The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-18
MUST STAND TOGETHER
 OR HANG SEPARATELY Y
Label League Points Out Dangers of Present Crisis to
 Workers.

To the Editor of the Connecticut Labor
 News, Sir:
 'We must hang together or we shall hang separately" said an American patriot long ago in addressing his com rades, and the same might be said with equal force and truth today by members of organized labor, for chambers of commerce, manufacturers and other employers associations, reinforced by such allies as subsidized press, certain subservient judges and many corrupt politicians have instigated war that is calculated and intended to destroy or ganized labor.
 This drive has been started not be- cause the plan of organized labor is un- American, as they claim; not to protect the rights of the unorganized worker, as they assert; not because the demands of organized labor are unreasonable or unjust; not because the present wage of the worker is insufficient to enable him to live in decency and comfort, educate his children and make provision for sickness and old age; but because they seek to increase their pIofts at the ex- pense of the worker. They desire to treat labor as a mere COmmOdlty-a machine to be worked as cheaply and productively as possible and to be scrapped at will. Accept employment upon our terms and keep your mouth shut is a policy they hope to establish and enforce and they are striving to wipe out every bona fde labor organiza- ton root and branch to accomplish these ends. They are closely united in asso- citations for their mutual benefit and act collectively, but they deny the workers the right to organize except upon plan satisfactory to them and useless to the workers they choose their own spokes- man and insist that he be heard in their behalf, but they often refuse to receive or listen to a duly elected representative of the workers. In word these power full organizations desire to bargain with the individual worker who will be prac- tically forced to accept any terms offer CT or starve.
 If the employers who started this un- just war think that the organized work CTS are going to run and not fight they are greatly mistaken; labor has won such rights as 1t now enjoys by years of toll and bitter sacrifice and will never consent to accept conditions of former days. abor mLust and shall go forward because its cause Is based upon justice and right, whereas the campaign of its enemies is founded upon selhshness and hypocrisy. The only ones who oppose organized labor are those who would profit financially by its destruction. Such great moral forces as the Roman Cath olic church and the Interchurch World Movement Commission proclaim the rights of the workers to organize and to bargain collectively. They could not do otherwise and be true to the great principles that they seek to inculcate in the minds and hearts of their people ,,+ hiCr hue Ir1fe 11nHatInfad and unconverted by these endorsements of the principles of organized labor, tells the church to mind its own business Nevertheless the church as represented by these and other agencies is continu- ing the fight for the right of the worker to organize and to have voice III the management of the business.
 So, too, we must continue our fight "We must hang together or we shall hang separately" We must fight with all the means at our command. We must maintain our organizations and in- crease our membership; choose wise leaders obey the laws of our country and of our organization; attend meet ings regularly and never under any Cir cumstances buy the products of manu- lecturers who refuse to employ organ ized labor when union made products are obtainable, and as union made pro- ducts can only be positively identified by the union label always look for and demand the union label when purchasing merchandise.
 Plan, think and act to win and we will win and emerge from this battle increased in strength and numbers.
 (Signed)
 The Label Committee of Cigarmakers'
 Union Mo- 3o, New Haven.
 Washington, March 1.-The United States supreme court has upheld ban on wooden buildings within the fire linn