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Show Ills best nt the Job for which his own particular skill best fits him, workhiK hard to make a living for hi.s family and to see to It that his children get a better education, educa-tion, a better start in life, than he did, as did his father before him. What is Labor? ! It is the men and women who believe in the principles of Democracy, Demo-cracy, in the right of all men to be free, to work usefully and creatively creat-ively through the productive years at a wage adequate to furnish the necessities and some of the luxuries luxur-ies of life; who for these rights and those guaranteed to them by our Constitution are willing and eager to fulfill all the duties and obligations of citizenship. What is Labor? It is the great mass of Americans Amer-icans who throughout the years have learned how to work together for the common good and who are an integral part of our great union of states, built "upon the firm foundation of freedom and equality of opportunity for all men, regardless regard-less of class, creed or color. What is Labor? Lstt- u KTJTH TAYLOR dt What is Labor? It is not a class, set apart by larriers of tradition and age-old Customs, and bound over to pass nttn its menial . tasks from father h o son throughout the coming gen-rations. gen-rations. to i It is not a party, a pressure ;ntjoup that can be counted upon of o vote as a unit at the order cf hhe leader. There is no trade union ,jo.fficial who has ever been able to Denver the vote of his organ-te.zation. organ-te.zation. effe :Xt: What is Labor? ie t It is the rank and file of the "orodtictive workers of the country ec;-the men and women who make : ' Jhings, who keep the wheels of t (industry turning. They may work ccP office, shop or factory, in the tmeeilds or on the sea. It does not JT Matter where they work, whether 'co 1)6 a tee"11- city, or on a onely hillside farm, whether the .0fimd in their ears is that of anhirring machinery or the slap of Staves against a small fishing boat. lUBo long as they produce or help Se production proves they are La- lor. What is Labor? It is the average American, doing - . |