The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-10-23
HARDING STANDS
!: FOR GOING BACK
Gompers Analyses Record and
Career Of Republican Candi-
date for President.
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whose plundering is always curbed by
progress.

whose plundering is always curbed by
Progress.
Fought for Progress.
1T is said by superficial historians
and by some politicians that reaction
follows every war. Senator Harding
hopes that reaction may come in the
wake of the great world war.
1.-THE great world war was fought
for progress and in that most impor-
tant particular it was different from
most wars. The heart and soul of
the cause which was the stake in the
dom. liberty!
THE war was Ewon. but the soul OF
the victory would be lost If reaction
were to win in. the election. The war
was won for human progress. for a
better, sfreer, more democratic world.
For that the army went overseas. for
that men sacif1ced, fought and died.
mo land has ever witnessed greater
political effrontery, more audacious
and heartless political mockery than
the cry Of Senator Harding for pol
icy Of Back to normalcy' on the heels
of the great crusade against autocracy
and reaction everywhere It Is the
browning achievement Of a political
cynicism that has never lost hope Of
restoring industrial slavery and revok-
ing political freedom!
Threat of Reaction.
There is the political situation. It
demands the attention Of every Amer
lean man and woman. The eternal
yearning of manhood and womanhood
for free expression, for better. higher
life, for nobler world: is ever in
conflict with reaction. In every case
where it recognizes the threat of re-
action it conquers reaction.
THE threat of reaction is over the
land today. 1t is brazen and bold.
It leaves no doubt as to what it means.
It means oppressive laws. restrictive
m easures wherever the hand Of gov
eminent reaches, an open door to
those who live only by exploitation,
added strength to those employers to
whom workers are merely numbers
and hands, and general lowering
Of our national standards Of honor,
liberty and humanity.
I'm the great war America gave to
the world a solemn vow of progress,
a pledge Of eternal loyalty and devo-
ton to democracy and liberty. Above
all, she gave that pledge to herself,
to the great masses of the people
within her borders.
IF reaction wins in November that
pledge is revoked-made into another
scrap OF paper.
He Means Back.
LET there be no misunderstanding.
When Senator Harding says T am for
going back he means BACK and not
any other place. To go back is to
return to what has passed. or to try
to return to it. The Interpretation is
not debatable. There is only one in
depreciation. Senator Harding wants
to go BACK and he makes plain his
desire.
what has passed is history. The
| cruelty and the inj@stice and the I'M
freedom Of the past are we'll gone.
The battles of the past to win what we
have today have been fought. We
fight today for what lies in the fu-
| ture. for more Of freedom, more of
the richness Of life. more of the full
fillment of our hopes and aspirations,
! more of liberty, more of democracy
more voice in the shaping of our own
lives and our own destinies.
Upon the banners of today there
is only one word: FORWARD!
Let that word be inscribed on