QUOTES
If
there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation
to his employees
Labor
was marching toward the goal of industrial democracy and contributing constructively
toward a more rational arrangement of our domestic economy.
Let
the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim
their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain
them, for the future of Labor is the future of America.
The
real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies
subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own
hands.
Workers
have kept faith in American institutions. Most of the conflicts, which have occurred
have been when labor's right to live has been challenged and denied.
The
labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak.
The strength of a strong man is a prideful thing, but the unfortunate thing in
life is that strong men do not remain strong. And it is just as true of unions
and labor organizations as is true of men and individuals. And whereas today the
craft unions of this country may be able to stand upon their own feet and like
mighty oaks stand before the gale, defy the lightning, yet the day may come when
those organizations will not be able to withstand the lightning and the gale.
Now, prepare yourselves by making a contribution to your less fortunate brethren...
Organize the unorganized!
I
have pleaded (labor's) case, not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant
asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding
the rights to which free men are entitled."
