Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-01-05
On The
Beam
PEACE!
By
Clayton w.
Fountain

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PEACE!
Peace, peace-there is no
peacel
Again, as we mark the
turning of the year, the cry
ers for peace voice their
laments to the heavens. Peace,
peace-there is no peace, they
complain.
l am impelled to observe
as 1945 is born to the soft,
low music of exploding bombs
and shells-that there is no
peace on earth this holiday
season because the peoples of
the world are not yet ready
to pa. the price Of peace.
And what is the price of
peace?
Is it two bits, two pence or
two rubles?
No, the price of peace can
not be measured by any of
these y o n e tary standards
which man has designed to
indicate the value of material
things. Peace is not some
thing to be haggled over in
the m a r k + pl a c e, like a
smoked herring.
The price of peace is not
fixed like the tag on an item
in dime store window.
ENERGY AND SWEAT
The price of peace is the
amount of energy and sweat
and blood it will take to
throw out of government
everywhere in the world
those who would measure all
life's values in standards of
coins.
The price of peace is the
will to grasp your fellows
hand and join with him in the
fight to turn the productive
capacity of the world to the
production of bread, homes
and coats for the people of the
world.
The price of peace is the
cost of placing on school
boards those citizens who will
order that our children be
taught that all men are equal,
regardless of race, religion,
the color of the skin or the
fatness of the purse.
The price Of peace is the
time it takes to go to the polls
and vote on election day.
CUTS TO FIGHT
The price of peace is the
CUTS it takes to grab tommy
gun and fight for freedom
in Greece, in India, in Spain,
or anywhere else.
The price of peace is faith
in your fellow man.
And the peoples of the
world are not yet ready to
pay this price.
The Atlantic Charter will
not bring us peace. The Four
Freedoms will not bring us
peace. The Declarations of
Teheran will not bring us
peace. The mysterious doings
at Dumbarton Woods will
not bring us peace.
None of these things can
bring us peace because they
are the doings of men who
lack the courage to call upon
the people to pay the price of
peace.
And the people will not
now pay that price. If they
the war would be over
by next Tuesday.
WORKERS FOR PEACE
Who are the real workers
for peace?
Not the heads of govern
ments who seek peace by
pickering over boundary lines
while their constituent peo-
pies 60 cold and hungry.
Not the half-baked radicals
who look down their noses at
the people Intellectually by
asserting that all are suckers
who support and fight the
war against Hitlerism.
Not the impractical pacifists
who deplore all violence.
The real workers for peace
are those who go among the
people to teach what is the
price of peace and to rally
he people for the paying of
hat price. The real workers
'or peace are those who tell
he people that there will be
10 peace until there are jobs
md loaves and homes and
shoes for all.
l greet the real workers for
peace.
In 1945, through their eff
orts, the bonds of human fell
oWship will be built stronger,
md the light of reason will
hine brighter and broader
Dver the land.