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Show DAY IS MORE THAN ' RESPITE FROM TOIL Labor's Holiday Has Special Significance. r By WILLIAM GREEN, President A. F. of L. President William Green believes Labor day ought to be observed as labor's la-bor's dny, and not just like any other holiday. lie believes this clay should be particularly a day for labor, that cpli'lmitions should have outstanding lahor characteristics. What President Green believes is that Labor day is something greater and deeper and more sincere than a iiii're merry-making time. It is more H'rleus that a roller-coaster day. Buys President Green : "Do the men and women of labor Intend that Labor day be observed as niere holiday or used for personal convenience, or have they considered or are they considering how best they niay make it enthii-i'istienlly demon- William Green. s'raiive of labor's unity, labor's snl-1 snl-1 "i'ity, labor's hopes, aims, purposes, Movements? Labor day belongs to the working ''"'I'le of America. It Is for the men "n. vvoin.'ti of labor to demonstrate y,,;ir after year its value and signiil-('an"'. signiil-('an"'. Those outside the labor move-'"',u move-'"',u "re prone to a considerable de-"'"'e de-"'"'e to tost its strength and virility n 'he way in which Labor day is ob-H'rvod. ob-H'rvod. Labor (av was m;uie n na-'"'"il na-'"'"il Institution by the workers who 'r'v'lo'l you. You owe it to thorn and 0 "ie future to do your part in per-l'''"i;i per-l'''"i;i tin- this institution bv nppropri- eolebration. 'The lirst Monday of September of :ui year the factory whistles are si-!'" si-!'" mining shafts are closed J;nvn- the blacksmith's anvil is cold. J'J"'' hinist's lathe "is quiet labor a holiday. And not only organ- I r'!' ';ll,"r ,1m n" labor, for the beneti-f,'!,'"' beneti-f,'!,'"' ';lus 1,10 enactment of which Is .'''""'l throit-,-11 the efforts of orgnn- t lalmr. a!K-, the oix-ani-od 'he ur..r-ani;:, d ; those adio stand shoulder to shoulder with their fellows fel-lows and those who travel their own road careless of whether it parallels the pathway of their fellow workers. "Some of the labor organizations have abandoned regular labor demonstrations, demon-strations, parades, meetings, addresses, ad-dresses, in the belief that such expenditure ex-penditure of time, effort and money is wasteful. This is a serious mistake. Men and women marching shoulder to shoulder typify Impressively the purposes pur-poses and unity of the labor movement. move-ment. Such parades are an educational education-al avenue by which public thought and opinion may be more forcefully directed di-rected to the consideration of the aspirations, as-pirations, hopes and principles of the labor movement, "It must not be forgotten that no human movement remains stationary. The labor movement must either go forward, or it must lag backward. The spirit of fellowship is the life of the labor movement. All life must be nourished, or it dies. The yearly gathering gath-ering on Labor day, the contact of worker with worker, the enthusiasm of all working together in a demonstration demon-stration of the power and might of labor la-bor as a civic as well as an economic force, stimulates fellowship, brotherhood, brother-hood, good will; renews inspiration; gives a deeper insight into the meaning mean-ing and scope of the labor movement. "It Is my earnest hope that in every city, town 'and hamlet in our broad land, Labor day will always be an epoch-making day, one long to be remembered." |
