Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-01-01
LET us RedoubIe Our Efforts"
-FronkIin DeIono Roosevelt.

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and we fight to gain a greater
future.
Let us remember that economic
safety for the America of the flu
turc is threatened unless a greater
economic stability comes to the
rest of the world. We cannot make
America an island in either a mill
tary or an economic sense. Hitler
ISM, like any other form of crime
or disease, can grow from the evil
seeds Of economic as well as mill
tary feudalism.
Victory in this war is the first
and greatest goal before us. Vic
tory in the peace is the next. That
means striving toward the en-
|largement OF the security of man
here and throughout the world
and, finally striving for the fourth
freedom freedom from fear.
It is of little account for any of
US TO talk of essential human
needs, Of attaining security, if we
run the risk of another world war
in ten or twenty or fifty years.
We have learned that we
can never dig a hole so deep that
10 would be safe against predatory
animals. We have also learned
that if we do not pull the fangs
Of the predatory animals of this
world, they viii multiply and grow
in strength-lnd they will be at
our threats once more in a short
generation.
AggrcssOrs Must BE Kept Unarmed
Most Americans realize more
CLEARLY than ever before that mod
orn war equipment in the hands of
'aggressor nations can bring dan
ger overnight to our own ma
tional existence or to that of any
other nation or island-or con-
tinent.
1T is clear to US that if Germa-
NY and Italy and Japan-or any
one of them remain armed at the
end of this war, or are permitted
/ TO relrm, they will again, and in
evitably embark upon an ambi-
tiOus career of world conquest.
They must be disarmed and kept
disarmed, and they must aban-
don the philosophy, and the teach
ing of that philosophy, which has
brought so much suffering to the
To-day, the United Nations are
the mightiest military coalition in
history. They represent an over
whelmiug majority of the popula-
ton of the world. Bound together
in solemn agreement that they
themselves will not commit acts of
. aggression or conquest against any
of their neighbOrs, the United Ma
tiOns can and must remain united
for the maintenance of peace by
preventing any attempt to rearm
in Germany, in Italy, or in any
other nation which seeks to violate
the Tenth COMMUNICATIONS
shalt not cOvet.'
There are cynics and skeptics
who say it cannot he done. The
American people and all the free
dom-loving peoples Of this earth
are now demanding that it must be
done. And the will of these people
shall prevail.
The philosophy of the Axis
powers is based on profound con-
tempt for the human race. If, in
the formation of our future policy,
we We're guided by the same cyni-
cal contempt, then we should be
surrendering to the philosophy of
our enemies and our victory would
turn to defeat.
Faith of Nation Eternal
"The issue of this war is the
basic issue between those who be-
lieve in mankind and those who
do not - the ancient issue be-
tween those who put their faith in
the people and those who put their
faith in dictators and tyrants.
There have always been those who
did not believe in the people, who
attempted to block their forward
movement across history, to force
them back to servility and suffer-
ing and silence.
THE people have now gathered
their strength. They are moving
forward in their might and power
and no force, no combination of
forces, no trickery, deceit or vio-
lence. can stop them now. They see
before them the hope of the world
"a decent secure, peaceful life
for all men everywhere.
Il do not prophsey when this
war will end.
But / do believe that this year
of 1913 will give to the United
Nations a very substantial advance
along the roads that lead to Ber-