Show Q rii r r I r No jYo Time Tinte for Strikes W lIEN Austrian munitions wor workers 1 ers were reported lobe to lo tobe V V be on strike a short time ago American spirits toso despite warnings against placing too much faith in inthe inthe I the report Many tan of our people followed the fhe line of I I It t p least resistance and felt that the war was wag nearing its ind If their beliefs had been heen based on facts they thc would have had cause for fOt rejoicing for it is plain that io IO nation can cnn endure when its workmen quit the fight Subsequent reports revealed the tho fact that Prussian efficiency was not threatened b by the strikes The workmen work- work men Inen let returned to their tasks full knowing well that rc- rc fugal invited Prussian military discipline Germanys Germany's war lords made it plain to the strikers that their choice I Ila la lay between work and death I before the firing squad As As a result the general g opinion now flOW prevails in the United States Stat that the Austrian workers cannot strike because they are held fast ast ast by hy the iron heel Now that one one of our shipyards is idle because American workmen hn have e laid down their tools it is necessary to con consider ider the labor problem from another viewpoint The Baltimore strike threatens the same harm to us that the reported strikes in Austria threatened threatened threat- threat ened to Germany That no ration nation can endure when its workmen quit the fight applies to the United States as well as ns to Austria The Austrians returned to their I duties when the tIle guns of militarism were trained I them In the United States State we wc do not deal with labor that on way Our are free agents ag permitted to quit work whenever thc they desire lesire We e cannot solve sol the strike problem in tho same way as Germany because r forced labor is contrary to our policy Labor as a free solve the problem for fr itself and agent thc therefore must for the nation If Ii it continues the strike it strikes at atthe atthe the tho heart of thin the notion nation for no nation can endure when its workmen qU quit t the fight Labor Lalor cannot protect itself and desert the nation for then it im invites defeat for the nation which lives gives it liberty When our war vai program is stalled t l or delayed b by strikes we are arc delivered to the tho enemy my in the measure incas meas urt ure that the strikes cs prevail ail We Ye arc nrc placed at nt the with us IS hearing bearing the merc mercy of or Grm Germany lt anti and labor goes g same relation to fh tho enemy On a n broad scale it is easy America lu nl also o in triumphing over 1 to see that that jermany labor then thou must Our American labor triumphs triumph over er as Austrian n assume the tho same mme relation to labor Labor striking against ag America invites and aids the militarism which drove trovo the Austrians back hack to work Ships are arc vital to our success in ill war and mId labor i is is vital ital to the success of our sh shipbuilding pro program nm News advices indicate that the Baltimore strike was called Germany Ger Ger- before any attempt was made at nt adjustments many lUnny no doubt feels the same sume encouragement today when told lold that that our people experienced we were had hind refused to support the war the A Austrian la laborers ho longer uger In In la |