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FIVE CENTS A COPY : TWO DOLLARS A YEAR News materiad mut reach editor by Tuesd<sy noon. Contributions should bear autkor's name, required. orrejerénce and flot 'necessarily for publication. AUGCUST 31, 1939 Labo r's Day Labor Day has been permanently set, for the -flrst Monday in September in order that a twô and one-haîf or three-day3 holiday might .bé ýinsured, thus ,affording oppor-. tunity for real rest and--recreation. This. is as it shouid be, and, no one, will begrudge Iabqr its- breathing speil. However, some of its spare timhe i«ght well be utilized in serious consideration of what is to be the future of labor. In its long aseent froma. s~ ituatiorn in which it was unorganized and without a commanding voice regarding working hours, working conditions and wages, to its present standing which closely approaches, a despotisrn, labor has had the sympathy and good wili of large contingents of Ameri- can citizens who are stîli unorganized and without power. to dictate in matters of hours and wages or even working condi- tions. It also had the support of a great W e are not sure who wrote it. It appear- ed ini thé publication, "America 's Future," embodied in an article by Gerald Chitten- den, and, we suppose lie is the author. If 50o we congratulate him. In any event, our congratulations to the magazine for repro- ducing it: "I believe in the Declaration&o Indepen- dence as a statement of the American, ideal:b in .the Constitution as an- instrument foIr realization of:that ideal; and in the Bill of Rights as a bulwark against tyranny. I be- lieve that changes m ust occur in the Amern- can, way ýof life, and. in la ws which safeguard it. I believe that these changes. can be neither hurried, postiponed, nor averted, that they, must be -the slow substitutions which renew the tissues of the-living body, not the swift decay which corrupts a corpse. I believe that liberty cari be en- joyed only by mnen who are determinect tha~t ail other. men shall enjoy it equally, and that peonage and siavery can exist only ini industrial. slum s where the American way of life has neyer been established. I be- fi eve that liberty imposeson free meni an amount of effort which slaves cannot and tyrants will flot éxert, a degree of risk which slaves and tyrants fear to undergo, and a burden of duty which neither slaves nor tyrants cari support. I believe that state, it was not difficuit for us to appreciate rus description of the impending change that wîll quickly lead to frozen and now-swathed land- scapes. August ini the country! It's at once an Invocation, a sermon and a benediction-a gôod- bye to summer and a greeting to ýfali. But amid ail its beauty the mind could not completely for- sake its leanlngtoward the practical. And so the bumper crops; already harvested and others to follow promise such a plentitude of food- stuifs that no one should go hungry in the year to corne.1 Indeed, 'surpluses are the greatest worry of the husbandmen whose thrift 'and' en- ergy and sweating brows have prepared this great feast, for al.1 However., we solved the problem of. one. surplusin the section in which we traveled. Instead of a surplus, there is now an actual scarcity of country Iried chieken. It certainly was a pleasure to help those farmers out. Duritig littie journeys through the country- side, with its panoramas of brilliant coloring, its bulging, granaries, its sleek. and beautiful farmn animais, the fact that this is August coulcX not be forgotten, and in consequence the follow- ing Ulnes were constantly recurring. They are titled AUGUST She cornes, ail warm and palpitating wpith life at its fullest.. and lier proud head is crowned *with the riotous gold of the long summer day. The deep blue of her serene eyes is ne-ver: dimmed with clouds or tears, and on lier lips is the con tented s mile of splendid maturity., Her outstretched hands are laden with, the fulfilliment of the promaises of May, which. drop serenely down upon the tired mortals as she bids them rest awhile in the warmth .and splen- dor of lier giS ts. the sympathy of others w *al interest to be served., n to these, it had io had. no person- As organization progressed,, and conces- sions became easier to obta in, demands încreased, until labor became the dominant influence in industry, and between the two. the interests Df the public were subordi- nated. That condition continues, and has been aggravated .by the injection into the situatiop of factors seemingly unaware of "I believe that liberty présents probleffs which only free mincis can solve, and that any attempt to. solve -thèm by diminishing the quantity of liberty is a confession of defeat and reversion to feudalism. 1 be-.; lieve that the welfare of ail citizens is the chief problem, of f ree men, and can be suc- cessfuliy attacked only by men devoted to justice as determined by experience, ini- stead of to 'social justice' as determined by' Utopian desire. the butterfly, and. hark to the love song that the brook sings to its sweetheart, the breeze. Gather the moltent glory of lier ardent moon, pluck from strenutous liS e a moment's rest and peace.. Just for a little while- let Augts t . lead u ou close-close, to Nature's great, sympathetice heart. F'or whatever reason, we are to, give thanks a week earlier this year than has been the customn heretofore. So says the President. It being a case where the date is infinitely less important than state nof heçrt and mrin<i andi <u~irit uye'f pasmodXcally earz4cf. manufacturers would lier wage ia larger tliat mla - a greater we know of a certain subject if ai we qre suddenly "held up."-Willik Phelps in The Rotarian Magazine. when Lyon 1 in remoi lism 15 80 cieverly camou- ccepted by mnany as pure iaps the new association wilU ~the mask. THE PHANTOM .REPoR.TER