President Wheeler suggests that this statement
be read to the club and, if convenient, printed
in the club bulletin, as many members may

wish to use it for reference.

 

 

 

by the chief executives of four great organizations

%* We—the President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Commander of
the American Legion, the President of Rotary International, and the President of Kiwanis Interna-
tional—are of the opinion that our four organizations and all others representing labor, agriculture,
business, industry, the arts, and the professions, should work vigorously together in the prosecution
of this war to a speedy and successful conclusion and in the establishment of a firm foundation for
the peace that is to follow.

The units of our respective organizations will be urged to dedicate their meetings, assemblies,
activities, and objectives to the preservation of those principles and ideals for which men and women
are sacrificing their lives,

Believing in the loyalty and ability of our individual members, and with faith in the strength of our
respective units, we call upon them. to intensify their efforts and to seek the cooperation of other
organizations, and the support of all freedom-loving peoples of the world in the promotion of the
following objectives:

1. Enthusiastic cooperation in all activities which will help to bring the war to a speedy and successful
conclusion;

2. The assuming of a specific responsibility in the reconstruction period, to the end that we can help to
create a world economy which will be free from the evils of tyranny, slavery, and oppression, and to
maintain the personal liberty to plan, work, and live without fear of exploitation from any source;

3. To work together in the development of plans within each community which will bridge the period
of reconversion from a wartime to a peacetime basis—to the end that the individual may be assured
of opportunities in the kind of work he desires;

4. To work for an orderly but certain demobilization of wartime controls at the close of hostilities in
order to foster and strengthen the system of free enterprise.

We further believe that in order to accomplish these objectives, it will be necessary for our organi-
zations and the individual units of our organizations to promote by word and deed such specific
activities as:

1. The development of sound fiscal policies which will permit men to build reasonable but adequate
reserves for the promotion of legitimate business and industry as a service to society, thereby aiding
in the development of new frontiers for individual opportunity and which will promote high living
standards;

2. An equitable plan for the care, rehabilitation and employment of servicemen and women;

3. A program of education which will develop an intelligent and interested citizenry —fully appreciative
of the privileges granted by a free democracy, but. truly aware of the individual responsibilities
entailed therein;

4. Training of youth in the ideals and responsibilities of citizenship and developing in them an
understanding and appreciation of the opportunities in free enterprise.

We offer our support to all other organizations striving for similar objectives:

 
  

. S. Chamber of obpralag tiie

Kiwanis International

 

Rotary International

San Francisco, California, U.S. A.
December 16, 1943