Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-11

ment under the food control act, for broadening the scope of the war risk Insurance act, better provision for the dwindling number of aged veter- ans of the civil war and for the better support of the maimed and injured of the great war, and for making practi- cal the vocational rehabilitation act, has been by the republican congress.
 "We passed an oil leasing and wa ter power bill to unlock for the pub- lie good the great pent-up resources of the country; we have sought to check the profligacy of the admins the government and to husband the revenues derived from taxation. The republicans in congress have been re- sponsible for cuts i nthe estimates for government expenditures of nearly three billion dollars, since the sign ing of the armistice.
 "We enacted national executive budget law; we strengthened the fed eral reserve act to permit banks to lend needed assistance to farmers; we authorized financial interpretations to develop export trade; and finally amended the rules of the senate and house, which will reform evils in pro- cedure and guarantee more efficient and responsible government.
 Industrial Relations.
 "There are two different concep tions of the relations of capital and labor. The one is contractural and emphasizes the diversity of interest of employer and employe. The other is that of co-partnership in common task.
 eve recognize the justice of collect i've bargaining as means of promot- ing good will, establishing closer and more harmonious relations between employer and employees and realizing the true end of industrial peace.
 "The strike or lockout as a means of settling industrial disputes, inflicts such losses, suffering on the com munity s.s to justify government ini- tiative to reduce it's frequency and limit it's consequences.
 "We deny the right to strike against the government; but the rights and interests of all government employees must be safeguarded by impartial laws and tribunity.
 "In public utilities we favor the es- tablishment of an impartial tribunal to make an investigation of the facts and to render decision to the end that there may be no organized in- terruption of service to the lives and health and welfare of the people. The decisions of the tribunals to be mor- ally but not legally binding and an informed public sentiment be relied to secure their acceptance. The tribu- nal, however, should refuse to accept jurisdiction except for the purpose ot investigation as long as the public ser vice be interrupted.
 "For public utilities we favor the type of tribunal provided for in the transportation act of 1920.
 tIn private industries we do not advocate the principle of compulsory arbitration but we favor impartial commission and better facilities for voluntary mediation, conciliation and arbitration, supplemented by that full publicity which will enlist the influ- ence of an aroused public opinion. The government should take the lnl- tiative in inviting the establishment of tribunals or commissions for the purpose of voluntary arbitration ana investigation of this issue.
 "We demand the exclusion from in- of tho y,rOdnpfS Of convict labor"
 Mexico.
 "The ineffective policy of the pres ent administration in Mexican mat ters has been largely responsible for the continued loss of American lives in that country and upon our border; for the enormous loss of American and foreign property; for the lowering of American standards of morality and social relations with .MeXlcans; and for the bringing of American ide- als of justice and national honor ana political integrity into contempt ana ridicule in Mexico and throughout the world.
 "The policy of wordy, futile, writ ten protests against the acts of MeXl- can officials, explained the follow ing day by the president himself as being meaningless and not intended to be considered seriously or enforced, has but added in degree to that con- tempt and has earned for us the sneers and jeers of Mexican bandits and added insult upon insult against our national honor and dignity
 eve should not recognize any Mex ican government unless it be re- sponsible government willing and able to give sufficient guarantee that the lives and property of American citl- zens are respected and protected; that wrongs will be promptly corrected and just compensation will be made for injuries sustained, The republican party pledges itself to consistent, firm and effective policy towards Mexico that shall enforce respect for the American flag and that shall pro- tect the rights of American citizens lawfully in Mexico to security of hfe and enjoyment of property in connec- tion with an established international law and our treaty rights.
 "The republican party is sincere friend of the Mexican people. In It's insistence upon the maintenance of order for the protection of American