Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-04-07
Regional
Views
BY Richard Gosser, Vice President
international UAW-CIO
Mr.. Paul Block. Jr.'s Confession
This Weeks Guest Column
By JOE MATSON

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man to guarantee that Mr. Bolmans dsruptive efforts within
the UAWCIO would be continued the limit an editorial
his editorial There also the great obligation o
to keep the public fully informed public affars
Apparently it occurred to Mr.. Block Mr. Boil
man had adequate procedures redress
the right be heard the meetng and the right
OF appeal guaranteed by the UAWCIO Constitution First
the right to be heard Local
the right of the officers Executive Board of the
oca onon third the right to appeal to the International
Executive Board and the International the UAW
CIO and finally the right appeal Union
Convention OF the UAWCIO and to tell his complaints
ever they might be- to the duly elected delegates
Local Unions in the International
The Constitution specifically requires that no member
snail go TO the courts OF the land until
been exhausted AS matter of tact, been few
cases where honest goodness sought
redres IN the courts He has usually found proper
redress of his grievances the
specified by the Union e-bu Mr. Bolman He chose
10 accept assistance from Mr. Block to the
We have reason to believe that the given
by the Toledo Blade and Mr. Block considerably
tnan tna, by indirect assistance of various kinds.
Mr.. Block says that he much concerned about Mr.
Bolman whom he refers to poor devil"
How Mr. Block? seem to have little con-
for the thousands of aging Toledo who
have provision pension. position taken by Mr.
Block in the Bolman example of the extreme
action that the public will against labor The truth
of the matter Mr.. thought he could use Mr. Boil
wedge the UAW-CIo ranks of organ
lied labor He hoped further might
weaken organized labor in Toledo.
Bocl2 Toledo Blade not fooing the
workers in the Toledo The working becoming
very with the malarkey that is Constantly snread on
the pages of the daily Very seldom indeed
issue affecting proper
on In the columns of the press Reams of printed
support Of busting legislation,
Law Every incident that developed magned
hope of dscredtng one of the Mr. R,ock
in particular had in mind Vice President
UAW-CIO, whom his has constantly attacked,
belitted.
behalf of organized labor book The organized
ers of Toledo have but hearken back the shop
miserable plant conditions the days before paid vacations for
workers accepted rule when
worked without the benefit of ndahaf for overtime
and subsequently, months of unemployment without the benefit
OF unemployment insurance or protection of any kind
The workers remember these things They things that
these benefits and to make the labor movement strong
Toledo Today shop in Toledo has benefited by
ing conditions and work standards that now exist.
To further safeguard working people of Toledo
sions also another further
lection from misery and unemployment
Now then what the record of the Toledo Blade during
the period this struggle going onhe struggle better
conditions in the Toledo Yes you with
out wasting time to put it down They al
against everything that might something
the worker We have hearken back
member the job the did American labor during the
The dsregarded the fact that the records of the
Labor Department Bureau of Statistics showed that
of cent of the hours worked
to work soppages American industry Yet to read the
Of the the Toledo Blade included, you
help but arrive at the conclusion that labor completely
responsible as Tar as the war effort was concerned The record
production however of the American working man. in
plying the American Armed Forces and half of the world
armies besides well known that repeating Is
necessary. Again, the speaks for ITSELF
In place of providing funds for Mr. Boman to disrupt
the Union the Toledo Blade and Mr. Paul Block might better
the space its influential sheet for legislation for
improved housing conditions for workers. for sm clearance
he might that better medical provided the
American people He might his influence urging for
equitable rents for housing that workers would be able
and the boys girls of country better chance
the future, which is Americas greatest
BY simply charging that Mr.. GOsser hurling his pen
plan at the Toledo industries does
on Every recognizes that pensions must be brought into
the American become factor in dealing with the
problem Of taking care Of our aged workers.
Don't forget the issue is Pensions not Mr. Gosser
Boman simply and tool in the hands of the big
financial interests in their effort to divide and conquer.
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