The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-29
Necessary That There Be a Stocktaking and Making of Plans for Future Work, Says A. F. of l.. Head.
Rv SAMUEL GOMPERS

taking and making Ol pl4h9 lol 'A'
 future work of our labor moNemen'' American labor, on lla day oi cele bration and COmmemOratlOh lll9 yea must give to the world message ol hope, of courage, oi dttelllll'i"''oi' and of constructive thought.
 The forces of destruction and o1 re action have made every possible on slaught. They have sought to dls- rupt, to tear down, to despoil, 10 lnl- prison, to corrupt. They have sought 10 iniure and destroy by economlc might, by the passage of hurtiuI laws bv the abuse of in JunCtlOnS, Dy lnt maniDulation of wealth and by the use of that portion of the public press which customarily lends itselt 10 the uses of the unprincipled.
 The trade union movement mas stood like a rock through the storm; No assault of reaction at any perlOu of history was ever more success fully Withstood. No body ot men ana women anywhere at any tune ever manifested a sterner spirit or SlOOu more unitedly than the American trade union movement i'll the face of the hostile attitude of aggressive and ruthless organizations of employers, bent upon breaking down the organ izations of the wage earnerS.
 Our movement has now reached the point nthe struggle where 1t IS not enough to stand firm Ill resistance We have resisted at every polnt until the drive of the labor batting opposl- ton has been brought 10 a polnt where 1t IS without initiative, With out enthusiasm, without what may De called driving power. Ihls dOeS HOt mean that 1t is not still menace. It is a menace. as long as It exists, ana it remains a menace which cannot De lost sight of for a moment. But II has for the present been beaten out of its initial momentum by the tre- nendous effort of the trade un1On movement.
 The time has come for Labor to assume the aggressive. We have held the line. Our positions are intact. 1t IS the hour for a great forward move ment With a unity such as our movement has never eNCelled, with a spirit of determination unequalled, !el us face the futuee prepared to take advantage of every opportunity winch the future offers.
 The labor movement pred1cates the success of every effort upon the righteousness ot its position ana ,rGa on the strength of it's organization. he DrinciDIeS of our movement have been tried and found true. The great need of the day Is organization ana more organiZation-mOre unity ana solidarity. The necessity ot trade unionism-alWays all necessity ana hope of deliverance-must be earned to the unorganized everywhere.
 The organizers of the American Federation of Labor, both those WhC give their full time to the work ano those who serve as volunteers, lht officers of national and internatlona unions of state tederatlonS. C1ly cen, Cen- tral bodies and local un1OnS, nave ever been faithful and selt-sacrlhc1ng but the movement calls upon them for redoubled effort, for greater secration to the work and tor more energetic deliveranCe Ot the massage of organized labor.
 In addition it should be considered the sacred duty of every 1ndNldua member of the trade union movement every member of the great rank anC file. to constitute himself an untlrlnl organizer of men and women TOT tl' great tasks that lie ahead. :,
 Labor Day this year should D' made red-letter day i'll the history of oroanization work. Upon that day onr movement everywhere should SC conduct itself as to compel for IL ideals and its practical purposes tI tn' attention of all wage earners It observance of labor's great hollda1 should be so ordered i'll every com munity as to drive home the mesSag of trade unionism and to carry 10 al hearts and minds the thought that III organized labor movement IS LII great movement ot workers lol n'' man freedom and progress. ,
 The trade union movement IS deu icated to the proposition that auto cratic control of industry must De de etroved in order that there may pc inn development of human freedom and in order that all men ana Wolile' nav have a voice in the deternlna ton of their destiny. t d.,
 This is a purpose worthy o1 LII best effort of d great Wage-edl III li Donulation. It is an ideal to fire tn eoils of men. It Is the great taSl of the labor movement.
 This task, this great construct effort for human freedom, can DC dC complished only as the WorkelS o1 oanize Democracy enters into nOu ga, ;ndustrv only through the organ ization of the workers; Autool ', dll control with all of its brutality an' ;niustice. remain in full flower Whel +here is no organization ot labor,
 The qreatest contribution Whlcl 4be members of our movement Cal make today 10 the cause or ntlllidi Il nroqress is the unrestralned glVlns fffoTt in the work of orgamzatloh.
 Set Labor Day as the day upocl which our great effort IS to D5grIl Set Labor Day as the day upol, WlilG ; we cease holding the line and DGgn to move forward i'll a great reslstlGls wave Upon that day, let there D D demonstrations, let there be grea aether;nps of the workers. Let ther be inspiring public addresses ana oi9 al1 +rihntion of the literature o1 ou movement. Let there be eVefyWIllea nn1bnsiastic celebration of hdpo 6nM Tn those communities Wher iotelv there has been an abanoolllliIln la of labor Day demonS'raflon44ii 4i ar lr there be a revival of them Let tllei he full utilization ot every pSpe prope means of carrying to the great mas 1HaSSo . means m " maoe-earners the necessity O rode U rnionism and from that day o iat tbe work of organization go 3 I,-;,h such vigor, such an lnten3ir n,, and such an inspired purpose d9 o'' <llo,ement <,ll has never known; IT., Il, li'T It is inc hour for action R9Iiy th forces of labor everyWhepIo paT o lI aver aot l forward movement. Beno eHci. snerov se 10 the work ot organlZatlUl ,ssa1'e
 Tbrouoh organization our S lloSC