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THE POTTERS HERALD
OFFICIAL .tOl KNAL OK
THE NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF OPERATIVE POTTERS
and
EAST LIVERPOOL TRADES & LABOR COUNCIL
Published every Thursday at East Liverpool, Ohio, by the N. B. of O
P.. owning and operating the Best Trades Newspaper and Jol
Printing Plant in the State.
Entered at Postoffice, East Liverpool, Ohio, April 20, 1902, as second
class matter. Accepted for mailing at Special Rates of Postal,
provided for in Section 1108, Act of October 13, 1917, authorize'.
August 20, 1918.
General Office, N. B. of O. P. Building, W. 6th St., BELL PHONE 37.1
F. JEROME McKEEVER Editor and Business Manatrei
One Year to Any Part of the United States or Canada $2.0(
President -James M. Duffy, P. O. Box 6, East Livenool, Ohio.
First Vice President E. L. Wheat ley. Room 215, Broad Street Nationa
Bank Building, Trenton. New Jersey.
Second Virc President--Frank Hull, 117 Thompson Avenue, East Liv
eriKx!, Ohio.
Third Vice President—George Chadwick, 802 Bank Street, East Livcr
pool. Ohio.
Fourth Vice President—Charles Ziinmer, 1045 Ohio Avenue, Trenton
Fifth Vice President—George Newbon, 847 MelroBe Avenue, Trenton
New Jersey.
Sixth Vice President—George Turner, Glenmoor, East Liverpool, Ohio
Seventh Vice President—Charles Jordan, 176 East Virginia Avenue
Scbring, Ohio.
Eighth Vice President—Joshua Chadwick, Grant Street, Newell, W. Va
Secretary-Treasurer- John 1). McGillivray, P. O. Box 6, East Liveri»oo!
Ohio.
EASTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers A. (,. MALE, FKEI SUTTER LI N. JAMES TIJRNEI
Oieratives, E. L. WHEATLEY. WM. E. YOUNG, EDWARD SKYFIEK'I
WESTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers. CHAS. F. GOODWIN, M. J. LYNCH. ARTHUR WELL:
Oiieratives, JOHN McGILLIVRAY, LOUIS PIESLOCK. F. 1IAYNE:
EASTERN CHINA WAKE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, BEN I). HARDESTY. E. K. KOOS, HAS. (iOOIiWIN
Oiieratives, E. L. WHEATLEY. JOHN T. HALDAUK, Jr., WM. OWEN
WESTERN CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, BEN I). HARDESTY, E. K. KOOS. CHAS. GOODWIN
Operatives, A IAIN J. BURT. H. R. HAISLOP. JOHN Me' LLI V RAY
DECORATING STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, J. H. M.-HONALD, II. SI'ORE. MARGARET PARKEI.
N. B. of O. P.. JAMES M.AVIN, HUGO MILLER. ROLAND HORTON
WOOI, IN THE WAR
IT has been estimated that consumption of wool
in the United States during 1941 may total 900
million pounds for both civilian and military needs.
Average annual domestic production of wool is
about ir()-million pounds. Despite this fact, how
ever, latest available reports indicate that wool
available from Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa, Argentina and Uruguay, will be more than
adequate to make up the difference. Although
North America has never produced enough wool to
meet her total domestic requirements, and has
consistently imported, in the past, from the Aus
tralasian countries and South America, the pres
ent national defense effort has made the ques
tion of the international wool supply one of ex
treme importance to this country—particularly to
the armed services.
It is interesting to note in this respect thai
wool—perhaps the oldest known natural clothing
protection since the dawn of civilization—has per
sisted through the ages as an essential necessity
of mankind in both war and peace. Much of the
credit is due to the sheep, but it is also true that
wool growers throughout the world during the
past quarter of a century have spent much of their
collective time and ingenuity in devising methods
to improve the quality of wool produced through
research on the problems of breeding and feeding
of sheep and the treatment of the wol after shear
ing.
The fact that the both "British and American
military authorities have repeatedly emphasized
the value of wool to maintain the health of offi
cers and men constitutes a convincing testimonial,
both to the age-old superiority of wool itself and
to the success of wool growers in njaintaining and
heightening this superiority. Particularly active
during the past four years in research into the de
velopment of wool have been the growers' organi
aztions of Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa. Under the direction of the International
Wool Secretariat, extensive research has been con
ducted which has done much to improve the quali
ties of wool.
As a further testimonial to the usefulness of
wool in war as a means of preventing illness
among the civilian and military population, the
l.ritish War lielief Society, liundles for Uritaiii
and tin Canadian Maple Leaf Fund, war relief or
ganizations in the United States, have reported
that shipments of wool to Kngland—consisting of
yarn, knitted goods and blankets and clothing—an
among their most important, relief activities. Sinci
the start of the war, the British War lielief So
ciety has shipped approximately IWi.OOO cases ol
wool clothing and ."."0,000 pounds of wool for knit
ting. Bundles for Britain has shipped a total of
1,500,000 garments and blankets consisting chiefly
of wool. The Canadian Maple Leaf Fund esti
mates it will ship a minimum of 50,000 blanket
this year.
LONGER HOURS FOR MACHINERY
I LLI AM KNUDSKN, director of the Office ol
Production Management, tells American in
dustry not to wait for new machine tools but to
use second-hand tools available "which will do tin
job," and to get busy and let sub-contracts becausi
"no one knows your job, your facilities, and tin
other companies in your area so well as you do."
lie tells those who are "waiting" to quit waiting.
"Let's get going and keep going let's forget every
thing except the welfare of our country," says
Knudsen—who sounds more convincing every
time he speaks.
OPM has headquarters in 36 Federal districts,
all working to speed up production, but Chief
Knudsen tells the world not to wait for the (iov
ernnient to hunt them up. It is clear, adds
Knudsen, that "American industry has many,
many times done the impossible. The American
people expect us to do it now." And he is right
It is interesting to note that Mr. Knudsen's
successor at (leneral Motors, C. K. Wilson, only a
few days ago stressed the same idea, suggesting
that defense production would be speeded by find
ing ways and means to work machinery mon
hours per week. Mr. Wilson said that the bottle
neck in this whole defense material production is
to get machinery for the new projects, lie said
that there are actually 108 hours a week, and that
if you only operate the machinery two forty-houi
.shifts per week, you are only operating that ma
chinery less than half of the time.
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We could have a good time at lots of parties
weren't so nervous about the consequences
which
made
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VERY LAME EXCUSE
RATIONAL defense is being invoked as an ex
cuse for all sorts of proposals these days, somt
bad, some indifferent. Among the bad proposals
are the various schemes for relaxing or suspend
ing labor standards, including the wage and horn
law.
Administrator Philip B. Fleming of the Wage
and Hour Division, U. S. Department of Labor
pays his respects in Look Magazine to the crowd
that wants the wage and hour law relaxed, using
lefense as an excuse for the proposal. Fleming
loes a good job and in words that are well worth
quoting, shows that the excuse is a very lame one.
"Most of those who want the wage and hour
law relaxed are far more interested in getting
2heap labor than they are in national defense,"
says Fleming. "For the most part they are peo
ple who don't want that law on the books in war
time, in peace-time or any time whatsoever.
"I have received no more than half a dozen
omplaints," continued Administrator Fleming
But most of these, he adds, are not coming from
lefense industries.
"There is said to be a shortage of tool and dk
makers," says Fleming. "If employers cannot
hire more of these workers, perhaps the time
might come when the law should be relaxed as far
is they are concerned.
"But why," he asks, "should it be relaxed also
for girls in hosiery mills and candy factories?
How would that promote defense production? Of
nore than 13,000,000 persons entitled to the bene
fits of this law, by far the greater number are em
ployed in industries which have nothing to do with
defense."
Administrator Fleming has asked a pertinent
question of the shouters for relaxing the wage and
hour law and this paper predicts they are going to
have a very tough time answering it.
THE UNION LABEL
(From the Hornell, N. Y., Herald)
WE cannot ship our surplus supplies to many
European nations which once were good cus
tomers of the United States. For some time to
come Amei'ican goods must be sold in the Ameri
can market if they are to be sold at all. In order
to absorb the vast output of our farms and fac
tories, the income and the standard of living of all
American workers must be raised.
The Amei-ican working men and women con
stitute the greatest army of buyers in our coun
try. Their purchasing power is the greatest ag
gregate purchasing fund in the world. Therefore,
the union label is just as vital to our economic
safety as the vast national preparedness program
s to our military defense. The union label on
any article you buy means it was produced by
union wages, enabling them to support themselves
md their families according to the American scale
of loving.
Of course the union label gives every purchaser
idditional guarantees—such as cleanliness, high
uality and satisfaction. But above all, every man
and woman should remember in these critical days
that by buying union label goods and insisting on
union services he or she is helping to defend
America.
All the military defense which we can erect
will avail us nothing if the internal economy of
our country falls apart. Let us, therefore, always
bear in mind that the union label stands as the
strongest protector of a prosperous America.
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YOU'LL FINI) OUT
VllK national income for 1941 is expected to be
the neighborhood of 80 billion dollars,
in simple words means that all payments
to individuals by business enterprises for
and services plus all business savings, will
total the "national income."
The total budget of the Government for the
coming year is now figured at 19 billion dollars.
Two-thirds, or approximately 12V-J billion dollars
will be raised by Federal taxation.
'he Federal and local tax collectors will take
1 out of every 1 dollars of the national income in
the coming fiscal year, most of which will go into
le Federal treasury.
The family man that paid a few dollars for last
vear will find his tax bill multiplied several times
in the coming fiscal year that indicates the rising
tides oi" taxes. It's a painful process, but you,
kind reader, are going to find that you are dea
wrong in your boast that "I don't know the differ
ence between a million and a billion dollars."
TRY TO KEEP COOL
JIFliF is a home remedy prescribed by a Wash
ington journalist, which seems to be good foi
men, women and juniors. It reads:
When the weather gets hot try to avoid too
much heat from the sun. Just think about how to
lo it—and do it, easily. When the war talk gets
hot among your friends and associates try to get
them to do more reasoning and less shouting
more thinking for themselves and less goose step
ping for know-it-alls.
These are the best kinds of home remedies be
cause they promote health, comfort and better un
erstanding of national defense. It also helps the
blood pressure.
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WHAT'S IN A NAME?
When you read about a "unit" it likely means
a house which may be very small or very large.
Hundreds of acres of units have been built in what
is spoken of as "the Washington area" that
reaches out into parts of Maryland and east from
the District of Columbia down to Norfolk and the
Virginia Capes. A unit is some kind of a house.
Laymen may never have suspected that the
merchant marine and the Naval forces of the
United States government, had so many tons. A
ton is still a puzzle but when a ship is called a ship,
the same way a frying pan is described as a fr.v
ing pan, then we all can understand.
SURE METHOD
The only certain way I know of avoiding
strikes is through the negotiation of colleetivt
bargaining contracts covering an individual com
pany or an entire industry. These contract
should establish definite rates of pay, hours of la
bor, working conditions and such other matters as
vaactions, grievance procedure and apprenticeshii
training.—William Green.
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THE POTT&fcS HERALD
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Happenings That Affect the Dinner
Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax
Bills of Every Individual. National
and International Problems Insep
arable from Local Welfare.
"History shows that the decisive
factor in all great wars invariably has
been sea power," wrote Rear Admiral
Clark H. Woodward, U. S. N., recent
ly. Think back over the major con
flicts of history and you'll realize the
truth of that. When Drake's fleet de
stroyed the Spanish Armada, he
eliminated one of the greatest threats
to English security and safety. When
Nelson broke the back of French sea
power at Trafalgar, he assured Na
poleon's ultimate defeat. Japan, un
der the brilliant Admiral Togo, made
herself a world power to be reckoned
with when her fleet routed the Rus
sian navy at Port Arthur. And in
World War No. 1, it was the British
fleet, under Jellicoe, which forced the
German navy to bottle itself in
port after the battle of Jutland, and
made it possible to tighten the
blockade which proved to be one of
the decisive factors in that sanguin
ary conflict.
Sea power has always made world
history—and it is for that reason that
number of military authorities tend
to the belief that Germany's great
successes on land, important as they
are, cannot win the war for her no
matter how far they may be carried.
Germany's air power is today the best
in Europe, and it will be at least a
year before British-American produc
tion can really rival hers. Her armies
are supreme, in size, in equipment,
and in generalship. But Germany
has no fleet in any way comparable to
Britain's. The submarine is a danger
ous weapon, but it is extremely limit
ed, and it has been proven time and
again that sufficient surface power is
superior to undersea power. Italy had
a large fleet at the start of this war,
but it proved sadly deficient in fight
ing quality, and a large part of it
has been destroyed. German ship
yards have been working overtime
but it seems certain that their pro
luction has been held to a minimum
by British air raids on Kiel, Ham
burg, and other ports.
British sea power is tremendously
strained. Her ships must police every
ocean in the world. They must at
tempt to bring her merchant ships
home with the supplies that are need
ed to feed her population and arm her
fighting forces. That is why British
hopes are today pinned to a consid
erable extent on*i&ie American Navy.
British strategists are confident that
the full participation of our Navy
would assure ultimate German defeat.
The American Navy is the largest
and most powerful in the world, ac
cording to such authorities as Admiral
Woodward. Five ,years from now, if
plans go according to schedule, it will
also be the fastest navy, and will be
infinitely more powerful. And it is
the one branch of our fighting serv
ices which is ready to go to war right
now, if the call is made.
Admiral Woodward believes that if
we went to war the job of our Navy
in the Atlantic would be fourfold.
First, we would occupy and defend
all Atlantic islands on the "other
ide," both to forestall their seizure
by the axis, and to strike at invaders
moving out from Europe, Second, we
would blockade ports on the Spanish
and French West African Coast.
Third, we would co-operate fully with
the British navy in convoy work.
Fourth, we would have to keep large
forces about, tho Panama Canal to de
fend it. from attack.
In the Pacific, a fleet would prob
ably be based at Singapore, to keep
an eye on Japan. American naval of
ficials think relatively little of the
Japanese navy, and are certain we
would have little trouble in defending
ourselves from ESfcwaii to the main
land.
A number of authorities feel that
Hitler would have taken a far
tougher line with us long ago had it
not. been for the American Navy
that he wants to avoid actual war with
us because he fears that- the unlimited
participation of our fleet would turn
the scales against him. It is certain
y true that his blockade of England
would be made immeasurably more
difficult if our destroyers and cruis
ers were used fop. convoy work. Our
entry into the war would more than
double the sea pcfoer which tho Axis
must face.
There are reports that Hitler may
shortly take over what is left of the
French navy—Admiral Darlan, No. 2
man at Vichy, is notoriously pro-Ger
man and has a deep hat red of England
and everything English. If that hap
pens, Hitler will be greatly strength
ened—the French cruisers would make
excellent raiders and could harass
Britain at many exposed points. And
in the meantime, high British officials
are becoming franker and franker in
intimating that the cause of the
democracies may be lost unless this
country sends its' ships in with their
guns roaring.
Changes in the conscription law may
take place this year. The Army
wants the age minimum dropped to 18
—it prefers young men. Another law
may be proposed to give the President
authority to defer all men over 27.
Conscripting older men has made for
social and economic dislocations.
According to officials, training is
going ahead well, and the quality of
men is the best in our history. Basic
isupply and housing pi'oblems ha%e
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MB. MODESTUS
WE ARE A MONGREL RACE
BUT WE BELIEVE IN
DEMOCRACY
AND ARE NOT SOFTIES
AND DON'T LIKE PIRATES
Are we soft?
Are we a Mongrel Race?
Are we unable to carry on a War?
Are we less capable than the Nor
dic forefathers
Are we terrorized by Blitzkriegs and
Panzers
Who says so?
Sure, Sure!
Our best runner was a Negro—
Who represented us in Olympic
games at Berlin—
But he took the palm from the Teu
tonic runners also—
Even Italians got lost in that foot
race—
But Finlanders held honorable men
tion in those contests—
Democracies sure produce men fleet
of foot—
Greek troops easily caught bevies
of Mussie's men—
Yes, we Americans also believe in
democracy—
But we don't seem to be exactly
soft.
Is our racial blood mixed?
Quite so: we are composite of many
peoples—
Who came to America because they
wanted to be free—
Even our Indian wars were oft pro
voked by European issues—
Cavaliers, Pilgrims, Dutchmen,
Frenchmen, Irish—
None of them came to conquer other
peoples in America—
They wanted free land, and free
neighbors—
But they could fight!
What European race—
Can trace such a lineage of peace?
That German melting pot boiled
with Asiatic bloods—
Not for nothing do we use the Name
of Hun against Nazis—
For blood of Attila's hordes, and
other Mongols—
Was mixed with that of Teutons,
Suabians, Franks—
Prussians took the least Christian
corner of Europe—
With no Hitler to guard them
again.-:t mingling racial bloods—
Nordics
Yes, we have some of the purest—
Some, of whom v/e are not so proud,
just now—
Their old Viking bloods run cool to
day, on both sides the Atlantic—
They seem to be suceptible to psy
chological tricks—
They are easily mesmerized, Hitler
ized, Goebbelerized—
But when that cold blood gets hot,
Quistlings will boil in it—
Can we fight?
Well, we have a pretty good sea
record—
When no other nation would clean
up Barbery pirates—
Yankees got mad, and waded into
their Mediterranean ports—
We never did like pirates, on land,
on sea, or in the air—
Killing Indians is something we
don't brag about—
Frenchmen helped us win the war
of 177—
We don't take much credit for lick
ing Spain—
But at Chateau Thierry, Germans
invented a special name—
For some gentle fellows who didn't
care much where they fought—
Huns called American Marines, af
fectionately—
Teufelhunde, which means Devil
Dogs-
Do they want to meet them again?
Some of our hillmen can still hunt—
Turkeys, or Huns.
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WHAT NEXT?
A Los Angeles paper-hag fac
tory is making paper sleeping
bags, for use on camping trips.
They arc made of five-ply kraft
paper, thin hut tough have an as
phalt layer for waterpi oof ing, and
a cheesecloth reinforcement on the
outside. A 3-foot flap at the open
end can be spread on the ground
under the sleepers' head or pulled
over his head as a windbreak.
WISDOM
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There is no substitute for hard
work.—Thomas A. Edison.
BEER BIG AID TO FARMER
New York City.—Brewer use of
farm crops in the eight years since re
legalization has totaled 29 billion
pounds, at a cost, to the industry, of
725 million dollars, the United Brew
ers Industrial Foundation says. Load
ed for transportation, these farm
products would fill a freight train
more than 2,000 miles long, or a dis
tance practically spanning the width
of the United States.
been solved. However, some expert?
doubt that a year's training is enough
to turn a ci\ ilian into a crack soldier
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS
Note was recently made in this col
umn on the setting up in Great Brit
ain of trade union groups of German,
French and Belgium workers, in col
laboration with the British labor
movement and the International Fed
eration of Trade Unions.
It was reported that separate na
tional groups of workers from Aus
tria, Poland and other Nazi-occupied
countries was proposed. Now comes
word that this organization of nation
al groups is going forward, the latest
to organize being Austrian workers
living in Britain.
Like all other groups, says the In
ternational Federation of Trade
Unions, the Austrian trade unionist
group accepted, as a fundamental
principle in its rules, that every
Austrian worker in Britain is under
obligation to belong, not only to the
Austrian national group, but also to
his appropriate British trade union.
"Under the wing of democracy and
of the right of asylum, and in collab
oration with the I. F. T. U. and the
British Trades Union Congress, every
thing which was destroyed by Hitler
is now being built up again in nucleus
in Britain—the traditional home of
trade unionism," the I. F. T. U. bulle
tin comments.
Word of the formation of the Aus
trian trade union group in Britain is
not the only interesting labor news
coming from across the Atlantic. The
I. F. T. U. bulletin tells other news
of interest, dealing with Nazi tactics
in Belgium and Communist treachery
in Norway at the time of the German
invasion last year.
"In February," says the I. F. T. U.,
"the Nazis began the work of trans
forming the Belgium trade union
movement into something conforming
to the German type. It has been en
trusted to M. Christophe, who comes
from the camp of the Catholic trade
unions. He has set up an all-in or
ganization, the 'Union of Workers by
Hand and Brain,' corresponding to the
German Labor Front.
"The first discussion took place at
the beginning of February, with rep
resentatives of the bookbinders and
paper workers and with officials of
the leather and clothing workers. The
leather and clothing workers are now
amalgamated in the 'Union of Work
ers by Hand and Brain—Leather and
Clothing Section.'
"Other union organizations will fol
low. The members were not asked,
of course. They are to be informed
about the details in the future."
Telling of Communist shenanigans
in Norway, the I. F. T. U. says: "The
part played by the Norwegian Com
munists during the German invasion
has only just became known. Before
that invasion, they could not shout
too vociferously about the lack of help
and support from Britain and France
for resistance.
"When hostilities began, they sud
denly discovered that surrender with
out a fight was an extremely revolu
tionary act. Once again, they played
the Nazis' game. They were such
close confederates to the Nazis that
they denounced to the military author
ities trade union officials as they one
by one resumed their work.
"They endeavored to insinuate
themselves into posts temporarily
vacant because of the imprisonment
of the officials in question. Their
hope was to make these positions
starting points for the launching of a
Popular Front movement.
"At the end of 1!M0, they received
a hint from 'abroad' to cease this ac
tivity, and as obedient puppets of the
Comintern they carried out this order,
too. It is worth mentioning that
about this time the Norwegian Com
munists who had been imprisoned were
released by the Nazis and their
agents."
CONQUERING GENERAL MUD
Philadelphia, Pa.—Across the Dela
ware River from Philadelphia, con
struction is ahead of schedule on
f()() housing units at Audubon, NT. J.,
for defense workers in the shipyards.
The WPA is building streets and in
stalling water, sewer, gas and other
utility lines. The rest of the work is
being done by the Wheeler Engineer
ing Company on a cost-plus basis. The
engineering company says work is
ahead of schedule because of the fight
WPA workers have made with Gen
eral Mud. Mud there one night trap
ped the night watchman and police
had to pull him out. WPA crews are
working two shifts to get the roads
down and keep building materials
moving.
20 Per Cent Pay Boost
Won By AFL Seafarers
New York, N. Y.—Offlicials of the
Atlantic and Gulf District of the Sea
farers International Union of North
America, AFL affiliate, announced
that an arbitration board had granted
a 20 per cent increase in wages to the
Conanicut Island Boatmen's Associa
tion in the union's controversy with
the Jamestown and Newport Ferry
Company of Rhode Island. The presi
dent of the A. F. of L. Newport Metal
Trades Council was one of the three
man board appointed by Governor
William H. Vanderbilt.
The union also announced that the
Arnold Bernstein Shipping Company
had agreed to sign the South Atlantic
agreement, plus a top bonus arrange
ment. One of the company's ships is
scheduled to s.ail for India.
Thursday, May 22,1941
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hatchet Out
The Truth
THE SHOOTING WAR
ARE WE IN IT?
DIREST ROAD AHEAD
LEADING TO BATTLE
Well informed persons, in Washing
ton, where this column is written to
day, believe shooting war will begin
soon for us.
How soon is "soon" That is the
unknown quantity. That is X.
Maybe next week—maybe not for
two or three months. Maybe tonight,
after you have read these lines.
The American people do not seem
to have realized how steadily the road
has led toward war.
The haste to make war equipment
was not phony. It was very real.
It grows more real and more press
ing each day.
To get an idea of the speed of drift
toward war, measure the recent pub
lic utterances of political leaders.
Six months ago they were fairly far
apart.
Now we get almost one a day, all
pointing toward quick war.
It will affect YOU, no matter who
or where you are.
You will do without new aluminum
utensils in your kitchen.
Manufacturers are howling loudly
and in pain for materials.
We actually have priorities right
now.
A manufacturer cannot get certain
raw materials unless Uncle Sam,
through a government functionary,
says he may have them.
Two months from now you may not
be able to get repair work done on
your electric range because nickel al
loy for resistance coils is very scarce.
It is being rationed and you have to
see Mr. Priorities man with a very
good story if you are to get any.
And this is just a little bit of a be
ginning
Of course this leads to a further
conclusion, which is that as the days
roll on toward the great and crucial
test of our strength there will be less
and less patience with those who get
in the way of defense preparation.
Less and less. Much less.
We ought right now, if we read the
signs at all, stop talking about defense
preparation. We ought to talk about
war preparation, for that's what it is.
If we talked in terms of war prepa
ration we should have a better way of
thinking to sound conclusions. We'd
get a different idea of the strain we
must stand in these days and months
ahead.
We'd know a little more clearly that
we can't monkey with the machinery.
We'd know that we can't do any peace
time fooling around.
We are going to have to start un
derstanding that if an airplane is NOT
produced on schedule that weakens our
personal strength in a war sense.
It isn't just a vague impersonal
Uncle Sam that doesn't get a war
plane. It is YOU and the rest of us
vvho don't have the comfort of know
ing that that particular plane is on
duty when it should be.
It's the same with everything—
tanks, guns, trucks and what have
you.
YOU have a vital interest in seeing
that these things are produced.
And so has every employer. And
every plant should go to work as if
the safety of that plant depended upon
its steady output.
If that's to he done there must be
fairness and reason on all sides and a
way to make unreason very uncom
fortable for those who will not reason
at first instead of afterwards!
The hour is critical for every Amer
ican.—CMW.
LABOR EDITORS SUGGEST
PUBLIC TRIAL OF HESS
New York City (ILNS).—A sug
gestion that Rudolph Hess, third
highest Nazi leader who landed by
airplane in Scotland, be put on trial
before an international court was
made by two labor editors in a cable
message to Herbert Morrison, labor
leader and British Minister of Home
Security. The message was sent by
Victor Riesel, managing editor of The
New Leader, official organ of the So
cial Democratic Federation and Ger
hart 11. Soger, editor of the German
labor weekly Neue Volkszeitung.
The editors proposed that Hess be
-h?rged "with all the crimes against
humanity he committed as a fanatical
N'azi leader," and they interpreted his
departure from Germany as "the first
missile of poison gas fired to England
by Hitler to start public discussion of
peace possibilities, counting on a split
within the Nazi party."
"Such a split is not discernible and
is not likely but, even if existing, Hess
as a faithful servant of Hitler has
never displayed any opinion of his
own," the message continued. "He
would be the last person on earth to
desert Hitler. If his escape is genu
ine, Hess would not have left behind
his wife and child as hostages. Judg
ing from the public excitement in
America, we consider public trial
Hess the most effective way to coun
teract Hitler's intentions in sending
Hess."
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