Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-26

deliberate consumption Of peace. Mo
mentariIy there was citation, bar it was
not the glow Of abiding health. We mis-
took citation for restoration, today we
are met in realization You have been
summoned 20 counsel all America to ap-
ply your knowledge Gud experience in
relieving a condition which concerns all
America. Specifically YOU are to deal
with unemployment. to suggest the way
ofsrepalriug the arterial c!rculs ton which
is the very likelihood Of the republic.
UNEMPLOYMENT
ALWAYS FOUND.
There IS always unemployment. Tn
der most fortunate conditions, I am told.
there are a million ana half In the
United states WAC are not al WORK. i ne
figures are astounding only because we
are a hundred million and this parasite
percentage Is always with US.
But there is excessive acknowledgement
today and We are concerned not alone
about this diminUJ!on, bur We are frank
u anxious under the involved &c d.
tionS. lest Il grow worse. with har. Is
OF the winter season sOon 10 be ine
Il DO not venture TO quote the stat
isticiaus. whether the maximum figures
are accurate. or the minimum more de-
pendable. owing to the fair swing from
intensive endeavOr and the effort 10 get
down to solid foundation. coupled with
the difficulty Of readjustiug expenditures,
public. corporate aud individual, from
abnormal 10 normai-the problem of IN
employment is the most difficult Win
which we are confronted.
But there ara no problems ahectlnG
orr national life and the welfare of the
American people which we can not anu
will NOT solve II We fail today We Will
try acain tomorrow. There has been vast
Unemployment before ana viii he again.
There viii he depre sion and Initiation,
lust as surely as the tides eDO ana
flow. but we can mitigate. We can snort
en- Duration we can commit al America
to relief. And all America mas never
failed when committed 20 common
cause IT. ont of Your couusels, there
comes . remedy which all America hflp-
fully NAV apply today. 1t may be help
fully, employed some time a ..l.153 "hea
NATIoN SOUND,
SAYS PRESIDENT.
at IS fair to say that you are not
asked to solve the long controverted
problems of our social system. We nave
builded the America of today on the
Fundamentals OF economic. industrial and
political life which made us what we are.
and the temple requires no rema@lng
now. We are incpntestably sound.
I'VE are constitutioualIy strong We
are merely depressed after the fever and
we want 10 know the speediest and de-
p@ndabIe convalescence. When We know
the way everybody in America. capital
aud labor. employer and employees. cap
tains Of industry and the orlYates IN the
trenches Will 30 over the top in the ad-
vance drive Of peace.
Frankly. IL is difficult TO know whether
we have reached that bedrock TO which
reaction runs before the upward course
begins but here are representatives Of
the forces which make for all we are, or
ever can be, and your soundlnss ought 10
be reliable.
Il would have little enthusiasm for any
proposed relief which seeks either pallla-
tion or tonic from the public treasury
The excess Of stimulation from that
source ia to he reUkoned 8 cause Of
trouble rather than q source If cure.
We could achieve but little in remedial
way if we continued to excite con
Ut is not my thought TO suggest your
lines Of conference. Mr.. Hoover, the Sec
( rotary Of Commerce, to whom has been
committed the arrangements for this lln-
portant meeting. Will present the aEenda.
have wished TO say to you that the
people of tine United States are very deep
" Interested not alone the unemployed,
but all who are concerned for our com
mon veal and the world is looking on
to find helpfulness in our American eX-
ample Fund.- mentally sound, financially
strong. iudustrially uuimpaired. CONNER
cially consistent and politically uu8fralt,
there ought to be work for everybody IN
the United States who chooses 10 work.
and our condition at home and our place
! in the world depends on everybody gong
to work and pursuing It with thaJ pa
triotism and devotion which make for
fortunate and happy people.
In accordance with resolution passed
/ by the conferees, Hoover named the fol
/ lowing permanent committee to prepare
the conference program, select committees
and assign to them various phases of the
unemployment problem:
I James Couzens. millionaire mayor Of
Detroit: Ida NJ Tarbeu. New York;
Thomas Y. O'Connor, president Of the
/ IorrsF remeu's Union. Buffalo: Charles
~ alb, New York; c. II. Markham.
/ C2 go. president of the Illinois Central
Railroad; Matthew VOL. Chicago, vice
president of the American Federation of
Labor; Samuel McCune Lindsay. New
York. professor Of Socisl legislation, Co
lumbia University; Julius II. Barnes On
luth. Mimi; Clarence Mott Wooley. De-
troit. president Of the American Radiator
Company; Harry S. Robinson, Los An
geles. former member of the United States
shipping board.