The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-29

not think well of it. She must be allowed ! to work out her own destiny, and if we will keep our hands off and let her alone she will do so."
 There should be no more loans from the United States government to Euro pean governments, in the opinion of the former Secretary of the Treasury. He be- lieves that except in time Of war no na- ton has the right to tax it's people n order to lend t9 other govel vsments. With the restorations of peace and security he believes that private capital can be found in large amounts within the United States which will be loaned to private individuals in European countries for use in rehabilitating genuinely productive en- terprses.
 With the restoration of normal condi- tions MT McAdoo believes that much or the industrial unrest in our own coun- try will disappear. There are some prop- lems, however. which will remain, ana must be solved by the hest effort of our combined intelligence. For example he believes that "the right of workers to | organize for collective bargaining and 10 quit work to enforce their demands must l be unquestioned that enlightened effort l should be made to establish legal agen- cies through which differences between labor and capital may be heard. ana. 1T 1 possible, composed but he points out ! that no law can be passed which will make a man an effective worker if he does not choose to be one.
 1 "Efficiency rests on cooperation anu l contentment; 1t cannot be produced oy | lcompulsion.' he said
 | 'sThere is no power which can make a man work if he doesn't want to. We might as we'll face that fact first as last. Tn the future it must be the test of statesmanship that it shall bring abour lsocial justice and make unnecessary vio-
 lent paroxysms within the industrial
 fabric It is the bitter truth that in the past labor has rarely, if ever. secured any improvement without the strike. The fact that labor has this power makes it's Just exercise a matter of supreme 1mpor- tance It should never be exercised in such a tyrannical way as to imperil the life and health of the community. and resort to it should always be deferred lwhere it affects those vital industries on
 which the life and health of the com
 munitys depend until every enort mas
 been exhausted through instrumentaii- ties created voluntarily or by law to sat lisfy the situation.
 MORE MONEY FOR TEACHERS
 ssThe starvation wages paid to teach
 CTS by rich states and municipalities $ l a striking. case of injustice. proper
 wage is not paid because taxes wouic
 have to be increased to small extent We cannot get SuHicfeut nuHiper o'
 competent teachers to conduct oul
 schools, and we are imperilling the edu
 cation of our children through policy
 which is as unwise as it Is indefensibiy parsimonious.
 'No organization of society can be en frightened or tolerable which does no | provide adequate opportunity for mel land their families through thrift an
 Industry to be decently fed. clad. an
 housed. and to earn a sufficient surpiu
 to enable them to provide against ms
 fortune and old age.
 "A strike among policemen. nreme1
 Tor other civil servants Is matter on
 lpeculiar footing. These men are sworl to uphold the law. When they break fait lit is as reprehensible as when a soidie refuses to obey orders. They cannot oei the state The paramount rights or tn community must always be inflexibiy ul | lheld This very fact. however. impose | upon government a high duty to aes |justly with them. It is notorious tna public servants are underpaid. As the cannot be permitted to strike for hisns wages. government must not take ao | vantage of their helpfulness.