The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-02-25
FACING
THE FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

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Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker is fast
becoming hero only to the National
Association of Manufacturers.
Ever since his return from his
miraculous rescue in the Pacific, Capt
IRickenbacke has devoted his time tI
a transforming tour of the country
lattacking labor unions and sneering al
the record of Americas soldiers OF
production.
If this is supposed to be morale
building" or helpful to the war effort
Capt. Rickenbacker is being grievous
ly mised. In fact, the War Depart
ment has felt it necessary to divorce
itself of any responsibility for Capt
retary of War Patterson issued pub
| lie statement declaring that the former
World War ace was speaking as an
individual and not as an Army officer
in his lecture tour.
This statement effectively blasted
the impression Capt. Rickenbac cker
sought to create that his is the spokes-
man for the millions of American boys
now serving in the armed forces
The Voice OF Big Business
Before analyzing Capt. RickenbaclI-
ers attacks on American workers and
the labor unions that represent them
it may be helpful to inquire into his
own economic background.
'Nbn fost iS tbot Cant Ri.lyap Ja .ly
in private life, is business mana
big business man. He is President OF
Eastern Air Lines. In this capacity he
has had extensive dealings with two
labor unions which hold contracts with
his company-the Airline Pilots Asso-
citation and the International Associa-
ltion Of Machinsts, both affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
When questioned by newspaper re-
IporterS, Capt Rickenbacker was forced
to admit that his relations with these
unions have been friendly and con
lstructive.
Thus, when Capt. Rickenbacker as
sails labor unions in general for nor
cooperating sufficiently in the war eff
fort he is not speaking from persona
Experience quite the contrary - but
from hcarSay.
We would like to know who has fed
Capt, Kickenbacler the bologney which
! he is Spouting so energetically.
Furthermore, when Capt. Ricllen-
Ibaciler crticiZes conditions i'm Ameri-
can war factories, he is not speaking
from personal observation. He has not
made any extensive inspection of such
war plants. Those who have, repudiate
his uniformed conclusions
among these is an entirely unbiased
war correspondent, Qientin Reynolds
In an address to Detroit businessmen
recently, Reynolds said he had visited
thirty American war factories and
hundreds in Russia and England, "and
| | say that nowhere in the world is la.
bor digging in and working as hard rs
lit is right here in America"
Out Of His Own MOutE,
\ report in ,ie New York Times OF
Capt. Rickenbacker's. address last
week in Philadelphia confirms our Sus
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