Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-07-21
Locally
Speaking
BY HOWARD SEREN
President of Local IL, UAW-CIO

E most efficient far developed system OF
L private enterprise
to figure out Just how private private enterprise be-
Outside of few radicals few dreamers very few
actually opposed to the economic system developed this
country.
plus money credit put in the machines; group
agera training do the planning and with productive
skill put in the work and out of this pooling of skls and
a profit
The profit distributed dividends and wages
1t up to the to get the maxum possible amount
this division for the workers cash. improved
ing conditions which and benefits security
Beyond that the labor unions don't worry much abou<
what ownership does with the property The
only thing ask that the operated steadily and
wisely possible that may share the fullest
in the proceeds.
But somewhere have fallen into the of thinking
that ownership carries with privileges which don't actually
exist
There was textile in New England controlled by one
He the owner and the mill his private property
making profit - making much profit
he wanted So day he simply closed the mill and moved
of the country.
entire suffered Workers nothing else
and warned that their loyalty firm going
their security suddenly found themselves without
jobs incomes place to put their skls to for
wages.
only the workers. but the entire suffered Mer-
chants went broke and all the small businesses in the
Nobody anything about it, The private
property the could do what he liked with it. That
was his privilege
The situation crops up ia while in Toledo.
There two such conditions in the city right
One the Toledo Blade and Times. That k in effect,
private property Theoretically Paul Block Junior has the
right to do anything he likes with the papers Their his
taken literally Block teed off on Local H. the UAWcIO
International president in campaign that few
city will forget wasn't very responsible job and it
failed there doubt that the of property
monopoly newspaper used the property personal
The other situation, which is fully fragrant but not
well known going right at Mather Spring Company
Here have the lo-paying of industrialist
making toy of manufacturing enterprise.
Two hundred and fifty adult and women, with family
obligations and established homes have been without pay at
Spring for nearly ten weeks because Henry Mathr
feels little sulky.
Because doesn't feel like bargaining feel like letting
mediate the dispute he simply refuses to talk
adolescent bakiness not only Injuries his loyal
workers puts deep crimp in the operations of other
facurers depend Mather Spring supplies Their
shut-off, too and their profits endangered.
and experienced businessmen in Toledo this
use private property sort of demonstration power
the theory of private enterprise taken literally,
there anything anyone do about it. The young
factory and he'd rather play polo than bargain
his workers rather play polo than meet his commit
ments to other industries - that's his privilege.
Or is it?
Is it really true that young who happens to
factory 1t close 1t his personal whms dictate
really that and have
ton against the skness of adult doesn't
grownup?