Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-16
N,LEONARD WOOD
FLAYS THE OUTLAW
GROUP OF LABOR
Letter Read at Playhouse Meet
inc in His Behalf. Last
Evening.
STIRRING ADDRESSES
BY THE SPEAKERS

The outlaw group of labor was flayed
last night in n letter read from MAJOR
General Leonard Wood at the meeting
held m The Playhouse under the auspices
Of tho Leonard Wood League of Delaware.
In the letter, organized labor was COM
mcntlcd for its stability and conservatism.
General Wood declared that the PROPOSE
tion confronting this country today Is
whether this country Is 90 have govern
mont under tho Constitution based on the
stable clements of law and order or
whether II Is 10 be n government that Is
really no government.
Tho letter. nm which General Wood
expressed his regret NJ being unable to be
present, IN part follows:
The foreigner who is willing TO be-
come one of us has always been welcome,
but The alien Rcd Is not never has been,
and never will hc welcome. lie may be
well organized and sccmngly well en-
trcnchcd but real Amercanism today
i iorcwarncd and forcarmcd against nm.
To-day thcyaro talking about the one
hig unon. by which they mean anti
American organization against American
solidarity. There can be but one Dig
uulop and that IA the one we fought 10
save-a loyal American union, run by
Americans cost what It may organizoh
labor has been stable and conservative,
bur now il Is having a tight of its own
with the destructive elements which have
managed IN some way 90 secure entrance
a. us ranks. Organized labor, therefore,
TODAY with an other Americans, Is trying
H. withstand an attack Of the outlaw
rroup which IL trying 10 bring us under
~ blind control
This government is going to be run
with n recognition of supremacy OF law,
the rights of property, Of the individual
and of mankind, was the statement oil
General Wood, who declared that there
must bc no class legislation, no autoc-
racv either of wealth, labor or power,
Int n real democracy governed IN
spirit of cooperation and helpfulness. In
his conclusion General Wood urged the
adoption of the League of Nations with
reservations. 50 that America will he free
10 follow the will of the American people.
MOSES RAPs BoLsHEvIsM.
United states Senator George III. Moses,
az New Hampshire, the first speaker of
the evening. commended the many quail
fe,tions of Gcne eral Wood. He raped
Balshcvism and the Red menace IN the
country. GfndNpt ANite'S - beAiN HfSNS
rs follows.
Ours IS a direct Affirmative campaign
for the nomination and election of
Leonard Wood TO the Presidency Of the
United states" said Senator Moses,
"lccause o all men now contending for
this high honor he best fits the situation.
Political issues change from time to
time. 4 year ago the most impressive
question confronting the United States
was the readiustment of its foreign rela-
tons but always IN the middle distance
las stood a problem more Immediately
inrortant and upon the proper settlement
ol which depends absolutely the stability
of the family of nations. That question
comprehends the adjustment of our
relations with ourselves; and It never
loomed more gravely Impressive than at
the present moment.
Our domestic tranquility Is Of prime
consequence. The relations of tho domes-
tic groups who make UP the complex of
American citizens are IN a state of iiux
owing 20 the tremendous upheavel
caused hv the war and consequent upon
the taking out frum the active national
life Of four millions of workers, and owing
10 the necessity OF meeting with snap shot
Judgment crisis which have arisen in our
domestic relationships the question now
immediately confronts the United States
whether the basis Of relationships too
hastily established and for the purpose of
meeting a great emergency can be con-
tnued or whether IT IS necessary to
sweep aside the artificial and unnational
relationships which have grown up and
TO bring the country back TO Its family
condition with n government OF laws and
not OF men. with liberty under law and
with n stern and vigorous expression of
unadulterated Americanism.
The test requires a strong mana
man trained as an executive and possessed
of human qualities, because Leonard Wood
is such a strong man, because his human
sympathy Is broad and expanding. be-
cause his experiences at home and abroad
have given him a preliminary training
necessary to grapple the problems such as
now confronts US. we advocate bis nomina-
tion and his election, and we count his
nomination and election as sure to take
place. BY political vote and by every
other expression of public opinion he has
shown himself the first amongst the
candidates IN the field for this great honor.
lie stand forth as the only candidate
whose support IS truely national, and
the country counts the months until
this great American should take the helm.
pilot the nation through the troubled
waters and bring the American people
safely into the port. with peace, pros
perity, self respect and good will.
FRor. M'ELRoY's ADDRESS.
DR.. r. NJ McElroy, professor of
political economy at Princeton Univer-
sity was the next speaker. DR. McElroy
spent several years IN China at the request
OF the Chinese government lecturing on
representative government.
DIR. McElrov, went into much detail
discussing the many sided nature of
General Wood. from the ability he demon
strated as a military organizer to the
ability displayed as q civil administrator
in Cuba and the Philippine Islands.
lie said in his conclusion IF you want
d strong. sane, efficient leadership. reign
- ,sw. the square deal, and equal justice
Recn man and man. back Leonard
"a ! citizen with the ways OF a soldier
the heart OF America"
N>Ioncl Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., and
A-governor William y. Runyon of New
Jersey were unable to be present as the
General Assembly OF New York of which
the former Is a member and the Legisla-
ture OF New Jersey, OF which the latter is
member. are both in the closing days of
their sessions.
Colonel Thomas ". Miller. one of the
campaign leaders IN the east. after read
ing the letter from General Wood,
briefly reviewed the results being OBJ