El Nuevo mexicano., 1920-03-11
P0ULTICES AND WOOD

eu1pt to- draw a cOut1aSb ~HTuBatof y
General Leonard Wood between some 81
Lefances Of the general regarding treat
mant Of industrial unrest and 4 statesmen
BY Herbert Hoover on the SAME SUI
Iect This paper says:
Vigorous quarantine and a firm pol
Icy. General Wood prescribed as q cure
for Industrial unrest Ne thought civil
authorities should Act quickly and fore
ihly. ~ these authorities are unable or
unwilling" to cope with these out
breaks the general says, II Is necessary
TO bring In the army to ~straighten ont
the trouble.
About the same time Herbert Hoo
YER WAS making d speech In New York.
He touched upon the relationship be-
tween employer and employee declaring
that until recently this country great
50 large Va element III 5Ef productivity.
and boldly proclaimed that t1is neglect
had accumulated much Of the discomfort
throughout the industrial population.
There could be no mare striking III
Mskfati0n Of the two methods ofs deal
ing with Industrial nnrost. General
Wood, as a surgeon, would not trg to
cure u cancer BY covering II over with
a poullioe that would merely conceal At
from view. But els a soldier that -
the kind Or social surgery he would ap-
ply to tho industrial situation iii the
United States. He was successful at
Gary, it "A true, in suppressing the out
ward evidences OF unrest and restoring
order. But he did not cure the situation.
as future developments VIII show. bnt
merely made it worse. Enough OF that
kind Of scurcsn would merely accne
miulate sufficient bitterness to give The
reyOlutionist his awaited opportunity.
mir. Hoover knows that II IS the hui
man element in industry that ii being
overlooked. One Of two things IS traes
Either the w~orlangGnan has d grievance
Of he thinks he has and IN either event
the only cure il TO find the human side
OF the worker, gain hts confidence and
give him a square deal or let him SEQ
TINT he is already getting II. That
never will be done with bayonets."
Firmness, setrness II need be, and fair
and humanity are not Incompatible.
This Is not q very ingenious argument
The writer overiooks the fact that diplo
has been q very important part o.
ieneral Woods training; that To al nnuaial
egree be has an understanding sympathy
nth all classics and sfonditions of men, that
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5mats. savage peoples and domestic riots
% has always mingled firmness with wIae
and a humorous, human point o.
and that hts remarkable sucAess as
a administrator has been largely due 10
Is knowledge Of human nature and free
from the purely military viewpoint, II
} d little ridiculous to paint Leonard Wood
y the apostle OF physical force. On the
Their hand Herbert Hoover would not hold
he respect OF the American people as he
nes except for the grain Of the anne tough
Der Of character possessed by Wood Both,
e have no doubt, would be equally firm ID
xecuilTe position when 1t came 70 enforc.
X rcspect for constituted government and
uttinR down defiance of the law. General
Wood, however, has had opportunity 10
enonstrate his ability in such crises.
The logic Of the Michigan paper not
oppressive. The country has been suffer
IL already from poultice treatment Of
ldustriai unrest and lawlegsness. Weak.
need policies and on occasion ahiect sur
have iniiamcd arrogant labor organ
IN their attempt to override the
There Is only one thing 10 do
IN violence and that Is 10 put Il down
uickly. decisfveiy and effectlVely43 You
ont stop TO study the Human hlelof'
hen d man says TO hell with the courts
i'd the law and acts accordingly: and the
eed Of the hour is for q president who Win
81 only work vigorously Tor the establish
lent Of industrial justice bat who VIII dem
with eqnnl xIgor that law ls 81.
and that the public shall have pro-
and Justice a All times.
II Is q curious position 70 lake thot en-.
lrcement 81 the law and preservation ot
RIDER viii promote revolution and che only
ference from ne editorial quoted II that
|rIkaa, rlota. paralysis Of industry. DINA
lilink ana loolinR should he allowed 10
roca8d unchecked until the human side
( lhe worker. Is found ard he il given q
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