Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-19

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Edward Duck propasandize
the voters
and besmirch the character
and integrity Of those who op-
pose their unholy plot to con-
troll the destinies of the Amer
lean people.
The foulest connivery in
many a year is the refusal OF
certain congressional public
servants to allow servicemen
to participate in this years
elections, while they are facing
bombs, bullets and bayonets to
keep democracy" alive-de-
mocracy they expect to find if
and when they return.
Business mems gatherings
fill the air with converse
ton about Roosevelt "over-
stepping his bounds" and hav-
ing made a foolish move in
forcing Montgomery Ward to
respect the law Of the land.
What they really mean and
what the industrial magazines
and confidential releases also
tell them, Is that this episode
is nothing more than trap
set to cause the President dis
comfort and bad publicity.
BLASTING
With millions of young men
removed from the scene on
the home front, the moguls OF
industry and the titans of the
kept press find IL most op-
perfume time to blast away at
their Number One Opponent
They will not let the Mont
gomery Ward case die natur-
al death. II is only the begin
ming of controversy which
will be dragged along from
now till next November.
These bloodthirsty and mer-
ciless Midases have set out to
blacken Roosevelt and his col
leagues in any way possible,
with no holds barred, and the
Montgomery Ward Company,
with stuffed-shirt management
Of 1850 vintage, provides ex-
cellent material for a test case,
intended to break down the
democratic processes which al
low the workers economic
freedom.
II you could but read the
literature which lies" on the
desks of Industrial manage
ment you would soon realize
that the next six months will
be spent in an all-out blitZ
against Roosevelt and the
working people, against unions
and price control, against stab
iliZation and economic security
for all of US, against a decent
postwar plan and a curb on
monopolies, in short, they are
opposing everything the serv-
iceman thinks he's fighting
for.
Eight short years ago the
Literary Digest conducted
polls known as straw votes"
which were supposed to in
form us as TO the unqueStion-
able outcome OF the presiden-
tial race between Roosevelt
and Landon. The Digest pre-
dicted that Landon would win
"by landslide" but when the
votes were Tailed we found
that he was left waiting at the
post.
Such deceit and trickery
should not be forgotten, be-
cause history repeats itself,
and you may reasonably ex-
pect that predictions of
Dewey victory will fill the air
within a short time.
THREE FACTORS
II Dewey even comes close
TO winning, ii will be due
mainly to three factors, name
ly the absence of young Dem
ocrRts who are denied service
mems ballots, prohibition of
millions of voters in the seven
southern poll-tax states, and
finally, but primarily, because
Of a lackadaisical attitude on
the part of millions of workers
who are too busy" to vote,
and who demonstrate most of
their interest when studying
the newspaper reports the day
after the elections.
II is high time we called
spade spade, recognized our
friends and enemies as such,
and quit dilly-dallying when
called upon to take a stand.
Dewey, Ian lon, Bricker,
Hoover and their associates
certainly have neither love nor
respect for us. They really
represent less than five per
cent of the American people.
Let's outvote taem in Noycm-
Der and out-talk them now!