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Show 'LABOR'S chieftain A ; GOffERS GIVES MESSAGE UPOri LABOR HOLIDAY v i Declares Day Records Workers' Achievement in Obtaining Fundamental Right; Is for Liberty By SAMUEL GOMPER8, President f th American Fed ere. tion of Labor. . . Written Expressly for NEA Service, Ser-vice, Ina- and Th Telegram. . Labor day I a double celebration. It records labor achievement In securing fundamental rights; It also oppresses labor determination determina-tion te maintain labor' policy tn every field of human endeavor. For' thl reason Laoor day a a national holiday haa a deep slgnlflcano for the public. ' , ' Our father fought and bled In defense of tb Inalienable rights of life, liberty and th pursuit of f.applneee. Th government of tb United State waa established to protect thea right. Labor's policy pol-icy stands for their practical realisation real-isation for every cltlian, SEARCHLIGHT FOR MASSES. . Labor's policy sx presses the material ma-terial and aplrltual aaplratlona of tha maaaea. Therefore, labor's policy- beoomea tha policy of tha nation na-tion In Its search for political and economic stability and prooperlty. Labor's policy la algnlflcant for Ita conception of life, liberty and th pureult of happiness. It en -vlalona a life not -limited by the mere necessities of physical ezlet-ence. ezlet-ence. It demand a living standard stand-ard much higher than I contained In "cost of living" wegee. It Insists that labor ahall have an equitable share of tbe wealth In which labora own llf energle ar the eoeentia! elements. Labor's policy pol-icy demande a Ufa onblemlahed with eonetant worries over threatened threat-ened economic Insecurity In a country coun-try overflowing with actual and potential wealth. LIBERTY IS LABOR'S POLICY. Labor's policy stands for liberty In the broadest meaning of the term. Political liberty Liberty to determine de-termine freely our political eolation and Institutions by the sovereignty of the ballot under democratic rap-resents rap-resents live government. Industrial liberty Liberty freely to negotiate Induatrlai relation without cooipulaloa from any source. " Uberty to strike For the bed-Ark bed-Ark of Industrial liberty le th right to quit -work. Th right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness hap-piness become academl mouthlnga when th right to quit work ia Impaired. Im-paired. Lab3re policy expreescs labor faith In our worker. Faith In their ability to demon at rata that within tha fielda of repreeentatlva political and Induatrlai . democracy orgen-laed orgen-laed labor la ths advance guard ef the masses, drlvlrur ita way straight ahead of. labor' objective and atrlking down tho harriers of reaction, greed and tyranny wherever wher-ever found by whomsoever planted. Proud of Ita achievements,, firm In Its determination, aura of lis ureses American labor celebrates Leber day. 121, with Joy and confidence, con-fidence, and earnestly Invitee all those who bv faith It) American Institution to loin th celebration. celebra-tion. - Copyright. IK. NEA Pervlce, Inn. OAVIS 8AVS STRIKELE8S AGE APPROACHING. ATLANTA, Gsl, Kept. I fBy 0. P. Capital and labor are approaching ap-proaching a "strlkeless saw" eecrs-tary eecrs-tary of labor Davis declared In a Labor day meeaag her. "Tear by year experience hj demonstrating both to labor and management, the fart that. the best tlms to ssttls aa Industrial dispute le before It ha com to th point of aa appeal to force." Davie aald. - "A euepeneinn ef production in any Industry today meana los to both employer and worker as well as to ths public which ths Industry Indus-try serves and the prosper It r of the whole country which la ultimately baaed upoa continuous proauarity.' |