Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-06-16
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By Richard Gosser, Vice President
international UAW-ClO

Mr.. Richard T. Gosser, who as Vice President of the
UAWCIO has been under considerable personal attack
Toledo Blade has been completely cleared of all charges
Seldom has the international executive board of major
union put major officer of that union under exactng
scrutiny. s.,
The board members examined every charge against
Mr. Gosser the general charge of being dictator
They gave every fragment factions
full hearing They dug into the books They discussed the
accusations and the claims and transcripts of the testimony
Them unanimously, they announced that Mr.
the victim of campaign. He had mishandled
nickel of the unions funds He had not committed the crimes
Of which he was persstently accused
This may have a shock to the Toledo Blade. did
NOT surprise the members of Local H. ,ae
Perhaps this good time to deal with lital
simple human psychology the Blade and Paul Block Junior
had done little thinking advance they would have
launched this campaign at ALL
You the who have the most respect for union
members the who have the deepest of obligation
to them the who work for them
takes certain temperament, certain unusual attitude
of mind for leave the shops and work for union
The moment he leaves the protection of his union contract and
the regular hours of his employment work for the
union paid employe, he puts himself call in much the
same manner as fire department
works for the union until he burned and then
he aside for in the grinding pound
ng exhaustng efforts which running unions affairs re-
quire
has years of that kind of testing
1t is trial by fire which has parallel in peaceme work
Yes know that there have been union leaders who ha
broken under the strain yielded to temptation know O.
off hand who haven't been fereted out and exposed in
much less than thirteen years. -.
After thirteen years giving up your home life your
security regular existence order the working
people, you simply don't steal from those people.
You down like ton of brick anyone who gives
than his maximum of health and mental to the
job.
Mr. Goser has driven himself into precarious health And
he has driven those under him. And out of this ceaseless
tn The
of working conditions and rates anywhere in the country
The working conditions and rates which
men to Mr. Gossers thirteen in position of leadership
in the UAW in the Toledo Mr. Gosser reward for
gruelng and thankess drive. ,.V
They reward enough MIR. Gosser did not need, did
seek, and extra compensation for 1t
whether in the form msapproprated union funds in the
form of bribes from management
Blade and Paul Block Junior, had they understood
what leader would not have hoped to raise scandal
from the activities of Mr.. Gosser.
count myself friend of MIR Gosser as one of the
"clique And take pleasure In having the
tonight to tell that the Blades campaigns have
all collapsed.
There There scandal There
We all take lesson however from the efforts OF the
Blade whip of hyseria We have found out how
weak how menaced by the existence of
monopoly in the newspaper field in Toledo
We need another newspaper competing daily news
paper give protection No knows when Paul
Block 60 whifing off another full scale
against else and when he does it would be
comfort know that another newspaper would be here to
keep on the facts
meantime it might be well to remember that what,
read in the in Toledo what they WANT yo
THANH