Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-07
Editorials and Comment
HIGH TIME THAT
WE OBJECT

We OBJECT
1t is high time for objection by all
people and all classes of people to the
inadequate, unfair, and inefficient meth
DDS utilized by the government in dealing
with industrial and business strife.
The people overlooked the fiasco which
attended handling of the coal strikes.
They overlooked it because they didn't
understand it, hoped the system would
be improved next time, or else they Just
didn't give a darn.
Whether we understand this Snarled,
involved, clumsy machinery or not, the
fact remains that the system as worked
out by government is lop-sided, biased,
and unsuccessful. It hasn't worked. 1t
isn't fair. 1t does not treat business and
labor alike. In short, it is failure and
should be corrected by remedial leglsla-
tion Immediately.
This country is on the verge OF Its big
main battle attack.
The outcome of this attack may well
determine whether and when the Allies
are to be successful, how many men Will
be killed who might have been spared
The fate of the world hangs by thread
That strikes, disturbances, unrest, dis
unity should so prevail when by better
controls they could have been averted, is
a sad commentary indeed. 1t speaks its
own verdict We can argue and reason
and seek the truth interminably, but the
fact remains that nothing fails like fall
ure.
WHAT TO DO?
How to correct the situation, how to
rise up and demand Improvement is the
problem before the people. 1t is realized
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and honestly is not enough. The people
must speak directly and effectively.
The best way to speak, in addition to
universally going to the polls and voting,
is by pointedly and tersely wiring or writ
ing your national congressman, John
Phillips, your senators Sheridan Downey
and Hiram Johnson, your President,
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Tell them what
you think, why you think it. Write your
opinions or clip an expression from news
paper or periodical with which you are
in concurrence.
Those men want to know the sentislent
of the people They cannot know unless
you, the people, tell them. They are not
mind-readers they are not clairvoyants
Words alone can give them what they
seek. In that way, your pen can be
mighty helpful to the sword.
NO LONGER CAN WE HIDE
OUR HEADS IN THE SAND
We can no longer afford to ignore what
is happening, and hide our heads in the
sand pretending that we are not con-
cerned with events In a desire to main
tain unity, many have patriotically ig
nored developments. If unity is to be
achieved by shirking our duty, then 1t is
the wrong kind Of unity and we had best
strive for higher quality.
1t is high time that all classes of peo-
pie speak out. This means businessmen
and business organizations who have
Stunned, as the plague, anything resem-
bling a courageous stand on a dangerous
issue. 1t means farmers, it means union
and non-union labor. 1t means the people,
high, low, Indifferent.
Those who are unfair are not silent.
Those who are unpatriotic are not ST.
lent.
Those who are responsible for mistakes
and refuse to rectify them, are neither
silent nor idle.
Why, then, should the majority of the
people who seek only backing for those
boys on the battle fields, fairness and in
telligence in government, and honesty,
justice and efficiency, and friendliness
in our economic system keep silent?
1t is time for them to speak their piece,
to break their silence, to express them
selves because in their voices is the great
est force on earth, the force of Ameri-
can public opinion.
Paul A. Jenkins.
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