Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-10-26
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used to tell me, and he was
pretty smart guy, think.
But can distinctly recall
one occasion when gamblers
in our town lost a wad OF
dough by picking couple of
wrong horses in political
race. They gambled not wisely
but well, and as result
Superior street was in an up
roar. Also the Secor Hotel,
where thousands of interested
observers gathered to witness
the tabulation of the surpris-
ingly large vote cast in To-
ledo's councilmanic race.
The odds-giyers lost their
shekels because of a number
of things they hadn't reckoned
would hapepn. First, they
underestimated the size of the
total vote. The factory work
ers fooled them by voting, for
a change. Secondly, they spec
ulated as to whether or not
dark horse, one Thomas II.
Burke by name. would even
be elected. They discounted
the potential strength of man
whose relationship with fifty
thousand hometown folks for
many years was more than a
casual one. The workers voted,
and they voted for Tom Burke.
In darker days, when most
of us were unemployed and
hungrier than we liked to be,
we had gone to Tom Burke
with our problems. Tom was
the man to see, when a finance
company was ready to possess
our automobile for lack of a
payment or two, when work.
mans compensation benefits
didn't appear to be forthcom-
ing-when a thousand and
one unhappy experiences were
taking place.
SERVICE RENDERED
The service that Tom Burke
had given to thousands of his
fellow workers when they
needed someone to talk for
them or to obtain financial or
other assistance, the years
since 1888 that he had dedi-
Gated to the cause of the work
ing people, and the honest, un-
selfish leadership he had given
to Ohio's largest local union
were things which the gam
blers and the politicians for
got.
Another thing the dopesters
forgot was that Thomas II.
Burke had served in the Ohio
state legislature, having been
elected by his people, the in
dustrial workers of this city.
His record spoke for itself.
The Buckley Burke Clayman
bill liberalized unemployment
benefits for workers all over
Ohio.
Tom was responsible for
aiding and sponsoring other
legislation for our welfare,
too. He was all business
the workers business, the
taxpayers business, your busi-
ness and mine was his concern.
We remembered this, too, and
thought it would be a good
idea to seat him right here in
Toledo, where are lot OF good,
clean government would not
60 amiss.
ANOTHER ELECTION
In less than two weeks an
other election will take place,
not quite like the last one, tho.
This time we're playing for
bigger stakes. We hope to
elect Tom Burke again, and we
will. Few of the smart people
dispute that fact. What is even
more important than electing
Tom Burke is the necessity of
ridding our city of the shuttle
duffle system of electing coun-
cilmen, as Carl Christensen so
aptly terms it. in referring
to this thing called PR.
Elsewhere in this news
paper, and recently in the To-
ledo daily papers, lies proof of
the fact that politics in our
town is no Sunday school af-
fair. In fact, there is more
than a faint scent of musk in
the goings-on, as revealed by
the forc e dor practically
neutrality-suspicious. of three
of the most essential and most
capable public officials we
have ever had.
When nine candidates are to
be selected to serve on city
council, most Of us are inter-
ested in who those nine people
are.
Let's not be hoodwinked by
those whose selfish interests
are served thru the present
method of electing our coun-
cilmen. Our candidate, Tom
Burke, can and will be elected
under Pr, so he isn't being
in opposing PR. He and
most OF the rest of us want
the PAC Amendment passed
so that we can escape from
for them. AT least we think
we should have that right.
Under the PR system we are
really allowed to vote for one
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