Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-04
What's
New!
By
EdWard Duck
On Leave
With The
Army
DIVIDE AND RULE

time lmmemOTldl mas Occll CA
plotted by the enemies of de-
mocracy during the past few
years-"Divide and Conquer.
1t is a simple matter for a
minority to maintain a bal
snce of power once the op-
position has been halved or
quartered. Adolph wasn't the
first one to employ the prac-
tice. Mussolini was less profi-
cient, but he didn't do too bad
for a while.
Divide and Conquer" is
adapta b e to many uses.
American big business has al
ways appreciated the worth OF
this formula. Witness the
words of Andrew Carnegie -.
all he sought was the support
of one-third of the workers
and he could and did prevent
the other two-thirds from get
ting what they wanted.
This brings us to a most i'm
portant subject the COM
ing situation in labor-manage-
ment relations where the "Di-
vide and Conquer" theory
will be used on a widespread
and ruthless basis against the
workers.
THE PLAN
High on the list of priori-
ties for dividing the workers
will be the attempt of big
business which Is already in
full bloom, to pit the return
ing veterans against their fell
low workers. Men who have
learned how to kill will be
involved in industrial disputes.
Strikes will not be pink tea
affairs.
Talking like : radical? In
deed not! Check the records
and you will discover that in
1919 the returned servicemen
we're involved in hundreds Of
labor disputes, used to break
strikes to wreck the unions
and lower wages on a grand
scale.
Have you ever read the So
called CT Bill of Rights? One
of the amendments" specifies
that in order to receive unem-
ployment benefits which
are in excess of those which
civilian workers will receive
"a veteran cannot take part
in a labor dispute.
How do you like that? The
EXCL says, I'm losing more
than the rest of you guys. You
made your dough with over
time during the time | was
lodging bullets and sleeping
in the mudl Nothing doing,
need the money"
Meantime, Mr.. Bigwig puffs
his 50-cent stoogie and sends
for as many unemployed vet
Grams as he can dig up and the
first thing you know, the bat
tie is on. Of course, it will be
fashionable to wave "Old
Glory" for the purpose of get
ting working people to fight
and struggle against working
people.
Veterans of World War l
know that this is the truth.
Those who wish to disagree
may do so, but they will see
the day when this prophecy
will come true.
ABOUT TOLEDO
Whether the method will
work in Toledo or not is
doubtful, but keep your eyes
on the lesser organized COM
munities. They did it before
and they'll do it again or at
least try to do it.
What can the unions do to
prevent such a situation from
occurring? First of all, they
must do what Local IL is do
ing - organize returning vet
erans into Servicemen's Clubs
and aid them in their specific
problems. Second, reach the
men Immediately before they
are released and get the home
front story across to them.
Third, an intensive campaign
for counteracting legislation
TO nullify Objectionable fea-
lures in the CT Bill of Rights.
Finally, the servicemen
should be made to understand
that within 80 days after re-
ceiving papers and usually
much sooner than this--his
problems will have become
civilian problems. At the final
cessation of hostilities the en-
tire problem will be that of
maintaining d e m ocracy at
home.
AS il once was: