The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-09-20
labor s PART IN
WORLD WAR IS Of
VAST |MPOR lance
PRESIDENT WILSON PAYS ELo
oUENT TRIBUTE TO AMERICAS
ARMY OF WORKERS.
GoMPERS DELIVERS MESSAGE
Head Of the American Federation Of
Labor Points Out the Need Of
Unity Of Action Here.

The part that Labor will take In
1.-THE sale OF the Fourth Liberty Loar
bonds, which will be inaugurate6
lSeptember rs, is second to no other
Ipart that will be played. Everything
that is created must be created
Through the energy of men and women
who toll. AS result the success Of
the drive for the Fourth Liberty Loar
depends in very large measure upon
the cooperation Of labor in the cause
| Not only are the toilers bearing
their part Of fighting in the European
trenches, but they are bearing the
bulk of the fighting within the fac
tory trenches in the United States
The Importance of the part they play
is illustrated both by President viii
son in his Labor Day address and also
in the Greetings to the American
\ People" sent from England by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, who is in
Europe on a mission for the United
States Government.
! No better description of the i'm
portance of Labor could possibly be
given than that of President Wilson
1.-THE army of laborers at home is
as important, as essential as the
army Of fighting men in the far fields
of actual battle" the President said
And the laborer is needed as much
as the soldier. 1t is his war. The
soldier is his champion and repre-
sentative.
ITO fail to win would be to imperi
Everything that the laborer has
striven for and held dear since free
dom first had its dawn and his strug
gle for justice began. The soldiers al
the front know this. 1t steels theii
muscles to think of it. They are cru
saders. They are fighting for nc
selfish advantage for their own ma
ltion. They would despise anyone who
fought for the selfish advantage Of
lany nation. ---'<s' -~--
! President Tells Why They Fight.
"They are giving their lives thai
homes everywhere, as well as the
homes they love in America, may be
kept sacred and safe. and men every
where be free as they insist upon
being free. They are fighting for the
ideals of their own lands-greal
shall light the way for all men to the
places where justice is done and mer
dive with lifted heads and enact
pated spirits. That is the reason they
fight with solemn JOY and are in
vincible."
The laborer can dwell with intense
satisfaction on his duty as well as his
accomplishment. A large share of the
active fighting forces are drawn from
7the ranks of labor. But above this is
the consciousness that the equip
tment and supplies Of the fighting
force is exclusively the product OF
the laborer-fghter who is contribut
ing equally as much at the forge anG
at the work bench. The fruition OF
all this energy and labor is touched
upon in the message which Mr.. Com
pers sent to the working people of the
United States.
Twin the war for freedom is in
scribed upon the banners of Ameri
cas- workers today in every city and
hamlet" President Gompers says in
This message. 1T is the message thai
will be spoken from every platform
1t is the song of every heart. 1t is d
war Of freedom because only through
Victory can there be freedom.
. THE working people of America
are conscious of their vital part il
making victory possible, and they will
do their part, not as task. but as a
right-a right TO share in the work
of securing forever that freedom
which they prize above all things.
, 1--WE count it our most sacred duty
Ito win safety for our freedom aud our
democracy, for only when they are
safe can life give TO US its opportuni
ties and its value. Win the war for
freedom
There is no ebb and flow to com
merce during the period OF the war
10 q NOhoNohN RdNAPAiNhe
equipment of the soldier, his sus'
ltenance, his maintenance, of health,
medical aid. provisions, munitions,
service for supplies. and the main.
ttenance of the millions of allied peo
iples until they can be placed in a po-
sition" to sustain themselyes-of the
soldiers that American labor is called
upon TO. make.
! No matter how small part toiler
may play in the immense plan, il is
an essential one. The young toiler
that works in the most obscure parts
iof munitions or supply plants is as es.
lsential as the man who works on the
most important parts OF the heavy ar
ltillery and munitions. Without prop.
Ter attention TO the obscure and minor
parts, the whole would be imperfect.
without the perfect whole, the telling
blows against the huns would be i'm
possible. II all requires unity and q
harmony oil purpose.
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