Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-12-16
Gossers Testimonial Speech

10 get tlgnt - IootS Martin. hi
wife, Verna, was there, MIR. an,
Mrs. Berlacher and l. If the Ber
lacher's. drink they drink yer.
lightly - / have never seel
either intoxicated. don't believ,
they get that way. When w
went there they served Toots ;
few more drinks and got hin
tight. Mrs. Berlacher served /;
wonderful dinner, played tn,
piano and l think Franz ever
sang. say that's people. ] don
raise any question as to what i!
wrong that Roulet should be i;
councilman, any more than the
is the outstanding fellow
he is. These are our rights anc
no one should challenge them
| think when kept press at
temptS to say the wrong thing:
[ think that press is wrong.
think one of the outstanding
things wrong with Toledo is we
have one paper and have an ed.
ltor you have to bend to every
thought of his. To that l will
never bend so long as l live my
life.
We have young fellow
here tonight who halls from
Port Clinton. He halls from a
shop and has served as an in
ternatiOnal rep. He is married,
33 years old and has two
children. He has lived an out
standing life in Port Clinton
and l don't think he could be
criticized. Maybe he will be
criticized in his home town
because of this affair tonight
and what / said. / think it is
outstanding he comes from
our ranks. Is it any different
because he comes from our
ranks than anyone else? /
don't think there is thing
wrong. l say to Tom Burke
one of the outstanding things
he did was when he appointed
Tom Kinney postmaster. /
suppose 1 cover these points
because they are important.
I suppose it might embarass
some of the people here, it might
the fellow because
ion't think there is a person liv-
ng that / had more disagree
nents with than with him. ]
hink he is capable man; can
10 the job properly and he and
share a lot of friendship. Mr..
Thatcher was awful put out be-
.ause of the fact he was ap-
pointed Superintendent of the
.ourt house. Tonight / will have
Brother Ordway stand up and
axe a bow. Brother Ordway,
Tom Kinney, Franz Berlacher
,r Tom Burke cannot do me one
,it of good politically. Not one
person in this lot (my apologies
o Brother Burke who was a
lelegate and carried 5 votes)
,ut there is not one of them out
ide of Tom who mean anything
n my political world. need
1000 votes to get elected. I am
ure if you put them all together
With Toms five votes I will
ever get any place, but, they
re all grand friends. Your con-
FRESHMAN has worked untiringly
nd if he wants to get elected
gain, I have already told him
o shake the bushes as no one
yer has before. The papers
ave said the congress had the
ongest session they had for a
tremendous amount of years. l
ad the occasion to meet Tom in
Washington and a chance to chat
With him about some of the
nings they have done. I think
e has done a remarkable job
epresenting all the people. !
ont think Tom has ever been
ne type of guy that was ever
outstanding or got tough. He has
lways had a sort of way with
i'm. There is a lot of difference
the type of leadership. see
rank Lau and Smith here to-
light. They can remember when
was chairman | would bang
he table and say you do it this
'ay or l will shut the plant
own until you do. | don't do it
lat way now, | outgrew that.
don't think Tom ever had to
utgrow that. I don't think I
1ould make a good congress
ian. My mind would only be
wards what Labor wanted and
othing else.
The final point, because /
am crOwding time, / had the
privilege to read this morn
ngs Times about the Ameri-
IAN Can Toledo Plant being
AIKEN over by J&L. 1 wonder
lOw many of you know the
Jones e. Laughlin have al
'eady signed the pension for
Ill their plants in America.
After reading where every
hates Toledo. /
would like to quote the To-
edo Times own statement of
he President of that plant.
We look forward with great
pleasure to joining TOledo's
d u rial community" he
aid, "and to taking up the
iuties and privileges of indus
rial citizenship enjoyed for !,
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