The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-03-20

capital, organized or unorganized, and
Of the workers, whether individually
or in association as well as the claims
Of government The extent to which
we can succeed in operating on this
plane will determine the extent to
which we need to have recourse to
law.
The accomplishment of this goal
will mark a tremendous step forward
in social progress. 1t will provide
for greater security and certainty of
industry and of living, both for the
owners of capital and for those
whose main dependence for their liv-
ing must be the labor of their hands
and brains. The substitution of team
work for antagonism will produce
much greater results both in indus
trial production, in social order and
the safety and security of our national
and democratic existence.
Quite aside from labor's interest in
reasonable wages and hours of work
standards, the just recognition of hu-
man rights, the establishment of
equitable industrial relations and the
promotion of the national security and
prosperity, there is labor's concern
in the constructive development Of So
cial welfare. Workingmen and women
are integral parts of community life,
and the building up of a social well
fare structure is part of the progress
that civilization achieves.
Consideration for social welfare
necessarily looks into the distant fu-
ture to make wise provision against
the eXigences Of illness, unemploy-
ment, periods of depression and the
inevitable twilight of life that comes
with advancing years. In making
these provisions there is need indeed
Of cooperation between the State, the
employer and the worker. The task
must be visualized, planned and sus-
tanned definitely as a three-cornered
responsibility. This is equally true
of all our present day social and econ
omic problems if we are to conserve
the principles of freedom and per
pctuate the ideals of democracy.
For these and all other problems re
lating to and arising out Of our in
dustrial life--including taxation, un-
due restraints upon cooperative cf-
fort, governmental intervention, etc,
etc, we propose the discipline for
democratic practice in industry This
we hope to see developed directly,
within industry itself; knowing full
we'll that unless this is accomplished
we shall have a further development
Of the application Of disciplines
| through the indirect, round about, and
| therefore wasteful channels of gov
erhmental action.
Finally, we have come to realize as
never before that q new world is in
the process Of being fashioned upon
the ruins of the old. The cities Of
the Old World which are being de-
stroyed by bombs and shells, mark not
only an end Of many Of these his
toric structures, but the end of a
civilization Of which they were a sym
Dol. We must needs begin the physi-
cal reconstruction Of many Of these
cities as soon as the war is over; but
what is more significant is that we
must begin to build upon new found
ations with an appreciation Of new
values. And that new world which is
in the process Of being born; that new
world to which we must give our best
thoughts for its reconstruction must
be built upon the principles Of social
justice, upon a decent respect for the
rights Of the Individual and basically
upon unitability Of labor and manage
ment.