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 the gate" Is the rebuke of Let's win the war and then we'll plan. Why Is It that society can organ
 ize itself constructively and effec- lively against the enemy without.
 but hesitates to attack the enemy within-greed and fear2 For the past twenty years Labor has achieved and held an honored
 place fin the annals of our nation,
 and has not finched during this
 greatest of all wars, when the bur- , den of producing war materials, food and clothing for the whole
 world was placed squarely on It's
 shoulders. For American Labor Is
 free labor and the joy of a free
 heart has the strength and faith to move mountains!
 Here on. January first found myself remembering this and look ing forward with some trepidatiOn to the strong suggestions from gov- ernment and capitalist sources, that
 Labor be enSlaved by government tai regimentation and supervision for the duration of the war. Would the dissolution of government con- troIled industry be the answer af- ter the war for prosperity talks? Would this be the right picture to
 show John, Jack, and Harry as they came down the gangplanks from Guadalcanal, China and Ger
 many? Would gigantic relief rolls
 be their joyful news intermingled l with the chiming of peace bells, a relief roll that they would be swelling to the bursting point2 Is the little better than a relief bonus bill recently passed in our Con-
 gress enough to relieve the alarm of the service men and the famil- ies? Is this type of home coming their answer?
 Again I remember. We want
 work and wages. This is the only answer, whether it Is for the re- turning doughboy from the firsf 1 front, or the worker of the second front who did not let him down The question boils down to this Shall we start now, while demo cratic ideals and cooperation are l at their peak, when labor and man. agement are more or less in accord I and make our plans for a prosper ous peace, or shall we await the complete dissolution of high speed
 and long range war planned In duStries to awaken us to necessity! will the nightmare of want and | desperation come true again when we are in 8 state of democratic chaos?
 Tn the midst of midnight bells I ringing out the old year and ring ing in the new, lean further back i in my memories to 1882 when the
 bonus marchers stormed the cita- del of Washington and settled down ] with their little families in make shift camps amongst the wreckage ] of Penn. Avenue. There to await
 in their eager attendance of Sen ate sessions favorable legislation
 that would preserve their monetary
 responsibility in the communities for which they had Sweated, fought
 and bled out their life's blood on the battlefelds of Europe.
 I remember. I interviewed many of these people. There was the little housewife from Oklahoma City who had trekked across the
 country with her one armed vet eran husband and their two-year-
 old baby. She loved her husband and her child, and she loved her
 country and yet this little house wife with others like her was called by the newspapers com
 munist, traitor, an irresponsible
 parent and an undesirable citizen!
 Hers was a typical case. grew to know these people from Texas. Nevada Orep0n and all parts of