Evening star., 1922-07-20
Plan of President Is Generally
Warmly Indorsed.

President Harding's initial coal ar
bitration proposal received a gener-
Gus Endorsement from the editorial
writers of the country, although many
Of them looked upon his suggestion
more or less as stop gap. The i'm
mediate necessity. however. is that
the mines resume operation and coal
start moving. they agree. and from
this angle the plan is approved. Bnt
there were many editors who pointed
out that what most is needed is a
standardization of the industry. and
they express the hope that this will
be the ultimate result of the initia-
tive just assumed by Mr.. Harding.
Under the Presidents plan. the In
dianapolis News is convinced. the
miners and operators must deal with
the public. whose interest in the sit
uation is no less than theirs. Per-
haps both sides. having committed
! themselves to fixed policies that pre-
vent accomplishment by conference.
will welcome. as they should. the
Presidents proposal" Under the sug-
gestion. the Norfolk Ledger dispatch h
points out. the miners gain their
chief aim CT negotiations on ma
tional scale rather than by regional
conferences. And they OBTAIN imme-
will prove the greatest obstacle to
the operators acceptance. The op-
orators have opposed investigation
But they are faced now with an al
tentative which is even more dis
tasteful in the threat that the gov
the mines" And because these con-
ditions exist. the Cincinnati Times
Star believes that cit will not be
healthy for either side to reject the
just and reasonable plan of settle
ment proposed by the President"
The suggestion of the President can
be justified only because real emer-
gency exists, and the Nashville Ban
ner. discussing 1t from this viewpoint.
declares that lit should be remem-
bered that the present plan of the
President. even if found agreeable to
both sides of the controversy. is moth
ing but an expedient and promises
very little for the ultimate and salts
factory soluti of the real problem"
Still, while the President is not spec
tacular in his methods. the Pittsburgh
Leader argues that he has an acute
understanding of the needs of the ma
tion and will see that there is no coal
famine. because eff the mine owners do
not act they can be assured that the
President will" Unless both sides move
promptly the President will be COM
pelled to 70 even further in the view of
the Utica Observer Dispatch. because
sit is encouraging to know that he has
yentured one step and that it is taken
with some positiveness. Having made
the start, he may be expected 10 make
whatever advance may be found neces-
sary. He will not retire from his posi-
ton and the next move will be one of
greater decis!veness." In addition. the
Newark News Is convinced that ''insis-
tence on the Presidents part Is the sole
reouisite to seeing the thing through
When it spells public necessity-as it
shortly wiIi-this moral suasion' means
more than all the armed forces Of the
nation: IL means that plus the determi4
nation to condemn and keep condemned
ANYBODY, who, for his own ends, freezes
or starves the nation"
The time has come to cease talking
and to act. the Baltimore Sun insists,
because lin its way as serious an emer-
oency confronts us now as that which
EXISTS In Germany. Until we can heal
ourselves Europe must look to US in
vain" But the Louisville Courier
Journal is hopeful that peace really may
he in sight inasmuch as the Presidents
note is "a breath Of fresh air In an at
mosphere of sullen irreconcilability. 1t
offers the opportunity to both sides,
without loss Of dignity and without hav-
ing appeared to give in, to get together
on 4 new basis" However, the delay
in executive action is much to be re-
gretted. the Cleveland Plain Dealer
{earG because no one knows better
(1hAn the President himself that no thor
Tough investigation Of svch 2 gig : IL ic
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