Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-10-06

not have the courage to manufacture an answer. This Is be-
cause any one they try to manufacture they know l am able to
effectively combat. If they manufacture any answer at all II
rust of necessity be based on personal prejudice and hatred.
For instance, their Morning Pipsqueak" tired to convince you
that you should hate me because the office for which l am rum
ming pays a salary. If that is the case, you should hate the
other candidates equally because they are running for the same
office. So, you see they just make a wild charge, hoping that
It will create enough hatred to stick in the minds of enough
people and do The Blade some good
The great necktie campaign of 1948 was so ridiculous that
instead of hatred the only emotion it aroused was amusement
This year they will become more subtle because the 48 cam
paign forced them to the realization that the people are q
great deal more intelligent than they were given credit for be-
ing. But l am convinced that even with all the new sublety The
Blades campaign will still be far below the general intelligence
level of the people. say tbs because there is not one single
issue on which they can validity say that | represent only one
small segment of the population in general injury to my nation.
They may disagree with me on one or on many issues but
my opinion is just as valid as The Blades. I have not accused
The Blades candidate of being bossed by them but after read
statement for him on the issues of the day. They cannot hope
to have him make any showing whatever simply on the basis
The Blades candidate says in his statement that, and !
quote, NO candidate who Dlatently admits that ne represents
moral right to the Ninth Districts seat in the lower house OF
our National Congress"
the CLIO rank and file members) do not want to build a class
conscious society here in free America, which many of our
fathers left Europe to escape" Except for correcting his spell
ing, these are exact quotes)
In the first place, "blatently" or otherwise, have never
admitted anything of the sort. In the second place 1t Is our
classics society which permits even a factory worker to serve
as a member of Congress instead of keeping it an exclusive club
I have never denied my background, economic, religious, social
educational, national origin or otherwise. | happen to be PROUD
Yes, l wore chevrons instead of gold braid in the service. Yes,
I was a labor leader. Yes, l am a politician, I hope in the best
sense. of the word. If these are "blatent' admissions of any
thing, The Blade is free to make the most of them,
If we are going to talk in this campaign about a classics
society, maybe l can get an answer to this $64 question. What
is immoral about a working man or a labor leader aspiring
to public Office and so moral about a professional mar aspiring
to the same office? I do not expect this question to be answered
either.
I believe that my concept of a classics society is far more
realistic than is that of The Blades candidate. l happen to hold
the opinion that a working man is equal to a millionaire In
citizenship. He has the same rights and should have the same
expectation that his government will protect him equally in
the free exercise of those rights. That is why ! am for repeal
of Taft-Hartley, for civil rights legislation, and for the platform
I avowed and for which l fought. All of us know where l stand
and we also know where the Republican candidate stands on
these matters because we know that the Republican party ati-
tude Is But where does The Blades candidate stand? -