| Show w a A AT J H VII AlAH AS Pr President Wilson r in L Labor bor r rr r i i Day Dar Message l b blares s Industry Industry Industry In In- Wi WIel cis Weapons Weapons 1 A As Well cn l Nations Nation's s as nt Of s R-'s Army J n By S f WASHINGTON Sept Jl Pledging ing anew to th the thi the con corr- s sC rati o or of ew every r S stien l' l J arm armand armand and brain brain in in ric J talc to-talc t the winnin of he the hear war ar l Pre r c d r t S V son in hi his Labor Tabor cl day clay y h issued issued to today today to- to w day ranked ranke Ole oC ardy e labor a yr C labor workday work vork ing at Rome vi with jh It t r t i 1 n abroad o d. d lIe He Hei said said said- i 1 X W S tl I t l 0 ow I. I t ji a 1 not fc ti days th that t wo wa have lm known n La Labov b 01 day a was always deeply cepl significant With usO us Now Noss' O I It Is supremely I pr mely significant r 1 Keenly Keen en- en ly h a as we II were aware e A year ago RIO o of the enterprise of o life Ufe and an death th upon which the nation ha had had embarked embarked we we did not Continued d on Page PaJe 3 1 WORKERS AT HOME VITAL AS SOLDIERS Continued From Pa Page Pago o 1 perceive Its meaning as aR cl clearly arh- arh as we wedo wedo e edo do now We c knew that we were wera all partners and must stand and strive to together to- to gether but we wo did hl not realize as ns we do donow donow donow now that we wo are all aU enlisted m men n members members members mem mem- bers of or a single arm army 0 of man many parts and man many tasks but commanded by a n single le obligation our faces set toward a single object Wo 0 now know that tool In essential Industry er e every every ery Is a weapon and a n. weapon wielded for tor forthe tho the samo sarno purpose se that an army rifle rUlo Is wielded a a. weapon which If IC we wo were to lay down no rifle would beof bo be boor of or any an use And Alid a n weapon for tor what What hat Is tho the war for tor V Why h are arc we wo enlisted 1 Why h should we be bc ashamed If iC we were not enlisted Menace I I Is Trem Tremendous At first it seemed hardly more than thana a war of oC defense deCenso against the military ag of oC Germany German Belgium had been violated France Invaded and Germany Gormany was afield again as In fn 1870 and 1866 66 to work out her ambitions in Europe an and it ft was necessary to m meet et ether her force torce with force Coree But nut It Is 18 clear now that It l Is much moro mono than a war warto warto warto to alter the balance of oC power in Eu Eu- Europe rope ropo Germany It Is now plain was striking striking strUt ing at nl what free tree men everywhere e desire de de- sire Hire and must have thc the e tho right to determine do- do termine their own fortunes to Insist upon Justice and to oblige go to act net for tor them and not for th the private and ln selfish Interest of oC a n governing I class It Is a war tsar to make tho the nations and peoples of oC tho the world secure against German autocracy autocracy auto auto- or e every such euch power as al tho the is war of DC eman oman crac cracy represents It a Not ot until it II is won can cnn men anywhere live BYe free tree from Crom constant fear leal lealor or breathe freely treel while they go so about their dally daily and know that governments got gov ov-I ov arc aro their servants not their masters nr Special Interests tN Th This Is ts the tho war of or all wars which labor should support and support with all its concentrated power powel The Tho world cannot be safe Tens Ten's lives live carnot be secure no man mans man S 'S nd successfully success- success rl tl can be lIe confidently confidently- end asserted against the tho rule rulo and anU full fully I ma mastery of oC arbitrary groups and special ape vial cial Int interests so long ong as governments so I like that which after alter long premeditation I tion Austria str a and Gi Into this war tsar art art- pel permitted milled to control the destinies and tie tUc dally ones fortunes of or and plotting while honest men work laying the fires of oC which Innocent Inno moo to tobe tobe tobe cent men mon women and children arc be the fuel You know the nature of or this war It Is a war which Industry must sus sus- tain The arm army of oC laborers rs at home Is Important essential e as the army arm nf or I fighting men In the far Car fields of oC actual battle battlo And the tho laborer Is riot not only needed as much as aM the soldier It Is la his Ills war war- warThe The soldier Is lIS his champion champlon and representative e To tall fall 10 to win I would bo be to imperil everything o that the laborer has striven tot for and antI held I dear since Mince free freedom om first had its It It dawn n and his struggle for lor justice began beg The Tho soldiers at tho the front know this It steels their muscles muscle to think of oC It Thc They are crusaders They are arc fighting Corno for Cor forno forno no selfish advantage nd for tor their own na na- tion They rhey would despise anyone who fought for tor the selfish advantage ad of an any nation I Only Object Tho They are giving their lives Jives that homes everywhere e as wen well as the homes the they love In America ma may be bc I kept sacred and safe saCe and amid men everywhere everywhere every every- where be bo free Cree as the they Insist upon being free They are arc fighting for tho the Id Ideals als alsoC of oC their own land great reat Ideals Immortal Immortal Immortal Im Im- mortal Ideals Ideals which shall light the wa way for Cor all men mon to the places where Justice Is done dono and men live lIvo with lifted heads and emancipated spirits ThaIs That Tha ThatIs Is tho the reason wh why the they tl fight ht with solemn Joy and are aro Invincible In Let us make snake this therefore a da day daj of oC fresh comprehension not only o of oC what hat we are arc about and of ot renewed and eyed clear resolution but hut a day day of consecration also In which wo we devote demote ourselves without pause or limit to tho the great Creat tas task of oC setting our own country and tho whole world free rree to to render Justice to all and of oC making It Impossible Impossible sible for tor small groups of political leaders lead- lead I ers ers anywhere to disturb our peace or orthe ortho ortho tho the peace of or the world or In any wa way to make tools and puppets of oC those whose consent and upon whose power their own authority and their own Yer very existence depend We Va mo may count upon each other The nation Is of oC a n single mind It is taking t counsel with no special class It Is serving no private or single lo In in- in terest Its own mind has been cleared and fortified b by these days which burn tho the dross away Tho The light of oC a n new conviction con has penetrated to ever every class amongst us UM We Yc realize as we never realized before that we are arc comrades comrades com com- rades dependent one ono on another IrresIstible Irresistible Irre Irre- when united powerless when divided And so we Join hands to lead the world to a n new now an and better day WILSON I |
