Show wake up americal america THE NATION needs to awaken to the full gravity of the peril that confronts it jt it needs to appreciate how bow badly we have been deft defeated ted in three months of war it needs need to understand that it Is possible tor for the united nations and the united states to lose this war and suffer the late fate df france and that this possibility may become a probability if the present tide does not charge change it needs to realize that there Is grave chance of the japanese pushing through india and the germans driving through the near east to join their armies and resources tn in an almost unbeatable combination it needs to get away once and fox for all from the comforting feeling that while we may lose lo se at the start we axe are bound to win in the end only when fully aware of existing perils win will tho the united states do its utmost pray god that aawar awareness aness will not come too late as it did in france production product on director domald aelion Te lion appeals app eab for vastly th la created creased industrial output on a 24 hour seven day basis hours houis a week maximum production in short I 1 can we get it not on the present basis not under the psychology of recent years I 1 not until we quit thinking in terms of less work for more pay not while there is greater concern about overtime pay than overtime overt production not while farmer politicians are more interested in m higher prices than raising more essentials not while government bureaus created to meet a depression sion emergency that is ended continue trying to grab tor for themselves money needed for armaments not while an army of federal press agents clamor to promote and perpetuate activities that have no present need or value not while congressmen try to put over useless canals and river ssi and take up the time of defense officials clamoring for factories and contracts as if the war were a great gravy train not while despite a shortage of labor seeks to carry on projects which it have the men to perform or the need for performing not while arld and arl d NYA stretch greedy hands for funds to pamper young men who ou ought ht to be in the armed forces or war plants not while strikes hamper war production despite a solemn promise that they would stop not while the life and death need for uninterrupted production is used as a weapon to put over the closed shop not while double time Is demanded for sunday work which is anly part of a 40 hour week not while a man cant be employed on in an aal army y project or in a war plant until he pays 20 to W 50 or more to a labor racketeer not while criminal control ein employment and allocation of men to work on the Nor normandie Nonn andle mandle and the other along now new yorks vast waterfront not while fifth colun mists axe are pampered and enemy aliens move freely in defense areas not while the grim job of preparing our home communities against air raids and sabotage is gummed up with a lot of highfaluting fa boon boggling social s service arvice activity not while pressure blocs clamor for bigger benefits bounties and pensions we will riot not get maximum production in short unless first we fully realize our awful peril and second get over the glimes of recent years gamme shorter hours gamme higher wages gamme bigger profits gamme more overtime gilme less work gomme more pensions gine greater crop benefits gine more appropriations and patronage patrona ge gamme plants for my congressional district gamme fees and dues to work for uncle sani sam gilme ham hain n eggs gifune share the abe wealth glimme 30 every thursday france fra nce had bad the gin intes too had them till the germans were close to paris then everybody went frantically to work too late fronce france has no gigmes today except gamme food for my baby gamme a place to lay my head gemme death will the united states wake up too late editorial rocky mountain news march 17 au r M r 1 a ral M pa I 1 M M P 1 i M P 4 rz 0 YM |