The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-12-16
LABOR'S BIG IDEA
CARE YOU convinced beyond doubt that there
IA can be new kind of world after the war?

can be Il new Klnd OF WOIlu dlJeI Illc wal
If YOU can say yes to this question, then you
have the dynamic that can free people from worry
and fear Of the future, release new energy INTO
our war production effort, and reStOck our soldiers
with the fighting faith in democracy.
And Yes can be the answer of every union
member today whose fight is for new world
morally re-armed, where human brotherhood
stands triumphant over the tyranny OF political
economic, national or class dictatorship.
1t was this same burning conviction that
orpped the hearts and minds Of the pioneers OF
the Worldwide labor movement and carried them
forward to victory over every obstacle. Their wal
was not only for better wages and working c0ndl-
tions but against the false philosophy OF selfish
materialism that was throttlng industry Great
ing want and class conflict, and causing division
even amongst the workers themselves. Labor IN
America today must recognize that the me lrSt
philosophy is still the greatest danger to our
democracy, and fight it everywhere, IN our own
ranks as well as in the nation.
Our sure guarantee of victory will come as we
see with our own eyes the SeeSS society take
shape in our homes and unions. AS one worker
put it. 81 was convinced the world needed to
change, but it wasn't until ! faced up to where |
needed to change myself that had the certainty
that it could really be done.
81 used to talk lot about wanting a new
world he continued, "but | was still the same
old man at home, selfish as hell with my wife and
family. The only economic problem which | dd
not shout about was the ore created myself by
the way handled the family budget! Moral Re
Armament showed me that the answer to selfish
ness must be homemade. Now are building IN
our home the pattern of the new world we want
as well as fighting for it in the plant and in the
union.
TO survive against the various brands Of anti
democratic forces who are busily ut work trying
to soften up the nation, labor must give the world
something bigger than 4 program Of materialiSm
I # ,ba he
dynamite that will ShattCr the Complacency OF
those whose sole postwar aim is to settle back
onto some comfortable pillow. We must give our
people the moral dSCcrnmcnt that VIII enable
them to see through the mushy advertisements
that proclaim we are fighting for the same old
world we had before the war and when we win,
everything will be 50 nice to come home TO- 1t was
that sclf-samc, soft philosophy Of "DemocracN
means everybody can get what he wants out of it
that diSarmCd us morally and physically and lett
us unprcpared for total war.
To have victory over this dcfeatist philosophy
is equally vital to the nations future as victory
over the SClliShneSS Of some employers. 1t has
been easy for labor to recognize a selfish employer
or a rabid labor batter as the stumbling block to
better standards of living for all But it is not
always 50 easy to spot the enemies at work within
labor who while maSqucradlnG as friends are
really interested only in using labor to their
own ends Although loudly proclaiming labor S
cause they do everything in their power to dStort
brotherhood into class hatred and to replace eco
nomic security with matcraliSm
so, labors fight should not merely be to pre-
serve way Of life we knew it before the war.
1t must be to build wholly new way Of life for
the nations on the solid foundation Of new men
and women That is why labor recognizes the
essential part Moral Ec-Armamcnt is playing.
"Changc, Unite! Fight" says the MIRA hand
book, you Can Defend America" First lick the
enemy inside yourself then get the other fellow to
join YOU in this battle for new America. Fight