Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-16
It's News
To Me
By O. ]. Pecrd

Larry the lathe reading the evening paper He
was full of contentment and his wife's good cooking
All of jumped to his feet angrly dashed the
the floor cussed with eoauence and asked nopoo
in particular why the He'll don't they do something about
prices?"
Don't laugh folks Larry is just another guy even as you
and doesn't anything about prices because he
doesn't know what do and also very Importantly when ne
could have done something ne either failed to DO It, or ala
it wrong.
For instance Larry Taft for the u S. Senate
despite that Taft condemned by his labor union
known to be dyedin- con-
ervatve grossly nged with reaction At the time Larry voted
he his wife, hose jerks meaning the heads OF
his union) can't dictate to me who should vote for
OF course Larry that his old buddy Taft the
principal price control who instrumental in dumping
told the country that with controls off prices would
automatically adjust themselves downward because the supply
Of goods would greatly increase"
Yeah Larry knew that but he forgot it asked
nobody particular why the He'll don't they do something
about prices?"
of those Jerks his guy the lathe
him, "why the He'll doesn't the union get us more
money!"
So the did, and prices up again. And again
Larry became unhappy especially when he had to cut
his beer consumption from two case week Boy
that really bad
But nobody Larry. The poor guy just could
not help just nice innocent guy who actually be-
Congressman and the Federal government really
wanted protect his interests and that just act of
God something that prevented his government from being
what the 4th of July orators claimed
the dawn, they say in traditional Holly
wood parance
in a while when he wanted excuse to
with Anyhow, he attended union meeting
a speaker that night whose words slowly but
got Larrys consciousness trading wise
cracks with his buddies from the shop.
COOPERATION
1--WE have organized collective bargaining in
our shops speaker 81" protect ourselves
initiation off depression organize
purchasing power and political might continued the
speaker.
set Larry thinking He straightened himself in
and listened to word And he heard lot of
things cooperative which he had
paid attention before although heard about the
thing.
sir Larry to with bang In fact raised
asked the speaker why the coopeatves couldn't
overcharge customers the chain store where
his wife got robbed weekly without benefit of pistol
And that wasn't all Larry heard He listened with rapt
the Speaker outlined the in cooperation
with medical hospital plants reneres and
of other business enterprises owned and operated
by group of workers just like Larry.
Larry thrilled. When he got home he told his wife
about the speech he had heard and he oozed with
But question that to him was-how to get
a Cooperative started. Larry wasn't organizer.
Fortunately for Larry the people in union felt just
the he did They too tired gyped and robbed
without being asked to raise their point of
burglars The chain management the clerks
the efficient cashier who accepted financial tribute
with a cheerful smile calm and placid mud
puddle.
OF there many unions, who have fos-
tered established Operatives they the
Larry, and there millions of LarIs waiting for the
right to their impatient query I
Why the He'll don't they sorrkthins about prces?"