Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-13
It's News
To Me
By o. ]. Pecord


will be reopened for negotiations under cond
ons considerably different from those which prevailed prior
to the Taft-H Hartley Act
Labor leaders of all American unions have
Management Relations Act1947 and told the truth about
it, but every labor approximately the
relative the Act is going to prove to be bonzana
for the workers of America.
Why should any labor leader rejoice in the Taft Hartley
Act which, five months it has been in effect has pro-
vded the unions with headaches than the War Labor
That would be difficult question to in a few
choice words But there number OF answers to this
question.
Nobody going argue that the present 80th Congress
of these States til the IN most & eaco1aEs @ Congress p
Hapless Herbie Hoover's first term
AWAKENING
The thousands of wage contract negotiations which
the unions of America going to be the awak
enng people job that has been them
that the TaftHarley Act the only the
political scene but that it is of the several
major points in the plot against the American people
When union negotiators in the wage demands
they going (and they expect iD that the
poraonS with which they carry on their negotiations are gong
the Tafarey Act to the hlt They going to
corporations throwing the book at them including
quotes from the Act and using every device provided under
that sacred law which was conceived in nquty and born
in unhoy wedock between the corrupng National Association
of Manufacturers and the corrupbe reaconary politicians OF
Congress
In these negotiations will of shop committees
who going to discover at first hand the real significance
men, of whom may subscribe to
the old theory that unions have business in politics.
ing to be impressed They going to employers whom
they thought and anxious maintain good labor
which picked
the body of the Tafartey Act to throw its putrd terms at
them for only purpose-to destroy the union.
Entire paragraphs, sentences clauses and commas
sem-colons removed from TaHartey will become the
day. union committees will last awaken
deadly of the folly which before
complete intellectual bankruptcy of the so-caed ruling
class"
sERvME CONGRESS
1t is well that the thousands union contracts should
before national election because blinded Bou
of 948 like the BourbonS of have again
stupid genius be off in their timing The Taft Hart
ley Act passed the wrong time the wrong
but thank the Lord by the right peopehe arch
reactionaries
servile Congress which passed the given
away ignorant of realities either
did know, did not if the negotiations which
beginning be carried out between and the
unions would bring about its undong And therein lies the
hope of labor
life he observes what the TIL doing him.
going that the ndusriasts organ
zation the NAM only is in politics. but has elected
gressonal majority which will the organizations
bidding He about the why unions main
tanned political action during the lush when
had plenty money but nothing spend taxes
and baubles
Nothing could than the situation which
facing the unions Any union leader who difficult
his membership that political necessary
Job, job going easy Mr. Taft, Mr.
Hartley and National Association Manufacturers
made their contribution to the education workers and
plain people of America and they are learning fast.
Thank God for Taft Hartley Thank God Ignor-
ami who lead the National Association Manufacturers.
Thank servile Congress Thank God bringing
knowledge and education to the workers the hard way
1t looks like this is certain to be for labor
Maybe Labor canNyet the system its real
enemies