Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-06-01

of Labor, that labor is loyal and that
labor will do its full duty until vic
tory comes. In the mills and fac
tories and workshops OF our country
the men and women of labor are do
ing their full task, and as each day
goes on, they are becoming more eff
cient, more interested and more de-
termined to produce to the highest
maximum all that is necessary. to
carry on this war successfully zap.
plause), so that our boys at the front
will be equipped and supplied in every
detail with the things that they need
in order to fight.
The men in the environments who
are being trained and prepared are
also being supplied with that which
they need. We hear that flood will
win the war;" that "money will win
the war;" that patriotism will win
the war;" but l think you will agree
with me that labor will win the war
(applause) and all labor asks, and
make that appeal for them this morn
| ing-it does not ask special privi-
| leges, it asks no favors, it asks no
exemptions, it asks no other rights
but that which is accorded to any
one else-it asks nothing but simple
justice and fair play (applause).
]
! | am sorry to say that there are
| still some in this country, some en-
ployers, who feel that this is good
time, under the guise of patriotism,
under the guise and pretense that la
Dor is not doing its duty, to take
advantage of that situation and ex-
plot it. That is not fair, it is not in
line with the real patriotism that we
know and believe in. We not only
want labor to be fairly and decently
treated now, but that it may remain
100 per cent efficient when the war is
over, and when the reconstruction pc
riod begins, labor and capital can go
on and make and maintain this great
country of ours, keep it in the place
it has always had, and make it the
haven and the refuge for the down
trodden and oppressed, and SO that
the flag of our country will wave to
the world, welcoming them to the
folds and say, "Under this flag you
will receive justice, protection and
fair play, because we are real pa
triotic country-America."
l have no apologies to make for
any one who is not doing his full
duty in this crisis, whether it is the
man in the workshop, the man in the
bank or in any other institution. There
is no division of responsibility so far
as our duty is concerned. 1t is true
that some of us may be so situated
that we may be able to give a greater
service and do it much better than
some one else, but so far as our 10y
atty and our patriotism and our will
ingness to give our all, whether it is
! great or small, there should BIS no dis
tinction. (ApplauseO
Labor at Work for the War.
Labor is at work in the workshops
and in the mines to produce the min
erals that make the powerful guns
and the shells and the ammunition
necessary for our men to fight. There
are the men in the coal mines who
produce the coal so necessary to make
the steam that operates the plants
and the engines on the railroad that
transports not only the soldiers but
the supplies necessary to feed ano
equip them, as well as to furnish The
civil population of our country.
!. Naturally, labor is interested il
, work. They are contributing more
/ each day. You have read of thu
shortcomings of few, and when tn,
truth was learned, it was found thai
men who had not yet been efficiently
trained expected to do much higher
task than they had been required t.
do. But have you not read within
the last few days where men in thu
shipyards and other places are doing
tasks so great that it was absolutel,
unheard of in pre-war times? ZAP
plause.)
And these men, realizing that w
must have soldiers first, many o
them are contributing their sons
some three, four and five, for tina
cause The fathers and the brother
\ of the workingmen in large number
have gone to the army to serve i,
this cause. They have contribute,
out of their small earnings to ever.
cause and purpose that had for it
purpose the victory which we all ar
so anxious to see.
n Labor Will Not Be Exploited.
Labor, in every phase of life, il
going to do it's duty, but labor il
not going to be exploited. The mai
who takes advantage of labor in thi
crisis, the man who fails to recog
nize that justice belongs to labor, no
only now, but at all times, does no
come up to the 100 per cent citizel
J that we all expect and hope and wan
to see. Hence he has failed in hi
l duty in that respect. (Applause.)
II In the workshops, in the mines, an
in the factories, this work is beinl
done, and in order that it will b
efficiently done we want labor to b
that will give it decent living, an
keep them and theirs up to the prope
maximum of efficiency. Let them no
only feel that in their work in pro
J ducing the things necessary to wi