Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-13
Political
Action
by
Clayton
Rusch
Chairman
PR PETITIONS

repeal of the proportional
representation system of elect
ing city councilmen are now
being circulated. Our propo-
sal to replace PR with the
simple and democratic method
of the voter placing nine Ks
beside nine names is we'll
known by now. The task from
here on is to realize the pro-
gram by securing the required
number of petitioners. We
need $500 valid signatures
to put the proposal on the bal
lot. Indications are we will
exceed the quota, but extra
names will do no harm.
Anyone desiring to circu-
late a petition can obtain one
from the PAC office, the
TIUC, or the office of their
own CIO union. Anyone who
has not yet signed a petition
should do so at once.
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UNEMPLOYMENT BILL
The first hearing on the
bills (Senate bill "a and
House bill 1879 to increase
unemployment compensation
from $16 for 18 weeks to SIS
for 26 weeks was held in
Columbus on April 18th.
Those from Toledo besides
the writer who appeared be-
fore the committee on these
bills were Claude Hess and
Don Blair of Willys-Overland,
VIM. Healey of Buckeye
Paint, Bart Dederman of Auto
Lite and Frank KoWalski of
Mather Spring from Local IL
UAW-CIO and Hattie Wis
niewski of A.C.W.-CIO.
If you have not written
your Senators and represen-
tatives on these bills do so
now. Address your commune
cations to State Senators
Raymond Hildebrand and Vir-
gil Cramer and State Repre-
sentatives William Donovan,
Opal Mundy, Chester Early,
Fred Hunt, Benjamin Read
ing, State House, Columbus,
Ohio.
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LEGISLATIVE MEETING
The first public meeting
with the above mentioned
legislators took place last Sat-
urday in the City Council
Chambers in the Safety Bldg.
The next meeting will be held
Saturday, April 22nd at 200
p. m. in the City Council
Chambers. 1t was tentatively
agreed that these meetings
would be held on alternate
Saturday afternoons.
At Saturdays meeting To-
ledo labor leaders and leaders
of social agencies should pre-
sent their proposals on social
legislation to the legislators.
Everyone interested in obtain
ing greater security through
enactment of social legisla-
tion should make it their busi-
ness to attend these meetings.
The speakers committee of
PAC headed by o. j. Pecord
will meet again on the first
Monday of May. Qualified
speakers desiring to be on
this committee should send
their name to this office. Re-
ports on the activity of this
committee have been very
gratifying, but the need for
additional speakers will in
crease as we swing into the
fall campaign.
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There will be a meeting of
the State Executive Board of
PAC this Saturday in Colum-
bus, Ohio. The writer is a
of the State Board
and will attend this meeting.
A report on same will appear
in an early issue of the
JOURNAL
A gene membership
meeting of the Lucas County
PAC will be held in Parlor |
425 Winthrop St. on Monday,
April 30th. The meeting will
be held in two sections. One
will be at 1000 a. m. for
night shift workers, the other
at 800 p. m. The public is
invited to both meetings.
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Membership in PAC cost
only one dollar per year and
includes membership in the
National, State and Local
PAC as well as your own
neighborhood Ward or Town
ship Club. If you are not a