Show hat do You pink hink of Them By J S C Wendell WendeD 4 What would you think of an army of thirty five thousand men mene who upon the eve of their de def departure f e to be transported as reinforcements rein rein- for tor General Genera MacArthur cArthur w in the Philippine would would go on ont t for tor higher wages What I 1 would you think of an army anny of St thirty 11 live ve thousand men gen who one day before an offensive drive st against the enemy would serve notice that unless their demands 1 hours were granted within eight It C II they would walk off the battle battlefield field What would you think of at 11 thousand Y v an army anny ot thirty five 1 men who at the crucial moment of ot an enemy charge would lay down 1 their arms and go on strike for tor f some sonic personal gain Unheard ofa of a y Isn t It And yet using the same I p g basic arguments and excuses used r by the labor union leaders who i w would have a more right If that is what hat the labor unions call It to toMy strike at an opportune time for higher wages than the men who Hl have been drafted Into our armed arm- arm armed ed forces fed I The first line of defense may be 4 our war Industries at home but it is still men like ute General Mac Mac- MacArthur MacArthur Mac Arthur Arthur and his little band of sol sol- sol Continued on or Page Eight What Do You t of Them Continued from page pace pa t one dieTs diera who al ate I on the firing line II These are the risen men whom we as a asto to tac face death to make the su oreme sacrifice it if necessary These are re the th men who In part if It they the do come back bark come back wit with acara cars scara that can never be heated healed with limbs that are torn tom or miss missIng Ing trig or with lungs that have bee been i burned or eaten away These are ar arthe the men who In part lie with glazed eyeballs and swollen faces s with blue fixed i mouths mouth s i leaving their flesh and arid blood t to toI I manure an acre or tWo t two of ground 1 Yes these ther are the men drafted d Into our armed forces fores 1 0 our our soldie of whom we wt ask alk such a sacrifice For this set sel vice and sacrifice the majority of oC these men are pa Pit u I twenty one dollars a month 1 Keeping this In mind let m me I ask sk the following follo Ing question What Wh I do you think of thirty five thou thousand I I sand and men who are engaged In the of t ir sr country No country No not t Who at the suggestion of ot their labor union leaders Id In the face of our nation a 5 aI II I isis il dare dart to l ave their jobs 11 II heir demands were wen not nante within eight hours are the Tien who ale ar not asked to go OL out outon outon on the firing tiring line These are the themen men who are an not asked to face facen fac facin in Sn enemy charge or feel the shells sheU exploding at their t These Thee e sic aie al e the men whom we have In the name of loyalty and cooperation I raked a maximum output and for forI fo this thia service they receive from eight to fifteen dollars a day What Wh tt I t cin po von think of them I On February Ft twenty third In irs his report of th thoi tho war to the nation the th president asked that all labor dIs- dIs die he outs he made ro vo exceptions exceptions- hat exceptions hat all labor disputes be settled through mediation mediation arbitration or orsome os some other method of pacific settlement set settlement at nt least until after the war and while hUe this thi request w was wa s still on the ether labor union It-aders It were advising thirty five e thousand workmen to walk oIl off otheir their Jobs If their demands were were sot lOt ot granted That might be their thel r of loyalty and coopers hots during a national crisis but L It Is Li not oura ours oursA A soldier who deserts his s post l t a critical time Is In most casei cases l 1 illy shy shot A workman who during a national crisis walks off of his Job job ta his hia post post post-Is I 1 humored and begged to come back to his job with a prom LIe Lse of Increased wages Why does this unbalanced condition have to t If the these theoe e men who are so will willing Into to o de desert ert their post for the Ute sake sak of oC f a few cents ts an hour when our winning or losing lacing the war Is de endes t upon the production line ere fared with a choice of re i-a their job lob by working to t the he st of ot their ability or tin Immediate Induction Into our armed for e the Ull might not so the advice of their union to g K on strike If both the Jie workmen and the employer employ er Irl lured faced with the possibility o of the me he oven ert 20 ment meni confiscating the amoul t I OMI 0 Cr 11 which use the dispute has s that neither the workmen work workmen workmen men n is r the lisa employer would rt i-a raise e tt tl e t benefits from It the thern the the in Sn rn fin I I it rather easy to settle their d sp p Ile without resorting toa toa to a strike fb a f b Ls at war And even evens S the Ihl s III I Itic r Is asked to place th Its i allots atlon freedom and fUld welfare and to i I rin n H at ao I 11 S Importance lard sard 1 1 nun o-an O n life Ufe personal person 1 wet tl fare and ami the all mighty dollar of in Irs J i Lance i-Lance so an should every eHry In America a H t fin I It a and child do II tl p e same amt At a time like this I 1 f 1 r T med forces forteS are on toe tile ba haltS II J lei 11 id ts Is i of the world unsell 1 1 Is RIV gl glI i r f g their all all that I I i S lira hit e- e far fir Democratic free I 1 s I I 1 the world there could bei be belOR than to toh toe lOR I o 0 a t l snore more tin un American h base e own men who ar are trusted with are a asa s-a s pos poi of working in the defens p I t at home borne to wor worship worship Iship ship the all mighty dollar and to togo togo tol go on strike for a S few cents centa an hour hoist Increase In ta wa What could se e more un tin American 1 I I I |