Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-11-06

"a dedication OF LABOR hehdiu,
80 moving picture which viii be Gse'
the organization, education ais
z5.bIirity campaign of the Amereal
s=.station of Labor and the Union
.bel Trades Department.
II is being heard in the councils a
Hs nation" he continued, "ani tn
sfberate Judgment of its admiulStra
.5ga agencies is being sought by thosi
sHa direct the affairs of govefnmen
and by the officers of organization
Isgaeed in promoting various humane
enterprises -.
While speaking for the millions VIII,
s4npose the American Federation o.
Thor. he said, organized labor ais
Indirectly speaks for the millions OF
..ieeIess unorganized whose standard.
Of life and living are greatly IN
H0enced by the success or failure OF
organized labor.
There are many questions of
nnlitical. social and economic character
lbicb occupy the attention of the
public." President Green said, "but
among them all none is more vita
han that of organized labor. 1t Is
associated with industry and by its
ramifcations premeates the social
civic and economic life of all COM
ln.nities. Its Importance cannot be
uinimized nor can its influence upon
cur national life be accurately meas
nred or correctly appraised.
The voice of organized labor, In
cseasing i'm volume and power, is be-
ira heard in the councils of the nation
and the deliberate judgment of its
administrative agencies is being
sought by those who direct the affairs
of government and by the officers OF
organizations engaged in promoting
various humane enterprises. This
great movement as represented by the
American Federation of Labor as
sumes to speak for all working men
and women. 1t speaks directly fo1
the millions who compose the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor and indirect
ly for the millions of unorganizcd
workers whose voices are inarticUlate
and whose standards of life and liv-
ing are greatly Influenced by The sue
cess or failure of organized labor.
"The American Federation OF Labor
is constantly carrying the message OF
organized labor to the millions OF
workers in all vocations and ea'hngs
of life throughout America WHO still
remain outside the fold of organized
labor. Today it is launching cam
paign of organization and education
through which it hopes not only to
arouse great public interest in the
work of organized labor, but, i. addl-
ton to increase the numerical strength
and the economic power of the organ
ized labor movement of the American
continent. This work of organization
which is being initiated is different In
character and procedure than aLy
heretofore undertaken. Through the
instrumentality of the moving picture
We plan to tell the story of Labor's
struggles and Labor's achievements.
It is an interest story for it s-,ws
the progress which labor has made
from the early beginning to he pres
ent time.
Workers Were All Slaves.
1T is an historic fact that in the
beginning those who performed iaooi
were classified as slaves, bought and
sold in the slave markets of the world.
As one nation conquered another me
yictors made subjects and slaves OF
the vanquished. Forced labor and
compulsory service was the rule toi'
lowed, for among the ruling classes IL
was considered both ignoble and de-
grading to perform work of any KIND
whatsoever. Then came the change
from slavery to that of serfdon. The
workers were inseparably associated
with the land, tied to the land, and a
part of the landed estates. If the land
was transferred the serfs or the labor
ing people were transferred with IT.
Their status as serfs seemed irrevoca-
bly, fixed. In the development OF
civilization laboring people became
ilee, free from slavery, free from
serfdom. They then began working
Tor wages and were accorded the right
10 own property and to seek ano
secure employment whenever aho
wherever they wished.
1t was in this period of time tha'
laborng people began to organize foi
mutual protection and self-deVelop,
ment. Organizations in the form OF
workmen's guilds were formed in the
seventh century. Through this form
Of organization the workers did much
to elevate their living standards, tc
dignity labor and to increase the skill
OF mechanics and artisans.
The tendency of the people OF al
races and of each century In the
worlds history has been to organize
and to act collectively. In the be.
ginning the tribal instinct controlled
SO that the most crude and primitive
idea was furthered through group ae
ton and group activity. In the early
days the organization of armies tol
national control and national con
qupest shows the early grasp OF th'
need of sustained and organized etof'
IN the accomplishment of a DEFINITE
purpose.
Organization Is Inherent.
Organization today, as we find /
In all its various manifestations, L
nothing more than the perfection o
an idea crudely held and crudely eX
pressed by our forefathers many cen
lures ago. 1t is manifested In tn
family, In the community, in the mum
elpality. in the state and in the nation
ORGANIZATION of various kinds ma
grown, expanded and developed untl
now nothing worth while, either of
p4lanthropic, civic, social or econo
mic character is undertaken excep
through organization and cooperation
In the logical development of TIN
olEamzation process We have, amonl
me working men and women, organ
.l4Ions of labor, commonly calle'
trade ,,,;o,- NJ 100 on