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Show !" 'jp v & V4fcV.& -A fill Beleased by Western Newspaper Un.on. PATRIOTIC V. S. LABOR IxD SOMETHING DIFFERENT FIFTY union delegates called tor a mass meeting of workers in Pacific coast airplane plants to vote on the question of a strike which if approved ap-proved by the workers, would tie up ihe greatest portion of our armed forces It was in opposition to a decision of the War Labor board against a pay increase of 95 cents an hour for beginners. The A. F. of L., of which these delegates are members, made an agreement with the President not to strike for the duration of the war, but evidently the word of the A. F. of L is meaningless so far as its officials of-ficials are concerned. To them the fact that the nation is at war does not mean a thing. Their demands are imperative. They refused to accept ac-cept a compromise of 80 cents an hour for beginners, not because those workers who were learning the business busi-ness of building airplanes were not satisfied, but to enforce the demands of the union racketeers. It is of such people we would make heroes (?). We sing their praise and put them in a class along with the men who would fly those planes, who would gamble with death that America Amer-ica might be free. We say such people peo-ple are essential to the war effort. We give them unlimited gas and tires when others, including the food-producing farmers, are limited in the gas and tires they can have for use in the production of food. Labor, whether it be union or otherwise, is not represented by such racketeers. The average American, whether he wears overalls or the garb of the business office, is patriotic. patri-otic. It is the racketeer who cares nothing for the fate of the nation who has no interest in the life or death of our boys on the battle lines, whose word to the President is of no value. Such people are not heroes. They have no right to preferred treatment. They are saboteurs and should be dealt with as such. There is no place in our free America for their class. They do not represent patriotic pa-triotic American labor. DEFINITION OF WANT, NEED IS DIFFICULT FREEDOM from "want" or freedom free-dom from "need," whichever we may term it, is a generality. Who can define "want" or "need"? 'Do. we mean freedom from starvation or freedom from freezing? Much less than 1 per cent of the American people die from lack of food or lack of warmth. What may be "want" or "need" for one, may be luxury for another. The Jonsses have two cars; the Browns have only one. The Browns "want" another car, but is that the "want" we are expected to provide? Farmer Smith has 320 acres of land, while Farmer Green has only 160 acres. Farmer Green' "wants" 320 acres. Will it solve any problem . to take 160 acres of Farmer Smith's land and give it to Farmer Green? Freedom from "want" or freedom from "need" may express a beautiful beauti-ful idealism, but before we can work at a solution to such a problem as it may cover, we should know what may constitute "want" or "need," and just how much of a problem that may be. It has been reported that one-third one-third of our people are poorly fed, poorly clothed and poorly housed! From what standards do we measure meas-ure or make our comparisons? The fact is we should set standards stand-ards by individuals. If those who live in but one room desire two rooms, we should make it possible for them to acquire two rooms, if they want them badly enough to work to get them. Freedom from "want" or freedom from "need" really means the opportunity op-portunity to work, to acquire, to save. The world cannot do much for those who, given the opportunity to work and acquire and save refuse re-fuse to 3rasp the opportunity so offered, of-fered, but expect society to protect them, without any effort on their part We can create opportunity for the individual through production We must make things before they can be divided, and the American system sys-tem has offered the individual far greater opportunity than can be found in any other nation Possibly we might encourage the ntrod tlon , he a, r m o other nations for the benefit of much t Un!,te P60ples and o do much toward solving the world prob- "ffE BET that when the thereChwTh w written! tnere will be no factories left in pricir war - more T fhf W -'caned for3! -'hs Islands. " me smon -eh-nersin worm did trn ra,SeinWages' T eluding local s to 'evyand in- Jedera?col?e tion etoarnLthe VariUS we will be pavinV ,1 year 1943. approximately y50grpthte govnment dollar we get But Ut f each MENftey SE THREE MILLION found among th ' n 1'," Can be tic employeo"'6" bui'eau-ernment. bui'eau-ernment. 1 the edeMl gov- |