Show tRED I f All If CW IVf DRAn President Has Fallen for Monstrous Doctrines of Pa Pacifists Says Senator DANGER TO LIBERTY Result Would Be Worse Than Loss of Hundred Battles Missourian Says ST. ST LOUIS Nov 13 AP The AP The recommendation of ot Pr Pra President ident CoolIdge CoolIdge CoolIdge Cool- Cool Idge at tit Kansas City Thursday for tor all all ll inclusive conscription in III tm time of war was characterized in in a formal format formal for for- mal mat statement tonight by Senator James A. A Heed Reed Democrat Missouri as a's the most a astonishing statement statement statement state state- ment which ever er fell from fell front from the lips of ot otan an American president The rhe senator asserted such a a. proposal proposal pro proposal pro pro- would spell national paralysis paralyses and national defeat Mr 11 CoolIdge declared d that in future future fu future fu- fu ture wars there should be ue a gen gen- er eral H I conscription conscript of all people peo and andall andall andall all' all pr property perty that t the the- conscription Continued on page page- 8 REED DENOUNCES Y 6 All INCLUSIVE DRAB Continued from page 1 1 should should be all inclusive Senator Reed said The phrase he ne employed wits w s the conscription of capital bu but capital embraces every form of property tI I I heard this phrase the conscription con conscription of capital first employed b by that class of pacifists who ins In- In s si ted that the World war was de deliberately de- de 11 brought on on by capitalists w tv desired to enrich themselves o 0 out of the struggle and that If capita capital capita cap cap- ita ital should be conscripted wicked capitalists would no longer pro- pro wars IDEA PREPOSTEROUS Of Of course the idea that the rec re- re j c t war was the result of a conN con- con s 5 acy racy of ot capitalists is an absurd absurd- N It reasonable mn men do not tor iI ment entertain but I 1 never ex tx- 1 r. r p i ted ed to o h hear ar the president of the f ted States publicly declare an fin t of this monstrous fah cv f an i yet more monstrous doctrine of oft t g general i l' l conscription r f 5 he one result of such a move t S a ator or Reed said w would uld be he the abor abr ab- ab r o-r r atlon of the right to life liberty ft i a property guaranteed by the thet t st p t. At t the mere i of war wary ware e TY ry y dollar would go sO into hiding If t L ri riess ness ss would be paralyzed the thee e w of industry woul 1 cease to ve ni ve the entire machinery y of trade and commerce would stop No Xo man woud dar dare trade tarter tarter Carter tar tar- ter buy or soil sell no one would venture venture venture ven ven- ture to make an investment Universal Universal Uni Util- versal chaos would immediately result result result re- re sult Accordingly at th tha very time when the government would most need to stimulate the Activities of the people and to promote the highest highest high high- est commercial activities everything every every- thing would suddenly c come me to a standstill The result would be worse than the of a hundred 1 l battles SEES AUTOCRACY Under such a law Reed said sald a military autocracy would be erected erected erected erect erect- ed on the ruins of our llIza cI tion The press would be throttled throttle the right of peaceable assemblage denied women would be be he subject to command by military autocrats and the president could exercise powers greater than ever dreamed by a Roman dictator or an oriental despot des des- pot The astounding thing is that a president should so far forget tr the e principles underlying our ur civilization civilization civilization tion and our form of government A A draft of any kind particularly for foreign wars Is obnoxious to the spirit of our civilization But thatIs that thit Is a a very different thing from the proposal to conscript the women as aswell aswell aswell well as the men the old as well as the young property as well as soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers |