Representation in Industry

Excerpt from Representation in Industry
At last the war is over. Less than a month ago every nerve was being strained for the purpose of enlisting, training and equipping four million men to reinforce, as speedily as possible, the battle-worn but unyielding forces of our Allies. Every wheel in industry was turning at top speed to supply munitions and the necessities of war.
The peoples engaged in the conflict stood ready to stake their all on the outcome of the struggle. The future of civilization hung in the balance. Was the iron heel to trample ruthlessly on humanity, or was Right to triumph over Might?
In the contest, millions of lives have been sacrificed; billions of dollars expended; rich treasure destroyed; cities, towns and villages laid waste; vast stretches of country desolated. No one can estimate the human suffering, misery and sorrow involved.