Arizona republican., 1918-09-03

years advanced thinkers have been urging that governments must deter mine industrial disputes. It remained for the war with Germany to bring about the adoption of the idea in thls country Too much credit cannot be given the leaders of trade unionism in this country in their heart whole and patriotic attitude upon the declaration of war in assuring the government of the United States that so far as they could control the situation industrial peace should be maintained. It was though their cooperation that the presidents mediation commission suc- cessfully completed it's nation wide campaign for the settlement of exist ing strikes. Out of this trade union co-operation was born the funda- mental declaration of the war labor l board:
 There should be no strikes or lock outs during the war.
 This declaration is the fruition of the thought of the friends of labor and is the first testing in the heat of war of the idea that justice impartially ad- ministered by the government is the solution of the labor problem. Justice cannot be achieved by an approach to the problem through either the avenue of capital or labor. The interests that line the road distract the attention from the goal. The route has been tried too long for the hope to remain that the path to success lies that way. It can be achieved through a review of the experiences of capital and labor, a consideration of their respective needs and demands, but that review must be made by disnterested parties acting for and on behalf of the much neglected third party-the public.
 Assurances of Fairness I What assurances has labor that this third party will deal fairly with it. In the first place this country is a de- mocracy. Its ideals are human. It has always been responsive to the cry of the doWntrodden. Its mass is perme- ated with sound common sense. Its history is a record of the bettering of the condition of its people. The ideals of labor have been accepted in large measure. The right of collective bar gaining is conceded. The eight hour
 day is the standard. A decent living
 condition is the test of the minimum
 wage The fact that all these things do not obtain universally is no argu- ment against the recognition of the
 right by the consensus of opinion of
 this country.
 Further than this, what labor wants l it gets politically speaking. This very position of power places upon you Q responsibility from which you cannot l escape. It imposes a duty which yor must fulfill. When the boys come l home you will be called to an account y of your stewardship, for the winning g of this war in the shortest possible f time is dependent upon you. Ther, t may be profiteers who steal but wt s can stand the stealing better than WI 2 can the shirking The dollar stoler Q can and will be recovered, and wha 9 of the hour misspent? That is gon' forever. In this country there wer, e over three million working days los = in the coal mines alone in 1916. 1 hay, ? not the figures for last year but 1 an e sure they were much less. Nor am t measuring the right or wrong of thos :. strikes. What am pointing out is tn d enormous aggregate loss of man powe
 that there is through the exercise o e the right to strike and the imperativ e necessity of using the means placed a
 your disposal for the peaceful determi
 nation of industrial disputes Here il : this state in the more important indus = tries we have direct agencies for tn q adjustment by the United States o
 
 r any controversy. It would be a reflec l. tion on labor: nay it would be crim - against our brothers in France if ther e be strike in Arizona.
 n What it Means in War Winning I wish that I had the gift of orator II that I might bring home to you tn g. vital relation between your work an d the winning of the war. If each one ( It us could grasp and hold fast tn u thought that each nail that was driver II each rivet set, each hole driven was u direct aid to the ending of this wa
 there would be an inspiration whic l. would produce results from the ma 10 power of this nation that would onl 5. be outmeasured by the feats of tn le boys iii France.
 Did you reead George Pattullo ,s story in the last Post How the boy . came into their own on the front Yo
 all know that they had been fightin
 brigaded with the French and Eng ,t fish. This happened early in June A ,s American division had been brougl