Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-31

It's News
To Me
By 0. J. Pecord

Did hear the big about Harry Truman Missouri
statesman and President of the now disUned States of
Mr. Truman just didn't have what takes to go
akes-period And the country upon
known the battle of Washington and political hedge
And if poor Mr. Truman up against it what
rest of the country? Woe is
Accustomed the strong leadership of the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the country does not
reached the point where by under
play crises played by
Poor Mr. Truman. If it wasn't for the helva the
country could take slightly soied handker
chief sorry for the AS it is merely shake
heads another of his iadvsed acts and state
ments and proceed to hammer on the old anvil
While the subject of anv it is already apparent that
anvil chorus which heard but family in the distance
will to nsistent and camorous changing and that
each beat will bring increasing din for the Presidents
political scalp Truly looks like Mr. Truman is going
back to the heart of his constituency good old Missouri the
show state just he has served out his sentence
SHOWDOWN
Looking at the action taken by President ad
dressing the nation Friday night about the railroad strike
again Saturday afternoon when he asked Congress for
emergency" legislation to clip the wings of the workers it
like Mr. Truman rcked and then completely
double crossed by his political advisors.
Convinced by his trusted advisors (the blind
the blind Mr. Truman apparently convinced
that the time to change his line.
position proceeded the
for what follow His speech of Friday night the tip
off of what to follow Saturday the first step IN
double barreed political blunder which going to kick back
with increasing violence we go into the fall political cam
paign. ~
Honorable RATatt and others of his k were hoping that moth
woud between Friday night and Saturday afternoon
spoil the sport And nothing did happen
THE BLUNDER
No trains rolled No rairoader returned to work No
progress situation. leadership shown
by the White House And then Saturday afternoon and
grim and stern Coolidge (pardon please mean Truman
sode many into the House chamber Looking neither right
left speakers das and there be-
fore his friends his enemies the reactionaries the few
gessves and the he proceeded to place his
head upon the block.
Cheers enthusiastic cappng greeted each blow
poor Mr. the PROSTATE rairoades
entirely who glad to
organized labor taking beating at the hands OF the prs
dental rkebreaker You bet your small change that
good of the voumn made of those who recognized
the enormy of the political bunder the President making
said themselves maybe they said to Others there
goes poor Mr.. Truman"
Obviously, Mr. Truman rcked Despite his long
peence politics absorbed sufficient political
wisdom distinguish the difference between leading and being
led and the President not doing the leading
day may be able to discover who led President
to the acrcia altar Some day may read or hear
brilliantly planned and well executed coup whereby
United president William Taft did the
thing without being rcked) committed political suicide
KINDLY OMIT FLOWERS
It's shame that poor had to contribute his bit
his political downfall Caesar remarked in
the daylighs out of his enemies But Mr. Truman isn't
Caesar and he isn't going whip anybody except the railroad
workers and then not for long.
Proof of the double in the opposition to the
draft program proposed by the President because his
ticsl enemies in it the giving of too much to the
chief executive The actual probably
Presidents political opposition recognizes
portunity ahatchet job will merry hack until
his political future bed white by the blows into the
Limbo of frustrated and lost political hopes
There will be few flowers and dry the
lcal ghost of President Truman laid to rest with the chief
his pals from Missouri who will be compelled to
to work And labor would have it within its
write an epitaph it would inscrbe it thus:
HERE LIES TIE POLITICAL GHOST OF MAN WHO
PASSED FROM POLITICAL LIFE IN VAIN ENDEAVOR
TO FILL THE SHOES OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT