The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-26
QUIT HUGGINC
DELuSION, PLEA
OF PRESIDENT
Harding Describes Present In
dustrial Situation as War
Inheritance Throughout the
World" in Opening Session.
HITS TREASURY TONIC
(Ry Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Sept 26.--
The national unemployment confer
ence, which the administration hopes
will evolve means of putting the ma
tion's involuntary idle back to work
was formally opened by President
Harding here today.
Addressing the half hundred indus
trial, economic, and labor leaders
comprising the conference, the presi-
dent described the present industrial
depression as war inheritance
throughout the world" for which, as
applied to the United States he would
have little enthusiasm for any pro-
posed relief which seeks either pallia-
ton or tonic from the public treas
ury."
Belief was expressed by the presi-
dent that the result of the conference
would extend beyond the borders of
tn United States and that the dele
gates in their deliberations would be
performing service to the world
Urges Patriotic Work.
fundamentally sound. financially
strong, industrially unimpaired, COM
mercially consistent and politically
unafraid." the president asserted
there ought to be work for everybody
in the United States who chooses TO
work and our condition at home and
our place in the world depends on ev-
erybody going to work and pursuing
it with that patriotism and devotion,
which makes for fortunate and hap
py people"
The president declared that the
open, sure, and onward way" to rid
the nation of the wars aftermath of
depression involved liquidation. re-
organization, readjustment, re-estab-
lishment taking account of things
things to be DONE
Any other way. he added, was only
hugging a delusion The delegates
were told by Mr. Harding that they
had not been invited into the CONVEX
ence ITO solve the long controverted
problems of our social system and
that Secretary Hoover, whom he had
designated as chairman of the confer
ence would lay before them the pro-
gram of discussions.
Expect Committees.
It was expected that the conference
would at once resolve itself into com
mittees, possibly as many as 10 in
ment question from it's various angles
and probably conduct individual hear
ings in formulating recommendation
upon which the conference may con-
struct a general policy The confer
ence purposes not only to formulate
a program to meet the immediate
problem, It was said, but also to work
out a permanent policy for combat
ting unemployment whenever and
wherever it may arise in serious de-
gree. A mass of data already pre-
pared by the advisory committee of
economic experts appointed by Secre-
tary Hoover will aid the conference
in its work.
NEW YORK, Sept 26.-Urbain Le-
doux, champion of the unemployed.
was on his way to Washington
today TO "sit on the threshold of the
white house" until he persuaded Pres
ident Harding to publish a list of 100
per cent profiteers, with a demand
that they contribute half their gains
for constructive welfare work
Whether he actually planned to
camp on the presidents doorstep or
was speaking in a figurative sense,
Ledoux did not make clear He de.
clared, however, that he was taking
with him number of unemployed
men to serve as human documents in
presentat ton of his case.