Show DESERTERS WHAT ELSE the head of the A american legion in diding addressing did ing labor leaders said sai that a man who lays down his tools on an a waro war job to strike is just as guilty of an act of treason as a soldier who deserts his post past of duty labor leaders bitterly assailed tied this viewpoint but thew their arguments menis are am uni unconvincing convincing morally it is III no less treasonable for a man to throw down his tools which provide a soldier wi with equipment to fight than it is for th a soldier to throw down h his I 1 weapons and refuse to fight cannot cannat justify desertion of war jobs in leaving their posts they are traitors to a conn common ionn cause came even though they eni enjoy immunity aby from erom punishment such as would d be e meted out to soldiers who desert exchange |