Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-15
What's
New?
By
EdWdrd Duck
Representative
2>B
UAWCIO

the CyClOHS CclloA' 4iS III
coming Congress will WELD
the axe without mercy, begin
ming promptly when the next
session opens in January.
There will be no minimum
wage raise. There will be no
FEPC, The poll-tax will con-
tinue in the south. Profiteer-
ing will continue. and the cost
of living will mount still fur
ther. The National Labor Re-
lations Act will be practically
worthless. There will be no
veterans bonus. Real estate
prices will be more outrage
Gus than ever. The housing
program will be a complete
washout. In short, we are 60
ing to take a beating all the
way around.
The people have spoken.
They fell for the campaign
lies, not only in Ohio, but in
many parts of the country.
When the axe falls on their
necks, we hope they enjoy it
to the utmost. Maybe Herbert,
Bricker and Ramey will give
them a few kind words when
they are unemployed and
eVicted.
MONUMENTAL
Nothing in this world is so
monumental as the gullibility
of the American worker when
he lets his boss and the boss
newspaper do his thinking for
him. If the average working
man would pay as much at
tention to the economic and
political facts of life as he
does to the moronic comic
strips of his daily "bible"-
the Associated Press educa-
ton instrument-he wouldn't
be continually left holding the
bag.
This is a prediction: The
common people of this nation
are going TO regret Nov. 5,
1946, and regret it deeply.
Things are going to be tough.
Very tough. Those who voted
Republican, as their boss most
certainly voted, deserve not a
whit of sympathy when they
feel the weight of their ac-
tionS. You may depend on it
that they are going to be sorry,
and they are going to have
plenty of company.
So much for the elections.
There is one ray of hope left
for US. And / do mean ONE.
This is it:
Labor must organize its eco
nomic power, that Is, its pur-
chasing power, and quickly.
More important than the un-
ion itself in this distressing
day Is the immediate devel-
opment of the consumer CO.
operative movement. 1t is our
most potent weapon, yes, the
only remaining means of car
rying on the economic fight
against monopoly and depres-
sion.
CREDIT UNION
Surely you can appreciate
the value of the credit union.
Is there anyone who doesn't
know that a credit union Is
simply a bank run by the
workers and existing for the
workers? A credit union is
a form of the coop. II we can
invest our savings and draw
dividends by loaning money to
our fellow members of the
credit union, thus eliminating
a third party from profiteering
on our misfortune, can we not
operate a grocery store or
some such business 10 our ad-
vantage by eliminating the
middlemen3
The dollar you spend today
buys only 50 cents worth of
goods. The other Al cents goes
TO the dealers, distributors, ad-
vertiserS, etc. II we buy col.
lectively and operate our own
store we can eliminate these
unnecessary expenses, thus
saving millions of dollars. We
can go into business by each
investing a few dollars, and
before long we will have ex.
panded to the point where we
will he owning our own fac.
tories, warehouses, and farms.
Look, chum, you weren't
born to pay tribute to some
guy just because he happens
TO be in business. No zone de-
creed that you would be a
worker and the other guy an
owner. You, too, can control
your economic destiny If you
have the good sense to look
into the consumer cooperative
movement.
And you, committeeman and
stewards The co.ops are
especially for you. Your peo-
pie in the plants should know
about the coop movement and
call you to task II you don't
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