| Show FIGHT FOR PEACE FORCED ON LABOR by GEORGE L BERRY Prin printing printies tins pr ui union we shall fight in order that hint peace may imay prevail to fight for the purpose of establishing and maintaining peace would appear at first blush to be a paradoxical suggestion but the fact la Is that the most vital struggle confronting the workers of america Is that which involved permanent peace and the elimination of warfare in industry the inherent inclinations and am ill t of the workers to la for peace ange be because e from the records we learn that tho the pain and sacrifice in all of its aspects attendant to wars industrial and otherwise in the past have been absorbed by the workers vor kers hence consciously or unconsciously the workers seek peace and are gradually evolving a state of mind that will justify their fighting for it the general public made up of sympathizers ot of the organized labor in movement ove in the main prefers peace in industry the general public like a all if profits most by peace and loses most by w warfare 1 the great majority of employers employed rs in all industries in america in the judgment of the writer will indicate with I 1 george L derry berry enthusiasm desire for peace but the unfortunate part about the attitude tude oi of the employers Is that they want peace calculated by iela own terms and conditions which of course Is no peace at all because of the utter human attendant to such a plan the organized workers of america challenge the employers to meet them in a campaign for practical pence peace a campaign for the eradication of 0 strikes and lockouts and ary any other forms form ot of concerted action purposing the tha stoppage of business upon which we are all 1111 dependent the organized labor movement of america appeals to the public for support inthe in the lish ment and maintenance of practical peace to the end that the waste occurring in industrial warfare may be eliminated but we cannot succeed in doing even the practical logical and sound thing by merely thinking about it we must work for it and fight tor for it and c constitute 0 ll 11 a plat platform forin upon which we c can a n attract and hold bold the public confidence and challenge without tear fear of defeat the attention of the employers employer iLand and investors in industry of america finally to fight for peace la is neither paradoxical or unsound but constitutes in the judgment or of th the e vir writer riter the very life of industrial prosperity and happiness for all of the elements ete menta of the world tor for the present and tor for the future I 1 |
