The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hotched Out
The Truth
. WATCH YOUR TALK
. BEWARE OF PROPAGANDA
VICTORY WILL COME
. BUY DEFENSE BONDS

Much talk goes the rounds to the eff
feet that the war will end, come this
fall
Look out for that talk.
OF course, anything CAN happen
but that doesn't seem to be the thing
that WILL happen, or that is likely to
happen.
| Victory will come to the United Ma
tiOns, surely.
But meanwhile the Axis nations are
spreading plenty of propaganda, and it
could be that this talk about quick
end to the war is from that source.
When people think the end is in sight
they ease up ON their efforts, in the
happy belief that we can coast from
| here on out.
LOOK OUT FOR THAT!
X X X
Nobody knows when the war will
end and those who really should have
the best information don't pretend
even to guess except that we are in for
a long war.
| There are plenty of sacrifices ahead.
When folks think the end is in sight
they don't make sacrifices easily. For
example, they will not save their tires,
they will grumble about sugar - and
many more important things.
| We've got to 60 through each day as
if we KNEW the war would go five
years.
That's the only way to mobilize 1000
war effort.
The chances are that, as one writer
has put it, we shall have to hit the
enemy with the ring posts before he
can be knocked out properly and for
keeps.
OF course, WE have something to
| fight for that the enemy hasn't got. But
HE may not know that, having been
raised in slavery knowing not of free
dom.
For him he can lose and not lose his
freedom. Indeed, if he loses, the peoples
GAIN their freedom But if WE lose,
we lose EVERYTHING. We are done,
as free people. So, we can't afford to
play with any short-war idea.
| X X X
We must beware of propaganda.
AND we must beware of loose talking
among ourselves.
l could tell you some very interest
ing things about Transatlantic bomber
ferrying but l won't.
The reason / could is that a ferry
pilot talked and talked and talked to
a friend by telephone, on his return. He
had a two-party line and the other
party picking up her phone to ring a
number, heard the talk and listened.
Perhaps the information might not
hurt, even if heard by an enemy, but
who knows? it NIGHT.
Let us not guess, let us not raise
false hopes or false fears. Let us hold
our tongue about things we know.
| Very small facts, when put together
with other facts, can reveal whole
great plan.
1t is true that this is a PEOPLES
war.
AS this is written we are scoring q
great sea victory over Japan. But there
is plenty left to Japan with which to
fight.
The British are pushing ROmmel
around and the Russians are pushing
the Germans back.
But many a time battles have been
lost, while the loser of battles has won
a war.
WE shall win this war-but not by
giving heed to rumors, not by getting
into the way of thinking that victory
already is in sight. That, indeed, would
be good way to lose it,
We simply do not know when the
war will end-but we do know and we
must keep ON believing that, by giving
to the war every possible ounce of ef-
fort, we shall win for freedom and for
democracy. Never mind when it is 60
ing to end. Just keep on slugging.-
CMW.