The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-07-30

taking stock of the present and making
movement. He proudly asserts that t
their attempt to disrupt the union lat
follows:
Men of Labor, Forward!'
with the approach Of Labor day
it is necessary that there be stock
taking and a. making Of plans for
the future work of our labor move
n1ept.
"American labor on it's day of cele
bration and commemoration this year
must give to the world a message
of hope, of courage. of determina-
ton and Of constructive thought.
The forces of destruction and of
reaction have made every possible
onslaught. They have sought to dis
rupt, to tear down, to despoil. to i'm
prison, to corrupt. They have sought
to injure and destroy by economic
might by the passage of hurtful laws,
by the abuse Of injunctions, by the
manipulation of wealth and by the
use of that portion of the public press
which customarily lends itself to the
uses of the unprincipled.
Stood Like Rock.
The trade union movement has
stood like rock through the storm
No assault Of reaction at any period
of history was ever more success
fully withstood. No body of men and
women anywhere at any time ever
manifested a sterner spirit or stood.
more unitedly than the American
trade union movement in the face
of the hostile attitude: of aggressive
and ruthless organiza tons Of employ
ers, bent upon breaking down the
organizations of the wage earners.
Our movement has now reached
the point in the struggle where 1t is
not enough to stand firm in resist
ance. We have resisted at every
point until the drive of the labor
hating opposition has been brought
to point where it is without initia-
tive, without enthusiasm, without
what may be called driving power.
This does not mean that it is not still
menace. 1t is menace as long
as it exists, and it remains a menace
which cannot be lost sight of for a
moment. But it has for the present
been beaten out of it's initial momen-
tum by the tremendous effort of the
~ ouc OulOu movement.
Take the Aggressive.
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
movement. With a unity such as our
movement has never excelled, with a
spirit of determination unequaled. let
us face the future prepared to take
advantage of every opportunity which
the future offers
The labor movement predicates
the success of every effort upon the
righteousness of it's position and on
the strength of it's organization. The
principles of our movement have been
tried and found true. The great need
OF the day is organization and more
Observation-Disclosures unity and solid
arlty The necessity Of trade union
1sm-alWays necessity and hope OF
dellverance-must be carried to the
unorganized everywhere
Double Your Efforts.
The organizers of the American
Federation of Labor. both those who
give their full time to the work and
tnose who serve as volunteers, the
Officers of national and international
unions, of state federations, city CEN
tral bodies and local unions. have
ever been faithful and self-sacrific.
lng', but the movement calls upor
them for redoubled effort, for q
greater consecration to the work and
for a more energetic deliverance OF
the. message of organized labor.
"In addition If SbO,,11 ho oo.o:a
cred the sacred duty of every indi.
vlduaF member of the trade unior
movement, every member of the great
rank and file. to constitute himself
an untiring organizer of men and
women for the great tasks that lie
ahead.
For Red Letter" Day.
Labor day this year should be
made red letter day in the history
OF organization work. Upon that day
our movement everywhere should sc
conduct itself as to compel for its
ldeals and its practical purposes the
attention of all wage earners. The
observance of labor's great holiday
should be so ordered in every COM
munlty as to drive home the mes.
sage OF trade unionism and to carry
TO all hearts and minds the thought
: that the organized labor movement
is the great movement of workers fol-
human freedom and progress. .g;
ls THE trade union movement is dedi-
Gated to the proposition that auto
cratic control Of industry must be
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