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Letter to Editor
March 6, 1959
Toledo Union Journal
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
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Joe N. Jakob urges Toledo union members to join the United Labor Committee for $1, attend endorsement meetings, and vote out the current City Council, which he criticizes as the worst in history for wastefulness, fee increases, and favoritism toward business interests.
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Letters To The Editor
Boost Urged for ULC
TO THE EDITOR:
I am glad to see the United Labor Committee getting off to an early start and earnestly urge every union member to dig down for a dollar and be a member. Those who think that we finished with politics last November should pick up any day's newspaper and learn that this battle is never over.
Those who join, should attend meetings when candidates are being proposed for endorsement, especially in the primaries.
I warned through these pages that the candidates endorsed for the general elections would do us no good in City Council and we should have nothing to do with them.
It would take much research to find a worse Council in the history of Toledo.
Not one of them deserves the consideration of anyone except the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
Wasteful with the taxpayers money, ever-ready to gouge another dime from you, giving free reign to the public utilities, ever-alert to raise fees, forbidding the police to pick you up at the scene of an accident, never hire anyone or buy anything in Toledo that they can .get elsewhere, and since about all Council does is pass the buck to Rink and vice versa while loudly proclaiming how righteous and hardworking they are, let us ease their burdens. My fellow Union members of Toledo, join United Labor Committee for $1.00 and help turn all the rascals out.
JOE N. JAKOB
Willys Motors Unit
Boost Urged for ULC
TO THE EDITOR:
I am glad to see the United Labor Committee getting off to an early start and earnestly urge every union member to dig down for a dollar and be a member. Those who think that we finished with politics last November should pick up any day's newspaper and learn that this battle is never over.
Those who join, should attend meetings when candidates are being proposed for endorsement, especially in the primaries.
I warned through these pages that the candidates endorsed for the general elections would do us no good in City Council and we should have nothing to do with them.
It would take much research to find a worse Council in the history of Toledo.
Not one of them deserves the consideration of anyone except the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
Wasteful with the taxpayers money, ever-ready to gouge another dime from you, giving free reign to the public utilities, ever-alert to raise fees, forbidding the police to pick you up at the scene of an accident, never hire anyone or buy anything in Toledo that they can .get elsewhere, and since about all Council does is pass the buck to Rink and vice versa while loudly proclaiming how righteous and hardworking they are, let us ease their burdens. My fellow Union members of Toledo, join United Labor Committee for $1.00 and help turn all the rascals out.
JOE N. JAKOB
Willys Motors Unit
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
Provocative
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Economic Policy
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
United Labor Committee
Toledo City Council
Union Endorsement
Political Action
Taxpayer Waste
Fee Increases
Labor Politics
What entities or persons were involved?
Joe N. Jakob, Willys Motors Unit
To The Editor
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Joe N. Jakob, Willys Motors Unit
Recipient
To The Editor
Main Argument
union members should join the united labor committee for $1, attend endorsement meetings especially in primaries, and work to replace the current ineffective and wasteful toledo city council with better candidates.
Notable Details
Warned Previously About Endorsed Candidates
Criticizes Council As Worst In Toledo History
Accuses Of Waste, Fee Increases, Favoritism To Chamber Of Commerce And Nam
Mentions Passing Buck To Rink
Calls To 'Turn All The Rascals Out'