Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-09-06
All Industrial Workers of the World Headquarters L Raded
by Federal Authorities at Same Hou Grand Ext to Act
Quickly; Socialist National Headquarters Also Seized by Officers

the red blood in America demands
that he shall safeguard himself and
his fellow man or he ought to perish
in the struggle?
Referendum Nonsense.
Now there are some people who
have said that this question OF the
declaration of war should have gone
to a referendum vote. | wonder If
there would be a band of dozen or
more men who would endeavor to sur.
round the home in which you live and
then demand your surrender or your
property, and in TIE meantime you
are considering the sdbject discharge
their revoveds. killing your wife and
your children whether you would
call meeting for the deliberation of
the subject and vote as to whether
you should defend yourself.
I'VE want peace. To ask the gov
ernment of the United States now to
specifically state the terms of peace is
to play, consciously or unconsciously,
into the hands of the enemy. At this
time the military machine of Ger
many and Austria is upon soil foreign
to them, The military machine is in
Serbia, is in Belgium, outraged Bel
gium and gallant France. A peace at
this time must necessarily be predi-
Gated in part at least upon Germany s
conquest of those countries and terri
tories"
When TO Talk Peace.
After referring to reports of Ger
man defeats in Flanders, the speaker
shouted amid applause:
Back, back, back from Flanders;
back from Serbia and back, back
from France; and then perhaps w
may determine the conditions OF
peace, but not until then.
Now / know that there are some
religious, conscientious objectors and
they are opposed to war under all
circumstances-non n-resisters-and be-
lieve that that is the way out. That
may be, somewhere in Timbuct0o, put
not in Germany or France or Bel
gium or Serbia or the United States.
II hold that man who is a & ait
or to his country is upon a par with
the scab of his trade. l have great
appreciation and desire to see that
the rights of the minority are l"Jrect-
ed I believe that men have the j1Sh
to express their dissent, but the ex-
preston of dissent IS one thins and
the organizing Of a movement to de-
stroy the will of the majority that
is not right and cannot be tolerated.
Labor Standards Guaranteed.
As result of the efforts made by
the American Federation of Labor
before war was declared, tile standard
of American labor have been guaran-
teed to be maintained and the rights
to which the toilers and the MASSES
of our people are rightly entitled VIII
be guaranteed, by the government CT
our country.
"In the midst of war, there can te
no discussions of those who have the
guns trained upon them As a result
of the effort put forth by the organ
lied labor movement, an agreement
was made between the secretary of
war and the president of tho Amer
lean Federation Of Labor hy which
the construction of cantonment work,
all through the country, should he
carried on based upon the union scale
of wages, hours and conditions cf la
bor"
other federal departments have
given similar guarantees for war work,
Mr.. Gompers said
Malicious Misrepresentation.
THE American Federation of Labor
has secured the conditions and agree
ments, part of which | have called to
your attention" continued the spepk-
er. Instead of recognizing tho5e
achievements in the interests of the
workers and the masses of our people
it was purposely and maliciously mis-
tt,tn fa1 70 Ia II tNn
government and surrender to the
employing class of the United States
Men naturally, some of them re?
ligiously pacifists, saw the opportdn-
ity of making an attack upon the
American Federation of Labor ard
over its head upon the govern ment
Well, | would rather that they wotld
have had the opportunity of rlnning
themselves into seed than to be dis
membered by any other means.
I'VE are at war, Regardless Of from
which country we may have come or
from which country our ancestors may
have come, we are all here in this
great melting pot of America. There
are none of us who are going back
to the old country to stay. Our chill
dren are here. All the hope for the
future is here. All our sacred dead
are here The people of the United
States are confronted with the great
problem of self-government not q
government which can be overturned
in the night and created new in the
morning. We don't and canot have
progressive, humanitarian, liberty
protecting government when govern
ment can be overturned in the twink
link of an eye or the taurning of a
hand"