Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-05-26

knack of meeting people and
impressing them favorably.
Secondly, showing that you
are interested in them, per-
haps by remembering their
names or funny little Incl
dents which they enjoy re-
calling. A friendly handshake
or a sincere smile can 60 a
long way toward gaining and
h o ding acquaintanceship
which may currently or at
later date be considered de
sirable.
But the best politics of all
is a job well-done. If you have
done a good job you don't
need a press agent, nor is self
praise necessary. Every grown
UP politician of any kind has
constituents. They will volun-
tarily be his cheering section
if he has served them well.
There are two kind of
politics, good and bad. Good
politics promote healthy con-
ditions. Bad politics are de
structiVe by nature and tend
only to deteriorate and de-
grade whatever community
they enter Christian ethics
tells us that when the means
to an end is not evil in itself
this means may be used to-
ward accomplishing a worth
while objective. And the re-
sultant objective reached in
politics through the employ
ment Of proper methods can
only tend toward aiding the
common good.
CREED
p " \ . s the underlying
cause Of bad politics is selfish
greed. Those who employ an
evil means to accomplish an
evil objective must have an
evil or selfish motive for so
doing.
When irregularities or inn
proper actions are aired be-
fore those affected by them
this can hardly be called
"mud-slinging or character
assassination" When betrayal
of a trust is brought to light
the guilty party should be
punished, or at least denied
the opportunity of repeating
the offense until he has paid
his debt.
Laxity on the part of the voters
makes ii possible for selfish
minority to become a major
ity, or the equivalent thereof.
Through lack of interest or
through ignorance OF the
truth, the majority can allow
a selfish minority to take
over" and actually misrepre-
sent those who acclaim them
as their representatives.
Truth is usually ones best
weapon. Those who cannot
survive just criticism often
times attempt to gag their
opponents or shout them down
in order not to hear the truth.
In certain types of gatherings
they indulge in booing or
h eek ling, and occasionally
make a mockery of parliament
tary procedure In order 10 in
terrupt the meeting, discour-
age those attending, belittle
the chairman, and prevent
their opposition from receiv-
ing an equal break.
MIGHT AND RIGHT
Might does not prevail over
right At least, not for long
Truth has a way of making
itself known in the long run,
No amount OF subterfuge,
fraud, trickery, deceit, con-
niying or fslsifying will de-
feat a person who bases his
politics upon principles.
Those who attempt to dis
riminate against an individual
on the basis of his religion or
nationality, or because of
political implications which
are intrinsically evil will
wake up some morning to find
that democracy has taken
away the power it gave them
and which they misused for
personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Union politics are no excep-
ton. A healthy organization is
one in which the duly elected
officers constantly strive to-
ward bettering the conditions
of those whom they represent.
remembering that they are
the servants, rather than the
masters, and remembering al
so that while good politics are
necessary for the preservation
Of the organization, politics
as such should at no time be
the prime consideration of
those whose bread, butter,
rent and clothing depend on
honest, sincere, wholehearted
effort in collective bargaining
with an employer.