Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-23


by a sixth sense which we call
intuition.
That's our story and most of
us are stuck with it. There is
certain degree of truth in each
of the above methods of char
acter analysis, but after you
have dealth with large groups
of people you understand why
students of psychology also take
course in logic.
Logic is the art of thinking
correctly, of analyzing situa-
tions and propositions, and if
we would only use more logic
and less psychology we would
be infinitely better off.
Evidence Of illogical thinking
is found in the variety of pre-
JUDGES we entertain Probably
ten million people don't like
John L. Lewis because of his
heavy eyebrowns, but these
same people don't condemn him
one iota for his antagonism to-
ward President Roosevelt!
One German paperhanger goes
haywire, and Immediately mill
lions Of Americans start calling
all their fellow citizens Of Ger
man descent the most derogat-
ory names imaginable, and to
hear them tell it you're Nazi
spy if your name happens to be
Ehrhardt, Bernhardt, or just
plain Hardt: If Ireland joined
the Axis, they'd have it in for
the Kellys, Moores, McCormacks
and McGintys. And so on.
Millions more don't like Jews.
"They own the world, they
caused the War, they did "this"
and they did "that", and maybe
Hitler had something there"
How many times have you
heard this song and dance?
AIDS TO PREJUDICE
Probably Westbrook Pegler
does more to aid prejudices than
anyone else, and because ! have
a profound and logical" dislike
of "Chesthook" | am pleased to
think that this is so. My reason
is that he has, upon occasion,
written scathing denunciations,
if you wish to call them that,
directed toward the British, the
French, the Germans, the Jew
ish, the Chinese, the Japanese,
and just about every other race
or nationality you could think
of. l don't particularly recall the :
Negro having come in for his
share of the abuse, but l can't
logically understand how Peg
Ter could miss such a vulnerable
target, especially when the econ
omic problem enters into the
picture as it does.
The UAW-CIO constitution
speaks quite plainly in outlining
ban on racial or religious dis
elimination, but l have found
that many of us are quick to
resent prejudice when it's our
toes that are being trodden
upon, altho we don't care if we
do indulge in a bit of thought
less and ignorant denunciation
of the other persons ancestry
or belief.
LET PEG DO 1T
Let Pegler carry the ball for
the bigots and the prejudiced,-
don't you do it. II he keeps it
up he'll have taken care of all
the races there are, and then
everybody will be mad at him,
and we can bury his literary
corpse, and his owners can use
the money they are paying him
for any number of more worth
while uses. A beautiful thought,
isn't it?
Let's all start thinking about
idolizing principles, rather than
personalities, and make darned
sure we aren't too loyal to a
prejudice. Let's Judge people by
their record, and forget about
not liking them on general
principles. Let's settle down
and do bit of solid thinking
on our own. Let's remember
what our organization used to
be and what It is today. We've
had our growing pains, and
we're ready to wear long pants
now. If person has a good
idea, cheer him for it and give
him your support, even if you
and he don't get along on the
basis of personalities. No two
people think alike, and every
one has his faults, but as long
as his mistakes are honest ones,
forgive him and help him to do
the right thing. Lastly, don't let
friendship interfere with your
convictions-think for yourself,
and speak out-don't let others