The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-08-05
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

Ever since the Japanese made their
attack on Pearl HarbOr the Navy De
partment has been urging union ship
yard workers and union workers in
plants making component parts of the
vessels to speed up production in order
to get more and more ships on the
seas and into the battle for freedom.
The response of organized labor to
the Navy'S pleas has set new records
for ship construction. The record con-
StructiOn of new vessels and the re-.
pair of damaged ships has been an i'm
portant factor in the prosecution of
the war by the Allied Nations up to
this time and is expected to be even
more important in the future when the
forces of freedom strike at the hearts
of the Axis nations through large scale
invasions of enemy and enemyheld
territory.
Organized labor which built these
ships and their parts has seen the re-
suit of its efforts in the campaign
against the enemy during recent weeks
and months. From battleships to
barges these vessels have struck at the
Axis forces, struck with force that
has sent the enemy reeling back to-
ward Berlin and Toyko.
Prior to the recent invasion of
Sicily, the ships that organized labor
built for the Navy transported Amer
ican invasion forces across the Atlantic
Ocean with great efficiency. During the
actual invasion of the Italian island
the Atlantic Fleet of the Navy pro-
vided the United States transports and
landing craft which took part in the
operation. Again the efforts of organ
iZed labor bore fruit in the fight for
freedom.
The Navy, however, says its need for
more ships will be greater in the
future than it has been up to this time.
When the Allied forces strike against
the European continent proper and the
islands of Japan every ship that can
be built by that time-and more-will
be needed.
Union workers in shipyards and
plants making component parts for the
vessels are urged by the Navy to speed
up construction work. A sufficient num-
ber of ships must be available for the
Knockout blow against Germany and
Japan. The enemy must be given no
"breathing spell" When a fighter has
his opponent in the prize ring groggy.
he doesn't let up. He delivers the 10.
blow before the opponent can recover.
Organized labor must deliver the
ships for the final blow before the
forces of aggression and slavery can
recover from the attacks that are now
being delivered against them, the Navy
points out.
Instead Of waiting until the end of
the war, Polish patriots are already
Furnishing the Nazis for their bloody
crimes. The Underground Centra
Leadership for Civilian Resistance in
Poland has been authorized by the
Polish government in London to pro-
nounce sentence upon German invaders
in the name of the Polish Republic.
He ilISl 'tIllili olnCidl W ne lIltu
and executed by the underground
courts was Heinrich Kruger, head of
the GeStapo in Poland, who was killed
last May >. Four days later, Il colonel
of the Gestapo by the name of Schulze
who was particularly hated for his
cruelty toward Polish prisoners of
war was shot on street corner in
| the main section of Warsaw.
Other executions are noted by the
| Jewish Labor Committee, which says
| that the Germans have already mas
sacred hundreds of thousands of Poles
and have done to death close to two
| million Jews.
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