Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-05-03
It's News
To Me
By O. J. Pecmd
JUST A SUGGESTION

JUST A SUGGESTION
This time customers please hang the bitter end,
because going make suggestion that maybe
Of my folks won't like. However, it appeals TO
Have you noticed how of the professional
people, including the folks humorously referred
the Fourth Estate sometimes take efeher in order
bring themselves up to date?
Many attorneys wishing specialize relirn to their Alma
Mammies and good dough in order to get the instruction
required to fit them for their work
Doctors nurses engineers chemists many types
of highly specialized people the classroom of
them regularly in order to keep abreast of the times And
is considered wise practice.
People in practically lines endeavor requiring spe-
calzed knowledge read and continually study they
TO be able to keep themselves with the times
And that isn't only wise practice but quite necessary
those in speciaties wish to go into mental eclipse.
UNION PEOPLE TOO
Union people, particularly engaged organ
national work which bascaly educational its
also expected keep up with the type
organizatona work which surere early
no longer would be quite adequate to with cond
The old fashioned labor organizer necessarily
man quite as liable TO IND himself IN the OF the parade
the physician who fails
odica and find out what dagnostic and therapeutic
effective measures
And in the of this situation would almost
must that union organizer including officers
themselves upodae either by reading going schools
this doesn't appeal to hem returning the shops from
whence they came for refresher
1t to that people who are working
interest of the union would welcome opportunity
leadership and the recognition which helped them
their position in the union.
DOWN TO FACTS
Getting back to the shop for officials
would bring back to them the realities the
doing 1t would give them the old touch
out the problems of the workers practical Stm
latng help them lose that
in their thinking since the they plant
leaders of their organization,
What would be wrong for official or representa-
tive returning to their shop putting
old overals getting their
into their heads
What would be wrong with officials going to sum-
school and trying to find what people the
labor movement are doing?
And what's wrong with union officials picking up some
reading matter and actually doing studying about
union economics workers problems governmental agencies
with which they must of necessity deal
which union officials should be and probably Interested
to that before the heads the union hope
educate their membership that
selves educated union affairs that there
of doing the job but just general principle
which all union heads should measure
And while this task is going there wouldn't any
hing wrong with sending few union and
editors and union advertising labor expecting
them to keep date them back the
for reresher courses in practical unonsm
not above that sort of thing
If this suggestion would practice with the
union whereby those in key positions
themselves their other means and nsybe
sending of them back to their shops
minds the union that did that would become really great
union.
OF course this really radical stuff for radical coumnist
to be writing and will probably with the dsapprovaI of
of the people who the same time these
measures were used to insure healthy normd leadership
WOW! Would the unions grow
Anyhow customers, 1 can dream, can't I!