Nogales international., 1926-09-05
LABOR DAY MESSAGE ]
fRvI G. Griffing, Acting President Of the Brother
~ mood Of Locomotive Engineers).

have ALWAYS regarded Labor Day as q day OF
dedication, when workers Of all classes torego tnelr
routine tasks and unite with each other TO omo
closer the fraternal ties OF unlomsm ana TO con-
senrate themselves with renewed loyalty ana Clearer
vision to labors great purpose OF establishing ecoho
mic and social justice for all who toll.
As the hosts of unionism meet to celebrate this
labor Dav let the Younger members not forget tnat
the rights and privileges they now ENJOY were GEAR
" bought by the srivings and sacrlflces OF tnose
heroic pioneers who laid the staunch foundation Tor
Labor's power and progress of today The worker
who now becomes trade unionist secures without
cost to himself the cumulative rewards OF years OF
trial and hardship suffered for his sake by these
veteran leaders of the past generation
It is therefore fitting on this Labor Day that the
workers of America should not only express their
gratitude for the triumphs gained by their respec-
five labor organizations but that they should also
take stock of the tasks that confront them IN the I'M
mediate future There is much yet to be won. The
cause of freedom and justice for the producing
masses is still being fought on ten thousand indus
trial fields Organized labor must end child slavery
forever by securing the adoption of the Child Wei
fare Amendment to the Federal Constitution
Similarly the nations workers must secure the
asrnent of laws that will protect them from arbitrary
arrest and Imprisonment at the behest of Injunction
judges, who increasingly usurping the authority
to nulify our hard-wOn constitutional liberties at
will. If the labor movement is to make a better
world it must also assume increasing responsible
ty for the efficient conduct of industry, keeping
scrupulous faith with both the public and the en-
ployers as foundation stone for industrial demo-
cracy.
We can do no worthier thing on this Labor Day
than to make chief aim the cultivation of true
brotherhood within the ranks of our respective or
CARNATIONS well as between all other labor bodies
striving for the same end. Our interests as INTEL
igent workers must be even broader than this-they
must include not only industry finance and politics.
but the whole scope Of national life in an I'M
selfish desire to increase the welfare of all human
ity Indeed, within the past few days we have
demonstrated, by response to the appeals for
aid sent out by the hardpressed British Miners that
the fraternal bond of Labor is world wide.
The spirit of Labor is essentially the spirit of
Progress Bit by bit seek to build better world,
not merely for ourselves but for children and for
our fe1owmen We want nothing for labor that will
not also benefit the whole community. For ours is
no narrow patriotism; we are citizens Of both the
political and the industrial state Behind our LOYALTY
to America stands our loyalty to the Universal
brotherhood of Labor Let us therefore make this
Labor Day another milestone in the upward journey
as the growing forces of organized labor gain an in
creasing abundance of life for those who toll