Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-12-27
Whats
New?
By
EdUard Duck

of us are considering various
well meant resolutions which
we probably will not long
consider keeping.
AS an outstanding contri-
button to humanity we take
great pleasure in offering a
suggestion in the line of reso-
lutions, namely to wit:
BE it resolved that each of
us make a valiant effort dur
ing the year 1947 to achieve
the simple task of minding
our own business"
If there is any one thing
wrong in America today, out
side Of the housing situation
and the high cost of living, it
is the matter of SO percent
of the nations population at
tending to everyone's affairs
but their own.
Too many people with too
little to occupy their minds
are spending more than a fair
share of their waking hours in
gossiping over their neigh
bor's misfortunes and in mag
nifying the sins others are
either committing or are sup
posed to be committing.
Joe, a factory worker saves
his pennies and opens a two
by-four dry cleaning estab-
lishment, and a dozen of his
former fellow workers just
can't imagine where he got
the dough.
There is no greater evil in
this great land of ours than
the ladies' afternoon bridge
club. 1t has broken up more
homes than twin beds. Mrs.
Upswitch has had a few words
with her lesser half the pre-
vious evening, and before the
good girls get through tossing
the story around it has be-
come q domestic scandal de-
luxe. More people have been
killed with needles In sewing
circles than In World Wars
and II.
MEN TOO
What's the matter with us,
anyway? The brutal part of
1t Is that men are getting as
gabby as the women. The erst-
while manly gender bend an
ear to a whispered word as
However, 1t Is hardly like
ly that leisure has anything
to do with the growth of long
nosiness.
A union committeeman
never knows what a rotten
so-and-so he really is until he
pays an unnoticed visit "up-
stairs" to the restroom lunch
hour and eavesdrops on his
constituents conversation.
II Is an indisputable fact
that the greatest ideas and
opinions In the world are
born in factory restrooms.
The combined wisdom of
Plato, Socrates and Aristotle
could not equal the astute ut
terings of the restroom or
acles. The restroom spell
binder has more ideas than
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. Barrymore h m If
could be no more eloquent
than the word-contortionist
who delights his Cor herr au-
dience with philosophy that
would make professionally
look to the laurels.
EVERYTHING
Union business? Why, what
would you like to know?
Wage-price parity and plan
ned economy-yea, any sub
ject under the sun-provide
material for the court jester
who fancies himself as being
the peer of Philip Murray or
anyone you'd care to name.
Really, folks, don't you
agree that all of us have
enough to keep us busy %
hours . day just minding our
own business? II we would
let our neighbors alone there
would be more marriages and
less divorces, more happiness
and less trouble, more pros
perity. more friendship, more
everything worthwhile in the
way of human relations, and
probably less reason for any
one to join Alcoholics Anony-
nous than the world has seen
in a mighty long time.
Happy New Year, every
one! AS for your truly, I'm
probably no better on this
score than you are, but be-