Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1956-04-13
STEVE J. NoVAK, PRES.
LOCAL 497, uAW-Clo

breaking task in America is to gel
the ordinary citizen to vote in his
own self-interest. These are the
words of Senator Neuberger OF
Oregon as he addressed an AFL
CIO education group.
Labor has a great challenge in
bringing important issues of the
day to the people in terms that
they can understand. Neuberger
criticized some union material as
not being clearly and simply ex-
pressed. He said that Labor people
too often talk in the abstract. They
should be more specific and use
symbols which workers can under
stand from their own experience.
Senator Neuberger may be right.
But here in Ohio we learned from
experience last November how
newspapers, radio and TV can be
used by those with limitless funds
to lombard our people with mis-
leading propaganda and actually
influence even workers to vote
against themselves.
Are those who were behind the
drive against our unemployment
compensation bill last fall now con-
tent with their victory? No, you
can be sure of that. New drives
are being planned and plenty of
money will be behind them. Just
sample of what's ahead in Ohio
- plans are to push that vicious
misnamed "right-to-work" bill thru
the legislature. That, among other
things, is the reason we must
keep alert politically and make
sure our vote counts for the sincere
candidate who is not ashamed to
associate with ordinary citizens =
candidate unafraid to speak out
for the worker, farmer and small
businessman. We are fortunate to
have such a candidate right here
in our midst. Now wouldn't we be
foolish not to give him support
and encouragement!
Personnel Manager Carl Keller
visited the plant for awhile Mon
day, his first visit after long i'll
ness. Some of our people mention
ed how we'll he looked and we
hope he continues to improve.
Just about the time spring ar
rives and almost everyone has
some improvement project in mind,
here comes this announcement -
The American Mutual Liability In
surance Company reports that
some 100000 Americans are injur-
ed each year in do-it-yourself job
accidents which, in many cases,
finish up being more expensive
than if professionals had done the
work!
In spring the cautious driver
learns
To watch the young mans fancy
turns.
Jerry Biddle, Region 2-B Skilled
Trades Director was here Monday
for a meeting with our skilled
trades group.
The AFL-CIO News says Fright
to-Wreckers" are Set for Drives in
15 states and Ohio is listed
among the Is. This concerns the
same so-called "right-to-work" leg
islation we mentioned earlier. A
National Right to Work Committee
has announced it's planned cam
paign in the Is states. The COM
mittee is headed by Fred A. Hart
ley, Jr. former Republican con-
gresham from New Jersey and CO.
author of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Bob Calm Reports
Our sincere sympathy is extend
ed to Leona Tunnell who suffered
the loss of her father.
Lester Kreager has been able to
return to work after seige of
illness. May good health be Yours
is our request.
Tom Kerr has been removed to
hospital in Toledo and we pray
that he will improve steadily.
The last man recalled at this
date is Ray Finken with seniority
date of 10/16752 and the last wo-
man is Alice Williams with SEN
iority of 8/13/46.
Your Recording Sec'y
The headline in the newspaper
read: Unemployment Pay is Not
Easy Street. We blinked and look
ed again, Yep, that's what it said
alright. And right in an Ohio pa
per that bitterly fought our efforts
to increase unemployment compen-
Sation last Fall.
The headline was over a column
by Sylvia Porter, the syndicated
columnist who specializes in eco
nomic matters.
ITS an eye-opener," Miss Porter
wrote, "a stunning answer par
tlcuiarly to the pundits VINO pom