The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-09-01
Green Says
(Continued from page One)

attainment OF WHdIeVeI SOdlS nllSll
be set by our government and these
pledges were given until victory,
without condition or limitation
These pledges, moreover, will be kept
no matter what personal sacrifices
NAV be entailed, and no relaxation
of effort will be tolerated so long as
our services are needed by our gov
eminent for the successful prosecu
ton of the war.
The workers of America, however,
are looking beyond the days of actual
hostilities and are giving serious con-
sideration to the problems that will
attend the transition to peacetime
levels. for we know that unless we
win the peace we will in effect have
lost the war regardless of military
victory. We must not let this hap
pen. American traditions and liber-
ties must be preserved and nurtured
! AS mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers,
wives, of the boys who are daily of
fering up their lives in combat for
the preservation of our country and
our way of life, we owe it to those
boys to so plan for the future that
our-and their-peace may be made
secure.
AS | understand our duty to those
who will never come back, as well as
to those who will return to their
homes to take up their lives as civ
ilian workers, we cannot limit our
ha M actual arf no
but must extend our activities to the
establishment of a true and lasting
peace We must exert every effort
humanity possible to see to it that our
nation is one which our returning
heroes will regard as worth the price
which has been paid for victory-and
that price cannot be truly estimated
for no dollar mark can be placed on
life, on manned bodies and shattered
nerves and minds, for the loss of eye
sight or hearing, loss of limb, etc.
These must be paid for in devotion
to the cause of maintaining American
traditions and the right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness for all
time to come
Our first problem following the
termination of the war, however, will
be to provide for the immediate post !
war period, both domestically and in
ternationally. The wage earners of |
America have a high stake in both |
aspects of the postwar period and
feel they have a definite contribution
to make toward the solution of our |
domestic economic problems. For
this reason we are even now devoting |
much time and serious thought to the
drafting of postwar plans. One of the
very first postwar detectives, as ! |
stated above, is to provide jobs for
all who are willing and able to work
Jobs at levels which will support
an ever expanding economy.
This is vitally necessary not alone
'or those who will need jobs but it is
equally essential for the support of
)ur industries which will rely upon
)ur consumers for a market for their
output. When government contracts
lease there must be a ready market
or civilian goods to avoid a recession
which would be most devastating eco
We know that the well
are of our entire nation is affected
~ the ability of the workers to buy,
md that before they become consum-
rs they must have sustained in
omes
We realize that with the close of
he war millions of members of the |.
Industrial army of our country will be /:
eleased from war production work Z
nd will have to find jobs. This will +
ONE at a time when our military s
orces will be going through a process
rehabilitation and subsequent re- &
ntry into the labor market In the ::
lterim between mastering out of 8:
9th military and production soldiers :;
nd their absorption into the indus Z,
'ial field there must be some method 4
rovided for sustained income. To 3:
lis end the American Federation of ::
abor has recommended emergency !;