Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-11-12
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BY Edward ]. Duck,
Assistant Director, National
AutO-Lite Department

feeling - of warmth and friendliness, that's
sweeping the country. It began November 3rd.
Whether sincere not, it's wonderful to be-
hold Everybody loves everybody. It's amazing,
and certainly confusing, how no one meant all
the nasty things they said about Harry Truman
and his associates.
A fellow could be cynical, and say it's all
lot of hypocritical baloney, but he wouldn't
be entirely correct True, some of the crow
eating gestures are insincere, but still the
American tradition of saluting the victorious
underdog is as genuine as turkey on Thanks
giving.
Liberal Republicans, who are not really
Republicans at all, are as fed up with people
like Taft, Bricker, Wolcott, Allen, j. Parneu
(Kickback) Thomas, ct al, as you or l. Senators
Aiken and Morse, for example, are as dis
pleased with the "old guard" type of Repubi-
can as anyone else. The latter gentlemen have
a deep feeling for people, the former worship
at the throne of the almighty dollar.
Newspaper editors and their aides haven't
become converts in any sense of the word.
Future election campaigns will prove they
haven't changed Nevertheless, they are smart
enough to recognize the advisability of accept
ing defeat graciously. This humble crow eating
business does not begin and end with salute
to the victor. An apology for devil OF lot
of wrong guessing on the entire election out
come will not suffice, either. Gentlemen, it is
not so simple as that!
such animal as the labor vote. They called this
claim fictitious fable, purely myth created
by ambitious labor leaders. Today even the
Toledo Times has agreed that there is labor
vote In fact, the Times people ate bit OF the
Act DID aid materially in the election of Tru-
tough bird in admitting that the Taft-Hartley
man and the ousting of many TIL Congress
man. How well we recall not only the Toledo
newspapers but the vast majority of the ma
tion's publications telling the public what
fine law it was, how it protected the worker
against u e s S. dictatorial communistic
leadership, and how these leaders had sought
to place themselves "above and beyond any
and all restraint"
Before the election the newspapers scream
ed how undignified it was of Mr.. Truman to
carry on an aggressive campaign Now he is
given credit for being valiant warrior and
true American hero because he did campaign
in that manner. We were also told that the
Both Gdiot congress was wonderful aggrega-
tion, not the second worst congress in the ma
tion's history, but of the best. Now even
Republican Leader Joe Martin agrees that the
record of the 80th (do-nothing) Congress is
largely responsible for the Republican defeat.
A combination of factors and combination
of groups resulted in the amzing victory for
the Democrats. Organized labor, the farmer,
the housewife, and President Truman himself,
constitute the collective thing that turned the
trick. Without any one of these groups, or
without the record of the Both Congress- or
without Harry Truman's vigorous stumping
tour, Doc Gallup would have been right
as rain. Let us hope and pray that the COM
bination stays intact, nay becomes evenmore
strongely solidifed
The voters have been lied to, and they
don't like it. Many an erstwhile Republican
has left the fold since November End, and if
another election were held today the defeat
would be even greater for that party. Taft
and Bricker are shaking in the Shoes and why
not?
Senator Claghorn on last Sundays Fred
Allen show remarked that it was the first
time the polls had ever gone to the dogs.
That's a pun, son, because it isn't the first
time by jugful.
Public opinion polls are not for the purpose
of determining public opinion, but rather
they are aimed to influence public opinion.
The voters have right to do their own think
ing unfettered by mental hazards which the
pollsters seek to inspire. We can get along
very we'll without Gallup, Roper or Paul
Blocks dictation, for that matter. This years
election results prove that the American peo7a
pie prefer to do their own voting.
We think bright future awaits all of us
- labor, industry the farmer, American in
general Heaven has not forsaken us. The Lord
was on the peoples side!