Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-04-30
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New?
By
EdWard ].
Duck,
Assistant
Director,
National
Auto-Lite
Division


In a world frightfully lack
ing in men of honesty and in
tegrity, and growing more so
day by day, it would appear
that a premium has generally
been placed upon thievery.
In a nutshell, China is not
the only nation where official
and unofficial larceny, both
grand and petit, is looked upon
as a national virtue. 1t mat
ters not HOW people get their
money or position. The fact
that they are ABLE to get it
is the important thing.
Henry Ford, John D. Rookie
feller, Tom Girdler, and the
DuPonts offer outstanding evil
dence that one doesn't neces-
sarily have to be honest to be
rich. The list could be extend
ed into other fields, which for
security reas sons shall be
nameless. (Reuther attackers
please nOte).
Small wonder that millions
of people in dozens of coun.
tries, including our own, have
come to look upon big business
and politics with utter discour-
agement. There is so much in
sincerity, and there are so
many frauds and takers mas
querading among us claiming
to be sincere that this attitude
is understandable, However,
there must be a large measure
of honesty in this world, or
mankind would have perished
long ago.
HONEST MAN
This brings us TO the sub
iect of the day. We want to
talk about a really honest man.
Strangely enough, he is a poll
tician. His name is Tom
Burke, presently Toledo's vice
mayor. and Democratic candi-
date for the office of United
States Representative.
Tom Burke was not given
the endorsement of the local
Democratic Party. No one was.
1t is noteworthy that his chief
opponent, an AFL official,
publicly endorsed the Republi-
can Party's candidate, Con-
gressman Ramey, two years
ago, and spoke in his behalf
over WSPD the night before
election.
It is inconceivable that this
AFL official did not have full
and complete knowledge of
Homer Ramey's malodorous
labor record at that time.
Later, when Homer had gone
whole hog in his anti-labor sen
timent by voting for the Taft.
Hartley Bill, the AFL in right
eous wrath expelled the con-
gressional stinker. The same
AFL official must have had a
slightly brick-red complexion
about that time.
And now this same character
has the crust to solicit our vote
in the Democratic primary next
Tuesday. We might add that
this gentleman promised Tom
Burke he would decline in
Toms behalf if Tom would run
in the primary. Something"
changed his mind. or maybe 1t
was "somebody"--or both.
HIS RECORD
But getting back to Burke,
let IL be said that the labor rec
ord of Tom Burke since he was
first discharged from the
Spicer plant because of union
activity in 1898 has been above
reproach. Too, his record as a
member of the Ohio House OF
Representatives in 194l-42 is
an admirable one, and no one
needs to be reminded of the
Jobs he has done as a member
of Toledo's City Council. The
fact that he is now serving his
third consecutive term, as well
as his appointment by fellow
councilmep as vice myaor,
speaks for itself
Tom Burke is an honest
man. He is the father of five
children, and served a hitch in
the Navy. Tom passes out no
cigars and Sollclts no votes
with free drinks, In fact, he
doesn't drink, himself, and
that's good too, because 1t
leaves more time for business,
AS a member of the state
legislature Burke was co.spon-
Sor of the Buckley-Burke-
Clayman unemployment insur.
ance bill, and fought for every
piece of legislation beneficial to
the working people and the
citiZenry as a whole.
In short we think that Tom
Burke is a rather rare speci-
man among politicians. He's
honest and he's capable. His
unselfishness has been proved
over the past Is eyars. He de-
serves our vote, but we should
be sure to go out of our way