The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
AL Out War Effort
 Asked Of Various
 Units In Waterbury
Editorial DenOunces Axis Combination, Calls for Sub. ordination of All Labor, Management Differences;
 7.Day Work Week Endorsed

The Waterbury 0. I. O., calling on all It's members to join In the vic- tory program, declared today that Tall differences between labor and management must be subordinated to common need. Tn an editorial In publications of the several union lo- calls and in leaflets distributed ct factory gates, the Brass Workers Organizing Committee proclaimed q program for "unity, action and vic- tory"
 '''The battle of production must be won for the world front against fas- cism", asserted tho union statement. Union members were called on not only to help increase production in their own departments but also to enlist in the cause of civilian dee fense by joining one of the Volun- ter defense agencies.
 The union statement, headed "Our Program to Win the War, was as follows:
 we are now ct war with three gangster nations of axis combina- tion-the fascist states of Germany, Italy and Japan-aggressor states which have treacherously attacked us. It is 0 war to the death; Q war between the existence Of free na. tons on the one hand and of world slavery on the other. We pledge all for victory.
 The bubble of isolatloniBIn Is broken, Tn their final tre0chery against the United States, the fas- cist aRgressors confess to what has been charged against them from the beglnnlng-that their daggers were sharpened for the United States for world domination.
 Now tho peril has broken down upon us in full fury, It has united this country into one fighting peo- ple, ready to die in defense Of our independence, standing shoulder to shoulder with our brothers -in. arms, Britain, the Soviet Union, China and their allies on the common bat. tlefield. And we are indeed forum. ate that our President, tho CIO, and millions of other far.slghted Amer. leans had the courage to realize that wal is indiv!sible: that America must prepare to destroy fAsclsm or be destroyed; that America had to join lts allies in Q London. .MoscoWs Chunking- Washington world front or dle in isolation,
 in this war LABOR WILL NOT FAIL. This is . fight for the preSer- walton of freedom and democracy, and for the liberation of oil na- tons from the yoke or threat Of fascism. The vigorous prosecution of this war to victorious conclusion is the primary concern of every work. Ing man and women in the United states, in their own interests, the interests of the entire American people and the common people everywhere. The CfO, in It's local unions, state councils and national convention has registered this dee termination.
 All internal differences in tho ia. Dor movement, all differences be- tween labor and management must Do BubordinAted to tho common need. Labor must strive for cons piete unity--the corn0rBtone of which is labor unity. This unity must be cemented by the democratic strength Of millions of newly organ. ized workers.
 The battle of production must be won for tho world front against fascism. Our Union, the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mil and Shelter Workers, is making c great contribution with it's War PFoduc. ton Program -- q victory program which was drawn Up by our Inter- national President Reid Robinson and submitted to the President of the United States by Cf0 President Philip Murray. This plan will make 1t possible for us to produce 24 hours