Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-12-08
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hating unions and continually
grabbing about strikes, evil
IDENTIFY didn't expect anyone
to pry into the facts.
Certainly the American in
fantryman typifies the spirit
of the soldier of World War II.
His rifle is the deadliest shoul-
der weapon in the history of
warfare, and he knows how to
use it. He is the best trained
foot soldier in the world. In
short. to use the words of Mel
son Eddy on a recent radio
program "he is the man who
fights through mud and steel"
No war can be won without
him.
Camp Blanding is full of
infantrymen-not just train
ees, like myself, but men who
have fought in the Aleutians,
in Europe and in the South
Pacific. Some have been
wounded in action, others
have been lucky. The trsinees
will see action too in one of
the theatres of war.
NOT ANTI-UNION
Since coming here, I've
looked around bit, and be-
lieve me there's no trace of
anti-union feeling among the
men. They agree that union
can be either a very good
thing or corrupt organiza-
tion depending upon what
type of leaders are selected
by union members.
Most of the men here are
former industrial workers.
They have seniority in plants
and hope to return to their
jobs when the war is over.
Here are few illustrations:
My buddy, Rollie Osterhaut,
halls from the Packard Unit
of Local 12 Without his mus
tache he closely resembles AL
Kenngott, former Champion
Unit chairman.
Company C's cook is Sgt.
Joe King from Ft. Wayne. His
brother, Pete, works at Auto
Lite.
Our guide, Joe Blair, is an
uncle Of OrVille Blair of Auto
Lite. Joe worked for the CO.
lumbus plant of the Surface
Combustion but doesn't feel
too happy about it.
Where have | seen you be-
fore?" asked a lad named
Walter Pilaski. 1t developed
that l had sent him out to
WHY'S for a job while work
ing in Local IL employment
office. His father, Lawrence,
and sister, Helen, also work
out at Willys.
LIGHTWEIGHT BOXER
Our company's lightweight
boxing representative, Bernie
Debs, is former UAW-CIO
steward who helped organize
the Fisher Aircraft in Cleve-
land.
During my stay at Camp
Atterbury, stepped up to the
company clerk to sign for
payroll deductions and Char
lie Lempke, from Spicer's
heat treat department, looked
up, recognized me, and talked
union long enough to let me
know he had received a mill
tary bonus amounting to $l08
through the Unions contract.
Clyde Grouse, whose father
caught for the White Sox, is
here, although he has five
children, Clyde wants it
known that he was a good
CIO member while at GINS
Remy plant in Muncie.
John Critics from Akron's
Goodyear Aircraft, informs me
that he was former member
OF the Garagemen's Unit of
Local II. He worked at Jor-
donoff's on Cherry st. and
says the CIO helped him
plenty.
Even the old gent at the
PIX holds a withdrawal card
from the UAW in Jackson,
Mich.
The bunk about servicemen
not liking unions is a vicious
falsehood, They resent John
l.. Lewis methods, and those
who come from Toledo, De-
troit and Cleveland are dis
gusted with the MESA's re-
cent strikes, but they are for
the CIO and give it a lot of
credit.
VEN THE OFFICERS
HAVE READ MY COPY OF
THE TOLEDO UNION JOUR
NAL AND THINK IT'S
DARNED GOOD READING.
A few days ago, l received
a postcard from a fellow Local
IL member stationed here in
viting me to look him up.
His name is Pvt. d. f. Logan
and his wife sends him the
TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL.
So you see, servicemen are