The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-12

crease our efforts for defense. Con-
tinuance Of them means the pre-
servation Of the efficiency Of labor.
It means the return to work Of sew
eral millions still unemployed.
The employment Of additional
workers and the provisions for over
time payments for overtime work
will insure adequate working hours
at decent wages to do all that is
now necessary in physical defense.
We will not overlook the lesson
learned in Europe In past years.
At times, internal obstacles to the
growth of labor unions have come
in those rare instances where the
occasional scoundrel has appeared in
position of leadership. Labor unions
are not the only organizations which
have to suffer i%nnocently for the
crimes and misdeeds Of one or two
Of their selfish and guilty members.
The rule applies to all organizations,
to all trades and professions alike.
I cannot add to the terms of con-
demnation which your President, my
old friend Dan Tobin. included in
his report to your convention in
which he said:
So. it is indeed pitiful and
heart-breaking and seriously de-
pressing to find that amongst
our enormous membership, COM
posed of clean men, fathers of
families, Americans of the
purest type - to find amongst
this membership some creatures
so bereft of decency and honor
as to bring disgrace upon the
International union"
Labor knows that there is no room
in the labor movement for the rack
eteer or the strong-arm man. Gov
eminent is determined to- help labor
unions clean their house of those
few persons who have betrayed
them.
! In this great crisis has come proof
that organized labor, as well as all
other groups of our citizens, ts
aware of its own responsibilities. I
have called on representatives OF
labor to serve. and have placed them
In responsible positions to take part
in the defense work of their gov
eminent. From the very start, rep
resentatives of labor, including your
own distinguished president, have
shared in formulating and admin.
istering the program.
I am particularly glad to be able
to say that the A. F. L., the c. I. o..
and the Railroad Brotherhoods are
all loyalty cooperating in this effort
with the national defense commits
sion and with the army and navy.
This cooperation in the task Of ma
tional defense will, / hope, encourage
closer and more friendly relations
between these great labor organiza-
tons.
I know that America will never
be disappointed in its expectation
that labor will always continue to
do its share of the job we now face,
periodically and unselfishly.
In our search for national unity
as the basis Of national defense, 1t
Is necessary and 1t is fair that every
human being in the United States
contribute his share. This applies
both to those who train in the fight
ing forces and to the forces of work
ers behind the lines.
It is equally necessary and fair
that every dollar Of capital in Amer.
lea also contribute its share. lust
so long as we continue to call upon
men to train for combat, and for
service behind the lines, will we also
continue to call upon the industrial
plants of the nation for the service
which they can give.
Capital and industry as we'll as
labor and agriculture ace respond
ing, and I know will continue to re-
spond.
The nation, through it's elected