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Show 15 LUG WAGE UNREASONABLE I SECRETARY OF LADOR 8AYS AMERICAN PEOPLE EARN I ' AND DESERVE MORE i ' Labor Day Address Delivered At Det- I rolt by Secretary of Labor Davit J Is Heard By Large Crowd; I Warns Employers ( Detroit, Midi. Dedication of Lnlior day, 11)21, to the relief of the nation's unemployed was proposed by Secretary I of Labor Davis Monday In an nddress ! "SwP no wrker8 of Detroit. tji " "In the past, Labor day has been n holiday In honor of the man who tolls," (lectured Secretary Davis. 'This year It Is n year that millions of our people would rnther celebrate, not by taking n holiday, hut by going back to work ! i at n Job:' The dedication of the day to the re- , lief of the uneinployed, eslmated by tho labor secretary to number "nearly nix million," should carry with It, he said a "concerted effort on the part of nil Americans, be they employes or employers." As n means of partial re-llcf. re-llcf. the secretary nronosed the under- taking of public works, the distribution j of Work In mills" so that alt may haw ' Jobs for at least part of the week." j "Above all wo need to shake oIl'Tenr I nnd take on faith and courage," Mr. Davis nssprteff. "For tile lack of flint cournge wo are neglecting any number of largo undertakings that would give n mighty shove to the great stalled en- " glne of American production." The secretary In his address directed n message to the employers of the nation, na-tion, declaring: "Don't set your wages by tho bun-pry bun-pry crowd nt the gate to your mill. That Is only a temporary wage. Dur-' Dur-' Ing the war the pendulum swung over to the side of the employes. Now It lias swung back to your side. Play fair now and you will do more to Htahlllze your business and bring good feeling thnn anything else you can do. Keep In mind the fact that those men who are swarming around your gates looking for work are the' same human ! beings as yourself. They have the same aspirations for their families tlint you have for yours. Kegulate matters now for the future and play the part of far sighted wisdom." To labor the secretary held out the nssurunce "tlint In spite of the occasional occa-sional 'hardbolled' employer no true American business man entertains a serious thought of crushing the workmen's work-men's organizations. Let the open rdiop mean what Is says 'open to all," be added. "Any employer knows tlint crushing the unions ennnot be done. In the first i place, he knows that It would not be wife In nny case. We want no KukhIii In this Country, no hordes of disorganized, disorgan-ized, leaderless men, reduced to such ii state of starvation that charity must go to their aid." Opposition to the principle of the living wage also was expressed by Mr. Davis. "I am against the living wngo," he said. "It Is not enough. We need to hear something of tho saving wage. It Is not enough for n man merely to ex-Hint, ex-Hint, to meet the cost of living, whatever what-ever It Is, to Juiy tho rent and buy food nnd clothing for his family. A man like the American workman needs, lie earns, and he detnnmW something tn.ve i than tlint. Ho wants to save mid Mo 1 should be able to do It." |