Evening star., 1933-10-07
Says Industry and Workers
Must Have Common Goal
in Recovery Effort.
SPEAKS AT DEDICATION
OF GOMPERS' Monument
Praises Late Head of A. F. of l.
Warns Hotheads in War
on Depression. =,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt today called for a
united "unselfish patriotism on the
part Of capital and labor in support OF
his recovery efforts
Defeating the American Federation
Of Labor Memorial Monument to its
late president, Samual Gompers, Mr
Roosevelt said the Overwhelming ma
jority" Of workers and employers under
stand that this is no time to seek spe
cial privilege. undue advantage or per-
sonal gain"
At Tenth street and Massachusetts,
avenue just a block from the A. F. of L.
Building which Gompers built, was the
big bronze and marble memorial. sur
rounded by temporary platform pro-
viding seating space for $500.
Ceremonies Are Simple.
The ceremonies were simple, the red,
white and blue striped cover over the
monument being released by an easy
tug on a rope by the great-gfandson
Of the man who was president of the
A. F. of L. for 40 years-9-year -old
James Calvin Mackay.
Present in the crowd were Mrs Bella
Isaacs and Mrs Harriet Isaacs, sisters
of Samuel Gompers, and his three sons,
Samuel, jr.: Henry and Alexander.
Marie Dressler. the screen actress,
attended as a guest Of Mrs. Roosevelt.
The international aspect of the dedi-
cation was reflected in wreaths sent by
Mexican and international labor or
CARNATIONS and messages from them.
The ceremony was Of particular in
terest to the Southern republic because
it was after a trip to Mexico in the
interests of furthering labor's program
that Gompers died in 1924. With its
wreath bearing both the Mexican and
United States national emblems. the
labor federation of that country praised
the American labor leader to whom
the floral offering was dedicated.
Another greeting was from the In
ternational Labor Office at Geneva.
The President said some employers
prefer Government by a privileged
class" and some workers were hot
heads who think that results can be
obtained by noise or violence"
Uses Wilson Figure.
The President likened the latter, as
Woodrow Wilson did in the war days,
to horses seeking to kick over the
traces" and said these would have to
be "lassoed" and put in corral"
He urged a quick settlement OF labors
jHriSdictional problems to prevent a
slowing up of the general program, and
then added:
There are the perfectly natural
problems of selfish individuals who
seek personal gain by running counter
to the calm judgment of sound leader
ship.
There are hot-heads who think that
results can be obtained by noise or vio-
lence; there are insidious voices seeking
to instill methods or principles which
are wholly foreign to the American
form of democratic government.
"On the part of employers there are
some who shudder at anything new
There are some who think in terms OF
dollars and cents instead of in terms
Of human lives: there are some who
themselves would prefer government by
a privileged class instead of by majority
rule.
Recalcitrants Are Few.
But it is clear that the sum Of the
recalcitrants on both sides cuts very
small figure in the total of employers
and employees alike, who are going along
ole-heartedly in the war against de-
preston"
Mr.. Roosevelt praised the life work
of Gompers as labor leader and said
the present federation and its afilia-
tions "are in broad sense giving the
same kind of fine cooperation to your
Government which Samuel Gompers
and his associates gave to that same
Government in the old days" He con-
cluded:
Like the duly constituted officials OF
your Government, we must and we are
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