Show WORKERS AT HOME folh AS SOLDIERS auch IS THE DECLA declaration nATION OF PRESIDENT WILSON IN LABOR DAY MESSAGE purpose of america Is to resist pr Pru 6 solan salan aggression and the army of f laborer at home la Is as aa im r portana as aa the army abroad washington all american are addressed as follow fellow enlisted men of a A bangle obligation tit in president wll rions tons labor day message the presidents president 8 message follows lly follow fellow citizens 4 Labor day 1018 la is not like any labor day that wo we have known labor day wim way always deeply significant with us now it Is supremely significant keenly as we were aware it year ago of the enterprise of life and death upon which tho the nation had embarked we did not perceive its ltv meaning clearly as 08 i we depow do pow wo we know that we were and must stand and stride together but wo ve did not realize as wo we no do now that flint 0 ile o arn ar nil all enlisted in leeni on members of a single army of ninny many parts anti and many tasks tails but commanded by a tingle pingle obligation our one faces set toward A a tingle object wo now know that flint every tool in ili every essential industry Is it ft weapon and a n weapon wielded for the same purpose flint any ally rifle la Is wielded a weapon which if wea we were vero to 14 lay down no r lie would be of filly any use ilse against hun aggression and it a weapon for what what is the arry why are wo we enlisted W why I 1 should we bo be ashamed it if wo we were vere n not inflated enlisted 7 at first it seemed hard hardly more th than a it it a war of defense nguan t the military aggression of germany Bel belgium glum halt had been vl violated olisted france in gilded and germany wits was afield fig again n na in 1870 unit 1866 to work out tier ambition in and it was as I 1 necessary to meet her force with force nut but it Is clear now that flint it la Is much moro more than a ar war to alter tile tho balance of power in IJu rope 1 germany it Is now plain was striking in g at what freo free men inen everywhere do sire elre and must have the right to determine their own fortunes fortuna s to inest upon justice arid to oblige governments to ac act for them and cot for tile the private and selfish interests at it a governing class it Is a war to make the abc nations and nd peoples of the world secure against every such power as the Gor german autocracy represents it Is a war of emancipation ci cl not until it Is won can men anywhere live lye free from constant fear tr pr abrev tho freely is hile they so go about their daily tasks and know that governments ern ments are their servants tv not their musters this li is therefore tile war of all wars ware labor should support und find lipport nil all its concentrated p power ower the world be safe mens inan lives 03 cli cannot linot lie be secure no roans right can be confidently and successfully assert ed eda magninat the cie rulo rule tind mastery aitery ni of 0 groups and special interests so BO long as governments like that which after long premeditation drew austria and germany into alio war tiro 1 tb control the lie destinies and the fortunes of men inon and nations pitting while honest men work laying ing tho the fires of which innocent men women find children are to ile be the fuel industry must sustain wyo tou 11 know tile nature of this war ivar tt it Is aawar a war which industry must inest sustain thy army of 0 laborers laboi ers tit at horn homo ois Is nv important emlio nil na tso imai as tile army of fighting men in tile the far fields of actu and tho the laborer Is not only needed as aa much ns as tho the soldier it to I 1 his bis war the soldier Is lits ills champion and representative to tall fall to win would be to imperil everything that th the i laborer hils has striven for or and hold i dai since freedom first lind had its dawn aud andels his struggle glo for justice began tit the 6 soldiers nt at the front know tilts this it stools their muscles to think of it Th they eyare are ciu crusaders they are an lighting fighting for no selfish advantage for their own they would demise anyone who fo fought light for tho the selfish advantage of uny tiny nation alot us ila hake tills this therefore it day of fresh comprehension not only of evve ye arc rt re about mid bf renewed and clear eyed resolution hut but a day t f consecration also in which we devote ourselves without pause or limit to ao tho great task lask of setting our own country and file ho whole world freo free to render ader justice to fill all and of nin niukini kini it impossible tor for small email groups or of political leaders liny where to disturb or in any way to make tools find puppets of those upon whose consent and upon chos power their own authority and vory existence depend IWO iwa may hy count upon in each chothen ch other the nation Is of a single mind it Is taking inking counce conniel with no special class it Is serving no private or single ringle inhere t its 6 awu tn mind I 1 n d I 1 lias fais been cleared and forU fort lUby fled by these days dave which burn bum the i drom nwe |