Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-07-22

bility of such service and added.
The government might well
stamp railway employment with the
ssnctity of public service and guar
antee to the railway employees that
justice which voices the American
conception of Righteousness on the
one hand and assures continuity Of
service on the other"
In his reference to prohibition ana
law enforcement he said:
People ever will differ about the
wisdom of the enactment of Jaw
there is divided opinion regarding
the Eighteenth amendment and the
laws enacted 10 make il Operative
but there can be no differences e
opinion about honest law enforce
ment. Modification or repeal is fhs
right of a free people, whenever the
deliberate and intelligent public SEN
timent commands, but perTersion
and evasion mark the paths to the
failure Of government itself"
Speaking from the viewpoint OF
the wage Garner as well as the en-
ployer, he said:
''The chief trouble today. is that
the world war wrought the destruc-
ton of healthful Competition. left
our storehouses empty, AMI there
is a minimum production when our
need is maximum. Maximumx. not
minimums, is the call of America
War also establishes its higher
standards for wages, and they abide
l wish the higher wages to abide. on
one explicit condition-that the
wage-earner will give full return
for the wage received. 1t Is the
best assurance we can have for q
reduced cost OF living Mark you.
am ready to acclaim the highest
standard of pay, but I would be
blind 10 the responsibilities that
mark this fateful hour If / did not
caution the wage-earners Of Ameri-
ca that mounting wages and de-
creased production can lead only to
industrial and economic ruin
He appeals to every son and
daughter of the republic and every
producer Ito join hands and br1ia
I in production, more productions
I honest production. patriotic pre-
duction. because patriotic prodz{c<
! ton is no less defense bf our t<1<
civilization than that OF armed
force. Profiteering is crime Or
commission, under-production i :
crime of omission We must work
our most and best, else the de-
structive reaction will come"
The insistent CALL" said he. is
for labor, management and capital
to reach understanding. / want tbs
employers in industry TO Understand
the aspirations. the Convictions the
yearnings Of the millions Of Ameri-
AN wage-earners, and I want the
wage-earners to understand the
problems. the anxieties. the obliga-
tons of management and capital.
, and all of them must Understand
their relationship to the people and
their obligations TO the republic
Out of this understanding will come
the unanimous committal to econ
onic justice. and in economic JUS
tice lies that social justice which -
the highest essential TO human
happiness"
'Our party Platform fairly ex-
presses the conscience Of Republic
cans on industrial relations. No
party is indifferent 10 the welfare
OF the wage-earner. To US his good
fortune is of deepest concern. and
we seek to make that good fortune
permanent. We do not oppose but
approve collective bargaining. be-
cause that is an outstanding right.
but we are unalterably insistent
that its exercises must not destroy
the equally sacred right of the in
dividual in his necessary pursuit
of livelihood. Any American has
the right to quit his employment,
so has every American the right to
seek employment. The group mnsx
not endanger the individual, and
we must discourage groups preylng
upon one another. and none shall be
allowed to forget that governments
obligations are alike to all the peo-
ple."
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