The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-28
War To Cost U. s.
 Plenty Ginsburgh
Army Colonel Tells Rubber Factory Employees Amer-
 ica Not Fighting Present Conflict for Profit

Naugatuck,, Oct. 2s-Colonel Robert A. Ginsburgh, speaking at the U. s. Rubber Company rally this noon, told his listeners that w2 are not fighting this war for prof if. that we cannot expect to break down and that we will have to pay staggering price for the right to remain free men in free world.
 Colonel Ginsburgh's speech fol- lows:
 Fellow soldiers of Rubbertown:
 call you fellow soldiers because that is exactly what you are, all of you. man and women both. We are the soldiers of the firing line. You are the soldiers of the pro- duction line. Together we make up a team, a team in which we are wholly dependent on each other.
 If you fail us, we become an army without arms. If we fail you, you fall victims to the Nazis and Japs. But if we in the Army and you in the factory work together Loyalty and whole -heartedly, Amerl- ca will remain free and unconquer- able
 war for profit.
 We cannot expect to break even.
 We will have to pay a staggering price for the fight to remain free men in a free world. But freedom is worth fighting for at any price.
 Despite all its horror, war does bring out the finest qualities Of man. It teaches men to be brave.
 It teaches men how to suffer, and how to show compassion.
 It teaches us how to conserve rubber and oil and other products so badly needed by our fighting men. It stimulates the ingenuity of inventors, and hastens the discovery of substitutes.
 This very community is healthy and useful by-product of war. War brings us closer together-labor and management-soldier and civil Han.
 Here in Naugatuck you were the first to manufacture rubber. You were the people who made possible the Army of today which so largely depends on rubber.
 Instinctively We know that we are all in the same boat, and that we sink or swim together.
 We have come here to Naugatuck to reward certain employees who have made special contributions of one kind or another to the war ef- fort - men and women who have distinguished themselves in the bat tie of production.
 I am here as official representa- tive of Under Secretary of War Rob- ert Patterson, and of the War De- partment, to help you pay tribute to them.
 We in the Army know that with out you men and women who are fighting on the production line, our soldiers and sailors and marines al the front would be driven back, and back, until we would be fighting in our own streets. Our homes and fac- tories would be bombed. We would be forced to hide in the ground like the unhappy peoples of Europe.
 Like the brave chaplain whose words have been immortalized ir song, all that we in the Army car say to you soldiers of production is' Praise the Lord, and pass the ann munitionG'
 We are here also to dedicate service flag to those men of the United States Rubber Company whe answered the call to arms and now serve in the Army and Navy.
 Some of these men, whom you well know may never return.
 It would be strange, indeed, Il none of them was called upon tc give his life for his country.
 Undoubtedly, there are young mer in this very audience today who will not be here a year from now, anc some of you, too. may be called upor to make the supreme sacrifice. W. hope you won't. We pray the wal will be over soon, and the enemy destroyed.
 But common sense tells us that this Is going to be a long ar, hard war, cruel war, and war of bloodshed for us, too. We have come together. there fore, to honor not only those who have distinguished themselves ir the factory. but also those who can. mot be here because they are using the tools of war elsewhere.
 But we are not here today merely to pay tribute to our heroes on i'ie production line and our heroes or the firing line.
 We are also here because the joE is not finished yet, and because we need inspiration to so forward, to- gether, to even great deeds.
 The strain and stress of war often brings to the factory irritation and discomfort. The tempo of the worh increases. With shortages Of rub Der. and shortages of oil. it's tough Ito get around. We have serlouI