Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-03-22
EDITORIAL-
A Challenge To Monopoly

Within short time, the people of Toledo will be
given opportunity exercise their democratic rights
in election to determine whether they wish
reject the highly Payroll Tax adopted
by City Council, January 28.
Contrary the well written but false and misleading
editorials which have appeared both Toledo Blade
and Toledo Times attacking Richard Gosser, UAW-CIO
regional director who has led the fight against the tax
the issue is not one of personalities
Despite the Blade and Times editorials, the latter
being amended reprint of the former issue is not
what the daily newspaper monOpolists seek make
appear.
The Blade has stated that the people of Toledo should
be willing to rs so cents dollar that
Mr. Gosser isn't running this city. Conversely might be
pointed out that the other alternative which the people
have, to themselves rs so cents dollar or
to prove that the newspaper monopoly the Blade
and Times, not running the town either.
No thinking person will be miSlead by the smoke
raised by the powerful mOnOpOlistc newspapers,
which, gloatng in their strength and absolute control
adopt bullying attitude in the belief that they
complSh anything simply because they control the main
channels of public information.
Despite their power, the Toledo newspapers which
point Mr. GOSser that responsibility goes hand in
hand with power, forgetting remind themselves
that they too responsibility to this communicable
responsibility of Objectivy truthfuness honesty nteg
rty sincerity and all the other virtues which they have
not if they have which failing to demonstrate,
officially in the case of the Income Payroll Tax.
Not advocate the retention of the Income
Payroll Tax, both papers, sort of Dr. JeckeMr Hyde
journalistic enterprise owned and controlled by
are teaming up Mr.. Gosser in an attempt create
prejudice in the minds of the public and turn the issue
into Gosser-CIO fight rather than go the trouble of
dealing with the issues
We submit to the public that the Blade and Times
be trying to hide something when they write edi
tOraIs which might expect at the end of political
campaign rather than at its beginning The fact is and
challenge both to the contrary, they
both know they dare not tell the entire truth about the
real issues.
4Ioo pox,r faV
first introduced in City Council, CIO opposed to
it. When Mr.. Gosser expressed the view that the tax
should enacted for five years the citizens
of this city should be given opportunity to vote the
question within he not only stating his own
but the views of the majority of CIO.
When Mr. Gosser said that exemption should be
written into the ordinance, he expressing his
and CLOS opinion And certainly, anyone who knows the
CIO, knows that it is democratic organization which
provides ample opportunity for dissent evidenced by
several members of the AutoLte committee speaking for
themselves only.
But our opposition to the Income Payroll tax does
not stop with the principal advanced by Mr.
Gosser although he implied them. We opposed to
tax which is enacted by City Council and then remains
frozen for five years.
We are opposed to any tax which is advanced as a
cure-a for the financial ills of Toledo, backed by the
Toledo newspaper monopoly which is attempting to sell
the to Toedoans false and misleading promises
say nothing of manufacturing hate and bigOy against
Mr. Gosser, because he happens to be the who
selected to speak for the union.
1t is not intent to expose all of the fallacies and
shortcomings of the Payroll tax at this particular
time inaSmuch believe the Toledo Blade and Toledo
Times should accept challenge and tell the full truth
about the We wish to give them opportunity to
step up the responsibility which their monopoly inn
upon them and treat the ISSUE rather than
Richard GOSer We too could get personal but that would
not solve the real issue.
1t is the right and duty of the mOnOpOlistic
papers back the tax if they feel that
the the only thing that will solve our municipal
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and Toledo Times to treat the problem effectively and
cease attempt set smOkescreen conceal the
evils inherent in the ordinance it stands upon the
statute books
Let the newspaper mOnOpOlists set aside their
cowardy and vicious personal attacks and tell the public
the whole truth about the tax We do request this,
but challenge the Toledo Blade and Times to this test of
their fitness maintain their newspaper monopoly in this
city.