Toledo Union Journal, 1952-12-19

Last year there were well over 7000 whistling, stamp stamping, - ing, stamping, laughing young people; and this year the number may go over 10,000. Every single one of them will get a Christmas present, and every single one of them will see a show that tops anything] else attempted in Toledo during the holidays. Professional entertainment is on hand to keep the thing going Eddie Hanf and full blast, Studios and the Paul Spot pro professionals - fessionals professionals will, as usual, offer their very best performances for the edification of Local 12's young folks. Last year, and the year be before, - fore, before, we told everybody in de detail - tail detail about the performing horse, the ladder-walker, the tumblers' and the cyclists whom Spot had obtained to supplement the ac -

Richard T. Gosser Vice President If the union has been I able to strengthen the dig- i nity and self-confidence of | a few more workers; to I demonstrate that brother- | hood really works when I workers really share their jobs, and to remove fear and in insecurity - security insecurity and distrust of one another as obstacles to mutual respect, it has made its contribution. Just as the union is YOU, just as government is YOU, so is Christmas YOU . . . for Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all Men begins with the individual . . . with YOU. In this spirit, in the name of the International UAW UAWCIO - CIO UAWCIO and of Region 2-B, we wish the membership and the staff the Merriest Christmas ever. RICHARD T. GOSSER, Vice President CHARLES H. BALLARD, Regional Director

hundred other people managed to acquire an Insurance Plan that offered benefits to all of you. How would you feel if you found out that some of your group were over-fishing .. . were keeping the short ones, so to speak, or catching and keeping too many fish just because there was no way to prevent them? You'd be sore, sure. But you'd think these few peo people - ple people were pretty silly, too . . . be because - cause because you'd know they were wrecking their own future se security - curity security (as well as yours) by be being - ing being thoughtless. If anyone covered by a group insurance plan is collect collecting - ing collecting sick benefits he doesn't real really - ly really need, you know and I know . (Centinued-on Pagers)

looking toward the day when your family and Joe's family could spend your vacations fishing. How would you feel if you Awind out that Joe was already (ing the very minnows out of - ihe place? I How would you feel if you I found out that Joe was keeping | bass four inches long, and boast boast1 - 1 boast1 ing about taking fifty bluegills j at a time? I Sure, you'd think Joe wasn't fl Playing fair. . . but that isn't you'd think. You'd think Joe Awas pretty shortsighted, too . . . Mecause you'd know that in his thoughtlessness, he was ruining phis own future enjoyment (as tell as yours) by being greedy, t Now, WOM *yous and a-few

Christmas Message Your union and your officers have worked through the year to make your world as secure and as comfortable and as peaceful as it was in their power to do. Like any other unfinished task, you can measure the results either by what re remains - mains remains to be done, or what has been already accomplished. * Much has been done. Thousands of Autoworkers were able to buy Christmas pres presents - ents presents and Christmas turkeys this year, paying cash be be;1 - ;1 be;1 cause their earnings were high, or using credit because their seniority made them good long-term credit risks.

Many an old timer was able to do a little more be because - cause because his union had won him a dependable pension; and many who had illness in the family were able to have a Christmas because the union had created and maintained health insurance. But these are material things. Important as they are, they are not the whole story, are they? We all know that Christmas is in the hearts of peo people, - ple, people, not on department store counters or at the paying windows of banks. The union cannot put good will and brotherly love where the heart is not open to receive it.

complished dancing and singing of the Eddie Hanf juvenile terp terpsichoreans. - sichoreans. terpsichoreans. This year we won't go into de detail - tail detail at all. By now, everybody knows that when Local 12 throws a Christmas Party, the thing to do is get there, somehow, and stay for it all. The doors open at 1 p.m. The doors close at 3 p. m., and anyone who isn't inside by 3 p. m. isn't going to get inside. If you were one of the scores who missed it all last year by arriving at 3:10 or 3:15, you (Continued on Page 2)

-aE* .$ sey The young folks will stamp, whistle and applaud on Sunday when four topflight perform performers - ers performers their own age show them what can be done under the guidance of a studio that knows what it's doing. From the Hanf Studios are (shown above) Janice Tussig and Ruth Ann Hanf and Bruce Hopkins and Tommy Fitzgerald, who will be high on the list of entertainers at the Local +1**** 1a UAW-C1O Christmas Party,