Phoenix tribune., 1920-09-04
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE OF ARIZONA
PROCLAMATION OF LABOR DAY


been earning emancipation and pro-
crossing to plane of higher freedom
physical and spiritual. Although
imposed for the breaking of a com.
mand. the mandate, like all those issu-
ing from from such a source, was des.
ignated as a blessing and not as a
punishment. Work, that of the hand
and mind, has been the one most
potent force in the worlds progress.
Nowhere has Labor made such on
ward strides as in these United
States; nowhere has its achievements
teen so notable and nowhere has the
saying been more fully demonstrated
that Labor is King" Labor has
struggled and fought its way to that
freedom which comprehends and in
cludes commensurate return for its
services, voice in the body polite
and the benefits enjoyed by one and
all under our system of free govern
ment. In recognition of the dignity
of the toiler and his enviable record
the State of Arizona has decreed that
the first Monday in September of each
year shall be set aside as holidy on
which by legislative enactment as the
expression Of the will of the people
of the State | am in thorough accord.
The nucleus of organized society is
the individual. No system that
abridges the rights of the individual
or prevents the exercise of his initi-
ative or industry can survive or be-
come an enduring part of our eco
nomic system. No plan that releases
the individual from his obligations to
his fellow-men, DEGREES that employ
ment shall lie restricted TO the chosen
few and predicates the right to live
and earn under restricted conditions,
can in its very nature survive. Or
ganization to secure men their full
rights, better relations with their en-
ployers, improved working conditions
and adequate compensation for their
labor is justifable and proper. Or
ganization that protects them in ire
sponsible or unlawful acts in derelic-
tion of duty or that suppresses am
bition or unlawful is fundamentally
wrong. The worker must realize that
there are certain obligations resting
and devolving upon him, among them
being: Improvement in quality and
quantity of production; reduction
through his efforts and cooperation of
the cost of production, higher eff
cheney and loyalty to and confidence
in his employer. The employer also
has his duties, obligations and respon-
sibilities. He should realize that be-
fore misunderstanding is wiped out
and an effective and cordial basis of
relationship effected, the demands of
Labor, including increase of wages,
steady work and proper working con-
ditions, must be considered in a fair
and impartial way, and if reasonable,
be granted. Too often the employer
is arbitrary in his methods of dealing
with his men, refusing them the right
of presenting their grievances, and
thus creating feeling of dissatisfac
tion and discomfort which leads to de-
creased production and often more
serious trouble.
Glass domination cannot thrive in
this country. Inherently it carries
the deadly machinery for its own de-
struction. There is no more danger
Gus force operating in this country
today than the class-minded man,
whether he is a laborer, capitalist or
farmer-the one who demands privi-
lege for his class at the expense of
the American people. 1t is tribute
not founded on right or justice and
cannot be exacted. Americanism can
not live-this nation as conceived by
our forefathers in liberty, equality
and justice-cannot endure handi-
capped and retarded by the shackles
of class control. Such control strikes
at the very foundations of our Re-
public and threatens its very exist
ence hold with Abraham Lincoln
that Labor precedes capital and has
first claim to our consideration. The
true friend of capital is he who in
sists that it shall he the servant and
not the master of the nation. There
can be no real prosperity, in which
labor, capital and the public do not
share. And there can be no real or
lasting prosperity with our destinies
and fortunes under class domination.
NOW. THEREFORE,, /, THOMAS
E. CAMPBELL, Governor of the State
of Arizona. by virtue of the authority
vested in me by law, and recognizing
the value of Labor and its achieve