Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-05
InVincibIe PR

By this time, the opponents of the PR,
who have been seeking to replace the cur
rent system of electing Toledo councilmen
with some other and more generally ac-
ceptable plan, must acknowledge that the
PR crowd is at least resourceful
Each time that the issue has been
brought up, the PR proponents have been
successful in passing the test and coming
out victorious. They have never failed to
create false issues, to insert new issues, to
becIoud the real issue and to confuse the
people, who, in the last analysis, are really
opposed to the PR system.
Such ingenuity deserves worthier
cause. At the same time, the diligence
with which the PR crowd works and sue
ceeds would seem to indicate that there is
more to their desire to retain the PR sys-
tenn other than the alleged benefits which
that system is supposed TO bring to those
'enlightened" communities which accept
this screwy, hit-and-miss, nOw-yOu-see-it-
now-you-dOn't, shuffIe-duffle form of gov
ernment.
There Is a reason, a very real and
tangible reason why the proponents of the
PR system, many of whom lie dormant
politically until the issue is brought up
again, are such avid defenders of the Sys-
tenn. And that reason is--at least for the
majority of the crusading defenders of the
e ePR-principally economic.
Look for the hidden nickel in the PR
lineup and you will readily understand
the reason why the advocates of the syS-
tenn rise like minute men to arms the in
slant that some political upstart attempts
to undermine or defeat municipal political
status quo.
Look for the hidden nickel and observe
the real prOponenents of PR, plus the paid
bangers-on and the political vultures who
profit personally from what they say and
write favorable TO PR.
Look for the hidden nickel and see IL you
will not find some wealthy real estate
brokers, landlords, big business interests
and their corrupt servitOrs and stOoges
waiting to do the bidding of those who see
values in the PR system that cannot be
detected by the average man on the street.
And after you have conducted your re-
search into the PR crowd you will be
better able to understand why they can
take reputable public official and get
him to submit a plan at one time when
their sacred system is threatened, and the
very next time, oppose his own plan when
PR is in no immediate danger.
If it is true, and il is, that money talks,
.hen it has been crying from the house
tops of Toledo. II has ben crying to the
minority groups who, because of the PR
system, have clustered themselves in po-
litical ghettos and selfishly sought their
own group interests instead of the inter
sts of the COMMUNICATING
Yes, money talks. 1t speaks a silent
but eloquent language, language of ir-
responsibility, selfishness and opposition
to the progress of the majority. 1t speaks
language which, while 1t can be under
stood by many, is thank the Lord not
needed by all
Tuesdays victory for the PR crowd
should tell the people of Toledo that it's
time for a change. II should tell them that
there isn't any easy way to political pro-
gress. 1t takes work, votes and the will TO
succeed. Until these things are added in
abundance 10 the anti-PR forces, the PR
crowd shall continue TO win victories and
sneer at the people of Toledo who think
they should have the right to democrat
,ically express themselves on their political
system.