The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Continued from First Page.

normal natural work period Of an Amer
lean wage Garner.
There has been instability of produc-
ton. attended by failure of delivery
capacity. which had reflex IN specula-
tive prices and panicky conoiuons
which encouraged profiteering ana
menaced our industries and hampereo
our varied public services.
Labor has the right capital has tho
right, and, above all else. the American
public has the right TO be freed from
these recurring anxieties, no matter
what the causes are. That freedom
must be established.
1.-The Government has no desire TO
intrude itself into the field OF your ac-
tivities- II does feel an obligation 10
see that the common American interest
shall not be menaced by a protracteo
lack of fuel. 1t prefers that the two
great and associated interests-mine
workers and employers-should settle
this matter in frank recognition or the
mutuality' of your interests. III you can
not do that. then the larger pubic IN
terest must be asserted in the name OF
the people. where the common good Is
the first and highest concern.
ct have said that the fundamental
problems probably cannot be solved In
hurried conference. But this conference
might we'll devise the agency for ERECT
ing solution. This Is the purpose OF
calling you together-the beginning or
solution. Meanwhile operations ought
10 be resumed. With diminishing fuel
supplies, with menacing shortages as we
turn to winters approach, with unem-
ployment visiting it's hardship upon idle
mine workers and with vast ownership
without return on investment. 1t would
a. Ne tl,A eli az cn
to find acceptable ground on which to
resume activities with commitment to
accept the righteous adjustments which
may we'll be expedited In common CON
sent.
This Is no time for the militant note
of the radical who would prefer to de-
ntroy our social system no time for the
extremist who thinks that period oppor-
tune to break down organized labor,
The Government has no ear Tor either OF
them. but would gladly lend ITS coopera-
tion In curbing the extremes or both.
More the Government gladly tenders
you It's good offices in striving for a
righteous solution. 1t has no desire to
participate in a merely temporary make
shift. For tho good of all the people the
Government Graves a way to permanent
stability tranquility and ample periods
of employment at just wages, righteous
freedom for workers and Sighteous free-
dom for management andNa secure free
dom from recurring menaces or sus-
pended activities. 1t Is not a question as
to what influences dominate, who wins,
who yields most in settlement. There is
mn indisputable justice In all relation
ships about which public opinion never
fails to be right, and invite you to pre-
scribe that relationship for your mutual
"You are admonished to arrive at
such understanding with measurable
promptness among yourselvesl If The
adjustment cannot be reached by yoL
alone, Government aid will be available
at your Joint CALL We wish you who
best know the way to solution to reach
1t among yourselves in manner to
command the sanction of American
public opinion. Failing In that the SER
wants of the American people will be
| called to the task in the name of Areri.
| can safety and for the greatest good
Of all the people,
Suitable accommodations for your
! conference await your arrival. BY
| agreement I am able to announcs
temporary organization with A. M. Ogle
to preside and William Green TO be your
secretary. 1 have asked Secretaries
Fall, Hoover and Davis TO be your es'
| corts and TO be of every assistance pos
sible as official hosts to such company
Let me remind You that liberation
| fairness. the spirit of give and take and
finally u sense of the larger obligations
TO the public are essential to successful
conference.
Wages n Big Issue.
"And I commend 10 your executive
sessions and assume full responsibility
for such a recommendation. even as
assume the safeguarding of the public
interest in asking you to come together
Differences are moro often magni1ec
than composed in their parading and th'
call of the hour Is adjusted differences
with due concern. for the public welfare
"I thank you all alike for your re-
sponse to my invitation. and ] express
the hope that in the realization of YOU
responsibilities and in an appraisal, o
your obligations in the face to face ant
man to man and citizen to citizen con
tact you will find a way to just con
cord which the American public ma!
gladly acclaim"
The representatives of miners ant
operators in the anthracite industr.
have been considering proposal Il
| hut n.