easures Of imperative regulation and
gal compulsion. of prosecutions and
. re sharp correction of selfish
'ocesses, and these, no doubt, are
ecessary. But there are other forces
hat we may count on besides those
resident In the Department Of Justice
| We have just fully awakened to what
i mas been going on and to the inhu-
e.ices. mahy of them very selfish anJ
sinister, that have been producing high
prices and imposing an intolerable
burden on the mass of our people
To have brought it all into the open
will accomplish the greater part of the
| result we seek.
appeal with entire confidence to
our producers. our miSdlemen and
our merchants to deal fairly with the
| people. 1t is their opportunity I'd
show that they comprehend, that they
intend to act justly, and that they
have the public interest sincerely al
heart. And I have no doubt that
housekeepers all over the country
and every one who buys the things he
daily stands in need OF will presently
thoughtful economy, a more discrim-
| mating care az to the market In which
1 he buys or the merchant with whom
t b sEsa sss tasa h; ssss.
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ttrsne leaders OF organized labor will
| Thought. and. like the great mas
| Of their associates. think and set like
true Americans. They will see that
| strikes undertaken at this critical
time are certain to make MASTERS
| for everybody else The worst thing
the most fatal. thing that can b
| donesnow Is to stop or Interrupt; pro-
| duction or to interfere with the dis
tribution OF goods BY the railways
are, all involved In the distressing re.
suits Of the high cost of living. and
we must unite, not divide. to correct
'There are many things that ought
1 to be corrected In the relations be-
tween capital and labor, In respect
/ Of wages and conditions of labor and
other things even more far-reaching
and I, for one, am ready to go into
| conference about these matters with
any group OF my fellow countrymen
| who know what they are talking
about and are willing to remedy ex-
| listing conditions by frank counsel
rather. than. by violent contest. Nc
remedy Is possible while men are in
q temper, and there can be no set
| Element which does not have as its
motive and standard the general in
terest. Threats and undue insistence
] upon the interest of a single class
| make settlement impossible.
| I believe, as have hitherto had oc-
cassion to say to the Congress- that
| the industry and life Of our people
/ and of the world will suffer ,irrepar-
able damage If employers and work
men are to go on In a perpetual con-
test, as antagonists. They must, on
one plan or another. be effectively as
ISOLATED. Have we not steadiness and
self-possession and business sense
enough to work out that result? I'm
! doubtedly we have, and we shall work
it out. In the meantime-now and
IN the days Of reimbursement and re.
cuperation that are ahead Of us let
and intimate counsel and make our
selves q great and triumphant by
making ourselves q united force II
| the life of the world. 1T will noi
! then have looked to us for leadership
in vain. -"