The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-30
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hdtched Out
The Truth
. WE MUST
. PRISONERS OF WAR
. VICTORY FOR FREEDOM
. LET'S GET AT 'EM

Even at this late date-rember Dec
lit seems not too easy for some
Americans to comprehend the fact that
nothing now counts except national
survival on a basis of freedom.
There are altogether too many who
continue to think in terms of personal
advantage. 81 won't unless he does,
IF l have to do it, then he has to do
it too"
The only real motto is, "We all have
to dot" And the reason ought to be:
I'VE all want to; we are determined
to-"
The President put it tersely: "We
can; we will; we must"
The last two words, "We must"
are full of meaning. That's how 1T is.
We must, because it we don't there
won't be any "us''.
X X X
While it is not true that two social
concepts are in the ring fighting
for supremacy, it is true that unless
our side wins there will be no freedom.
At this moment a considerable num-
Der of Americans are bereft of all
rights. They are prisoners of war of
Japan.
Perhaps there are Americans who
| haven't stopped to think of that Amer
| leans are prisoners of war of Japan.
They have lost every shred of freedom
and they will have no freedom until
we win it back for them.
| If we lose we shall all be exactly
as are those prisoners of war.
Our fellow Americans, men who
Tough tenaciously as even men fought
anywhere, know right now what Jap
anese orAXis victory means. They are
| getting Il sample.
AS Macarthur plans in Australia,
| looking toward his men lost on Bataan,
he knows what Axis victory would
mean. He knows this war is the war
of all of us.
A growing number of Americans are
| coming to realize the bitterness, the
| thoroughneSs, the all-news of this war.
In Washington there is much feeling
| that bombing of our Atlantic seaboard
is imminent.
We have bombed Toxic once, shall
do it again-TOlliO and many other far
flung points. Our troops are in most
of the far parts of the world.
| Estimates vary-from ii to II men
at work behind the lines, to keep one
man on the fighting front
Everything is in the balance. Not
just military victory, but victory for
our freedom--Our four freedoms and
all of the little freedoms that mean
so much to us.
| We Americans are joined in a great
| community of effort for one sole pur-
pose-to win the war. Everything else
is secondary.
Two great steel companies have
| shown what not to do. Labor did a
few crazy things, is swinging into full
steam. Throtting patent pools are be-
ing smashed.
But what mainly has not gone right.
yet is the general attitude toward TT II
sum total of talk about the wal II
tagc doesn't seem to rile folks II
much. Father Coughlin's stuff bl < Il
government action, but common folks
don't seem to mind much.
The American people aren't mad yet
That seems to be about it. We
haven't got mad. And that's what we
need
That's what is justified, demanded,
cried for by an outraged justice.
| We need to get mad and we need
great unity in being mad as hell about
this war-so mad that we will just
plumb 90 out and win it and throw
into it whatever it takes to win it!
Are they going to push us around?
Are they going to smash our freedom!
Who says so! Let's go get 'em! Bring
on that haymaker!