Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-09-02
LABOR DAY WILL Sc
GENE RALLY OBSERVED
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY

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Publicity. A. = q L
Washington. u. C From every II
dication available fren all seetieas q
the country. gathered hy the Ameriean
Federation Of Labor. the celebration
OF Labor day this year Viii b. IN II
the most enthusiastic and pretentieus
in Labor day history.
4 keen revival 81 interest IN Labor
day paraacS Is evidenced ~ the r.
ports thus FAR received and in a mum
her Of the larger cities parades of
most elaborate character have heen
planned.
Practically all of the national ~
ures in the labor movement have a.
ranged 10 deliver addresses
An address 20 the workers q Amer
lea viii be sent by President Ga0
pers TO the central labor organizations
in every city aud town In the county.
TO be read AZ all Labor Day meetings
President Gompers will speak IN
Baltimore on Labor day al River View
Park and will. IL is expected. deliver
the KEYNOTE for y great advance il
organizing work. Labor day Is u
mark the beginning of an organizing
.amaaign which is 60 falflll the $50
gan of the movement and IL take tn
membership over the five million
mark
Secretary Frank Morrison of the 4
r. OF l.. is TO speak AT Louisville. Ky
Secretary Morrison also viii be the
guest OF honor az banquet 10 be civ
an on the evening of September by
Typographical Union No 10 in Louis.
vile.
The Louisville United Trades and
! Labor Assembly has planned a parade
and program for Labor day, beginning
with parade which IL Is expected
will break all Louisville records Fol.
lowing the parade there viii be pie.
mic In Phoenix Tin park. al which
In addition TO the speaking, there viii
be concerts and dancing.
James Lord. president of the Min
ing Department of the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor, viii address the
Maryland miners on Labor day at
Frosthhurg, Md.
AZ Boston a great parade viii be
held under the auspices of the Dos.
ton Central Labor Union. In which
number of unique features have
been planned The Building Trades
and Metal Trades will Join solidly In
the parade
C. b. Nelson. secretary of the Joint
Labor day committee. reporting To
American Federation of Labor head
quarters, says that all of the organ.
izstions in Kansas City, Mo. whether
affiliated with the central body or
not. with two exceptions, have voted
10 parade Seventy nine local unions
ba. s..l a.. t.Es In, l. A..
Cleveland O., has arranged for n
great mass demonstration at Luna
Park. at which II is expected 5000
will be present w ID. Mahon. presi.
dent OF the Amalgamated Associa- |
ton Of Street and Electric Railway
Employees. and vice president of the
American Federation OF Labor. viii be
the speaker.
Philadelphia has arranged to hold IA
monster parade under the auspices of
the Central Labor Union.
Chicago has arranged for three
day celebration. the first of its kind
undertaken by the Chicago Federation
Of Labor The work of arranging for
this great demonstration Is In charge
OF a committee originally composed of
twenty-five. but subsequently increas
ed 10 include one member from any
local union desiring to participate,
Among the speakers will be William
Jennings Bryan, Rabbi judah Magnes.
U, S, Senator Joseph Irwin France.
William u. Foster. and Mrs. Helen
Mason Huck.
st Louis, Mo. has completed ar
rangements for parade and picnic |
celebration at Triangle park. which |
Is owned by Bakery Workers Union |
No, 1,
Waterloo, Ia, Is planning for an
unusually large and imposing Labor |
day celebration, The Waterloo move |
ment plans TO make a wide distribn |
ton OF literature one of the important |
features OF its Labor day observance.
Reports from hundreds of smaller
cities throughout the United States |
Indicate that many celebrations will |
be IN PROGRESS during the day