Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-12-29
It's News
To Me
By 0. J. Pecod
VETERANS COMMITTEE

that the work being undertaken by the Vet
Committees of various Local unions about the most
important which the unions.
at home scarcely share the point Of
He has been taken from soft civiiza
trained for the grim job of waging He is indoc
trinaed taught kill The injunction under which
the men in live kill be killed"
expect the boys back to us after the
experiences many them undergoing and
will continue undergo until the end of this and think
civilians think?
Imagine yourself in shallow foxhoe with shells bursting
you machine bullets whistlng your heads
wondering how bullet will along
with your tag it,
Think what shell holes and bitches along
thinking about planes overhead
dropping their message of death and destruction.
thoughts through the minds of our boys in
the ungles Pacific they at mosquitoes
awaken in the night to find Shiny snake crawling across
their naked bodies
what the thoughts of armen their ships
enemy territory they parachuing
earth to be captured by their enemies
These the boys who going to come back in America
These are boys going jobs and decent
living opportunity forget the He'll they have been
through
These are the boys vicious killers now who to
find peace who to marry and settle down in
of their And, they will not be denied
NOT UNEMPLOYMENT
Nobody foolish that they believe these millions
going to return to country which is
give them employment disqualification, living
of the land permits.
These boys will need our help They will be eager
aid securing the things to which they justly
entitled be the job to that they not
disappointed We be indifferent to them give
the impression of being indifferent
Every thinking member of unions should become part
the committees which being formed to aid the service
men, aiding the returned veteran he is in effect helping
himself
Already the signs point to attempts the part of those
who have selfish reasons divide the returning and
the labor Attacks nave been mace ana are beg mace
upon the unions to divide them into two Yet and
body
dies but the greater majority of them also workers.
When the serviceman to his home town.
his uniform puts his cvies he becomes just another
looking Only of the veteran, he is quite
likely find himself confused Things have changed People
changed He has changed That when the veteran
appreciate the helping hands of his fellow work
ers That is when fellow position
be ready to give him all the help he needs
FINDING HIS NICHE
Many of the returning Servicemen will need help to find
their niche Some of these youngsters who went from their
schools direct the armed forces have held regular
STEADY oo lhey may want ana shoua pe gwen training III
them for the type of work for which they show aptitude or
preference.
Still may require change of occupation from that
which they engaged in prior TO the Not few of the
boys will return to physically mentally incompetent to
in the type of work they did before entering service
They too must be aided in finding their place.
No matter how you look it, the work of the Veterans
Committee which cannot be minmzed in fact the
think greater Certainly with
be aided and in the of large task it
wise for the unions to give their best efforts to organizing
their veterans committees setting which
be altered to meet whatever changes be necessary
There isn't member of union who couldn't help in
We must not lose sight the that these will
be our own relatives brothers fellow workers with
whom formerly worked in the shops They still boys
and we want to give them decent break
Veterans from the last should be particularly
to aid the boys who returning from this How
they forget what they through when back
their own country and an uneasy after World War
BY all means let give the Veterans Committee
port and cooperation Better still become member
an active part in job that must be done