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Show DAY IS MORE THAN ' RESPITE FROM TOIL Labor's Holiday Has Special Significance. By WILLIAM GREEN, . President A. F. et U President William Green believes Labor da; ought to be observed as labor's la-bor's day, and not Just like an; other holiday. He believes this day should be particularly a day for labor, that celebration should have outstanding labor 'characteristics. What President Green believes Is that Lnbor day Is something greater and deeper and more sincere than a mere merry-making time. It Is more serious that a roller-coaster day. Says President Green: "Do the men and women of labor Intend that Labor day be observed as a mere holiday or used for personal convenience, or have they considered or are they considering how best they may make It en,'""-iisiically demon- 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. Tbls Is a serious mistake. Men and women marching shoulder to shoulder typify Impressively the purposes pur-poses ead 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 most not be forgotten that no human movement remains stationary. The labor movement must either go forward, or It most lng 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 nn economic force, stimulates fellowship, brother hood, good will ; renews Inspiration j 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." re-membered." . William Green. Ftratlve of labor's unity, labor's solidarity, sol-idarity, labor's hopes, alms, purposes, achievements? "hnbor dny belongs to the working people of America. It Is for the men and women of lnbor to demonstrate I year after year Its value and slgnlfl- j ranee. Those outside the labor oiove- I ment are prone to a considerable degree de-gree to test Its strength and virility by the way In which Labor day Is observed. ob-served. Labor day was made a national na-tional Institution by the workers who preceded yon. Ton owe It to them and to the future to do your part In perpetuating per-petuating this Institution by appropriate appropri-ate celebration. , "Tfte first Monday of September of each year the factory whistles are silent, si-lent, the mining shafts are closed down, the hlacksmlth's anvil Is cold, ! the machinist's lathe Is quiet labor ; takes a holiday. And not only organ-t organ-t ized labor but all labor, for the benefl-j benefl-j rent laws the enactment of whtcb t secured through the e (torts of organ. Ized labor, affect alike the organized ' and the unorganized; those who stand |