Speech 68
FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS OF LABOR DISPUTES

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY NINTH CONGRESS, DECEMBER 5, 1905

IN any great labor disturbance not only are employer and employee interested, but also a third party — the general public.  Every considerable labor difficulty in which interstate commerce is involved should be investigated by the Government and the facts officially reported to the public.