The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-25

John R Fordyce, of Little Rock.
 bns ness man. and major United States
 engineers, officer in the reserve corps,
 has issued an appeal to the Rotary ' tlh5s and business men generally in
 which he appeals that every employee
 rge their men to patriotic steps, gig- ing them wage or part wage in their absence, and reserYing place for them on return, and thus encouraging all employees to restore the lost word
 of freedom to Europe and see that
 intolerant nations and rulers are in. l termed forever and theiB internal de. ! vices of war are driven from the sky,
 the earth and the region under the
 earth"
 In a further appeal to the union
 men themselves, Alr Fordyce says:
 Friends and Fellow Workmen: Our great union needs you now. This Is
 a war in which men and materials { will be needed as never before. There 1 will be millions of men who will offer
 their lives for our country, and for 1 their love of the cause of the rights
 Of man. To you will be given the 1 chance 10 devote that manual skill
 which God has given you to the pro. duction of the materials of war. Never before have the engines Of ] war been more complicated to build 1 or to operate. The fighting in Eu- rope has developed machines which have taken the highest order of brains
 10 invent and the greatest skill 10 build. Our great armies must combat these machines and be able to destroy them, by superior ones which We will 1 produce, and fight, our country needs
 us all now, but no one is needed more
 than the skilled workman.
 1 Let this appeal be a bugle call 10 | you to join your colors Answer that 0eep feeling that for months has been making you clench your hands and grit
 your teeth as day after day you have learned oS the horrible deeds of this mos brutal war. Deeds which domi-
 nant military cast have forced on a re- luctaut people.
 German blood runs in my veins aud l have the greatest admiration, re spect, love and pity for this noble peo.
 pie forced by a despotic government 1 the last absolute monarchy on earth nto this war of conquest. Men of labor muster your strength and skill and show that you are tle worthy sons of these hardy men of old, who fleeing from injustice and oppression came to these shores and with rifle, aX and blow, labored with their hands to build up country where their childrens children might live and enjoy the blessings which God had given them and breathe the air 1 Of freedom forever-far from the rule of despots who claiming the divine | right 70 rule their fellow men, moved
 them like chess on board, to gratify their personal ambitions.
 Triumphant democracy. efficient in war as in peace, must hurl these tyr ants from their thrones and rescue the people of Germany and Europe from this slavery.
 l Those among you who know me per
 sonally know that l have no selfish
 motives in making this appeal. My l shop has never made one dollars worth of war materials. hut now the government of this union may have it l for nothing YoW know that have | always been lair to organized labor and played the game according to your | rlles My father before me was al- l ways fair to his men. and no commit
 ice representing you ever turned away rom him without knowing that they | had been treated fairly. Nc militia eyer guarded the property of his rail- 1 ways from hostile acts of his men, no strike breakers ever took your places,
 The knowledge that justice, mercy
 md love guided all of bis acts made
 men de for him, but no one because Il o! any act of neglect of his.
 Men of organized labor in Arkansas
 stand by the president join with me in
 doing all you can for our country. 1 Whenever you serve, give all that there is in you In shops give your most skillful work in order that ac- | Jracv and speed may guide all of 1 your worH. In home and camp give 1 5 OUT best and to those of you whose l du.y calls them into the realms of
 reath, go not like the poor driven sold 5tr of iespotsm, but exalted and in- | pired by the highest ideals, show 1 them how the soldiers of freedom die. | TOITN R EOpnVCE l Major l.. $ Engineer Officers Reserve Corps.
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