The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-08-10
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Federation of Labor. 1 would like for you to consider an discuss these things among yourselves. didn't come to talk shop or. to work up any business for myself; l am ready to turn it over to the State Federation of Labor if it is a success. And will say once more that we bid you well come to the visiting guests
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 MT. John Murray, of New York, connected with the A. F. of L.. intro duced and spoke as follows:
 Brothers and delegates to the Ari- zona State Federation of Labor, it was my good fortune at the last con- vention of the American Federation of Labor in Baltimore to meet with two men sent as fraternal delegates from Great Britain. I heard their reports given to the convention in public and I heard their reports in private. These men were Brother Gosling, who represented the British Transportation Workers, and the rep resentative from the Miners of Great Britain. They said this thing over and over again; that in spite Of the fact that there was a great war in Europe and that the labor move ment had been necessarily forced in to the front of the fight in many various ways, that organized labor in Great Britain was stronger than ever before; that the working con- ditions of organized labor in Great Britain were better than ever before. That was last November, as you know; since then there came to Wash ington accompanying the British com mission, headed by Balfour, other delegates from Great Britain. Presi- dent Gompers cabled the British Government as soon as he learned of the commission asking that dele gation of labor accompany that com mission, and the men came. left Washington on the day that they ar- rived, but the reports of what they said to our committees in Washing ton-to the Labor Committee of the advisory commission of the council of defense-agreed entirely with what had been said by the delegates to the convention at Baltimore and went on to explain the working point of view of the labor movement in Great Britain. Delegate Thomas said among other things that the workers who were then in the trenches did uOLf cApCCt, Luc uONS- ment in Great Britain expect, that they would return after the war and lay down their guns and beg for work at the factory again. I say this is a very important message to this coun- try because Thomas is what they call a conservative labor leader in Great Britain. He gives this with great caution; he would not necessarily want to exaggerate anything to the workers in this country as to what is going on over there; so we may take it as the convention and the plaa of organized labor in Great Britain.
 Many things have changed there. In the railwaymen's union alone in Great Britain there are today 52,000 women holding union cards. Those things mean great changes to organ ized labor, and to the world, because in these countries that have been years in war-in these countries who have seen much of the distress. the entire viewpoint of both the laboring man and the employers has changed so much that it is hard to believe in this country. It is the common talk in London today among employers and great controllers of capital and corporation heads that it is expected when the war ceases that the corpor ations will have to consider and &C., 'cept plan of work practically mean ing a complete union shop through out Great Britain.
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 That is not the talk of the labor unions alone; that is the talk of busi ness men who have brains and fore sight to know what will come. Moreover, it is considered that it will be necessary after the close of the war to have representatives of organized labor upon the corporation boards; in other words, the old cry that the unions shall not manage my business is found to be impracticable by business men abroad; they know that they cannot work with efficiency unless there is complete understand ing from A to 2 throughout the works
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 And that means that if man is working there he must be a part of that organization and if the organiza- ton is necessary to the works the men must have a complete under standing of the plan of production and that means that the business men of England realize that an un- derstanding whereby organized labor will be absolutely represented upon great corporation and company boards after the war is inevitable. Now, this is the other side of the hor TOTS of war and we in this country who are just approaching this sitn ation-just on the eve of going in must have patience-must bear in mind that there are great burdens placed upon us there is great reward in consideration; let us be quiet, tn may escape much of the distress placed upon the labor movement abroad; they who go learn many of the bitter things by experience; we may possibly escape some of these things, knowing what has been hap pening there.
 Brother Chairman, I want to say just one thing before closing, be- cauSe-althO 1 am not a resident of