Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1951-03-02
In Our Opinion
BY Howard iii. Rediger

BY Howard III. Rediger
Clyde Shamblen was elected President of the
Toledo Industrial Union Council last Monday night
Brother Shamblen has been in the labor movement
for many years and has solid background of serv-
ice to the workers in our community. He is a mem
ber of the Oil Workers No. 346 and is on the job
every day welding at the Pure Oil Company.
Brother Shamblen was elected by acclamation
when the only candidate, John Weaver, Local 9
Glass, running against him. withdrew from the
contest. This excellent and friendly gesture
the part of Brother Weaver and met with the
hearty approval of the delegates
You may be sure President Shamblen will
represent the workers of CIO in fitting manner
because of his background and broad experience
In serving on the Labor Management Citizens Com
mttee. / am sure that Clydes many friends will be
happy to have learned that he elected Presi-
dent of THUG.
On the agenda of Tuesday nights meeting
q talk by Councilman Frank King who spoke on
several problems facing the City of Toledo Frank
has many friends in the Council having worked
with them during World War ii when he worked in
the Engineering Department at WHY'S Overland.
This his first appearance before the Council
since the last election He discussed somewhat diff
ferent phase of the natural situation in city
along with other matters facing the City Council.
Also on the agenda was j. Carlton Yeldell of
The National CIO Community Services Committee.
Brother Yeldell is the staff of Leo Perlis, CIO
Director of that committee and works out of New
York City. National CIO in recent months has set
up our "CIO Campaign for Korea" In opinion
Brother YeldeH covered the subject intelligently
ana tnOrOughly. Ihe CIO Campaign Tor Korea can
be summed up in three ways: ft
i. Help Korean workers establish their
free, democratic trade unions. ...rf.."
z Help the suffering Korean people with
CARE fod and clothing, medical supplies and other
essential materials they need SO badly. ,.1. s-t.
3. Provide extra comfort packages" to the
men and women of the armed forces of the United
Nations serving in Korea ...a sefog ;uS
Contributions from members and organi-
zations are on voluntary basis and be read
lily this program of assistance will probably be
necessary long the threat of exists. 1t is
not a program of today tomorrow but will last
for considerable length of time in the future.
From the correspondence we receiving from
national CIO there severy indication that in many
cities Civil Defense programs are starting to take
shape very nicely. Our organization is operating
everywhere we can help this is true in Toledo
There are few bad spots as far as lagor is con-
cerned. For example, in New Jersey where the
State Civil Defense Committee had adopted some
very vicious ant-labor provisions in their Civil De-
fense program it was due to the CIO State Council
that those sections are being eliminated
1t is the opinion of TIUC that agreement
work and training in Civil Defense in commercial
enterprise should be paid at the going rates of pay
In The Saddle
We might well make up our minds to it-Big
Business is in the saddle in Washington. With
Charles E. Wilson swapping the whip on the nation
al economy, the national sacrifices going to be
shared equally by everybody except Big Business.
Ihe workers will get tight wage freeze The
farmers will get tight price freeze The new taxes
will be evenly distributed between the lowest in
,ome and the second lowest income groups and Big
Business will swell until it pops.
We voted for that last November when we fail
ed to put friends in Congress- and let the
money boys put in our enemies.
We voted to put Big Business in the saddle-and
they putting the saddle us.