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Show Problems Requiring Highest Order of Statesmanship and Intelligent Support. MUST MEET ALL QUESTIONS SQUARELY Hopes All Organizations Will Stand Unitedly For Progressive, Progres-sive, Humane Principles. NEW YORK, Juno 28. A letter from William G, McAdoo. In which he appeals to all labor organizations to exert themselves "energetically, Intelligently Intel-ligently and unitedly against the,re-es-tXibllshment of reaction in America," was made public hero tonight. The letter, dated Juno in, was in reply re-ply to a communication from John J. Mulholland, secretary of the Metal Trades council of New York Ciiy and vicinity, which informed Mr. McAdoo i that nioro than 145,000 wage-earners 'icprcsented by the council "recom-I "recom-I mend you as the "most popular candidate candi-date for president that tho Democratic! party could possibly name." Alter thanking Mr. Mulholland for the "unsolicited and unexpected endorsement," en-dorsement," tho letter contniuos; Coumry Facing Great 1-voblcnis. "Wo are facing problems In this country and in the world which quire not only the highest order of statesmanship, but the most patriotic and enlightened support of an intelligent intelli-gent electorate. These questions must oo met squarely and directly. Evasion ond .equivocation appeals to blind passion pas-sion and selfish partisanship, ha e lost their magic. Men and women arc thinking these days, and thinking deeply, and it is only that party wlilch has ihe courage to explicitly declare for liberal and progressive policies, and that candidate who is tearless enough to espouse thorn vigorously and sincerely, which will command the respect and secure the votes of a majority ma-jority of our countrymen in the coming com-ing election. Rights of Humanity Above Properly. "The rights of humanity must be put above the rights of property, but the rights of each should be protected l within its Just limitations. "As 1 said recently In a letter to the Metal Trades council of Brooklyn, we cannot look with complacency of indifference in-difference upon tho restoration to power of the selfish forces of which have been reasserting themselves with such vigor and volubility in America ad throughout the world. 1 hope, therefore, that your organization, and' all organizations of labor, will exert I themselves energetically intelligently! and unltedy against the re-establish-! ment of reaction In America, and in I favor of those progressive, humane : land powerful forces which truly represent rep-resent the interests of the great masses of the common people, and thereby so-1 cure to our country the benefits and blessingj which the continued triumph of genuine Democracy alone cun give It." |