The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-18
Duneoree.CIod Fighters
Win the Nations Acclaim

I'M SACCI0U"
/ ton. added much to the scene In
color and music, A color guard
from Selfridge Field raised the
Stars and Stripes to launch the
ceremonies.
INSPECT PLANT
The City Commission, schools,
service clubs. religious organ
izations and all phases OF civic
life were represented, including
uniformed men of the army and
navy among spectators. Visi-
tors were permitted to conduct
a close inspection of the many
war-craft in the factory.
A sincerely phrased talk. not
scheduled on the program, by
Leo Flood, Hacker employe for
IT wears. was feature OF the
many speeches. Floods words OF
thanks TO the management for
their efforts towards the "E
pennant award rang true. He
said that employees are sold
on their dependence on the
armed forces. and the armed
forces dependence on them.
This inter-dependence. Flood
eyplained. is like chain OF
many links, wherein the weak
est affects the strength of the
entire chain. There are no weak
links in Hackers chain, he
averred.
Our chain will not break, "
Flood said I'VE are maintain
ing it strong, for the day when
Hitler, TOTO and company will
bangle from the end of it"
TESMER SPEAKS
Supt. Tesmer spoke in similar
vein. He said that every boat put
out at the plant was regarded by
workers las another pain in the
neck for Adolf and TOTO. Well
not let Uncle Sam down." he
proclaimed.
Opening the program, Chair
man Neale read glowing trib-
utes to the workers and the COM
pany from Gov. Harry Kelly,
Congressman Jesse P. Wolcott
and State Senator Ivan A. John
ston, all busy on state and ma
tional legislative matters.
Neale pointed out that SUBJ
stantial percentage of the Hack
er craft now being manufac-
tured are from the company
own designs. He brief y
sketched the 1906 origin of the
"E" pennant awarded for ex-
cellent naval gunnery; its ex-
pansion to other fields. and stat
ed that less than 3 per cent OF
qualified war manufacturers
have been awarded the priced
emblem.
Colonel Gray. bringing the
personal greetings of Army and
Navy chiefs and Chief of Staff
General Marshall, recalled the
Pearl Harbor work of Hack.
ers in war craft.
This small factory symbol
lied the determination of Amer.
lean industry to put the tools OIL
victory in the hands of those or
the battle fronts-a matter over.
looked by our treacherous enc
miles," Col. Gray said.
CITES MIRACLES
The miracles performed b,
the Transportation Corps were
described by the speaker. Les!
than a year after Pearl Harbor
our armies had taken the initia
tive in North Africa, lavishly
supplies with weapons, although
thousands of miles from theil
own shores. Subsequently, hi
said, the same story has beer
recorded from the Aleutians Il
New Guinea, from the MARSHALL
and the Gilberts to Burma anC
Italy.
Now we are awaiting wore
OF the opening of the new
front, the invasion front. II viii
be the final blow in Europe, anc
the men and women of Hacker,
have guaranteed that thei
fighters will have the bes
equipment possible" Col. Ora,
said.
In concluding, the Arm.
speaker struck a blow at com
placency: I'VE face a long har,
battle, as recent events in Ital.
prove, and in the Pacific w,
must contend with brutal, vii.
and desperate enemy"
LAUDS EMPLOYEES
Accepting the "E" Pennant-
u A