GOMPERS TEACHES AMERICANISM
AS ANTIDOTE FOR BOLSHEVISM
Americanism — not Bolshevism.
Americanism!—“the hope of the
world”—not Bolshevism—“the enemy
of civilization.”
This is the stand of Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and the thousands
upon thousands of loyal American i
men and women for whom he speaks.
Loyalty to America, and to all the
democratic and constructive princi
ples for which it stands—this is the
duty, as Mr. Gompers sees it, of all
the people who live in this land.
Right and justice and freedom for
America and all Americans, these are
the principles for which he stands,
declares the federation leader.
Mr. Gompers has very aptly de
fined what America is:
“America is not merely a name, a
land, a country, a continent. America
is a symbol. It is an ideal, the hope
of the world.”
America has no place for the per
son who will not work, or fight, if
need be, for its institutions and ideals,
says Mr. Gompers. He says:
“I do not know that I am entitled
to very great credit because I am not
a Bolshevik. With my understanding
of American institutions and Ameri
can opportunities, I repeat that the
man who would not be a patriot in
defense of the institutions of our
country would be undeserving the
privilege of living in this country.”
Freedom, too, has been defined by
Mr. Gompers:
“Freedom is not a condition. Free
dom is the exercise, the functioning
of freedom in the human family to
make today a better day than yester
day, to make tomorrow’s tomorrow
each a better day than the one that
has gone before. That evolutionary
process of progress and improvement
is the basis for the opportunity of
freedom, justice and democracy.”
It is because he knows that Bolshe
vism is not the right road to travel,
Mr. Gompers says, that be does not
join the movement. He says:
Bolshevism Leads Nowhere
“If I thought that Bolshevism was
the right road to go, that it meant
freedom, justice and the principles
of humane society and living condi
tions, I would join the Bolsheviki. It
is because that I know the whole
thing leads to nowhere, that it is
destructive in its efforts and in its
every activity, that it compels reac
tion and brings about a situation
worse than the one it has undertaken
to displace, that I oppose and fight
it.”
The foundations of the American
labor movement, the ideals on which
it is based and its aims, are summed
up in cue sentence by the labor ex
ecutive:
“The American labor movement is
founded upon the historic develop
ment of conditions of industry and
commerce in our country, based upon
the ideas and ideals of American in
stitutions; it is a movement that is
rational, orderly and yet insistent
that the rights to which the workers
are entitled s^iall be fully accorded.”
In another sentence Mr. Gompers
defines the labor movement, declaring
that its fruits are due to those who
serve for the betterment of society
and work for the betterment of peo
ples everywhere.
“We believe in progress; we be
lieve that all the fruits and the re
sults of the genius of past ages and
of today do not belong to any partic
ular class, that they belong in truth
as a fair share and opportunity for
a fair share, to every man and woman
who gives service to society and who
aids civilization.”
Standards of life of the American
working people must not be lowered,
Mr. Gompers declares. Workers
must be given time for the improve
ment of their minds, body and spirit,
he says. The labor leader would
have this nation develop industrially,
naturally and humanely. Of the fu
ture, he says:
Labor’s Confidence
“Readjustment and reconstruction
confront all nations. Labor faces
these, problems, calmly, and. con
fidently, ready to give service for the
good of all our people and our repub
lic; firm in the conviction that good
will, justice, freedom and democracy
finally will prevail throughout the
world.”
Labor’s course will be no different
now than it has in the past, says Mr.
Gompers. The world conflict, he de
clares, only brought home the im
portance of putting all strength and
energy into safeguarding all those
things for which millions fought.
There is work ahead, he says.
“We have not done with being test
ed. Life is a continuous test for all
things human. But just ahead of us
lies a testing that will be scarcely
less severe than that through which
we went in the grinding months of
war. Little as it was before the
great fires swept over the earth, we
must build anew. In the building we
shall build better or we shall build
worse. Better to say we shall build
wisely, or we shall destroy.”
Destructionists are abroad today,
says Mr. Gompers, adding that those
who would safeguard the future must
so order the world as to deny a foot
hold to the enemies of civilization.
He says:
Bolshevism Abhorrent
“Bolshevism is a theory, the chief
tenet of which is the ‘dictatorship of
the proletariat.’ Leaving out of con
sideration for the moment the story !
of murder and devastation that has I
marched with this theory into prac
tice, we must set down the theory it-1
self as abhorent to a world that loves
democracv.”
I
Russia’s hungry masses are not
nearing the goal towards which they
think they are striving, says Mr. Gom
pers. He thinks they are torn in a
tempest with which they have not the
strength to battle.
“This idea—the central theory of
Bolshevism— is not in the minds of
the people of Russia. This we know
as surely as we know any fact that
comes to us through human channels.
But this theory has been imposed
upon a mass in which there is acute
hunger, in which there is disorganiza
tion, in which there is no strong nor
mal soul or body left to combat evil
immediately and effectively."
The affairs of a world are undergo
ing reconstruction, declares Mr. Gom
pers. Changes are being effected in
the relation of one nation to another,
and of the relations of the peoples
of the various nations.
“I stand in so far as I can and dare
—and I dare much—for the principles
of natural and rational development
and growth. I am opposed, as is or
ganized labor of America, to any
destructive policy. There js nothing
that is worth while maintaining that
I would aid or abet in destroying.”
The choice lies between dealing
with destructive or constructive
forces, Mr. Gompers declares, and
adds:
“Our policy, our work, our meth
ods, our ideas and our ideals are to
build, to construct, to grow, to help
in the development of the highest
and best. It is a matter of choice be
tween dealing with destructive ele
ments of dealing with the construc
tive forces of the organized labor
movement of this country.”
WELL-KNOWN ALASKANS
WEDDED AT SKAGWAY
Announcements of the marriage of
Max M. Smith and Mrs. Hazel Ger
trude Kirmse were received by a
number of Fairbanks people recently.
Both the bride and groom are well
known there.
Mr. Smith was formerly connected*
with the Northern Commercial Com
pany at Interior Alaskan points, leav
ing the employ of that concern to en
list in the army shortly after the out
break of the war.
The bride is a well-known resi
dent of Skagway, where she is the
owner of a jewelry and Alaska curio
store, also owning a similar establish
ment in San Francisco.
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CITATION
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division,
Valdez Precinct, at Valdez. In the
matter of the estate of Robert D.
Gray, deceased.
The President of the United States,
to L. T. Gray, and all other persons
interested in the above-entitled
estate, Greeting:
Notice is hereby given that James
Smith, executor of above estate, has
filed a petition in the above-named
court, alleging that said estate is in
solvent, and asking for an order di
recting the sale of the property of
the estate, and that a hearing will be
given on said petition on the 22d day I
of October, 1919, by the Judge of the ■
above-named court, at his office in
Valdez, Alaska, at 10 o’clock of the
forenoon of said day, and at said
time and place all persons having ob
jections to the granting of said peti
tion will appear and file their objec
tions thereto.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and official seal this
21st day of August, 1919.
GEORGE J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and ex
officio Probate Judge.
First publication August 28, 1919.
Last publication September 15, 1919
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Cordova Pre
cinct, before R. H. Noaks, United
States Commissioner and Ex-officio
Probate Judge, in the matter of
the estate of of Mathew Pedrodas
kalakis, known in Alaska, and here
inafter referred to as Mike Paros.
No. 130.
The undersigned hereby gives no
tice that he has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Mike
Paros, deceased, and that all persons 1
having claims against said estate are |
requested to present the same with
the proper vouchers within six
months from the date hereof, to the
undersigned administrator, at his
office in Cordova, Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 20th
day of August, A. D. 1919.
B. O. GRAHAM,
Administrator of the Estate of Mike
Paros, deceased.
Date of first publication, Aug. 20,1919.
Date of last publication, Sept. 17,1919
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Kayak Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of James
Warddell, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned was duly and regularly ap
pointed by the probate court of the
Kayak precinct, territory of Alaska,
l on the 4th day of August, 1919, ad
ministrator of the estate of James
Warddell, deceased. Notice is hereby
given to the creditors of and all per
| sons having claims against the said
deceased to exhibit them, with the j
necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this no
tice, to said administrator at his resi
dence or place of business in the town
of Katalla. territory of Alaska, the
same being the place for the transac
tion of business of said estate in the :
territory of Alaska.
Dated at Katalla, Alaska, this 4th
day of August, 1919.
TUT XT r\TTr* T"\ fi1 f 1
Administrator of the Estate of James i
Warddell, deceased. ; •
Date of first publication Aug. 6, 1919. ]
Date of last publication Sept. 4. 1919.
Donohoe & Dimond, attorneys for
the administrator.
NOTICE TO CREEDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court in and for Cordova Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.—In Probate.—
In the matter of the Estate of Ver
mund Martin Olson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of
Vermund Martin Olson, deceased, to
the creditors of and all persons hav- i
ing claims against the said deceased,
to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of
Frank H. Foster, attorney at law, Cor
dova, Alaska, the same being the place j
for the transaction of the business of
said estate. E. P. ZIEGLER.
Administrator.
Dated July 14, 1919.
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