The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-15
LiUing Annual Wage May Become Campaign Issue
American Veteran" Scores Legislators for Ignoring Measures of Vital Importance to Laboring Class - Favors Edward
 J. Ryan for Congress.

dustries whose names I shall -di. vulge in later articles. For instance if 8 factory employs ten thousand people in normal times, 8 thousand in poor times and twenty thousand in peak or prosperous times, ther that factory could guarantee tc from ten to twelve thousand people sufficient money to live on for one year regardless of whether they worked 6, 8, 10 or 12 months.
 If this system were established ir all industries throughout the na. tion, it would create a permanent purchasing power which would en. courage spending which in turr would encourage and make neces- sary manufacturing of consumer goods.
 This guaranteed purchasing pow CT would prevent recurring depres- Sions and would have the same ef- feet on the nation that blood transmission would have on a sick man.
 Money is the life blood of the na- tion and If it ceases to flow in any one section, that section becomes i'll and if it is not replenished, vii die, just as surely as would your arm If the blood supply were cut off.
 The idea of a living annual wage based on the workers requirement.! instead of the number of hours ht works is not new, as this is a true Christian principle established by Christ" himself, but 1t certainly iS foreign to those interests that per sist in manufacturing for profit in- stead of for use, and when there is insufficient profit, cease manufac- turing completely.
 Weekly Dividends
 Somehow, the stock holders and investors continue to receive divi- dends 52 weeks year, although in most cases they do not produce wealth, while the laborer is laid off until needed again, when he returns to work for a few more months, if, in the meantime, deSpondency and worry have not driven him to sui eide.
 The industrialists who produce for profit instead of for use, do so on the theory that they may do as they please with their own factory and is the same theory used by the thug who purchases gun or the reckless driver who drives without regard for the rights of others.
 A man must not fire his gun, or drive his car or operate his factory as he pleases, as all three may be put to good use or used dangerous ly. In many cases the industrialists are not the owners, but merely cus- todians of the investments and property of others but their power is so great that the laborer, literal- ly dare not breath against their will.
 The Christian theory is that the minerals, resources and brains are gifts of God and are no. the proper ty of few.
 All men are not born with equal physical and mental capacities, but the Christian concept is that the most clever and most fortunate must not exploit the less fortunate, but ewing tc the greed end Just fer power 1t becomes necessary to curb these men through legislation.
 Ryan Pledged
 The living annual wage if enacted into law will curb the greed and lust for power. It is fortunate for the people of the 5th Congressional district that they have candidate in the person of Edward J. Ryan of the American Progressive party who has pledged himself to fight for enactment of legislation that will guarantee a living annual wage for all who are able and willing to work.
 AMERICAN VETERAN.