Evening star., 1951-09-02
Truman Sounds Call
For Equal Sacrifices
In Labor Day Message

of sacrifice in building Americas
defenses against "the enemies Of
freedom"
In holiday message to "the
great labor movement" Mr.. Tru-
man said 1t was his prayerful hope
that "all our people recapture the
spirit of social justice and human
brotherhood which was originally
associated with Labor Day."
President to Join Exodus.
The President tomorrow will
join the near-record exodus Of
Washingtonians who have been
jamming the airlines. railroads
and highways the last two days
to take advantage of the last big
summer week end.
But it will be no day of relaxa-
ton for him. He will spend most
of the day in the air, en- route to
San Francisco where he will ad-
dress the opening session of the
Japanese peace treaty conference.
For the stay-at-homes here, the
Weather Bureau stood firm by it's
prediction that the mass of cool
air which was due from the north
early this morning would keep the
temperatures in the pleasant, SUBJ
normal 70's, at least through to-
morrow night.
High of IS Forecast.
A high of rs for today, with
possible morning drizzles, and to-
morrow is forecast, with consider
able cloudiness. Yesterdays top
was a sizzling 90.
Defense Secretary Marshall
Joined the President in a tribute
to the workers of the Nation.
Stressing labor's role in the re-
armament effort, Gen. Marshall
declared:
Our success in rebuilding free
world defenses and in repelling
threats to our security depends in
large measure upon the produc-
tivity of American labor"
The text of Mr.. Truman's mes
sage follows:
In extending Labor Day greet
Iings to the workers of the United
States and in offering my congrat-
ulations to the great labor move
ment of which they are rightfully
proud to be members, I prayer
fully hope that all our people may
Irecapture the spirit of social JUS
tice and human brotherhood
which was originally associated
with Labor Day. We have made
great progress since 1894 in estab-
Fishing the rights of labor and in
promoting the general welfare of
the American economy. But we
still have long way to go.
3-Fold Responsibility.
Our domestic responsibility at
this critical period in the Nations
history is three-fold. First, we
must develop our productive and
military resources to such a peak
that the totalitarian enemies of
freedom will eventually see the
madness of their monstrous pro-
gram of world domination. Sec
ondly, it is important to guaran-
tee equality of sacrifice in the
defense mobilization program. And
last, it is our purpose to achieve
these two detectives democrati-
lcally and comparatively.
The American labor movement
is second to no other group in
its determination to pursue these
iobjectives simultaneously. Ameri-
can labor is whole e-heartedly in
favor of all-out economic mobili-
zation and equality of sacrifice
Even more important it is in IA
vor of carrying out these objec-
tives democratically and in q
spirit of voluntary cooperation
. between organized labor, manage
/ ment and the government.
We believe in democratic CO.
operation between organized labor
. and management and between
labor, management and govern.
; ment. We believe in industrial
democracy. as opposed to unreg-
Iulated competition on the one
= hand and excessive governmental
: ism on the other. We believe ir
) freedom, not the unregulated II.
, lcense Of laiSSeZ faire, but freedom
lreligiously dedicated and con-
, sciously ordered to the general
welfare.
GlObal Program.
We believe in these things not
only for workers in our own
country. but throughout the world
We recognize the dangers thai
face the freedom of millions o1
workers in many other countries
We know, moreover, that lasting
peace and security can be achieved
only when workers everywhere are
-lvouchsafed the privileges and the
I'll "REMEMBER THE DAY
WITH SNAPSHOTS"