Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-10-15
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BY Edward ]. Duck,
5sistant Director, National

By Edward j. Duck,
3sistant Director, National
Auto-Lite Department
want to be an angel,
and with the angels stand,
A crown upon my forehead,
A harp within my hand"
Where Harold Ickes pickec
up this cute little verse we
don't know, but he dedi-
Gated it appropriately enough
to Thomas Elusive" Dewey.
The Candidate in sneakers, "
is harder to pin down than a
handful of mercury. He's for
God and Country, loves all
that's good and Holy, and
hates sin like a cat hates
turpentine.
When it comes to calling
spades. the former interior
secretary yields to no man.
Harold's got a knack for origi-
nal p hrasing g, and he uses
plenty of salt. Dewey has a
rather adverse effect on the
Ickes stomach, and the old
boy isn't bashful about ex-
pressing his opinion of the
mustachiod little man from
Albany. Personally, we'd just
as soon vote for Ickes for
president as anyone we can
think of at the moment, but
that's neither here nor there.
From now till November
End we may expect to hear
some choice remarks from Mr..
Ickes, and we may be sure
that Mr.. Dewey will hardly
appreciate them. Like all poll
ticians (you may know a few
of them in union circles, too)
Tom Dewey feels offended
when reminded of past mis-
deeds. Isn't it funny how they
think they have the right to
do as they please, and as
wrong as they please, without
being reminded of their sins
afterward?
The r epub blican "do-
nothing" congress - Little
Toms buddies that is - took
American people for a ride,
you mustn't throw it up to
them. No sir, don't call them
to task for what they've done.
Instead, swallow the wonder
full hooey they're giving you
at election time, and believe
that they will do a complete
about-face when they get back
to Washington!
What does the Republican
Party take us for, anyway, a
a bunch of morons? We know
they double crossed the vet
eran, robbed our pocketbook
and gave the money to those
who already had more than
they could use, and sabotaged
the housing progra m they
were pledged to support. We
know who's responsible for
the high cost of living. We
know who's making us pay
the millionaires' taxes for
them. We know who's plan
ming to lead us into the great
est depression America has
ever known. We're not THAT
stupid, after what we've seen
in Washington since 1946!
The writer would walk a
mile just for the chance to
cast his vote against the Clown
Prince of Congress, Homer
Ramey, even If Tom Burke
were not the opposing candi-
date. OF all the Screwballs we
ever sent to Washington, this
one rated the BOBBY prize. If
our memory serves us correct
ly, the Toledo newspapers tag
ged him a clown and berated
him roundly when he ran in
l946. Has he changed any
since that time-for the better,
we mean?
We have a very strong
suspicion that the phrase Had
Enough?" will be much more
appropriate after we've had a
taste of Tom Dewey and the
8lst Congress, if the Repub-
licans win. The Republican
record is so admittedly stinko
right now that the hierarchy
voted thumbs down on using
this catch-phrase at all in the
'48 campaign even though
they chuckled at their own
cleverness in originating It for
the as election drive. The