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ally the interests oS labor. In my last
report there were five separate recon-
mendations specifically affecting the IN
Ierests % labor. so invited some thirty
or more OF the leading representatives
Of the wage-eaTaers Of the country, IN
cluding the American Federation OF La
hor. 20 confer with me upon the varions
subjects referred 70.
Meets with Hearty Response.
Ny invitation met with a hearty and
sppreciative response, and for two days
a very satisfactory conference was held.
which was and wiz be % great value
TO the department. and enabled IL 70 dis
pei msny misconceptions which the repre-
sentatives OF labor had formed in re-
gard 10 the purposes and activities OF
the department
I trust under the next administrations
these two important movements viii be
continued and further developed. and that
when the new building shall be construct
cd which viii house the department II
viii have an adequate chamber where
Aa4E EtAalL4A Va LIll4tAEEHr cElG A4tE EUUECL
Of labor, under the administrative and
impartial guidance OF the chief OF the
department, can from time 70 time. as
occasions require, discuss their various
interests and compose their differences.
and thus promote their own best inter
ests and the highest welfare Of the c0un-
try
Lincoln said q house divided against
fecnfF as--H g-Fs
may we say the industrial forces divided
against themselves portend national dis
aster.
Based on LincOln's Doctrine.
Lincoln in his arrsignment Of the doc
trine OF sO-caIled popular sovereignty
said All local questions that affect all
are the common concern OF all Acting
IN that spirit. as the militant guardian
OF peace with justice. President Roosevelt
with wise foresight succeeded in restrain
ing the legislatures Of the Pacific Coast
States from the passage Of laws which.
If allowed to go unchecked. would have
sooner OF later brought us In conflict
with the oriental world With diDlO-
macy he secured by mutual understand
ing even more than the most drastic
exclusion laws would have accomplished.
and thereby not only retained. but ce
mented our good relations with the En-
pire OF japan
Fear Turns to Admiration.
Several years ago a distinguished
French statesman said. when Roosevelt
succeeded to the Presidency. that in this
intensified commercial age. in which the
United States stood in the forefront. it
was generally feared throughout Europe
that with his wonderfully energy and
resistless activity he would become the
imperial leader Of a heartless and selfish
economic era but that after he had sent
his first annual message to Congress.
and subsequently when he induced the
nations to recognize the open door in
China. and brought Russia and japan
together to compose their differences at
Portsmouth. and summoned the second
Hague conference. France and the world
recognized in him the most far-Sghted
and the foremost leader in the great
movements that make for the grandeur
Of our country. the peace Of nations. and
the betterment OF mankind No man ever
sat in the chair OF the Presidents who
so veil understood the just and true in
terests OF the masses.
The achievements OF the Roosevelt
administration; The extension Of the
civil service; the enforcement of the anti
trust laws; the prosecution for the viola
ton or the laws against rebates: the
measures taken for the protection Of our
natural resources. and the vitalization
Of the moral standards Of the nation
al these have one and the same end in
view, that as We grow greater in wealth
and power and influence among nations,
the opportunities fer the advancement
Of the individual American citizen shall
not be lessened. but shah remain secure
Tor him and his posterity, as designed
by the founders OF our democratic sys-
TEN OF government"