The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-05
G0MPERS WRITES
ON LABOR STATUS
Autocracy Of Industries
Challenging All Prog
ress, He Charges
LABOR WON'T SUBMIT
Says Labor VIII stand i'm the
Trenches if II Must to
Maintain Freedom
~ sAMUEL GONrEU8

President OF 'n' 1%,,.ra" r'as"u'o Of
wat,n r,.a...1 mr ro,.fo'uaro.
gopyrsHt l1.s. tT 'o."m.'''a"l New.
WAsIUSGTDS. EU. = Labor
iuy this year UuIa 900 labor 90. III
uJugrcss challenged Dog ft"I auto.
rrucy ul power which ls hn'h hNud
and ignorant
womea mad uuI od thut ihu 'uI ~
the war would hriue opportunity
FOR constructive effort lu t'" zoe
huildirg of - -hut,ry1 world They
had hoped 10 see great 'IIu.' "i
f. -pgrcss reared upon th" ruins oi
var and upon the grave OF defeated
aptoCrICy
Ncw "Autocrncy" Industrial
Political lutn,pry WAS destroyed
by tho war. We could mot turpsou
Il wus too iuurcdlhlo.-thc coalition
OF Industrial uutociury tuut would
arise 90 thrust into tho arcua uu lH.
sue ns vital To tho maintenance of
Freedom MS was the issue tlod iu
the politl, ! world by the war.
Tho istue to-day is industrial free
dom against industrial slavery
Through enforced labor.
y
industrial world combines TO make
Aud shape tho issue.
Grent organizations Of employers
have declared war upon the labor
movement. Organizations formed to
do the prop, Eaudd work Of rcuc-
tionnry employers have bccu work
Ing night and day. Organizations
such ~ the United States chamber
OF commerce and Hssocin ed indus
tries have done their best to ombit-
ter employers against the lnbur
movement. The coal mine owners
aud the railroad managers enlisted
In tho fight on labor. Tho textile
mill owners added their contr.bu-
lon. 70
Inst, comes the administration.
through the attorney general, pledg-
Ing the strength OF the udministra-
lion TO what no calls tho open
shop" That also is what II is called
by employers. II IL the shop closed
against union workers. II IL the
shop called by the more unscrupul-
GUS among employers tho "Amcri-
can plan" shop In which autocracy
Is developed To tho last degree ANA
everything really American IN rcpu-
dated with brutal Indifference
This onslaught on the unions, the
efforts To establish governmental
tribunals. called industrial courts"
having compulsory powers. tho
movement to enforce wage reduC-
tions, combine to form a hreat Of
fort to dcstroy organization among
The workers, to reader them help
loss and to compel them % work re-
gardless Of their will their desire or
their welfare.
No nation chn call itself free or
democratic when It's workers are en-
shaved.
They Won't submit.
but let mo say this: American
workers viii not submit TO enslnys.
inent. They win not submit To de-
struction OF the standards. They
Will not submit tn restoration OF au-
tocracy. They will not permit the
destruction OF freedom, They are
determined that ths principles upon
which this republic was founded
shall endure. law breaking Judges.
greedy financial powers. grasplng,
reaotionury corporations and paid
propngandists To tho contrary, not
withstandinE.
Labor hopes for the great day of
poace and good will but II IL must
itand in the trenches to preserve
The freedom that alone can lead to
The day OF peace and good VIII, then
II Will stand Hs It's furebcnrers have
stood with Urodi to the cause.