Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-03
Labor Day Featured by
Numerous Interesting
Attractions.
PRECEDE
N DANCE
People of Two Cities Unite
in Paying Homage to
Labor of America.

Despite the chill Of an early
autumn, thousands. Of people from
Grand Forks and East Grand Forks
gathered here yesterday to pay hon.
age to American labor on its own par
ticular day, and to enjoy the numer-
Gus features which had been provided
by the committee in charge of the
elaborate preparations. The program
OF the day opened with a parade in
the afternoon, followed by speaking
and sports in Central park, and IN
the evening a flag pageant formed
the climax of the unique street dane
ing which attracted thousands of peo-
pie, young and old. from the Two
cities and their vicinity.
The parade. starting at 1880, was
arranged by representatives of every
labor union in the two cities; flag and
police platoons led the procession n
then came numerous organizations.
all, fully represented by delegations OF
members. The parade disbanded in
Central park where the Municipal
band which had furnished the music
during the march, played a few selec-
tons before j. F. T. O'Connor. as
chairman of the park program, intro
duced James Lord. Of Washington. ID.
c., a prominent representative Of the
American Federation Of Labor.
Mr.. Lords Address.
After outlining briefly the various
complications which directly caused
the world war. and after telling inn
pressively of sights he had seen in
war-stricken Europe. Mr.. Lord spoke
of the attitude of international labor
before 1914:
IT remember when the expression
went out among the workers Of all
countries that we should so regulate
our affairs that workingmen would
refuse to kill each other in CONNER
cial wars. That the workers of the
world could prevent wars of agrees
sion. We saw h representatives OF
the German labor movement and the
German Social Democrats go through
the different countries, especially this
country, preaching pacifsm. We well
coined them. S~cheidemann, Legion
Baumeister, Liebknecht and others
We thought the ideas expressed were
noble ones, and we drafted the reso-
luton in the Seattle convention of the
A. F. of L. to be introduced in the
international trade union and mining
congresses pledging the workers of all
nations not to kill each other. AS time
went on, We were dismayed to find the
representatives VI IIlC Imperial Vel
nan government leaving the Hague
peace conferences and the represen-
tatives of the German working class
returning home, and Germany Quilt.
ing more ornaments. increasing and
improving their hideous killing ma
chinery. We find that when the reso.
luton was introduced in the interna'
ttonal labor meetings, the delegation
of every country heartily approved of
and voted for it but the Social Demo-
Gratis from Germany. We have had a
rude awakening, but we are awake.
I want to take this opportunity to pay
a tribute to Karl Liebknecht. He, and
a pitifully small coterie of his asso-
ciates. kept the faith. Liebknecht
has never hesitated to speak out
against the monstrous wrong Ger
many has visited on the world.
H and his few associates are the
one illuminating ray of hope in all
this aggregation Of Teuton-Turkish
treachery and iniquity. The Turk has
been dispised and loathed by human.
ity the world over for his beastliness
Of heart. his atrocities and cruelties
But even the Turk can now smile or
the German and say II am bad, but