The Washington herald., 1921-09-27
URGES
EFFORTS TO GIVE
EVERY MANA JOB
Declares America Must
Set an Example to
The World.

President Harding's address =.
the opening of the unemploymcn.
conference was as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen Of the CO.
ference:
II Is a pleasure 20 express 20 Won,
in advance Of your labors the graft
tude OF the government for yo.r
service 10 the nation. Perhaps il is
not too much to say. a service 60
the world. Not so very long since
I was receiving the call OF a dis
tinguished foreigner. and in tho
course Of our conversation he a.
luded to the conference which IS
met this morning and said: "Mr
President, our people are deeply So
terested in the American confe--
ence on unemployment, because our
problem is akin to your own s1i
your relief in the United States
will be an added signal Of hope
from America to us and other pco-
pies who are alike depressed"
That remark Of q distinguished
foreigner emphasized our responsi-
bility. II IL be true that no citizen
is without example TO some C-c
among his fellows. which ! believe
to be everlastingly true. then ma
tions, great and small. are inflUenr-
ing others in all they DO.
Depression Due 90 War.
You are invited together 20 con
slider a condition which is g. no
wise peculiar to the United s 'rs.
The Industrial depression which
we are feeling is a war inheritance
throughout the world. We sav- hu-
manity stressed in that productiUn
which is impelled by nations de
perate in self-preservation. We -trv
the Industrial call TO arms w.-Ch
marshaled the family as well as re
| accustomed bread-winners and
saw the spiritual, mental and phys
cal might of the people cast in the
scales measuring the might OF the
republic. From such a test there t.
inevitable reaction. To such h.ig Is
| there is necessary ascent and ir s.
capable descent. With the Wa-.l
involved there is no escape Tor NV
Of the world from the valleys Of
| depression. Though we suffered less
| than many of those with whom We
were associated and less than any
| of those against whom we conte nd
| ed, Il was Inevitable that VIC should
experience the fever's aftermath.
and come to know depression before
/ we could become normal again
Liquidation, reorganization. read
justment, re-establishment. taking 81
count of things done and the sobe
contemplation of things 70 be doIa.
the finding OF firm ground and th.
open, sure and onward way-an thsse
are a part Of the inevitable, and h-
who thinks they might have been
avoided by this plan or that, or th.~
policy or that or this international
relationship or that, only hugs a dela-
sion, when reason is needed for a safe
counsel
UnemrIoyment Chief Concern.
Even though the worlds storehouses
were depleted, at the same time ~"
finances were unbalanced, and none
was ready to store a war crop for the
more deliberate consumption OF peace
Momentarily there was elation, but u
was not the glow Of abiding health.
: We mistook elation for restoration, to-
day we are met in realization. You
have been summoned 20 counsel AL
! America to apply your knowledge ami
. your experience in relieving a condi-
. ton which concerns all America,
: Specifically. you are to deal with un
: employment, TO suggest the way OF re-
: pairing the arteriar circulation which
is the very life blood OF the republic
l There is alN ays unemployment Un
r der most fortunate conditions, I an
: told, there are 10000 in the United
D States who are not at work. The
= figures are astounding only because
s we are a 10O. .oe0. 600. and this psrasi,
: percentage is always with us.
Bue there is excessive unemployment
today, and we are concerned, not alohl
about its diminution. but we are frank
ly anxious. under the involved condi
tions, lest II grow worse, with hard
ships of the winteS season soon to b
met -
Must Try 90 solrs Problem.
Ii / do not venture TO quote the stats
l. ticians. whether the maximum r -ure.
: are accurate or the minimum NOR
dependable. Owing 20 the far swiAl
from intensive erdeavor and the q
: fort to get down TO solid foundations
= coupled with the difficulty Of readjus;
ing expenditure corporate an,
). indIvidual-from abnormal 70 normal
i the problem OF unemployment is IN
= most difficult with which we are con
. fronted.
But there are no problems affectin
A. our nationsl life and the welfare @
II the American people which We ca
not and will not solve IL we IA
D, today we will try again tomorrow
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