The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-11
WAR CAN Be LOST
TN AMERICA AS
WELL AS FRANCE
SAYS PRESIDENT
Wilson Urges Labor To Re
new Efforts To Support
The War
CoNGRATUI.ATEs
THE UNION MEN
Glass Dissension, Fomented
By Germans, No Long
er Successful
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, June 11.-President
I Wilson today telegraphed to the
American Federation of Labor and
I the American Alliance for Labor and
I Democracy, in convention at st. Paul
MINI, urging renewed efforts OF la
Dor in support OF the war program.
''The war can be lost in America
as well as on the fields OF France and
I'LL considered or unjustified inter
ruptiona OF the essential labor Of the
/ country may make It impossible to
! win It." said the Presidents telegram
to Robert Maizl, Of the American
Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
mo controversy between. capital
and labor should be permitted to in
terfere with the prosecution Of the
! war. Until every 1nstrumentahty set
up by the government has been en-
ployed to settle it"
TO MIR. Gompers, the President
telegraphed:
Please convey TO the thirty-eighth
il annual convention of the American
/ Federation OF Labor my congratula-
| ttons upon the patriotic support
which the members Of your orgaiza-
J. tion have given to the program OF
the nation in the past year, not only
in the trenches and on the battlefield,
where so many Of our younger men
are now in uniform, but equally in
the factories and the shipyards and
workshops Of the country where the
army is supported and supplied by
the loyal industry Of your skilled
craftsmen.
The Crucial Moment.
1--WE are facing the hardships or
the crucial moment of this strug-
gle. The nation can face them con-
ffdently, assured now that the an
trigues of the enemy can never
divide our unity by means of those
industrial quarTels and class dissen-
sions which he has tried so diligently
to foment. In these days Of trial and
seIf-sacrffice the American workman
is bearing his share Of the national
burden nobly. In the new world OF
peace and freedom which America Is
nghting to establish, his place will
be as honored and his service as
gratefully esteemed
The Presidents telegram to Mr..
i.Gaizl said:
THE American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy has my earnest hope
for 8, successful convention that will
give added strength to future activ-
tiles. Called into being to combat
aSRnorance and MISUNDERSTANDING,
skillfuIIy played upon by dlsloyak
influences, your organization mas
done a, great and necessary work. II
has aided materially In promoting
lahe unity that proceeds from. exact
Understanding and Us today valid
and important part OF the great ma
chinery that co-ordinates the en-
ereies OF America in the prosecution
of a lust and righteous war. This
war. can be lost in America, as well
as on the fields of France and ILL
considered or untustified Interrupt
tions OF the essential labor OF the
, country may make it impossible to
ksyin it, No controversy between
capital and labor should be sufIered
to interrupt 1t until every tnstru-
mentality set up by the government
for it's anicable settlement has been
employed. The g o v Q n m 9 n
has set up instrumentahrles
wholly fair and adequate. And this
duty to avoid such interruptions OF
iandustry wherever they can be
avoided without the actual sacriflce
Iof essential rights rests upon theI
employer as imperatively as upon
the worldngnan. No man can afford
ITO do Injustice at any time but atI
this time Justice Is Of the essence OF
national defense and contests for
Eany sort Of advantage that at other
times would be justified may now
s5eopardtze the very life OF the ma
Ition.'