The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
NATION EXPRESSED
 OPINION AGAINST
 LAbORCOOL|DGE
Vice President-EIeCt Warns of Danger That Labor Might Be Divorced From Part
 in Government
By Associated Press

Boston, November 24-Vice President elect Coolidge. speaking last night before a group of Boston business men, as- serted that in the last election the coun- try had expressed it's opinion against organized labor as it had few years ago against organized capital and warned against the danger that labor might be divorced from part in the government just as organized capital had been di- vorced The issue of the League of Nations, Governor Coolidge said, had not been decided by the people.
 'I doubt" he said, If any particular mandate was given at the last election on the question of the League of Ma tions, and that was the preponderent is- sue. In the south where there was de- cided opposition to the league they voted the democratic ticket And as far as the League of Nations was concerned in the north, the voting was with equal or even greater preponderence in favor of the republican ticket and. of course many men voted this who were in favor of the league. With them it became sim ply a question of supporting the repub- lican or democratic party. So you can't say that there was a preponderance of votes against the League of Nations"
 Governor Coolidge said that although he did not know what is "in the mind Of Senator Harding except what he had gathered from his speeches in regard 10 the league, he did know that the League of Nations brought back by President Wilson was dead
 In his reference to organized labor Governor Coolidge recalled that in an
 IL. winter he pointed out the growth of cor porate wealth which had brought with it the fear that it would undermine the foundations and dominate our govern n.ent" and that this fear resulted in ''the curtailment of corporate power and in- fluence in our government"
 And then I also called attention,'' he continued, ''to what I thought was com- ing to very similar situation on the part of the organized labor. which play ed so importan. a part in influencing the machinery of our government. think the peoppe of our country needed that warning ard carried out that de- termination regarding organized labor at the last election.
 "But now we 60 not want to make the same mistake with organized labor that was made with organized capital--to di- vorce it entirely from the affairs of gov
  alt the organizations we have in Ameri- ca that will tend to upbuild and improve, to act together for the common good Of all We don. want to disintegrate any of the forces of good. We want all the sound advice and counsel we can get from whatever source. There is grave danger of a reaction at the present time, of reaction that will not be of perma- nent benefit to the United States. You know when the people of the United States get started along given line they are apt to go to extremes, or to go further than the facts and circumstances warrant. It may be well for all. of us to realize that the government of the United States was organized for justice to all that eacn should have an influ- ence in it's controL'
 The dinner at which the governor spoke was given in his honor by the Commercial, Merchants and Beacon clubs at the Algonquin club.