• You’ve aeen picture* of
theM two thing* before. The
bc|l that was rung to announce
the hard-won freedom of these
United State* . . . the docu
ment that declared our inde
pendence. We Americans are
great lovers of liberty — and
fighters for liberty — because
it is the heritage of all who
draw the breath of life—we’re
fighting now, to pass on that
heritage to all the children of
the world—that they may be
bora to freedom, though their
parents were for a time en
slaved!
YOU are a soldier, fighting this war—though you be a housewife, a laborer, or a
store clerk. You are a soldier fighting this war—if you follow every government
regulation: if you effect every saving that will free war materials for our fighting
forces; and you are a winning soldier—if you buy War Bonds with 10% of your
pay every pay day! <
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THE BATTLE CRY FOR FREEDOM
On December 21st, 1620, the overcrowded and overladen
Mayflower reached the bleak New New England coast with
a small group of tired, bedraggled men and women who had
fled to the new world to escape the bigotry and oppression of
their birthplace. Before landing, the men drew up a solemn
* pact in which they bound themselves to obey whatever laws,
ordinances, acts and constitutions they deemed most conveni
ent for the general good of the Pilgrim Colony.' This vol
untary agreement was the first instance of self-determination
m our history.
On September 6th, 1774, at Carpenter Hall in Philadelphia,
our early patriots including George Washington, and Patrick
Henry, whose great plea “Give me Liberty or give me death”
still rings in the* hearts of all true Americans, assembled to
elect the first Continental Congress. This was the birth of
the Americans, assembled to elect the first Continental Con
gress. This was the birth of the American nation, for it
marked the first united appeal of the country for the recogni
tion of their ideas of liberty.
The first united Battle Cry For Freedom was the spirited
War Declaration as set forth by our First Congress which
stated—“We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an un
conditional submission to the tyranny of irritable ministers
or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have
counted the cost of this contest and find nothing so dreadful
as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect.
In defense of this freedom which is our birthright we have
taken arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall
cease on the part of our aggressors.” These words were the
first real Battle Cry For Freedom. They have marked our
policy and attitude towards aggression from that day to this.
The following is the American’s Creed which all true Amer
icans should carry close to their hearts. “I believe in the
Unjted States of America as a Government of the people, by the
people, and for the people, whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a
sovereign Nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union,
one and inseparable; established upon those principles of ifree
dom, equality, justice and humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe
it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitu
tion, to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it
against all enemies.”
So my friends, with these words ringing in our ears and
beating in our hearts, let us all go forward in a united effort,
deeming it a privilege to make any sacrifice necessary in order
that the Battle Cry For Freedom may continue to be the guid
ing light that will brighten the hopes of the oppressed all over
the world.
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Hosiery Union
Attacks Lewis
Convention Calls Him Grave
Danger to Nation’s Security
and Worker’s Future
PHILADELPHIA, July 2nd—The
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers today adopted a resolution
condemning John L. Lewis as “a grave
danger to the security of the nation
and to the future of the workers of
the entire world.”
The resolution accused Lewis, of
using his position as president of the
United Mine Workers of America “to
hamper the nation’s victory effort.”
It also condemned his “failure to ex
tend positive support to the nation
and President Roosevelt.”
The convention adopted another res
olution indorsing the government’s ac
tion segregating the Japanese popu
lation of the west coast. It was pro
posed by the California delegation
to Hie convention.
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PUTTING 10% OF YOUR EARNINGS INTO
WAR BONDS ISN’T SACRIFICE... It’s Saving!
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Let’s not kid ourselves.
Our buying War Bonds isn’t a
sacrifice even though the money’s
badly needed for our country’s
Victory. •
We’re not giving anything; we’re
being paid for lending.
The Government even guarantees
to return our money safe and
sound—plus interest.
So where does the sacrifice come
in? It doesn’t!
Unless you think t«*r,**g a bus in
stead of your ear compares with
wading across a river with a Jap
machine gun pouring bullets at
you . . .
Unless you think resting on your
Iporfgi in the evening »n«t»«d of
going out on a party compares
with crouching on your traces all
night in a mud-upholstered fox,
hole ...
Unless you think spending less
and saving more compares with
risking your life for your coun
try .. .
Nobody thinks so. “Risking
your life for your country** is a
privilege that we who are left
behind would gladly share, if we
could.
And that's why, if anybody’s been
buying a Bond now and then and
thought be was doing his part,
he’s been kidding himself.
That's why, unless we want Hitler
and the Japs to come over and
take—not borrow—100 percent
of what we've built in a free
America, we'd better put at least
10 percent of our pay into War
Bonds every pay day.
MAKE EVERY PAY RAY "BOND RAY"
Saw Witt WAR SAVM6S BONDS
“A FRIEND OF LABOR”