The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-06-30
HARDING PLEADS
FOR WORLD COURT
EARNESTNESS GREATER THAN
ANY PREVIOUS TIME-FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Helena, MOnt.-PreS1dent Harding
arrived in Helena late yesterday af-
ternoon for seven hour stay and
an address on the subject of social
Justice, women and labor. When he
left here late last night he laid aside
speech-making for two days to give
himself up to enjoyment of the won
ders of Yellowstone National Park.
Stops were made at three Mon
ltana towns enroute here from Butte.
At Basin the president shook hands
with several hundred who gathered
at the station and at Boulder and
Clancy he made brief addresses,
speaking a few words of thanks for
the greetings extended.
Lack of time and inability of his
audience to hear him at the open air
address at Butte earlier in the day
caused the executive to shorten his
remarks and it was regarded as like
ly by members of his party that he
would take occasion at some future
date while enroute to the Pacific
coast to discuss more fully the sub
1ect selected for his Butte address,
!" national business conditions"
Lays Aside Manuscript
President Harding asked the peo-
pie of Montana in his address in the
ence" to bring about American mem
bership in the permanent court of in
ternational justice to the end that
war may be avoided among nations.
Concluding his prepared address on
the social order, the position of wo-
men and the problems of labor, the
chief executive made an impass1oned
plea for American adherence to the
world court.
"Believing this world court is
long step toward avoidance of world
conflict" he continued, " reversed
the order and went to the senate Tor
approval and guidance in negotiating
for American membership. dld tnls
in the interest of teamwork when
I believe in preaching at all times.
The president laid aside his man
uscript at the conclusion of his pre-
viousIv prepared address and enum-
Grating the costs of war launched
into his appeal for the world court
in much the same manner as he dld
at Salt Lake City three nights ago
America Hopes for Peace
"It is in the heart of all America
that we never want war again." he1
declared. and his declaration was
loudly applauded by the audience
which more than filled Shriners hall
to it's 5000 capacity. "Let me say IN
all sincereity that America ought 10
give fully of it's strength and power
to make sure that war will not come
again. r,
YOUR influence so that this natlon
may play it's part in the world and SO
that we of America can step into the
fulfillment of Gods highest intent for
those whom He created in HIS own
image and whom He expected to go
forward in the light of everlasting
peace"
In that declaration it seemed to
members of the presidential party the
chief executive put more OF emphasis
and more of determination than he
has exercised in the making OF any
statement since he began his trans
continental trip.
AS he returned to his seat the audi
ence burst into applause and con-
tinued to cheer for several minutes. |
The president in his prepared ad-
dr. SIS had declared and had been ap-
pIauded for so doing that those who
had imagined that his administration
would sympathize with projects for /
"the deflation of labor and the over
throw of labor organizations had
come "to realize their error"
The president made his address to-
night in the smallest auditorium in
which he yet has made night ad-
dress but every seat was taken and
almost every inch of standing room
occupied. The greeting extended him
was simple, partaking of and char
acteristic of this far western cOun-
try.