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Show 48 34‘) That the hurdens of war re>t most heavily upon the working cla . and that that chug particularly is vitally concerned in the efforts to establish international harmony and should always and everywhere be especially urged to take up the cause of interna- tional peace. [tern/It‘d, That this tonere." recognizes the great service rendered by the trade unionixts of this and other countries in their steady opposition to inili ‘ixm and war and that we com- mend and encourage lllt‘rtl organizations of labor to press their illorh in the~e directions with all ~peed and power, and further, \Viiunais, 'l‘he industr' ‘ and political organizations of labor ha\( hem an actiie factor in tvt‘i:\'\'tltittj\' war on various occasions notahly li<t\\<‘en Herman}. and l"!‘£tll&'t‘ at the time Of the Morocco cause that has produced the oceans of blood that have been shed in the history of man. In the struggle that has been made to secure new markets to sell the things that the workers of the world have produced and that have been taken from them we are to find the origin of every war of modern times. We cannot look for peace, Mr. Lhairman. from those who profit by war. tontriv\<r~y and later hitween Norway T'iiwl Sweden at the time W'W \MMM \ of the u paiation of the two countricx /\'r.w,vlru-tt, 'I'hat thi~ t'ongrew reeognin' in the international [rilltllt‘fll organization of the worl' * lelfi‘. the International Sm lItll‘-l mow ment with it: {our hundred and seventy representa- t!\(‘ in the national parliaments ri the world. its thousands of oiiiciah in lt>*»(‘t' legislative lwliw. ll> nine millions of voters. .tllll 115 Ht tiplied millions of affiliated lahor organizationsiall wptnl) :niil iwwerlly committed to uiicoiziproinisinq opposition to nnlitaiiwn and t‘apitalixt' e wars. the greatest peace i force in thei worl l. MR. Sixioxs: l wk )t-i; .\lr. t'iianrnmi, that thi~ Peace t1 inference decide at thi.s tune to at least iti'ouiziw the fact that todav those who haw xhul the Hot d that l;.t~ lttt‘l'! died in all wars, who bore. all the lviiittw of all \\.‘ll‘. who hait- {ought all the hattles, and who hgue non and lwt all lizztt'wx and have gained no victories for thiniwlvw, the great \xoili ' r. " he world: I ask that you It" on e that non. lll tl‘t dawn if the twentieth eenturv, that writing class n1 viearixid {Min i~~ rtaehinq ac‘tss over the and \"lltll aril :...t'oi .1 lunar w an a trunnion lirother» W «at 1 a, ttltvl t ,Vtt.,..ial . ' l'uu ti u and everlasting war upon all \‘\.il ‘1' - ‘\i it h;. > » ii war , llLLI In'r lt" llll-i!" l ‘ :i anon :H'tlltl lllt : 'llit‘tlt‘tl to recognize the causes ' t‘h ' nan, is the only ml noon the No matter how sincere they may be in their own minds; in) matter how eager their protestations, their interests must force them to carry on this exploitation of labor, to carry on this demand [or new markets and greater profit. And so, in the name of thirty million socialists who, when met in their organized hodies, in their international congresses and in their national congress s for more than fifty years have stood always and all the time for peace and against war, I ask the adoption of this resolution. I ask it in the name of the only organized body of men that standing in the parliaments of the world. every parliament of any importance in liurope today, every stand recorded on every measure that comes up as Voting that time against anything that makes for war. l ask you then it you recognize. this force for peace tod'iy. The. time has come, force seems to me, for you to recognize that there is only one it; organthat can really bring peace; that force. is the workers. \Vill you peace. of hand the out reaching ized expression is recognize, that hy the adoption of thi< resolution? Miss MARY J. l'uinsox: As a member of an unorganized hotly! DR. JICNKIN LLOYD low-:5: want to Mr, Chairman, l rise to a point of order. I simply are to dispose know what the ruling of the Chair i<, whether we we are to have of these resolutions as they come up, or whether suggestion is My again. over begin then and the whole of them up, as a matter that these resolutions he disposed of as they come of expediency. MR. SAMUEL L. llAR't‘MAN (Lancaster, l'a.‘): Simons is the I suppose the resolution presented hy Mr. but not committee the to presented resolution the of preamble reported out by them. JUDGE BROWN: the Committee The motion l made was to adopt the report of iiiUNl 1%"le |