Evening star., 1944-09-04
Leaders Praise Labor,
But Warn Against
Any S|aekening

ANY yIdCkenlng
Army Government and union
leaders at home and Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower abroad saluted labor
today, but warned against any letup
ons the home front where workers
are supplying equipment for Allied
forces in the global theaters OF war
Thousands of Government work.
ers and war plant employees re-
mained on the job, although banks
and department stores were closed
and most District government en-
ployes were given the day of. The
main Post Once and few key
substations were open, but no mail
deliveries were being made.
Transportation ofiicials said travel
was moderate" and only about
per cent above that for an ordinary
week end, q situation which prompt
ed ODT Director Col. j. Monroe
johnson to compliment District
residents for "their excellent record
Of cooperation with ODT regula-
tions that has been demonstrated
In the past two months"
Gen. Eisenhower, in an Army
Hour broadcast. appealed for maxi
mum production.
Should we be compelled to stay
our hand for single day because of
shortage in the arrival of things we
need for battle. the price will inevi-
tably be paid in soldiers lives and
In unnecessary anguish in thousands
of American families" he said. He
added he knew. American labor
would not fail.
Arnold Cites Shortages.
Gen. H. H. Arnold, commander of
the Army Air Forces, said that de-
spite our gains, the Army still faced
shortages. 1t still needs more
bombs, radios and tires, he said,
adding that only a continuance of
maximum pressure at home as well
as abroad will shorten the time re-
quired to bring about the collapse
of the enemy"
"A solemn resolve to give nothing
less than all-out effort until victory
is won is the most fitting way I
know OF celebrating Labor Day,
1914" he declared.
Undersecretary of War Patterson
said he was impressed on his recent
visit to the French and Italian
fronts mot only by the enormous
quantity of material we were using
but by the sturdy quality of the
equipment" He said it was a tribute
to the skill of men and women on
the assembly lines that he did not
see a single truck standing on q
roadside because of mechanical diff
ficulties.
1t. Gen. Ben Lear, commander of
ground forces, said the supply
chain between the worker and the
front line fighter is long one, but
that the soldier at the far end of
this crucial link never forgets who
is providing the propelling force at
the other end"
SOmervell Praises Labor.
1t. Gen. Brehon Somervell, in
charge of Army Service Forces, de-
clared that labor's contribution to
the war was reflected in Allied vic
tories in Europe and in the Pacific
theater.
The ingredients of victory are
the valor of our men on the fighting
front ano the labor of our men and
women on the home 'front.'" he said
War Mobilization Director James
F. Byrnes asserted that When peace
comes, a grateful Nation must be
prepared to give to all no less an
opportunity to work and produce for
peace than has been given to work
and produce for war"
A statement issued in behalf of
War Production Board Chairman
Donald Nelson, now in the Orient,
said the pride labor must feel in
its wartime accomplishments is
likely to be accompanied by feel
ing of humility "as labor contem-
plates the continuing responsibility
which rests upon it," under which it
will be expected to continue to
make profoundly important con-
tribution to American life from this
time on" 4
Miss Frieda S. Miller, new director
of the Women's Bureau of the Labor
Department, paid tribute to women
workers and said women must dedi-
cate themselves to the consolidation
of gains they have made, while
Sidney Hillman, chairman of the
CIO Political Action Committee,
urged workers to turn out a record
vote in November to combat "the
forces of reaction who rely on the
preoccupation Of our people, with
their heavy wartime tasks in shop
and factory, to keep them from the
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