Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-04-30
Eiohf Months Of tn

to our town this week Is III d soiii0"A"'
different role than to which he is ac-
customed reminds us that the Taft-Hart-.
lev Act of which he was cO-spOnsor has
now reached the ripe old age of eight
months.
AS Mr.. Taft finds himself forced to
sneak TO the uncouth multitude in our busy
industrial city in his quest for votes and
delegates, he may find it judicious, yes,
even imperative to turn apOlogist for the
law which has muddied up the labor-man-
agement waters and brought bigger and
better headaches to both sides of the indus
trial team.
1t might even occur, that the honorable
gentleman from Ohio, unbending himself
as far as his somewhat frigid nature will
permit, might even stOOp down bit from
the pedestal of dignified senatorial stiff
ness to acknowledge that many sections of
'hs" law have not only reached ripe old
age, but are, to put it mildly, over ripe.
Our knowledge of the profound plumber
er of human rights, who has certainly done
an impressive piece of work for the people
whose interests mot ours he represents,
will no doubt reaffirm again, as he has
again and again done so, that the Taft
Hartley Act is good for the workers. Of
course he will, for in the spot which he
occupies there can be no retreat.
Yet, no one can detract from the courage
which Mr.. Taft displays, both in daring to
face the public in a strongly organized city
as well as in facing the fact that Harold
will pin back his political ears in his own
state where his political stock has reached
an alltime low.
And make no mistake about this-Mr.
Taft has slipped, but plenty. AS matter of
fact, man as cOldly studiOuS as Mr.. Taft
could scarcely be unaware of his political
standing with the people of his own state.
He is politically bankrupt and we think
he is conscious of the fact. AT least, he does
have the courage to take his beating stand
ing up.
While this does not explain all that
we wanted to say about the Taft-Hartley
Act, and this page wouldn't hold all that
we could say il would be an act of sheer
neglect to fail TO point out that the Ohio
senator's political judgement is on a par
with his social consciousness as example,
fled by the Taft-Hartley Act, which is not.
so-slowly, but very surely lousing UP
labOr-managemen relations.
Nor does the parallel between the
honorable gentlemen's political judgement
and social consciousness end there, for in
both cases he has projected himself too
far into the situation to Withdraw without
serious loss of face.
Thus, Mr.. Taft in his frenzied, or per-
haps the better word would be futile,
search for votes and delegates finds him
self forced to fight for his own non
existant prestige before his own people, in
his own back yard and under almost inn
possible circustances.
Lest anyone allow themselves to get the
impression that we are as opposed to- Mr..
Taft as we are to the law which bears his
name as the foster father through the gift
of the National Association of Manufac-
turers, we hasten to add that we regret
that Mr.. Taft has finally come to this sad
state of affairs. We dislike it intensely to
see the honorable Ohioan discredited at
this time, particularly in view of the fact
that we would have enjoyed taking him on
in November.
Senator Taft isn't the kind of man
who can be lightly set aside. He is power
to be reckoned with. After all, he is still
going to be a senator regardless how badly
he gets mauled in the political wars. He
can be useful to the interests whose cause
he champions for long time to come
We want Taft to come before the people
of his own state for vindication or repuda-
ton. It's good that way and it's nice that
he is giving his own home folks the chance
to demOnstrat their sentiments about him.
It's fine way to celebrate eight months of
aff