Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04

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can be no appeal but vigorous en-
forcement of the law. Fortunately
they are but a small percentage OF
our people. Their activities must
be stopped.
4 National Investigation.
propose to appoint national
commission for searching investi-
cation of the whole structure Of our
Federal system Of Jurisprudence, to
include the method of enforcement
of the eighteenth amendment and the
causes of abuse under it. Its purpose
will be to make such recommends
tions for reorganization Of the ad-
ministration of. Federal laws and
court procedure as may be found
desirable. In the meantime it is es-
sential that a large part Of the en-
forcement activities be transferred
from the Treasury Department to
e Department Of Justice as q be-
ginning of more effective organiza-
ton.
The Relation Of Government
to Business.
The election has again confirmed
the determination Of the American
people that regulation Of private en-
terprise and not Government owner
ship or operation is the course
rightly to be pursued in our relation
to business. In recent years we
have established a differentiation In
the whole method Of business regu-
lation between the industries which
produce and distribute commodities
on the one hand. and public utilities
on the other. In the former, our
laws insist upon effective COMPETE
ton: in the latter, because we sub
stantially confer a monopoly by limit
ing competition, we must regulate
their services and rates. The rigid
enforcement of the laws applicable
to both groups is the very base OF
equal opportunity and freedom from
domination for all our people, and
1t Is Just as essential for the stabil-
ity and prosperity of business itself
as for the protection Of the public
at large. Such regulation should be
extended by the Federal Government
within the limitations Of the Con-
stitution and only when the indi-
vidual States are without power to
protect their citizens through their
own authority. On the other hand,
we should be fearless when the au-
thority rests only in the Federal
Government.
Cooperation by the
Government.
The larger purpose of our economic
thought should be to establish more
firmly stability and security Of BUSH
ness and employment and thereby
remove poverty still further from
our borders. Our people have IN
recent years developed a new-found
capacity for cooperation among
themselves to effect high purposes
In public welfare. 1t Is an advance
toward the highest conception of
self-government. Self-government
does not and should not imply the
use of political agencies alone.
Progress is born Of cooperation IN
the community-not from govern
mental restraints. The Government
should assist and encourage these
movements of collective self-help by
itself cooperating with them. Bust
ness has by cooperation made great
progress in the advancement Of serv-
Ice, in stability. In regularity Of en-
ployment and in the correction OF
its own abuses. Such progress, how
ever, can continue only so long as
business manifests its respect for
Law.
There is an equally important field
of cooperation by the Federal Gov
eminent with the multitude OF
agencies, State, municipal and pri-
vate, in the systematic development
Of those processes which directly
affect public health, recreation, edu-
cation and the home. We have need
further to perfect the means by
which Government can be adapted to
human service.
Education.
Although education is primarily a
responsibility Of the States and local
communities, and rightly so, yet the
Nation as q whole is vitality con-
cerned In its development every
where to the highest standards and
to complete universally. Self-gov-
eminent can succeed only through
an instructed electorate. Our OBJ
jective Is not simply to overcome
illiteracy. The Nation has marched
far beyond that. The more complex
the problems of the Nation become,
the greater is the need for more and
more advanced instruction. More
over. as our numbers increase and
as our life expands with science and
invention, we must discover more
and more leaders for every walk of
life. We cannot hope to succeed in
directing this increasingly complex
tuSl al
the talent Of leadership from the
whole people. One civilization after
another has been wrecked upon the
attempt to secure SUFFICIENT leader
ship from single group or class.
II we would prevent the growth Of
class distinctions and would con-
stantly refresh our leadership with
the ideals Of our people, we must
draw constantly from the general
mass. The full opportunity for every
boy and girl to rise through the Sc
lective processes of education can
alone secure to us this leadership.
Public Health.
In public health the discoveries Of
science have opened new era.
Many sections of our country and
many groups of our citizens suffer
from diseases. the eradication Of
which are mere matters of admin
istration and moderate expenditure.
Public health service should be as
fully organized and as universally
incorporated into our governmental
system as is public education. The
returns are a thousand fold In eco
nomic benefits. and infinitely more
in reduction of suffering and pro-
motion of human happiness.
World Peace.
The United States fully accepts
the profound truth that our own
progress, prosperity and peace are
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