The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-06
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hutchet Out
The Truth
o GREAT NEWS
PAN AMERICAN F. OF L.
Q TO BE REVIVED
. CORRECT STRATEGY

No better news could have come
out of the recent meeting of the
AFofL executive council than the
declaration that the Pan American
Federation of Labor is to be revived.
1t has been said several times that
revival is to take place, but this
time the statement seems to look like
business.
SO it is to be hoped.
Maybe it will seem odd in many
sections of the United States that
this matter of creating hemisphere
labor unity should be so important.
1t has taken long time for many
persons to realize how extremely i'm
portant it is.
But that's how it is, in world that
no longer has any isolated corners
that can wrap about themselves a
mantle of quiet isolation.
If there is anything at all to the
business of readiness for defense,
then we have few defense problems
more acute than the one found in
Latin America.
X X x
1t is the happy good fortune of the
AFofL to have the opportunity to
build in Latin America the only
friendship that will stand against die
tator aggression.
Left wing programs have strong
followings in Latin America and so do
the Nazi ideas. The Nazis have
bought their following and they are
still buying.
John l.. Lewis has done some play
ing around in Latin America, hooking
in with the leftist Lombardo Toledano,
who was one of the key figures in
bringing about the oil confiscation,
which was followed by deals that
gave the Nazis a fresh oil supply.
That the British watch dogs put a
crimp in this is something that can be
credited only to the British fleet; not
to Toledano and his friends.
Indications are that the regime
of Avila Camacho is going to be
pro-United States and that con-
structive labor leaders will get a
break that they did not enjoy un-
der Cardenas.
Best information is that Luis N.
Morones is gaining strength and rec
ognition and there could be no better
news for the United States. He will
work ONLY with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
X X X
SO, these things being as they are
and the world situation being what it
is, the news of AFofL Pan American
plans is of th. most profound import
ance.
Not only is it correct strategy for
the AFofL, but it will send wave of
encouragement throughout Latin Am
erican constructive labor movement. 1t
is the one effective challenge to the
Nazi and red cOnspiratOrs in Latin
America.
Those who have followed such mat
ters know full we'll that speed is of
the essence.
In the first World War the AFofL
played role Of surprising import
ance in this same field, creating at
once a military asset and a fraternal
bond that has never completely lost it's
grip.
1t is no longer possible for anyone
possessed of any sense and honesty
to believe anything except that this
hemisphere is unit, Realistically and
also economically, in the face of die
tatorship plans for dominance. To
make it an effective unit, labor must
play its full part.
X X X
The task is tremendous, which no.
body knows better than President
Green. He will miss sadly the
strength Of the late Santiago Iglesias,
but he will find other men possessed
Of understanding and intelligence.
And throughout Latin America
especially in MeXico-he will find men
ready to join in a great program of
labor unity for the preservation of
democracy. The indications that Pres-
dent Camacho and Labor Leader Nor
ones are in substantial agreement is
one of the first pieces of good news
and the better that understanding
turns out to be, the better is the news
for all, including Mexico.
Here is a job in which President
Green deserves all the support he can
be given. The fate of the world may
we'll turn on much lesser undertak-
ings.-CMW.