Evening star., 1942-04-17
Awards
Defense Palm
To Montgomery
War Effort Delay
Called Sabotage
By Governor

Individuals or groups who impede
the war effort and those who would
seize on the emergency for selfish
accomplishment will be treated as
saboteurS and receive the scorn and
contempt of Americans everywhere.
Gov. O'Conor of Maryland declared
last night.
He pointed to the preparations Of
Montgomery County to meet the
emergency as outstanding" and de-
clared 1t led all counties of the State
in civilian protective efforts.
The Governor spent the evening
in nearby Maryland. making a
broadcast address at the eighth an
nual charter day banquet of the
Prince Georges County Kiwanis Club
at the County Golf and Country
Club and later speaking at the third
annual Silver Spring Hobby Show.
Col. Lee Praised.
mo other county in Maryland can
show such results as have been
achieved in Montgomery, he said
in his talk. which formally opened
the hobby show at the Silver Spring
Armory.
No other county has given such
leadership through Col. Lee, who
has been a tower of strength to US
in the military department OF the
State and who has done remarkable
work" CIT. Col. Z. Brooke Lee is
commander of the 18TH Battalion.
Maryland State GuardD
Your county, through your Board
of Commissioners has done more
than any other county in the State
to procure these essentials which are
necessary for protection OF lives and
property of citizens"
At the Prince Georges gathering
the Governor said Americas creed
should be:
America is ours only as long az
we are alert and strong to defend II.
Capital, labor, the individual, all
have rights-but all of these rights
and all the advantages that have
accrued because of them will add up
to nothing at all unless we preserve
America and its free institutions
intact.
Groups. individuals Accountable.
Therefore, whoever interferes in
any dangerous manner with the
proper progress of the war effort,
must be condemned by all patriotic
Americans. This win apply with
equal force to every group and every
individual.
ANY delay or hinderance Of the
war effort by any element will be
considered and treated as sabotage.
Any element that impedes at this
crucial time will feel the fun brunt
of the scorn and contempt OF Amer
leans everywhere.
War job No. /, Gov. OConor said.
is to send to the Pacific front
planes and men in undreamed-of
numbers, backed by fighting ma
terials in quantities that really
stagger the imagination.
The second task Is to strengthen
and perfect civilian defense forces,
whose function Is to maintain our
national effort and morale in the
face OF any hostile attack, he added.
War Output Job No. 3.
Job No. 3. he continued, is to keep
the Nations industries functioning.
Pointing out that many industries
have had to change from one type
OF production to another and that
many Americans have found en-
ployment temporarily disarranged
because of the changover, Gov.
O'Conor said:
"As people we can accept the
necessity for such changes and re-
strictions (priorities and rationing)
in good spirit and our citizens can
patriotically endeavor to adjust
themselves for the common good"
He added that whatever gets in
the way Of this action program must
be thrown aside, forgotten, until the
war is won.
This war" he declared, ''is no
longer a world spectacle at which
we Americans are merely detached
spectators, 1t is our war, as no
other war has ever been, for It
menaces not only our lives, our
national honor and our material
possessions, but it strikes at the very
foundation of that democracy that
has made America what 1t is today"
Representative Sasscer, Democrat,
OF Maryland made a short talk.
Guests included Chief Justice Oele
Marbury of the 7th MARYLAND
judicial circuit and Associate Justice
John B. Gray, jr. John S. White,
majority floor leader of the Mary
land House of Delegates, was toast
master.