The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-19
A GREAT DECISION

IN world so closely knit domination by one
form of government is entirel y possible. This
war is to decide what principles shall govern the
world of the future. Hitler says "Ihe world must
be brought under the domination of the Nazi To-
talitalan rule" And through his Japanese partner
he is gaining control of OIL rubber, valuable raw
materials and territory in the East which Will
serve as vital rentOrcementS and stepping stones
to further conquest
The United Nations say "StrOng and just world
control must come by voluntary cooperation OF
free governments, each government responsible
to its people, each nation recognized and given Il
voice in making decisions that affect all" Already
the United Nations working together in the
strong unity that comes through voluntary co
operation. Conferences between the republics Of
the Western Hemisphere are extending this unity,
advancing the democratic New World Order But
we are desperately short Of aiIplancS, ships, war
materials to stop the Axis advance.
Union members know that the principles of
responsible government and voluntary cooperation
are the very life blood of freedom. We follow these
principles throughout in our unions, giving each
member q vote in tranSacting all union business.
We are all out to win this war because know
what it means We know that "Llberty is a fresh
conquest for each generation. We have had to
win liberty again and again by struggling 1o'
representation in industry, for union recognition,
for collective bargaining, for voice III the work
shop in matters that concern us, for laws to safe
guard our rights and protect women and children.
Thread by thread we are weaving freedom Tor
the working man INTO the 1aDlc OF our nall0nu
life. And this is possible only because we have a
free government, responsible to the voters Labor
will see to it that the great struggle Of time,
the fight to save the hope Of freedom for the whole
world, is not mcanIy lost to Totaitaianism.
Time For Action
TO carry out this great purpose we can brook
no delay In war equipment, the United Nations
are not expected TO equal the Axis until md-sum-
Nor; but when the Axis spring drives open, we
shall need equipment desperately on a fronts.
Every hour by which we can beat the production
schedule means many lives saved, Axis advances
stopped, the day Of victory brought nearer.
II is time for speaking. CompIaccncy has no
place in America if we mean to win this war.
With Singapore lost and the Philippines all but
lost, with Japan in Burma and the NaZs already
sending agents into India, there is not mo-
ment to lose. Yet we find many cases where
deliveries are far behind schedule because en-
ployerS refuse to SGbcOntraCt work, where
available capacity is not being used where a
prime contractor refuses a SubcontIaCt to a plant
ready for Immediate production in order to favor
a company which cannot be ready for weeks or
months. The War Production Board apparently
has not taken step, 10 correct glaring delays
Hitler cannot be stopped by any such datory tao
tics. Labor calls on the Government Of the United
States to correct these abuses at once and put all
available plant capacity war work. 1t is obvious
we can lose the war.