The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-11
MAY LOSE WAR
IN AMERICA
AS Well as on Battlefields of
Europe, Declares
Wilson
IN TELEGRAMS
TO LABOR MEN
Praises Them for Their FL
deity to the Nation Up
to Present Time

Washington, ID. c., June ll.--Presiden
Wilson to-day telegraphed TO the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and the Amer
lean Alliance for Labor and Democracy
in convention at st. Paul, urging re
newed efforts of labor in support ohth,
war program.
"The war can be lost in America a
we'll as on the fields in France and III
considered or unjustified interruptions
of the essential labor of the country may
make il impossible to win it, said the
presidents telegram to Robert Maisel OF
| the American Alliance for Labor and
| Democracy.
| No controversy between capital and
labor should be permitted to interfere
with the prosecution of the war, the
| president said, until every instrument
set up by the government has been em-
ployed to settle it.
To Mr. Gompers, he telegraphed: ::
"Please convey to the annual conven-
ton Of the American Federation of La
Dor my communication upon the pa
triotic support which the members Of
your organization have given 10 the war
program of the nation in the last year,
not only on the battlefield, where so
many of our younger men are now in
uniform. but equally in the factories and
shipysrds and workshops of the coun
try, where the army is supported and
supplied by the loyal industry of your
skilled craftsmen.
I'VE are facing the hardships of the
crucial months of the struggle. The ma
tion can face them confidently, assured
now that no interference of the enemy
can ever divide our unity by means of
those industrial quarrels and class dis
sensions which he has tried so diligently
to foment. In these days of trial and
self sacrifice the American working man
is bearing his share of the national bur
den nobly In the new world of peace
and freedom, which America is fighting
to establish, his place will be as honored
and his service as gratefully esteemed.
The presidents telegram to Mr.. Mai
sci said:
'The American Alliance for Labor and |
Democracy has my earnest hope for |
successful convention that will give |
added strength to future activities. |
Called into being to combat ignorance /
and misunderstanding. sl1iIlfully PLAYED |
upon by disloyal influences, your or
ganization has done great and neces-
the unity that proceeds from
exact understanding and is to-day
valid and important part Of the great |
that co-ordinates the ener-
ries for the prosecution of a just and
ighteous war
'The war can be lost in America as
we'll as on the fields of France and i'll
considered or unjustified interruptions
o the essential labor of the country may !
make ii impossible to win IT, No con-
roversy between capital and labor
hould be suffered to interrupt il until {
very instrumentality set up by the gov
rnment for its settlement has been en-
doyed and its termination needed the
Utmost; and the government has set m
trumentalities wholly fair and ade- Z
uste And this duty to avoid interrup- {
ions wherever they can be avoided with q
ut sacrifice of essential rights rests "
pom the employer as imperatively as I
pom the workman. No man can afford I
o do injustice at any time, but at this 5
ime justice is of the essence of nation t
| defense, and contests for any sort of {
dvantage that at other times would be 5
Istified, may now jeopardize the very t
fe of the nation"