Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-09-07
Whats
New!
By
Edward Duck
With The
45th Infantry
in Germany
TOMORROW

AONAoASASO" "
Significant are these words
which the late Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt left us just the
day before his passing away.
On April IL, 1945, his message
was: "The only limit to the
realization of tomorrow will
be our doubts of today. Let
us move forward with strong
and active faith"
Had he known that he was
soon to die, he could not have
chosen a simpler or more ap-
propriate thought, nor ex-
pressed himself better. Quite
some time before this he had
told his people that they had
helped throughout his twelve
years as their leader, that the
job was theirs, that they had
the green light" and that
they should not be discou-
ragged by skeptics, defeatists,
or reactionaries.
The man who never made
a mistake never accomplished
anything worthwhile. The per-
son to be Stunned is not the
one who makes an honest mis-
take, but rather he who is
afraid to take a step in the
direction of progress for fear
he will fail, or for fear that
his critics will call him an
idealist, dreamer, or an opti-
mist.
II the war was fought
for the so-called "realists,"
who could more properly be
called reactionaries, it was a
cruel and inhuman butchery
contest. If international car
tel agreements m br a i n G
many of the industries vital
to the war production poten-
tial of Germany and Japan
are allowed to continue, it
will indeed be mockery of
the sacrifices the American
people have made.
NOT IN VAIN
"We here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have
died in vain," stated Lincoln
in all sincerity in his memor-
able address at Gettysburg.
These words are in stark con-
trast to what is taking place
in the United States Congress
today. We had to wait eighty
years to discover that Ameri-
ca was not entirely free, that
the slaves had been only par
TALLY freed, and that white
slaves had joined their ranks.
The guilty parties in such
shameful actions call them
selves "realists," no doubt.
Those who are making an
honest effort to see that right
prevails over might, and hon
esty and sincerity over fraud
and deceit are branded wi
sionaries."
What our President was try
ing TO tell us in these words is
that we have a fight on our
hands, that in order to achieve
something worthw lille we
must work for it, that we must
believe in ourselves, and rid
our ranks of those who say 1T
can't be done"
Social security, the forty
hour week with proper over
time, unemployment insur-
ance, government housing pro-
Jects and home loan agencies,
and rural electrification were
but a few of the things which
couldn't be done" which
idealists and Missionaries, but
certainly not realiSts nor eco
nomists, dreamed up in their
idle moments.
HOLLOW BUBBLE
The wonderful, beautiful.
Utopian postwar world of
which we have heard so much
Will be hollow bubble if
left to the realiSts of the all
powerful clique known as
organized management. We
have seen their handiwork be-
fore, and their spokesmen are
working overtime today, steal
ing the picture from the real
planners. Their is no fear"
In their ranks, lest it be fear
that the public might wake up
TO their scheme of establishing
complete industrial dictator
ship while waving the Ame-
rican flag and patriotically
their scheme the "Ame-
rican way of life"
II these worthy gentlemen
wanted a real American way
'f life they would be setting
up machinery for establish
nent of a national wage scale
With similar pay for similar
work. They would be reading
postwar readjustments in fe-
male and child labor laws
They would be demanding