Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-03-22
BIcde, Times Attack CIO
PuvroII Tex Stand

tor, legal advisor to the board.
Under the terms of the city
charter, the special election
allied for by the PAC petitions
to place the tax measure on the
ballot must be held within 80
days of the time the petitions
were approved, Lehr Fess and
the Board Of Elections in their
action of Monday of last week
expressed the view that the
election would be legal and
stated that it would be impos-
sible to set up the machinery to
conduct the vote prior to May T..
Ask Mandamus Action
In keeping with the issue
raised over the legality of the
May Z election, Floyd Madrzy-
kowski, 1921 Indiana Avenue
through his attorney D ave
Guberman, on March Is re-
quested the city law department
to institute a mandamus suit to
compel the Board of Elections
to set the election date within
the 30-day period ordained by
the Charter of the City of To-
ledo.
Wilfred Christensen, city law
director stated that the law de-
partment would institute the
suit and on Monday of this
week set the machinery in mo-
ton to force the election into
the earlier April date.
Opinions by both Lehr Fess,
Election Board Clerk and for
mer Common Pleas Court judge
and Harry Friberg, assistant
county prosecutor were that the
May date was legal and that
the tax referendum could be
held concurrently with the
party primaries.
Christensen Not Clear
City Law Director Christen-
sen confessed that Mr.. Friberg's s
opinion was not clear to him
and objected that the election
could not be held May T.
Clerk Lehr Fess said that it
would be impossible to have
the election prior to April 25
due to the bidding system on
the printing of the ballots and
added that the state law and
city charter were in conflict on
the election. He pointed out
that the state law specifically
called for mailing ballots to
servicemen and said that in the
case of the tax referendum this
could not be done.
Steinberg Makes Statement
Meanwhile, wrence N.
Steinberg, state director of the
URWDSEA-CIO in a statement
TO the Toledo Blade on Monday
of this week said that his union
was opposed to the tax and
gave its backing to Richard
Gosser. He deplored the in
lection of personalities in the
tax fight, which he said "be-
clouded the issues" and stated
that Mr.. Gosser as chairman of
the CIO overall committee was
expected to make statements re-
lated to CLOS position on pub
lie uestions.
Steinberg announced that an
emergency meeting of all CIO
Local union presidents would
be held on Wednesday night of
this week at CIO headquarters,
2l5 Summit st. when plans
would be completed for the
campaign against the payroll
tax.
Sentiment Runs High
Rumors of the formation of a
citizens committee not connect
ed with the CIO to fight the tax
were circulating in downtown
Toledo early this week with
well known Toledo men as
chairman and secretary.
Sentiment against the income
payroll tax Is mounting since
The Toledo Blade and Times in
iected the personal note into
the controversy and IL Is now
generally conceded that even II
the CIO 'laid down and played
dead" this at the referendum
would be decisively defeated In
the election.
A decision will probably be
forthcoming from the Court OF
Appeals before the end of the
week settling the date for the
election.
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