The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
THE FIGHT FOR SECURITY

SECURITY HAS been one of labor's aims the
~ world over ever since we started to organize.
Today labor halls the new national expression OF
responsibility for every citizen shown by such
security programs as those Of the National Re-
sources Planning Board in the United States, the
Beverdge Plan in Britain, and the pioneer work OF
New Zealand's great labor premier, the late
Michael j. Savage
Clear-headed planning for security will give
every American powerful incentive to work,
fight and sacrifice for the world And it is up
to labor to see that no basic element OF security
is left out. Are the proposed programs enough to
assure the security Of every family wants?
Security for me and my family" says ship
yard worker, "depends not only on national plans,
but on how my boss treats me right where /
work. And it also depends on how | treat blm
and my family and my nelghbOrS. II you have
1870 900 600 people out for themselves first, then
the best paper plan won't work. You cant Iegls-
late unselfshness. In democracy it will take the
combined unselfishness Of everybody to bring real
security"
Is this the reason why all purely economic
plans for postwar security have left many people
still dissatisfied and restless? The new schemes
have captured the headlines, but are they cap
turing the minds and hearts Of the millions?
People now realize that in complicated
machine age the human factor can make or break
the system. The plain truth is that with human
nature as it is, there can be no earthly hope OF
providing real social security through economic
paper plans work. And you can't make good
omelct out Of bad eggs
Labor has long recognized that truth. AS well
as battling for higher wages and better condl-
tonS we have fought for a world where everyone
would have enough because everyone cared and
shared enough. LaboI's pioneers enVisaged a new
world where people found permanent security
through the superior economic and unSeiShneSS
They saw that there is enough in the world for
everyonc'S need, but not enough for everyone S
greed.
Today we must have security against selfish
ambitious people whose disregard for moral stand
ards turns our bmeprintS for security into scraps
of paper. We are not SO blind either, rs to think
that such people are confined to one section OF
society alone. They are everywhere. We see them
even in our own ranks, putting power and posi-
ton before LaborS program of a new society
based on human and spiritual values. No. labor
sees clearly that human nature is baSicaly selfish
and men must be willing to change.
eve need power strong enough to change
human nature and build bridges between man and
man, faction and faction" says Frank Buchman in
his book, "Remaking the World" This is where
every union member can help build his own and
the nations future security. AT home, on the JOB,
in the union and the community he can replace
the tyranny Of hate, fear and greed with change
of heart and the guidance Of God. This is our
American heritage, and such program of un-
SefShneSs applied personally and nationally is a
first essential to any sound economic program.
With such q program everybody y-WOrker, soldier,
farmer and induStrialiSt - could work and fight,
shoulder to shoulder, without fear Of each other
or fear Of the future.