The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-01-09
.REPL| TO PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE By G0MPERs.
Roosevelt's IS Misrepresentatio Of
the Attitude Of Organized
Labor Leaders Considered.
HALF-BAKED ECONOMIC HI
THEORIES INADEQUATE
Admixture Of Opposite Assertions
That Balance Each Other
Amount to Nothing. w. 4

In view of the utterances of Presi-
dent Roosevelt during the recent cam
paign all loked forward with keen in
terest to what he would say in his
recent annual message to congress- He:
disported himself as was anticipated
There was mixture Of suggestion OF
reform, with criticism, denunciation,
abuse, and MISREPRESENTATION Of all
who differ in any degree from him. It
Is perhaps impossible to find in all
our country another public man so in
tolerant, bitter, and relentless toward
any man who happens to be unable to
agree with him. =,
p Suggestions Considered. :
The presidents suggestions on the
employers liability law and the eight
hoeur law are sound and to the point,
but it is doubtful that he will publicly
give credit to the sources of his men
tai development on this score. In SO
far as organized labor can work in
cooperation with the reforms the
president recommends, so as to secure
their enactment by congress as we'll
as their enforcement by governmental
oicers, thisff will assuredlv he done
When labor dissents from the views
expressed by the president. it surely
should not be counted to the ddscret1it
Of our movement, our cause. or our
men, that he may nave laggd in his
mental development.
We wish to concern ourselves here
particularly with what the press char
acterizes as IAN Attack on Labor
Leaders,, in the presidents MESA pe
It dos not call for much discernment
to infe1. to whom the nres,den+ d;rec+s
his abuse It Is doubtful that at,v
president of the United STATES in an.
official message to congress ever, he
fore descended to ,ssuel, misrenresenta
,tion ana yilification of indiyid,1ar i: citi-
Gems as Mr.. Roosevelt has In his last
annual message. :5S=::z III: 81 g: 81:
air:,ass 10 81 ! lo,r
v President Rooseye S bsolute1v mis-
represents the at tttu1ies ofe certain,
leaders OF 5orgaIiized labor = III: Hts
sweeping sdenuneiations. / He does this
knowingly and wilif,,llv- hec,a,urse- he
mas from. time, 10 time during .the Ia It
seven, wears .confer-re,f with. tho "cer-
tain" and nearly ali the wel,1knou,n
officers anj1<: other. frenrese,,ta atives ~
laborw unions ani has had annie on
portrnitv to know how, fair nd 1,,st
is their contention <apainst the ah,,so
of the injunction nowar* oft +ne ,o,i,ts
and how different their attM,,de from
what he charges it to he. Mr.. Rdose-
velt- can not quote for he can not find
any "violnt and sweanine attack unon
the entire judiciary of the country"
which he charges the men Of labor
with making. =. : II.
The fact is that no REPRESENTATIVES or
labor made anv attack mon an1,; ~
dividua1 Judge or the in,7icdarv az s,,oi,
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