Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-10
Big Industry Offense
Aqoinsf America
Continued from Page l

In 1889 the campaign was even LloAe
bitter The Hearst newspapers - and
many others came out with the DOGGY
of Communism Roosevelt is leading the
nation towards Communism" was their
theme song. But again, despite the mil
lions spent by these same people through
their notorious Liberty League" the peo-
ple of America refused to believe their
wild and baseless lies. President Roosevelt
was reelected and the nation marched on
towards the New Deal that he promised
to the American people.
And we did get New Deal At least
TO far greater extent than ever. before
II was under Roosevelt that the Federal
Government recognized and accepted its
responsibility towards the needy people
We got WPA work. OF course, it wasn't
much. But it was helluva lot more than
we ever got before.
The Roosevelt Administration did
lot more. 1t began to regulate the wild and
irresponsible stock market speculations
New laws were enacted to control the
banks and provisions were made to insure
the small depositors. Social Security and
Old Age Pension laws were placed on our
statute books. Corporate pr ofits were
taxed to higher degree.
And, as far as the working people were
concerned, the Congress adopted the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act with its famous
Section Ia guaranteeing workers in in
dustry the right to organize into unions
of their own choosing and to bargain col
lectively.
That law, more than anything else,
made possible the great organizing drives
In our basic industries bringing the pro-
lection Of unionism to new millions of
American workers.
DURING THE LUSH WAR and post
war years Americas Big Business leaders
were too busy gorging themselves with
their unprecedented profits to really
settle down to their eternal war against
the common people. But now, with market
conditions tightening all over; with Presi-
dent Truman asking for higher taxes on
their profits, these same Big Shots are
ready TO renew their bitter warfare
against the American people in dead
earnest.
This is certainly proven beyond the
shadow of doubt by the character of
those who signed this telegram.
Take for example Fredrick c. Craw-
ford who happens to be president of the
Thompson Proudcts Co. and past presi-
dent of the National Association of Manu-
facturers. Mr. Crawford is one of the Bit
terest enemies of organized labor. His
plants, in the main, are still dominated by
company unions Crawford's ( firm has
spent a huge fortune in his fight against
the UAW-CIO and its attempt to organize
his workers
What can we say about Lammont Du-
pont who, as his name indicates comes
from the fabulous Dupont clan Of Della
ware. Dupont is one of the wealthiest men
of America and he is forever in the leader
ship of any group any organization that
is fighting against the best interests of
Americas common people. His contribu-
tions to the Republican campaigns alone
adds up to young fortune,
About j. Howard Pew of Sun Oil fame,
the only thing we can say is that he more
than anyone else runs the Old Guard Re-
publican Machine in Pennsylvania with
all its reprehensible practices Along with
the Duponts, the Pews are to be found
in the forefront of every reactionary or
ganization in the country. They, more
than anyone else, financed the notorious
Liberty League in SO and America First
in 40.
The rest of the signers of this tele-
gram are pretty much in the same cata-
CORY. All of them are wealthy beyond
all of them are hold
ing tremendously important positions in
the upper echelons of Big Business
all of them are bitter and tried and tested
enemies of everything that is progressive
in our American Way of Life.
ONCE AGAIN the American people
are on the march. They are determined,
just as IN the years of the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration, to gain for themselves a