Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-07
It's News
To Me
By O. ]. Pecord

Now that the election is over seems like safe time to
matter which, had it been discussed last week might
brought accusation of political down upon
this department.
Nobody in the Auto Workers has denied doubted
which been this union for even
present International executive board majority liquid
the presen the former Connie majority The
like other organizations just doesn't have enough
go around satisfy the craving of too
many ambitious souls.
opposition, in the union out of it, is healthy
symptom the people who hold responsible positions
strive harder and frequently is the shove that pushes
officials do outstanding job. But factionalism when
INDUCED beyond the bounds of becomes
nuisance and somtimes scandaou thing which quite likely
to bacxfire.
AS a case n point consider meeting of Auo-Lte shop
prior regular meeting of the Unit days
ago. At this meeting the night stewards majority vote
voluntary collection for the Local IL Sum-
Camp not be permitted to be taken in the shop from
the individual members of the union.
Now is quite possible that the AuoLte Unit is demo
cratic organization let hope is And is also possible that
in the steward body there might some who
of their might object individuals to giving
to the summer But is rather difficult to accept the
night stewards thumbs down decision as democratic
humane the children of several Auto
Lite members who not financially able to bear the cost OF
sending their children Sand Lake had applied for the camp
guests of the union.
THE CHILDREN
Accepting the fact that anything is fair in love, and
politics. union politics. it just doesn't right to penal
ze children because adults having and dog fight
who going to the union Nor does sensible for
off their spite their faces isn't sensible punish
children because don't like the people who run
the organization of which you part and parcel
Nobody asked for this opinion possibly won't like
after has been given but sugges itself to that those
who object to the leadership of their organization regardless
what type of organization it might be- have right in this
democratic country of ours to rid themselves of it, if they
You don't rid church of clergyman not like by
throwing through the church window Neither do
hurt but yourselves when in vndicive mood you
against your interest by rejecting the interests of
your and others children.
That's of the bad features of always the
children the aged and the nfm who suffer- but in damaging
the children and the innocent really damage
warfare directed against the innocent evokes the
demnaon of decent people, in this of atomic bombs
and large scale murder does excessive political actionasm
evoke the sentiments in the majority of the people who
belong to the union
WAYS OFFERED
If the Constitution of the Auto Workers means what
says and it apparently does the members of the union have
free and democratic offered to them officers
Search will and will find the consti
tuition that that the best eliminate union
leadership by sluggng kids with penalty that
hurts only you
No doubt there who believe that union
should not for children Or they believe that
the enterprise should be set aside for something which they
might consider important These people, the
honest AT the time they wouldn't think of standing in
the of their fellow members children getting benefits
of the without at least debating the honest
grounds
1t has always been my belief the union
remarkable and outstanding job in starting
The children get benefits and the union takes on
significance in the eyes of the public At time
the project will possibly to the
might conduct two weeks course in union
education in future project which would parcu
lar value to those who giving modern version the
dog in the manger.
honasm entirely too far 1t selfdeatng
of weakness and admission intellectual and political
rupcy Let all hope that the decenmnded
lory will soon reject the night stewards edc to reject the
summer collection in the shop consider camp
something entirely apart from the to reject
present leadership It's as simple that