The sub., 1946-01-03
From This Day Forth
Republished By Request From 1914

Republshed By Request From 1914
 January first looked upon by most people day for new resolutions day look forward to and happier fuure According to fable January named for Januariu the god of the future the past who represented by face looking forward and the other backward Is also time for retrospectlon
 And so on January first I found myself remembering Remembering only the pleasant but also the unpleasant facts the past To labor leader thoughts of work and Forward looking thoughts are turned to post war planning that truly the phrase That these shall not have died in van becomes at long last something more than trte phrase.
 In the time of war; industrial workers the nzed second front The feed line that furnishes not only for the mouths of first line comrades but also d contact with ammunition dumps our Ar Foce our Armies Marines Coast Guards and our Navles in this of Wars feed lines not only for armed services but also the military of all the Allied Nations It is sobering and comprehensive thought
 How could fail to remember on this special January 1s 1944 first duy members of the great industrial second front-Post War Planning? Many who should feel this supreme duty the returning repatrates from all the torn fronts of the world turning deaf ears to de- council table of against postwar want The most frequent denial of he stranger knocking at the gate is the rebuke of Let's win the and then we'll plan
 Why is it that society organize itself constructivey effectively against the enemy without but hesltates to attack the enemy whn-greed and fear? For the past twenty years Labor has achieved and held honoed place
 the annals of nation and has not nched during this greatest of all when the burden of producing war ma tera food and clothing for the whole world was placed square it's shoulders For American Labor is free labor and the joy free heart has the strength and faith to move mOuntains!
 Here January 1st found myself remembering this and looking forward with trepdaton to the strong gestions from and capitalist that Labor be ensved by regmentaon and supervision for the duration of the Would the dissolution of controlled industry be the after the for prosperity taks Would this be the right picture to show John Jack and Harry they down the gangpanks from Guadacanal China and Germany? Would gigantic relief rolls be their joyful ntermnged with the chm ing of peace bes relief roll that they would be swelling to the bursting pont Is the little better than relief bonus bill recently passed in Congress enough to relieve the alarm of the serviceen and the families? Is this type of home coming their answer? Again remember. We want work and wages. This is the only answer whether is for the returning doughboy from front the worker of the second front who did not let him down. The question bois down to ths Shall we start now while democratic ideals and cooperation at their peak when labor and management less in accord and plans for prosperous shall we await complete dissolution of high speed and long range war planned industries to awaken to necessity Will the nightmare of want and desperation come true again when we are in state of democratic chaos?
 In the midst midnight bells ringing out the old year and ringing the new lean further back in meor1es to 1882 the bonus marchers sormed the citadel o Washington and settled down with their little families m makeshft camps amongst the wreckage of Pennsylvania Avenue There to await in their attendance or Senate sessions favorable legislation that would their mon etary responsibility the communities for which they had sweated fought and bed their fes blood on the battle fields of Europe.
 (Contnus on Six)