The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-29
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
. DEFENSE PARADES
. LABOR'S AMERICANISM
. A JOB TO DO
. A LIFT FOR THE NATION

. A LIFT FOR THE NATION
From the looks of things it will
soon be time for DEFENSE PA
RADES.
There is more of the spirit of de-
featism, anti-defense, anti-everything,
than is realized by those who don't
have avenues of information about
what is going on around the country.
"Why should we worry" is found
in lots of places. "What's all the
shouting about" is what, in effect, is
being said in too many places.
Too many are doing, either for pay
or for nothing, what they WOULD
be doing if they were paid by Hitler.
That includes folks in the home
towns and folks in the halls of Con-
gress.
Everyone with any sense knows that
can't go on much longer without lot
Of the kind of turmoil that the United
States should NOT have to go through.
If there can't be unity for democ-
racy, WHAT is there on which we
can unite?
X X X
One trouble is that there isn't one
"ism"-there are several.
Let's look at some Of them.
We have communism of at least
two main currents-Stalin commun-
ism and Trotsky (even though he is
dead) communism-with lesser de-
viations.
We have Naziism. We have Fas-
cism. We have the Falange movement
Going out of Spain. We have an ac-
tive Japanese propaganda not travel
ing under any "ism" name-but none
the less active.
And, while each Of these prop
agandas has it's separate aim,
THEY ALL JOIN in main pur-
pose, which is to tear apart the
thing we know as American de-
mocracy.
Of this-and MORE-there is
abundant proof.
To get at it in a definite way, it
is fact that if TODAY the United
States were to enter active and ac-
tual shooting war, WITHIN "a
HOURS THERE WOULD BE IN
TERNMENT CAMPS FULL TO
OVERLOOKING.
Labor's AMERICANISM is unques-
toned; that means LABOR HAS A
JOB TO DO-for LABOR ALWAYS
HOLDS THE FRONT LINES FOR
FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.
X X X
Labor has a new and all-important
role to play. 1t simply can't be avoid
ed and nobody wants to avoid it.
But playing that role passively and
playing it actively, with full energy
are two different things-two horses
not of the same color.
There you are. These are the views
of this writer-and nothing more than
that-but this writer submits them as
demanding consideration and this
writer, moreover, believes them the
views of every labor editor and of
the overwhelming bulk of all labor
worth the name.
But it would be foolish to say that
every labor official shares them, or
that every wage Garner shares them.
That's the rub! THERE ARE
FIFTH COLUMNISTS. Not many,
but not many are needed to foul the
whole nest, to spread the confusion of
mind that is the heart of the fifth
column aim.
If this be bowling down a rain bar
rel, so be it. But don't think it is.
Again, the time is at hand for De-
fense Parades.
For DEMONSTRATION OF
UNITY that will pin back the ears
of those who don't know how to make
up their minds to be AMERICANS in
a time when it is pretty important to
know who is who and why and for
what reasons.
Perhaps Labor Day, with it's great
parades, would be. good time-per-
haps it would be good idea for every
Labor Day Parade to be also a DE-
FENSE PARADE for American de-
mocracy.
It's an idea. It's worth thinking
over. LABOR COULD GIVE THE
WHOLE NATION A LIFT and spir-
itual stimulant that would help knock
over some of those who are holding
back in the traces to see if they can
profiteer out of the desperate needs
of the nation.
FOR AFTER ALL, THIS is A
NATION, NOT JUST A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIVING ON THE SAME
CONTINENT. To be a nation means
something; TO BE AMERICAN
MEANS THE HIGHEST SOCIAL
IDEAL EVER CONCEIVED BY
MAN.-CMW.