Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-12-08
It's News
To Me
By 0. J. Pecord
COMFORT FOR MATT

Smith, the brain behind the raidng MESA must have
been plenty comforted last week by article which appeared
a shop paper which used Matts expedlent
to damn "a UAWCIO regional director" Even Matt must
able through the thin which was parad
ing in the guise of personal conviction
Nobody going argue that the MESA hasn't attempted
Nobody is going to deny anyone their opinion that
the nostrke pledge be mistake or try to take away
others who in their beliefs in the opposite
direction.
going that the MESA has had very little
raidng the Auto Workers than they can
deny jursdcona fights aiding old as labor
before there either CIO an MESA
What resented is the graspng upon the nostrke pledge
using argument but weapon to turn against
"a UAWCIO regional director Incidentally, this regional
MESA walkout such extent that Matthew will pause
bit before attempting to steal any more workers from the
IGNORANT OF FACTS?
Graspng upon the nosrke the writer of the article
the local shop accused "a UAWCIO regional director
of condonng the use of the Army ordering members
to the Jobs deserted by the striking MESA members Inc
story ignorant the facts has been mis-
informed is publishing his opinions as facts In either
falscatons
Obviously the writer of Strange log of his
nobody write such ripe unless they
blinded by their opinions and prejudices wished to
blacken the reputation of "a UAW-C -CIo director"
1t privilege to participate in the MESA meetings
observe UAWcIo regional director to whom the writer
apparently sold the FDR technique of not mentioning
Dewey's during the recent political campaign
Despite the fact that Matt Smith on his admission is
atheist philosophical (probaby to the
left than the writer of Strange Frut and one of the worlds
of his life and quit his strike like whipped puppy And "a
UAWcIo regional director" there to give it to him.
THE OTHER CHEEK
Despite his carefully worded article the author of Strange
unable the fact that he diSlkes UAW
CIO director cordially than he dislike the MESA
He tries to tell his readers that they should embe union
ethics their other cheek for Matt Smith and the
MESA to slug.
What the writer of the shop article apparently is
trying addition to his dislike for "a UAWClO
regional director that it wrong for the Auto Workers to
defend themselves from MESA oppornss who have nothing
to offer but empty promises and strikes against the Auto
Workers to nmdate them into joining with MESA for dear
old Matt from Merre Merrie England
For the author Strange Fruit to speak of union ethics
in the breath which he speaks of the MESA ridcu
lous the devil quoting the bible although understand he
do it, No doubt the militant who wrote this brilliant
attack Strange Fruit would refuse to walk through picket
line thrown around his plant by the MESA for the of
radng the UAW to which the writer of Strange Fruit
claims his conditional allegiance.
Having accused UAWCIO regional director of
donng the .pf the Army and stating that the UAWCIO
leadership had the Army brought break the MESA strike
the writer ends his -conceaed by saying I'VE have
had opportunity to strange fruit And it is strange fruit
in the UAW CIO.
With the concluding statement of the shop article
total for too have observed strange
fruit in the UAWCIO fruit which is obvious that the
efforts of those effected by hide the bit
terness which this fruit brings to them.
Yes, is strange fruit and in the of the writer in
the shop paper, it fruit which we'll known to the dis
to the dsconened who have the
they Methinks the fruit s-SOUR GRAPES!