The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-30

Edward M. Ryan, American Pro- greSSive candidate, speaks over Radio Station WATR tonight at 7:45.
 In a broadcast over the same sta- tion last evening, MT. Ryan made one of the finest talks delivered thus far in the campaign.
 Said MT. Ryan in part: Billions of dollars have been appropriated by the Congress of the United States for expenditures. Our peo- pie are willing and ready to be taxed and taxed to help win this war. On that point there Is no argument, but, 1t seems to me, our people are entitled to know more about how these huge appropriations are to be spent.
 we are hearing Q great deal about morale or lack of 1t. If the morale of our people is bad, and I say 1t is not, then the full re- sponsibility for the lack of morale falls on Washington and the bu- reaucratic fumbling that is taking place there.
 we are still operating on trial and error basis General Hershey says we will need an army of 13 million men and more, Donald Nel- son says it will be ten million and Secretary Stimson says 1t will be an army of seven and one-haH mil lion men. Who are we to believe?
 "Every married man, with and without dependents who has regis tered for the draft, whether 30 or 45 years of age, has 8 case of jit- ters, not knowing what is going to happen or when. All of which does the morale of our people no good.
 "Our rationing program still has no well defined policies in effect. Sugar has been rationed without showing of necessity. Warehouses today are overloaded with sugar and no one can deny this.
 'The rubber situation was a lla- tional scandal, and 1t took the spe- cial committee headed by Barney Baruch, to show this up.
 "Now we are worried about the fuel oil rationing and many people will be made to suffer this winter, although our oil producer tells us there is plenty of fuel oil for every body, everywhere.
 Now a new problem arises to cause the people of the fifth con- gressional district extreme worry, for the War Production Board has announced there will be no more war contracts placed in this area because of labor shortage. This, to my mind, is just trial balloon. The real underlying motive IS to put over the conscription of man. power. I am opposed to the con- scription of manpower, which means the conscription of labor. Conscript- ing labor for industry Is civil slavery. There is a big difference between conScrlpting labor for in. dustry and men for war service. l do not want a government to take a man and shove him around, tell him where he will work and unaer what conditions he will work. Con- scrlption Of labor may lead to all kinds of abuses. Labor would lose every right that 1t has won m the last century.
 "If you send me to the Congress next Tuesday, l promise you that [ shall attempt to have the selectlve service act amended 60 that per- sons from outside our state cannot he deferred by the draft board Of their southern state and come here to take over a Job from which one Of our boys was drafted,
 'The only reason these out-of. state workers are here is because og the wages which are now paid by Oui factories. When this war lS over these people will all 60 back to their home states and live ia luxury, because what money they can make here will support them for some time to come tn eonie os the southern states.
 "What must be the mothers thoughts as she learns that the yob from which her son was drafted iS now held by some person from oat- side OUT state w1so was deferred by the draft board in his state. Both man would he the same ages, both just as strong. just as healthy. But ono deferred the other lighting Tor his country.