Show JARS JAR'S ARS AR'S MEANING EMPHASIZED BY BYI I LABOR LEADER u. Gompers Urges Unions to toL Maintain l l Ie Methods lods of L Democracy at Home I I Va Washington ton Jan 1 ln In In a a. New Years Year's creating to all or organised labor Samuel Gompers president of ot the American J Federation of ot Labor calls upon representatives and or organizers to make plain in to to 10 their fellows the Issues Involved In that de- de The Tho Thear war ar and th the obligation olves upon all citizens Ho lie al also o emphasizes emphasizes em em- tho the Import Importance nce of or seeing to It that thal the tho spirit and methods of or democracy I maintained at nt home while the I are country countr racy Is IR fighting to establish them i In International relations War Vav means victory for lor or our cause or danger to the tho very err existence of ot our i nation says sas the tho address With our nation at nt stale stake Individuals cannot Interpose In- In opposition to the war war war-a. a war d declared by the will o of or the nations nation's rep rep- re Under the the- exigencies of or I war nar 11 opposition to the war declared h. h by constituted authority becomes tren treason on While thin Is true there ther Is ven c-ven Imore J I more than ordinary r need for lor the maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- main main- of tho rl rights of ol men and women women wom worn en and for fOl careful scrutiny and tho the fullest f discussion sion of oC policies and methods meth meth- od before their adoption The Tho to Interpose Its needs and anti contentions I Is while policies are In tho the mak making In g I Jaime laue Define Dc The The fighting and tho the concrete I Issues ues of ot the war are arc so far removed from the people people of ot our country that not all allor of or our citizens have a full tull understand understand- of ing-of the Issues involved ed An un understanding under under- er- er standing of the principles of ol autocratic forte force which the tho central powers desire to substitute for tor the real principles of ot freedom make malel clear to all citizens of or orthis this republic the tho effect ct of ef r our possible defeat upon their own lives and In addition to th the fundamental principles principles principles prin prin- at Issue labor has an additional interest in the tho war This war Is In tho last analysis a peoples people's war war war-la- la labors labor's hors bor's war Ar The final outcome will bo be determined In the factories In the tho mills in the shops the mines mine the I r farms the Indu industries and the tho transportation transportation transportation tation agencies of the various countries coun coun- tries That group of countries which can most su successfully or organize Its agencies of production and transportation tion and which can n furnish the tho most adequate and effective agencies with which to conduct the war will win Production Tho Work workers have a part in this war equal co-equal with Ith the soldiers and aud sailors on tho the ships and In the trenches Continuous production Is II an Indispensable Indispensable Indis Indis- prerequisite to pro production of ot necessary war supplies The government government govern govern- ment as well as the workers themselves them them- solve selves Is ia vitally Interested In maintaining maintaining main main- taming such uch conditions that there shall be no occasion for Interruption in pro plO C ti On The chief responsible a agents of the tho government ao have havo shown a dE desire lre to bo be fair and an understanding of tho the hu human human human hu- hu man elem elements nt involved hn in this problem The or organized labor movement has also abo shown hown an equally broad bread understanding understand understand- ing n and aDd grasp of or the tho situation Mr Nr 1 Gompers quotes at length from tho ilie declaration adopted b by labor representative representatives rep rep- me meeting hero here on March tarch J 12 2 and the tho resolutions of oC the Buffalo Bufalo But But- falo ialo convention of or the American Federation Federation Fed Fed- of or Labor outlining the tho attitude attitude atti atti- tude twin of oC organized labor towards war work |