Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-01

may be attained by adjustment and
conciliation. can never stand upon its
frmest foundation until n higher sense
of loyalty TO the task permeates the
worker, and higher sense Of humani-
tartan brotherhood permeates the EN-
ployers Of America.
II do not think of this reawakening
of higher conscience upon both sides
In terms of generalities, and / regard 1t
as being one Of the humane functions of
which our government is capable to
saturate the industrial life Of our coun-
try with a spirit which will tend to
reunite parties Of discord.
''One measure OF social justice ard
social welfare not often catalogued in
this manner, but perhaps more i'm
portant than any we have considered.
Is the enforcement Of law. Ii will not
be my business when elected to decide
what the laws shall be. 1t will be
legitimate for me to invoke public opin :
ion for their enactment, but such a call
to public opinion must be based more
upon the duty of the executive of the
nation to give facts to the people than
upon his desire to give opinion, theory
and propaganda.
THE enforcement of law Is an ex =
NNutAfN iVopohblDlllg uh'l nluSl bt
undertaken by the executive without
regard for his personal approval or dis =
approval Of the law, which it has been
the peoples will to enact. Whatever
your achievement may be in the world
your concern, AZ mine, Is principally
with the American home and you, with
me, will realize that we must have
throughout the land a respect for law
abiding principles.
1--WE must all condemn without quail =
ification the failure of enforcement OF
prohibition, just as we must oil con
denim the failure Of established author
ity to prevent outrages of violence, such
as lynching.
No Fear Of "SOleinn Referendum"
Concluding with reference to the
nations foreign relations, Senator
Harding said:
II have so much faith in the rare
good sense of American womanhood,
so much confidence in the intelligence
of the women of America, that do not
fear their final judgment in the solemn
| referendum on the course Of our nation
in its foreign relationships.
ut should require more than the
mere assertion of those who promised
but utterly failed, to keep America out
of the war, to convince thoughtful men
or thoughtful women that the additional
| signature of the United States to the
Paris covenant will keep the world out
of war.
One Is either very brave, or a very
! foolish, man or woman who woulC
favor the execution Of mortgage
| pledging the human and material re
sources of the United States to an en-
| terprise, not only doubtful. but more
capable Of breeding war than of pre-
serving peace.
II do not believe in a mvrtgaged
America. We shall do our full share
| in the rehabilitation Of war worn anC
war torn Europe. But / want to dc
it as a free-will Offering in such
measure and at such time as we may
ourselves determine. l do not want tt
| put ourselves and all we possess IL
| pawn, pledged to an adventure, the
extent Of which, and the end of which
no man can foresee.
The Difference
Here is the difference between oul
opponents and ourselves. There is nc
difference between us in our desire tc
help. But those who seek to induce
America to join the Paris league would
have us pledge ourselves body and
soul. We and the American people
the fathers. sons. wives, daughters ant
mothers, reject the hazard of foreclosure
on America at the will of others. w,
intend to hold our resources in ou
own hands to be given, not taken. Il
is for us to keep our conscience ant
our honor on our own hcarths.
Upon that principle, and becaus,
our conscience and our honor are still
ours. favor an association of free ma
tions. and ! care not what il be callet
or who has furnished the name
Il know that the mothers ant
wives of America do not wish to Civ,
their sons and husbands for sacrific,
at the call of an extra constitutions
body like the council of the Paris
league. ! know that the mothers ant
wives of America will give them onl,