Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-06
DEDlCATES LABOR DAY
40 AID OF UNEMPLOYED
Secretary Davis Calls for Con.
s certed Effort TO Give
Jobs TO JoblcsS.
GIVE FAIR PA, TO WORKERS.
employers Urged. In Detroit Speech.
Not To Set Wage by Need of Hum
y cry Crowd, hut 10 Pa! saving
Scale.
IBy Associated Press I

DETROIT. Sept. 5.-Dcdication OF
Labor Day, 1921, 10 the relief OF the
nations unemployed was proposed by
Secretary of Labor Davis in an adj
dress to'thc workers of Detroit.
In the past Labor Day has been
"a holiday in honor of tho man who
tolls" declared Secretary Davis.
This year il is a day that millions
&of our people would rather celebrate.
not by taking holiday. but by going
& back to work at Il job.
Labor Day this year dawncd on
situation that calls to every loya!
American for the hest thought, the
mightiest effort and the strongest
faith he can summon This year
Labor Day must he dedicated, first
of all. to meeting this Imperative
human need OF the idle"
Calls for Concerted Effort.
The dedication OF the day To the
relief Of the unemployed. estimated
ny the Labor Secretary to number
nearly 100000" should carry with
1t. he said. Il concerted effort on the
part OF all Americans. he they en-
ployers or employees. AS measures
of partial relief. the secretary pro-
posed the undertaking OF public
works. the distribution Of work in
mills. $50 that all may have jobs for
at least part OF the week" ana the
shaking OF of fear and the taking
on of faith and courage.
above all else. we need 10 shake
off fear and take on faith and ccur-
age Mr. Davis asserted. For the
lack OF that courage We are neglect
ing any number of large undertake
inEs that would give a mighty shove
to the great stalled engine Of Amcri-
can production"
Play Fair with Workers.
The secretary. in his address. di
rected message to the employers
OF the nation, declaring: Don't set
your wages by the hungry crowd at
the gate to your mill: that is only
Il temporary wage. During the war
the pendulum swung over to the side
Of the employees. Now 1t has SWUNG
back to your side. Play fair now
and YOU will do more to stabilize
your business and bring good feeling
than anything else you can do. Keep
in mind the fact that those men who
are swarming around your gates
looking for work are the same hu-
man beings as yourself. They have
the same aspirations for their fami-
lies that YOU have for yours. lteru
late matters now for the future and
Pias WV l'tl L W. 81 lAtN W lsNplis
To labor the secretary held out the
assurance that lin spite OF the oc-
casional hard boiled employer. no
true American business man enter
tairs a serious thought of crushing
the workmcns organizations.
Let Open shop Mean Whit Il Says.
Let the open shop mean what 1t
says-open TO all" he added. ANY
employer knows that crushing the
unions cannot be done, IN the FIRST
place; he knows that it would not
lac safe in any case. We want no
Russia in this country. no hordes oil
disorganized. lcadcrlcss men, reduced
10 such "a state OF starvation tina,
charity must go to their aid"
opposition to the principle OF the
living wage also was expressed by
MIR. Davis.
Il am against the living wage" he
said. 1t is not enough. We need
To hear something of the saving
wage. 1t is not enough for man
merely TO exist, to meet the cost of
living, whatever il Is, 10 pay the rem,
and buy food and clothing for his
family. y man like the American
workman needs. he earns and he de-
HlandS something more than that
He wants TO save. and he should and
mast he able L. do il.