The New York herald., 1922-11-18

OF the Unitai States. and Harry A.
Wheeler. former president of the Chi
cago Association OF Commerce.
Messages of regret were read from
President Harding. w. l. Mackenzie
King, Premier of Canada. and Gov.
Miller. who wrote:
'I should like to be with you. but 1t
would break up a rest which / sadly
need, and l know you will understand"
Many remarked with surprise that
neither the entrance of Gen. Pershing
nor of al Smith had evoked suca a
ringing round of applause as that which
greeted the name of the Governor who
has just been defeated for reelection.
A delightful feature of the ami
versary meeting were the vocal selec-
tions by Nine. Francis Aida and by
Mario Chamlee of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. and the military music
supplied by the United States Military
Academy Band and Field Music under
director.
Warns or Another Emergency.
Gen. Pershing paid warm tribute TO
the cooperation of business men in the
world war. He sketched the accom-
plishments of the Council OF National
Defense and the War Industries Board
and then said:
However, it is reasonable TO presume
that, had there been a more complete
cooperative study and mutual under
standing between the industrial organi-
cations and the army before the war.
such as I am advocating tonight and
which we OF the military service so
earnestly desire. there would have been
less of confusion and delay and mis-
understanding that We're inevitable
under such q situation.
.'The War Department is giving close
attention to all phases of preparedness,
both military and civil. Officers of ex-
perience are constantly at work with a
view to the development of q plan for
utilizing all that is best in the methods
followed in the war in order to make
available and place under governmental
control In any new emergency the en-
tire resources of the country. Accord
ing to those plans the industrial and
manufacturing institutions, agricultural
and TRANSFORMATION would he under gov
crnmental control. while the personnel
pertaining TO all OF them would be 1pus-
tered into the service as are those who
are called to the colors.
Wants Board of Control.
"An efficient council or board of con-
troll conforming to our experiences in
the war, would then be placed In
charge of all resources. with authority
TO make such disposition of them as
would best promote the success of the
nation in war. The initial Organization
and the system to be adopted should
soon be In such tangible form that the
personnel could be selected and organ
lied in readiness to take UP their duties
when needed.
Even now conditions here at home
are such as to indicate the necessity OF
some reliable force to guard against
untoward and often unforeseen influ-
ences at work in our very midst. Many
societies, mostly of foreign origin. are
avowedly bent on the overthrow of our
institutions and their replacement by
some vague Soviet or Communistic the
ory which has already destroyed more
than one government.
"These designing elements receive en-
couragement from a portion of our own
simple people who, laboring under some
hallucination or other, cry out for dis
armament on our part, foolishly think
ing that the world would follow. Others
are led astray by propaganda. All such
tendencies are dangerous. SO we really
need this small, loyal army of ours not
alone as nucleus but as something
that can be relied upon in a pinch"