Evening star., 1918-06-11
LABOR URGED TO
RENEWED EFFORT
Joint Convention in st. Paul
Receives Message From
President Wilson.

President Wilson has telegraphed to
the American Federation Of Labor and
the American Alliance for Labor and
Democracy, in convention at st. Paul,
Mimi, urging renewed efforts of labor
in support of the war program.
THE war can be lost in America as
well as on the fields Of France, and
iIl-considered or unjustided inter-
ruptions Of the essential labor Of the
Fcudntfy may make 1t impossible to
win it." said the Presidents teitgram
to Robert Maise1 OF the American Al
lance for Labor and Democracy.
No controversy between capital and
labor should be permitted to inter-
fere with prosecution OF the war. the
President said, until every fnstrume en-
tality set up by the government. has
been employed to settle 1t.
President Wires Congratulations.
To Mr.. Gompers the President tele-
graphed:
please convey to the thirty-eighth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor my congratula-
tions upon the patriotic support which
the members Of your orge2ization
have given to the war program of the
udliOu III lAC poSt ySoAS AAoS Ohiy Ia
the trenches and on the battlefield.
where SO many Of our younger men
are now in uniform, but equally in
the factories and shipyards and work.
shops of the country, where the Army
is supported and supplied by the loyal
industry; of your skilled craftsmen.
1--WE are facing the hardships of the
crucical months of the struggle. The
nation can face them confidently. as
sured now that no intrigues of the
enemy can ever divide our unity by
means Of those industrial Quarrels
and class dissensions which he has
tried so diligently to foment. In
these days of trial and self-sacrifice
the American workingman is bearing
his share Of the national burden
nobly. In the new world Of peace and
freedom, which America is fighting
ored and his service as gratefully es-
teemed."
Telegram to Mr.. Maisel.
The Presidents telegram to Mr.. Maisel
"The American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy has my earnest hope for
a successful convention that will give
added strength to future activities
and misunderstanding, skillfully played
upon by disloyal influences, your organi-
zation has done a great and necessary
work It was aided materially in pro-
noting the unity that proceeds from ex-
act understanding, and is today valid
and important part Of the great ma
chinery that co-ordinates the energies
of America in the prosecution of a just
and righteous war.
"The war can be lost in America as
we'll as on the fields of France, and
ill-considered or unjustifled Interrupt
tions of the essential labor Of the
country may make it impossible to
win It. No controversy between capi-
tai and labor should be suffered to in
terrupt it until every instrumentality
set up by the government for Its
amicable settlement has been en-
ployed and its intermediation needed
to the utmost; and the government
has set up instrumentalities wholly
fair and adequate. And this duty to
avoid such Interruptions of Industry,
wherever they can be avoided with
out the actual sacrifice of essential
rights, rests upon the employer as i'm
peratively as upon the workman. No
man can afford to do injustice at any
time, but at this time justice is the
essence of national defense, and con-
tests for any sort of advantage that
at other times would be justified may
now leopard the very life OF the ma
tion."