THE ARMS THAT COUNT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 June 1943, Page 2

THE ARMS THAT COUNT

For the first time in history, men and women who work share equally with those who fight in the tremendous responsibility of winning a crucial war. This is a solemn obligation —and an exalted privilege. It can truthfully be said that the future welfare .of the peace-loving peoples of the woild xests squarely on the shoulders of the workers of all the United Nations. The strong arms of vvorkers are vital to victory. New Zealand workers —men and women —ai’e New Zealand. They know what this war is about. They know that, should we lose, they would probably never again own a home, educate their children, own a motor cai, belong to a labour organisation, attend a house of worship or read honest news in a free Press. They know that all these simple, priceless, everyday things that go to make up the British way of life have no place in Axis plans. The great job being done by the vast majority of New Zealanders in industry and on the land goe§ unhonoured and unsung. But rest assured the work goes steadily forward —throughout the Dominion as it does at the New Zealand Ford factory, where the entire huge staff is engaged one hundred per cent on Avar production. The strong arms and skilled hands of New Zealand Ford workers have produced vast quantities of front-line munitions of various kinds —as well as building many thousands of Ford vehicles for the Fighting Forces. That’s their job. Ford’s job. Ford’s only job until victory is won. —P.B.A. 1