Community civics and rural life . FORTY-FOTXR NATIONALITIES — ALL AMERICANS in the entire army of Greece. Would all these people be loyalto our nation, or would they divide it against itself? The war in fact showed us that there were some among uswho had never really become members of our nation (seeL alt of P* 53) anc* w^° were dangerous to our peace anddiverse safety. It also showed us the danger that comes from the presence of so many illiterates, or of thosewho cannot use the English language; for such people, eventhough loyal in spirit to the United States, cannot understandinstructions e
Community civics and rural life . FORTY-FOTXR NATIONALITIES — ALL AMERICANS in the entire army of Greece. Would all these people be loyalto our nation, or would they divide it against itself? The war in fact showed us that there were some among uswho had never really become members of our nation (seeL alt of P* 53) anc* w^° were dangerous to our peace anddiverse safety. It also showed us the danger that comes from the presence of so many illiterates, or of thosewho cannot use the English language; for such people, eventhough loyal in spirit to the United States, cannot understandinstructions either in the army or in industry, and otherwise OUR NATIONAL COMMUNITY 71 prevent effective cooperation. And yet the most striking thingthat the war showed us in regard to this mixed population isthat the great mass of it, regardless of color or place of birth,is really American in spirit and loyal to our flag and the ideaswhich it A Strike Scene — All Work Suspended Another weakness within our nation that the war empha-sized is the lack of harmony between wage earners and theiremployers. There were many sharp conflictsbetween them. Strikes occurred, or were threat- safetyened, in factories, shipyards, mines, and railroads, dePends onthat blocked the wheels of industry at a timewhen the nation needed to strain every nerve to provide thematerials of war. This lack of harmony between workmen andemployers, which in war threatened our national safety, hasexisted for many years and has always been an obstacle tonational progress. But the common purpose of winning thewar caused employers and wage earners, in most cases, to 72 COMMUNITY CIVICS adjust their differences. In nearly every case one side or theother, or both sides, yielded certain points and agreed not todispute over others, at least for the period of the war. Thenational government did much to bring this about by thecreation of labor adjustment boards to
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