The Washington herald., 1921-09-27
1WAY TO MEET NATIONS NEEDS PROBED
Real Remedy for Emergency
Must Be Found, Says Hoover
Secretary of Commerce Suggests Co-opera.
tive Action of Manufacturers, Employ
ers and Public Bodies to Aid Jobless

has been continuous
since the fall Of last year. but our
working population was able TO
carry over during the past winter
upon its savings. There can be
no question that we are on the
upgrade. but economic progress
under any expectation come
with sufficient rapidity 20 prevent
much unemployment over the
winter.
Savings All Cone.
Great numbers will have exhaust
ed their savings and must be
subjects OF great concern to the
entire public. There IL no eco
nomic failure so terrible In It's
import as that Of country
possessing a surplus OF every ne
cessity OF life in which numbers.
willing and anxious TO work, are
deprived Of these necessities. II
simply cannot be II our moral and
economic system IL to survive. II
10 the duty Of this conference 10
nnd dennite and organized remedy
for this emergency. and I hope also
that you may be able TO outline
for public consideration such plans
as will in the long view tend to
mitigate its recurrence.
The qu'Ations before the confer
ence appear to me to lie in several
broad phases. First. no problem can
be adequately approached for SOU
tion without a knowledge OF the
facts. That Is, We need first a de-
termination OF the volume and dis
tribution Of unemployment. Any
proposal Of amelioration must de-
pend upon the weight of the burden
We must carry.
We need a determination OF what
emergency measures should be un-
dertaken to provide employment a nd
TO mitigate the suffering that may
arise during the next winter. and the
method Of organization for their ap-
plication.
Need sound Basis.
We need a consideration and a
statement of what measures must
be taken to restore our commerce
and employment to normal; or TO
put IL in another way, what OBJ
stacles need to be removed to pro-
mote business recovery-the only
real and lasting remedy for unem-
ployment' is employment.
1t seems to me we can on this oc-
casion well give consideration to and
expression Of the measures that
would tend to prevent the acute
reactions OF economic tides in the
future. A capitalization of much
valuable public thought on this
matter would have lasting value in
education OF our people.
The remedies for these matters
must in the largest decgree lie out
side Of the range OF legislation. II
is not consona mt with the spirit OF
institutions OF the American people
that a demand should be made upon
the public treasury for the solution
of every difficulty. The administra-
tion has felt that a large degree
OF solution could be expected
through the mobilization OF the fine
cooperative action Of our manu-
facturers and employers, of our
public bodies and local authorities
and that IL solution could be found
in these directions We would have
accomplished even more than the
care OF our unemployed, that we
will have again demonstrated that
independence and ability of action
amongst our own people that saves
our government from that ultimate
paternalism that will undermine our
whole political system.
Dcnounces .DoIe.- Giving.
In the other countries that have
been primarily affected by the wa,
solution has been had by direC
doles to individuals by their gov
crnments. We have so far ESCAPED
this most vicious of solutions, anC
am hopeful-and believe HO'
will be-that il is within the intel
ligence and initiative of our peopl,
that we may find remedies agains
hardship and bitterness that do no
except in exceptional cases-com
within the range of charity.
What our people wish is the op
portunity to earn their daily bread
and surely in a country with it
warehouses bursting with sur
pluses of food. of clothing. wit
its mines capable of indefinite pro
duction Of fuel. with sufficient hous
ing for comfort and health, we pos
scss the intelligence to find solu
ton. Without II our whole sys
tenn is open to serious charges :,
failure
Duty Of Government
l have no desire to anticipate tn
results of the conference. 1t is m
belief that in the intelligence an
influence which you command W
shall be able to lay out a progtar
by which, in great measure. thes
things can be accomplished. 1t
neither the desire nor in the powe
of the Federal government to en-
force such programs. 1t Is, how
ever the duty of Federal govern
ment to mobilize tho intelligenc
Of the country, that the entire com
r'unity may be instructed as to tn
rsrt they may play in the effectln
OF such solutions. I have no cues
tlon in my own mind that IL W
Can accomplish this our people wi
respond by that initiative and &C
tion that II has so finely demon
strated in every crisis.
Thore economic movements whIc
have presently reached the phas
OF unemployment-the exact meas
ure of which is yet to be deter
mined by the facts-can be modine
and possibly controlled by practics
remedies available through co-or
erative service on the part OF thos
abundantly and doubtless eager {
render Il.
This crisis in some respects
frRught with hsrdships quite n
Save q those which confronted IN
country during the period OF II