Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-26
Whats
New?
By
EdUard Duck
Representative
2-B
UAW-CIO
THE DAY OF RECKONING

out-and-out skunk, his friends
and neighbors would string
him up to the nearest tree
limb and let him dangle. Now
they run him for Congress,
eulogize him in the public
press, and pour forth epithets
of praise when he kicks the
bucket at the age of 83, after
lounging around the nations
capitol for forty years.
During the war it wasn't
patriotic to speak i'll of our
public servants. Their inte-
gritty was simply out of this
world. Patrick Henrys, Tom
Paines, Jeffersons and Nathan
Hales, yessir!
Servicemen were forbidden
to speak disrespectfully of any
congressman, governor, army
official, ct al. Taft could cheat
them out of their right to vote,
Rankin could stymie them on
their servicemen's benefits,
Bilbo could defy every tenet
of democracy they were sup
posed to be fighting to uphold,
but they could do nothing and
say nothing. Just keep on with
the war!
Unfortunately for the more
aggressive among us, there
are laws against stringing up
crooked, greedy politicians.
However, there is an election
coming up. The picture doesn't
look too bright right now,
when you consider that guys
like Rankin and Bilbo have
won the nomination in their
respective states. A few scoun-
drels have been relegated to
the political trash pile, such as
O'Daniel, Wheeler, and her
royal highness, Mrs. Luce.
But the job to be done is a
big one, and piecemeal at
tempts to improve the Con-
gress will not be sufficient to
ward off the trouble that Is
brewing.
We must have full employ
ment, full production, full
consumption, and of course
the full pocketbook which
will make this possible. Wag-
es, prices, and profits must be
in proper ratio to each other.
We cannot have prosperity
without full production, nor
full production without a
market of consumers eager to
buy the goods we make. To
achieve this goal we must
have the lowest possible pric-
es that will offer fair profit
TO the manufacturer and the
businessman, yet the highest
wages business can afford to
pay. Otherwise the consumer
will not be able to take the
goods off the market and
maintain employment.
Congress is at fault. If any
one thinks these people are
representing the best in
terests of those who elected
them they had better study
up on their voting records.
This goes for ninety percent
of the Republicans, including
Ramey and Taft, plus a good
ly share of the Democrats,
particularly the southern AM
erican Fascists.
People are aware of the
critical situation. At least
they are partially aware.
They don't like the daylight
robbery prices they are pay
ing, but the worst part of it
is that the depression that
will follow the initiation will
make the last one mild in
comparison.
On the subject of gold and
those it tempts and treats well
a guy named Brann had these
words to say shortly before
The turn of the century:
'"The dollar is indeed al
1t is the Archime-
dian lever that lifts the i'll
bred boor into select society
and places the ignorant sap
head in the United States Sen
tie, II makes presidents of
stuffed prophets, governors of
Intellectual geese, philoSo-
,hers of fools, and gilds in
amy itself with Supernal
.lory. 1t wrecks and altars
# innocense and pollutes the
anes of the people, breaks
he sword of justice and binds
he Goddess of Liberty with
hains of gold"
Well spokenl
The ony answer right now
) to write to Washington, buy
othing that isn't absolutely
ecessary, talk up the situa-
on, study the candidates for
ne coming fall elections, and
ttend your union meetings to
eep posted.
Above all, join the PAC and
pin 1t now! 1t is the most inn
ortant function of the union