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Union Head Says Something Besides Broad
and Butter Needed io Nourish Man's Mind
One ol’ nation's youngest labor loaders, in his early 40s Phila
delphian Janies B. Carey, reveals here his personal creed. This is
one of a series of statements prepared for broadcast by thinking,
useful people in all walks of life. The program is presented by
Edward R. Murrow over KIBH at 3:55 and 10:30 Monday thru
Friday.
By JAMES B. CAREY
Labor Leader
Pres., InL Union Electrical
Workers (CIO)
Perhaps more than anything
in the world I believe in liberty.
Liberty for myself, liberty for
my fellow-men. I can’t forget the
legend engraved on the base of
the Statue of Liberty on Bedloc's
Island in New York harbor:
"Give me your tired, your
poor.
Your huddled masses yearn
ing to br.athe free.
The wretched refuse of your
teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tem
pest-tossed to me:
I lift my lamp beside the gold
en door.”
That is the voice of America.
As one small part of it. one tiny
decibel in its sound, I. as a fre e
individual of America. beli. ve in
it. It makes no boast of noble an
cestry. On the contrary, it ad
mits honestly that each of us in
this country, with the possible
and qualified exception of our
native Indians, is a displaced
person. (In a particular kind of
way the Inciiun was our first dis
placed person. If you and I did
not come from abroad mrselv s.
our forefathers did. The scourge
that drove them was economic,
political or religious oppression.
Oppression has always strewn
the shroes of life with wretched
human refuse. We who today are
Crom Seward
3S PAHANOI
Thursday
May 8
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
j SS DENALI
| Thursday
May 15
Cordova
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SAILINGS
FROM SEATTLE
SQUARE KNOT
May 7
Sitka, Seward, Valdez
SS GEORGE PRENTICE
May 9
Valdez, Seward
SUSITNA
May 14
Cordova, Seward. Valdez
the proud people of a proud
country ur what might be called
tiie reclaimed refuse of other
lands.
The fact that the flotsam and
jetsam, the persecuted and the
pursued of all these other lands,
the fact that they came here and
for the most part successfully
start, d life anew—this renews
my faith in the resilience of the
human individual and the dig
nity of man.
There are those who say we
should be content with the mate
rial benefits we have accrued
among ourselves. I cannot accept
that for mys If. A laboring man
needs bread and butter, and cash
to pay the rent. But he would be
a poor individual indeed if lie
were not able to furnish the ves
tibule of his mind and his soul
w i t h spiritual embcllishm nts
in yond the price of a union con
tract.
I mean by this that I believe
it is imoortant tor a man to dis
cover. whether he is an electrical
worker or an executive, that he
is an individual with his own
resources and a sens, of the dig
nity of his own person and of
that of other men.
V.'' are separate. and we are
collective. Man can be strong
alone but not indomitable in iso
lation. He has to belong lo some
thing—to realize that lie is not
cr ated separately or apart from
tiie rest of mankind, whether he
is an American or a Mohamme
dan.
I ahi stirred by the abundance
of the fields, t lie forests, the
streams and the natural resourc
es they hold. But do those things
make me important? Have we
wrou ;ht the miracle of Amer
ica because of these riches we
hold? I say, "No.”
Our strength-—and I can say
my strength too because I am a
part of this whole—Iks in a fun
damental belief in the validity
of human rights. And I believe
that a man who holds these
rights in proper esteem is great
whether he is recognized or not.
As an individual I must face
the future with honesty and faith
in the good things that hav 1
made us mighty. I must have
confidence in myself, in others,
in all men of good will every
where, for freedom is the child
of truth and confidence.
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EDITORIAL
While Communists celebrated
May Day with Ihe usual riots
and demonstrations in some
parts of the world, Union men
went on strike in America. Dis
aster in its many forms stalked
the adult world.
But in Seward, folks were
gently reminded of the old time
significance of the day by the
finding of small May baskets
at tli o front doors. A gentle,
fairy-like ran on the door brot
many a housewife to investigate?
just in time to see a small gold
en head and hear the scurry of
small feet as the fairy sped
away. A! lu.r feet the host ss
would find a small bundle of
pussywillows done up in bright
ly colored crept' paper.
These little May Fairies hav
no idea of the great service they
have don in this g r i rn old
world. The little act of kindness
brot a catch to the throat and a
wave of warmth to many hearts
in Seward. Thank God for the
Little Ones and the simple
things in life.
EOGATIDS' DAUGHTER HERE
FROM KOTZEBUE
Miss Marjorie Bogard, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tray Bogard,
will visit with her parents here
for a month. Miss Bogard is on
her way to resume work in Kot
zebue, where she is employed
as accountant by Archie Fer
guson, well known merchant of
that part of the Territory .
Miss Bogard arrived .Sunday
from Seattle, where she spent
the winter and will have a long
visit here before she continues
her journey northward.
ROMACH IN WASH! dGTON
Word was received here that
Sam Romaeh has included a visit
1o Washington, D.C. on his itin
erary Outside.
Sam is taking his first State
side vacation in many years, and
is making it a good one. Ait r a
brief stop in San Francisco, he
will start north and is expected
to be home sometime this month.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Hovcy are
parents of a son born Saturday,
April 20 in Seward General Hos
pital Tiie boy weighed 8 pounds
7 ounces. lie was named Kurt
Edward. The Hoveys are Seward
residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lieben
thal of Anchor Point are parents
of a baby daughter born April
26 iii Seward General Hospital.
The little girl was named Sylvia
Jane. She weighed 7 pounds 9
ounces.
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