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oy a ; poe * headlbine is given on Page 1 of the October 4, 194] issue to the purchase, by the union, of $10,000.00 of Defense Bonds, The articls _ dbegins"by a unanimous standing vote Thursday, October 2, headquarters approved the secretary's reconmentation that we purchase $10,000 of U.S. Defense Bends", ; An editorial on Page 2 of this issue is headed "The Union's Program for Defense*®. A resolution reads: "WHEREAS, President ROOSEVELT, in the name of democracy here and throughout the world, has pledged the full support of the Americm peopbe in the British-Soviet-Chinese struggle against Fascism; and "HEREAS, The direct threat of fascism is a danger to our trade unions and to the Americm people that is being minimized by such groups as ‘America First', LINDBERGH, Senator “WHEELER, the HEARST press, and others, who attempt to confugt an Vide our democratic forces; and WHEREAS, Although President ROOSEVELT hes promised our full aid and support to all nations struggling against this threat of Nazi dictatorship, his program is being slowed down by priorities bottlenecks, by quibbling bureaucracies headed by dollar a year representatives of big business; therefore be it RESOLVED, That we recognize thet the Number One danger facing the American people, our democratic institutions, our unions, end perticulerly our seamen's unions, is the menace of German Nazism ...ete." It is noted that the current criticism in the Comrunist press on the West Coast (People's World) are the America First Committee, LINDBERGH, WHEELER and HEARST. ee rer 2A Ege oe Ate nee green ap a at Ee oem ny Lie eR arian nee