Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-02-27
What's
New?
By
Edwdrd ].
Duck,
Former
Assistant
Director,
National
Auto-Lite
Division


a Chinese fellow who answer
ed to the n a m e of Kung
Fu-tsu. He's known today as
Confusicius.
Simple soul that he was,
Kung Fu-tsu, or Confusius if
you prefer, had a philosophy
of practical morality, in which
he priced highly the virtues
of kindliness, integrity, polite
ness, truthfulness, and wis
dom.
Kung Futsu, if he were alive
today, would be more of lost
soul than Henry Wallace. His
chances of becoming a shop
steward in certain spots we
have in mind would rate equal
odds with Wallace's presi
Dental hopes.
If there's such an item as
Chinese whirling dervish,
Confusius say he resemble it,
as he lie in his grave today.
Never since his time has
the world witnessed more
obvious contempt and disre-
spect for his five cardinal
virtues.
What has all this to do with
our union?
Too much. When solidarity
forever" is burlesqued by in
sincere hypocrites, when trust
ed leaders preach one thing
and perform another, when
our differences with each other
far outweigh our differences
with m n a G m n in the
struggle for economic justice,
it is high time we take COM
plete stock of the situation.
HUSH, HUSH!
There are those who say
"Hush, hush!" Include us not
among their number, if you
please. We Admire the state
ment of w a tier Winchell,
quoted in Golfers this week
as saying:
Il am merely a reporter,
who must follow the truth
wherever it may lead, whom
ever IL may hurt, and however
unpleasant 1t may be to read
and hear"
This same magazine carries
a timely suggestion from UAW
President Walter p. Reuther,
who recommends, IN a m s
can't hurt you. We must have
the courage to speak up"
Truth has a way of bring
ing embarrassment to those
who attempt to ignore it. 1t
will always remain the best
defense against the liar or the
deceiver. Those who believe in
honest trade union principles
have no reason to shy away
from an open discussion of
facts and issues.
This is not a time for blind
prejudice, The riptide of Bit
terness has swallowed more
innocent people in the past
few weeks than ever before
in the history of our union.
The pot is seething beneath
the surface, more than many
of us realize.
This may come as a shock
to many, but last Friday eve
ming in the Bismark Cafe an
approach was made by a GER
tain individual associated with
the controlling faction of the
Auto-Lite unit, asking support
for a psuedo-neutral group
which will pre- tend to be
n e I h er for nor against a
separate charter for the unit,
but which will align itself at
the last m mute with the
separate charter people. The
man who notified us that he
was approached will be glad to
name the perso who APP
preached him, whose name
should surprise no one.
REFERENCE
To verify this, we refer the
membership to the time of our
last UAW convention, when
this same person approached
a worker from Dept. 116 and
notified him that he wanted
this man on John Begg's
Steering committee" with the
added assertion that should
Begg and his friends be sue
cessfui in the February unit
election they would immedi-
ately push for separate char.
ter.
We now face the fact that
despite assertions to the con-
trary made prior to the cleo
ton, the drive is already on
and contacts have been made
in the campaign to segregate
Auto-Lite from Local II. To
satisfy ambitions of a hand
ful of people we are about to
witness another episode the
management is certain to en-
JOY and profit by.
When hollow-hearted OPP
portunists launch an offensive
1T is hardly the time to obscure
facts. There is a difference be-
tween the malicious slander
employed by a few conscience
less people, and the presenta-