The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-31

The staff which has been organized
by the national campaign committee
at A. +. of l.. headquarters in WASH
ington is giving every possible assist
ance To local campaign committees.
and there should be no hesitancy on
the part of any local committee in
asking for such counsel and assist
ance as may be deemed necessary.
One Of the most encouraging features
of the entire work of the campaign
thus far has been the tremendous
demand for literature published by
our national committee. 1t has been
impossible to keep abreast of this
demand, largely owing TO difficulty
OF securing sufficient quantities OF
white paper, but every effort is be-
ing made to meet as fully as possible
the needs in this direction.
1t will be noted that in this issue
Of the American Federationist the
platform planks on Labors proposals
are published as they appear in the
Democratic and Republican platforms,
together with the comment of La
Dor thereon. The intelligence Of the
American people will lead them to
determine which platform more near
ly conforms to their desires and which
expresses more nearly their ideals and
aspirations toward freedom, justice and
Democracy.
The forces of greed and plunder, the
profiteers and the autocrats of our
political and industrial life leave no
doubt as 10 what they desire and
where they will mass their support.
citizenship Of the nation is brazen
and blunt. That the right thinking
men and women of our Republic can
afford to allow this challenge 10 reap
a harvest Of political power in the
coming election is unthinkable. More
days of the civil war the issue is
clearly drawn between reaction and
progress. The wish of the enemies
of Labor and Of the people generally
Is not merely to stand pat for what is;
ii is To go back to what was.
Against this concept OF darkness the
people must mass themselves solid
ly and invincibly for progress. There
burns in the hearts of the Ameri-
can people a great and noble ideal
The spirit that made of our war q
great crusade and that made of our
wonderful army host &C crusaders
sworn to fidelity to human rights and
human freedom lives in everything
that is truly American and demands
expressions in the acts of our public
representatives and OF our govern
ment.
In wanton denial of this nobility of
thought and concept the Hessians OF
greed and plunder seek to ride down
the rights of the people and destroy
their liberties. The enemies of Labor
have given To their servants the man.
date that labor must be crushed. its
rights denied and its liberties destroy
ed.
With the freedom Of the working
people the whole destiny Of Democ-
racy as understood in American life
is involved and entwined. If Labor
could be turned back from its onward
march the great torch of Liberty
would cease to burn for the millions.
The masses of the working people
of the nation understand the great
issue that faces them. The one su-
preme issue is whether Liberty shall
live. Profiteering, the denial Of free
speech and dree press, the despotic
use of the injunction-all of these are
manifestations OF the same determi-
nation, the same drive to crowd La
Dor back from the road Of progress
and to take out of millions of homes