The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1942-06-04
Defines War
Aims Of Common Man
b. HENRY ION
Federated Press

! Observation-Disclosures Pres
ident Henry Wallace made q speech
MAY that. unaccountably, found
Its way into few OF the nations
newspapers. 1t was speech tina;
defined, as few speeches before 1t
In this war, the common battle
ground on which the United Nations
are fighting.
Wallace spoke OF the common
man and hts march toward free
dom. He spoke OF "the peoples
revolution and is aims. lie spoke
OF the demagogue and tho man be-
hind the dcmagogue who seeks TO
preserve his wealth though It means
slavery for nations.
There wasn't much newS In the
speech. at least not for newspapers
that give four columns 10 the doings
OF society folk TO every paragraph
given TO o labor union. but there
was a picture OF what a los OF
people bclicyc will come true when
this war Is over
This said Henri Wallace is a
fight between "a slave world and n
free world just as the U. $. In
1862 could not remain half SLAVE
and half free. so in 1912 the world
must make It's decision for a COM
plcte victory one way or the other
FREE PEOPLES MARCH
Tracing the march OF free people
Wallace said tina; men ard women
canno. be really free until the!
have plenty 10 cat ana time ana
ability TO read and thin! anu talk
things over. That has been The
march OF things here. he said. and
In 4 different iashion. tho march o.
events III Russia and China.
When freedom loving pcoplc
march-when the farmer haze al
opportunity TO buy land at reason
able price and TO sell the produce
o. their land through their ovn
organization, when worker have
Tic opportunity TO form unions and
bargain through them collectively.
ard when the Children OF all til.
people have an opportunity 20 at
tend chool which teach them
truths Of tho real world in which
the l;c-TEcn ;ae.c oppor,uni-
tics arc open 20 cvcryonc. then tho
world moves s,ra!gh, ahead tic
vice prosidcn; declared.
But in some places obstacle have
arisen. obstacles in the form OF
demagogucs VINO get financial help
from some person OF wealth WHO
is unaware OF wha the cnd re-
suit Will &c
The demasoguc, Wallace vent
on. is the curse o! the modern
void. and OF all the ccmagogues.
the worst are those financed b.
well-meaaing wealthy men who sin
ccrely believe that their wealth is
likely TO be safer If they can hire
men with political ii 10 change the
s!gnpOsts and lure tho people bac.
into slavery OF the most DEGRADED
kind"
Wallace didn't have TO name the
men lie wa talking about
FIGHT TRAITORS
The people arc on the marca
toward even fuller freedom than
the most fortunate peoples OF tic
world hayc hitherto enjoyed. he
continued No Nazi countcr-reyo-
lut!onit will stop it. The COM
mon man will smoke the Hitler
.tooees out into the open in the
L. S, in Latin America, ard II
inG.a He Will destroy their In
t!uencc. No Larals, no Mussolin!s
will BE- tolerated in free world
Tie people in their millenn!al
ard revolutionary march toward
mariicstlng here OH earth the dig
nity that is in every human soul
hold as ihc!- creGo tic four free
doms cnunc!a,ed b. Pres Roosevcl;
In his message TO congress on Jan.
6, 1871.
we who live In the u. ). mag
think there Is nothing very reyolu-
,ionary about freedom OF religion, /
freedom OF expression and freedom
from the fear Of secrc: police Blu;
when We begin to think about the
Significance OF the freedom from
want for the average man. then nc
know tina. the revolution OF the
past $50 years has not been COM
pleted, either here in tho U. S. or in
any other nation in the world. We I
know that this revolution cannot
stop until freedom from want has
actually been attained"
Against a background OF stories
relating tho fight OF Europe's conf
mon people against their Nazi OPP
pre- ssors. against a background OF
tales from the guerrilla front,
against background OF train
wrecks and factory sabotage in the
infested parts OF Europe. wallaces
speech stands aS promise that
will grow stronger as the materials
OF war flow from tho factories