| Show I ls s of Plain Men for Pro Progress Progress' 7 IW il ls Lea Leaders d ers ersilO L By Associated Press ETON lO i March President Wilson In Ills ls address before beCore the and mayors said l tat t I could promise myself the pleasure and the pro lt ot of taking deliberations I find that nothing dellb deliberate rate Is permitted me irn I have been trying under the guidance ot of m my secretary lt do a a. months month's work In a week and I am hoping that not all alln n nd done badly but Inasmuch as there Is a necessary pressure know that you will excuse me from taking a part In your lu high h as I should be profited hy by doing so vant duty Is to bid you a a. hearty welcome and to express my that so 80 many executives executive ot of states have ha found the to come to- to very important matter cuss r duty of ring caring for our Intimate matters that we 1 nos 8 here ot of course falls es es and upon the l le function of the federal p do what it Is to torence torence rence of this sort draw minds ot of the country to- to may profit b by each cach and plans and so BO BOffer offer our services to co- co efforts in any way that thata a 1 t wise to coordinate i Jt it Is the privilege of the ment in matters ot of this I servants of the tates and municipalities lid n-d we shall perform that greatest pleasure it If you your suggestions PROBLEMS the discussions of this l tak as wide a scope I necessary We Ve are not nots I s 91 any any single or narrow are arc met to discuss the thep p of restoring all the labor laborthe laborthe the coUntry to a normal S' S and to effect l ot of labor and In- In may make l think I can testify from I een on the other side of oft t we we are more fortunate rons ens In respect to these theses s Our industries have I 1 nd disorganized disorganized-dis- compared with a peace Indeed by the the sms ms to me mc therefore I approach these I about to discuss discus with with confidence a good I ence ce that It If we have a aS anse nse S we can realize that S serious or in- in I difficulties T MAN MAN that has impressed me only in the reten re- re ten len I 1 have been In con con- other side of the water Cother months before I went wenter er was this We Ve are at at hat the business of gov- gov take counsel for the thee We e are at last learning matter of the prosperity IS down Into the great ten len and women who do dohe dohe he world and that the dance Is not completed success of great enter enter- only by the thee thee e benefit that It confers o 0 in the obscure rank of o the success ot of those ko NAL SYMPATHY pf the men and women If the world are stirred that has never been They are not only r r individual circum- circum l ley y are beginning to get lat at the tho general circum- circum world are and there Is mo me in history an inter inter- thy which Is quick and which does not ills ills- rely In the contact of oft tit t displays itself In the therse urse ot of sympathy be- be bodies that constitute and the significance of I Ike this is that we are aret t tand and will I bell believe eve ex- ex ex of this conference ess eRS that we are servants I of this great silent mass of people who constitute the United States and that as their servants It is our business as asIt asIt It Is our privilege to find out how we can best assist In making their lives what they wish them to be be giving them the opportunities that they ought to have assisting hy by public counsel In the private affairs upon which the happiness of men depends SERVANTS OF WORLD And so 50 I am the more distressed that I 1 cannot take part In these counsels coun- coun sels my present n nu business u is to I J understand what t t plain men c e want It is perfectly understood in Paris that we are not meeting there thereas as the tho masters ot of that anybody we weare are meeting there as the servants of I believe It Is about people and that unless we show that we understand un- un the business of servants we will not satisfy them and we will not accomplish the peace of the world and that If we show that we want to serve any interest but theirs we will have hav become candidates for the most lastIng lasting last last- Ing discredit that will ever attach to tomen tomen men In history And so It Is profound feeling feeling feel feel- ing of the significance ot of the things you are undertaking that I bid you welcome because I believe you have come together in the spirit which I have tried to Indicate and that we will together concert methods of cooperation tion and Individual notion which will really accomplish what we wish to see accomplished In steadying and easing and facilitating the whole labor processes proc proc- esses of the United States |
