Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-27
:L|C|ON IN WORK
Urged |NMESSAGE
.lrch Council Prepares
:. ,ecjaI Communication for
Labor Sunday.

That the church should continually
lohasize the application of the
chings of Jesus in every Industrial
alton" is the keynote Of the labor
.nday message issued by the Federal
.:,ncil of the Churches. The state
INT was prepared by the commission
the church and social service IN
-.vordance with its annual practice OF
ng the Sunday before Labor day
an occasion for calling attention
:he common moral issues TO when
O.. n labor and religion are committed.
The message records special salts
: Ction in the increasing cooperation
tween mana cement and labor III
-,ny industrial concerns. THE spirit
g. good WILL" the statement declares
,ipressed in advancing forms of IN
astral cooperation can reconcile the
ferences between management, ana
.en. and eliminate the human and
lateral wastes of conflict"
=. Labor and Religion.
The message. as made public by,
,ev. DR.. Worth NJ. Tippy, social
vice secretary for the Federal
'ouncil of the Churches, is in part as
blows:
ION this Sunday, devoted to the
cause of labor. it is appropriate 1or
every church to reaffirm its support
md allegiance to the common moral
iss,1es TO which both labor and religion
re committed The church holds that
human personality is sacred, and op.
.,oses all forms of exploitation ana
i,uman degradation. 1t protests against
he employment of children of tender
ears in denial of their right TO
Arowth and education, and the EN-
0lovment of men and women for
cverlong periods of labor. 1t STANDS
lor the payment of wages sufficlent
10th to sustain and to enhance life,
he right of workers to bargain col
,actiyelv through representatives OF
heir own choosing, and protection
against unemployment and occupa-
;ional accidents and diseases.
1T is fitting. too, that every church
should continually affirm its belief in
nc application of the principles OF
Jesus in every industrial relation. The
.pirit Of good will expressed in ad-
yancing forms of Industrial CO.
operation can reconcile the differences
between management and men. and
eliminate the human and material
wastes of conflict. That these state
nents are not vague ideals. but are
-ctual nrograms coming to pass, is
.hown by the proposals of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor for CO.
operation with management to in
rrease efficiency and production. and
by the growing number of instances
where labor and management are
actually working together for these
ZANE purposes.
Concern forsWorkers.
sT-nceasing concern for the lot of
the workers. their wives and children,
is the inevitable expression by the
churches of that love which led Christ
to turn to the multitudes and TO be-
come the passionate advocate OF their
welfare. The labor movement is the
self-conscious organized expression OF
the workers struggle for a more
abundant life. 1t is impossible Tor
the Church of Christ to devote ltseH
passionately to the welfare of the
masses Of the people and not to have
sympathetic relations with organized
labor. This does not mean that the
church should become partisan, but
rather that it must fulfill the com
mands of Christ in expressing His
intense human interest. In fact the
church has right to expect the
support of its members. in principle
at least, in it's efforts to lift the status
Of the underprivileged. In striving
for the better life for them the church
finds itself touching elbows with
labor, and they together may per
form a great service in the promotion
of a more just and brotherly order in
America. 4"