Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-03-19
aa asasaspeacaa1casysees9
LABOR VIEWS
STEVE j. NovAK, PRES.
LOCAL 4q7, ,UAW-CIO

their candidates. These people
cast intelligent votes, for candi
dates they believe can best do the
job.
But too often elections are popu
larity or publicity contests ant
too often it doesn't matter if the
publicity has been good or bad
For example, one man / know ad
mits that when voting he just
goes down the list of names on the
ballot and if he sees name that
looks familiar he puts an "X" by
that name.
The thought of this voter came
to mind when we read of Repre-
sentative Bender from Ohio re.
questing 100000 of the tax pay
ers money to probe into so-called
labor racketeering. He was evi-
IDENTIFY intending to use the same
method Mccarthy is using to get
his name branded into the mind
of the nations voters. But some
of our representatives were more
clever than Bender thought. They
realized his request for juriSdic-
ton was too broad and became
suspicious that Bender was to use
this probing as a publicity stunt
to launch his campaign for U. S..
Senator at the taxpayers expense
to the tune of 100000.
Constant vigil and investigation
among the unions themselves in
a fair democratic manner to guard
against communist infiltration or
racketeering is good and is in
constant progress. But invesiga-
tions such as Bender proposed
could prove as harmful to inno-
cent persons in our Unions as the
M Carthy Investigations have
proven harmful to innocent per-
sons and the nation.
Picture. yourself, an innocent
person in your own hometown,
knowing you have the trust and
respect of your neighbors. Sud-
denly for some reason an investi-
gator brings you in for question
ing. Even though you may be able
to prove yourself innocent of the
charge, by the time these investi-
cations are finished with you
thanks to the very tactics they
use-you are marked for life.
To illustrate: Climb to the top
OF a mountain on a windy day,
rip open a feather pillow and let
the feathers fly in all directions.
Then when the wind dies down,
try to gather all the feathers. 1t
is impossible to replace the pillow
with all the same feathers.
So it is when an investigator
takes your reputation, rips it
apart, hurting questions and &C.
cussations io all directions. Even
though you can prove innocence
OF the real charge, it is just as
impossible to retract every false
accusation as it was to replace
the feathers in the pillow. Even
your most trusting friends will al
ways have doubt about you in
their mind.
We hear they have special
name for politicians who scheme
to further their political careers
through such publicity-"political
parasites"
This should be proof enough
that as voters it is our duty to
keep better informed on the act
ual records and policies of our
political candidates. This is an eff
fective way we can help to rid
our government of political para
sites.
Speaking of investigating labor
unions, remember back when the
ClO expelled UEW UNITED Elec-
trical Workers. because it had
adhered to the communist line?
Now after the long, steady investi-
cation and work carried on
through the IUE-CIO these work
ers are voting to break away from
the communicated UEW and swing
over to IUECIO. IUE-CIO states,
I'VE welcome as we have well
coined in the past the affiliation
with the IUE-CIO of any groups
or individuals who have shaken
Off the Communist-controlled UE
and who sincerely wish to build
a clean, democratic, militant and
anti-communist union in our in
dustry.
Casinlir Wierzba was able to
leave Magruder Hospital last Sat
urday and is now recovering from
his injuries in his home.
Whoever it is that designates
the many weeks" OBJ serve d
throughout the nation must have
a sense of humor. Last week was
National Smile Week"-the very
week many law-abiding citizens
were adding, Subtracting and null
tiplying their way through the in
come tax form.
Thank goodness we live in coun-