The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-19
Economic +. d. .
National and International Problems
hseparable from Local Welfare


, beginning of 4 new era. The motor
,Iplants, working on Il 2l-hour-a-day
basis, began the tremendous job of
switching to war production. There is
a striking symbolism in that change
THE automobile industry is Il magnifi-
cent example of free enterprise at
wrrt to improve the standard of liv-
ing, and To give the public Il better
lproduct for less money.
u What is taking place in Detroit is
taking place in all the other Industrial
areas of this country, in Il thousand
and-one different kinds of industry and
business. The American production
machine is unequaled It's potential
farms capacity is greater than that
Iof all the other powers combined. But
we are starting to use this machine
at Il very late date. Our enemies have
la long head start on us. While the de-
ImocracieS were giving their energies
Ito betterin@ the lot of the people, the
Total states were deyotin@ theirs with
ruthless single purpose to the creation
most valuable commodity in this war
is time, and we must make the most
of il, stinting nothing, now.
/ The series of disasters which have
taken place in the Pacific, are Il grim
Testimonial to more than 20 years of
blindness, inefficiency and wishful
thinking on the part of This country,
England and other democracieS. SO far
as the righting quality Of the United
I Nations troops are concerned, we need
lhaye no qualmS. 1t is Il fact that in
,Ievcry instance where those troops have
met Axis troops on anything resembling
Icvcn terms, they have emerged vic
, Itorious. The tiny Dutch navy and air
force has inflicted blow after blow
against Il Japan which is infinitely
stronger in every military branch. En-
Ipirc troops in Malaga took IL heavy
tool of an enemy which Outnumbered
them TERRIBLY and had virtually com
: Ipictc mastery of sky and sea. 4 rela-
= Tive handful of American and Filipino
= soldiers under the great General Mac
J
| ESTIMATED at more than 100000 men
and they have done that with almost
no hope of relief or aid. The tragedy
lis ihat Macarthur and other leaders
were given 50 little to work with We
delayed, we refused to read the writ
ing on the wall, we ptruticed business
) las usual and politics as usual and
} STRIKES as usual, and 50 the defeats we
have suffered became inevitable
Now there has been some rcorgani
Ization in government, designed TO give
lit feasibility and speed. Donald Nelson
is using The vast powers conferred
upon him TO cut out dead wood and
i; IClcar The way for swift and decisive
} faction. Industry iS confident of itS
/ liability 10 do the job, no matter how
long and arduous il proves to be. As
Raymond Clappcr recently wrote, Il
have talked with executives of the
Chief automobile companies and
y haven't heard Il dcrcatist word. They
aro making il II matter of personal and
firm pride to demonstrate that in war
production they can asloniSh the world
Just rs they did in automobile produc-
Iiion.' That confident attitude extends
throughout all industry.
One of thc most difficult Jobs for
the Immediate futur" will be to mobl-
iHc small factories for war work. II
is much easier to produce the peace
to-war transition in gigantic indus