The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-11-13

world trade. The men that you are
sending over there will not be of the
element that is causing the labor un-
rest of today, but men who are and
stand for America and American
ideals. just as you, during the war,
took the flower Of youth, so you are
going to take the backbone Of the
United States and send them to for
eign soil. And everybody knows that
what we need today are those same
loyal Americans that fought for
world democracy to fight for the re-
construction of the United States and
put her back on a normal basis.
You can bring the question right to
our home. What is the reason for a
Nonpartisan league in North Dakota
today? The farmers demanded Ger
tain reforms The officers and men in
control of the government Of North
Dakota refused to grant these re-
forms. They organize and throw out
of office any man or set of men who
would not do their duty, who broke
faith, who shirked responsibility or
became the tools of the unscrupulous,
and in nine case out of ten, capital
was behind the unscrupulous Likewise
labor on the start demanded nothing
but what every business man must ac-
knowledge--if he is honest with him
self-was within their rights. But
many of our labor organizations are
as the Nonpartisan league; they are
like herd of sheep. They both have
put confidence in their leaders that is
misplaced.
Why do members of different organ
izations, insist upon retaining the
right and privilege of striking when
ever their demands are not granted :?
It is not the laborer who is complain
ing but it is the power-drunken labor
leaders who have set out to control the
country. And the cure will only come
when the government is at last driven
to stand for the simple truth that the
so-called labor men - the agitators
who labor only with their jaws and
who are solely responsible for strikes,
idleness and rioting-are to be de-
nounced as the conspirators and sent
to jail or deported from the country.
If this is accomplished it is man
40 man question: "What shall labor
do?" Every employe, every worker,
/ is asking this question. You, who
have always been considered the guar
! dian are being asked this question:
Man to man-honestly and without
bias-who should and must determine
the industrial future You allowed la
Dor to think you considered it com
modify; that you thought and believed
J workers to be articles Of commerce
I Just because you neglected the
! thought of workers, that's the reason
for the present-day unrest. Now, why
not switch? Why not get back tc
earth? Why not use old-time com
mon sense? Why not rub elbows am
teach facts in the good old-fashionec
! way? Through rubbing elbows
through word of mouth, through per
ssonal contact, you are invisibly open
ing the eyes and ears of employees
; wouldn't it be a grand and gloriou
); feeling if every employe could say
:. My boss is on the square" But 70,
must not only lead them to believe so
1 1t must be fact. Do not camoufage
| for sooner or later the true facts viii
, be known, and then things will b.
/ worse than in the beginning. Be squar
: with your workers, but make then
: realize that you are square. Unles
, you do, production will constant,
5 worry you--unless they know,--unles
t their viewpoints are right. YOU an
they will be losers. The very best 0
{ wages, working conditions, hours O
4 labor and everything else. will nc
mean production unless YOU
working people think right. What ar
you going to do about it? What
coming next? The old-time employ
rubbed elbows with his helpers. H
!: kept them with him by word of mout
and personal contact There was lit
tie trouble in those days. Think
: over. Didn't he succeed because Q
} personal contact and suggestions
g His workers rubbed elbows with hiI
: and knew he was on the square; n
! radical started ANYTHING, no knocke
made headway in his shop.
Today, tomorrow and Wednesda
, ,, there is meeting in the Twin Cite
= the first national convention Of tn
: American Legion. Their ehas no pre-
gram been cooked and dried to be ac1
ed upon. but gentlemen, keep you
: eye on their performances. See if it
! fundamental principles viii not b
.. worth while considering. Everyone
! impressed by the fact that during a
.. these fatal days since the signing G
!, the armistice both houses of Congress
have been doing nothing for the rero~
struction Of the world, nothing to fin
!. out why it is that every advance j
wages is in many quarters more tina
wiped out by the increased and il
!. creasing cost Of living. The slogan G
,, the Legion "Policies, not Politics,
!. will be strictly adhered to. The ma
: that fought for an ideal and $50
month will prove himself big enoug
, to see the issues Of vital interest no
only to all ex-service men, but to tn
country at large.
Needless to say, the lobbies of th
convention hall will not be empty
There will be some who will 90 to tn
convention to pull chestnuts for 9th
ers. Such individuals must assum
the chances and consequences Of roug
handling. Whatever is the decision
! the convention will be the will Of tn
J million members Of the Legion and no
body else.
One Of the main questions that i
to come up is that Of the alien In ou
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