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PLEDGES JOB FOR
EVERY SOLDER
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Calls on Business Men to Cooperate
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Employment to Enlisted kicn.

VIII: =. Government in Furnishing
Emp.uyment to Enlisted Eicn.
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Secretary of War Eaker 50 de"iiE u
Ill delivering The opening address 1T
the fourteenth annual convention II
tue na;iui.al rivers and harb"rS t"i-
gress.
The ), cretar; emphasized the du:!
| of American bl:=.i:.SS men to co-Hit"-
ate i'll what the government was do: :
in this direction. lie said every ch;ii.'-
Der Of rui.il.ieIcp. board of trade, or
other SIMILAR organization should
re;,,:ze tnv need for its participation.
The vital thing i'll America at th'S
tille Secretary Baker said. was tor
every ui,e to get work. River ana
harl,or projects he said, would help
tind profitable employment for large
number Of men,.
Il am extremely interested that We
should % forward with the develop
ment of waterways and improvements
of harborS," he continued. 80 as TO
derive full benefit from new possl-
blities. River transportation offers
a more economical form than rail
transportation, but both land anu
water should he equally utilized.
-,
!, complete military victory, and If the
armistice had not been signed when
ii was large numbers of the enemy
would have been surrounded and cap
t,lred
Concerning problems facing the
world which seem menacing, he said.
people had suddenly been endowed
with the greatest human liberty. ana
they don't know what to do with it.
Some believe liberty means license.
They don't know what we have learn
ed: the only liberty all can enjoy is
a liberty of law and order
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said
the navy would have to adjust its re-
lations with American business inter-
ests so that manufacturing might be
resumed and labor kept employed.
There are men who tremble at the
problems confronting the nation, he
said, 'but the man who bets on Amer
lean prosperity is always going to
WIN"
In warning against a tendency to
| wait for prices and wages to drop be-
fore undertaking new construction
; projects, Mr.. Daniels said there were
opportunities at home and in Europe
and as soon as readjustments could
be made, rebuilding would begin and
industry resumed on a peace basis.
He said those who expected wages
and prices to return to former levels
had not properly read changed con-
ditions.
ePnbl;c improvements, he said, would
j contribute to the nations prosperity
and give jobs to the returning SOL
| diers. He added:
st is good business to spend bill
| lions improving the waterways of
America and building roads"
American business, the secretary
said, must recognize as the govern
| ment had done, it's responsibility In
providing jobs for returning soldiers
Insisting that in any national policy
water transportation and rail trans
portation should go hand in hand the
secretary said.
The railroads broke down when
the country entered the war in the
| attempt to carry increased burdens
while the waters have run idly TO the
sea"
Referring TO fears Of Bolshevism in
America, he said: There Is no more
danger of Bolshevism taking hold of
America than there Is of the kaiser
entering Washington"