Show LETS GO TO WORK anthony eden recently said that help from america is not yet reaching britain in sufficient quantity that shipments of war supplies must le be speeded up if hitler is to be decisively beaten be aten in the shortest possible time in his labor day talk to the nation ion president roosevelt said that our military production is still below the necessary level he called upon all america to labor unstintingly fr for the defense and perpetuation of democracy basil manly of the federal power commission recently said we are now entering a period in which no individual or corporation can reasonably or properly expect to maintain unabated the economic status to which it has become ac customer cus Fus tomed everybody will sooner or later have to make sacrifices for the common good these statements are typical of what hat men in high positions believe today that belief adds up to this the united states is not doieg enough r it must do more infinitely the liberties gained over the centuries are to be preserved there is one extremely important reason why our arms program I 1 is lagging that reason is the unwillingness of certain labor leaders to permit a working day and a working week which is sufficient to perform the gigantic tasks we have undertaken coal is a case in point today coal miners work the 7 hour day dav and the 35 hour week established during the depression and that is imperiling impe riling an adequate supply of coal for the industries which make our weapons and our oar tools of peace alike A coal sh shortage or age would bring the arms prod production alon program virtually to a standstill A 40 hour week would probably eliminate all dangers of such shortages yet the 35 hour week is maintained I 1 what is true of coal is true in many other fields the majority of Ame americas workers art arc willing to do more but short sighted labor leaders wont let them |