Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16

IL in the world, but didn't send him
on peace mission. l sent him on a
mission to find out how the war can
be won.
HE knows, as know. that the way
to get peace as you want it takes more
than few moments.
Raise U. S. Power.
IF we are true friends of freedom.
we will see that the power of this coun-
try and the producing activity of the
country shall be raised to the highest
degree. and nobody should be allowed
to stand in its way.
Our duty If we are to do this great
thing and believe that America is the
hope of the world, we must stand to-
gether night and day.
But while we are fighting for free
dom. we must see that labor is free.
And that means a number of things.
We must see that the conditions of la
Dor are rendered not more onerous
during war, but see that the instru-
ments through which labor conditions
are improved must not be checked"
Praises Gompers.
The president eulogized President
Gompers.
81 like to place my mind along side
a mind that knows how to pull in har-
ness" he said.
"The horses that kick over the
traces will have to be put I'm cor
raj"
He continued: ITO stand together
means nobody must interrupt the
progress of our energy interruption
can be avoided without invasion Of
freedom.
Nobody has the right to stop pro-
cess of labor until all processes Of
council have been stopped.
81 might as well say right here that
I am not talking to you alone. You
do sometimes stop the forces of labor,
but there are others who do the same.
"You are more reasonable in a larg-
er number of cases than capitalists. I
haven't said these things to them per
sonally, because haven't had a
chance.
Everybody has got to transact bust
ness. I would like to see all of the
critics exported A settlement is hard
TO avoid when parties are brought face
to face.
1--WE must insist in every instance
the parties must come into each 9TH
er's presence.
my counsel to you Is this:
"Let US show ourselves Americans
by not going off into separate camps,
but by cooperating in releasing the
world from bondage. We are all of
the same clay and spirit, and we can
get together If we want to.
81 would be willing to set that up
as final test of an American. have
been very much distressed by the mob
spirit that displays itself here and
there in the country.
Lawiessness Unjustified.
81 have no sympathy with men who
take punishment into their own hands
l want to utter my earnest protest
against lawlessness in any cause or
anywhere. Democracy means first Of
all we can govern ourselves.
1.-THE man who takes the law into
his own hands Is not the right man to
cooperate In the development of free
institutions. Some of the processes
that capital and labor take are very
near TO what l have described. We
must accept and obey common coun-
sci.
"Some instrumentality Of co-opera-
ton must be devised between labor
and capital.
"The reason ] came from Washing
ton is that sometimes get lonely
there. There are so many people in
Washington that know things that
aren't so and so few people that know
what the rest of the city is thinking
about
81 wanted to talk to men who are
up against the real thing and say to
them: I'm with you If you're with
me-
1.-THE thing to do is not to think
about me personally, but the power
and dignity of the things represent"