Show PF rss Ef l i HARDIS HARDING MAKES KES OPENING SPEECH Of CONfERENCE President Says All America Must Unite to Relieve Unemployment Situation and Predicts Success By Dy HERBERT W. W WALKER United Frees Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON Sept 26 The The un un- conference which wh Ich will to provide work for tho the thousands thousands thou thou- thousands sands of ot jobless men In the tho United States got sot under way today tod Secretary of or Commerce Hoover order and nd called the conference to Immediately ed lately introduced intro d u cod President dent Harding larding v who ho made the first speech to tho the assemblage of at representative of r labor c and the public gathered from tram all parts of ot the countr country cou n try larding Harding was vms received with great greit ch cheering ering as he entered the auditorium with Mrs Harding at his side Tho The conference was summoned larding Harding said to counsel America In order that the unemployment situa situation tion might be relieved Tho The administration ho he said saltI Is anxious lest the tho situation grow wor worse e ith tho the coming of ot winter In normal times about men menI are re out of ot work the president said bu but tho the unemployment now is 19 ex ex- ex I UNITED EFFORT NEEDED All AU America must commit Itself to the solving of ot the unemployment problem Harding declared Tho The president confidently predicted th that t tho the United States will not fail taU in ITt the tho task which he characterized a. as asa asan an an a advance drive of ot pea peace peace co All America has nev r failed whon when committed to a 0 common ommo i cause tuse ho v- v sald eaId- wv 4 B Both th Harding and nd Hoover m em emphasized that the the situation on m must st stI nc never r h be he solved 1 by 31 the giving of ot g gov government I alms from fron tho treasury treasur I Tho The J president made It Jt very cry clear that the federal treasury treasur must not be called upon to relieve c the situation lIe He insisted that the tho remedy lies Inthe in tho the cooperation of oC capital labor and tho the public America he said is Js now suffering a n war inheritance which Was vas vasI Inevitable ble and prompt mitigation IB J. imperative I I Cooperative service ser to the unemployed loyed and antI not charity must be bo the I of oC tho the conference Secretary Hoover declared in his brief speech I outlining tho the program in a a. general wa way say I Tho dole dol gIven unemployed hi In hiI hither other ther countr countries is tho the most vicious I of ot f systems ever eyer Intro Introduced into government gov gov- Hoover raid It mu must t n no noe noi noibe t I be e employed her hen ho he warned If It th the United Jutted d States Is to be saved caved from destructive e p t HOOVER OUTLINES PROGRAM Outlining Ol t the general 1 program of ot or orthe otho the ho co conference c Hoover said Hoover sald It Its first ask u IH Is to get th the tho facts about un unemployment ni- ni rs as S to its volume olum distribution ion tion and t e t the e pro YOP you make depend on the tho weight 1 it oC t the problem I I Next he said the immediate need f or tor or the coming winter must be c coped p d. d hIth The restoration of ot commerce I md nd employment generally to normal oust must be assisted d. d In 11 accordance with a resolution n pas assed d b by the tho conferees Hoover na named th he tono following permanent committee o to reparo th the conference program sel select ct t I committees and assign to them varl vail i ous us phases of the unemployment lem cm m i I S mayor of ot Detroit jd Ida I. I New York Thomas V. V OConnor president of ot the Longshore- Longshore tens liens union But Buffalo lo Charles Charles' M. M b New YorKi Yori C C. C H. H Markham n f president of ot the Illinois C Cen Cen- n ra Voll on Chicago o ice ico president o of the American Fedora Fedora- I ion of ot labor Samuel McCune LInd- LInd ay ty cw New York professor protessor of at so social Columbia bla J Ju f I lus us' H. H Banes nes DI Duluth th Minn Car ar- ar J. J ence nee ace M. M uVo Vo Woolcy Wooley 01 C Detroit president of rho r- r tho ho o American Radiator company co panf I Harry larry S S. S Robinson Los Lo Angeles Angele t for for- z Jl member of ot tho the Un United States State S v hipping bo board rd v After the thc addresses by Harding and ana of Comm Commerce Hoover they the the f ret sossi in of the conference a ad- ad until a Z p. p m. m r TEXT EXT OF ADDRESS ADDRES r r Tile text of t President Harding a areas reas follows Ladies adie and A ri d Gentlemen Gentl men of ot tho the Conference Conference Con Con- ference terence J II It is I. a n. plc-a plc pleasure ur to express si tn In i advance of ot your labors tho the gratl- gratl tudo ido do of f th the government for tor your 8 sec sr vieD Ico Ce to the nl nation Uon Perhaps it is noto pot not t o 0 much to say say say-a a service Mo o world arId orld Not sot so so o vcr Jong since I w. w waa wu receiving the call of oto a distinguish I tor JK crr mid and In t tho o course couro of of oar ho his alluded to J t the 8 o A ienco is mot th this mornIn and id said Mr Air President Pr Our Our- p o deeply Int Interested r rested sted in In the the- Amer i inference on oa unemployment t. t b o O li our ir r problem la akin r Own your ur relief In hi tho United S te be j an added sIgn signal signa or 11 ope front frat J. J i merica rJ a t to t. us and B other o ho people o C like ilke depressed sed 4 4 f That of ot 11 a lI i foreIgner our QUI I Uty If It It be tr true e Uia B aft L N I U 2 j r 0 t f i l HARDING MAKES Continued from page 1 Is without example to someone amon among hi his fellows which I believe to bo everlastingly true then nations great and small are Influencing others otner In Inoh oh nil they do You are oro Invited together to consider consider con con- sider eider a a. condition which Is in no wise peculiar to the thc United States The Industrial depression which wo we are arc feeling Is a n war inheritance throughout through through- out tho world We saw humanity stressed In that production which Is Impelled b by nations desperate In self self- preservation We Ve saw Industrial call to arms which marshaled the he famil family as W well cn as tho the accustomed bre bread ad winners winners win ners and nd we c saw the spiritual mental and physical might mis of ot tho the people cast castIn castIn castin In the scales measuring the might of ot tho the republic From such a test there thero Is inevitable reaction To such heights there thero Is necessary ascent and Inescapable descent With the tho world Involved d there is no e escape capo for an any of the world from tho the valleys alleys of ot depression Though Th h ugh we suffered less than man many of ot those with whom ve we were associated and less than any of ot those against whom we contended It was wad Inevitable that we should ex experience experience ex- ex the fevers fever's aftermath and come to lm know del depression lon before wo we could become normal again I Liquidation r reorganization readjustment readjustment read read- readI I reestablishment taking ac account account account ac- ac count of things done dono and tho the sober contemplation ot of things thinS's to be done the finding of or firm ground and the open sure and onward way way all all these are a a. part of at the tho inevitable Ine and he who thinks the they might have hae been avoided b by this plan or that or this policy or that or this international relationship or that only hugs hUbs a n. de delusion delusion tie tie- lusion when reason Is Js needed for tor safe council Even though tho the worlds world's storehouses were depleted at nt the same sarno time the finances were unbalanced and none nono was read ready to store a n. war crop forthe for tor tho the more deliberate consumption of ot peace Momentarily there Vas was elation elation ela cIa tion but It was not tho the glow of abiding health Wo We mistook elation for tor rc restoration Today we wo are arc metin motIn mot met motin in in realization There Thero Is J always unemployment Under most mORt fort fortunate nato conditions I Iam Iam Ij am told there are million and a n. halfIn halfin half halfIn In tho the United States StateR who are arc not at at work The figures are arc astounding only because wo we are a hundred millions millions mil mil- lions Hons and this parasite percentage Is always with ill But there is excessive c unemployment ment today and we are cOl concerned cerne l not alone about Its diminution but lUt we wo weI weare are frankly anxious under the thc Inv in involved In- In I v l ed c conditions lest It grow worse vorse with hardships of the winter Bens season n won soon to be bo met I I 1 do no not venture venturo to quote the statisticians whether the maximum figures arc are accurate or the minimum more dependable Owing to to the far swing from Intensive endeavor or and the thc effort to get down to solid foundations foun foun- I coupled with the difficulty of ot readjusting expenditure public expenditure public corporate cor cor- and individual from abnormal tp normal the normal the problem of at ment merit Is Js the most difficult with which wo we are arc confronted ted SOLUTION POSSIBLE But there are no problems affectIng affectIng affect affect- Ing our national life lire and the welfare of the tho American people which we wo cannot and will not solve If It we fall fail toda today we wa will tr try again tomorrow There Thore has been vast unemployment before and will b bo again There will willbe willbe be depression after atter inflation Just as surel surely as the thc tides ebb and flow Clow but we can mitigate we wc can shorten duration we can commit all America to relief And all America has never r failed Called when committed to a common x cause If It out of ot your our councils there thoro comes a remedy which all America helpfully may apply appl toda today It may bo be helpfully employed some time again as-aln when similar conditions are aro encountered encountered It Sit Is fair tall to say Bay that Y you U are not asked to solve soho the long problems o of our social system Wo We have the America of ot toda today on the fun fundamentals of or economic In- In and political life lite which made mado madeus madous us what we are and the temple requires requires re- re re 1 quires no remaking now Wo We e are arc Incontestably sound We e are 1116 constitutionally J strong Wo Ye are m merely i depressed after the fever and we wan want t to know the tho wn way to speediest I 4 and dependable convalescence When llen we know the thc way everybody e In in j 1 America capital America capital and labor employer and tn captains of ot industry and th thep p in the tho trenches will trenches will go o over tho the top In the advance drive of ot peace Fr Frankly it Jt is difficult to Lo know whether we have reached that bedrock to which reaction runs before the UP upward I course be begins but here are nrc representatives of the forces which moire make for all wo we are arc or ever can be and your our soundings ought to I Ibo Ibo bo be reliable I NOT FROM TREASURY I would havo have little enthusiasm for tor any proposed relief which socks seeks either palliation or tonic from the tho public treasury treasUr The Tho excess of ot stimulation from rom that Is source to be reckoned a cause of ot trouble rather than a a. source of coure We should achieve but little In a a. remedial way It If we continued con con- I to excite a l con contributing cause It Is not m my thought ht to suggest your OUI lines of ot conference Mr 11 Hoover I tho the secretary of ot commerce to whom has been committed the arrangements for tor this important meeting will ivill present present present pre pre- sent the tho agenda I I 1 have hao wished to say ay to you that tho thE people of ot the United States are aro very deeply interested not alone tho the unemployed but all who are aro concerned concerned con con- for tor our common weal iveal and the world Is looking on to find helpfulness help help- In our American example Pu Fundamentally ii damen tall y sou Bound n d. d financially I n a n y I I strong Industrially industrIal unimpaired commercially comI com corn consistent and politically I unafraid there ought to bo work for everybody In ill the United States who I chooses to work and our condition at nt home and our place In t the e world deI de- de 1 I on everybody going to work and pursuing pursuing- It with that patriotism i I and devotion which make for a fortunate fort torI for for- I t nate and happy happ people |