Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-31
Selection Approved

Selection of Richard GOsser, Region
2.B director, as running mate with Walter
p. Reuther by the UAW-CIO right wing
group meets with the hearty approval of
thousands of Auto Workers in Toledo and
throughout the region.
1t is our belief, based upon the per-
formance of Director GOsser ever since he
has been a member of the United Auto
Workers that he has earned the right to
seek and receive one of the highest posts
within the union. He has made his cOntri-
button to the remarkable advance of his
union. both locally and nationally, and has
been instrumental in bringing the work
ers in this area to the strongest position
they have ever possessed.
Despite the fact that he has been
member of the international Executive
Board for the past five years, Dick Gosser
has never lost the common touch with the
rank and file in the shops from whose
ranks he comes. He understands and
sympathizes with their problems, appreci-
ates and shares their point of view and
consistently seeks to advance their inter-
est. He remains today, as he has always
been, a real rank and file leader
There has been no royal road to Dick
Gosser's leadership. He has come up the
ladder the hard way by dint of hard work
and effort, conscientious application and
devotion to the people whom he has
served so well, and driving energy to adj
vance the cause for which he has worked
with such distinction.
Leadership I'm a union as highly pO-
liticaI as the United Auto Workers is
frOught with difficulties, pitfalls and
handicaps for those who aspire to it with
sincere intentions Despite these things
which are part of the price of leadership,
Dick GoSser has managed TO a remarkable
degree to win securely the admiration of
vast majority of his fellow workers and
even the respect of many who oppose him
in the union.
While Local II and the unions in Re-
gion 2-B have benefited greatly from
Dick GOsser's leadership as regional direc-
tor, the overwhelming majority feel that
his ability and talents will have wider
play as one of the top officers of the Inter
national union, They believe that he will
increase his usefulness both to the union
as whole and TO them, in the higher post.
When a labor leader advances to
higher and more responsible post in his
organization il means considerable Sacri-
flee for him. If done properly, and Dick
GOsser wouldn't want to do any job unless
he could give il everything he has, it
means relinquishing time and convenience
in the service of the people. II means
added responsibilities and the ability to
meet them.
We are happy that the right wing
group has seen in Dick GOsser the same
qualities of heart and mind that we of To-
ledo and Region 2-B have been watching
for a long time We congratulate the group
for recognizing the qualities and qualifica-
tionS which the Toledo labor leader pos
sesseS TO high degree and we feel certain
that our regional director will continue to
show the same capacity for growth which
he has shown during the years in which
he has guided the union in this area.
AS a vice-president of the International
UAW, and we believe he will surely be
elected at Atlantic City, we have every
confidence that this rank and file leader
will continue TO represent the men and
women in the shops and bring to them, to
the union and to himself added prestige
and the respect of both the employers and
public.