The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-13
bevin Declares British Workers Are
Fighting Agains+ Nozi EnsIovemen+
See Trade Union Movement
Coming To Life Even
In Germany
VICTORY ASSURED
American Aid and English
Courage Too Much For
Hitler. He Says

Washington, d. CA strong in
dictment of Nazi dictatorship as th'
enemy Of liberty throughout the worlt
and the necessity of protecting Grea
Britain from it's tyranny feature al
article by Ernest Bevin, British Min
), lister of Labor, in the latest issue OF
\ the American Federationist, officia
magazine of the American Federation
of Labor.
Paying an enthusiastic tribute tt
the support already given Great
Britain by both the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor and the entire Amer.
lean people, Mr.. Bevin continued:
"In the British labor movement We
were under no delusion as to what
would happen once Hitler came into
power. We knew that everything la,
Dor stood for would go if his regime
succeeded. His object was to make a
slave state. And what ruthless meth
DDS he adopted in order to achieve it!
Not merely the crushing of the trade
unions but also the knout, death or
the concentration camp.
'"The same thing has followed in
his train wherever he has gone. The
Nazis have taken trade union leaders
and put them to death. Tey have
stolen the money and asset of the
movement. But they have not de-
stroyed it's soul-neither in the coun-
tries which they have conquered nor
even in Germany where there are still
remnants, probably crushed at the mo-
ment but whose resurrection is as GER
tain as that dawn follows night.
J Is it not glorious task whereon
we are engaged-to destroy tyranny,
to allow the plant of freedom to re-
vive and the soul of man to start
again on its upward course?
"We are adopting in this country
far-reaching measures of organiza-
tion of industry and labor in order
for ourselves not merely to withstand
Hitler's onslaught but to make the
great offensive which will cause his
destruction.
"We are translating ourselves into
the position of a freely organized de-
mocracy, with each citizen submitting
willingly to discipline on a character
calculated to bring victory nearer So
you have the remarkable experience
of seeing the British people-men and
women-not only going into the forces
but also engaged in fire fighting,
watching for incendiary bombs and
saving their homes, while others are
occupied in the great hospital SER
vices"
Emphasizing the herculean efforts
of the British workers and the British
people generally to resist successfully
the tyranny planned by Nazi totali-
tarianism, Mr.. Bevin said:
"We feel in our very bones that we
are the bastions of liberty. The words
they shall not pass have greater
meaning than ever before because we
know that we are preserving not only
our own liberty but that of the whole
Commonwealth. Indeed, in saving
ourselves we save every lover of lib
erty in the world.
"Rut it is useless to underestimate
either the power of our enemy or the
task we are called on to perform He
has dragooned forces, subjugated mil
lions of people to his will and created
vast arsenal, utilizing the labor of
a population of nearly 20O,OOO,OO0
people, many of whom hate him and
would turn their weapons upon him
tomorrow if only the opportunity pre-
sented itself.
"We in this tight little island have
a working population of 100000.
We have to face the output of his
formidable labor force and simultane-
ously bring goods and raw materials
from overseas. And bravely the mer-
camille marine of our own and allied
nations are doing it.
"You have only to look at these
figures to understand what encourage
ment it gives us when we read the
declarations Of the great labor move
ment of America and realize that they
see the problem in all it's nakedness
as we do and give expression to their
great determination to supplement
our production with Americas and to
restore balance with the productive ca
pacitv now against US.
"The courage Of our forces is in
deed superior to that of the Germans.
1t is the limitation of our productive
capacity which gives them momen-
tary superiority.
therefore, when we now learn that
the mighty American productive ca
pacity, together with the will of the
American labor movement, is going to
throw it's full weight into providing
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