Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-26

it be with the mind, there is no
acrimony in conscience"
An answer to John w. Davis ac
ceptance, some comment on the
tariff, and definition of his own
trade. union opinions also were de-
livered by Mr.. Dawes.
He said Mr.. Davis speech indi'
Gated personal high purpose, but
was the kind of oratorical presenta-
ton designed to put to sleep prac-
teal thinking" It was unfair
Dawes said, to maintain that indi-
vidual dereliction in great organi'
cation "alone justifies the demand
that an administration should be
thrown to one side" He referred
to Davis "oratorical appeal to in.
stall in power "a party which has
demonstrated in the past business
incapacity."
Of Mr.. Davis attitude on foreign
relations, he remarked: ut sounds
we'll to say, as Mr.. Davis does-'if
I become president, America will sit
as an equal among equals, when
ever she sits at ALL This has been
true, of course, at all times"
Touches on League
He thought the inference from
Mr. Davis speech was that such a
matter as the expert committee"
would have gone to the senate for
sanction, and predicted that there
in ."futile debate" American partici-
patton would have persisted be-
cause the Senate would not have
allowed the word Official to attach
to it,
| Regarding Davis attitude on the
| league, Dawes asked: But is he
| practically constructive" Dawes
| added: with him L would welcome
| the day when this great question
would be entirely lifted above the
plane of partisan politics, ana then
said, "the situation demands some
consideration of the practical ques-
| ton how things are going TO De
done" The Republican program, ne
| continued, offers the only present
policy possible of accomplishments.
Concerning Davis remarks on the
Fordney- McCumber tariff act, Dawes
said: II wish L could find less ar
firmation and more supporting data
| in his speech" He added that spe-
| cific facts would have been more IN
| order to support Davis statement
that "for every dollar this statute
| has drawn into the treasury, 1t mas
| diverted FIVE from the pocket OF the
consumer into the pocket of the
| favored few" Dawes held that tariff
benefits go chiefly to labor, in sus-
| tanning an American wage as com
pared with the European wage, and
| sketched labor conditions he found
| in Germany last winter.
| &c nf f1~a6
honestly administered, are recogniz-
ed by me-" he said. Trades union
ism has elevated, protected and dig
nified labor" and been an element
in the progress Of our nation
Praises Labor Leaders
Trades unionism stands loyalty
behind it's good leadership-and new
er will follow the demagogue." He
also referred to chose fine citizens,
the upright labor leaders of the
country
! II have been denounced" he
| said, because 1 opposed the kind of
1 union tactics that have made build
ing operations in Chicago dangerous
to human life" naming as factors
extortion, "gun men and the bomb
maker"
Trades unionism, with prepon-
derant majority, does not approve
| these conditions"
Dawes predicted that "the few
labor leaders who are attempting to
| influence patriotic union men into
a political combination with social
lists are endangering their own lead
ership."
About the open shop, he said:
"The supreme court of the. United
States has held that the right of
employees in body to bargain with
their employers for the closed shop
is one of the inalienable rights OF
the individual under our constitu'
ton" He added that political par
ty placing an open shop plank in its
platform would be striking at the