The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-09-01
GONIPERS AND MORRISON SEND
MESSAGE FOR LABOR DAY

By Samuel Gompers President Federation of Labo
On Labor Day. 1922 the workers of America should con-
themselves to the support and extension of the
Labor Press.
The Labor Press is doing splendid work in defending and
advancing abos Without it, organized labor would be
indeed poorly equipped its efforts for the protection of the
The value of the Labor Press fellow workers
ncalcuable.
In season and out of season papers proclaim
the doctrine of justice for those who toll
Wage workers coming to rely more and more on the
get the facts subjects which affect them
closely They learning that the employer press
be relied upon to support abors interests at those
times when there need of support to shape public
opinion for the truth and justice of labors cause.
labor controversies there always need of saying the
right thing at the right time 1t gives the workers an advan
when the advantage is needed The labor papers are on
the job to do this work
It is of mmeasureabe value to the workers to have these
regular publications of their to give consideration to the
general principles of the labor movement and their application
1t is of equally immeasureabe value for them to have
press will strike hard and the point and perssteny on
crucial questions in defense of labor's rights.
The influence of the Labor Press also felt outside the
labor movement 1t compes the general public to be
truthful and decent in its attitude toward labor and
labor movement.
Agitate! Educated Organize!
This slogan of the trade unionsts in their struggle
for the emancipation of all the workers.
In this struggle the Labor Press is one of the workers
greatest assets.
Let us pledge Labor Day. 1922 to give the
Labor that hundred which its loyalty
to the workers splenddy and deserves
y Frank Morrison Secretary Labor
Labor Day, 1922 is the most significant in the history of
the American Trade Union Movement for at this time the
confronted by adverse court DECISIONS and by
stronger combinations of capitalists than at other time
This situation however, logical 1t the only to
abos demands for better day that greed and autocac
know. This demand is backed by increasing intelligence
solidarity will Arayed against this development of labor
hostile court edcs antunion organz
tons nohnghey but remind that history is record
of selfish mnortes that would thwart the high and strong
desires of millions of people.
the anvil of resistance given life and form to the
hopes aspirations of labor Ideals flourish under oppos
ton but yesterday that held conspators
three workmen when found conversng the public
highway Then organized workers considered social out
They had standing in the public mind they had no
press and without voice to plead their Through
agitation and education these workers changed public opinion
and winning the right to organize forced the courts to bow
to social viewpoint 1t epochmakng event. The
dea-ths actual brotherhood-fred the workers with
zeal for higher manhood They began agatng for free
public schools abolish child labor the ballot
public elections, and for every other social law
Federal and State statutes.
On this Labor Day trade unionss do not forget the trials
and tunph of the who pioneered the organized labor
say that the militant intelligent
full organized workers of today discouraged of
presentday opposition to their movement is say that they
have forgotten industrial history and the resistance of every
autocacy any that would challenge power do
not minimize the days of trial before organized labor but
do insist that these barriers nothing compared with obstru
PEELED to Trade uniOnss of today have
they have backgrounds; vast educational institutions at
their disposal they developing their educational fac
they press that increasing power
and they have the support of and outside
their ranks who correctly appase the trade union
There road the land of freedom social
This aspiration of the approxmated
through knowledge and contest the price eXaced for all
progress.
The daily progress of movement be estimated
Neither produce counting-room balance the cost
strikes and the expense unions against the intellectual
and physical development of the workers. only
possible through organized labor.
Labor will continue its upward journey It's rebuffs but
remind us of the of life advancement comes only
through resistance.