Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-07-23
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By
.dudrd J..
Duck,
Assistant
Division
Director,
National
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an original, just as the judges
were counting him out. The
result of President Trumans
strategy move in summoning
Congress into an emergency
session at this time will at
least be a slam-bang congress
sional melee, if nothing else.
The thought of calling the
bluff of a pack of insincere,
false promising hypocrites is
enough to give any patriotic
citizen a good shove. Guys
who earn a good living and
then some by playing on the
prejudices of the people and
promising the moon to their
fellow citizens with nary an
intention of coming through,
simply cannot bear being held
up to the light. And that's ex-
actly what Harry wants to do.
Politicians who have succeed
ed too many times already in
being all things to all people
are now told to put up or
shut up" We like that lot!
The greatest weapon in the
Presidents arsenal is the high
cost of living, The blame rests
squarely on the shoulders of
the Republicans and tn e
Dixiecrats who are neither
fish nor fowl. "They did it"
Truman will scream, and all
the hollow words in the world
cannot sidetrack the charge
or defend the guilty.
Initiation is an agre, and
everybody's against it like
they're against sin, war, and
the plague. Truman can prove
to any person of normal in
teligence who has not let his
bias run away with him that
the aforesaid Republicans are
responsible for the high cost
of living. There's your Num-
ber One issue today, with
housing rating a clear second
place. Wasn't it Republican
Leo Allen, of Illinois. who
committed one of the cardinal
sins of the 80th Congress in
refusing TO release legislation
from his committee so that it
could be voted upon? And
wasn't 1t Chairman Wolcott,
Michigan Republican, who bot
tied up other legislation in
like manner? And wasn't it
Washington's Harry Cain who
played a leading role in stop
ping the housing legislation
known as the Wagner-E Ellen
der-Taft bill?
Aren't the Republicans re-
Sponsible for the most nonsen-
sical but viciously discrimina-
tory legislation on record not
being corrected? We refer to
the silly and unAmerican
special tax on oleomargarine,
Why should those who can't
afford to pay the high price
for butter have to suffer be-
cause the dairy interests who
are represented by Republi-
cans want to have free license
to soak the public?
When the battle gets under
way next Monday II should
be a corker. The fur will fly
and words will be bitter. Let
them be. We have always OPP
pose d the mealy-mouthed
Veherever we found them, and
a good linen-washing is GER
tainly In order at this time.
Include us not among those
who have fawning reverence
for a title, be 1t king, lieuten-
ant, chairman or politician
who-succeeded.
1t Is a certain amount of this
refusal to bootlick that freed
America from England. It is
this spirit which made the
CIO democratic and keeps ii
so. We have a right to expose
takers and point the finger of
suspicion at them when they
are doing wrong, Certain con-
gresSmen have done wrong
very wrong. President Tru-
man. although we are still of
purely person opinion that he
is no great shakes as a leader,
can place his record alongside
the true record of his adver-
saries and put them horribly
to shame.
We think the coming session
of Congress should be broad
cast. The American public is
entitled to know the entire
score on such important mat
ters, The Republican Party,
as Thomas Stokes pointed out
their recent convention,
Is promising the very same
identical platform pledges
promised in 1910 and 1914 but
never fulfilled. In fact, no at
tempt was even made by these
people who have specialized in
saying one thing and doing
another. Pious platitudes will
not suffice. The American
people want lower prices,
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