Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-04-25
Women
and
The Union
by Louise R. McNaught

children and family, and the
boys and girls who will bene-
fit from this far-sighted in
vestment will reap rich re-
wards in sound bodies and the
rich association of play and
education.
Now, here is q real oppor-
tunity for the women to as
sist. Without a first hand
knowledge of the plans, we all
know it is going to take a lot
of work to develop q camp
and the success of this ven
ture will depend on the real
effort each and every one of
us put into this project to
make our dreams come true.
Many of us have never seen
camp. All of us have
yearned to take part in some
thing like this.
/ say this union has come a
long way when we can say,
my Pete or Sandra will have
the opportunity to go to camp
next summer.
AN EXAMPLE
This is an example Of what
II means to belong TO organ
lied labor.
When you think Of children
you think of food, tons of 1t.
1t seems TO me we women will
come into our own in canning
season. We can help process
garden products and other
edibles that will help stock
the pantries and kitchens out
there. There should be many
other jobs we can do, too. |
know when we're needed we
will respond with enthusiasm.
| believe the best expression
OF appreciation came from a
union brother one day, while
discussing the camp. He re-
lated, how he had come from
Italy where as boy of eight
he worked in the mines.
At IL he came to America,
the land of promise, only to
work again with pick and
shovel. Now, one of the earli-
est union members, his real
10y in the CIO Children's
Camp was edged with just a
little bitterness that he had
never had boyhood, and
pledged his every effort to
help stamp out hateful exper-
fences Of so many Of us who
spent sunless hours in mines,
mills and factories, before this
and other unions brought us
out OF the darkness.
SOUND LAWS
With sound child Labor
Laws, and modern practices
which put children's welfare
first, we can keep the future
bright for our children, so
long as we stand together and
fight to preserve our rights.
In safeguarding organized
labor we bequeath to our chill
dren principles and character
so that no danger can threaten
their security.
We have a real challenge to
meet in opposing the vicious
attempt in Columbus and
Washington to take away all
we have foughtIand worked
for. The Van AIKEN Bill with
all its daring and audacious
provisions would have us a
docile labor army or raving
angry mob. Under that kind
of system we will be anxious,
watchful weary mothers.
Let's be happy, secure and
confident mothers. Only by
constant alertness can we pre-
serve our organized security.
You'd think the Chamber of
OF Commerce would have
plenty on its mind what with
lobbying for anti-labor legisla.
ton and finding Communists
under everybody's bed, But
now the big business clique
wants to set itself up as
guardian of public morals and
decide what the country may
and may not see in the way OF
entertainment. In Pittsburgh,
Chamber of Commerce Presi.
dent William B. McFall threat
ened TO drive a new play by
Eugene O'Neill, Americas
greatest playwright, out of the
city. You can't go wrong with
that kind of thinking. A while
back a Chamber of Commerce
witness told Senate Labor
Committee that mass picket.
ing leads to destruction of EN-.
ployers' property. Asked IL he
had ever seen that happen, the
witness replied, "No, but it
might"
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