Arizona republican., 1919-09-01
C|TY TO ST0P
 WORk IN HONOR
 IF LABOR DAY
Great Pains Taken to Make
 Celebration One Which
 Will Be Remembered for Many Long Days to Come


 Phoenix will pay tribute to labor today. Practically every business of any pretensions in the city will be closed. and sdr. and Mrs. Phoenix, with all the i<ttle Phoenicians, will fare forth early in the day in search of rest, relaxation or recreation as the needs of the case demand.
 The one day in the year when labor is placed on the shelf to pay tribute to those who labor has possibilities in Phoenix. No set program for down town speeches and entertainment has been arranged. At Morley's Country club alone will oratory hold forth as a part of the program for the day.
 Announcement has been made by the business mems organizations of Phoenix that all stores, offices and places of business will be closed for the day.
 Acting in conformity with the prece- dent set forth for this occasion, Sec retary of State Mitt Simms, acting as governor in the absence of Governor Thomas E. Campbell, has caused a Labor Day proclamation to be writ ten.
 In it MT. Simms lays great stress on the part labor played in the suc- cessful conclusion of the war.
 Following is the proclamation:
 During the period of the World War the loyalty of labor was mani fested in no uncertain way Demands of the government for increased pro- duction were time and again cheer fully met, with the result that the United States not only was able to take care of it's own people, but to pro- vision and supply the alled nations of Europe. In no state was the response more generous and timely than in Arizona. Copper was needed and needed in immense quantities, and la Dor was called upon to exert not only human, but superhuman effort to sup ply this vital essential of armed con- flict. To America was delegated the l task of feeding and equipping the ar mics engaged in the struggle against autocracy, and Arizona labor meas ured up to its duties and responsibiii- ties. Labor met the situation in { spirit which evidenced patriotism be- yond criticism.
 l Although the formal document is not yet signed, the war, to all in- | tents and purposes is now over. and | e-AS IalAOn elil0 Sldlc are once aGalI engaged in the pursuits of peace. While Labor has just reason to feel proud l over it's achievements during the peri od mentioned and the results it has accomplished in the years past for the amelioration of the conditions of ths l working classes, there is a still greater object, a more notable task confront. ing 1.-the extermination of bolshev. ! f11a L1..
 Tn this country, and with it's rapif spread threatens to become a menac, to our institutions.
 Labor has much to be thankful fol in the year 1919, and the people Q Arizona owe it a great debt of gra4i tude. Wages are increasing, no mar is without employment who desires if and the regulations existing betwee, employe and employer are most satis factory, the result being that. with th, absence of industrial strife of any con. sequence, we have been and are , happy, prosperous and contented neo I pie with a future bright with promfs, and prosperity.
 Now, therefore, I, Nit Simms. aet. 1 ing governor of the state of Arizona by virtue of the authority vested i, me by law, do proclaim and set asid, Monday, September l, 1919, as Labo Day, and declare the same a 1ega holiday. And earnestly enjofn th, people as a whole to join in the oh servation of this occasion, thus render ing due tribute to the brain and braT, or our stalwart citizens, whose ser wees have been of such inestfmabl value to the state and nation in th year just past.
 In witness whereof. I have here unto set my hand and caused tb Great Seal of the State of Arizona. f, be affixed
 Done at Phoenix, the Capital, this in 18th day of August, 1919.
 MT STMMS.
 Acting Governor.