Evening journal., 1922-10-14
DAVIS SHOWS
BENEFITS OF
G.O.P.POLICY
Secretary of Labor Reviews
Achievements of Hard
ing Administration
SENATOR BALL
h ALSO Is SPEAKER
CONTINUED From First Page0

stop at Elsmere 20 take him or
lboaEd.
.'Need Men like DUPONT
Secretary Davis lost no time ir
preii'ninaries. but plunged into ar
addfe-s that had his hearers ap-
plauding vigorously within a fewmin.
utes. The first big hand" was given
when he told of the need OF good
highways throughout the nation as
ian aid 70 commerce.
You know we haven't got such
far-slghted men throughout the
country as you have here in Della
wa when II comes to building first
srla ., roads. We haven't got such
men as you have in Senator du-
lPont."
"I lust want to say" he added
II don't know OF more consist
le-t and hard-working men in Con-
= IS in the Interest OF the admins
; ton and their constituents than
ys1..ators Ball and dupont. Senator
ldu ont was Of considerable help 20
me in organizing my department.
There was no man In the Senate
who worked harder in the interests
of measures affecting the welfare
Of his State"
! gain he received another round
of vigorous applause when he de-
hclared that the American work.
man wants opportunity 10 work and
mot a mere dole handed out to him
by he government.
He told OF the new method OF
setting strikes through the concili-
aticn board OF his department and
declared the railroads throughout
the country would all make agree
merits with their striking shopmen,
the same as the mine operators had
made with their workers.
The Secretary gave an effective
to1cH 10 an argument in favor Of
h zh protective tariff by describing
how he had entered a steel mill as a
boyAsf nine, and later had gone into
the tinplate mills and had seen
that industry grow from virtually
nothing to a giant American indus
try, all through the tariff.
81 could earn about s14 day
no,9 IL I were working at my trade"
he said, compared 10 only $3.50
paid TO a man doing. similar work
in Europe. In order TO protect the
Americai workman we must have
tariff 10 make up for Europe's cheap
labor"
Turning 10 immigration. the speak
er received some OF the loudest ap-
plaise Of the entire evening when
he declared, systematically.
We've got to Americanize the
allen that comes 10 America, or
he'll alienize the Americans"
Continuing. he told how the new
three-per cent alien immigration law
passed by the Republicans in Con
gress. had damned the flood OF
cheap foreign labor at a time when
five millions OF good American work
men were seeking employment"
That measure came just in time.
he went on. Now we have indus
try clamoring for workers. II Isl
the plan OF the Harding Administra-
tion. he said. TO institute a selective
system OF admitting immigrants. un-
der which only men and women who
are mentally capable and physically |
fit will be admitted. In addition to |
this all aliens viii be registered and /
their careers In the United States |
watched closely. Those who fail to
measure up 10 the standards OF
American citizenship will De deport-
ed.
Another roar of applause greeted |
the Secretarys declaration that
European nations must be given 10
understand that they cannot dodge
payment OF their war debts to the
United States.
These were the high-lights Of
Secretary Davis address the COM
plete text OF which will be found on
page 13 OF today's Evening Journal.
As the secretary concluded, the
band struck up the nations! hymn
America. The entire assemblage
arose and applauded him for full 1
minute. His face was wreathed
with smiles of delight as he waved
goodbyes and hastened away to catch
the train for Ohio where he is to
speak today.
Miss EcISman Addresses Women.
Miss Eckman, who was next pre-
scented. said that after hearing such ]
q representative from Washington
as Secretary Davis, there was so !
little 10 be said concerning the gov {
eminent, except to ask all who were !
present to tell those absent of what =
was said. She then addressed her :
self directly to the women in the A.,
of whom there were a
large number. expressing the hope I
they would learn as much as pos =
sible concerning their duties in :
politics.
The question now before the
women is: Are women cutters?
said Miss Eckman. After having
given the Republican party its start =.
In rehabllitating the country. will !,
they desert it?" Answering the ques-
tlon herself, she declared she was :,
/. without their support. !
What all women have not fully :,
realized is that opportunity carries .
With 1t responsibility" Miss Eckman II
continued. "Plea OF ignorance no
onger is an excuse for permitting Z
public evils" she added IAN wo- \
nen should strive to learn their re-
10 the civic interest" a
Miss Eckman emphasized that n
,nly through parties could this wo-
mans vote be made effective. She N
lrged fullest support of the Repub- II
lean party because its policies were q