The Lincoln Times

FOR THEIR SECURITY

Out in the battle lines of land, sea and air, it is America's splendid youth that is bearing the real brunt of this war. By the very nature of this war, above all others, demands the finest vigor of youth—youth which, in normal times, seldom envisions its own eventual twilight.

There are so many long and dark moments, we know, in which these boys, who probably never gave it such serious thought before, think of their future—of the days and the years they are so gallantly winning. The future must be made secure for them—that is the assignment of those of us safely left at home.

Their future security, in the end, boils down individually to having a job; in our American way of life that is the essential as well as the right. It is, then, of first importance that the National Association of Manufacturers, representing the bulk of America's employers, has this forthright plank in its recently adopted "Program For A Better America." It reads:

"To achieve his own security, a man must have a productive job, and we have a program for creating such jobs through the increase of capital equipment and the full cooperation of Labor and Management.

"If America moves into the postwar period under sound laws and sound political and economic institutions, the American citizen who is willing and able to work, or go into business, or otherwise serve his country in a productive capacity, need have little fear of insecurity during his productive years."