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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-03-15

CO Sc mne SamenO tyce, nepre-
il 81 jiz spatriti mista toho "a
sveho zivota. -Filipa byla spo-
kojena Sc vsim, co jsem mari
zoval. Byla dplne volnou do
provoditi mne do mesta. Dive
rovala mne zrovna jako male
dite. Jednou Sc mne ale prece
optala:, ~
"Avsak, Basile, co Sc stane
potion - pozdeji?"
We stredu toho hroziciho ne
bezpeci musel jsem Sc vsi mo-
ci premahati, bych neklekl
pred nj ma kolena nerekl il,
ze laska ma bude zodpov6d-
ma "a vsecku budoucnost. II
"Chystam vam prekvapeni
v Londyne,'' rekl jsem co moz-
ma nejveseleji. "Jen We rnne
ddverujte, nebudete toho jis-
te litovati."
Uchopila mne "a ruku. "Ko-
mu jinemu bych mohla jeste
dlverovati?' rekla jednoduse.
" - f.. Il : .s
"Basile, Wy, jste ke innS talk
dobrym. ia VAN beztoho ien
zkazila cely zivot vas vals. Jest
jiz pfilis pozde bycha honit;
nezapomenu nikdy dnu tech
to-"
Oci Sc il leskly velkymi ST.
zami. Polibil jsem il uctive ru-
ku rekl, Re pakli uvidim ien
ten. stary usmev ma rtech jet
jich, pax ze budu stonasobne
Ia vSecko odm6nen; avsak
mluve takto, trasl jsem Sc hrI
zou v myslence, CO ma mas o.
ba asi ceka.
Jeli jsme do Rodingu a pro-
to jsme museli po ceste, ktera
vedla kolem domu pani Will
sonove. Filipa Sc jiz jiz I'VE
dala Sc sedadla, chtic Sc ne
pochybne ma neco otazati; zm6
nila vsak svdj umysl umlkla
drive, nez promluvila. Hrozil
jsem Sc a bal Sc, aby snad ne
jaky predmet nebo snad neja-
ka znamka neprobudila v nj
upominky; srdce Sc mi chvelo
dzkosti, kdyz jsme Sc blizili k
hromade snehu, ktera tax yer
ne zachovavala nase tajem-
stvi. Citil jsem, re vic a vic
blednu.
Musil jsem sc chte nechte
obratiti stranou a divati Sc ven
z protejsiho okna. Stav mGj
byl jeste nesnesitelnejsim, je-
likoz jsem pozoroval, 'ze Fill
pa stale upira ma mne ty ne
pokojn6 oci. Citil jsem, re to-
to napnuti jest jiz prilisne, a
zacal isem jiz pochybovati o
tom, re by Sc mi jeste nekdy
mohl vratiti aspon jediny st'ast
ny a klidny okamzik v zivote.
Pc dlouhem mlceni Filipa
teprve promluvila: .'Basile, po
vezte mi, mate neiakych zprav
o onom cloveku?"
"Otocil jsem jen hlavou.
"Kde asi jest? Mel tehda
one noci prijeti. Prijel?"
Myslim, re neprijel. Proc
pax Sc ptate?"
"Basile, pronasleduje mne
stale ten desny a kruty sen.
Zdalo Sc mi neco o one desne
noci, neco, mac stale jeSte n.y.
nj myslim. Keknete mi, co to
jen, bylo?"
Pot mi vyvstaval ma cele.
"Nejdrazsi," odpovidam, "ne-
nj divu, ze Sc vam o desnych
vecech zdalo. Nynl ,jste arcit'
jiz zdravou, ale one noci byla
jste uplne smysld zbavena. Va
Sc domnenky nejsou mic jine-
no nez nasledky ci zbytky o.
poho s:leni. Nemyslete jiz ma
toho s'padoucha; *mozna ze Sc
prohanfs n6kdefflv Parizi die
svehos zpisobu. Myslete jen
ma to, Szett: zivot was poplyne
r,vy,a< iiE EEdnG cno1 Sf,oc%n6 81
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-03-15

spalih, mel by pokoj jak ten
.neboztfk, tax ona, ziva vdcya,
2 to hlavns Cd soudniho sti-
hanf.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-03-15

Cc UODy, CcCH SJTdCHu q GeCH
lzkosti, divim, Sc tomu co "a
zraku, re jsem Sc odvazil ce-
kati a nechati il tax .dlouho v
tomto okoli., Pripisuji, toto vas
hanf jenom wire Y osud; a ze
Sc tax vsecko podarilo, menu
lekarskemu rozumu, ktery ne
nechal sveho sverence ma po-
koji, az byl iiz. uplne zotaven;
ten Gas vsak pfece pfisel.
Mimo toho klidneho a odda-
neho zpIsobu byla. milenka
ma txkou, skoro takou, jakou
drive byvavala. Slova jeji i
choS ijeji .ke, mne bylo tax
nezne,1 oddane, sesterske. Mu-
sim, ak nerad, povedeti, ze po
ten cely cas- zadne slovo me-
prekrocilo usta ma, ktere bych
mohl odvolati. Lasku, ano sko
70 i myslenku ma nj odlozil
jsem uplne stranou, ma st'ast-
nejsf dny, nebot' - pravim
zcela otevfehe, treba Sc tim v
posmech uvadeje ze Filipa
byla v mychg ocich tax cistou
nevinnou, jako tehda, kdyz
jsme Sc poprve spatrili. At
jiz ruce jeii byly potrisneny
krvi sira Mervyna Fernando,
ona tom nevedela. Krivdy,
ktere ma nj spachany byly,
privedly il k zoufalstvi, v ST.
lenstvi, a toto silenstvi bylo
samo zodpov6dno "a skutek
ten, ne ale ona sama.
Jmeno cloveka toho nikdy
dosud .neprekrocilo jeff rty.
Nemluvila o mem a mne Sc zda
10, jakoby vubec ami nebyl e.
xistoval, nebo jakoby byl jen
cast nejakeho snu., Kdyz jiz
mohla 2 ldzka ystati a kdyz
jsem Sc jiz mohl tesiti z jeji
spolecnosti, mluvivali jsme spo
lu o mnohych vecech, avsak nj
kdy o Mervynu Ferrandovi a
o nejblizsi minulosti.
Ale "a to mnohdykrate upre
la ma mne zrak svuj tax, ze
mne podesil. TIL a tam zastihl
jsem ji,. jak Sc ma mne dzkost-
live diva, ocima tax smutny-
ma, jako by chtela neceho z
tvare me vycisti, co pred nj
skryvam a tajim. Jedenkrate
Sc mne ptala, jak Sc dostala
tehda v noci do meho domu.
'Spadla jste Ike mne tim
krouzicim snehem," odpove-
del jsem il tax lehce, jak jen
duse ma toho dovolila. "Pfisla
jste S mysli poboufenou, We vel
ke horecee.a v deliriu.'
IA kde jsem drive byla? Co
jsem delala?''
s'Prisla jste,. jak dosud my
slim, cd pani Wilsonove. Vice
nevim."
Vzdychla 81 a obratila hla-
WI ode mne; avsak po chvilcc
videl bsem opet ty jeji tmave,
unavdne oci, kterak Sc uprene
ma 1nne zadivaly. Nemohl
jsem hic jineho uciniti, nez "a
divati Sc do Mich take tax, a
modliti sc v duchu, by Sc me
lasce ubohe nikdy nerozbfesk-
ly ony hodiny, ktere dosud
jsou il lplne tajny.
Konecne, "a uplnych ctrnact
dnf cd onoho desneho dne O.
pustii jsme mas domov. Byl
jsem nyni, jak Sc to obycejne
zakonne nazyva, spoluvinni-
KEN onoho cinu, neb jsem Sc
snail, bych to me dite pfedra
he zachranil a skryl pred soud
nou stolici. Abych nevzbudil
nijak podezreni, ustanoyil
jsem, ze necham radeji dunn
svlj otevreny; zanechal jsem
OH svsecku .starost-' syeri1u sy9r-
nemu Vilemovi $ podotknutim,
ze bndu psati. jak a co Sc ma
dale zarhiti. Prozatim ma kaz
damn lido hv ca no n1n9 Zdo
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-03-15

lehce a vesele. Small jsem SCI
zevn9jsku nekolika tech po u
81 zakpklenych malo lidi, KITE.
re jsne cestou potkavali. u
kazova1 jsem ma kazdy strom
po cest9 vysazeny, ma ,kazdou
vetev. ktera byla zahalena do
mnozstvi blysticiho Sc snehu.
Pricinoval jsem Sc vsemozne,
bych odvratil myslenky jeji v
jinou stranu, jen abych odstra
nil ten CHI. hadankovity po-
hled 2 jeji oci. st'astnym' citil
'jsem Sc teprve tehdy, kdyz
jsn1e vstoupili do vlaku a kdyz
prvni stanice pomohla jiz u
skutecniti mas utek.
Kdyz jsrne pfijeli az do Lon
dyna, dal jsem Sc odvezti
hned primo do hotelu, v KITE
rem matka ma bydlela. Byl to
jeden z tech drahych a wac
nych privatnich hoteld v Ger
myn Street. Objednal jsem po-
koje pro sebe a svoji sestru.
Filipu zavedl k jejimu, by 81
odpocinula a sam jsem Sc ODE
bral ku sve matce. Ia chvfli
byl jsem jiz v jejim narucf a
asi "a pIl hodiny vypovedel
jsem jiz vsecko 0 Filipe, svo-
il velke lasce k nj prosil
proto, by il poprala sve zasti-
ty. So.
Ano, ucinil jsem dobfe, ze
jsem Sc il sveril a mel. v nj dl-
veru. Znaf jsem slechetnou je-
|ji povahu, jeff vnejsi svobodu,
ktera sc nedala vazati pouty
spolecenskymi. Znal jsem las
ku, kterou sveho syna bbjf-
mala. Dekuji j. jeste dnes a
ma tomto miste "a vsecko, CO
pro mne tehoz dne vykonala.
Vyslechla vsecky me vybu-
chy tichu. Rekl jsem il ov-
sem, vyjma dvou veci, jmeno
muze, ktery tax me lasce u
blfzil, a pax o jeho osudu, kite
ry ho "a to potkal. Povedel
jsem il, jak jsem il miloval a
jak miluji Filipu, a jak Sc dnes
odvazuji doufati, re laska ma
bude jednou opetovana. Pro-
sill jsem il, ably pritiskla tn
moji divku ma sve srdce, ably
81 tato, jsouc jako dcerou jeji,
Ipakli mozna bude, uvykIa ne
premysleti ma sebe s fakym
tpocitem, ale aby byla opet ia
kovou, jakou drive byvala,
dokud onoho muze nepoznala
Matka mne vyslechla. Tvar
jeji byla sneda co popel. Rty
jeji Sc pohybovaly, Shy sma-
cely jeji tvare. Poznal jsem,
co asi viii hlave jeff. Vedel
jsem, jak pysnou ma mne byla
a jake veci velke ode mne O.
cekavala. Byla zenou, a
prave die zpdsobu zen poci-
tala, ze syn jeji by 81 jaksi
zlepSil sve postaveni who'd
nym snatkem; avSak vzdor to-
mu vedel jsem prece, ze mohu
ma jeji pomoc pocitati. Jeste
jedenkrate, draha maticko ma,
jeste jedenkrate vroucne vam
"a vSe dekuji.
Vstala. "Pojd', podivam Sc
ma tn zenu, kterou tax milu-
jes. Kde jest? PGjdu k nj sa-
ma"
"Ona jest jiz zde,. v tomto
dome. Ach, mako draha, ia
vedel, ze tax ueinis, a nemy-
lii jsem SCI"
Zlibala me cello. "Prived' il
tedy ke mne."
. Vysel jsem a postal listek
Filipe, ze bych S nj rad mlu-
vii. Prisla ke mne. Nebyla ces-
tou nijak unavena, a ackoliv
.byla bleda, prece vypadala ia
kO " nina kra 40 cv6 Vodl icor,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-03-15
Kazdy ohen musi miti i komin

AT EMOHLI byste tuto okolnost podrzeti pameti?
~ Jen tax lie dosici hezpecnosti Plyn jest tom
to ohledu palivem tax jako jine.
PROSTRCITI jednoduse trolbu cd kamen skrze
zed anz by dbalo ida do nj foukati vitr jest
chybnym Tim zpusobem stao Sc jiz mnoho nestesti.
M1TI jinak spravne kouiove pripojeni ale pri
vrene zakopce jest take pochybeno Mnoho nesesti
tim jiz take prihodio Odporucujeme Vam vlbec "a
klopky odstraniti
JEST Ii re potrebuete kuchynska kamna wy
apeni upotrebte radeji horak pod troubou peceni
ponechte otevrena dvrka Ostatn horaky by mely byt
,,potrebeny vyhradne jen pri vareni.
PRAvE jest rocni doba, ktere "a mirneho po
casi stava plyn primo idealnim take levnym topi
Potrebuje jen male pece sce:
MEJTE dobre spojeni kominem celym pTislu-
senstvim; ubezpecme re komn jest dosti siroym
drzujme jej volnym prostym sazi nych necistot
Jste-H rozpacich zavoejte mas.
THEEAST OHIO GAS COMPANY
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-03-15
CHMURNE .D5NY'.
NAPSAL HUGH CONWAY
Z anglickeho pfcloS;la Kldra SpecingroUd.

Filpin Sc hyn udan Mohu koneene paki ys
de leps Kdyz odkadam pc dobre pGjde, vem dobre pf
70 ma okamzk vzpominam rozene zmize sve Willy. ia
te doby tech strachd tech sameho yce nepre
lzkos divim, tomu "a il z spatfiti msa toho
zraku re sem Sc odvaz ce sveho zvota Fpa byla spo
ka necha il tax dlouho kojena vsim, jsem mari
tomto oko Pripsuj toto vac zova Byla pne volnou do
hani jenom wire osud re provodti do mesa DIVE
tax vsecko podao rovala mne zrovna jako mall
lekafskemu rozumu kery dte Jednou mne ale prec
nechal sveho sverence ma po- optala:. ~
, 1924-12-11
Publication.

IN continuity wi h Section 22 OF the
& Colonial Law, all persons residing 10
4 the town of Christiansted, who. con
slider themselves in receipt of a clear
yearly income of Frs. 1900 and other
wise 10 be entitled to franchise in con
formity with Section Is of the said Colo
NAL Law. Or who before the 31st March
1 T52t will attain the qualifications of
fya0cbise see Section % last %cIause) are
hereby requested to notify the same IN
writing to the undersigned Chairman of
fha Electoral Board, before the expir--
ton of this month.
THE ELECTORAL BOARD for Chris
tiansted's Town and Suburbs, 81; CroiX'
vi. u. S. A., December 3rd.' 1874
C. H. PAYNE.
Chairman.
, 1924-12-11
Publication.

IN conformity with Section p of the
Go,V Country District of the Jurisdic-
a t'on Of Chlristiansted, who consider
n'Solons in receipt of a clear yearly
; ul,n17 If Frs. 1900 and otherwise to be
l anjIIod =, franchise in conformity wi h
SnoiiIVp 81 Of the said Colonial Law, or
oGcl' 1"f1re the 31st Of March 1926, will
WY tho qualifications of franchise (see
S Soor,on ~ last clause are hereby re-
o 5Cctor - notify the same in writing to
4u a "edersigned Chairman of the Elccto-
, 1924-12-11
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

Talk labor, preach the greNt message
Of labor, carry forward the message
Of human freedom and human aspira-
ton as LABOR message.
Welcome the friends of labor in all
gatherings. Welcome these friends
when they come with their support
and their encouragement. But see
that everywhere the day is observed
as Labor Day.
The labor movement in America is
a movement of wage earners, for
wage earners, conducted by wage
earners. 1t is movement primarily
for the protection and advancement
of the rights and interests of the
wage earners through trade union
organization.
Let us observe Labor Day in the
spirit of the labor movement. Let us
blazon the message of trade union
ism across the horizon. Let us give
of it's inspiration to those who are
oppressed, who are without hope and
whose souls are hungering. Let us
unfurl it's banners and sing it's songs.
Labor Day is for labor, and labor
is striving to enlarge the life Of the
great masses of our people. Labor
Day is for labor, and labor fights the
fight for all who are heavy laden.
Upward and onward, this Labor
Day, for humanity, for the right, for
justice, for freedom and democracy,
in the name of labor, through our
great trade union movement!
BACK OFF AND TRY AGAIN
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
WHY FATHER CHOKED ON THE
SOUP

The family was at dinner. 1t was
just after Mary's return from the
summer camp and naturally she was
the cynosure of all eyes, as any
young lady of sixteen summers is
likely to be.
"And how did you enjoy yourself 7"
asked Uncle Tom.
'Just fne," said Mary, Except that
at one time the superintendent
thought | had appendicitis.
"And did they cut out your ath-
letics?" asked mother.-T. s. c. in
Hygeia.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

ally their speeches are unnecessary;
and where they are helpful they are
filled with a recounting of the serv-
ices rendered by the trade union
movement.
Labor-organized labor-the labor
movement-that is what makes Labor
Day possible; that is what makes it
real.
Labor Day was set apart as holi-
day because organized labor demand
ed it. 1t was a recognition of labors
right to celebrate its victories and to
carry to all of the people its great
message of hope and freedom.
On this Labor Day TALK LABOR!
Do not anywhere permit Labor Day
to be anything but LABOR Day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

Labor Day is the one holiday in all
the year dedicated to humanity. 1t
is day set apart for the considera-
ton of human problems and for re-
joicing at progress made toward that
better day for which we strive con-
stantly.
Labor Day is day on which the
leadership Of the trade union move
ment in the fight for human better
ment is universally acknowledged and
acclaimed.
There could be no Labor Day with
out labor. There could be no Labor
Day without organized labor.
Those who do not belong to the
labor movement may here and there
make speeches on Labor Day. Usu-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

goodbye until tomorrow.
s'No,J ,Jack;I couldn't hold my breath
that long"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29
STUPID

The other day man dashed into
Grand Central station with just one
minute to catch the Twentieth Cen
tury. He made the ticket window in a
series Of slides, skids and jerks.
"Quick! give me round trip tick
et!" he gasped
"Where to-"
"B-b-back here, you damfool. -
Nebraska Awgwan.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-08-29

Wife-You seem worried, dear
Did anything go wrong at the bank
today?
Bank President-Yes, the cashier.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
RED HAIR ALMOST
BASE FOR CHARGES
AGAINST SPEAKER
Cockroach Capitalists
Cause Reds Arrest

Admitting that they acted on the
instigation of the local business men,
the Englewood police broke up yes
terday's open air meeting of the
Young Workers League at 62nd and
Halsted, and arrested the speakers,
comrades George Maurer and Clar-
ence Miller. A large crowd which
had gathered to hear the message Of
the Workers Party, expressed indig-
nation at the action of the police,
and greeted with loud approval Com
rade Maurer's announcement that the
Workers Party would fight out the is
sue of free speech and that the meet
ings would be continued every Thurs
day on the same corner.
Cops in Quandry.
On bringing the comrades to the
station, the police found themselves
in a quandry as to what charges to
prefer. After futile search thru
voluminous penal registrars and
documents, and much telephoning
the entire station force held a whis-
pered consultation during which
there was much scratching Of heads
and pickering of brows. Finally, the
comrades were alphabetically in
formed that they were being booked
on charges of disturbing the peace. >
collecting in a body" and attract
ing other people," One comrade COM
miserating with the police in their
perplexity, suggested to the desk
sergeant that Miller be booked on
charge of having red hair The
good sergeant was about to gratefully
accept the suggestion, but his fellow
policemen, after much argumenta-
ton, finally persuaded him that it
was not exactly a lawful charge.
Judging from the glances which their
fellows Especially the desk ser
geant) cast at the two police who
made the arrests, their zeal was
looked upon with considerable disfa-
, vor Probably in the future, the po-
lice of the Englewood district will not
act so hastily upon the promptings Of
their business men.
After being detained for an hour,
Comrade Miller was told to appear at
the Juvenile Court for a hearing, on
Friday and released. Comrade Maur-
er was released on bonds Of S25.
At the court next morning, the
Judge dismissed the case, after tell
ing them that they would be pulled
in again IL they attempted to speak
in that neighborhood. II they want
ed to speak there without being ar.
rested, they would have to get per.
mission from the Chief Of Police.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
scab Herder.

To the DAILY WORKER: 1 am
writing you to tell you about a scab
herder named Fred Hurst, who did a
2-year stretch in Saltwater peniten-
tiary for smuggling professor during
the printers strike in st. Paul, two
and half years ago. Hurst was let
out on June 1 and had to get out of
the state of Minnesota.
Now he is in Chicago and is with a
man named Bill zeigler, New York
fink who worked for the Bergoff fink
agents in the street car strike.
Hurst and Zeigler are now with a
man named Adams and are handling
the chicken pullers' strike. They have
a fink with them named Pat Moran
who passed lot of bad checks and
has a police record in Weaugecham,
Illinois.
Hurst has been run out of a number
of cities for strike breaking. Hurst
and Zeigler with Adams have taken
steps to run a cooperative" com
pany and do the hauling for all COM
mission men. This will make union
drivers lose the jobs. {. "A Friend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
WE WANT FAIRGROUNDS.

Not very long ago the city Off
GERS tried to tell our parents not
to let us children play in the
streets. Some children wrote to
The DAILY WORKER Children's
Column and said that they didn't
have any place but the streets to
play in.
Now some of those city men are
telling us that they will set aside
certain streets for children to
play in. They will not let autos
and wagons go down those streets
so that the children won't get hurt
when they play there.
OF course we are glad to have
even a street roped off for us to
play in. There are so many of us
children on the block. Almost
every room in our house has a
family in it, so that makes lots of
children to play in the streets. If
there is no sign for autos to go an
other way, some of us get hurt
when they come down the street
we play on.
But what we children want to
know is why the city officers don't
give us real Fairgrounds. We
would like grass and trees and a
pond to play in and maybe a sand
box for our little brothers and sis
ters. We want more room than
just the street to play in. We
need a big place so we can play
ball.
The street is dirty and some
times we get sick from playing
there. There is never any water
except in the gutter when the fire
hydrant has been turned on. Then
it is only muddy water.
We have heard that in Soviet
Russia the children go to the
country every summer. Lots of
them go and the city pays the way
for them. Even when the children
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LABOR CONDEMNS
DEFENSE SCHEME.
in M ZAP Oils
Gompers' Stand Ignored
by Labor Assembly

Especial to the DAILY WoRkER)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Aug. r.
In direct contradistinction to the re-
dictionary stand taken by Samuel
Gompers and his official family Of
mossbacks at the recent meeting Of
the executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor in Atlantic
City, the Minneapolis Trades and
Labor Assembly, the local central
body of the A. F. Of L., unanimously
denounced the proposed Defense Day
Test" as a demonstration Of the war
spirit intended to propagandize the
youth of this country.
The resolution adopted by the as
sembly is as follows:
Whereas, Secretary Weeks has
issued a call to all the states In the
Union to celebrate "MoboIization,"
or defense Test Day." September
~, 1924, and
Whereas, The army, state mill
tias and reserve officers are to be
modified to parade on said day,
and
Whereas, The school children Of
the nation are to be Invited to
participate in these War-propaganda
demonstrations;
Therefore Be It Resolved, That
this Mobilization Day be considered
contrary to the spirit Of Trade
Unionism, contrary to ideals Of the
American Federation of Labor to
propagandize the youth of the
United States;
Therefore Be 1t Further Resolved,
That the Minneapolis Trades and
Labor Assembly protest against this
demonstration of the war-splrit,
and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That a
copy of this resolution be sent to
Calvin Coolidge, the president Of
the United States, and to Secretary
Weeks, to the Board of Education of
this city, and that a fourth copy be
spread on the minutes of this
Assembly.