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


their opinions are the opinions
that they think are the truth.
We have the occasion to have
with us a fellow who served on
the international E cut v e
Board with me. On the Inter
national Executive Board we
had two sides, left and right.
When you choose your side you
Just voted that way and that
was it. l am sure he will attest
he was on the other side. He
once said to me, II don't dis
agree with you but l am going
to vote this way" I know l
also felt the same way but
voted my way, 1 think when
you choose sides you stick with
them. Since that time the fell
low was removed of his duties
by not running. He decided not
to run at that particular con-
Vention, l think, because we had
enough votes to beat him. We
had other board members who
decided to run they got defeated.
The thing that makes me feel
happy, the thing that makes me
feel l want to live in the type
of society we live in is you can
disagree with people; can hon
estly feel here is person who
is honest and sincere and has
desire to help people. Tonight
it gives me great pleasure to
introduce a fellow who voted
continuously opposite the way l
voted for several years and who
today is an outstanding fellow
in the Educational Department
in the State of Ohio, Brother
Jack Holt from Flint.
don't think / should miss
the opportunity to say some
thing about one of the youth
and l say that because i feel
1 am quite old. l did not feel
quite so bad as / did until
/ was laying in the hospital
and read where l was 40.
said to myself, sam / that
old" Now there is question,
after talking to the doctor,
whether 1 am 60, 10 or so.
This fellow has done a fair
job; / think he could do bet
ter. keep working on his
wife to make sure he don't
drink too much liquor be-
cause / think it will be his
downfall. He has to remember
that If he can't let completely
go of that he will be a failure
i'm the job. He has been given
an opportunity and is going to
play a very active part in the
State of Ohio. 1 cannot say
share the belief of who will
be the contender against Taft
now. 1 will always say will
cast my lot with the person
who I think will do the most
good for the most amount of
people. This fellow is now
recognized and respected by
all segments of labor, CI0,
MESA, AFofL AND others.
He has been given job di-
rectly under our International
President Walter Reuther. He
has been placed in the State
of Ohio to give leadership to
defeat Taft. l would like to
introduce BrOth her Orville
Beemer.
l heard a man grasping like
he was drowning and it's like l
said in the very beginning and |
say again to every person here,
men and women alike, if and
when you have something to say
about a person attack the per-
son for what they are doing,
prove they are wrong and in
correct, don't attack their char
acter or social life. / don't think
that is a fair decent or honest
way to do. If an individual
strives to elevate the masses of
people l think you can show
where the individual could be
wrong in some respect but the
character does not have any
bearing on the social life of the
masses. l refer to Thatcher's
speech, which | think was the
most bitter speech ever heard
/ heard statements made that
were false. His thought was if
/ was not stopped / was going
to wreck Toledo and making
him councilman made all the
change in the world l had a
very serious argument and to-
night in this room sit lot of
people from ULC to whom /
have said if / ever lived to see
the day when they would elect
all labor in the council | would
be opposed to it. l said l thought
labor and other segments had a
right to be in the council. | be-
lieve this now and will as long
as l live my natural life. / think
a remarkable job has been done
by someone and | am sure to
take a fellow from nowhere
brother Burke should remem-
Der this we'll because l think |
lived with Tom more than any
one politically, shall say scull-
dulgery, Toni. The first time
he ran he did not qualify be-
cause he only got less than 500
votes; the second time he got
900 votes and the third time,
nv hoolc or croOk he did oct