Volume 16 , Issue 30

100 Years Ago 09 September 1914

It was one hundred years ago, 7 September 1914, that President Wilson, in good conscience and with a heart full of deep confidence, sent word of cheer to the American workers on Labor Day.

We found this article in Weekly Journal-Miner, 9 September 1914, front page, President Sends Message To Labor. Washington, Sept. 7 (1914) -- "I feel that I can in good conscience and with a heart full of deep confidence send a word of cheer, as you suggest, to the workers of America on this Labor Day in the interesting year of 1914. No one can look about him with frank eyes, either in our beloved country or in any of the great nations of our time which have civilization in their hands, without feeling that there is a steady movement both of purpose and of action toward justice, and a fuller comprehension and realization of the essential rights and liberties of men. The movement may at times seem distressingly and discouragingly slow, but it is unmistakable. "Labor Day stands for the effort of men and women to secure for themselves and their children justice and life opportunity. Because this holiday of the working people embodies the characteristic spirit of the nation, citizens a who have been forceful in making national ideals were asked to write a greeting or a message to follow workers who are striving to make freedom, justice and humanity practical forces in daily life and work."

This message to labor of America in celebrating its holiday in 1914 was given by President Wilson to Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor. With it came others from former President Taft, leaders in congress and leaders of the labor movement.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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