The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-20
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hutchet Out
The Truth
DUST OFF CONSTITUTION
LOOK TO CONGRESSMEN
FOR LEADERSHIP
MUST BE UNSELFISH

. MUST BE UNSELFISH
Some things can not be brought
home too often-ideas that are more
than just packing wire to hold words
together.
Principles, pledges and famous
patriotic addresses that were learned
by rote in the grade schools need
to be called to mind now and put into
action.
For most of us the Constitution OF
the United States must be taken down
and busted off.
And so recharged with the faith
that made us the citizens of the great
est democracy in the world we must
give every ounce of our power to the
defense of the liberties and rights that
make US the most envied nation. In
such a mommon effort there is no
room for selfish interest. That which
we must defend is worthy of the sac
rifces of all that we now have.
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But those who are set up in Con-
must be the first to set the example.
The common good and the common
defense of the nation and democracy
must be placed above the desires of
ndividuals-even though those in
dividuals be Congressman or the fav-
ored constituents of Congressman.
Defense housing must not be de-
prived of electrical refrigerators just
because the favored constituents of
Congressman happens to be doing well
in the ice business. Nor must de-
fense housing be Of the shack variety
so that it will not interfere after the
emergency, with the preferred" slum
buildings of the constituents of some
Congressman.
Congressman elected by the popular
vote of the people are reasonably as
sumed to have common sense and
sufficient will power to place the good
Of the nation far above the interests
Of few individuals. Now more than
ever our Congressman must be pushed
to show a greater exercise of the will
to benefit the majority.
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AS a nation we can not wait for
few Congressman to get unselfish.
AS long as the selfish, self-confessed
"most loyal patriots" are in the mi
nority in Congress they can be
handled by the majority.
Meanwhile we must look to our
selves. Every eff srt from now on
should be all out f,r the defense of
the nation and for alTthat the nation
stands.
AS workers, every rivet driven,
every power line drawn must carry
with it the purpose to defend and
preserve democracy as we have lived
it and as we hope our children may
live it.
AS union workers, our every act
must be purposed on the real desire
to see that nothing interiors with the
progress of national defense and
safety. This does not mean the sacri-
fee of the very rights we are work
ing and fighting to defend. But on
the contrary it means just appreci-
alton of these rights by a concerted
refusal to abuse them or to let anyone
else abuse them.
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| First foreign releases commenting
on U. S. passage of aid to Britain bill
show the proper effect in the proper
places.
If British morale could be measured
by a thermometer the reading would
have shown definite jump with news
of the bills passage.
Berlin releases could not ignore
passage of the bill. American aid to
the British is too big thing to keep
from the people all the time. The
threat to razzle-dazzle dictators can
not be pooh-poohed by lockstep
press.
Mere passage of the bill is not what
encourages Britain or threatens Ger
many. The translation of the bill into
action immediate and substantial
action-is the basis of Britain's hope
and the Axis despair. 1t is not what
America is doing right now but what
America can and will do in the i'm
mediate future. 1t is what the citizens,
united and unselfsh, of a great de-
mocracy can do to defnd that democ-
racy in all it's roots.