Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-10-22
BY Edward J. Duck,
Assistant Director, National
AutO-Lite Department

What Toledo neeoS more
than anything else is another
News-Bee or a reasonable fac
smile.
Personally, we feel that
one-newspaper setup in a
town our size is most un-
healthy for the community.
The Blade and the Times
are one and the same. The edi-
torial viewpoint cannot vary
unless someone wishes to pull
the wool over the readers
eyes by feigning disagreement
one with the other.
Toledo, we repeat, is a one
newspaper town, and Mr.. Paul
Block would like nothing
more than to dictate political
policy to the citizenry.
If the tactics of the Blade
and Times are an example of
Mr.. Blocks political skull
duggery, and we know of no
reason why they should not
be considered as such, there
will surely be a growing con-
tempt for our Toledo daily
newspapers.
Has the editorial staff OF
either newspaper been fair to
Thomas Burke, to Joel Rhine
fort, to George Timiney, to the
Democratic candidates in gen.
eral? Not that we have
noticed.
They speak sanctimoniously
of "soul searching" before
their political endorsements
are given. They had best scrub
their "souls" before searching
for reasons why Homer Ramey
should be returned to WASH
ington. The stencil of that en-
dorsement is making many an
intelligent citizen shudder.
Ramey, the newspaper edi-
tors tell us, will represent
ALL the people. There is a
large segment known as La
Dor, which is by far the great
est part of the general public,
that received no true repre-
sentation from Mr.. Ramey.
There is also the hard work.
ing group known as the farm
vote" which by this time is
aware of Con gre SIN n
Ramey's avowed itention of
taking their subsidies and
price supports away from
them.
We could say a lot more
about Mr.. Ramey, but we
would likely wind up in the
hoosegoW for telling what has
been more or less common
knowledge in Toledo for years,
but it should suffice to say
that If the same charges could
be placed against Thomas
Burke he would surely not re-
ceive the endorsement of
either the Toledo papers or the
labor unions. We do not believe
everything we hear, but we
do know that where there's
so awful much smoke there
must be a bit of fire.
The Toledo Blade is a Re-
publican newspaper. So Is the
Times. Should anyone attempt
to tell us otherwise, or to
whisper "non-partisan," we
hope they don't choke on the
words.
So Rhinefort is receiving
the blame for there being
gambling in the county. If
memory serves us correctly,
Mr.. Hennessey has been Sher-
iff of Lucas County for quite
some time. Timiney hasn't
even been elected to the post,
but already he is being called
to task for talking about run
ming gangsters out of town.
For the benefit of MIR. Paul
Block and his underlings, let
us say that no town the size
of Toledo should lay claim to
all that's holy. Big cities just
don't wear haloes. We imagine
there will be a few bad actors
left, no matter who's elected
sheriff, but Timiney did do
a fine job of running them out
back in the days when they
iidu lHObt law CtlAOlSCiilChb
people somewhat buffaloed.
What about Michael Damas,
Mr.. Block? You know, he was
given the editorial blessing a
while back. What are you 60
ing to do this year?
II Is obvious that the Toledo
one-newspaper outfit is going
whole hog for the Republican
Party. 1t is not engaging in a
lot of soul searching" at all.
If any Democrats receive the
Block blessing, it will more
than likely fall to them
through expediency.
The Blade editorialists have
written some nightly fine
columns, and most Toledoans,
we believe, noticed the inn
provernent so apparent during
the past year or so.
But a disgraceful low has
been reached during thiS no1i.