Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-10-06
This You Ought To Know
TO He'll With 1t, | Amt Gonna Vote"
By PETE ZvARA

WELL, TT ISN'T that simple. Government,
w like everything else, Is made up of people.
And people are human. Most Of them are par
tisans of one sort or another. Therefore, 1t
should come as no surprise to anyone that
If we elect people to the Congress and az
members of our state and local governments
who are against what we stand for; people
who are on the "other side of the fence
well, what can you expect from such people?
Perhaps the best example In this respect
Is Tom Burke. Now, most of us know Tom,
our Congressman, for q long time. He knows
us. He has worked with us to help solve many
of our problems-and, incidentally, his own
problems for he Is one of us-for a good many
years. 1t is only natural, therefore, that he
understands us, knows what we want and goes
out of his way to help us.
Does this mean that Tom Burke-as the
Blade and Times would like people to believe
lis an "errand boy for Dick Gosser or any
one else. OF course not. Tom Burke works for
the people that he represents. He works for
the common people and, therefore, the vast
majority of Americans. Does that mean that
he takes a punitive attitude towards bust
ness-large or small? OF course not. But
neither does he stand for special privileges for
the wealthy at the expense of his own kind
the common people.
SURELY WE CANNOT say the same Of Sen.
~ Taft. For Taft comes from the ranks of the
wealthy. And Taft serves the exclusive inter-
ests of his kind. Not that wealthy people in
the Congress or the government are always
opposed to the common people. President
Roosevelt was wealthy in his own rights. But
that didn't stop him from fighting for the
under dog" The Roosevelt type of public SER
wants, however, are few and far between.
Generally they serve the group from whence
they come.
That is absolutely true of Taft. For Taft
has nnpncpH quarry Mara ~ 1anseIaffnn that
ever hit the floor of the Senate that was aim
ed to help the working people. Taft was the
leader in the fight to kill price control after
the war. Taft was the creator of the notorius
Taft-Hartley Slave Labor Act. Taft, in fact.
has been the leader of every single move to
help business especially Big Business -
against the common people.
OUT ALL THIS could be changed. The Tafts
~ could be retired to private life where they
would not hurt our people. All it takes is a
vote on the part of all of us on election day.
Taft and his cohorts know this. That is why
they are spending enormous sums of money to
fool our people, to lead them astray. They
have money-plenty of it. But we have tn
votes. And votes win elections-if we use
our heads.
Now, is this so difficult to understand? Is
it difficult to realize that by eliminating the
Tafts and by sending to the Congress people
IKE Joe ferguson and Tom Burke; by return
ing to office men like Damas and King to the
Ohio General Assembly we can correct these
conditions?
| don't think so. All we have to do is think
a bit, just a little bit. All we have to do is
realize the hysterical attempts of the Tafts
and their backers-Big Business, the Blade
and the Times-to get their men back into
the Congress and we should know what to do.
And in simple language that means: VOTE
come next Nov. 18th And vote for neOnIe
whom you know understands your problems
and will use their influence in Washington
and in Columbus to help you. Yes, it's as
simple as that.