Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-09-09
SECRETARY DAVIS
ASKS MORE JOBS
..,ease Employment to Aid e.
10000 Men Gut of Work,
He Urges.
PEAKS At DETROIT MEETING
,As That public Work Be Start
and places in Mills Made
AGAINST Living Wage" Wants
the Saving Wage"

natroit Mich. Sept. Labor day
r-ns On a situation that calls to
~ary loyal American for the best
eagbt the mightiest effort and the
s Ia%rast faith he can summon. Secre-
4 - Of Labor James ]. Davis said at
4 labor day celebration on Belle Isle.
i .This year Labor day must be dedi-
o+od first of all to meeting the inn
arative human need of the nearly
100000 idle" said he.
AN over the country strange hush
&C fallen. The great American pro-
IlncHye machine, the wonder of the
sorld has slowed down.
oThe country is sick from overindul-
ronce and one and all we have had TO
= on the operating table for the re-
snoyal Of false values.
1 Labor day this year must be the
,ov 70 dedicate to finding the answer
n the question, What will put US back
health and work and prosperity
Bgainy
~The problem of unemployment calls
Eor instant and energetic activity.
cities. counties and states should
Mart at once the making of road re-
4airs, building reservoirs and other
kuhlic works. Much such construc-
lion or repair is in heavy arrears on
account of the interruption of the war
and now is the time to have it done. A
&iOube need will be met, the public
Nil be served and the idle are given
asks to do and money to earn.
"For lack of courage we are neg
&ecting any number of large undertake
ms that would give a mighty shove
Bio the great stalled engine of American
production.
q "What article, for instance, besides
kteel, enters more intimately into
Every process of life than coal? Yet
The situation we have on our hands is
perfect example of that paralysis Of
mind and win on the part of us all
(which accounts for our paralysis in
business
Mines are idle and miners with
them because people think the prices
Of coal could and may be lower.
II with the allotting of $500,0O0,000
EO the railroads, at President Hard
@ng's solicitation. one of the great
zeentral vicious circles at the heart of
Pie national business will be broken.
The cause of labor is more alive
to-day than it ever has been.
"A few employers have taken this
period when jobs are scarce and the
buckingham is at disadvantage to
*break down their workers organiza-
Stions.
j 1t seems to those people a good
fine to even up old scores, to revenge
themselves for the high wages they
Were forced to pay a year or two ago,
Sand see to it that such a wage scale
8neyer obtains again.
The peril in this speaks for itself.
10 employers everywhere / would say,
8Don't set your wages by the hungry
crowd at the gates of your mill
Let the open shop mean what it
says-open to ALL he added. ANY
&employer knows that crushing the
unions cannot be done in the first
place; he knows that it would not be
SAFE In any case. We want no Russia
10 this country, no hordes of disor-
ganlzed' leaderless men, reduced to
such state of starvation mat charity
Emust 90 to their aid"
l am against the living wage" he
sad ut is not enough. We need to
near something of the saving wage"