The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-28

been poisoned by MRA./ The recent
Broadway world premiere of "Ant
Still They Fight" dramatizing thu
life of Fredrick Ramm and his deatl
after Imprisonment in a Nazi concen
tration camp, paid homage to him ant
his gallant fellow Norwegians in theil
fight for liberation and new Europe
Nazis Kill MIRA Leader
In Holland, the Nazis outlaweC
MIRA and attempted unsuccessfully
to suppress it. "New World News" re.
ports this month that PIN van Doom
a young MIRA leader, was killed by
the Nazis for daring attempt to
smuggle out for Allied use the plans
of German-held airfelds in Holland
The Nazis opposed MIRA because it
thwarted their attempts to impose
their "new order" on the occupied
countries. MIRA instilled the moral
qualities in people that made them
stand firm for democratic principles.
Traitors like Quisling, the former
Communist turned Nazi, who put
their own interests before their coun-
try's, opposed MIRA and collaborated
with the invaders.
Aids War Production
The attack on Pearl Harbor found
| the American forces of MIRA hard at
| work aiding labor and management in
the battle for maximum production.
Increasing calls came for their aid.
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20 states and Canada hailed the
dramatization of the MIRA program
in the war revues "You Can Defend
America" and "Pull Together Can
ada" The revues were features of the
official program at the international
Convention of the AFL in Toronto,
and at conventions of the Canadian
Congress of Labor, the United Steel
workers of America, and the Califor
MIA State Federation of Labor.
From the Lockheed Aircraft plant,
AFL shop stewards described in their
union paper the results of MIRA as
follows:
"Tested over the last two years, it
"a increases war production, (2) in
spires teamwork, (3) creates enthusi-
asm on the job, (4) cuts absenteeism,
(5) saves war materials, Co develops
unselfish leadership, (7) insures right
approach to wage adjustments, (8)
answers labor turnover problems"
On Fighting Fronts
Of the MIRA workers in uniform,
many volunteered at the outbreak of
war; others fought ahead on the pro-
duction front and waited their turn.
At the urging of union and manage
ment leaders, deferment was asked
for a few key men because of their
in aiding war produc-
tioh. In due course, handful were
deferred for this reason, like hun
dreds Of thousands of other key in
dustrial workers. Those who were
not, are now serving with distinction
in the armed forces.
Writing in the Army and Navy
Journal just before D-Day, 1t. Col.
Robert l.. Snider Of theU. .S.A.A.F. on
overseas duty, said:
eve are fighting a war not alone
of arms, but of ideas. Cutting through
the selfish, soft materialism and
moral confusion Of the last two dec
AIDES, MIRA has taken the soldierly
virtues of discipline, sacrifice, team
work and patriotism, essential both in
war and peace, and applied them
fearlessly to home life, industrial life
and national life. Men who carry the
spirit of Moral Re-Armament inspire
that fighting faith which General
Marshall, after his recent trip around
the world, characterized as our great
est need"
MIRA trained men from the u. S.
and Britain have figured in all the
hot-spots Of the fighting of the last
five years: Dunkirk, North Africa,
Italy, France, the Aleutians, the
South Pacific, China.
Yet despite the achievements of
MIRA workers on the production
fronts and their heroic record on the
they have been the target
Of unscrupulous attacks. The reason
for this is not hard to find. AS labor
well knows, any force out fighting for
a better world meets opposition and
criticism. And like the opponents of
organized labor, those who fight
against MIRA are Of two kinds, the
uniformed and the vicious.
Opposition to MIRA has centered on
.he one hand in reactionary elements
IN management and the press; and on
he other hand in elements who pose
rs labors friends and appear to fight
Tor the rights of workers, while all
he time working to divide, weaken
md undermine labor to get control
or themselves. MIRA opens peoples
Eyes TO those who often preach
unity" and democracy" but seize
,ower as fast and ruthlessly as pos
,ible.
Report Riddles Attacks
In attacking MIRA, publications like
he weekly sheet "In Fact" carefully
the facts of support given
o MIRA by Senator Truman, Senator
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