The labor world., 1922-12-30
BY SAMUEL g GONfPERS
President American Federation /
"A aff)r. 5sss 5.
((In An,nericYlJnl Fedora tionisty

President American Federation Of
Labor. .s.
In American Fed derationist)
| American Labor has already ex-5
pressed its great satisfaction and it's
great hopefnlness because OF the
result Of the recent election in which
the rogressiye spirit was So gem
|erously and generally regists cred in
the results The more the result tsi
Icontemp plated, and the more we hear;
of the continued indications of the
fide elity Of those newly elected p:o-1
gressive senators and representatives
the more are we impressed with the
great victory that has been won for
/ the common welfare. 63$ Ss3 .5s
But there is one major point corf
tcerning which there is yet no ap-
parent victory, SO far as official ac-
! tions are concerned and so far as
i theApronouncements of newly elected
Officials are concerned. The progress
sive spirit has been made manifest in
relation to. domestic affairs. but It
still slumbers where the affairs Of
! the world are concerned. s::
!
Iull l stature untli ltS SNAKES or mar
row prejudices and provincialism.
There is no desire to belittie in
1any sense the profound measure Of
90 -. .,Lua tla. ai1ee = on ne
fairs the forward -looking group has
become large and strong.
t., Those who were elected owe ff1eirz
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Z, stte iaI p' W.
'le .l's = peot 90 - - - .ne i.ei' ost
ciosely ''A1 LA. wilie4l t1le
peopie WaAteu. 'alli''s.
- can ~ eiaiill oli lne ps1it
y ais t'fs'e a.. .nere - .ouay . 'iVihs
lllaloate ron tne5 peopie 70 pay the
part o. splenulo isolatlon' ''l1It'' WHICH WHICH
Mould. pc Detler tl' called q tne e par ol OIL
oilnq hermitage. :l 'l'381s &.
The progressive group in congress,
as 1t is called, perhaps for want Of a
more truly descriptive term, leaves
little to be desired in its attitude
toward domestic affairs, but 1t re-
nounces it's own progressivisn when
international affairs are under con-
isideration. ls& *'4= Ks
when the nresent administration
was avalanched into office in !. wave:
of mixed hatreds and smo,io,s which
was like nothing 81 nuch as the
frantic f,jrv Of = man losr in - for
est if was claimed that tho Amer;-
ran neonle had declared FOR iso1a
tion. TT that claim was +rre then
l ,
/ pudiation as the reason. fn,. their. VIC
tory have. been themselves repudiat-.
ed. the policv Of isolation has been.
repudiated and the door is open to
intelligent and constructive rartici-.
patton in the affairs of the world.
| It is not necessary to say that any
particular path sho,11d he followed. r
i, not necessary IN saw that orr gov
ernment4 sho,11d CON nit itse1f 70 anv
~ . an1,roa ching y na+;ona1 sn;r;tna1 ra-
deino nt;on - we oo,,1d have an a..
kno,w,,1 q d,en,,nant of ourl d,,fv - tho
wo,.1d ~ - ;rd;ca+,on +ba+ 1ue :.
tand somehoio "a NAV o,,r3 mart and
| ss,,n,a orr inst oh1ipotionk ~ civiI
=, +;n,, II. = - 4 .ss ;,.ez;: .
J. H.
# The American Federationist as
| tha official n,,hlication Of The labor
NJ , novan,ent interests itself nrim arilv
in strictly IA bor affairs hut labor IS
no+ ;ro1i,,ed - no,le For itsa1f thar
,.rrou ,lih; - oxcnca ,,r,u;ll;neness
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ro ,,,arreo,, 49, sI.rasH.+ha 10 henefits -
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stri,s s, In, ter terror TO 10 The ~ .,earts IF Whole