Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-05-28
Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary Women'S Bureau
Region 2-B

The topic that was chosen by
the speakers for the confer
ence were very appropriate.
Edward Duck gave a very in
spring talk on co-ops; compal
ing the coop price with the
super-market price. The edu-
cational director of Region 2,
IA, and 2-B, Jack Holt, told
why we need educational
classes and the topics that
could be used to set up educa-
tional classes.
The most inspiring talk of
the day was that of our Inter-
national vice-president, Ric-
hard Gosser. 1 don't think
that there ever was a speech
made by Dick that was not
interesting, but, l do not think
that I ever saw or heard him,
or any one else put so much
enthusiasm in talk as he did
at this conference. He was so
hot that you could see the
smoke fly from his mouth. I'm
telling you that this is not only
my opinion but the opinion of
others too. Nobody has to rap
the meeting to order when
Richard is speaking because
he is one man who has a mag
netic personality when it
comes to keeping the atten-
ton of the people on the
speaker. / am convinced he
carries that magnetic per-
sonality with him at all times.
Mr.. Lowell Goerlich, asso-
ciated with Mr.. Lamb, the at
torney, explained the Taft
Hartley act to the delegates,
and followed it up with a
question and answer period.
The Local IL summer camp
bus took a load of passengers
down to the conference. I was
among them, and / am telling
you that is the only way to go
on a trip like that. We all had
a wonderful excursion, except,
perhaps our chauffer, Clem
Holewinski, who l imagine
still has his ears ringing with
all the commotion that was
going on. certainly must say
they, could not have picked a
better man for this particular
job, for he certainly knows
what he's doing, and he is an
expert in handling a bus.
Bill Healey and his wife
were also on the bus but he
was very tired and didn't
seem to enjoy the community
singing, This is the joke girls.
When we registered at the no.
tel, l guess he thought that we
were going to seranade all
night for he told the clerk,
"if you put me on the End floor
be sure and put these girls on
the 9th and believe me he
sure was secretive about that
room number. You can't
blame him much. l think if l
had my better-half with me l
would want little privacy
also. Wouldn't you?
The joke was on the choral
group though. They were sent
down to Marion's regional
conference to put on perfor-
nance and to their amazement
there was not a piano, but,
low and behold, they wanted
us to sing without one.
Well l will say we are i'm
proving but with new girls
coming into the group all the
time, it is pretty difficult to
try to put on a performance
without music of some sort.
Well, anyway we did sing a
couple of songs that pertained
to the union, namely the Taft
Hartley song, Solidarity, and
We Shall Not be Moved. 1t
could have been better but
still we have the consolation
that we tried and besides we
could have been worse.
Mrs. Davies had such a love-
ly time that she called me
Sunday morning and asked
me for the phone numbers of
all the girls that had attended
our choral group. For some
unknown reason she has miss
ed a couple of practices, and
now is going to contract these
girls and urge them to more
practice. She is also going to
tell them what a wonderful
time we all had.
The choral group will join
the caravan that is going to
make the trip up to the Chry-
sler picket lines and cheer our
brother pickets up, on Friday,
June 4. More information on
this will be told later. Trans
will be via the Local
II bus and we are going to
take a portable piano along.
On Thursday, June 10, we
will entertain at the Y. w. c.
A., and on Sunday, June 13
we will cruise to the summer
camp for dinner and inspec-
ton tour. We will sing girls,
they have a piano there.
G. OP newspaper publisher
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