peace is the actual equality of na
tions in all matters of right or privi
lege; "That peace cannot securely or
justly rest upon an armed, balance of
power;
"That governments derive all their
just powers from the consent of the
governed, and that no other powers
should be supported by the common
thought, purpose or power of the
family of nations;
"That the seas should be equally
free and safe for the use of all peo
ples, under rules set up by common
agreement and consent, and that, so
far as practicable, they should be ac
cessible to all upon equal teijns;
"That national armaments should
be limited to the necessities of na
tional order and domestic safety;
"That the community of interest
and of power upon whrch. peace must
henceforth depend imposes upon
each nation the duty of seeing to it
that all influences proceeding from
its own citizens meant to encourage
or assist revolution in other states
should be sternly and effectually sup
pressed and prevented.
"And it is imperative that we
should stand together. We are being
forged into a new unity amidst the
fires that now blaze throughout the
world. In their ardent heat we shall,
in God's providence, let us hope, be
purged of faction and'division, puri
fied" of the errant humors of party
and of private interest, and shall
stand forth in the days to come with
a new dignity of national pride and
spirit.
"I pray God I may be given the wis
dom and the prudence to do my duty
in the true spirit of this great peo
ple. I am their servant and can suc
ceed only as they sustain and guide
me by their cqnfidence and their
counsel The thing I shall count
upon, the thing without which neith
er counsel nor action will avail, is
the unity of America an America
united in feeling, in purpose and in
its wisdom of duty; of opportunity
and of service. We are to beware of
all men who would yturn the tasks
and the necessities of the nation to
their own private profit or use them
for the building up of private power;
beware that no faction or disloyal in
trigue break the harmony or em
barrass the spirit "of our people; be
ware that our government be kept
pure and incorrupt in all its parts."
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C. F. OF L. DOES NOT BELIEVE
IN DUAL SOLIDARITY
I. W. W. sympathizers appeared be
fore the Chi. Fed. of Labor Sunday
to plead for permission to go before
the different unions and solicit funds
for the defense of 73 Industrial Work
ers who are to be placed on trial for
murder as a result of the boat land
ing disturbance at Everett, Wash.
The I. W. W. watchword is "Soli
darity," and yesterday the C. F. of
L. adopted it as its own.
"We want solidarity," said Pres.
John Fitzpatrick of the C. F. of L.
"But the I. W. W. is an opponent of
solidarity among workers. It tries
continually to undo the good that
unions accomplish. It is a dual or
ganization that is fighting union la
bor and injuring the cause of the
workers'."
The L W. W. request was refused.
The Office Janitors' union wasiv
en permission to solicit funds to
carry on -their strike from C. F. of L.
unions. Rob't Simms, business .
agent of the janitors, told the feder
ation that the strike was practically
won, but that the building bosses,
knowing that with the wages they
had been earning, janitors and scrub
women could not have much of a re
serve fund, were holding out in the
hopes of starving the men and' wom
en out of an earned victory.
"Mother" Jones spoke and told the
clothing bosses where they should
get off in their scheme to coin mil
lions off of a little capital and a great
amount of underpaid woman labor.
She criticised judges who issue anti
picketing injunctions.