Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-02-18


enbacker. Since his return from
the epic experience in the South
Pacific Captain Rickenbacker
has been making one appeal
after another throughout the
country for men and women to
become conscious of the facts
facing US in this
CAPTAIN war. He is empha-
Voices Our sizing more and
Sentiments more the need for
greater physical
effort and a fuller appreciation
of those things which make the
lighting of the war worthwhile.
But even with the pure Ameri-
canism of a man of his type
and record there are those who
would impugn his motives.
Labor leaders object to his
TRADES against tactics which
have a tendency to retard
war production. But the Cap
tain is merely expressing what
millions of Americans have felt
for the years since we began
our mammoth defense pro-
gram. He is telling men who
would profit by our entry into
the war that the things for
which we are fighting will be
worthless unless we win the
war. He tells them in under
standable language what the
boys on the seas and the front
lines are facing. He makes it
plain that those men are on
the job-not for forty-eight
hours per week but for forty
eight hours every two days
not for straight time or over
time but for flat sum re-
CARELESS of hours. He is i'm
pressing his audiences with his
sincerity and many of his
hearers are men in the ranks
of labor whose sons, brothers
or friends are among those on
duty night and day.
Captain Rickenbacker and
his little band of men were
miraculously saved from al
most certain death. Captain
Rickenbacker is using his re-
turn from his rendezvous with
death to sell America to
Americans. That such an eff
fort should be necessary is not
a little disturbing. 1t is a
condition which should not be
lost sight Of when this war
business is finally
Our Boys cleared up. When
Not On we consider that
AZ Hours all the sacrifices
made in behalf Of
the war are made because we
all believe that America with
all her institutions must be pre-
served for future generations it
sours US to a degree to realize
that there are a good many
amongst our 100 million who
have no conception of democ-
racy. There are some who con-
ceive the war to be merely a
spending spree which has
blotted out all the ills Of nor
NAL times; those who, having
no loved ones in the armed
service, accept war conditions
as a happy occasion for them.
There is another disturbing
angle to our national picture.
It is this: Despite the tight
rein maintained on immigration
for the past two decades we
have many thousands in our
midst who have not so much
as applied for their first papers
for naturalization. These peo-
pie have enjoyed, enjoy now,
and will enjoy in the future
all the fruits of our great demo-
cratic institutions while declin-
ing to accept the responsible
ties which go with citizenship.
It has been authoritatively
stated that many high places
in the unions Of the country
are held by this type Of men.
Yet we are obliged to beg and
plead with them to render an
honest days work. We are the
innocent victims of a condi-
ton brought about by lack Of
interest on our part in past
years. And their children are
4ha t-.e6cieries of the same