The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-02-23
PRESIDENTS WAR aims ARE
ENDORSED BY EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL OF THE A. F. OF |.

ducers do not do their part. Every
link in the: chain Of Emobilization of
the fighting cforce and-necessary sup
plies is: Indispensable to winning the
war against militarism and principles
of unfreedom.
1.-The worker that fastens the riv-
cts, in building the ship is performing
Just as necessary war service to our
republic as the sailor who" takes the
ship across or the gunner in the
trenches. go,
Must Face Situation. *;
This is time when all workers
must soberly face:..the grave impor-
lance of their daily work and decide
industrial matters with a conscious
mind full of the world relation of each
act
1.-THE problem of production, indis-
pensable to preventing unnecessary
slaughter of fe1lowmen, Is squarely up
to all Workers-aye, to employees and
employers. Production depends upon
materials, tools, management, and the
development and maintenance of in
dustrial morale. Willing reo-operatiOn
comes not only from doing Justice but
from receiving Justice. The worker is
a human being, whose. life has value
and dignity to him. He is willing to
sa crifice for an. ideal but not for the
selfish, gain Of another * Justice be-
gets peace. Consideration begets CO.
operation. These conditions are es-
sential to war production. Production
is necessary to. win the war.
Upon the government, upon en-
ployers falls the preponderance of
responsibility to securing greatest eff
ficiency from workers. Standard of
humane welfare and consideration of
the human side of production are part
of the technique of efficient produc-
ton.
. protect them against conditions to
take all their wages for bare exist
ence, give them agencies whereby
grievances can be adjusted and in
dustrial justice assured, make it plain
that their labor counts in the winning
! a war for greater freedom, not for
private profiteering-and workers can
be confidently expected to do their
part. Workers are loyal. They want
to do their share for the republic and
for winning the war.
, War Is Labor's.
'"This is labor's war. 1t must be
won by labor and every stage in the
,, fighting and the final victory must be
to count for humanity. That result
only can justify the awful sacrifice
I'VE present these matters to the
workers of free America, confidently
relying on the splendid spirit and un-
derstanding which has made possible
present progress, to enable us to fight
good fight and to establish princi-
! pies of freedom throughout the whole
world. We regret that circumstances
make impossible continuous close per-
sonal relations between the workers
of America and those of the allied
countries, and that we cannot have
| representation in the inter allied labor
conference about to convene in Lon
don.
~-~ Seek Joint Action. -,>;;E
Their cause and purpose are our
cause and purpose. We cannot meet
with representatives of those who are
aligned against us in this world war
for freedom, but we hope they will
sweep away the barriers which they
have raised between us. Freedom
and the downfall Of autocracy must
come in middle Europe. We doublv
welcome the change if it come through
the workers of these countries.
while this war shall last, we shall
be working and fighting shoulder to
shoulder with fellow workers of Great
Britain, France and Italy. We ask
the workers of Russia to make COM
mon cause with us, for our purpose is
their purpose, that finally the freedom
lovers of all countries may. make the
world safe for all peoples to live in
freedom and Safety