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THE POTTERS HERALD
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF
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., owninK and operatinu the Best Trades Newspaper and Job
Printins Plant in the State.
Entered at PostolTicc, IJfist Liverpool, Ohio, April 20, 1902, as second
class matter. Acccpted for mailing at Special Rates of Postage
provided for in Section 1108, Act of October 13, 1917, authorized
August 20, 1918.
General Office, N. B. of O. P. Building, W. 6th St., BELL PHONE 5V„
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President—James M. Duffy, P. O. Box 6. East Liveriool, Ohio.
First Vice President—E. L. Wheatlry, Room 215, Broad Street National
Bank Buildiug. Trenton, New Jersey.
Second Vice President—Frank Hull, 6111 Pacific'' Blvd., Huntington
Third Vict President—James Slaven, Cannons Mills, East Liveriool
Ohio.
Fourth Vice President—Charles Zimmer, 1045 Ohio Avenue, Trenton
Fifth Vice President—George Newbon, 847 Melrose Avenue, Trenton
New Jersey^
Sixth Vice President—Cleorge Turner, 400 Monroe Street, East Liver
ikxjI, Ohio.
Seventh Vice President—Charles Jordan, 176 East Virginia Avenue
Sebring, Ohio.
Eighth Vice President—Joshua Chadwick, Grant Street, Newell, West
Virginia.
Secretary-Treasurer—John D. McGillivray, P. O. Box 6, East Liver
pool, Ohio.
EASTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers A. G. DALE. KREI) SUTTKRLIN. JAMES TURNER
Operatives, E. L. WHEATLEY. WM. E. YOUNC, EDWARD SEYFIERI
WESTERN GENERAL WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
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Operatives, JOHN McGILLIVRAY, LOUIS I'lESLOCK. F. HAYNES
EASTERN CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers HEN 1). HARDESTY. K. K. KOOS
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WESTERN CHINA WARE STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers BEN l. IIARI'FSTY. K K. Kon«
Operatives. BERT CLARK. H. R. HAISLOP, JOHN McGILLIVRAY
DECORATING STANDING COMMITTEE
Manufacturers, ROBERT DIET/. SR., BERT HARKER, MARGARE'I
PARKER.
N. B. of O. P., JAMES SLAVEN, HUGO MILLER. ROLAND HORTON
THE PRICE OF INDEPENDENCE
IT WAS 106 years ago this month that Thomas
Jefferson wrote in a now famous Declaration
that "all men are created equal, that among- these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Today, the subjugated peoples of Europe have
life—but no liberty. Nor are they engaged in the
pursuit of happiness, except insofar as they com
rait acts of sabotage against their Nazi conquerors.
We in America have the opportunity to fight
for the inalienable right of ourselves and oui
Allies to be free for all time.
Our gallant airmen, naval forces and soldiers
are fighting for this independence.
Our production soldiers in giant factory upon
giant factory are working night and day to pre
serve this sacred heritage.
All of us, young and old, can join the battk
through the regular purchase of War Savings
Bonds and Stamps, investing ten cents out of
every dollar we receive.
The Declaration of Independence declares that
governments derive "their just powers from the
consent of the governed, that whenever any form
of government becomes destructive of these ends,
it is the right of the people? to alter or abolish it."
That is what the people of France, of Belgium,
of Holland, Norway, Denmark, Italy—yes, and of
Germany want to do! We can help them throw ofl
the yoke of Hitlerism by plunging our dollars into
the fight. Buy War Bonds for freedom.
DON'T TRY CAS HOARDING
MOTOlilST, don't hoard gasoline! If you do,
you are literally storing up trouble and danger
for yourself.
That's the warning of the National Safety
Council, issued as a result of reports that some
auto owners are laying in supplies of gasoline
against the day of nation-wide rationing.
"Hoarding of gasoline not only is unpatriotic,
but extremely dangerous," said the council.
"While the storing and handling of gasoline
can be perfectly safe when done by experts, the
average person would be just as safe with a sup
ply of TNT in his home.
"No matter how careful the average person
may be in storing gasoline, there is a definite dan
ger that its vapor will escape. This vapor is highly
explosive, and a chance spark or llame may set
off an explosion that can wreck a house and cause
death or injury.
"Furthermore, no matter where you live, tin
chances are that your fire insurance is automatic
ally void if you have more than a very small quan
tity of gasoline on hand. And even that must be
stored in an approved safety container.
"You can get an extra ride by hoarding gas,
but the chances are it will be to the hospital—and
not in your own car, hut an ambulance.
"There is only one safe rule for hoarding gaso
lin5—'Don't do it!'
MAGNIFICENT PATRIOTISM
I u i i i ilit- \Va*iiinuloii Teamster, Seallle)
»THE RECENT celebration of "T" Day by the
teamsters unions of Los Angeles was a mag
nificent patriotic event. Thousands upon thousands
of union teamsters lined up to give their blood to
the lied Cross. Nowhere else in the nation has
there been such a thrilling display of complete un
selfishness.
No, the teamsters, and other union members of
this country are not sulking because tremendously
powerful and wealthy employer associations are
conducting a vicious, utterly false attack on all
organi/ed labor.
The union men and women of this country are
right out in front to win this war, no matter what
the cost of the sacrifice.
UNSAFE PLANTS AXIS ALLIES
ANY MANAGEMENT that willingly allows un
safe conditions to exist in plants today is
aligned with the Axis, whether they realize it or
not, .John Gibson, chairman of the Michigan State
Department of Labor and Industry, told the Lan
sing, Michigan Safety Council.
Pointing to the need for industrial safety in
peacetime, he declared that during a war it is even
more essential to enforce a strict safety program
because of the loss of manpower through acci
dents.
Speaking of the increasing numbers of women
going into industry, he said if women are willing
to take up factory work then at least the plants
should be made safe and clean far them.
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A. F. OF L. WILL HELP K. 0. THE AXIS!
(I. M. Ornlmrn. Secretary-Treasurer. Union Lalel Trades
Department, American Federation of Labor)
IN 1776, Uncle Sam was a local lightweight in the
thirteen original colonies. Today he is a world's
heavyweight. He is the powerful champion of all
free nations. He holds this title because American
labor is able to produce more material for modern
warfare than any other nation on the face of the
earth.
The workers of America are called the soldiers
of production. They are breaking all records for
building tanks, airplanes, ships, guns and all the
munitions required by our armed forces every
where. American labor will continue its patriotic
effort to produce materials for all our armed forces
until we smash the brutal dictators of Japan, Ger
many and Italy.
It has been the policy of the Union Label
Trades Department to emphasize the fact that our
nation should maintain the peak of morale in
America. In order to pay the cost of the war,
workers, farmers and business men in civilian
industry should be allowed to function as closely
to normal economy as possible in order that their
incomes may afford sufficient funds to pay the
cost of our gigantic war effort.
The Union Label Trades Department believes
that one of the best ways to maintain our normal
economy is to retain American labor standards.
Workers will then receive sufficient buying power
to purchase the necessities of life, to keep their
families in good health and to buy bonds with
what is left. The law of supply and demand in our
domestic economy must not fall down. America
has adequate manpower and material resources
for the production of the all-important munitions
to win a final victory and at the same time main
tain a normal civilian life for those who are left
at home.
There is no better way to maintain American
labor standards than to buy Union Label goods
and to use Union services. They are symbolized
by the Union Label, Shop Card and Service But
ton. When the consumer patronizes only firms that
display these emblems of organized labor he is
doing more to stabilize economic conditions than
any other one thing he can do. Every article pur
chased that bears the Union Label and every serv
ice use that is designated by the Shop Card and
Service Button is the highest form of protection
for American workers' standards at home.
It is these standards that have made the
United States the outstanding nation in world pro
duction. It is these standards that have provided
Uncle Sam with the skilled craftsmen and techni
cians who would not have been available if it had
not been for trade unionism in America. These
experienced union workers with their practical
knowledge of organization in production will even
tually be drawn into high positions in our war
program. In every industry where management
has recognized the unusual ability of men who had
been employed in their plants for years, one will
find that production has doubled and trebled,
while in other plants that are supervised by text
book economists and young men who are highly
educated but lack practical knowledge of produc
tion, a survey shows that these plants have not
met their quota of required out-put and in some
coses have fallen down completely.
The American Federation of Labor is shoulder
ing every responsibility by the Government to
win an early victory in our war for world freedom.
It will continue to do everything humanly possible
to give the Axis the final knockout. At the same
time the A. F. of L. will pursue the principle ob
jectives for which this organization was estab
lished. It will be our policy to maintain American
jabor standards so the men who have been called
to the colors in our armed forces can continue to
enjoy these high standards when they return
home.
TOO FREE USE OF A NOBLE WORD
(From American Municipalities)
IE CORRESPONDENTS and newspapers have
fallen into the pernicious habit of speaking of
every soldier, sailor or marine who does the least
Ihing out of the ordinary as a hero. This is poor
psychology and if it is kept up the meaning of
hero will be entirely changed and this would be a
mighty poor development.
Simply because a man is drafted and is in the
military forces does not necessarily make him a
hero. If he is on a raft on the ocean for an indefi
nite time that does not make him a hero. Because
a man happened to hear the Jap air fleet at Pearl
Harbor, and reported it to an immediate superior
does not make him a hero.
Let us keep the word "hero" for a person who
voluntarily undertakes an especially dangerous
job. If he attempts such a job voluntarily that
man is a hero. Cut out calling everyone a hero,
and leave this term for those who really accom
plish or try to-accomplish an especially dangerous
ictivity.
THE I ISO FUND
THE I SO War Fund is now somewhat more than
halfway toward its present goal. At this time
the organization hopes to raise .$20,0(H),000, but
the constant expansion of our armed forces will
make it necessary to seek $12,000,000 more in
the Fall.
USO is doing a splendid job for the young man
n the Army or the Navy. It gives him a cheerful
clubhouse where he can make new friends, it pro
vides occupation and entertainment for his leisure
lours and holds up his morale in the most critical
period of his enlistment. Any one who has visted
in Army camp has all the proof he needs of the
worth of USO.
Comparatively few of us will serve in the
anks, but we can all give and keep giving. USO
has grown from small beginnings into a great and
smoothly functioning organization. It needs the
support of every American on the home front.
Only strong and secure unions can win wage
increases and other bent fits. Unions that are con
stantly under attack from anti-union employers
have to spend their time struggling for survival,
thus cutting the time they should be able to spend
on winning benefits.
THE POTTERS HERALD
ocoH&mic
JtUjhlufliti
National and International M^ents
Inseparable from Local Welfare
We are at last beginning to feel the
colossal changes war has forced on the
economic and social life of the nation
'Ami, in the next six months or so
.changes in a far greater degree than
anything we have yet experienced will
inevitably take place.
It should be clear to everyone by now
that the American standard of living,
which has been infinitely luxurious by
comparison with that of most of the
rest of the world, will be largely
abandoned for the duration. This year,
our national income will be the largest
in our history. J'.iit the amount of
money which the people will have to
spend for goods and services will be
down to the lowest depression levels
and perhaps lower. There are thre
principal reasons for that. First, ami
most important,, is the tax burden,
which will be felt in the lowest in
come groups, and will reach staggering
proportions in the middle and high in
come groups. Second, War Bond pur
chases, whether voluntary or enforced,
will take a substantial part of every
me's remaining income., Third, th
price level is far above that of 1932
and 1933.
For the most part, we have not yet
felt any particular lack of "luxury
oods." While manufacture of such
goods was stopped some time ago in
most lines, stocks on hand have kept
store inventories adequate. Soon it will
be impossible to buy a refrigerator, an
automatic heating plant, a radio, an
oil ice machine, and ten thousand and
one other items, unless you have a first
class priority ratine, and the item is
needed for a purpose directly connected
with .the war. Rationing of public
transportation services may make plea
sure travel impossible. And it is gener
ally expected that a card-rationing
system, similar to that now in effect
for sugar, will be extended to other
foods, .to clothes and to many addi
tional necessities.
Whole professions an? being virtu
llly wiped out. For example, there is
the plight of the salesman. There is no
need for his services if his industry is
ngaged in war work. If his industry
s not in war work, its production is
swiftly declining md lie has less and
less to sell. Thefce people are beiug ab
sorbed by war industry, for the most
part. After the war they will face au
ditor difficult problem of readjustment.
Whole industries are in the same
position. The mortality, for instance,
in tiie businesses which have been built
up about the automobile—service sta
tions, repair sirups, roadside restau
rants, resorts, e('.—is great, and before
long it will be tremendous. All their
proprietors and employes can do is to
close shop and tret a war job. There is
no place for ilieir businesses in the
war picture.
The face of American communities
of all sizes Is changing swiftly. Gigan
tic war plants are being developed in
sections where there was little industry
lefore. In many d»1'ense areas, popula
tion growth unprecedented in its
rapidity—has treated an exceedingly
severe housing and transportation
problem. These problems have not yet
been adequately solved, and they will
grow worse. They constitute a major
headache to governmental autl orities.
The population trend from country
to city is intense. Agricultural workers,
ittracted by the big wages paid by
war Industry, are literally leaving the
farms in droves. The farm* operator
•an't get enough labor, and, even when
he can, he must offer wages that in
many cases are beyond his ability .to
pay. This has offset a good part of the
cne(its of increased farm income.
The foregoing simply illustrates a
lew of the almost revolutionary changes
that art' occurring in this country. And
they illustrate, by Inference, what our
ost-war problems will be. Authorities
n both husine-vs and government simmii
•onvinced thai none of the problems
lire insoluble. They know that there
will be many mistakes, many errors In
judgment. Hut they believe that, after
lie war, this nation's incredible in
lusiriiil plant will be to provide jobs
for all employables, and will in time
bring the general standard of living
to a level well beyond anything we
have known. It is a healthy sign that,
even as we grapple with the immense
•roblems of war, we are also think
ing ahead to the peace to come.
Some high government officials, such
us Vice-President Wallace and Under
secretary of Slate Welles, have made
interesting speeches of late, which cast
i light on thi.N nation's world destiny.
It is said that we will be the leaders
in stabilizing the. world after the war,
ind In maintaining order. Hut it is also
said that our program will not be im
•erialistic in the .traditional sense. Past
mperialisui ha* been based on subject
•copies ami ua'ions. The new kind of
imperialism, as Mr. Wallace puts it, Is
o be based on equal peoples, working
ogether toward a common goal of
peace and security.
If, us seen is likely, this nation es
capes wholesale bombing and invasion,
we will have the only effective pro
luctlon plant on earth when the last
-hot is tired. Destitute nations will
ook to us to help them to their feet.
It is a challenging prospect—and a
gigantic opportunity.
The War Department is discourag
ing correspondence between soldiers
uud civilians unknown to them.
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MS. MODESTUS
THE FIRST FREEDOM
HITLER'S NEW ORDER
STARVATION
INTELLIGENCE LACKING
FOOD TO WIN WAR
E-A-T-S—
That is the basis of civilization—
Culture does not begin until there
is enough to eat—
Not until there Is soihe leisure from
labor—
That is why labor unions always
talk about standards of living.
The First Freedom—
Is freedom from hunger—
Not until men solved the food prob
lem—
Did they even discover other prob
lems—i
Egypt grew great on crops raised
from the mud of her Nile—
Babylon was situated between two
great rivers, in Mesopotamia—
Greece's rocky hills sent her sons to
sea as traders—
They brought in food and supplies
from Egypt and Asia—
America's food guarantees now are
in her machinery for farming—
That is why, in two years, she builds
an army of 4 million men—
While making armor for three other
great naftons—
liitler thinks he can build a New
Order
Based on differing degrees of starva
tion—
Nazi mentality begins with death as
a means of construction—
Mental death is decreed by Nazis for
Czechs, (Jreeks, French—
Moral death was Hitler's first cor
nerstone—
In which he was unconsciously, in
evitably, right—
For bis program of racial starva
tions could be built only—
On a ruthlessness which began with
destruction of humanity—
Based upon the most stapid food
control.
Granaries—
Were never built by barbarism—
Which depends upon loot, not upon
productioniand labor—
Intelligence adequate to the filling
of granaries—
Will also be adequate to the defense
of the food supply—
Russia's freedom from fear of the
impending attack of Nazidom—
Was grounded upon modern Rus
sian agriculture—
Plus Russian capacity for military
production and training—
Hitler saw only the wheat fields of
the Ukraine—
lie did not understand the intelli
ence which planted them—
Na/.is saw only the mineral and oil
supply of the Caucasus—
Not understanding the intelligence
which had developed them—
Neither did they realize that such an
Intelligence—
Would be equal to defending both
food a.nd other supplies—
And that Is one reason why Hitler's
futile legions—
Are stilt hammering at the gates of
Sevastopol.
Courage must always carry a bread
basket—
That is what is meant by armies
travelling upon their bellies—
That is why, while Hitler starves
Europe, including his own people—
His impossible dreams of world-con
quest go glimmering—
For not even a super-race can fight
on empty stomachs—'
And Hitler lias almost emptied
Europe's bread basket—
Which is final proof of the fraud In
his claim—
To be the Super Man.
Because America can eat—
At the same time that it can feed
Britain—
At the same time thai America can
operate its arselals—
While America raises and arms an
army of 4 million men—
And feeds and supplies its own
armies and navies—
For this reason, if for no other—
Food will not only win this war—
Food will also furnish Intelligence
for the peace—
Which will banish the first and
greatest of the FEARS.
W I S O
4
The first casualty when war
comes is truth. Senator Hiram
Johnson.
WATER AND KEROSENE RUN CAR
Saranac Lake. N. V. Homer J.
Poole, Jr., reports he drove his 1930
Model A Ford from Belchertown, Mass.,
to Saranac Lake on 90 cents worth of
kerosene and water. The kerosene and
water, In separate tanks, are mixed
and fed to the cylinders .through uu
atomizer valve.
TOWN PREPARING FOR PEACfe
Philadelphia, l'a. The o w n of
Say re is preparing for the shock of
post-war economic adjustment espe
cially as respects unemployment, by
setting up a special fund for borough
street work after hostilities are over.
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COMMENT ON WORLD
I
EVENTS
The successor to the late Danish
Premier, Thorvnld Stauning, veteran
Socialist and trade union leader, might
have been expected to be one of the
.two or three candidates of whom the
Nazis would have approved. Neverthe
less, he is Yilhelm Orla Buhl, minister
of finance in the Stauning coalition
government.
It is now revealed that when Pre
mier Stauning died on May 3, the
Danish cabinet was in full agreement
on appointing Buhl as Staunlng's suc
cessor. The King also accepted him
with joy, and Buhl was appointed
through a legal coup d'etat, so to
speak that is, without telling the Nazi
"protectors" anything about it.
As Buhl is a Socialist and a staunch
opponent of .the Nazis, many heated
discussions with them followed. The
only result, however, was that the Ger
mans compelled the new government to
issue a declaration the main theme of
which was that it would continue to
follow the lines of .the previous gov
eminent in its attempt to maintain "a
good relationship with Germany."
But Buhl remained. It is hard to
avoid the Impression that the Germans
do not feel as strong as .they did, or
they would never had stood for this
independence on the part of a country
whose independence they had sworn to
respect.
Despite Nnzi occupation of Denmark,
the Danish labor movement is growing.
The International Federation of Trade
Unions reports that on Dec. 31, 1941,
the movement comprised 72 unions
with a total membership of 526,566, an
Increase of 18,597 compared with 1940,
The Increase is due partly to the
affiliation of a new union, the Sheet
Metal Workers, with 7,849 members.
The rest of the increase is due to the
gain in membership of 42 unions, while
27 had to register some loss of mem
bers and two remained unchanged
This is partly due to changes tn occu
pation caused by the war.
The growth of the Danish labor
movement has been a steady one since
1928 when it had 156,000 members. In
1932 it reached the 300,000 mark and
in the middle of 1937 it passed 400,000.
It passed 500,000 in 1940.
In the ?ame period the independent
trade unions had to register a continu
ous decrease in the number of unions
and in members. Today they number
only 11 unions, 24,933 members. The
big gains of the national movement
have not. been mainly due to unaffili
ated unions joining. The greater part
of the increases have couie from the
masses of unorganized workers, which
shows that not only the national move
ment, but trade unions ideas generally
have made in Denmark, just as in all
other Scandinavian countries, great
progress.
We must win the war and the right
of way must be yielded to the national
government in all matters necessary to
accomplish that objective. But our im
mersion in that objective and in our
individual problems of adjustment to
a wartime economy should not be so
complete as to cause us to ignore the
problems of local governments. Cities
and towns must continue to educate our
youth, to protect persons and property,
to carry out health and sanitation
measures, and to care for the under
privileged. Cities and towns must also
continue to raise the money with which
to finance these and other services. The
difficulties of performing these duties
are increased many-fold in wartime,
and In addition local officials must, as
sume new duties arising from the
emergency.—Boston Municipal Letter.
MANPOWER MEANS MINITOWER
SAYS DIRECTOR OF THE LABOR
DIVISION, WENDELL W. LUND
Washington, D. C. (ILNS).—Saying
that ••manpower means mindpower,"
Wendell Lund, director of the Labor
Production Division, War Production
Board, described the functions of his
new division as "a magnet and clear
ing house for labor's mindpower, for
labor's suggestions a.nd criticisms that
will speed war production."
Talking at a Detroit mass meeting.
Lund said:
"The smoke from American factory
chimneys is the suioke of battle."
lie pointed out that the primary job
of America and American labor is "to
supply munitions of war to all the
United Nations," and went on to speak
of the records constantly being broken
In the battle of production as "due in
large part to the fighting spirit of our
workers who have put forth extra
effort and put aside hard won
right for the duration changed jobs
ind learned new war skills and ap
plied its inventive talent. By these
means, labor is playing its crucial role
In our drive for plus-production."
Lund also spoke of the progress and
production that is being achieved
wherever and whenever modern mind
ed management and progressive labor
work together in the common cause."
PRICE JUMPS ROB WORKERS
Washington, D. C.—Discussing price
inflation, the American Federation of
Labor economic survey says that fac
tory workers have already lost an
average of $111 each in the year end
ing March, 1942, from the price in
creases that took place. Iu March, 1942,
workers earning the average factory
wage of .$." a week could buy no more
oods with it than they got for $32
a year ago—a loss of $4 a week, the
survey says. The total loss to all con
sumers from price fises in these 12
nioiiths was $0.4 billion, it is added.
Thursday, July 2, 1942.
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hatched Out
The Truth
SHIPS MUST GO DOWN
A PEOPLE'S WAR
DETERMINATION BEST
GUARANTEE OF VICTORY
KEEP THEM ROLLING
We have been seeing pictures ih the
newspapers showing what .enemy
battleships look like when American
bombs rain down on .their decks.
They look pretty awful. And human
beings being blown through the air,
not always intact, look puny and help
less, indeed.
When the ships in the pictures are
enemy ships Americans don't shudder
much at the havoc with human lives.
The enemy has to be killed in great
numbers, if the war is to be won.
For that's how wars are. And .the
war will be won.
The job is to see that a great many
enemy battleships and lesser ships are
blown to bits and their crews with
them.
A ghastly, but necessary, business
for civilized people.
Ships that go down to sea, must go
down under the sea—and stay there.
Newspaper pictures show us long
lines of bombing planes, rolling off
United States assembly lines.
Skilled American workers, men and
women, are turning out those lanes.
They are flying over almost the
whole surface of the earth, with loads
of lethal cylinders to drop on ships
and on other enemy forces, for blow
ing them to smithereens.
Perhaps some may yet fall on Ber
chtesgaden, the hideaway of the
maniac, Schickelgruber.
Our job is to make so many of those
planes that they can smother the
enemy in sizzling metal juid dirt, to
render him helpless and prostrate.
The skill of our workers and the
might of our machines and the shrewd
ness of our executives will do it.
Our factories hum day and night. It
Is a people's war.
The determination of our workers
everywhere that the line of supplies
shall be kept at full tide is the best
guarantee of victory.
Not all of the great might of govern
ment is even half the incentive to work
that is found in the will of the people
themselves.
Not at any time in all history have
people known as fully the meaning of a
struggle, the stake involved or the nec
essity for victory as they know today.
Leaders derive their strength of
leadership out of ,the heart and soul
of the people, w n-. y
In other times it hag been the other
way atynmd.
The people know that this is their
war and that THEY must win the
victory.
No propaganda could make the
people feel and understand as they feel
and understand out of their own con
viction which is based upon their own
knowing of the facts.
Unions put an end to strides, they
will not tolerate stoppages that once
were commonly accepted as proper and
useful.
The production lines must keep mov
ing. The people themselves police
against evils.
There must be many, many more
enemy battleships sent to the bottom in
twisted, broken torture. And fleets of
enemy planes must be torn apart.
Hordes of enemy tanks must be made
into sieves and perhaps millions of
enemy troops must be slain in conflict.
If that does not happen, then liberty
will be lost. Liberty must not be lost.
That is what the free people know
and it is what the slave people do not
know, for they do not know anything
about liberty.
People who know about liberty will
never lose it while they have strength
to resist.
The free people have immense and
vital strength. Look upon those pic
tures again and see in them something
far more important than inert ma
chines. See in them .the dynamic and
invincible force that makes for victory
—and keep them rolling off the lines!
—CMW.
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W A N E
A "victory" safety razor made
of plastics and zinc is on the way.
the War Production Board says.
It will have a plastic handle, a
zinc cap and a zinc or aplastic
guard. Brass and copper will he
eliminated. Production will begin
in a few months.
PAINTERS* UNION EDITOR DIES
La Fayette, Ind. (ILNS).—Irving G.
Long, »3. for years connected with the
international offices of the Brotherhood
of Painters, Decorators and Paper
hangers of America here, died on June
19 after a prolonged illness. He had
been a member of the editorial staff of
the Painter and Decorator, the union's
official magazine. The body was cre
mated and the ashes sent to Rochester,
N. Y.
SOLDIER ASKED IF HE'S ALIVE
Loudon. The Netherlands Indies
News Agency reports that a soldier in
the Netherlands Aruiy in England has
received the following message from
his wife through the Red Cross: "Tell
me whether you are still alive, as I
must pay your life iusur^uce."