The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-02-22
His War Aims And Will
Do It's Share Toward Win
ming The War. All 1t Asks
Is A Square Deal.

ahead that will test to the uttermost
the endurance and the ability and the
spirit of our people. That struggle
will be fought out in the farms, shops,
mills, shipyards, as well as on the bat
tie fields.
Must Help The Fighters.
Soldiers and sailors are helpless if
the producers do not do their part.
Every link in the chain of the mobili-
zation of the fighting force and neces-
sary supplies is indispensable to win
ming the war against militarism and
principles of unfreedom
'The worker that fastens the rivets
in building the ship is performing just
as necessary war service to our re-
public as the sailor who takes the
ship across or the gunner in the
trenches.
"This is time when all workers
must soberly face the grave import
ance of their daily work and decide in
dustrial matters with a conscience
mindful of the world relation of each
act.
"The problem of production, indis-
pensable to preventing unnecessary
slaughter of fellow men, is squarely
up to all workers-aye, to employees
and employers. Production depends
upon materials, tools, management
and the development and mainten-
ance of industrial morale
Willing TO Sacrifice.
Willing cooperation comes not
only from doing justice but from re-
ceiying justice The worker is a
human being whose life has value and
dignity to him. He is willing to sac
rifce for an ideal, but not for the
selfish gain of another Justice be-
gets peace. Consideration begets CO.
operation. These conditions are essen
tial to war production Production is
necessary to win the war
Upon the government and upon
employers falls the prepondefanee Of
responsibility to securing greatest eff
fciency from workers Standards of
human welfare and consideration Of
the human side Of production are
part of the technique of efficient pro-
duction
Demand For Protection.
Give workers decent place to
live, protect them against conditions
to take all their wages for bare ex-
istance, give them agencies whereby
grievances can be adjusted and in
dustrial justice assured, make it plain
that their labor counts in the winning
a war for greater freedom, not for
private profteering -and workers can
be confidently expected to do their
part Workers are loyal. The want
to do their share for the republic and
for winning the war.
"This is labor's war. 1t must be
won by labor and every stage in the
fighting and the final victory must
be to count for humanity. That re-
suit only can justify the awful sac
rifce
eve present these matters to the
workers of free America, confidently
relying upon the splendid spirit and
understanding which has made pos
sible present progress, to enable us to
fight good fight and to establish
principles of freedom thruout the
world
Word To Those Abroad.
I'VE regret that conditions make
impossible continuous close personal
relations between the workers of
America and those of the allied coun-
tries, and that we can not have repre-
sentation in the interallied labor con-
ference about to convene in London.
"Their cause and purpose are our
cause and purpose We can not meet
with representative of those who are
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