Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-01
It's News
To Me
By o. J. pecord
FEPC LEGISLATION

Legislation aimed at maintaining permanent Fair En-
poymen Practices Commission right direction
the only possible that have
been able to egsate tolerance and understanding into
people
This definitely argument against the
FEPC legislation but merely observation to illustrate the
fact that intolerance prejudice lack of understanding and
secution of minority groups will only give when attacked
on the economic and educational fronts
Intolerance and its growth failure inverse
proportion the security of the whole people In times of
great unemployment and want intolerance like weeds in
an uncuvated field When unemployment gives way to en-
poyment and has occurred during the to crying
Thus in time war when intolerance impedes
maintain Fair Employment Commission which, in
the main has done good job of overcoming the handcaps i'm
posed minority groups contributed to the growth OF
But today after one powerful enemy has been defeated
cancellation changes contracts
have started in earnest the threat of growing unemployment
and insecurity makes the maintenance of permanent Fair
Employment Practices doubtful in the
opposition of Southern politicians who have particular
Southerners entirely reasoning,
they recognize that unemployment will intolerance
intolerance knows boundary lines
the MasonDxon line the outof marker for bgo
Recognizing that intolerance contained with geographical
limits your Southern reaconary congressman knows that his
efforts will not only win the applause of his constituents
but that of many northerners as well.
LEGISLATIVE GOODNESS
from our experience with the 18th Amendment
that cannot legsa goodness into the this nation
stinence virtues that all people
practced them yet when to telling people that they
smack into stone wall No matter how good motives
be in creating law make everyone sober find
irequires something than motive win
making people to conform to the pattern which have
cut out for them.
Intolerance and prejudice like intoxicants child
born with taste for whskey individual
born nolerant These things which acquire
through life and based experience
men education and other factors
Intolerance not unlike noxicants for the mind
rendering unfit to make just reasonable decision dorts
the judgment and colors the thinking of its victims
knowing its nature recognize the fact that
egsate out intolerance and eglate tolerance
implement basic laws with Fair Employment Practices
Act which recognizes natural right that of
gainfuly employed employment
because his her color nationality creed different
EDUCATION
In the final analysis there is only way that
make headway pushing back the frontiers ignorance
which breeds and nourshes intolerance, that
cation.
Our unions have done along this line
only placing antdiscrimnation clause their
ton but by attacking intolerance through educational
which have been productive of much There still
much work be done to achieve solidarity
the workers. condition which must prevail larger
If they are to go forward to greater security.
AS long as the workers divided color and
creed long will the labor remain divided
lesson of toeaon and understanding has been educated
into the workers. and this of abors important
projects the workers accomplish things and places
Let by all means have FEPC legislation
olement with education the
Intolerance which exist within well without the ranks