Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-01-20
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! resolution.
In another statement he. said,
-"there are a few people on the
other side of tn fight whose rec
ords you could check and you
would get the surprise of your
life. l challenge the Toledo
Blade to make me prove this. ]
say that one of the people be-
hind this fight making accusa-
tions against me was released
from the Jackson State Pen in
1946 after serving four years.
Issues Challenge
He also issued a challenge to
any person the employers might
choose or the Chamber of Com
merce, the Bankers or Insurance
Companies want to name, and
authorized to speak for any of
this group to a debate in the
Sports Arena on the pension
plan.
He then outlined the record of
John Bolman, (who recently is
having field day in filing law
suits against the union) from
the day he was hired at Spicer
to the time he was fired. 1t was
stated that he was fired for be-
ing 10 minutes late. The record,
Mr.. Gosser said, shows he was
late as many as two and three
hours in returning from lunch.
Bolman was hired in October
18, 1943 at $40 a week. From
that wage he climbed to on sew
eral occasions to $96.80 Mr..
Gosser said. When discharged
he was drawing $48.40. In his
suits Bolman' has three lawyers,
"a court reporter, Certified
Public Accountant at his dis
posal With a record such as
this, Mr.. GoSser said, chow can
any man afford it. At that point
Lowell Goerlich, attorney for
the union was asked, "how
much does it cost for lawyer per
day? Mr.. Goerlich replied that
working for the union the charge
on his part is considera bly,
lower from S100 to $50 a day.
About Will-O-Land Club
On the statement of the Will
GLAND Club the UAW Vice
President explained that it is
not an exclusive club but one
open to the membership. He
pointed out that membership is
$500 plus $40 per year for dues.
He said that each member has
invested in dues since organiza-
ton, $25l in the club, (The
initiation fee. to join is below the
cost. of each member since the
organization).
About the camp property he
said there were several bids
after the grounds were put in
fine condition and the lake,
practically dry, was refilled at
considerable expense to the
members, as high as $35,00O AS
an example a real estate ap-
praiser in Adrian, Mich. ap-
praise it at $33,600 and later
the Swartzbaugh Realty Co. ap-
praised it at S34, 500. This prop
erty after the appraisal was sold
to the Building Corp for $4,000
after II pleaded with the mem
berShip of the Will-O-Land Club
to sell it at that price to the
Corporation.
Fight Is Pensions
Getting back to the pension
fight he said, "the fight is plain
ly simple. We have asked 10
cents per hour. There are about
$4,000 dues paying members.
The argument is whether the
employer will pay 10 cents an
hour. Every day the employer
keeps from giving you that 10
cents an hour, they are saving
$4,000 a day The pension plan
is large and explains itself quite
we'll. What we are asking for
has not been won any place in
We say that if you
work at W-O, Auto-Lite, Cham
pion, or any other plant, for a
of years and you get
laid off through no fault of your
own, and go to work somewhere
else, you will carry your years
Of working credit with you
Those who are against it have
not analyzed what we are talk
ing about.
Block In The Dough.
In talking about Paul Block,
publisher of the Toledo Blade)
Mr.. Gosser said, Paul Block was
born a millionaire's son. He in
herited a newspaper and many
million dollars. He has an opin-
ion that he understands class
struggle and lot of other
things. He actually believes he
is big man. He is a big man,
not for reason above, but be-
cause of the fact that he runs
the paper. Whatever his whim
is, they do. They have a union
there, but they are scared to
death of him. If no one else in
this city will fight Block, what
ever happens to me, l am going
TO dedicate the rest Of my life
to fighting him until he comes