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dustry. 1t established the Depart
ment of Labor at Washington and a
democratic President called to his
official council board the first prac-
ca binet portfolio. Under this admins
tration have been established employ
ment bureaus to bring the man and
the job together; have been. peace
ably determined many bitter disputes
between capital and labor; were
passed the child labor act. the work
ingman's compensation act Uhe ex
| tension of which we advocate so as
10 include laborers engaged in load
| ing and unloading ships and in inter-
| state commerce), the eight-hour law,
! the act for vocational training and
| code of other wholesome laws affect
ing the liberties and lettering the
conditions of the laboring classes. In
| the department of Labor the demo-
cratic administration established a
Womans bureau, which republican
congress destroyed by Withholding
| appropriations
| Labor is not a commodity; it is
| human. Those who labor have rights
and the national security and safety
| depend upon a just recognition of
those rights and the conservation of
the strength of the workers and their
lamines in the interest of sound
! hearted and sound headed men,
women and children. Laws regulating
| hours of labor and conditions under
which labor is performed. when pass
ed In recognition Of the conditions
| attain the highest development and
| happiness, are just assertions of the
| national interest in the welfare of
| the people.
At the same time the nation de-
| pends upon the products of labor, an
cessation of production means loss
ana, II long continued, disaster. The
whole people, therefore, have a right
to insist that justice shall be done to
| those who work and in turn that
those whose labor creates the ueces-
stiles upon which the life of the ma
ton depends must recognize the re-
| ciprocal obligation between the work.
er and the state. They should par
ticipate in the formulation of sound
| laws and regulations governing the
conditions under which labor is per-
! formed, recognize and obey the laws
so formulated and seek their amend
ment when necessary by the processes
| ordinarily addressed to the laws and
regulations affecting the other rela-
| tions of life.
Labor, as well as capital. is en-
| titled to adequate compensation. Each
| has the indefeasible right of organ
| ization. of collective bargaining and
of speaking through representatives
| of their own selection. Neither class,
however. should at any time nor in
any circumstances take action that
will put in jeopardy the public well
| fare. Resort to strikes and lockouts
which endanger the health or lives of
the people is an unsatisfactory device
for determining disputes, and the
democratic party pledges itself to
contrive, if possible, and put into eff
fective operation a fair and compre-
hensive method of composing differ
ences of this nature.
In private industrial disputes, we
are opposed to compulsory arbitration
as a method plausible in theory but
a failure in fact. With respect to
government service, we hold distinct
ly that the rights of the people are
paramount to the right to strike.
However, we profess scrupulous re-
gard for the conditions of public en-
ployment and pledge the democratic
party to instant inquiry into the pay
of government employees and equally
speedy regulations designed to bring
salaries to a just and proper level.
Woman Suffrage.
We indorse the proposed nineteenth
amendment of the Constitution of the
United States, granting equal suffrage to
| women. We congratulate the legisla-
lures of thirty-five states which have
already ratified said amendment, and
we urge the democratic governors and
legislatures of Tennessee. North Caro-
lima and Florida, and such states as