Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-09-09

one of the great protecting hulwarhs
Of democracy. More thau that. they
came 10 see Il rs great creation of
democracy,
Selne critics VI the American labor
movement have said TINT Ii has no
deilnitc program, no formula that In.
dieai.s just where Il Is going, knoM
Of 10 more emphatic answer than 10
point 10 the road over which We have
come In ten years. | suggest thu II
shows the direction In which we are
going, II shows. moreover, thnt we are
going.
On June 10, carrying out the spirit
of the labor declaration OF March II,
IN agreement was entered into be-
tween Secretary of War Newton ID.
Baker and myself. as the representa-.
tive OF labor. This is the agreement
For the adjustment aud control Of
wages. hours and conditions OF labor In
the construction of eant0nnents,
there shall BE- created M adjustment
commission of three persons, appoint.
ed by the secretary OF war. one to rep
resent the army, one the public, and
one labor the last to be nominated by
Samuel dompers, member of the nd.
visory commission of the council OF
national defense. aud president of the
American Federation of Labor.
The Force OF the Worker.
As basic standards with reference
TO each cantonment, such commission
shall use the union scale of wages,
hours and conditions In force ON June
/. 1917, In the locality where such
cantonment Is situated. Consideration
shall be given to special circumstances,
If any. arising after said date, which
may require particular advances In
wages or changes IN other standards.
Adjustment of wages, hours or condi.
lions made by such board are to be
treated as binding by all parties"
Rights to Organize.
The national war labor board adopt.
ell It's principles and included therein
was The right of workers To organ
lie and bargain collectively through
chosen representatives Is recognized
and affirmed. This right shnll not be
denied, abridged or intcrfered with by
the employers IN any manner whatso-
ever
Thus, the right Of workers ~ IA voice
In the determination of their condi'
lions OF life became one of Americas
guiding principles not only IN the war
Industries OF the government, but the
spirit became most general among eur
ployers the country over The men
and women of toll had come to stand
straight In matters of executive direc.
ton. In these days when so many
prophets throughout the world are
proclaiming revolutions of such sweep
ing character, II may be presumptuous
for me to use the word revolution
but | maintain that when We reached
that point IN our national life where
labor assumed directing role In the
affairs of the country, very definite
and practical revolution had been ac-
complished 4 definite result had
been gained, deeprooted concept
completely destroyed and replaced by
a new one Of exactly opposite charae-
ter, and the struggling masses of man
kind given a new status In society.
The Demands Of Labor.
We are upon days no less trying
than the days Of war, and no less
fraught with great consequences. The
service Of labor to our country will
be great, II Its opportunities are great,
true reflection of the status that la.
bor occupies In the nation. The higher
and freer the position Of labor. III.
greater and nobler will be the service
of labor. Bondmen might write a dec
laeition of freedom, but they could
not conduct their own affairs and act
the part Of freedom until they had be-
come free American labor has
achieved the great fundamentals Of In
dustrial freedom and It has established
this fact In the life and consciousness
Of the community.
Progress-not for a few. but for all
that is the guiding thought and pur.