Show OF LABORS RIGHT holiday carries to all its message of hope and freedom these ringing words formed the I 1 keynote ey of SilI samuel lel gompers Gom pora labor iny day message ot of 1024 labor tiny Is the one holl holiday lay in nil all the year dedicated to humanity it Is a day set apart for the consideration of human problems and for rejoicing at progress made toward that better day for which we strive constantly labor duy day Is a lay on which the leadership of the trade union move 0 41 I 1 11 k R AD J SAMUEL GOMPERS COMPERS ment in tho the light fight for human betterment Is universally ack acknowledged ow ed ged and acclaimed there could be no duy day without labor there could lie he no labor day without organized labor those who do not belong to tile the labor movement may limy here and there ninke make speeches s tin on labor day usually their speeches tire are tin unnecessary necessary and where they are helpful they are oiled filled with a recounting of the services rendered by the trade union movement labor organized organic d labor the lr hor movement olena e tt that Is what makes labor day possible poa that Is ia what makes it reul real labor day was vas st apart ns as H n boll bell vay oay because organized labor demanded it it was a recognition of labors right to celebrate its victories and to carry to nil or of the people its grea great Ines message sage of hope and freedom on tills this labor lay day talk labor 1 do not an anywhere permit labor day to be but labor day talk labor preach the grent great message of labor carry forward the message of human free freedom doul and human aspiration as a labor message welcome the mends friends of labor in all gatherings welcome these friends when aliey conic come with their support all and their encouragement nut hut see that everywhere tho the day la Is observed as labor tiny the tabu labi tar r Tover n nent in america la Is a movement of wage earners for wage earners conducted by wage earners it Is a movement primarily for the protection and advancement of the rights and interests or of the wage earners through trade union organization let us its observe labor day in the spirit of the alie labor movement let us blazon the message of trade antor ism across the horizon let us give of its ita inspiration to those who are oppressed who are without hope and whose souls are hungering let us unfurl its banners and sing its songs labor day Is for labor and labor la Is striving to enlarge the life of the great masses ses of our people labor day Is for labor and labor fights the tight for nil who are heavy laden upward and onward tills this labor day V for humanity I 1 for tile the right for justice for freedom and deni democracy in the name of labor through throng gh our great trade union movement 1 I 1 |