Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-11-04
Brefherfon And Kruger
IF SOMEONE WE'RE to accus

with respect to our children, their teach
ers and the facilities with which they
have to contend we would indeed, be-
come very upset and angry.
Yet, that is exactly what is taking
place.
This rather sad situation stems from
the fact that most of us working people
seldom, if ever, give any thought to our
members of this very important Civic
Board of Education. Consequently, all the
Body come from the rich and the well-to-
do Not a single worker not single
person who is conscious of the needs of
the common people is today member of
our Board of Education.
Is it any wonder, therefore, that con-
ditions in most of our schools are tre-
mendously over crowdsd a1lna1faolIr schools
and their facilities are ksd; that
our teachers are arnof Eprst paid
and least appreciated vapts in
our community.
It is high time th Is prob
lem the major consi Tit de-
serves. IT is high tin concern
ourselves with the tho "a one de-
tails that are so importan The process
of moulding the minds of dRr children to
become good public citizens
In the elections next Tuesday there
will be two candidates who aspire to
membership on our Board of Education.
Mr.. Thomas S. Bretherton and Mr.. Alvin
Kruger Both Mr.. Bretherton and Mr..
Kruger have been endorsed by the To-
ledo Federation of Teachers, by the
United Labor Committee and a host of
other organizations. Mr.. Bretherton is
lawyer and Mr.. Kruger is a die maker
employed by the Doehler-Jarvis Corp.
Both of them are admirably fitted for SER
vice on the Board of Education. We urge
you-and you should urge your friends
to support them, to vote for them on
Tuesday Their election to our Board of
Education will go long way to protect
the best interests of our children in school
-. to protect the best interests of our
teachers, as we'll as the best interests of
our community as whole.
Be a good citizen! Vote on Tuesday!
ional investigating committee In many years
has failed to be concerned about it,
Celler is not trying to prove the danger of
monopoly. He feels that has been proved He
is concerned with what should be done about
It, He feels strongly that something must be
done, if our children are to have a chance to
20 into the kind of business they want to en-
gage in, if we want small enterprise to survive,
and il we want to avoid an unbalance in our
economy that can wreck our economic system.
The kind of monopoly Celler is worrying
about is not the kind most people think of
when they discuss monopoly-a single COM
pany controlling an industry the Aluminium
Company of America did before the war What
concerns him is more modern form of mon
opoly-current today--in which three or four
big companies dominate an industry and have
such economic power that they control prices
and production policies in that industry.
Celler proposes to investigate number of
possible solutions that were suggested by prom
inent witnesses in the preliminary hearings.
One is to change the purchasing policies Of
government so that they will work in the in
terests Of small, rather than big, business. This
will be the subject of the first few days of
hearings.
Then Celler wants to consider proposals
for strengthening our present antitrust laws
by increasing the penalties for violations. The
antitrust division wins almost all Of its cases
but the penalties often are so mild that they
do little TO deter monopolisic practices.
But more important than anything else ;.
IelIer wants 10 inquire INTO the deslraplllty OF
enactng stronger antitrust laws-aimed more
directly at breaking up the great industrial
concentrations which dominate most OF Ameri-
can industry. Little has been done in this
direction since the Standard Oil trust was dis
solved almost 40 years ago. The New York
Congressman feels that concentration has now
gone so far that, if possible, we must begin
breaking industry up into smaller units.
One Of his favorite subjects in this conneo-
ton is the insurance industry which today con-
trolls assets of about $4,000, 600, 900. The Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company alone con-
trolls assets of about $4,000, 900 ,O00-which