The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-06-05
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtchet Out
The Truth
. ENTERING A STATE
. OF FULL EMERGENCY
. WE ARE IN IT
. AN UNDECLARED WAR

Well, there it is-on the line.
We have entered a state of full
emergency.
There have been so many who just
didn't believe we were where we were.
So many who didn't believe it was
that late.
1t now is very clear.
AS matter of fact, it is even later
than the emergency proclamation it.
self indicates.
This will become clear in the i'm
mediate future.
Remember: We will see to it that
our supplies reach England and we
will resist encroachment.
In this we are cutting so sharply
across the Nazi bows that she must
either start shooting at US, or admit
that she is licked.
We are heading fast for a state Of
undeclared war.
X X X
AS a matter of fact, that's the state
we have been in for more than year.
declared shooting war.
The Nazis pop off and we pop right
back-as we darned we'll ought to.
From then on it's war with no holds
barred and to the utter finish.
AS far as domestic affairs are con-
cerned, we have now to behave as if
we were in full state Of war.
.o -
about "as if" we were at war, while
at the same time we know that we
ARE at war in the way the govern
ment now thinks will help Britain
most. 1t sounds confusing, and it is so,
as far as discussion goes.
But actually it isn't confusing, for
the whole course has been and is the
one calculated best to help ultimate
victory. If that isn't war, you
name it.
In modern warfare the old terms
are not much good. We have to
think in new terms.
X X X
So, being "as if'' at war, as far as
domestic affairs go, we had best have
long look at what the President had
to say about labor relations and con-
tinuous production.
1t makes official what this column
has been saying for many weeks.
And, as a matter of fact, the stop
page of so much defense work may
have been a big part of the reason for
the emergency proclamation. Perhaps
we'll never know.
But we know now that defense work
has to go on-that disputes have to be
settled by negotiation, or by media
ton or arbitration-for the duration.
Nobody thinks or hopes that all
strikes will be prevented. There are
several reasons why there will be
some strikes.
One is enemy operations; another
is that in some cases the provocation
is just too all-fired much; another is
resentment against actual or suspect
ed profteering. But we shall have
far fewer stoppages than in the pre-
emergency days just passed. And
that's the way it had better be.
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Hard work lies ahead. A morato-
| rum on the millennium. A vacation
from further gains of any Importance.
The pressure will get heavier and
| heavier for more output in every line.
1t will affect employers and work
ers. Many peace-time products will
not be made; many others will be
made in reduced quantities. More
planes; more tanks; more ships; more
guns of all kinds. And uniforms by
the million, instead of civilian cloth
ing.
Hitler has to be beaten and that
won't be done by wishing. The people
of the United States are united as
never before-to beat Hitler-to knock
out relationships that want to boss the
world.
The President probably would ap-
preciate thousands of resolutions by
local unions, swearing to stick to this
tremendous job until it's finished.
That's an idea you might think
about. t.-CMW.