Loose him, and let him go!

Ye men of privilege, ye men of power; The giant who has risen in this hour, Bearing a crown of sweat upon his brow,

His name is Labor and his time is

now.

Think you tradition's tomb can hold him long?

Progress is with him and his arm is strong.

And feel ye not the passion of his throe?

How dare ye then to bind him to his woe?

Loose him, and let him go!

His feet are set in centuries of soil,

His mighty arms about the earth are furled,

Upon his brow the diadem of toil,

His sinews are the courage of the world.

Loose him and let him go! His time is

come.

Without him, forge and factory were dumb.

But for his hand, the soil would not give birth

All fires go black upon the nation's hearth.

There is no labor where he has no part

Commerce keeps time to his tremendous heart:

Tunnels and towers, battleships and mines,

The plenteous product of the field and vines,

The teeming industry of all the land, He holds within the hollow of his hand. Cities and parks and palaces and mills

These are his works, to do with as he wills.

Why should this Titan dare withhold his breath,

Terror and tears and agony and death

Report of President J. E. McClory.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., February 8, 1916. Editor Bridgemen's Magazine:

While at headquarters December 28, 1915, I received an invitation from Local Union No. 59 and the Dallas Central Labor Council requesting my presence as a representative of our International Association to attend the dedication of the new Labor Temple in that city on January 8th. Having in mind that I was to be in Kansas City on the 5th, I concluded to accept this kind invitation and so informed Local Union No. 59 and the Dallas Central Labor Council.

I left Indianapolis on the night of the 1st for Chicago where I spent two days going over matters with Fourth Vice-President McMullen and left for Kansas City on the evening of the 3d, arriving at Kansas City on the morning of the 4th, whereupon I paid a visit to Leavenworth, Kan., where I spent several hours in company with the brothers located there and found them all in good health and spirits, with the exceptions of Brothers Butler and Smith, who were both confined in the hospital, Butler having spent three years in the hospital ward, while Brother Smith had only been an inmate of same for six or seven weeks, but was in a very serious condition, having a very dangerous ailment, I was informed, that was supposed to be incurable, and when I saw these brothers, both of them seemed to be very sick men. The boys in general were keenly disappointed on account of their petition for commutation of sentence, which had been placed in the hands of President Wilson November 9th last, having failed to receive any favorable consideration, but they made no serious complaint and seemed to be cheerfully bearing their incarceration with fortitude. I gave them what information I had regarding our efforts in their behalf, with the assurance that we would continue to work for their liberation unceasingly, which we propose to do.

After spending several pleasant hours in their company I returned to Kansas City, where I met Second Vice-President McCain and learned from him that he had intended to start for El Paso, Texas, on the evening of the 5th, and as I had intended to visit Dallas we made arrangements to leave on the same train on the night of the 5th, which we did after attending a meeting of Local No. 10 and participating in the installation

of the new local officials, among whom was Sid Barton, who was again re-elected as business agent of Local No. 10. The conditions in our line at Kansas City have been none too prosperous for some time back, but I was informed that the prospects for the coming summer were quite good.

Myself and Brother McCain arrived at Dallas, Texas, on the morning of the 7th, where we met Business Agent Geo. W. Livingston of Local Union No. 59, who was so kind and condescending as to make arrangements to show me the "City of the Hour" with all its delightful environments. Brother McCain had been to Dallas on several occasions. While this was my first visit there, I was more than surprised at the general makeup of this beautiful, progressive city and I was doubly pleased to learn that Dallas possessed a good live, wide-awake, progressive labor movement which is fittingly demonstrated in the fact that they have built a most magnificent modern labor temple which is conveniently located in the business section of the city. Brother Livingston showed us all through this labor temple, which to my mind surpasses any similar structure that I have ever seen, and I believe I have seen them all. It contains eight large meeting halls, also a library, gymnasium, a pool and billiard hall, both tub and shower baths, offices for the various business agents, as well as an office for the official labor paper, "The Toiler", a good newsy labor paper that is managed and edited by a young, intelligent and genial character, by the name of S. Rodermann, whom I had the pleasure of meeting on several occasions while there.

On the evening of the 7th I attended a meeting of the Dallas Central Labor Council, which was presided over by a wide-awake and aggressive young trades unionist named W. A. Goode, who was one of the men there who did much to make the labor temple possible.

After sitting and listening to the deliberations of the council meeting with keen and satisfied interest for several hours, I was politely invited to address the delegates, which I did at some length, expressing my feeling of gratification in finding such a good labor movement as Dallas had, and took advantage of the opportunity to briefly review the history of our own organization, together with its trials and tribulations and the wonderful display of loyalty on the part of our membership. At the conclusion of my