Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-11-24
Political
Action
BY
Clayton
Rusch
Chairman

lnere nave Deen m n y
questions as k e d by PAC
members in our membership
drive regarding time and
place of PAC meetings.
l want this column to clear
ly answer all such questions.
PAC meetings are held ac-
cording to the bylaws which
were adopted at the general
membership meeting which
was held June 6, 1914.
These bylaws provide for
two gen neral membership
meetings year, one in Janu-
ary and one in June. In ad-
dition general membership
meetings may be called by
the executive board of PAC.
An executive board of fif-
teen members is elected in
June. This Executive Board
elects the Political Action
Manager, who is responsible
for the direction of the pro-
gram.
Richard Gosser Regional
Director of Region 2B is Pol
itical Action Manager.
COMMITTEE
There is an educational
committee, a publicity COM
mittee, a legislative commit
tee an entertainment COM
mittee, an organizational COM
mittee, a recreational COM
mittee a welfare committee
and a speakers Committee.
The chairman of these
standing committees are ex-
officio members of the Ex-
ecutive Board.
Our membership is broken
down into 81 Ward and 9
Township Clubs. Each of
these clubs elects their own
officers consisting of Chair
man, v. Chairman, Secretary
and Treasurer. These Clubs
also have Precinct Captains
one for each Precint. Under
the direction of the Precinct
Captain a block leader is
chosen for each block.
Each ward and township
club has one meeting a month
between the fifteenth and the
last day of the month.
Each member of the PAC
executive Board is assigned
to meet with two Ward or
Township Clubs and assist
them in organizational work.
The local PAC organization
is affiliated with the State
PAC and the National PAC.
LIKE UNION
The organiZational Struc-
ture of the local area PAC
which has the name of Pol
itical Action Committee for
Social Legislation is similar
to the set up of an ANAL
gamated local union. The Ex-
ecutive Board of the PAC is
equivalent to the Executive
Board of an Amalgamated To-
cal. The Ward and Township
Club Officers are equivalent
to the Executive shop COM
mittees. The Precinct Cap
tains are equivalent to Chief
Stewards and the Block Lead
ers are equivalent to depart
ment stewards.
With this set up it is poss-
ible to keep the people in
formed on the issues before
the legislative bodies and to
urge that letters be sent in
support of social legislation
and in opposition to anti
labor bills.
Each member is assigned to
his or her proper Ward or
Township Club according to
where he or she lives.
The personal of the Club
Officers, Precinct Captains,
Block Leaders is not fully
completed and there are plen-
ty of openings for people who
want to be active in Political
Action.
The names of the present
PAC officers will be given in
future columns.
In order to make this an or
ganization which can decide
who gets elected to public Of
flee and thus assure the cleo
tion of friends of Labor. we
need membership of fifty
thousand.
Now is the time to join
PAC and participate in pro-
noting social legislation.
Our office is in Room 40
425 Winthrop st.
Membership is one-dollar
per year.
PAC literature is available
at our office.
Let's all get behind the PAC
Program.