Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-11-17
It's News
To Me
By O. J. Pecord
THE EXPERTS

THE EXPERTS
Now that the election is let look with quiet in
diligence upon those experts who picked Dewey win After
did SHOW by coming best the experts
only missed their by
ALL the experts make mistakes Just look
at all the thrdrae typewriter humpers who have already
hastened give their abs and retiring to their
political foxhoe search for ammunition to shoot in the 1s46
campaign.
Had Dewey won would be a different story Columns
of would have been printed by this time showing that
PAC the The experts would be explaining to
people you deoogies espoused
by immigrant who speaks with Russian accent down the
throats of "free" American workers.
We would be told in coastto-coast newspaper hookup by
Peger Lewis David Lawrence lesser fry, that
labor sadly divided and that it doesn't vote unit
Syndcated articles would have been written to that
labor had respect
and that it wanted youth vim, vgor and vitality
But not word has been written except by Dorothy
Thompson say that the PAC did real job.
WHAT'S THE REASON
We ignorant working sffs can't the
why some of these "air and impartial" writer's experts and
give the PAC little credit Gosh maybe
IL soethng else and not the PAC that elected Roosevelt
Democratic congressional majority and stole few
from the Republicans
Perish the thought No would be that that they
would refuse TO give the PAC credit it had credit coming
would theyg
Remember before election how the PAC the front
attacked communist foreigner and political conniver?
how friend Oliver Myers and his Off
yes man. George Engert PAC the CIO
all who do not vote the Republican ticket boshevks?
Does all this add up? You bet does and let this expert
tell you the reason why.
There only why the PAC will be conspicuous
by its from the of the daily from
that is because succeeded Regardless what alibs
appear you will little the PAC
When the Republican party and its supporters thought they
could build the party by tearing down the PAC there pub
licity galore, all of II bad, Tor the organization.
the PAC has played a important part in
deciding the election just past there will be conspiracy of
silence against it, AA
While it is true that the pAc was not uniformly successful
all sections of the country IL is true that in
failed give the President majority did play
important part in electing other candidates
Nowhere, in some sections where the PAC
weakest, did it fail entirely s-&MA
FUTURE PAC sssga@sssAA
Not only did the PAC conduct campaign
back the lie to those who believed earlier
what occurred two would be repeated
failed two years worried when the
registered the workers large numbers Their
confirmed on November z.
Labors campaign is over Even now ii must begin
nucleus of the 1916 campaign to which the Repub
already hoping they will the off elections
and regain the legislative branch Of government.
What action will be maintain the PAC Is ques
which will be answered later this month when the CIO
convention in Chicago but is apparent that
its guard but must begin to prepare
for the next campaign.
Labor cannot depend upon the presidential elections
hope gains We have had illustration for the
past two of hostile do Every worker
realize labor loses by not voting each election the
as it did on November T. W
Labor politics to stay. 1t must maintain its political
organization prepare the future 1t must continue and
enlarge educational campaign make the workers politically
conscious the that economic gains only
be won and safeguarded by political action.
We hope a continuation of PAC.