Montana labor news., 1936-12-24
Golden Rule Should
Lead All Groups 10
Peace. Morrison Say,
Labor Movement Is Founded
Upon the Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man,
A. F. of L. Secretary-Treasurer
Declares in Christmas Greet
ings Broadcast.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The init
mate connection between the Golden
Rule of Christianity and friendly re-
lations in industry and peace
throughout the world was stressed
in a radio address here by Frank
Morrison, secretary-treasurer of the
American Federation of Labor, ex-
tending Christmas greetings to the
American people.
Mr.. Morrison, who begins his
forty-first year as secretary of the
A. F. of L. next January, recently
completed his fiftieth year as a
member of the international Typo
graphical Union.
He spoke over WJSV of the Co.
lumbia B~roadcasting System on the
Labor News Review program, pre-
sented weekly under the auspices of
"The Trades Unionist," whose edi-
tor and publisher is John B. Col
poys, and broadcast by Albert N.
Dennis, news editor of ''The Trades
Unionist," who prepares the pro-
gram.
Following is the text of Mr.. Nor
rison's address:
81 am glad to bring to the people
of America a Christmas Greeting on
behalf of the American Federation
of Labor. l might say at the be-
ginning that the fine spirit of this
joyful season is akin to the spirit
of good-fellowship, of helpfulness
and OF economic justice for which
the great American labor movement
has long been striving. And we of
labor hope for the future that this
spirit may not be confined to any
one day, or any one season, but that
it may spread to encompass all the
seasons and all the days of all the
years. Happily, the efforts of or
ganized labor toward this end have
been helpful.
HE whose coming into a troubled
world we celebrate, pleaded in His
time: Peace on Earth, Good Will To-
ward Mem Surely, every member of
organized labor, and other good citi-
zens alike, subscribe most heartily
to this splendid ideal.
1.-THE means of attaining this ideal
is also expressed in a Biblical quo
tation, which says, in effect: DO
unto others as you would have 9th
ers do unto you
when the Golden Rule of Chris
tianity becomes the accepted rule of
American industry, agriculture and
commerce, then the people of III
beloved nation will have attained
that ideal peace and good will which
our Lord, in His infinite wisdom, set
forth nearly two thousand years ago.
"Also, the application of the
Golden Rule of Christianity between
nations to a greater extent than
heretofore would aid the peace and
good will of all the world.
Labor's Contribution to Brotherhood
However far we may have yet to
travel to the attainment of the
Christmas spirit throughout the year,
all of us will recognize that we have
already travelled a long way. The
period of the worlds greatest prog
ress has been during the past fifty
years. No similar period in all his
tory can compare with its accom-
plishments in virtually all divisions
of human endeavor, nor in the de-
velopment of a social consciousness,
nor in the gradual attainment Of
economic advancement and mutual
justice.
perhaps it is significant that this
period of greatest achievement has
transpired during the lifetime of the
American Federation of Labor,
which has just observed its fifty
sixth anniversary. Perhaps our
movement has proven a dominant
factor, a helpful factor, in the I'M
paralleled progress of the past half
century. If SO, we have just reason
to be proud of our accomplishments
and are eager to carry on.
"It has been my pleasure to APP
pear several times before as a guest
on the Labor News Review radio
program, which has attained high
distinction during the past three
years. Indeed, it has helped to adj
vance the peace and good will of
which we speak, and it has followed
the Golden Rule in doing so. On
enc of my appearances here, l re-
call having said that the American
labor movement is founded upon the
Fatherhood of God and the Brother
hood of Man. Upon that solid
foundation, it has become an accept
ed institution for practical progress.
Continued to Page g.