Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
SIS GEORGE WASHINGTON AT ST.

and, by God, labor isn't asking for
any particular credit from anybody.
Had Son in Battle.
f"Don't get i: into your heads, men,
that you have made any sacrifices
in this war. You haven't any more
than | have. have got two sons
over there, and you also probably
have sons there. One of them has
been invaded back; he is now in
Ontario, New York. He was brought
back after the armistice was signed,
but he is alive to tell it. and he said
TO me the other day, Il sure fought
some in that battle. (Applause.)
Nov, then, | advise you to stand
by your organization. You have
that right. The national war labor
board has given you that right and
the president of the United States
has given you that right, and there
can be no employer discriminate
against any man on account of his
affiliations with labor organizations.
Now that right has been given to
you by the national war labor
board and by the presidetn of the
United States.
so, boys, God speed to you, and
do the best you can to settle the
controversy" (Applause.)
Knows All About Strike.
T. P Reynolds, president of the
Nebraska Federation of Labor, be-
gan his talk to the strikers by as
Serting that he knew as much about
this strike controversy as any man
in Omaha. When he declared that
the matter was brought before the
war labor board "a week or ten days
before the mayor of Omaha woke
up" the crowd laughed. He ex-
planned that he was not trying to
discredit the mayor; that he would
even assist the mayor in any way
to adjust the strike difficulties. He
reviewed the events of last spring
when the mayor interviewed and then
he said:
Il don't know that the war labor
board has been absolutely correct
in all of its decisions, but l do be-
ileve that the board, before they
hand down decision, gives con-
sideration to every question, and |
do believe that when they do hand
it down, it is fair award.
Il am not going to advise you in
any way, and all l am going to do is
to ask you to be fair and to vote
the way you think and vote as every
other union man votes when he
knows he is right"
Not Given an Inch.
u am not familiar with the pro-
visions of this award in its entirety,
nor am | familiar with the agree
ment reached in Kansas City, but l
have attended the meetings of your
executive board and the company
during the last few days and l want
to congratulate your organization
on having fair committee. They
have stood on every contended point
which you have asked them to do.
hey have not given an inch on any
OF the questions that you instructed
them to go after.
Il want to advise you men that la
Dor is fair and labor is right. We
will have to admit that sometimes
we might make mistakes and some
times the street car company makes
mistakes"
y Shamp Started Union.
/, c. L. Shamp, organizer for the
American Federation of Labor, went
into details of the organization of tn
Garments union, which he said he
started on request of some of the
men who went to Labor temple.
Didn't l do it," he asked, where
upon there was laughter and ap-
plause; 81 am the only organizer"
he added.
He added that he came to Omaha
in 1880 and lives in Twenty-fourth
street and no one has told him to
leave.
Then he continued, when you
went down to see Mr.. Wattles he
told you he couldn't raise your