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 complained in the past, will be ameliorated, labor will get its fair 

 share and the nation will receive its benefit from the war. 



The menace of Bolshevism and I. W. W.ism is something that 

 the world must deal with. 1 believe with this spirit, as with the 

 German nation, no terms can be considered but unconditional sur- 

 render. It has no place in our country and should be crushed out 

 throughout the world. To an oppressed people liberty is apt to 

 mean license and there is the excuse of ignorance. While treat- 

 ing our employees with justice and liberality — while working with 

 them to inaugurate better conditions- — to help them to a better 



and a higher plane to see that their rights are protected in the 



fullest that they get a more liberal share of wealth production, 



it stands us in hand to suppress with the utmost severity and the 

 the greatest thoroughness any and all indications of the spirit shown 

 by the I. W. W.s and the Bolsheviki. 1 do not believe the w^ar 

 will be followed immediately by the millennium, but I do believe 

 that we have it in our power to move forward. 



The reading of history proves to us that periods of good, active 

 business follows periods of war, but this is a war of such horrid 

 dimensions — of such dire disaster that we may be figuring from 

 a wrong basis in calculating on the usual post-war conditions, but 

 I think not. For four years the world has been engaged in the 

 work of destruction — peace has come and the attention of the 

 world will be toward the old job of earning a living. The destroyed 

 places must be rebuilt — the empty warehouses must be refilled — 

 destroyed houses must be replaced — shell ploughed land must be 

 reclaimed — the regular normal demand for goods must be met. 

 It appears to me that all these calls will task us to the utmost — 

 that our people will be employed, our factories filled with orders 

 and prices in line to warrant fair return for capital and liberal 

 return for labor. We should prepare for active work — put our 

 house in order — be optimistic — keep a stiff upper lip and go 

 ahead and reap the rich harvest. 



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