The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-26
CAN'T SOLVE PROBLEM
BY GOVERNMENT Aims,
PRESIDENT DECLARES
Remedy Is Cooperation of
Capital, Labor and
Public.
Full text of President Hard.
ing's speech appears on page 8.


ing's speech appears on page 8.
Washington. Sept 26.-(Unit-
ed Press.)-AII America must
commit itself to the solving of
the unemployment problem,
President Harding declared to-
day.
Opening the national unem-
plOyment conference. the pres
ident confidently predicted the
United States will not fail in
the task, which he characteriZ-
ed as an advance drive of peace.
"AIl America has never fall
ed when committed TO cOm-
mon came" he said.
After H6rding'S address and
speech by Secretary Of COM
merce Hoover the first session
of the conference adjourned
until 3 p. IN.
Both Harding aad Hoover en-
phasized that the situation must d
never be solved by the giving OF
government aims from the public
treasury.
The president made it very clear
that the federal treasury must not
be called upon to relieve the stu
alton. He insisted that the remedy
lies in the cooperation of capital,
labor and the public.
All Must Work
Fundamentally sound, fnan-
cially strong, industrially unim-
paired, commercially consistent and
politically unafraid. there ought to
be work for everybody in the Unit
ed States who chooses to work,
and our condition at home and our
place in the world depends on ev-
erybody going to work and pursu-
ing with that patriotism and devo-
ton which make for a happy peo-
ple," Harding said
America, he added, is now suffer-
ing from a war Inheritance which
was inevitable and prompt mitiga-
tion is imperative.
Cooperative service to the un-
employed and not charity must be
the aim of the conference, Secre-
tary Hoover declared in his brief
speech outlining the program in
a general way.
No Charity, Hoover Warns.
The dole" given unemployed IN
other countries is the most viclOoS
system ever introduced into govern
ment," Hoover said. 1t must not
be employed here, he warned Il
the United States is TO be saved
from destructive paternahsm.
THE administration, he said,
expects fine results from the CO
operation of manufacturers, enl-
ployers and public bodies. The task
of this conference is TO mobilize and
guide the sense CT service II We
initiate, the American people will
follow. The community simply IS
waiting for guidance"
Hoover said there is no ques-
ton that We are on the economic
upgrade Every sign indicates that
We have passed the low economic
point"
The present degree of unemploy-
ment cannot, however. continue, ne
said. If our moral and economic
system IS 10 survive"
Must Meet Winter Needs.
Outlining the general program Of
the conference Hoover said its fr5t
task is to get the facts about un-
employment. as 10 its volume. dis
tributi0n and character because
the proposals you make depend on
the weight of the problem
+ Next. he said the Immediate neef
for the coming winter must be
COPIED with Then the restoration
Of commerce and employment gen
orally 10 normal mus, be assisted
Preventive measures against re
{ currence Of acute reactions which
result in unemployment Is also
/ vital part OF the work, Hoover said.
. Names Conference Committee.
F Hoover said the quickest Way to
get results would be 20 organize at
once into committees and take up
the various phases Of the problem
+ IN them. rather than in general
discussion. In accord with q reso-
luton passei by the conference.
: Hoover named the following con-
mIttee 70 prepare the conference
program. select committees and as
sign Of the various phases Of the
/ unemployment problem
James Couzens. millionaire may
, or Of Detroit: Ida NJ Tarbeu. New
. York. Thomas Y. OCOnHor. 9resI-
dent Of the LCugsau-eaueu anon,
BEhalo. Charles II. SChwab, new
/ York {. H. Markham, Chicago,
president Of the Illinois Central
railroad Matthew Vol. Chicago,
vice president Of the American
i Federation Of Labor; Samuel Nc
Cane Lindsay. New York profes-
sor of social legislation. Columbia
university: julius Barnes, Duluth,
Mich: Clarence Mott Hooliey,
president Of the American Radia-
tor company: Harry s. Robinson,
Los Angeles. former member Of the
/ United States shipping board.