Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20
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EXECUTIVE sEcRE TARY 6k II,tl.G.

The following telegram sent to the pension rally
held in Scott Hi Friday night January 4th and the
approximately 14OO who filled the
local made mention of this telegram being at the
rally however the telegram important because the resolution
embodied in the delegates
well UAW Region 2B delegates voting the
ton there was not one dissenting voe).
JANUARY 24th 1850
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
MIR. RICHARD GossER, INTERNATIONAL VICE
PRESIDENT, UAW-CIO
CARE LOCAL IL DUES OFFICE, 1sT FLOOR,
AIS WINTHROP ST,
TOLEDO, OHIO
THE DELEGATES FROM TOLEDO CIo AND REGION
2B TO THE 18TH ANNUAL STATE CIO CONVENTION IN
HOWEVER, WE SEND YOU OUR WARMEsT GREETINGS
IN THE FIGHT FOR THE UAW AREA PENSION PLAN. THE
TOLEDO AND REGION 2-B DELEGATES HAVE PASSED
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WHICH WE ASK YOU TO
BE SURE TO READ TO THE MASS MEETING IN SCOTT HI:
WHEREAS: TOLEDO is NOW FACED WITH A FULL
PLEDGED UNION BUSTING CAMPAIGN STARTED IN THE
FIRST INSTANCE BY THE COMMITTEE TO SAVE To-
LEDoS PAYRoLLs AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAD
HOPED TO ENLIST MEMBERSHIP OF 10000 MEMBERS
BUT WHO WERE NEVER ABLE TO SIGN BUT AN EX-
CEEDINGLY SMALL PORTION OF THIS AMOUNT EVEN
WITH CONVENIENT COUPONS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF,
WHEREAS: THE CHIEF OBJECT OF THIS SALVATION
COMMITTEE WAS TO THROTTLE THE UAW-CIO AREA
CAUSED THE UNION HATERs IN TOLEDO TO EMBARK
ON A PERSONAL VILIFICATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST
BoR LEADERS AND THE MAIN EXPONENT OF THIS CAM
PAIGN IS THE TOLEDO BLADE LED BY PAUL BLOCK JR,
LEDo AGAINST ONE OF OUR GREATEST LABOR LEAD
ERs WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS METHOD CAN EFFEc-
ADVOCATED BY THE UOW-cIo AND
WHEREAS: THE DELEGATES FROM TOLEDO AND
REGION 2-B THE UAW- CIO FEEL THAT OUR UNION
SHOULD NOT BE TURNED OVER TO BLOCK AND THE
BLADE AND THAT WE SHOULD RESIST THIS CAMPAIGN
OF FRIGHT, GOING ON IN THE PRESS, WITH ALL OUR
WV WHEREAS: IF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PER
SONS WANT TO TURN OVER THEIR AFFAIRS TO THE
BLADE AND PAUL BLOCK, JR. THAT IS THEIR BUSINESS
TO BLOCK AS OTHERS so GRAc1oUsLY HAVE DONE IN
WHEREAS: OUR UNION HAS NEVER OBJECTED TO
HONEST CRITICISM, WE HAVE GROWN ON FALSE CRITI-
CISM BUT THE ACTIONS TAKING PLACE IN TOLEDO
AGAINST BROTHER RICHARD GossER AND OTHERS
WHO HAVE FOUGHT AND WON MUCH OF LABoRs GAINS
IN TOLEDO FOR THE LAST Is YEARS, AND
WHEREAS WE MIGHT SAY FOR THOSE WHO WANT
TO STAND BY coMPLACENTLY AND WAIT FOR BETTER
AND AMPLE SOCIAL SECURITY MAY BE IN FOR A LONG
WAIT. THE ATTITUDE IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY is RE
ELECTED THIS MORNING IN GNGINNAT 0H10 NEWS vs.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIFE UNDERWRITERS
~ SAR IN PFE
THERE WAS NO GRASS ROOTS" DEMAND FOR AN I'M
ALSO OPPOSED PAYMENT OF A LUMP SUM DEATH
BENEFIT AS PROPOSED IN THE UAW AREA PENSION
SION OR BENEFITS FOR DISABLED PERSONS WHICH is
IN THE AREA PENSION PLAN. AND THE UNDERWRITERS
CURITY SYSTEM SHOULD STICK TO THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING SUBSISTENCE BENEFITS. THIS SHOULD
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: THAT THE DELE.
GATES FROM TOLEDO AND REGION 2-B ASSEMBLED IN
CINCINNATI OHIO AT THE nth ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF OHIO CIO GO ON RECORD AS BEING OPPOSED TO
THIS cAGN Mo- OF R PL9RY R AGNT ANP WE
BACK THE UAW AREA PENSION PLAN KNOWING FULL
WELL THAT IT is BEING OPPOSED BY FINANCIAL INTER
ESTS WHO ARE AFRAID THE PLAN WILL HAVE Ma
TIONAL ACCEPTANCE. WE AGAIN COMMEND BROTHER
GOSSER FOR NOT BOWING TO THE BLADE AND WE ARE
SURE THE BLADE AND PAUL BLOCK, JR, WILL NOT
GIVE THE UNION LEADERSHIP IN OUR GOOD CITY BUT
OUR PROBLEMS WILL BE SETTLED AROUND THE CON-
FERENCE TABLE.
THIS RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY
AND THE DELEGATES ALSO BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
GIVE BROTHER GOSSER THEIR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
(signed TOLEDO CIO AND REGION 2-B DELEGATES
TO STATE CIO CONVENTION