New-York tribune., 1922-09-28

eoerce the public into taking action
By cutting off the supply of food or
service necessary to The iife of thn
community, ] am sure that public
feeling goes the other way. think
that in this country VIC are gradually
approaching the point where the law
Of the land will provide for distin-
gushing between the two kinds of
strikes. and protecting the public
against eompulsion by threat of peril
10 hfe Or OF destruction TO the ma
ehinery of civilization. and at the
same time Protect the wo,nmar,'s lib
cTty TO refuse to work and the work
mans liberty to work. II we cannot
eome to that point then the American
government of all the people, bv Ali
the people, for all the people. will
fail, and few will rule the many.
Perhaps we are approaching that
point as rapidly as is practicable and
wise to attempt. / am inclined to
tElnx that nothing could be better at
fhts stage OF the perennial process of
industrial adjustment than the condi-
ton which mas now been reached
through the patience and syinpa
thetic influence OF the President.
That condition is full and impartial
investigation into the rights and
wrongs upon which the recent strikes
have rested. accompanied by a clear
uncompromising declaration by
.e President of the rule of law and
liberty which is to be applied TO the
results of the investigation. quote
the Presidents words:
THAT same unchallenged freedom
which permits you and your associ-
ates to decline to work is no less the
heritage of the free American who
chooses to accept employment under
the terms proposed "a
free American has the right TO labor
without any others leave. II would
be no less an abridgement to deny
men to bargain collectively. Govern
nfents cannot tolerate any class or
grouped domination through force. 1t
Will be sorry day when group dom
;nation is reflected in our laws.
Government. ard the laws which gov
ernment is charged with enforcing,
must be for all the people, ever aim
ing at the common good. The fore
most thought in the Constitution is
the right to freedom and the pursuit
of happiness. Men must be free to
live and achieve. Liberty is gone in
America when any man is denied by
anybody the right TO work and live by
that wo-k. 1t does not matter who
denies"
The same sincere and kindly spirit
of government made possible Amer
ica's contribution toward the peace
of the world in the Conference for
the Limitation of Armament. War
IS the result of state of mind in
which nations distrust and suspect
each other and prepare for hostile
designs and become quick to resent
insult and to orestall~advantage In
March, 1921, the cloud of threatened
war hung dark on the eastern hori-
zon because CT the multitude of mis-
conceptions and suspicious as be-
tween Japan and the United States.
Both countries were building navies
with feverish activity and the whole
world looked for war which would
have again involved civilization.
This was our business because we
were one of the parties suspected,
because VIC had the Philippines to
protect in one way or. another be-,
cause we were the longtime friend
Of China, which was, struggling un-
der the greatest difficulties to es-
tablish free and stable popular gov
ernment. The President called a
conference of all the great naval
powers and of the nations interested
in the Far East, and in that confer
ence were produced series of
treaties and resolutions which dis
PEELED the cloud OF war. re-estab-
lished mutual confidence and kindly
feeling, rave immeasurable aid to
China in her struggle, relieved the
tax burdened world of great burdens
and added another substantial con-
trfbution by America to the peace of
the world This was done entirely
by the exercise of moral forces.
Physical force vas abjured at the
outset, the sword was thrown away
with the scabbard by Americas
startling initial proposal to scrap
her $500 100000 worth of new naval
vessels. Before pen was put to
paper states of mind had to be
changed, distrust, suspicion, resent
ment, want of confidence had to be
done away with, and they were. Tn
der the influence of the fine and
noble spirit with which President
Harding called the conference, the
conferees abandoned the customary
attitude of international conferences.
h where nations are all bargaining and
sptriguing to get something for their
own advantage, and here they all
joined in the single purpose to
reconcile differences and unite in do
ing something that would be for the
good of mankind.
The fifth thing which I mentioned
as needed by the American people in
March, 1921, was our own nerve re-
covery, and behold while our govern
ment has been going on in its honest.
sincere and kindly way, redressing
abuses. reconciling differences and
establishing a sound conduct of
government life, we find ourselves
cured. The atmosphere has been