The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-01-11
Fucing the Fdcts
With PHILIP PEARL

Most predictions are compounded of
80 per cent hope and 10 per cent
"dope" (guesswork). We have no
hesitation in admitting this is our for
nnula for New Year representations.
And so, with that much understood,
here goes our preview for 1910:
WAR and PEACE-The dictators
who forced war upon Europe will be
the victims of it. Hitler and Stain
have been enjoying the "day of the
dog" But the longer war lasts the
less chance they have of surviving.
Before the end of 1910 the people of
Germany will feel the pangs of hunger
and they will turn upon the traitor
to humanity who now oppresses them.
England and France, wisely content
with playing waiting game and
starving the aggressors by blockade,
will find the German people their
strongest allies in breaking Hitler
Meanwhile, Stain will continue to find
the Firms stubborn and mconquerable
foes. The Scandinavian countries, in
ef-protection, will come to the aid of
Finland. And the Russian people, who
still have no idea why the war against
Finland was begun, will become weary
of slaughter and disillusioned with
their dictator. Stain will not last
very much longer than Hitler. When
they both go, peace will come Per-
haps not in 1910, but surely not much
later. Let us pray it will be an in
telligent peace, a peace without ven
genance against people who were
themselves victimized by autocrats
hungry for world domination.
Progress Ahead
LABOR-We see progress ahead
for organized labor. The C. l. O. is
now on it's last legs. 1t cannot hold
out much longer. The working men
and women who have been misled into
the c. I. O. will rise up against the
leadership of John L. Lewis just as
surely as the people Of Germany and
Russia will rebel against their dicta-
tors. Already there are clear signs
that Lewis is losing his grip. See
what happened in Philadelphia the
other day! The c. l. o. central coun-
Gil in that city, comprising every c..
/. 0. union in the jurisdiction, openly
defied Lewis. 1t voted overwhelmingly
to refuse to obey Lewis orders to
fight the A. F. of l.. building trades
unions. In 1910 similar outbreaks
against Lewis will become general all
over the country. The American
people are against Lewis and all his
works and that goes for working peo-
pie just as we'll as anyone else. We
predict that in the Spring of 1910 a
great international union which once
played a leading role in the C. |. O.
will return to the fold of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. Other unions
which left the Federation in 1885 will
follow this example quickly. And la
Dor peace, which Lewis refused to
seek even at President Roosevelt's S
behest, will come about despite his
resistance. Once more labor will be-
come a strong and united family, in
vincible in it's march toward progress,
even though the burly figure of a
would-be labor dictator is left strand
ed in the wilderness.
Happy Days Will Be Here Again
OUR COUNTRY - The United
States of America will remain at peace
with the world. The American peo-
pie will see better days in the coming
year. For we have learned that we
possess the most precious asset in the
world-freedom. Seeing what the peo-
piles of other lands are suffering un-
der, we can view our own problems in
their true light. America may be
suffering from indigestion but it is
not affiliated with cancer.
1t is always frightening to be sick.
People who are ill have strong mag
nations. They are prone to fear the
worst. During the last ten years of
nationwide heartburn, some of our
people imagined the United States
needed major operation. They look
ed abroad for remedies. They were
told to lop off the American system
and try to graft Communism, Nazism
or Fascism in it's place. Now the
American people have discovered these
foreign remedies were actually poison.
They have decided they want no part
of this foreign poison.
In 1910 the American people will
find native remedies for their ills. 1t
may be only a matter of the proper
diet. Our country has in the past been
caught in the throes of economic cy-
cles involving an over-rich diet for a
few years and then long period of
near-starvation. Perhaps we can find
a way Of providing more evenly bal
anced diet Certainly efforts should
and will be made to reduce unemploy-
ment. In 1910 this will be a primary
concern of all our people. 1t will be
a Presidential election year. Let each
candidate state his program. Let the
voters decide which program offers
the best guarantee Of success. Then
let every element in our population
cooperate toward that goal. The
American Federation of Labor offers
it's own program-a universal thirty
hour week with increases rather than
y