Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-04-16
War Policy Adopted by JAW

the policies of our Commander-in-
Chief and President.
CasabIanca Decisions
To bring Hitler and his Japan
ese allies to quick disaster, this
international union considers it
absolutely imperative that the
decisions of the recent Casa
blanca conference be immediately
carried out.
Now, with Hitler staggering un-
der the blows of our Soviet ally,
invasion of Europe to bring about
the unconditional surrender of the
Axis is imperative. Defeat for the
Axis in 1943 is the battle cry of
Americas people and those of the
United Nations.
But against this program of vic
tory, sinister forces have moved
into action. Anti-labor and Quis-
ling groups are carrying forward
a feverish campaign to block the
decisions of the Casablanca confer
ence-to hamper and hold back in
vasion of Hitler-dominated Europe
to bring about "peace" by ne
gotiation with the mad dogs of
fascism.
Division Fostered
Division and disunity have been
fostered. Congress is being made
more and more an instrument for
the disruption of the military and
economic policies proposed by the
President in the interest of victory.
Policies of the President for put
ting the national economy on war
footing have been ridiculed, sabo-
tagged and partially wrecked,
The reactionary poll-taXers and
their Republican friends have al
ready jeopardized the cause of eff
fective wartime rationing, price
control and progressive taxation.
By their opposition to full mobili-
zation Of manpower they seek to
strike at the foundation of our
military power, An eX-president of
the United States, long known for
his adherence to doctrines of ap-
peasement, has been applauded in
his proposals that we go slow, that
we do not attack until 1914 or per-
haps l945.
Labor the Target
Because labor recognizes this for
what it is, the fatal policy of de-
feat and disaster, labor, too, has
been the target of the SANDER Of
those who would divide our nation
in its hour of crisis and peril. The
Hoffmans, the Dies, the Ricken-
hackers and the forces of betrayal
for whom they speak have con-
spired against and viciously at
tackled the millions of men and
women who are today providing
the weapons needed by the armed
forces of democracy. And groups
such as the National Association
of Manufacturers have sought for
their own narrow and selfish pur-
poses to direct public suspicion and
hostility against the patriotic work
ers of the nation.
The conspirators against the
unity and victory of the American
people and the United Nations, the
small but powerful groups desir-
ing a negotiated peace with Hitler,
have again been echoing Herr
Goebbels' gospel of the communist
menace. Again as at Munich, Hit
Ter is being portrayed as the
worlds protector against the 'red
danger" providing protection"
which entails the acceptance of
Naziism by America.
United Nations Unified
This bogey, which was success
fully used to bring division, defeat
and slavery to all Europe, is again
being resorted to as Hitler sees the
final defeat of Naziism spelled out
in the unshakeable unity of the
United Nations and their peoples.
Labor must do its full part
toward overcoming the defeatists
whose actions today threaten dis
aster not only to labor bat to the
whole nation. The program of Cas-
ablanca, to which our President has
subscribed, must and will be made