Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-11-24
What's
New?
By
Edudrd Duck
Educational
Director,
Local II
HAPPY DAYS

oOlllSWlGIG, over lne Idill-
bow, lies that promised land
often referred to as Postwar
America. Surely, it's going to
be a wonderful sort of semi
utopia, judging from reports
of those who have given freely
of their time and effort in or
der to shape the future of our
people.
Although not wishing to ap-
pear cynical, | should like to
state that certain of these post
war p | n n RS have back
grounds which suggest that
possibly their own interests
might be protected by adop-
ton of their blue prints for
national prosperity, to put it
lightly.
The time has come for some
very frank declarations, and
in doWn-to-earth guage
which everyone can under
stand. Since 1892, the accent
has been on social and eco
nomic problems in this coun-
try, but because of the war
these problems have become
of secondary importance. In
fact, progress has not only
been stopped, but in many
ways the clock has been
turned backward.
One of these days the shoot
ting will subside, and we'll
find ourselves faced with
good many of the old problems
and few new ones.
Various measures have been
proposed to Congress, extend
ing and amplifying the bene-
fits of social security, and
guaranteeing a living wage to
the postwar unemployed. The
Wagner Murray -Dingell bill,
the -Pepper-Kilgore bill,
and other legislative proposals
have either been defeated,
modified to the point of mutt
lation, or pigeon-holed so that
a vote would not be taken.
G. BILL
An outstanding case of this
modified" type is the G.. /.
Bill of Rights, II ii had been
approved as presented, return
ing servicemcn would really
have something when this war
is oVerl
To most of us postwar
means the time when we'll
once again have plenty of but
ter on our toast, banana splits
with whipped cream, thick
juicy steaks, a new automo-
bile, no gasoline or tire diff
cultieS, better beer, liquor or
cigarettes, mpro we'd radio
programs and m owl es, or
something along these lines.
But unless proper planning
takes place, we might very
easily find ourselves in the
midst Of a very rude awaken
ing on national scale.
Those who have given up
home and family in order to
risk life and limb in defense of
the Four Freedoms have every
right to expect that Freedom
from Want will be theirs upon
returning. They who have
given up considerably more
than the aforementioned deli
cacies and luXur'eS regard the
word postwar" as signifying
the time when they shall re-
turn to home and family, to
live in a peaceful and COM
Portable world.
BACKBONE OR WISHBONE
You don't accomplish things
by simply wishing for them.
Anything that was ever of any
worth was not easily attain
able, but was gained only by
diligence and perseverance,
not to mention plenty of hard
labor and struggle.
The working people of this
country have expressed them
selves quite significantly in
their choice for the presidency
of the United States. They did
not vote for the mere man,
RooSevelt-they voted ap-
proval OF his doctrine and so.
cial philosophy. BY so doing
they have paved the way for
the things which are soon to
come. This war will not be
over tomorrow, next week, or
next month, but there Is
already too little time in
which to obtain an under
standing on the complete pic
ture of postwar production,
housing, governmental pro-
grams, wage policies and guar
antees, legislative regulation
of industrial monopolies, and
policies of our poWers-that-be
regarding international trade
practices,
AT any rate, we must insist
that the philosophy of sur
Vival of the fittest' and the
various anti-social economic
theories cloaked in the sup
ply and demand garb, which
are promulgated by some of
our best" pagan universities,
shall not be incorporated into