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wmmmsmmmKmmmam demand of the Allies that she be called a wr vessel, and protected her in American waters until she got away. Morgan & Co., who are the fiscal agents of the Allies in this country, t and who secured their American loans, are against Wilson. So are the millionaire munitions manufacturers ,A who have made millions out of the v Allies. Great pressure has been put upon "Wilson to plunge this country into the European war against Germany, and into a war of conquest on Mex icp. He stood like a rock against all this pressure and has prevented our country from going to war either against Germany or Mexico. Had Roosevelt been president we would probably be at war with Germany now, either because-of the invasion of Belgium or the sinking of the Lu sitania.' Wilson didn't double-cross the public on anything. He was for peace, not war. And he didn't start the agitation for preparedness. He did yield, however, to the public de mand for preparedness when the big war changed the situation in this country, and continued agitation changed public opinion as to pre paredness, and the country demand ed a bigger army and navy. But by yielding on the bigger navy, Wilson outwitted the Wall street demand for a much bigger standing army than congress had provided for. Wilson k ew that fear of German or Japan ' ese invasion was not the real reason for Wall street's demand, but that the secret purpose was to get a big standing army to break strikes and keep American labor in subjection. Wilson went no further in prepared P ness than majority public opinion de manded. To say that Wilson is not for labor is 10 grossly misstate me iacis. nis administration has done more for labor than was done before in the en tire history of this country, including the freeine j)f the African slaves. The i Democratic congress under his lead ership has met nearly all of the de mands of the Progressives and much that the Socialists demanded. We are building a government-owned railway in Alaska. The Federal Re serve Banking law has taken control of the nation's finances outNof the hands of Wall street and made Wall street-made panics impossible. Among other things done for labor may be included the child labor law; workmen's compensation; the 8-hour day; creation of a department of labor, with a labor man in the cabinet; appointment of Brandeis and Clarke on the supreme court bench; appointment of Frank, P. Walsh as head of the Industrial Rela tions commission; investigation and publicity of the Colorado coal strike and Ludlow massacre; recognition of the 8-hour day as a principle, that is not arbitrable; the Clayton act de claring labor is not a commodity, taking labor and farmers' organiza tions out of the anti-trust act; limita tion of use of injunctions against labot;' restricting punishment for contempt of court; passage of sea men's act; 8-hour day for women workers in District of Columbia; 8-hour day for government employes in Alaska coal field; speeding-up Taylor system prohibited in govern ment army-navy work;1 public con struction of battleships. Much of the Wall street hostility to Wilson is because of what his admin istration has done for labor. One reason for Big Business hostility is his firm stand for the 8-hour day on railrbads, and the fear of Big Busi ness that it means the 8-hour day in all Industries in this country. An other is that he wouldn't send an army of 500,000 drafted workingmen and their somj Into Mexico to con quer that country and police the lands and mineral concessions of the Rockefellers, Guggenheims, Otises and Hearsts. Mr. Sonnenschein Is against Wil son, and for Benson because of Mai ta-mm,