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Washington, July 22. The executive
council of the Americam Federation of
Labor today made good its declaration
of several months ago to enter the
field of politics in the interest of the
trades union movement and to urge
all friends of organized labor to elect
to political office men known to be
favorable to labor's -cause. At the
headquarters of the federation the
council today issued its "campaign pro
gram," addressed 'to all organized la
bor and friends In the United States."
It sets out that the trades union
movement has kept and proposes to
keep pace with the rapid change in In-
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dustrial affairs, and that the working
people cannot hope to maintain their
rights or a progressive position in the
varying phases of modern society un
less they organize and exercise all
those functions, which, as workmen
and citizens, it is their privilege and
their duty to exercise.
It is declared that labor makes no
demand on government and society
which is not equally accorded to all
the people of this country, and that it
can and will be satisfied with nothing
less.
The proposed campaign is based
upon the allegation that little attention
has been paid to the enactment of laws
prepared by organized labor and pre
sented to congress, for the relief of
these wrongs and the attainment of
these rights to which labor and the
common people are justly entitled and
which are essentially necessary for
their welfare.
The council Issues a word of caution
that the "movement must not degen
erate into a scramble for office, but it
should be a determined effort, free ab
solutely from all partisanship of every
name and character to secure the leg
islation we deem necessary and essen
tial to the welfare and happiness of
all our people."
It is expressly stated that where a
congressman or state legislator has
proved himself a true friend to the
rights of labor he should be supported
and no candidate nominated against
him.
The following is a text of the pro
gram: Campaign Program Outlined.
"To All Organized Labor and
Friends jn the United States Dear Sirs
and Brothers: Events in the industrial
affairs of our people' have rapidly
changed and are rapidly changing.
The trade union movement, as ex
pressed by the American Federation
of Labor, has kept and proposes to
keep pace therewith.
"The wheels of industry cannot be
halted or turned ' back, nor should
they be, even if that were possible.
Welcoming industrial progress, labor
must be ever alert to meet new condi
tions, recognizing that eternal vigi
lance is the price of industrial as well
as political liberty.
"The working people cannot hope to
maintain their rights or a progressive
position in the varying phases of mod
ern society unless they organize and
exercise all those functions which, as
workmen and citizens, it is their privi
lege and their duty to exercise. '
"Labor makes no demand upon gov
ernment or society which is not
equally accorded to all the people of
our country. It can and will be satis
fied with nothing else.
Congress No Friend of Labor. ,
"Several presidents of the United
States have in their mesasges to con
gress, urged the passage of equitable
legislation in behalf of the working
people, but congress has been entirely
preoccupied looking after the interests
of vast corporations and predatory
wealth.
"Congressmen and senators in their
frenzied rush after the almighty dollar
have been indifferent or hostile to the
rights of man. They have had no time
and as little inclination to support the
reasonable labor measures, the enact
ment of which we have urged, and
which contained beneficent features
for all our people without an obnox
ious provision to anyone.
"Patience ceased to be a virtue, and
m March 21, 1906, the representatives
of labor presented a bill of grievances
to the president and those responsible
for legislation or failure of legislation
in congress, reciting the failure or re
fusal of the party in power to adopt or
enforce legislation in the Interests of
the toiling millions of our country. Af
ter setting forth labor's grievances and
requests and urging early action, we
closed that now famous document with
this statement:
" 'But if perchance you may not
heed us, we shall appeal to the con
science and support of our fellow citi
zens.' Relief Asked for Refused.
"The relief asked for has not been
granted. Congress has turned a deaf
ear to the voices of the masses of our
people; and, true to our declaration,
we now appeal to the working people,
aye, to all the American people, unit
edly, to demonstrate their determina
tion that this republic of ours shall
continue to be of, for and by the peo
ple, rather than of. for and by the al
mighty dollar.
"The toiling masses of our country
are as much, if not more, interested in
good government than our fellow citi
zens in other walks of life. In line
with the contention herein stated, the
American Federation of Labor made
its declaration of political policy, as
already quoted above. And in line
therewith we hope, and have the right
to expect, to arouse the citizenship of
our common country, interested in
good government, to the apathy or
hostility of the party in power to the
real interests of the people, so that
men more honest, faithful and pro
gressive may be elected as the peo
ple's representatives.
"If it has come to a condition in this,
the greatest and wealthiest nation on
earth, that the almighty dollar is to be
worshiped to an extent of forgetting
principle, conscience, uprightness and
justice, the time has arrived for labor
and its friends to raise their voices in
condemnation of such degeneracy, and
to invite all reform forces to join with
it in relegating indifference to the peo
ple's interests, corruption and graft to
political oblivion; to raise the stand
ard of legislation by the election of
sincere, progressive and honest men
who, while worshiping money less, will
honor conscience, justice and human
ity more.
"We recommend that central bodies
and local unions proceed without delay
by the election of delegates to meet in
conference, or convention, to formu
late plans to further the interests of
this movement, and in accordance with
the plan herein outlined at the proper
time and in the proper manner nomi
nate candidates who will unquestion
ably stand for the enaotment into law
of labor and progressive measures.
"Wherever both parties ignore la
bor's legislative demands a straight
labor candidate should be nominated,
so that honest men may have the op
portunity in exercising their franchise
to vote according to their conscience
instead of being compelled to either
refrain from voting or to vote for the
candidate and the party they must in
their innermost souls despise.
"Where a congressman or state leg
islator has proved 1 himself U true
friend to the rights of labor he should
be supported and no candidate nomi
nated against him.
"This movement must not degener
ate into a scramble for office. It should
be a determined effort, free, absolutely
from partisanship of every name and
character, to secure the legislation we
deem necessary and essential to the
welfare and happiness of all our peo
ple. As the present objects of this
movement are purely in the line of
legislation, all efforts should be con
centrated upon the election of mem
bers of congress and the various state
legislatures.
"To make this our movement the
most effective the utmost care should
be taken to nominate only such union
men whose known intelligence, hon
esty and faithfulness are conspicuous.
They should be nominated as straight
labor representatives and stand and be
supported as such by union men and
their friends and sympathizers, irre
spective of previous political affilia
tion. "Wherever itis apparent that an en
tirely . independent labor candidate
cannot be elected, efforts should be
made to secure sucli support by in
dorsement of candidates by the minor
ity party in the districts and by such
other progressive elements as will in
sure the election of labor representa
tives. "All observers agree that the cam
paign of our fellow workmen of Great
Britain has had a wholesome effect
upon the government, as well as the
interests of its wage-earners, and the
people generally of that country. In
the last British election fifty-four trade
unionists were elected to parliament.
If the British workmen with their lim
ited franchise accomplished so much
by their united action, what may we
in the United States not do with uni
versal suffrage.
"Those earnestly engaged in our
movement must, we repeat, be guided
by the fact that the principles fof
which we stand must be primary con
sideration, and office secondary. We
ask our fellow workers and friends to
respond to this call, and to make of it
a popular uprising of honest men, and.
to see to it that the best, most con
scientious men of labor or their sup
porters are chosen as their representa
tives. Advantages Won by Sacrifices.
"Whatever vantage ground or im
proved conditions have come to the
workers of our country were not
brought to them on silver platters;
they are the result of their better or
ganization and their higher intelli
gence; of the sacrifices they have
made and the industrial battle scars
of many contests. The progress of the
toilers has not been due to kindness
or cqnsideration at the hands of the
powers that be, but achieved in spite
of the combined bitter hostility of
mendacious greed, corporate corrup
tion, legislative antagonism and judi
cial usurpation.
"Labor men of America, assert your
rights, and in addition to strengthen
ing your faith and loyalty to your or
ganization on the economic field, ex
ercise; your full rights of citizenship in
the use of your ballot. Elect hones'
men to congress and to other halls o
legislation, and by so doing you wM
more completely and fully carry o
your obligations as union men, and
more than ever merit the respect of
your fellow citizens.
"Labor demands a distinctive and
larger share in the governmental af
fairs of our country; it demands jus
tice; it will be satisfied with nothing
less. Fraternally yours,
"SAMUEL GOMPERS,
1 "President.
"JAMES DUNCAN, '
"First Vice President.
"JOHN MITCHELL,
"Second Vice President.
"JAMES O'CONNELL,
"Third Vice President.
"MAX MORRIS,
"Fourth "Vice President.
"DENNIS A. HAYES,
"Fifth Vice President.
"DANIEL J. KEEFE,
"Sixth Vice President.
"WILLIAM D. HUBER,
"Seventh Vice President.
"JOSEPH F. VALENTINE, '
"Eighth Vice President.
"JOHN B. LENNON,
"Treasurer.
"FRANK MORRISON,
, "Secretary.
"Executive Council American Federa
tion of Labor."
Continued. From Page 1
upon the shelf a back number, obso
lete. Only one book has survived the
ravages of change and time and is ever
up to date only one. It is the text
book of all good men. Why do not all
good men seek the divine , interpreta
tion and live up to it? Then there
would be no colliding. Then we would
be brethren as God designed we should
be.
While very few workingmen reject
Christ, there are many who think of
Him as the friend o the workingman
and as coming simply to free him from
the slavery of toil. This doubtless is
true as far as it goes, but Jesus came
to free men from the slavery of sin.
He said, "I come to call sinners to re
pentance." If sin could be eradicated
this whole problem would settle itself.
Again, some talk about Christianity
as being narrow. They certainly can
not mean that. Men may be narrow,
but Christ is not narrow. The church
may be narrow, but Christianity is not
narrow. Jesus condemned the narrow
ness of His time, and Christianity
must always condemn narrowness, for
it .is but the breathing forth of the
spirit of Jesus. Take that remarkable
summary of human duty as set forth
by the Master in Matthew's gospel:
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart and with all they
soul and with all thy mind." This is
the first and great commandment, and
the second is like unto it: "Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself."
Now, I read the pledge taken by
Mr. Mickel said in part:
It affords me the greatest pleasure,
this "evening, to testify to the fact that
the Christian Unionist is not a myth
nor a dream ideal, but a reality.
Among unionists such testimony is not
especially needed for in the unions his
influence is everywhere in evidence
and his usefulness recognized. In the
church he is not so well known, as
while in the union he is continually
advancing the principles of Christian
ity and brotherly love, in the church
there ,is so much of ignorance regard
ing unionism that he must be very
careful what he says.
In evidence of this fact, I am re
minded of a certain minister in Lin
coln, who has time and again made
the assertion that it is impossible for
a trades unionists to be a consistent
Christian.
Mr. Maupin has very tersely ex
pressed the duties of a Christian and
the aims of unionism, and it only re
mains for me to say that if I were to
take a text as he has done, I would
select the fifteenth verse from the sev
enteenth chapter of John, which reads
this way:
"I pray not that Thou shouldst take
them out of the world, but that Thou
shouldst keep them from the evil."
Now if Christ would not take His
followers out of the world, how much
less would he take them out of the
union.
It strikes me very forcibly that in
the union the Christian attains to the
zenith of usefulness. The1 influence of
a dozen Christians in a union would
be almost without measure, and his
opportunities for being a living testi
mony to the benefits of a Christian life
are limitless; and the church is the
most benefitted because the practical
side of the wage earner is always in
evidence.
Union labor contends for one ele-
men who join, for example, the Fed
eration of Labor, and I find it copied
quite closely after Christ's summary
of duty. I can not see why every
Christian cannot subscribe to both.
They are both good, both seeking
man's good. Then why should there
not be perfect agreement between
workingmen and the church in the
great work, of humanity? The work
ingmen believe in Jesus. They laud
Him. Let them rally, about Him and
about the church which He established
and make it what it ought to be, if jt
is not in line with the idea of its
founder. The church needs the work
ingmen and the workingmen need the
church." Some of our best church
workers are workingmen; men who
give their one-tenth to the Lord. Men
who exemplify His teachings in all
their life. Ask the workingmen if they
would abolish the church and I believe
a long, loud cry of "No" would arise
from many many workingmen, even of
those who do not belong to church.
Why? Because in their hearts they
believe that Christ ordained the church
to save the world.
Let us, my fellow workingmen, rally
around the Carpenter of Nazareth and
by our noble and aggressive Christian
lives make His church what He de
signed it should be. Eliminate the
evil by the spirit of truth, drive out
all hard-heartedness and selfishness
and arrogancy and i: uariseeism by
making the people Christ-like; then
will the glad day have come when the
knowledge of the Lord covers the earth
as the waters cover the sea.
aient above all others: in all things
fairness; I am ready to contend for
the position that a man can be as a
union wage earner a far more consist
ent Christian than as a non-unionist.
In comparison I am reminded of the
new testament story of Zacchaeus:
You remember how, when Christ
passed by, he, being small of stature,
ran before and climbed up info a syca
more tree to see him, and when Jesus
came by he saw him and commanded
him to come down, that he must abide
at his house.
Now what strikes me as being the
great lesson in this story is that if we
would have Jesus come and abide with
us, we must get above the crowd. And
I verily believe that the union 13 the
sycamore tree that the wage-earner
should climb.
I love God and I love His people. I
believe that when Christ saved me He
saved me completely and I believe that
inasmuch as he has come to take up,
his abode with me, he will not depart
because I am in the company of the
union, but rather will work in me an
exceedingly more glorious salvation.
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SEVERAL STORES CLOSED.
Several of the larger stores closed
at noon on Labor Day and allowed
their employes to celebrate at least a '
portion of the day. Rudge & Guenzel,
Herpolsheimer, Benway & Co., and
Fred Schmidt & Bro. were among
those who observed the day in this
way. To them the thanks of organ
ized labor are due.
At the annual convention of- the
National Electrical Contractors' asso
ciation a resolution was passed favor
ing trade schools for the education of
boys in mechanical arts.
Philadelphia trades unionists cour
teously gave the printing trades the
head of the Labor Day parade in that
city.
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