Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-12-04
MESSAGE GIVES
No REMEDY FOR
ILLS OF NATION
Presidents Communication
Deals in Generalities
When Concrete Plans Are
Needed, Says Senator
McCumber

II was while he was discussing GER
tam aspects of the presidents message
yesterday that United States Senator
Porter j. McCumber Of North Dakota
announced a warm espousal Of the
cause OF the open shop for crafts and
declared that until production was
speeded up in this country there would
he no remedy for our social and in
dustrial Ills The president, he said.
had dealt in generalities in his mes
sage at a time when concrete sugges-
lions for a definite program were
necessary.
In his message the president dealt
At some length with the budget sys-
TEN In definite manner. but his mes
saGe did not indicate what he wants
p IN the budget system. He gave con-
siderable attention to the labor ques-
llon' put here again ne only speaks in
the abstract. We can all agree with
his suggestions. We all know there
should be better understanding be-
tween capital and labor but how with
justice to bring this about has not
been suggested by the president or
anyone else
President Inconsistent
Tho president speaks of the right to
strike as inviolate. But in the next
sentence he declared that we must
hold with a firm hand against the at
tempts Of any class to usurp a power
which only government can exercise.
There would seem to be an inconsist-
ency between the two statements The
right of the individual to quit work is
a right that cannot be denied but the
right 10 cOnspire to stop the ma
Ia fVss s.r a..
lie must rely can be denied and ought
10 he denied TO any class. The strike
should he considered an organized ef-
fort and not an individual effort"
Here is what Senator McCumber
had to say on the subject of the open
shop in industry:
"The right to work for whom you
please is a sacred right but not one
whit more sacred than the right TO
employ whom you please The closed
shop, or universal card system, is a
system of tyranny that is un-Amer-
lean and conducive only to poor re-
suits. This will be a poor old world
and on the road toward speedy decay
when you destroy the hope of better
remuneration for better service, or
when you deny to any individual the
right to earn according to his capacity
I,nd willingness.
Labor" Class Only Small Part
NO one ought to be denied the right
10 labor because he belongs to any So
ciety nor denied the right to labor be-
cause he does not belong to any So
ciety. II our declaration of the equal
ity and inalienable rights Of all people
has any force, it means the right tC
follow any trade, any profession, anC
the right TO he protected by the law OF
his state or nation against interfer-
ence.'
Senato McCumber went on to Civ,
some Of his views upon the problem
which. he said. had generally becom,
known as the capital and labor prob
lem"
The great trouble in dealing with {
problem which is called the capita
and labor problem he said, ''is that
80 far. we have considered a very few
people as constituting the capita
class. and only one class of labor
namely, the class Of physical labor
This last class constitutes only a frac
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