Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-06-06
It's News
To Me
By 0. ]. Pecord

AS standout student of Shakespeare, Ennk IL was
Shakespeare the of his famous pay Macbeth
or mavbe it was the Merchant Venice Romeo
and Juliet keep beating themselves into mind ITO be or
not to be- question If the deed to be DONE
we'll it were done quickly"
Those words you other neectuals who have read the
great bard may even be of shakepeaes plays or
maybe was bsen Rembrandt but that's beside the
point the application or even the mlsapphca
tion of the words to suit the purpose of this stint
To come quickly the application could change the
words or as we call the paaphrase them
to fit fill the with lot of words for which
my bosses the $4,000 union members pay me-
Without further ado suggest that Mr. Truman finds
himself in situation it's questionto veto or not to
veto that is the question.
Believe me that is the question And believe
me nobody knows than Mr. Truman who has already
started to wreste his dilemma and must come up with
the right he has aspirations to continue to play on
ward Christian Soldiers the White House grand piano after
1948.
WAITING PERIOD
Looking at from the Presidents point of view and this
is very simple for ntellecuals to do, the only
drawback about making the of con-
troversa legislation the President will be forced to wait
until the counted in 194s to find if he gave the right
Nobody can deny that the President faced with
real problem even dcounng the merits of the issues from
the standpoint of right and justice nothing more import
ant pure politics involved (and that is strictly
silly for intellectual to make the PRESIDENTS task
is far from easy.
Let me hasten to say of being
pseudoneectua imitation of the real thing that there
can be no such thing purely political issue In fact there
can be nothing about politics just amt in the deck
Mr. Truman will be presented with labor bll TO
which have strong objections They have written
wired and talked with about this legislation They have
told him their objections the provisions of the Act
and urged him his veto power
NAM WANTS BILL
On the other hand big shots in the National Association
o Manufacturers Chamber of Commerce and similar
organizations who the workers from the doina
on of the monopolistic labor unions insisting that the
President either sign bill lacking the to take
real reaconary position let become law without his sigma
Thus Mr. Truman faced with situation which is full OF
political dynamite and which will set the stage for the l94o
election campaign
Nobody intellectualS, know what the Pres
dent will do what read in the local news
napers which Taft and Hartley the President will
sign the unmenoned labor leaders he will
not sign it.
While both sides saying "he will "he will not the
stage being of the major political decisions OF the
Upon that decision will hang the of things
long time Upon that decision will rest the fate
President labor business the entire country and per-
haps the rest of the world
all this is going might be bad idea for
group American Fascst parpaphras the words
uttered upon death of king Fascism dead Long live
FaScism."
the meantime pause to shed a for MIR. Truman
who plans for Sacred Cow muls in
his mind the Ito veto not to veto that is the
ton."