The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-04-23
LABOR MEN SAY
MORAL IS MAKING
CONTRIBUTION TO
U.S.. WAR EFFORT

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-Re-
vealing new evidence of teamwork in
war production, a comprehensive re-
port on the war service of Moral Re-
Armament has been released here
with foreward by 21 ranking AFL,
CIO, Congressional and business
leaders.
Made public by Senator Harry S.
Truman, chairman of the Senate COM
mittee investigating the war produc-
tion program, and entitled "The Fight
To Serve" the report contains first
hand accounts by union and manage
ment officials and workers of in
creased cooperation and production
in aircraft, steel, shipbuilding and
other war industries. For the first
time the full story is told concerning
recent newspaper publicity on the
draft status of key Moral Re-Arma
ment workers.
Felix K. Knight, vice-president of
the American Federation of Labor
Railway Carmen, Frank L. Fenton,
AFL Direct or of Organization,
George L. Googe, AFL Southern
Representative, and Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, U. S. N, are among
the signatories of the foreword, in
which they state that Moral Re-
Armament "is making an essential
contribution to Americas war effort
and to the spirit of the country" and
that "its key men enlisted in this ma
tional service long before Pearl
Harbor."
Building Industrial Morale"
Calling attention to the weight of
evidence in the report, the signatories
continue, eve are sure it will be rec
ognized that their experience and
talents should be employed in the
building of industrial morale and pro-
ductive strength. s. The facts about
their work raise issues of supreme
Importance to the Nation and United
Nations. We therefore urge every
citizen who cares for his country and
for the moral and spiritual objectives
of the war to read the story of their
fight to serve"
Other signatories include Senators
Arthur Capper, Kansas; Ebert d.
Thomas, Utah and Harry S. Truman,
Missouri; Allan O. Haywood, CIO
ice-president and Director of Organi-
zation; Howard L. Coonley, former
president of the National Association
Of Manufacturers; H. Bichard Taylor,
vice-president and Labor Manage
ment Committee chairman of the
Cramp Shipbuilding Co.; Clinton S.
Golden and David j. Mcdonald, as
sistant to the president and secretary
treasurer respectively of the United
Steelworkers of America; Congress
men Wadsworth of New York and
Clarence F. Lea of California
"The Fight to Serve" will be of
particular interest to the thousands
of union men and officials who par
ticipated in the coast-to-coast presen-
tations of the Victory Revue "You
Can Defend America" and it's Cana
dian equivalent "Pull Together Cana
da," which was feature of the AFL
convention in Toronto last fall.
War Program Speeded
Union leaders and industrialists
express themselves freely in the re-
port on the problems they face, and
how Moral Re-Armament has been
helping them speed the war program.
Brought to light in this report is
the fact that the elected representa-
tives of over 100000 workers con-
slider the service of the MIRA special
lists as essential war work, and SUBJ
mitted evidence to Selective Service
headquarters supporting their opin-
ion. A typical view is that of Presi-
dent Dale o. Reed of the AFL Aero
Mechanics at the Lockheed- Vega
plants, who said:
There is no question whatever IN
my mind that there are planes on the
fighting fronts today that would not
be there but for the enthusiasm and
unselfish leadership the MIRA workers
have brought into the ranks of
labor"
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