The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-08-20

clear the program IN each state and
to harmonic and organize all efforts
with one object in view
The staff which has been organized
by the national campaign committee
at A + Of L. headquarters ia Wash
ngton is giving every possible assist
4 lance to local campaign committees.
and there should be no hesitancv on
the part Of any local committee HI
asking for such counsel ana assistance
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 Ia securing suf-
ficient quantities of white paper, but
every effort is being made to meet AS
fully as possible the needs in tins di-
rection.
It will be noted that III this issue Of
the American Federationist the plat
form planks on labor proposals are
published as they appear ii the dem
ocratic and republican platforms, to-
gether with the comment Of labor
thereon. The intelligence of the
American people viii lead them to de-
termine which platform more nearly
conforms to their desires and which
expresses more nearly their ideas and
aspirations toward freedom. Justice
and democracy
The forces Of greed and pIunder.
the profiteers and the autocrats of our
political and indus trial life leave no
doubt as to what they desire and
where they will mass their support
The challenge OF these forces to the
citizenship of the nation is brozen and
:, blunt That the rieht thinking men
and women of our republic can afford
to allow this challenge to reap har-
vest Of political power IN the coming
election is unthinkable More than n
any political contest since the day- oI
the civil war the issue is clearly drawn
between reaction and progress The
wish Of the people generally is not
merely to stand pat for what is il is
to 80 back to what was
Against this concept Of darkness the
people must mass themselves solidly
and invincibly for progress. There
burns in the hearts of the American
people a great and noble ideal The
spirit that made Of our war a great
crusade and that made Of our won
derful army a host Of crusaders sworn
to fidelity to human rights and human
freedom lives in everything that is
truly American and demands expires
sion in the acts Of our public repre-
sentatives and Of our government.
In wanton denial of this nobility d
thought and concept, the Hessians o.
greed and plunder seek to ride dowr
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, it
rights denied and its liberties de
stroyed
With the freedom of the working
people the whole destiny Of democrac.
as understood in American life is in
volved and entwined If labor coul'
! be turned back from its onward marcl
the great torch Of ligerty would ceas'
to burn for the millions.
The masses of the working peopl
t Of the nation understand the grea
issue that faces them. The one su
; preme issue is whether liberty shall
! live. Profteering, the denial Of fire
speech and free press, the despoti
use of the injunction-all Of these ar
manifestations Of The same determine
ton, the same drive to crowd labo
e back from the road Of progress an
f to take out Of millions Of homes the
: light which has come into them as tn
t harbinger of a higher and better cly
: ilization.
n Let America make no mistak
e about what is involved in this can
e paign. Let no man or woman TAX
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