Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-05-18
It's News
To Me
By O. J. PecUd
OH RATS!

OH RATSl
Months ago. before the War Labor Board filled
cynical dsrust before discovered that there
this world who knife for other
than buering their bread, wrote small dogs
Now I'm the kind of guy who likes to write high
fautin hoiy toy the want the
hoi polo ne in that frame of mind and to please the
customers going to conduct small class in biology
Now don't let that ology stuff get down because its
only fancy termination onto the of certain
studies give them cloak of mystery which in turn induces
feeling knowledge learning This is being
written my known cusomers-Ad Thacher Tony Adams
avore bartender couple of newspaper reporters who
this column they will know what not to write about
cousin who to visit wife and couple
faithful
My subject dear friends is-RATS
Don't shy this subject because of the best
WELL maybe the best but least politicians have
quite interested in the pesky little critters You folks
PR system of eecng city councmen has Impoverished
of hem because the city manager is one man brain
trust that of incumbent councmen have to dig
devil, nearly HelD with something
will get their faces into the
RECORD
When you folks 60 out to VOTE and maybe of you
belong the Thacher you look at the candidates records
that is you inteligently. To which
replywho ntelligenty? Or who vote
negeny PR But just for the sake of the discussion
and of letting have way, (and can't stop me
here) let's agree that you look at the record.
you the And what do you see7 Council
so-andso the municipal knowledge of the
life and habits of rodents-the rats.
men, by intelligent citizens poing around city dumps
and other strange places where can
shot at them the of informing people that
Toledo has rats that rats and damage thousands OF
dollars worth of property that rats eat garbage and refuse
that rats live rubbish that rats disease carriers and in
short, that rats rats the dirty rats
the cty financial position that's not impor
least at this time Never mind the Fairgrounds
the frequent reundng of the cs bonded debt Never
postwar planning and keep it secret planning is
tangible not just words Never mind the broken streets
adequate municipal facilities the complains of
hate citizens who don't to realize what this Is
This is 1945. Does that anything to you folks who
with this far? Does it signify anything other
the Europe and the beginning Of the
fight between the United Naons All 1t to now
doesn't m This is the that city councimen must seek re-
election. Get it?
bringing problem you of the city
councils committee There's committee for about on
Councilman Arthur Jurrus which visits Swan Creek and
wonders could live there but does nothing about
pollution
GETTING TANGLED
agree, there men in city council
themselves tangled with rat control sewer
committees to examine polluted municipal waters and other
varying Importance the welfare of the
citizens of this city But most Of these forget themselves
at other times and in the forgetting only remember that n
Harry Hansen machine with which the Chamber OF
Commerce has nodding acquaintance
Nobody to be but there things that
just don't add How politicians reconcile their geat
city Ito discover something they already knew for po
lcal publicity with their action in refusing to
of this city, such black market ordinance last year?
will admit that Art Jurrus probably doing some
thing distaseu when he sticks his into Swan Creek to
that the thing full of pollution and unfit to support
form of animal life Yet Arthur the labor leader
labor black market ordinance last
You folks out there know this ancient history much
water the dam, yet the counclmen who
earnestly working to kill off couple of by trying to
talk them death thus proving their interest in the
peepul refused kill off few black operators last
who only robbng the of their hard earned
money At least all that rats take from most people is their
service from the city last better
to encourage the rats.
But enough It's ratty topic all the PR
tenn Will attempt to perpetuate the rat hunters office AT
least we must concede that nobody can beat Thacher