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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1921
Page
4
Crowds on Cole's Hill watch Cyrus Dallin's Massasoit statue unveiled by Charlotte Mitchell, descendant of Massasoit. The ceremony followed a parade by the Improved Order of Red Men from across New England as both men and women wore ceremonial attire.
Mayor Peters commends yesterday's Labor Day parade for showing the interest and loyalty of organized men to their unions and to labor. He congratulates the members and all participants for a creditable display and contribution to the labor cause.
Colonel W. C. Butler served as chief marshal with staff Lt Loomis R. Grant N G Lannan George N. Fox Edward L. Burgess Arthur Dress and Fred Berorstein. The invocation at the statue was delivered by Rev. Willam F. Walsh in full tribal costume.
More than 75 000 people, per Police Superintendent Crowley, lined the Labor Day parade route. Bands, gaudy banners, and elaborate floats from unions including bakers, milkmen, movie operators, garment workers, and metal trades impressed crowds along a two hour march from 10 15 to finish. Chief Marshal Driscoll led the procession with city officials and dignitaries viewing at City Hall and the State House.
Lawrence observers marked a three day Labor Day celebration ending with a Memorial Park fireworks display. The event featured horse racing as the day’s main attraction after soccer and boxing on Saturday and bicycle racing plus a band concert on Sunday.
New York observed no Labor Day parade for the first time in years. Unemployment and workers’ reluctance to spend on uniforms and bands were cited as reasons for scrapping parade plans.
William Jennings Bryan says retail profiteers block peace readjustment in the United States. He notes labor faces difficulty as living costs remain high postwar, hindering peace-time adjustment while wages lag. He cites the German republic adjusting living costs to wages.
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