Pres. Eliot's Speech to Canadians

On Saturday night President Eliot spoke to the members of the Harvard Canadian Club and their guests from the British Empire Club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He paid a glowing tribute to the splendid work being done by the Ministry of Labor in Canada, under the direction of Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, a former member of the club, and a former student in the Economics Department of Harvard. The recent legislation of the Canadian Parliament for the settlement of individual disputes was designated by the speaker as "the best in the world." Its superlorities in contrast with the laws for similar purposes in the other British colonies and the United States were discussed at some length. Continuing, President Eliot pointed out the difference between Canada and the United States in the powers of their respective central governments, and said that in the solution of the labor problem, it would be difficult for America to follow Canada's lead, because the initiative could not be taken by the Federal government, and legislation must be framed and enacted by the several states.

In concluding his address he asked two questions of his audience: Why do you come to Harvard? Do you intend to return to Canada to work? The answers given by several men indicated that undergraduates as well as graduate students were attracted to Harvard by the reputation of its teaching staff; that Canadians, when their academic studies are completed, intend to return home.