New-York tribune., 1920-08-10

ate in the last session fell on appar-
emily deaf ears.
In the administrative branch also
great changes must take place. The
be redistributed along common-sense
lines and methods provided TO standard
ize andprevent duplication of effort.
/ Further, it is high time that govern
ment employment be placed upon n
proper level. Under the safeguard of
civil service the salaries must approxi-
mate those paid in private employ.
To-day we are faced with the fact that
the majority of the most efficient gov
ernment employees leave the service
when they are becoming most valuable
The less useful remain. Many millions
of dollars could be saved to the tax
payers by reclassification of the serv-
ice, by the payment of adequate com
pensation and by the rigid elimination
of those who fail to measure up to a
high standard. All of this also has
been called to the attention of the pres
! ent Congress without result, and Con-
gress only can authorize the remedy.
| 1t is particular pleasure to know
in the election the country will have
as its Chief Executive a man who has
already amply established his reputa-
tion as a successful administrator by
the reorganization of the business
methods of great state. He is an
engineer statesman. The task before
the national government can also be
assisted by sympathetic cooperation
between the executive and the legisla-
tive branches, and IN this work par
tlsanship must not enter,
In tho cOnc ia ro+;ox, &c
the country and the conduct of its af-
fairs like to dwell particularly on that
part of Lincolns immortal phrase
which speaks of government for the
people" Service on the part of men
and women in the government is not
enough. 1t must be unselfish service.
1T must be service with sufficient
breadth of view to include the needs
and conditions of every kind of citizen,
OF every section of the land Such a
| Dody OF workers would make impossible
a return to the conditions of twenty
years ago, when men in the halls Of
Congress and the executive branches
almost openly represented special in
terests or considered the obtaining of
appropriations for their own localities
as of more weight than the welfare
OF the United States as a whole. Such
a spirit of unselfishness would prevent
also the formation of cliques or oil
garchies IN the Senate for the retard-
ing of public business.
Americas opportunity is at hand. We
can lead the world by a great example;
we can prove this nation a living,
growing thing, with policies that are
adequate ITO new conditions. In thou
sand ways this is our hour of test. The
democratic program offers a larger life
Tor our country, richer destiny for
our people. 1t is plan of hope. In
these chiefly let it be our aim to build
up, not to tear down: Our opposition
is to the things which once existed, in
order that they may never return. We
oppose money in politics, we oppose the
private control of national finances,
we oppose the treating of human be-
lngs as commodities, we oppose the
saloon bossed city. we oppose starva-
tion wages. we oppose rule by groups
mere period of coma in our national
life.
A Better Tomorrow
A greater America is our objective.
Definite and continuing study shall be
made of our industrial, fiscal and
social problems. Definite and con-
tinuing action shall result therefrom,
and neither the study nor the action
shall be left to emotional caprice or
the opportun1sm OF any groups OF
! men. We need a cooperation Of the
ablest and the wisest heads in the
land, irrespective of their politics,
The coming years are laden with
significance, and much will depend on
| the immediate decision of America.
| This is the time when men and women
must determine for themselves where
in our future lies. I look to it for
progress. In the establishment of
good will and mutual help among
nations, in the ending of wars and the
miseries that wars bring, in the ex-
tension of honorable commerce, in
the international settlement which
will make it unnecessary to send again
| two million of our men across the sea
look to our future for progress; in
better citizenship, in less waste, in
| fairer remuneration for our labor, in
more efficient governing, in higher
standards of living.
To this future l dedicate myself
willing, whatever may be the choice
OF the people, to continue to help as
best / am able. 1t is the faith which
is in me that makes me very Ger
tain that America will choose the path
of progress and set aside the doctrines
of despair, the whisperings Of coward
ice, the narrow road to yesterday
May the Guiding Spirit Of our land
keep our feet on the broad road that
leads to better tomorrow and give
to US strength to carry oni