Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-02
PRESIDENT RANKS
LABOR WITH ARMY
Issues Special Message Asking
All to Help Win
the War.
STRIVE AND STAND TOGETHER
Laborer as Much Needed as Sol
dier, for 1t Is His Great
y Conflict.
STRIVE AND STAND TOGETHER

ject is to win the war. the war of all
wars which labor should support and
support with all it's concentrated pow
cr.
At first, the President says. this hard
ly seemed more than n war OF de-
Tense against military aggression: now
. 1t is clear that it Is more than a war
to alter the balance Of power OF Eu-
rope. that Germany was striking at
what free men everywhere desire and
must have: the right to determine their
own fortunes. Labor Day 1918. there
fore, Is supremely significant, he de-
The laborer is not only as much
The soldier is his champion and repre-
sentative. To fail to win would be
asyen G aa sed en hs dear snse
struggle for justice began" The Pres
ident's message follows:
/ we have known. Labor Day was al
1t is supremely significant. keenly as
we were aware a year ago OF the en-
the nation had embarked. We did not
& perceive its meaning as clearly as we
do now. We knew that we we're all
partners and must stand and strive
together. but we did not realize as we
do now that we are all enlisted men,
members, OF a single army. OF many
by single obligation. our faces set
towards single objective. We now
know that every tool In every essential
industry Is a weapon. and weapon
welded for the same purpose that an
army rife Is wieldcd-a weapon which
II were to lay down no rife would be
OF any use.
GERMANY IS STRIKING
AT WHAT FREEMEN WANT
And a weapon for what? What Is
oh he "a sh m
more than a war OF defense against
nsisin ihs 'aa haS bean voiased FTsnee IN
as in 1870 and 1866 to work out her
sary to meet. her. force with force. But
1T Is clear now that 1t is much more
than war to alter the e. BALANCE is no1 ot
plain. was striking at what ireemen
everywhere desire and must have-the
10 Insist upon Justice. and to obliGe
for i the private and aeiash interest OF
the nations and peoples OF the world
{ secure against every such power as the
German autocracy represents, II is "a a
won can men anywhere live free from
constant fear or breathe freely while
they 60 about their daily tasks ana
know that governments are their SER
wants. not their masters ~
This is. therefore the war or al,
support with all its concentrated
power The world cannot be safe
mems lives cannot be secure, TO mans
fully asserted against the rule and
mastery Of arbitrary groups and spe-
cial interests so long as goVerntne,n.s
ton drew Austria and Germany into
this war are permitted to control the
destinies and the daily fortunes OF men
work LAYING the fires of which innocent
men, women and children are 10 be
the fuel.
war WHICH LABoRING
MEN MUST SUSTAIN
You know the nature OF this war.
It Is a war which you must sustain
The army OF laborers at home Is as
OF e%p4ai pflghtins q m men in the far fields OF
actual battle. And the laborer is not
only needed as much as the soldier
pion and representative, TO fail TO
win would be to imperil everything
that the laborer has striyen lot ana
dawn and his struggle for justice be-
gan. The soldiers at the front Know
this. 1t steels their muscles to think
OF IT, They are crusaders. They are
lighting for no selfish advantage for
their own nation. They would despise
any one who fought for the seihsh is.
ing their lives that homes everywhere,
as we'll as the homes they love in
America may be kept ha SacTee Fee ana aa Sh ,hey
insist upon being free. they are nsht-
ing for the ideals of their own lanaE
great ideals. immortal Ideals lueais a,s
which shall light the way for all men
to the places where justice is done and
men live with lifted heads and eniam nan,
cipated spirits. That is the reason tnGy
sEnt sfs' with solemn Joy and are '"V'"''-
MAKE THIS LABOR DAY
DAY OF FRESH COMPREHENSIVE
Let us make this. therefore, day
what we are about. and Of renewed and
clear-eyed resolution. but day or con-
secration also. in which we devote our
selves without pause or limit to the
great task of setting our own country
and the whole world free to render
Justice to all and OF making It impos-
ers everywhere to disturb our peace
or the peace OF the world. or In any
way to make. tools and puppets Oh
those upon whose consent and upon
whose power their own authority and
their own very existence depends. ~
'We may count upon each other. The
Ing counsel with no special class. 1t
Is serving no private or single inter, :,
ests. It's own mind has been cleared
and fortified by these days which burn
"The light Of a new conviction has
to sass rsaned
that we are comrades. dependent on
one another, irresistible when, united.
join hands to lead the world to new
and better day."
HEAD OF WAR LABOR
BOARD ISSUES MESSAGE.
the National War Labor Board, has
sent a Labor Day message to be read
This world war has provided the
beginning Of splendid education in
democracy Mr.: Walsh's message says
country. has discovered one thing at
least about democracy-.that 1t must
cal democracy, The old idea that
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