The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-01-21
FACING
THE FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

President Roosevelt supplied the big
news of the year to date with his
message to Congress on the state of
the nation and his annual budget mes
sage.
These notable documents are eX-
tremely long and those who read as
they run may miss items of vital sig
niticance. This is especially true of
those portions of these messages espe-
cially affecting labor.
OF outstanding interest, it seems to
Jus, is the fact that the Presidents S
postwar detectives doyetail exactly
with those announced by the American
Federation of Labor
He says that America will seek to
free humanity from fear-fear of ag-
|gression and fear of want.
The first of these Obiectives, as la
Dor has pointed out, can be obtained
|only by complete victory over the Axis
Powers, to be followed by peace terms
which will outlaw war as a method of
settling international disputes and by
Thorough disarmament of those ma
|tions now arrayed against us which
|are perennially afflicted with war
fever - to wit, Germany, Italy and
Japan.
The second objective can be attained
|only by a comprehensive social Sc
|curity program which will safeguard
mon and woman 'tfrou, tho GRO ,lIo In
1.-THE grave" against the hazards of
poverty, illness and hunger. That is
|labor's aim as well as the Presidents 5.
A Word To The Wise
There were so many enlightening
and inspirational highights in the
Presidents message that only limita-
|tions of space withhold us from pub
Fishing them in full. The best we can
do is Gull few choice paragraphs
which we submit for your earnest con
sideration. In his message on the state
of the nation, the President said:
"Yes-tlle Nazis and the Fascists
have asked for it-and they are going
to get it,
The sooner the better, say we.
Our forward progress in this war
has depended upon our progress on the
production front"
Yes, and the hard work of America s
soldiers of production on the home
front has made it possible for our
fighting forces and those Of our Allies
to turn the tide of the war.
"The arsenal of democracy is max
ing good"
And that, of course, is because labor
made good.
1913 will not be an easy year for us
ION the home front. We shall feel in
many ways in our daily lives the
sharp pinch of total war"
Well labor showed in 1912 that it
could take it and dish it out too. We
won't squawk when the going gets
tougher.
"Wc take off our hats to all the
loyal, anonymous, lmtiring men and
women who have worked in private
employment and in Government and
who have endured ratiOning and other
lstringencies with good humor and
good WILL"
Our hat is off.
A Greater Future
In this war of survival we must
keep before our minds not only the
evil things we fight against, but the
good things we are fighting for. We
fight to retain great past-and we
fight to gain a greater future"
That's telling the old mossbackS.
Let us remember that economic
safety for America of the future is
threatened unless Il greater economi,
stability comes to the rest of tn,
world"
In other words goodbye isolation
ism!
Il do not prophcSy when this wal
IWiIl end. But | do believe that this
year of 1913 will give to the UnteC
Nations Il very substantial advance
along the roads that lead to Berlin ant
Rome and Toxic.
81 tell YOU it is within the realm 81
possibility that this Seventy y-eightl
Congress may have the historic priv
lilegc of helping greatly to save the
world from future fear.
"Therefore, let us--all of uS-haVt
confidence, let us redouble our efforts
"A tremendous, costly, long -endur
ing task in peace as well as in wal
is still ahead of us.
but, rs we face that continuin.
task, we may know that the state OF
this Nation is good-the heart of this
Nation is Sound-thc spirit of this Ma
ton is strong faith of this Nation
is eternal"
10 that, all we can say it--Amen
NHOLEiIEARTED SUPPORT OF
| UNIONS Is GIVEN CDVO PLAN