Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
NAVY PERSONNEL
LAUDED BY ADAMS
Davis, Addressing National
Radio Forum, Is Hopeful of
Unemployment Relief.
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gested plan of holding up public works
for bad times he thought would only
help to bring on bad times. Still an
other plan to expand public works dur
ing times of unemployment he criticized
as being only a drop in the bucket"
Even fund of $50 400 900 as pro
posed, he pointed out, would only pro-
vide 90 days work for 100000 men.
immigration Ban Approved.
ANY effort to cure unemployment"
he said, lis laudable. But it must be
clear that If we are to meet unemploy-
:nent in any practical way nothing
short OF the Federal and State Ie-
volving fund of several hundred mil
lions suggested by President Hoover
will do"
One great move by the Government
to prevent unemployment, Secretary
Davis said, was the restriction of i'm
migration, which he defended as thor
oughly American. justified. and not de-
serving of the criticism which it had
provoked
IF we had gone on during the last
eight years admitting aliens at the
rate OF million and a half a year."
he declared with 80 per cent of them
wage earners, unemployment in this
country might have become a horror"
Referring to complaints, which he
said were still being registered against
Americas restricted immigration, Sec
rotary Davis said the people of other
countries sometimes thought the United
States harsh and severe"
But let me tell you" he said. "that
we are the most liberal country on
immigration in the world. No country
excelS us in humanitarianiSm We
have people in America who migrate
to other countries. Within a recent
period, $4,000 Americans emigrated to
Canada. Fifteen thousand of them
were turned back: Did you hear any
complaint about that in the Canadian
newspapers? But when we turn back
100000 out of the many millions from
other countries, you hear a roar that
goes around the world"
Arbitration Work Reviewed.
Other branches of the work of the
Department of Labor were described.
especially the Federal Cancellation sery-
ice. In adjusting minor differences af-
fecting large number of workers. the
secretary said, 1t was impossible to
calculate what this has saved en-
ployers from loss by stoppage of their
factories, or what it has saved these
millions of workers in the loss of their
wages. nc dlSO OOuCI6Q on the naJuT-
Aviation, statistical, Womens and chill
dren's bureaus, the housing CORPORA
tions employment service and other
phases OF work OF the department.
Secretary Adams, while stressing the
vital value of 1.-The man" in the NAVY.
declared 1t was the mission of the or
ganization to be ready for battle-to
be always ready-ready with the weap-
ons that are the best now. today-not
hot -
eventually 10 or 20 or SO years hence,
The Navy" he said, can take no
chance with the security Of our
country"
Mr.. Adams spoke as follows:
The Constitution of the United States
In its preamble sets forth in simple
terms the objects that our fathers
sought to attain by its adoption.
One of those fundamental objects
was to provide for the common de-
Tense" The necessity for this provision
as measure of common prudence for
the protection of our citizens and our
commerce, abroad as we'll as at home,
and the knowledge that any attack that
our country might ever fear could come
only by way of the sea, led us inevitably
to the creation of Navy.
The Constitution conferred upon the
Congress the power to create and main
tain this Navy and to make rules for
the government of the land and naval
forces. Not only was the maintenance,
organization and control of the Navy
kept carefully in the hands of the rep
resentatives of the people. but it was
further provided that the Commander
in-Chief Of the Army and Navy should
be O civilian, the President of the
United States. Throughout our history
the Navy has served the country with
distinction and honor, and never has
there been an attempt to eyade these
legal and constitutional restrictions in
order that our feet might be made the
instrument of tyranny or the tool OF
personal ambition.
For the necessity of armed force I
am not here to plead. The Illuminating
debates we have had in the Congress
in recent years and especially the over
whelming majority of the last Congress
in favor of adequate cruiser construc-
ton are a sufficient answer to those
who would take for granted that be-
cause We are ever ready to seize upon
any honorable means to avoid war. we
have become so fatuous as to believe
that our influence for good would be
promoted by assuming a position OF
helpleSsness.
Nor am I asking you this evening to
think about cruisers, or about battle
ships, or submarines, or about the Won
derful new weapon of the air that has
become so incorporated into every naval
activity that it is hard to imagine feet
operating effectively without its air
craft.
Importance Of Men.
All of these, essential weapons though
they be, are but inanimate tools. In
time of peace our minds are apt to be
more concerned with weapons than with
the men that WELD them. The impoS-
sibility of measuring the dimensions Of
such qualities as skill in battle, keen
ness of fighting edge, physical and men
tai preparedness, morale or leadership,
leaves us little but the tangible by which
to gauge our relative naval strength.