The Connecticut labor press., 1920-05-15
GERARD DENOUNCES COMPULSORY LABOR AND NJUNCTIONS
Men Cannot Be Made Work by Threats of Jail,
 He Says.

Men cannot be made to work by threatening them with jail or by gov erning the country industria1ly by in- functions. The trade unions have come to stay. You cannot expect the work CTS to abandon the unions, and 1t should not even be suggested; but the moment the unions or any other organizations seek to usurp the function of the gov ernment they must be put down with a hand of steel. The solution, am con- hdent, will come in partnership-the admission of the workers to a share in the profits and management of in dustry. The workers a-e. entitled to a voice i'll everything they do, and any effort to prevent them from speaking should not be countenanced.'- d.'-James w. Gerard.
 This statement of interest to work ingmen Is included in discussion of Americas vital problems by James w. Gerard, democratic candidate for pres ident, in literature that Is being used in his campaign. MT. Gerard also dis cusses transportation, the high cost of living, housing, taxation and the ejec- ton of five socialists from the New York assembly in manner that his managers ~asy puts him on record as being friendly towards labor.
 The time is speedily coming" Mr. Gerard said in recent speeches, when representatives of employees will be made members of boards of directors of big industrial concerns. The em- ployes in that way will be taken into full confidence with the employers, and it should be done without delay
 In Mir. Gerard's books, written after his return from Germany, he deplores the treatment accorded German work ingmen and declares that the world war would not have been possible had the workers not been so ground down by the war lords He scores the German wage system and asserts that capital and labor must work together for the common good of the world.
 Mir. Gerard is one or the most out spoken advocates of world peace and he has repeatedly vellemently assai1ed what he calls @the wicked end of Wall street." He says that during the time he was ambassador to Germany he saw then, as never before, how the burdens of war are actually carried by the great masses of the people He believes that any war waged by this country must fall most heavily on the workers and 1t was that belief that had much to do
 
 speeches in favor of the League of Ma tions.
 .sThe New York Assemb1y's action in refusing to seat five Socialists who were duly elected by the voters was on of the biggest mistakes ever made; you cannot deny people the right of repre- sentation; the Revolutionary War was fought to establish this principle"
 Mir. Gerard made this statement the day after 1t was announced that efforts would be made to unseat New York Socialist assemblymen. He is not a Socialist and is proud that he is Democrat, but he. believes that all men are entitled to their views, so long as those views are not un-American, and he Is an enthusiastic champion of free speech and free press. MT. Gerard was an advocate of the Child Labor Legis- lation that was enacted a few years ago and he has taken prominent part in many movements that looked towards bettering the condition of the working classes. He argues that in this govern ment of democracy we must have a government for all the people and not a government dominated by ruling class through industry