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Show r.eccssary, often wis?, for labor to organize. lie advocates ad-vocates organized labor and praises ltOf course, ta condemns violence and disorder, but what sensible union man does not? The message is out and out for unionism. - . It must have come as a blow to Tarry and his associates, as-sociates, who just got through meeting and forming plans to crush out the unions. They are for war; the President is for peace. He realizes that conditions' are such that it would, be impossible almost for employers em-ployers to deal with individual employees. He recognizes recog-nizes the right of both labor and capital to organize, provided they arevkept under proper restraint and j not allowed to impinge upon the rights of others. ! He realizes that capital and labor can get along better bet-ter if they are organized legitimately than if they are unorganized. . The workingmen of -the country should feel honored hon-ored by the confidence the President has in them and fchould so conduct themselves as to deserve it. The employers should look at the matter sensibly and aid the President in his obvious purpose to bring about industrial peace. There is no flattering, no cringing in that part of the message that dwells upon labor and capital. It is straightforward and to the point. It should have great influence with the two vast interests directly concerned, and it should have the effect of governing Congress to take such action as is recommended. The message will do much to eliminate the Sam Parkses and the Parrys from the problem. If the message has the effect of getting foolishly warring interests to look at the. question in the light of reason rea-son and common sense it will have wrought a tremendous tre-mendous reform. 1 ' ' i. - . ; : . Tha President cn Labor. v At no time has it been easy to forecast the course of President Roosevelt, but his message in some re-' re-' spects surprised those who had prepared themselyes for surprises. His outspoken stand on the labor question was . perhaps the biggest surprise of all. It must of course be taken as sincere,, as the President, accord- ing to his own statement, has no further political ambitions. He undoubtedly says in his message just what he actually believes. '. He savs that it is often necessary, and when not I . ' |