The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-12-14

Well, practically all of the prophets
have had to pull in their horns and
back up for another try.
The war drags on.
No, drags on is not quite the way
to put it, for the war goes amazingly
well. But it isn't going to end as soon
as most of the prophets thought it
would end
Of course there always is the pos
sibility of a sudden end, with Ger
many going down in heap. But that
cannot be counted upon.
1t appears that the steady, inch by
inch fighting calls for more artillery
and more shells and for more small
arms than had been planned on.
So, the word is passed along that
there must be more of these things
and in a hurry.
Plants that had started reconver-
sion are stopped. Men who had start
ed to move to other jobs, or other
towns, are stopped in their tracks.
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We are people of dramatic instincts.
We like to do things in hurry-get
them over with. We will put forth
any amount of flash effort
We are not so good at long-haul
steady plugging away at the same
old thing. The British have us beaten
at that.
We have-all of us-done an amaz-
ing job of creating tremendous war
machine, both military and civilian.
1t was a job full of dash, daring,
drama.
Perhaps the basic factor in making
that great creation possible was that
all men could see the reason for it.
And so, in settling down for long
haul job, we must more than ever
make clear to every man and woman
the reason for what is being asked.
If we do drudgery badly, we also
do badly, or slowly, anything for
which there is not clear and sound
reason.
Americans have the "know-how" to
an amazing degree. But they also de-
mand to know why.
One more thing they demand. That
S fair dealing.
Not even the exigencies of war can
,hoke off the demand for fair dealing.
1t will not do brass hats and high
lats any good to squawk about work
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produce what somebody thinks is
unless they extend them
selves to the full to go half way in
air dealing and in showing the WHY
# the days demands.
There are still those impatient and
souls who think that to
ssue an order is enough.
But that isn't so and day by day
he very thinking that goes with this
var makes it less so.
Be fair and tell why, gentlemen.
The record of our workers is not
My good enough, it is superlatively
,ood.
The bad spots are few and in truth
hey are relatively unimportant.
There ought to be no bad spots, but
does not yet reside in the
uman race.
The record can be kept good-su-
erlatively good-if those who have
he running of things will understand
ust fair amount about the great
lass mind of our people-and if they
yill do the reasonable things thati
eed doing.
Eisenhower can have the artillery
nd the small arms that he needs and
lacArthur can have the planes and
ne landing craft that he needs.
Workers also want this war to end
uickly in complete victory.
But it will not help this great war
,b if workers are called names they
0 not deserve, either individually or
a masse, either man by man or union
Y union. If there had been no unions
lr production job could not have
cen done at all. There are few
ackward looking Americans who
light study that fact.-CMW.