Arizona republican., 1920-02-28
MENACE IN J. $. TODAY RESTLESSENESS, SAYS. HEAD OF UNIVERSITY

Primarily in Phoenix to meet the
 local alumni of Northwestern .univer-
 sity, Lynn Harold Hough, the univer-
 f1ty's new president and a man with
 ms finger on the public pulse. expressed
 himself on the national spirit of rest ltsSneSs to a reported for The Repub- Ecan last night
 am not here particularly for the purpose of bringing any particular message to the people of this com snunlty, laughingly remarked the uni Nefslty president but irlasmuch as you have asked me to say a word or so, shall try to give you some out
 standing thoughts that have come to
 me as a result Of my travels recently, 1uth ta Europe and in this country. And l might say at the outset that the one thing that is very clear to me is tlle need of England and America get ting together and standing together.
 Tn this lies the hope of the world
 When pr. Hough speaks of affairs m England and America he talks on a subject he has well in hand. During the early period of the war he was sent to England for the purpose of fostering spirit of cooperation be- INeen the two nations On this mis- son he spoke from the public patform n England. Ireland and Scotland in- tfpreting to the people of these coun- frIes Americas attitude toward the war He had the rare opportunity of sikInS an active part in public Iige in England, not only during the war, but during the time the armistice negotia- tons were closed and since that time
 As Tor America, the first thing we need is production" continued Dr. Hough. That. of course. is universally recognized and conceded by now If we can get out of this spirit of rest isssness,' he continued. we will have lived up to our democratic principles. One of the best thing that could hap pen to us now would be tremendous attack of poise. At this minute we are not in danger so much from the Reds as from those who see red"
 You mean by that from those who are obsessed with the idea that the
 Reds are getting the upper hand he was asked
 Precisely. After all. there are not so many Reds in our country The danger lies in letting this fear of the
 Reds create the very situation We Fear Sane, level-headed thought and action and an open mind are the best Red antidotes.
 "What we must do is to be careful lest we have a run on the bank of civilization. You know. d bank no matter how solvent, could not with stand the strain if all it's depositors were seized with panic and began to withdraw their deposits. And so it is with nations. Let this hysteria take hold of the country, and we then face a run on our democratic institutions. There is no need of such a panic. All this unrest is an inevitable attack of nerves resulting from the war. of course. there are groups. many of them, | having grievances which we must con elder But 1T we go at it Saneiy we | can bring about readjustments with ! nor serious inconvenience or damage to | industrial, commercial and govern ment institutions.
 -In other words, this tremendous rush | 0f new life that we witness must be i guided Stop spring freshet and you | are soon face to face with a proposi- | .ion that is beyond your control As t with the spring freShet. so it is with | this stream of new life that we see flowing about us everywhere. It is | possible to guide it and turn it to good | purpose. We must not try to dam it up | pr go dead against it.
 AS for the so-called Reds them selves in this country. we make a mis- ake when we make martyrs of them. We. as a people, are chivalrous. you <now- In a country where the ma oEity of the people can get almost anything they want through political the vote-revolution < folly and insanity. It is only where people are not allowed to express them 'eives through political freedom that evolution is justified And that frleIiy. IS Just why no sane man would hink of q revolution in the United States"
 Dr. Hough then spoke of the tenden- ,ies of people and affairs he had ieen them during his tour from coast o coast, the tour which he is now bringing to a close.
 The great thing that 1 have ob- served of late,T he continued. lis the endency of men of affairs-either con 'ciously or not-to hold a more open hind on these things about which we Ire so much concerned at the present.
 T have spoken before chambers of commerce.. business mems clubs. city iubs. and other forms of business and 'ivic organizations in many of the principal cities in the United States, turing the pats year or so and upon ookfng back over the course, the most in fact. the outstanding eature is this increasing willingness nd even desire of big men to meet ieretofore antagonizing issues on a middle ground. And that. you will see, s the big thing: it is a long step to- Fard a solution of this present rest l ulness."