Show R Roosevelt 1 Then hen and Now and N Now It It is inevitable that the man who talks too much must finally f fall n a victim of the deadly parallel I p Listen st n t to Theo Theodore ore Roosevelt president year 1906 1906 occasion annual message to congress declaration I I call your attention to the need of passing the bill bill limiting the number of of- hours of employment ment of railway yes The measure is a a very moderate one and I can conceive of no serious objection ob objection objection ob- ob I to it Inde Indeed d so far as it lies in our power it should be our our aim imst steadily a to reduce the numbers of hours of labor with ith as a goal the general I hit introduction of the hour eight-hour day Again an his m message to congress on December 3 1907 President Roosevelt said Tile The ITh congress should consider consid l' l the extension of the the hour eight-hour law Jaw Th principle of the hour eight-hour day should as rapidly and as far as practicable c bh be c e extended to the entire work carried earned on by the government And nd no now t turn tn your ybur gaze on this Speaker Theodore Speaker Theodore Roosevelt O Occasion n Speech on ii I Anything Anything to Anything to to be a Wilson Declaration We hay haye seen in ill this country few things more discreditable to our representatives and more om ominous to the fut future re of the tho nation t than l th the passage of the Adamson hour eight-hour law for railway train train- men mep I |