The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-03-04
NUTRITION AND
LABOR
Question OF Sweets"
For Morale

L. NJ Ornburn, Secretary-Treas-
urer, Union Label Trades Depart
ment of the American Federation Of
Labor, in cooperation with the Nu-
triton in Industry Section of the
Nutrition Division of the Office of
Defense Health and Welfare Serv-
ices, is supplying information of
to every worker and to every mother.
This information will contain the
latest nutrition knowledge and will
take into full account the current
picture of rationing, availability,
cost, sons, nutritiOnal value,
transportation facilities and similar
elements which the war brings into
play. BY following these articles,
every reader can learn to keep fit in
health and morale, do his job in our
struggle for survival have a patri-
otically efficient kitchen, save by
spending wisely and serve nutritious
and delicious meals.
We may now consider the question
of morale. 1t stands to reason that
people who acquire bad eating habits III
childhood, such as daily doses of
sweets, will persist in these habits
later on. Such people will be terribly
put out when this war for life and
death i'm which we are involved inter
fereS with their habits. If such in
fringement is called interference with
morale, then we might as we'll view II
as inevitable, since the war is bound
to interfere with many of our habits
and the sooner we realize it and ac.
cept ii the better But if scientific
truth is TO have any value at all, sure
~ its message must be of help in un-
doing this SO-called danger to morale
If nutritional science is to be of any
help to us now, it must work untiringly
reduction i'm supplies of sweets in the
form of candy, sweet drinks and the
like is far from being Il sacrifice fOl
victory, for which many sacrifices will
trary, not having sweets is a boon tO
health and should mot be counted
among the sacrifices we are called to
make The breaking of bad habits and
their replacement by good ones invari
ably 60 with some discomfort This is
only to be expected and needs not up
set us
NutritiOniSts do not mean to imply
that people should have no sweets OF
sugar whatever. Nor do they call for
a new kind of prohibition. Far from it,
NutrtiOnistS are aware that bad
habits are not Destroyed nor good
habits introduced by legislation. Good
dietary habits can only be brought into
being by education and particularly by
that type of education i'm which the
aj0r role is not played by Il whip OF
ready punishment, but which depends
upon the mutual understanding and c,t
operation between the public and 4
trained staff assigned to the job. Occa
SiOnal sweets may not be harmful, hui
surely the consumption of sugar pei
head among our population which
characterized the hast 20 years or s,
must he decreased.
Many workers like something in tht
nature of a pick-me-up between meals
Experiments show that Il snack in be
tween meals is very helpful to tho
wellbeing and efficiency of the worker
Industry stands much to gain from
setting aside ten minutes or so in the
afternoon for such a snack. The break
in work and the nourishment consumed
more than repay in their subsequent
productive effectiveness for the time
lost Yet it is important that these
SnackS not be delusive in their. refresh
ing power but constructive. They mus
contain materials which besides sup
plying energy also supply the body
with prOteinS, vitaminS and minerals
as any good food does.
The custom of nutritious between
meal snack or refrcShment has alread!
been put into practice in Il number O1
plants with results satisfactory to al
parties involved. With overtime wOrl
becoming the rule rather than th'
exception, this habit may become gen
orally essential. Let us hope 1t vii
become permanent. If people reall!
acted in the name of self interest, bot!
labor and management would StrOngl!
favor the proposal. Unfortunately
many people are deferred by ole
habits, by undue fears and antiquate,
beliefs, so that they often blindly op
pose new ideas which subsequent eN
perience proves To be beneficial il
every way.