The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-05
Samuel Gompers Declares Unions
Will Combat Every Form Of
Propaganda Which Tends TO
Weaken Loyalty Of the Masses.
DECLARES UNQUALIFIED
DEVOTION TO AMERICA
Democracy Will Not be Served by
Letting the Declaration of indie.
pendence be Supplsnted by the
Kaiser's Fist, He Says.

Minneapolis. Mimi. sept. Sam
ucl Gompers. president of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor and chair
man of the Alliance for Labor and
Democracy. which opened it's national
conference here today. outlined the
purpose of the organization as as
sembling for the support OF the gov
crnment "all the moral and material
power of the working class OF the
nation"
1T shall be our task ho said TO
interpret Americas democratic spirit
and purpose In this conflict to our
fellow workers. especially those Of
foreign birth and to combat every
form of propaganda which tends to
weaken the loyalty and devotion OF
the masses and their willingness TO
strive and sacrifice for the nations
and it's high purpose"
Declaration Of Principles.
T'he declaration of principles as an
nornced by MIR. Gompers in part fol-
lows.
las believers In the great and splen.
dId vision OF democracy and interna-
tionalism. the fraternaiism and solid
arity of all peoples. We assert our
unqualified loyalty TO the United
States OF America and our determin-
alton to do all that lies in our power
TO win the war.
"Bisloynlty 10 America in this crisis
is disloyalty to the cause of freedom.
democracy and internationalism.
NO national selfishness impelled
this republic 20 enter the war. The
impelling motive was the consuming
| idealism, born with the establishment
OF this republic. to preserve freedom
not only for itself but for all nations,
great and small. and the body OF In
| ternational law which all the free
democratic nations of the world re-
| Spect and observe and only the brutal
/ autocracics seek to dishonor and de-
stroy. In such conflict real stand
ard bearers NJ democracy and true
! internationulists can have no hesita-
ton In supporting our republic which
has made It's own the cause and in
| therefore. In truth not capitalists
. war. but "A freemcn's war.
SIrip Mask From Trnitors.
"Fuus In PRESSED by these facts
realizing that noble International
ism is implicit in our American con
ccption of national existence. we shal
strip the mask from those who in thu
name Of democracy. anti militarism
and peace are engaged In the nefa
rious propaganda of treachery TO al
that these mobile words represent. w
Indignantly rcpudiato The claim tina
this propaganda-wh which brings jo
land comfort tu German autocracy-
has the support of the labor move
meut Of America
democracy will not bc served H.
the victory Of autocracy, hy iettinl
the declaration Of Independence b
supplautcd by the kaiscrs fiat
"Milmrism will not be checked %
surrender To the power which has or
gunized AN the resources of civillId
ton tu the end of Imposing us hruu
! iron rule ON the world
Peace VIII not be secured Ia Ia
world through the suhloctou ot "a
70 free and democratic nations
E Lot us make our beloved repuhll
e. strong and victorious FOR the sake q
= humanity. and thus insure Tor ou
20 children the priceless heritage OF IN
- crtv aud democracy Let us, at IN
I same time stand shoulder To shou
- der iu the eight against the foes ,
D drmucruc, within our own border
r resolved never to rest until the goi
n ~ democracy Industrial politlc'
70 and international has been a
- taiupd "