New-York tribune., 1922-07-05
Freedom Gone When Man
Is Denied the Right to
Work, He Says, in Slap
af Herrin Massacre
S00OO Homefok
Greet Him Wildly
He Yearns to Get Back
toMarion Permanently;
Proud of City's Growth
From a ssatY Correspondent

III JtH oration, prepared in the fanil-
Al ,af7oundings of the editorial rooms
.fsTRe Marion Daily STAR" President
1srding declared to-day that the lib
esty We celebrate is gone in America
when any man is denied by anybody
.1hs right to work and live by that
'Sork.
This utterance, delivered to a crowd
vf 10000 Of his friends and neighbors
gathered at the Fair Grounds to well
come him home, was interpreted by his
sudience as denunciation of the
massacre Of non-union miners at Her
lin, III, and similarly inspired attacks
On non-union workers elsewhere.
But with the nation threatened by
tbmplete industrial stoppage his re-
yaarks had larger significance as the
proclamation Of policy of using all
Aa forces of government to protect
men who may take the places Of strik-
ing coal miners and railroad workers.
Pershing Sounds the keynote
II the Presidents remarks needed to
be interpreted the key was contained
in the spsech of General John j. Per-
Shirg, who spoke just before Mr.. Hard
ing Tine General, whose speech had
been read by the President, said:
Where whole communities openly
bympathize with ruthless murder of in
offensive people in the exercise of the
right to earn a livelihood and where
Wholesale murder goes unpunished it
IS imperative that public opinion should
demand that the strong arm of the
law, under fearless officials, take posi-
tive action. individuals or organiza-
tions. which countenance such crimi-
nal acts, or whose leaders in violation
OF law advocate the use of force
against the person or property Of
others with whom they happen to dis
agree no longer deserve recognition
or respects from law abiding people,
but merit only unequivocable condsm-
nation and punishment"
The message in President Harding's
--speaeh was contained IN these para
Eaphs:
TIE foremost thought in the Con-
eatuslon is the right to freedom and
the pursuit of happiness. Men must
Be free to live and achieve. Liberty
. gone in America when any man is
denied by anybody the right to work
and live by that work. It does not
matter who denies.
"A free American has the right to
labor without any others leave. 1t
would be no less an abridgment to
deny men to bargain collectively. Gov
ernments cannot tolerate any class or
grouped domination through force. 1t
Will be sorry day when group doInina-
tton is reflected in our laws. Govern
Inent and the laws which the govern
ment is charged with enforcing must
be for all the people, ever aiming at
the common good.
War Has Stirred Passions of Men
"The tendencies of the present day
are not surprising. War stirred the
passions of men and left the world in
upheaval. There have been readjust-
ments and liquidations and more re-
main to be made. In the making there
mas been the clash of interests, the
revelations of greed, the perfectly
nstural tendency to defend self-inter-
eests, 1t has developed groups and
niocs and magnified class inclinations.
e9t the readjustment is no less inevi-
taoie and 1t is world wide. 1t is the
problem Of humankind. Your govern
ment has sought to aid, with patience,
sought to mitigate the burdens. It has
sought the merging of viewpoints to
IasAe tne way easier. 1t believes the
america Of our opportunity and I'M
solution"
~. inc President lent emphasis to his
Ssscussion of the menace contained in
;Snestlc s;a concerns by dismissing for
S'sn sM aHairs with single sentence.
l,iih our international relations" he
sald, "all is well.'
a. ne ieft no doubt as to his being alive
IT,, ~ .he danger threatening the tranquil
".y ~: OF the nation when he exclaimed:
,,x "a war we give all we possess, all
". hves, all our resources, everything,
nus ~ make sure of our national survival.
;Tus preservation in peace is no less
nspotNnt. 1t calls for every patriotic
A.. srsf.ag, because dangers from within
sisn more difficult to meet than the
enemy from without"
.onts saln the President stressed his
idre.n indvst.n Tor the turbulent situation in
sMslal sMla analrs when he said:
sixtasS one outstanding conviction, after
thst thesn 81 months in the Presidency, is
saat the greatest traitor to his conntrv
a.mss.w VINO appeals to prejudice and in
ana Is passion, when sober Judgment
6-.., honest speech are so necessary to
curity." "N 'i"ha"'iiley ana Sc
ply Law Must Be Enforced
t,ar WI u sne first time since his inaugura-
III. r sne PRESIDENT referred TO-DAY to
words snseenth wa Amendment, and his
JSSncement JoSs that Secretary Of War
snh;..W hba ". Weeks's recent speech on the
Hon.sss was not inspired by the white
1as eighteenth Amendment" he
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