Show SHALL STRIKES CONTINUE TO IMPERIL NATION borrowing from the thought of 0 lincoln as expressed at gettysburg more than three quarters of a cen tury ago it may now be said eight score and five years ago out our talkers brought forth on this continent a now nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal then it was the crisis of a great civil war now it is the crisis of totalitarian tali threat from without and labor strife within our own borders that is testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure in these crucial days when the fate of our nation hangs in the bal ba 1 ance when millions of people in in europe have already been deprived of liberty of thought and action and nen the surviving remnants of cf democracy are fighting desperately for self preservation a small minority in the united states is permitted to wreak havoc with the national program of industrial production of war materials vital to defense and aid to britain if hitler hiller were at the moment directing the affairs of the united states in his own interests he coull could ask no greater show of sympathy and operation cooperation co than is now being beina evidenced by the numerous strikes in essential defense industries and the she violence associated with some of ahem the internal dissension in the ranks of organized labor and the revelations of rackel erring ferring methods used in collecting exorbitant initiation fees and dues in connection io n with construction work on gov rement projects if nazi fascist and communist nir hirelings elings were seeking seeding a way to weaken this nation in its determine ed cd course to safeguard itself from aggression and also to tc give all possible aid to britain and the other embattled democracies aey could pursue no more effective course than to foment the disunity being evidenced by strikes in defense industries dus tries or in the production of materials necessary to the steady maximum output of these industries but it is not hitler mussolini or stalin who is directing the course of this nation nor or are nazi fascist or communist agents or sympathizers assumed to have a voice of authority in either of the antagonistic labor jabor organizations it is president franklin D roosevelt who is the executive head of this nation and also commander in chief of its military forces A recent statement by president rooseve bears repeating for the emphasis it merits the determination of America must not be obstructed by unnecessary I 1 strikes of workers by shortsighted short sighted management or by deliberate sabotage let me malce maka it clear that the nation is calling for the sacrifice of i some privileges but not for the sacrifice oi of fundamental rights that kind of sacrifice is for the common national protection lection and wel bellare lare for our defense against the most ruthless brutality in history for the ultimate victory of a way of life now so violently menaced and president roosevelt also said wise labor leaders and wise business managers will realize how necessary it is to their own existence to make common sacrifices for this great common cause germany has it as no labor unions russia has no labor unions italy has no labor unions the privilege ot of groups to organize and bargain collectively collective and the right to strike are accorded only to people who are adjudged capable of self govern nent alent and who evidence willingness 0 0 proceed in orderly manner to exercise their privileges and rights under tinder the law the time is again at hand for every american in whatever capacity lie may serve to at least temporarily put bickering greed and self interest in the background and to once more become dedicated to the great task that lies before us its and to highly resolve that this naton nation shall have a new birth of freedom that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth mansfield ohio news journal |