Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-10-17
It's News
To Me
By o. J. Pecod

In just couple weeks we the people, the sovereign
will voting places to select municipal
sentatives for the next two years.
lot of people who believe that state and national elec
tons important than municipal elections have the bad
refranng casting city
cause they have failed to think the situation out clearly The
real municipal elections equally important
under some more important than state or
national elections.
AS illustration of the importance of elecng right
people to municipal office consider what occurred Marion
Ohio, just couple of weeks ago.
Employees of the Mcmillan Co, of Marion members
of United Auto Workers who had been strike had
good occasion to discover for themselves the hard just
how important municipal elections be when members OF the
Marion police department acting the orders their Chief
who appointed by the elected Mayor attempted break
Believe me- eyeopener for the strikers when the
cops with drawn clubs advanced them and proceeded to
attempt TO open up the struck plant by OF violence
Imagine what feelings would be- if having voted for
Councilman he helped city administration that would
send out the police to break strike by swinging clubs
What would be your feelings if had voted for Mayor
and then had the send in his to break just
strike and otherwise carried the ball management
AGAINST which you were directing legitimate weapon
And don't anyone you that what happened in Mar
ion couldn't here We that thing
in the future the workers of Toledo Indifferent their
own interests and fail to vote for the wrong people
Can imagine sitting back taking easy
the police should be ordered to break strike Toedo
OF course he wouldn't Tom would really fight for the work
And that is important why every of
organized labor in Toledo should give Tom Burke their
Der vote on November 4.
But there many which should be known
to every working and who daily papers
the members of the present Con
ell have unions of Toledo have
come to them for something that important.
can remember, and you how labor was given
brushof when they asked Council to take position
price controls during the Did the organized
Toledo succeed in getting Council to take position favorable
to labor? OF course, they didn't
DO you remember? remember Just short time ago
when members of City Council asked to take position on
the TaftHartey and Van AIKEN bills? Did Council do any,
thing about W OF course They silly futile ge
tue passed resolution that nnocuous sign
hcance except that bypassed the
was nothing less than poor relative begging
crumbs at the municipal table
There other issues too to go into which
the workers of Toledo given the known around
but the facts matter of public and the Councmen
who stradded opposed the
attached to their failures.
ONLY TWO YEARS
OF course it's only two that Councilman
WITHOUT seeking vote his stewardship but two years
be long time if the people run of this city
begin to change things around to suit their purpose
purpose of those who control them
There many other why labor should vote in
this and municipal election that of great Importance
to them For instance housing municipal problem
far has failed to respond to the treatments given Spending
our tax money wisely and bringing city progress
which deserves still another There many reasons
but these will do for few to illustrate the point
November is the day. You the people who can de-
ermne the course of Toledo for
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