The Working People Know No Country. They

In Many Instances The Conduct Of Colored Workmen, And Those Who Have Spoken For Them, Has Not Been In Asking Or Demanding That Equal Rights Be Accorded To Them As To White Workmen, But Somehow Conveying The Idea That They Are To Be Petted And Coddled And Given Special Consideration And Special Privilege. Of Course That Can't Be Done.

So Long As We Have Held Fast To Voluntary Principles And Have Been Actuated And Inspired By The Spirit Of Service, We Have Sustained Our Forward Progress, And We Have Made Our Labor Movement Something To Be Respected And Accorded A Place In The Councils Of The Republic. Where We Have Blundered Into Trying To Force A Policy Or Decision, Even Though Wise And Right, We Have Impeded If Not Interrupted The Realization Of Our Own Aims.

All Other Holidays Are In A More Or Less Degree Connected With Conflicts And Battles Of Man's Prowess Over Man, Of Strife And Discord For Greed And Power, Of Glories Achieved By One Nation Over Another. Labor Dayis Devoted To No Man, Living Or Dead, To No Sect, Race, Or Nation.

No Lasting Gain Has Ever Come From Compulsion.

There Are Such Wonderful Possibilities In The Life Of Each Man And Woman! No Human Being Is Unimportant. My Inspiration Comes In Opening Opportunities That All Alike May Be Free To Live Life To The Fullest.