Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-11-19
Chief Executive Tells DeIega-
tan F-On American Fed
GRAFTON tTaf- Justice WIT
q Heart in IL Must Be Had
nIvISI0N OF CITIZENS
INTO GROUPS IS BAD
Samuel Gonper8 FeIicitateS
Mr., Wilson on Results of
Campaign and Reply Is
Tribute to Unity of Nation

,.,.o,s,,a JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREI
washington. Nov. 1S,-Presidtnt
wilson told a delegation from the
American Federation of Labor late
today that all class feeling in America
should be wiped out by the establish
ment Of a Justice with q heart in it, -
He declared that no one who fails to
work for this end is qualified to call
himself a true American.
The delegation comprised the mem
bership Of the federations annual
convention which has been meeting in
baltimore. The delegate came to
Washington to congratulate the pres
ident on his reelection. Samuel
Gompers president of the federation,
acted as their spokesman, declaring
laboring people had come to recog-
nize that Mr., Wilson stands for JUS
tee, freedom and righteousness.
Exchange FcliCitations.
I'VE have taken JOY in upholding
your hands in your great work said
Mr.. Gompcrs. 81 need not say that,
coming to me as you do on such err
rand, I am very deeply gratified and
very greatly cheered" said the presi-
dent in reply at would be impos-
sible for me off-hand to say just what
thoughts are stirred in me by what
Mr. Gompers has Just said to me as
your spokesman, but perhaps the
simplest thing can say is after all.
the meat Of the whole matter. What
have tried to do is to get rid of any
class division in this country not only
but Of class consciousness and feeling.
The worst thing that could happen to
America would be that she should be
divided into groups and camps in
which there were men and women
who thought they were at odds with
one another, that the spirit of Amer
lea was not expressed except in them
and that possibilities of antagonism
were the only things that we had to
look forward to.
The Spirit That Counts.
This achievement is compare
lively small matter. but the spirit in
which things are done is the essence
Of the whole thing, and what I am
Striving for and what / hope you are
striving for is to blot out all the lines
Of division in America and create
unity Of spirit and Of purpose, found
ed upon this, the consciousness that
We are all men and women of the
same sort and that if we do not un-
dersland each other, we are not true
americans If we cannot enter into
each others thoughts, if we cannot
comprehend each others interests, if
We cannot serve each others essential
welfare then we have not yet quail
ued as representatives Of the Ameri-
can spirit"
To Close Every Rift.
Nothing alarms America 80 much
as riffs, divisions, the drifting apart
% elements among her people, and
'ne thing we ought to strive for is
70 close up every rift, and the only
way to do it. so far as I can see, is
10 establish justice, not only, but JUS
uce with heart in it, justice with a
pulse in it, justice with sympathy in
It, Justice can be cold and forbidding
Vt II can be warm and welcome and
,ne latter is the only kind of justice
'hst Americans ought to desire. l do
DoI believe I am deceiving myself
"neh say that l think this spirit is
s'o"lng in America. I pray God ii
may continue to grow and all | have
W say is to exhort everyone whom
NY voice reaches here or elsewhere to
,OHe into this common movement of
humanity"
IN addressing Mr.. Wilson, Mr.
u,Ompers said the delegates had de-
S"ea without pre-arrangement to.
-O,le and congratulate the president.
we hope that your next four
'ears IN the White House" he con-
'nued, will he filled with the meat
nanity."
Altef the speeches. all the delegates
NOOK hands with the president
a. Look out for my boys" said
,' "o'her' Jones as she greeted Mr.