The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-07-16
THE POTTERS HERALD

of labor, because il is always difficu
for protagOnist to be objective Their;
is another point They are willing t.
face national issues: realizing tha
they affect their readers as directly a,
local ones.
This attitude of being a part of tn,
nation as a whole. expresses a fal
broader viewpoint than that found il
many of the daily papers in the same
communities.
| had an illustration of this at the
height of the outcry on ''racketeering.
\ friend who knew of my interest il
Labor said to me. Il was talking to {;
group of men in Washington yesterday
and they made certain statements abou
Labors stand on the questions of rack
eteering and Communism which were
entirely contrary to what you tell me
If you can give me proof of what you
say 'as to Labor's position, I'll see thai
these men read it,
Very fortunately. that day | had the
answer on my desk On racketeering, in
an editorial in the st. Louis Tribune
and on Communism in one of Lunde
berg's diatribes, in the West Coast
Sailor. ! sent these two in and they
were accepted as conclusive evidence
as to where Organized Labor stood in
these questions.
Since then I've made habit of clip
ping labor press editorials and passing
them on to where they'll do the most
good. That is what advise you to do.
See that your labor paper is read b.,
those who do not know the aims of
Organized Labor. You don't have to
sell those who agree with you, but you
do have to sell those who don't. Never
throw away Il labor paper. Use it and
pass it on.
NeXt-speak for yourself by taking
your proper place in community life.
Today we must think first of service
and second of self, and there's job
for each and every one of us where we
can serve our fellow citizens Join into
every community enterprise that you
can. Be ready to serve on committees :;
attend meeting regularly; have some
thing to say, even if it's only Il brief
word to applaud Il previous speaker.
BE ready to take the leadership in any
movement for the betterment of your
community as Il whole. Establish in
every ones mind that Organized Labor
as represented by your outfit is Il
group of which the community should
be proud, that it can always be de-
pended upon in any emergency, and
that its members are civic minded and
ready to do more than their share, in
any community enterprise.
Join wholeheartedly in Civilian De-
fense. The responsibility of every men,
Der of Organized Labor in this cOnnec-
ton is clear. 1t is exactly that of every
other citizen in the country-no more
and no less.
Civilian Defense is not thing apart,
an altruistic task performed by and for
others. Civilian Defense is for the pro-
man, woman and child, worker or EN-
ployer-and no man can shirk his
share of this burden, no matter at
what task he may toll.
We are in Il war. for VICTORY. The
alternative is not merely defeat, but
the destruction Of the freedoms by
which we live. Organized Labor fore
saw the dangers which threatened and
ii knows that if the war is lost, Labor
will be the greatest loser. You men of
Labor have seen what happened to
your fellow unonist in those countries
laid waste by Hitler and his fellow
2angSterS.
You rallied to the call of the Presi-
dent. Through your leaders you have
gone on record as to your all-Out effort
to increase production and do your full
share toward winning the war
But this is not enough. You must do
more. Organized Labor must not only
turn out the weapons needed for the
fight ahead, but The men of Organized
Labor must do as all other patriotic
citizens must, participate in every ac-
tivity of Civilian Defense
The army is needed for the actual
fighting. Defense Of civilians il a com
munity job-and you union members
can make Il valuable contribution TO
your community by Offering your serv
ices to your local defense boards. You
are trained in organization, in cooper
atiNe action and in many cases have
specialized knowledge needed for Spe
cial phases of defense work. This is
not the time to talk of who is making
the greatest sacrifice. If we don't all
sacrifice willingly to win this war
we will all be unwilling sacrifices to
the war
First there Was the cOunter-active
propaganda then the constructive
But there is still another form of prop
aganda into which Organized Labor as
Il whole should enter. That is prOpa-
ganda for democracy.
Organized Labor was the first group
in this country TO fully recognize the
false propaganda of both reactiOnary
and radical groups for exactly what 1t
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