Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-02

We the surface broad Sofey'R9' zee me t"g" SO"
Pioneers! piooeersy'
60 WALT WHITMAN, the great glcrifier of our de.
~ mocracy and of the unconquerabe American urge OF
"FOrlCGrdt' sang years ago.
And as we face what is probably the most critical
and strengthening year Q945) in history, let us
call unto the deep depths OF our American souls TO ood
with the spirit of the indomtable American pioneers
We Americans must face the new year, and all years
- to come with this slogan
FEARLEssNEsS- WILL-FAITH!
ILLUSTRATING the almost superhuman strength of
the pioneers that our heritage, there appeared as
full page advertisement in the New York Dody Mirror
and other papers message TO all Americans that for
high inspiration and driving fOrttude has rarely been
powerfully presented anywhere. 1t was sponsored
by the National Industrial Information Committee of the
National Association of Manufacturers.
Over a giant-s sized American pioneer of the old strip
and stripe who is laughing defiantyat the shakykneed
pessmists Of today there is this caption; .c,,
GREAT GREAT-GRANDPA WOULD LAUGH
HIMSELF SICK"
And the text tells us why great-great grandpa is
utterng that Maine fornia laugh at our American
defeatiss who assert that the evolution of America
at an end that there frontiers, that pio-
neerng has ended
II ERE are some of the reasons why the who
H built America hawhawing at the of little
faith (and "guts') of today:
Great great grandpa went over the mountains to
hack himself out security All he took along
rifle bag of salt, sack of meal-and whale of
a lot of faith in himself and in this country
formation foolP said the wiseacres. That Lou
isidna purchase he about has no future All it's
fit for is raisin snakes and malaria
"R 1T great-great grandpa lived to push
- west Saw crowd the Missouri country, push
other mountains-saw continent spiked with
rairOads-SaM IL settled
That's oil said the wiseacres. America can't
expand any more
They've said it every year since They said it as
little businesses sprang up all over the country making
jobs fer people.
They said it when mass production burst open
Notwithstanding ow-cOst articles for people, not
expensive ones for a few.
They said it louder than ever in the great depres
sion. when they declared this country had mature
economy No use trying to grow any more Might as
well diNVy up what we have And America, bombed into
by the Japs, answered with the greatest burst of
creative activity the world had ever seen
" A Nd the Jeremiahs saying it again-saying
Wen never be able to in peace years
created capacities to give Americans more of the
good things of life
Greats reat-grandpa would laugh himself sick to
think could still be taken in by such prophecy.
"America'S a piece of geography he'd roar.
us STATE OF MIND! You can't cranp er,
strict 'er, keep er from groWng. She'll neVer be
full groWn?"
II UT how we be kept growing? The NAM answers
~ and truly
only in debt and higher taxes But by using pro-
ductve capacity to provide with for money in
create jobs and earnings for all.
I'm short by making full use OF this cOuntrys limit
less energy and ambition help lead the world into
of peace and plenty greater than any yet seen
1.-TWO things necessary to realize this oppor-
tunity. One is liberal forward thinking policy on the
part of business: The other is public cooperation.
ND that something that great-great-grandpa (and
"A greatgreat- grandma, tool, who cleared the great
West and North for habitation that is What great great
grandpa whose irresistible might is incarnated in our
fok-myth of Paul Bunyan would say to the LITTLE
AMERICANS of today-only he wouldn't such
polite words.
The future of this country does not lie in Europe
Asia but where great-great-grandpa hewed it out
HERE IN YOUR AMERICA.
The new year calls for NEW AMERICAN PIO-
NEERS who will batter their way through difficulties
with the weapons of ancestors FEARLESSNESS,
PRIVATE INITIATIVE, SELF-RELIANCE and a
tempt for "hoad-optS."