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Toledo Union Journal
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
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Union Local 4309 of Communications Workers of America censures Ohio Bell for politicizing a non-partisan anti-communism forum into a Republican rally criticizing the U.S. administration on steel issues, prompting protests from members on May 3, 1970s context implied.
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The members of Local 4309 Communications Workers of America at a regular meeting Monday, May 7th, unanimously passed a motion censuring turning the Ohio Bell Public Affairs forums into a partisan political rally.
The Ohio Bell solicits participation of its employees in these forums on the basis of a non-partisan forum to discuss the dangers of communism in America.
The members were particularly aroused at the forum on May 3rd where the speaker turned the meeting into a Republican rally and condemnation of the present administration became the order of the day.
Many of the members who had been urged to attend by their supervisors, left the meeting in protest when the speaker associated the threat of communism in this country with the remarks of the President of the United States concerning the recent steel problems.
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May 3rd And May 7th
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Members of Local 4309 Communications Workers of America unanimously passed a motion censuring Ohio Bell for turning a non-partisan public affairs forum into a partisan Republican rally on May 3rd, where the speaker condemned the administration over steel problems and linked it to communism threats; many left in protest after being urged to attend by supervisors.