The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-24

Sometime ago Prof. William G. Summer of Yale eulogized the Forgotten Man of Industry" In a published lecture which has be- come 8 classic in the worlds lit- erature, and this is what he said:
 ."Wealth comes from production, and all that the wrangling grab- bers. loafers, and robbers get comes from somebody's toll and sacrifice. Who then, is he who pro- vides it all? Go and find him, and you will have once more be- fore you the forgotten man. You will find him hard at work be- cause he has a great many to sup port. Nature has done Q great deal for him in giving him a fertile soil and an excellent climate, and he wonders why 1t is that. after all, his scale of comfort is so moderate. He has to get out of the soil enough to pay all his taxes, and that means the cost of all the jobs and the funds for all the plunder. The forgotten man is delving away in patient industry, supporting his family. paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and school, reading the newspaper, and cheering for the politician of his admiration, but he is the only one for whom there is no provision in the great scramble and the big divide. He works, he votes, generally he pays but he always pays-yes, above all, he pays"
 The forgotten man of industry is the working class, the workers, the proletariat-LABOR Prof. Sumner struck 8 responsive chord in the breast of the Inyriads who since the days when Mother Eve span, and Father Adam delved. have with their hands produced for others by the sweat of their brows, and are still producing and still sweating-for others.
 That Is correct according to evo- lution. Great trees from little acors grow, just as sure as the child is father to the man. But there comes time when the handwriting on the wall flashes upon the screen, and that time is not far of when the forgotten man of labor-of industry will awake to the enormous power he creates, and will control 1t for his own use, instead of for the bene- fit of others who enjoy its pro- ceeds and forget the producer.
 So 1t is that in the United States American labor is at last upon the move. Without the shadow of a doubt before 1940 rolls around there. will be labor party in the field. Labor will ad- just its family spats, and present 8 united front to the country. At the 55th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, held at Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 7-l9, 1885. scores of reso- lutions were presented by the delegates from all over the United States, for the formation of la- bor party, for independent polit- teal action by labor.
 The forces for an American la- bor party came within four votes of majority, the votes by dele- gates being l0S against 104 in fa- vor, while on a roll-call vote, the IDA delegates would have cast about 5000 votes in Q total of 30,- 900, If the issue had been brought upon the floor earlier, instead of few hours before final adjourn ment.
 The spearhead and bulwark of the American labor movement is the American Federation of Lac Dor, ten years ago at its annual convention 1t declared that thu American Federation of Labor stands unequivocally for democ- racy, for the right of the work. CTS to control their destiny through political machinery of own making.
 The adopted platform of the la- Dor party of Chicago and Cook county is given as a typical labor party platform, to give an idea of what the national platform of a future American labor party may De like. The platform was adopted August 2s, 1855. The platform:
 A general aix-hour day and five- day week with no cuts in weekly pay. Union wages for all relief work, and work for all able bodied unemployed. Laws against eviction of farmers from the land they cultivate. and of all who la- Dor from the homes they live in. when they are willing to meet their obligations and are unable to do so: these laws to include gov- ernment compensation to small property owners. the expense to be borne by big landlords and capitalists.
 Unemployment. sickness and ac~