Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-06-02
Regional
Views
BY Richard Gosser, Vice President
international UAW-CIO

m pr Printed this Oee place Of the regular column the
pm. WTOL broad
casts in to the Toledo Blade and anunion elements
scheduled Monday through Friday all at 7:1O pmD
ToN1GHT AM going to report promised second
day of my testimony in the deposition hearings
And the day puzzled just as you will be-
about the kind of questions they asked
it, purpose of the deposition hearings
that these hearings should not be conducted with
eye the headlines the one eye on the
truth !.
The truth is pretty hard to pin down. sometimes You
have to keep both eyes on it.
. They had ever threatened former union
editor with gun / told them
does this have do with the financial affairs
of the Building Corporation?
They asked me if had called union troublemaker
name? My attorney told me not to answer that
what would with financial affairs
of the Building Corporation?
They asked me if had said that those who opposing
in the union Communists
told them Not all my union opponents left
what question like that have to with the
And that is questions
the past ten months the Toledo Blade has been
telling everybody that pretty unpleasant character
But the editorials been saying that am crook.
These deposition hearings supposed to inquire about that
We are supposed to get down to the facts
we don't get down to the facts how going to clear
name? How going to set the record sraght How
going o speak my defense?
Perhaps you will with that this is what all the
headlines and editorials and court cases and hearings have been
only questions have been asked by ELS
You the Blade has been trying to destroy my 4
testimony before got chance to give it, by destroying
s.
This is not the to the power of the press.
But there good result in opinion from the kind
of questions they asked They far aeld that
a chance to give pretty broad myself.
able state for the record that believe trade
union who has always fought get the workers
ON the job to give him leisure FROM the job
and dignity human being more self respect in
the community
honestly believe that any who devotes his whole
life this performs service to his fellow man and his
community. And honestly believe that who wfuly
this work either for for personal
profit, for politics, BETRAYS his fellow
That why made it clear that think the Toledo Blade
is being ani-labor in making all this fuss.
1t has certainly given to this antGosser,
anti Union of Paul Block Juniors than 1t has given
to any single world story in recent weeks. "ets~se
What's said so today for the record
I'll admit that it hasn't got very much to do with the
affairs of the AWBC books to be
get tacks, and dig into those books,
we'll find out that there nothing whatever the matter with
them.
And then Paul Block Junior will have to give up this
pet antUnon campaign of his and get back to printing
newspaper.
want to conclude this talk tonight by making sugges
ton Paul Block Junior for the good of Toledo.
rather young publisher something than who
used big newspaper to petty campaign the op-
porunty lies all around him.
would begin tomorrow to put much Page One
space into getting manufacturing to Toledo
getting business the manufacturing plants
already here all of Toledo will begin to it has
prospered before.
He isn't going of movement with
hints And the attorneys don't want dig into the
books So maybe he'd better start constructive campaign
Thank you.