New-York tribune., 1920-06-08
Mn its Liberty and Victory bonds at

par.
I'VE repeat and emphasize the de.
mand Of organized labor that control
OF credit. be taken from the hands Of
private fnanciers and placed in the
hands Of q public agency to be admin
istersd by voluntary and cooperative
methods.
partment of Labor compile and issue
monthly statements. .~. Of the cost of
manufacture of those staple articles
which form the basis Of calculation in
fixing the cost Of living.
As, means of aiding these and
other anti -profiteerin1 measures the
Federal government should be author
ized to establish permanent boards for
the prompt ihvestigation Of profits and
prices. ,All income and other tax re-
turns should be available for inspec-
tion. ~
I'VE do not, demand nor do we de-
sire e. pFeeipitate collapse in prices
genetalla; f4rins such collapse ther=
tfonal calamity. The program we have
mere laid before, the nation is con.
structive and is practical. Because it
- constructive and practical, because
1t contains! measures native to Ameri-
can life And American thought, we urKs
and demand for. it the immediate and
elective ! scQnsideration Of the people
and Of the authorities 1f our country.
... Appeal for the Farms
"The Y cost Of living must 60 no
higher Wages must be advanced in
every case to. point at which the
american standard Of living is secure.
The life and the productive capacity
of the great flaming community, nov
stricken serely, must be brought back
to the richness that has marked it
above the agriculture Of all other ma
tions. This will be possible only when
the vicious forces that load tho values
Of the fAfm with fictitious and fab
ulous profits have been curbed and
made powefless.
e 'Ftnatly, We call attention to the vital
fact that the present non-partisan po-
litical campaign Of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor offers to the people
everyMhere2 an opportunity to enforce
remedial measures with their ballots
The enemies Of the workers are upon
the platforms Of the nation seeking
political preferment. Defeat them. De-
feat enemies, everywhere. Let right
eous wrath and indignation And their
expressi on. ins constructive egort and in
tho Yintelli4ent use Of :ass greatest Of
democfacy's, weapons, the ballot. Press
upon every candidate everywhere the
wisdom sof 3 labor's constructive pro-
gram. Defeat enemies. Elect friends.
The national, future is in the devoted
keeping Of the working people"
r, On The subject Of bolshevism and
other extremist propaganda the report
During the year just passed ehe
labor movement has stood its ground
solidly and maintained the progressive,
constructive policy which has marked
it apart from most Of the labor move
ments Of, the world throughout the
whole period Of the World War.
X "But the nation has witnessed spo-
radio outbreaks Of extremist sentiment
and has. been compelled to deal with
extremist propaganda in q number Of
cases eince the war period came to an
end. This tendency toward un<easoned
cotiduct-T and unrehsoned thought has
been most unfortunate for the nation
and etiil more unfortunate for those
"Bolshevtsm has been q lure for
some ofaour people and its doctrines
have been ptopa9ated with great vigor.
This hideous doctrine has found con-
verts among two classes of people, pYin-
cipaily those intei1ectuats, so-cailed,
who have. no occupation save that Of
following one 3ad after another, and
those SO beaten in the game Of life
that thsy find no appeal in anything
except the most desperate and illogi-
cal schemes.. The rank and file Of the
organised labor movement. - was to
have been expected, has given no coun-
tenance to the propaganda Of Bolshev-
ism, but has, on the contrary, been
it's most effective opponent in America.
.."The written and spoken propaganda
Of unreason And extremiSm can be met
and defeated BY truth. But legitimate
unrest, growing out Of conditions Of
injustice, can be met and overcome only
BY intelligent dealing with. conditions.
Those who drink from q poisoned we'll
will be poisoned until the we'll Itself
Is clesnsed.," sr-