Evening journal., 1922-10-14


member OF President Harding :
Cabinet IN the national campaign.
Secretary Davis sped westward
from Elsmere. and will deliver the
address throughout the country all
he way TO the Pacific Coast, as an
authoritative exposition OF the ad-
ministration's record and purposes
Viewed from many angles it is a
remarkable public utterance,f and
should be read in its entirity by all
k,yho are interested in the nations
: welfare and the issues of the cam
paign.
i, For these reasons the address is
here appended in full;
"As Secretary Of Labor. l am at
ahe head of the human department
qf the government. That depart
inens has to do with the men and
women and children of the country
|tt is the governments point Of con-
tact with the 10000. 900 Americans
who are classed by census as gain
(qlly employed, and who, with theh
dependents, make up the bulk Of our
whole population. II functions TO
/ preserve peace in industry, II watches
the cost OF living, 1t maintains an
omp,oyment service. seeking 10 bring
the man and the job together, IL
| guards the gates of the nation, where
the allen seeks TO enter and 10 en-
iov the freedom OF America, Il pro-
vides for the naturalization Of those
sorelgners who are admitted 10 our
Ksoil Through the Women's Bureau
and the Children's Bureau, II keeps
close 10 the home life Of our people
Il Is Of the work of the Republican
administration along these lines
that / wish 10 speak TO you.
Never before in the history Of
q the United States had this country
found itself in the confusion worse
confounded which re:gned IN the
federal affairs when the administra-
ton Of President Harding came &c
Wash.ngton in the spring OF 1921
Political. social and economic chaos
no, only in the domestic affairs o.
he nation. but in its foreign rela-
,tons as well. confronted the gov
ernment. The edged tools Of war
taught usurpation of power. unim-
ned exfravagance-and visionary po
Ilitcal doctrines had for eight year
peen piaytoys Of administrative in
eficiencv. The result was satur-
MALTA OF misgovernment.
Taxation Was Blight.
THE dead hand Of federal inter
Aerence had stretched forth over
| an the land. Its fingers throttled In
dlstry and halted business. II grip
r ID every line OF human endeavor II
qle nation. The body economic I
strove futilely TO escape its grasr
ma TO free tself for a battle with
| diverse conditions that it might figh' I
| its way 10 prosperity. The heavy
| burden OF federal taxation weighed
I,upon all America. In market place
Il,nd counting house Il took its toll o. I
i've meaeer business which its eX-
|lS.t.ons. permitted. II imposed its
yturden upon man. woman and child /
IN every activity OF daily life. II
| Ilav upon the land like a blight /
America was a land OF chaos in /
world Of chaos. Abroad the nation
stared aghast and uneasy at the |
| spectacie of America preaching tn |
Vain and visionary gospel of imprae
4 tical international idealism. In IN
OF Europe the prestig'
af the United States had withered
wav. There was none so poor to
Il, America reverence. We had bar
tered away our diplomatic birth
fright for a sorry mess Of sticky sen
simentalism, in a delir;um of millen-
ial ideaiism such as never before hac
afflicted a great nation.
This was the situation that con-
ironted the Republican administra-
ton when IL obeyed the overwhelm-
| ling mandate Of the people as ex-
,ressed in the election Of 1920, ane
took over the reins of power al
washington. l went TO Washington
nth President Harding on March 4
1921. / feel safe in saying that nc
President OF the United States
whether he came 10 office In peace
I(r in war, ever faced a situation
more fraught with dangerous posi-
bilities 70 the people Of America
snd the governmental institutions o
our fathers than that which wa
faced by the present administration
Perils-political, social and economic
rose grimly on every hand. Never
had America more needed courage
and far-sightedness in her states
Zen than in that day Of glowering
menace little more than a year ago
How we have met and conquered
taeSe evils all the world knows
with America on the high road &c
prosperity at home. and our prestige
restored abroad. the Republican
partv. under the leadership OF Pres
ident Harding. has justified the ma
tipnal confidence expressed in tho
election OF 1920. The Republican \
majority in Congress laboring early
aad late to bring TO an end the
Legislative absurdities .remaininF {
from the war. has worked unremit-
tingly TO make good the waste ,tha'
niiirked the management OF the
Democratic administration. II has
accomplished Herculean tasks II
the direction of constructive law {
making. and has written record O. Z
solid achievement that equals that ,
q any Congress in history. II ha' {
Ia 'thfully met a tremendous task.
let us look at the record
H1cord of Congress.
ut aided the American farmer
and American industry with an
emergency tariff law and has now re-
rsaced that law with a permanen' Z
American protective tariff law TO {
safeguard Aa.erican industry and la {
bar.
t.t revived the War Finance Cor ]
poration and through its agency and |
the Farm Loan system. provided sub
stantial financial relief to the whole !