Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-07-29
VIEWS
STEVE J. NovAK, PRES.
5 LOCAL 497. UAW-Clo


Tvhirty-five people who signed an
open letter to Congress asking that
hearings be held on bills affecting
the infamous McCarran Act have
been singled out for an u1provok-
ed and unjustified attack by Con-
gressman Bentley.
This amounts to nothing more
than an attempt to intimidate citi-
zens from exercizing one of their
most elementary rights, namely the
right to petition Congress.
Representative Bentley states
that some material on these thirty
five is in the 'files" of the House
Committee on Un American Activi-
ties. He further states, 81 under
stand these reports are not neces-
Sarily to be construed as represent
ing the results of an investigation
by or findings of the Committee.
It should be noted that they are
not necessarily Communists, Com
ffufiist sympathizers of Fellow
Travellers. AS a matter of fact
/ AM MAKING NO ACCUSA-
T0NS ="
If Congressman Bentley is max
ing no accusations, why then did
he release this information in the
first place?
His list of names, says the in
formation, would show a deroga-
tory character in some cases and
would thus s'indiscriminately SOW
seeds of doubt against every one
ofgthe 35.
Many of these are clergymen, at
torneys or college professors. Most
are outstanding citizens. The point
is not just that they are free of
the Communist taint, the point also
is that they have been singled out
for attack because they dared to
petition Congress.
3 One of those singled out is
Harold Cranefield, attorney for the
UAW-CIO. In signing an open let
ter asking Congress to review the
McCarran Act, Mr.. Cranefield has
merely done what more than 5000
delegates to. the UAW-CIO ConSti-
tutional Convention did in unani-
mously calling for repeal of the
Act.
President Eisenhower himself
has asked that certain provisions
of the Act be corrected. There is
no excuse for this snide and un-
provoked attack on the character
OF MI. Cranefield or any other
signers of the petition.
< If this trend continues many peo-
pie won't dare sign any petitions
because they would never know
who else may sign and then maybe
BentE-or someone else who thinks
like Mccarthy will be able to smear
them.
ss.A'--ss~. s.. .
just received word that the Har-
ris Gas Bill has been postponed.
The bill can still be beaten. This
is the bill we talked about a week
or so ago that if passed would in
crease our gas bills needlessly.
,lySa don't let the action taken by
Congressman Bently scare you in
to giving up your right to petition
congress. If you are opposed to
this Harris Bill as most workers
are, go ahead and write TO YOUR
CONGRESSMAN Rep. Cliff Clev.
enger, Washington, d. G. and
ask him to vote against the Harris
Bill.
Now, if you get a reply from
your Congressman, it will help
further if you will Immediately
mail that reply to Mr.. Don Mont
gomery, CIO, Washington, d. c.
Local 206, Cement, Lime Gypsum
and Allied Workers, A.FL. and the
Celotex Company held their joint
picnic in Johannsen Woods last
Sunday. July "a with great num-
ber of workers and company per-
sonnel and their families on hand
to take part in the different activi-
ties of the day. The picnic was
real success and they couldn't have
asked for better picnic weather.
Which reminds us, we now have
the date and location decided for
our Local 497 - Standard Products
Company joint picnic. Our picnic
will also be held in Johannsen
Woods and on Sunday, August Al
Just wonder who those nine lucky
people will be at the end of that
day. We will have more details of
the picnic to report next week.
They say the bigger the summer
vacation, the harder the fall. Our
members might add, Yes, indeed,
especially if the big summer vaca-
ton is of the forced vacation"
type.
Automobile Club membership
dues are to jump from $12 to SIS
in September.
Perhaps one reason the dollar
will not do so much for anyone as.