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Show CONDEMNS MOVE I TO WINS Forces Now Attempting to Smash Organizations Denounced Den-ounced By T, R. PITTSBURG. Feb. 19. Lieutenant1 Colonel Theodoro rtoosevolt of Now York and HmKresHWonuin Allco Robertson Rob-ertson of Oklahoma, addrctwed almost 1.000 persons on the OOCasiOn of the fortieth anniversary of the Pittsburg: Fres club here Friday night. Colonel Roosevelt declared that of j all the problems facing the world today to-day the economic problem overshadow overshad-ow h the rest dl'I A SHOP B n I ERS. "That appalling manifestation of past misrule, Bolshevism IS primarily an unsolved economic struggle) but It b not the only mischievous economic movement that Is abroad In tho land," he tviUr. "There is another which Is almost as bad. It has as Hh aim tho smashing of labor union. "Tho unions are essentially a right and necessary part of our 9chemo of relationship. The working people n I unions to protect and express themselves. them-selves. They have done a great good In thr- country. Those who advocate their destruction are doing an un-American un-American shortsighted and misohiev-ous misohiev-ous work, opponents of the union urKe that they have at times bOSO represented by crooked men. 1 admit it. Have not. however, business, in-, ten SOI at times done wrong, and have not they also been at times represent-' ed bv crooked men?" 1 tBOR PARTICIPATION Colonel Roosevelt said that while, ure.a progress hail lieen rnade for the ' betterment of worklngmen and women In this country, that further Steps must; bo taken. "In so far a.s possible we must work j toward a condition where every one I engaged in business must have some direct interest in the success of that business. We will have to work toward to-ward a condition whore, In the broad sense of the term, you can speak of employer and employees on a partnership partner-ship basis. When we approach such condition then our economic prob- j lems will be In a large part solved." |