Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-28
What About The
"Unconnon"
Man!
BY The Executive Shop Commit
tee, Packard Unit, Local IL
UAW-CI0


ager of the Packard plant, and
we'd like to answer it. But
first we have to find out what
he means by uncommon"
In our dictionary we find
lots of definitions and syn
onyms for the word. Does he
mean rare, quaint, fantastic,
grotesque, eccentric, strange,
menstrous, unheard of, new
tangled, irregular, arbitrary,
or peculiar? He didn't say, but
he did mention few words
about "the man of exceptional
ability and talent"
Perhaps Mr.. Mutt is an Gun
common" man. Posting the
bulletin on all Packard bulle-
tin boards was his idea, so
we'll suppose he fancies him
self a. bit uncommon, or he
wouldn't have been so gosh
awful interested in pleading
uncommon" cause.
We wonder if Mr.. Mutt
would say that the Ali Kahn
is somewhat uncommon? Most
people think Rita Hayworth is
t n e r uncommon just for
keeping his company, if that's
what you call it.
Sewell Avery looked ex
tremely uncommon" if not
exclusive, when a couple of
soldiers toted him out of his
office at the behest of his gov
ernment and theirs.
Would Mr.. Mutt agree that
Tommy Manville is a rather
rare bird? Could be.
n the article, reprinted from
Mill and Factory Magazine,
we are cautioned not to for
get the type of man who makes
life so much easier for the
common man--also for him
self, we might add.
The rare bird with the
bright plumage and pinfeath-
ers, mostly pinfeathers, who
doesn't care to fly with the
flock, is now weeping tears
as big as clumps of his favor
ite food, found commonly" at
race tracks and on country
roads. He's being neglected,
means Mr.. Mutt, and amt that
just too bad!
1t seems that the so-called
uncommon" man is being for
gotten, while the government
is doing too many favors, too
much providing and protecting
for the more ordinary fellow.
May be we went to the
wrong schools. Maybe we're
out of step with Mr.. Nuts
thinking. Be that as Ii may,
we have always had the
screwy notion that a person
with wealth, position, and in=
fluence didn't need st. Mi
chael to fight his material bat
ties for him. The 80th Con-
gress had more lobbyists than
Dun and Bradstreet could keep
track of, and we suspect that
Dun and Bradstreet's more Sc
lect customers m G ht have
been paying the freight for all
the SEQ tc h and sodas and
femme parties that were so
common" in Washington.
Spe king of scotch and
sodaS, the uncommon man can
stink away to the country club
when they want to forget it
all, and drown themselves un-
der the tables while they make
faces at union labels and plot
against the more common" of
us.
We think the main differ
ence between the common man
and the eccentric - we beg
your parden, sirs - uncom-
mon man is found in the abil-
ity to wear white shirts and
collars more often, and to
draw sizeable checks from the
bank. They both eat much in
the same manner, sleep the
same, put their pants on the
same way, and have similar
emotions and feelings.
n closing, let us say that
the hour of need has hardly
arrived for the investors, the
talented, the industrial ty
coons, ct cetera. We wouldn't
want 1t to. We want America
to remain the golden land of
opportunity, nay, we want this
opportunity to spread even
further. We want to see the
possibility of a guy making a
million bucks if he has a good
idea or if he's got the ability
to do a job.
But please, Mr.. Mutt and all
the other Nuts, oh please
spare us those crocodile tears
and put away the bath towel.
You'll have us spelling all
this good beer. The rich per-
son doesn't need sympathy,
security, protection. nor aid.
He's doing alright. Let's di-
rect our efforts toward help
ing the people who need help,
if we're going to be philan-
thropic. All over America the
highest paid business advisors
are suggesting that human re-
lations be given top priority,
over public relations and busi-