Toledo Union Journal, 1942-11-27

“John Husernaton was the presi president - dent president of mln-* wefkers union of G^rihan^ ffl’ decided that his gBeat’dtj’mrsirafcic union could learn fronv the great American democ democgreat - great democgreat unions. So he cgjftt country.” h® returned to Germany fea.xepoA he found a new regime in powor. A man named Hitler Wr its head. Homes were being iralded. Men and women were be being - ing being killed. John ^iusemann went before his great union and pro protested - tested protested the tyranny and sion he saw.” “That night, he went his wife and six children. A. M. the Nazi’s came to his home. They took John Husemann away. They took him to a concentration camp and told him that there he would live and die. In desperation, he sought to escape. And he was killed. His body was riddled with bullets and he was dead.” “Two weeks later, John Huse Husemann’s - mann’s Husemann’s union was killed. Its body was riddled with bullets and it was dead. All unions in Germany— and in the countries of Europe which Hitler has touched—have been riddled with bullets, and are dead.” “Ponder this a moment—if you wonder what this war is about— if you are wondering what we are fighting for. I take it that you are living for the right to live.

Richard Gosser, Regional Direct Director, - or, Director, UAW-CIO, announced yester yesterday - day yesterday that Harold Dean, Local 12 or organizer, - ganizer, organizer, had succeeded in organic organicing - ing organicing a majority of the employes of the Tank Depot Division of the Electric Auto-Lite Co., and that petition for a hearing had beenj filed with the NLRB. fc Director Gosser said he expected a reply from the NLRB within a few day s and expressed the belief that the board would be able tc discover that the UAW has a sub substantial - stantial substantial majority of the Tank Depot employes signed up.

latst S. Hold hack your dues or don’t pay them at all. 4. Mper ask a friend CM CMlow-worker) - low-worker) CMlow-worker) to join. 5. Don’t have anything to say when you are called upon. 8. If too wet or too dry or too hot or too cold, don't thir.V of coming. 7. If you do attend a meet. Ing, find fault with the pro proceedings - ceedings proceedings and the wuck 4°^° by the members. 8. Kick if you are net ap appointed - pointed appointed to a committee, and if you are appointed, never at attend - tend attend a committee meeting. 9. Don't do anything more than jou can possibly help

Columbus is host to the .state convention due to a switch because Toledo, which was slated to have it, could not supply sufficient hotel facilities due to the Army Air Corps taking over many of the local hotel rooms. Officials who will speak at the state convention w’ill include James B. Carey, na national - tional national secretary-treasurer Allan S. Baywood, national CIO vice vicepresident, - president, vicepresident, and John Brophy, na national - tional national director of Industrial Union Councils.

Regional Director Gosser, com commenting - menting commenting upon the paper’s program, said, “Civilian living, complex in normal times, becomes doubly so in time of war. With rationing, the ar Labor Board, the National Labor Relations Board and other governmental agencies handing down rulings, as well as housing difficulties, shop problems, taxa taxation - tion taxation and a hundred other problem* constantly facing our workers, W4 need a paper to aid them.”

There is more to this story. After Murray had told it Nov. 9 to the CIO convention, Sec.-Treas. George Addes of the UAW went up and whispered in Murray’s ear. Mur •ay nodded and then he said: “I have just been informed that John Husemann’s son is a mem member - ber member pf the UAW and was employed in making tanks to destroy fas fascism. - cism. fascism. He has been denied a place in wai* production—deprived of work as an enemy alien.”

Labor no longer suffers utrder a persecution complex: but it does feel that it has not been fairly treated by the press and has been the object of subtle, and sometimes not so subtle ridicule and enmity. And it is because of this obvious attitude on the part of a considerable section of the press that labor has, to an ever-increasing extent created its own press to tell its own news to its own people and defend itself against unfair attacks.