Strikes were common place in the early 1930"s in all industrial and .

             They were used to win power away from the .

             corporate giants, and put it in the hands of the working class. Labor used .

             strikes for a variety of reasons, some for higher wages, some for working .

             conditions, some for safety on the job, and still others for recognition. .

             In a book entitled, "I Remember Like Today: The Auto-Lite Strike of .

             1934" Philip A. Korth and Margaret R. Beegle compile an oral history .

             account of this fight for the rights of the working class. To gain the .

             knowledge acquired for this book, the authors searched high and low to .

             find the living survivors of this turning point for organized labor in .

             Toledo. After discovering the individuals who could help, the investigators .

             interviewed and then recorded the men and women"s accounts of the .

             strike. Then they transcribed the interviews verbatim. This method .

             provides for a more personal approach to learning what had happened in .

             the strike. It allows the reader to see what actually happen through the .

             eyes of the ones involved. .

             The book is a collection statements, stories, and feelings of the men .

             and women involved in the strike. Each individual tells their story based on .

             headings, and that is what complied the chapters. In this method, the .

             reader gets to hear all sides of the story because Korth and Beegle get .

             some who were union supports, union organizers, some who were strike .

             breakers, management. Certainly no critic can say, this book only tells one .

             side of the story. .

             All of the forth-coming events, activities, and problems took place in .

             Toledo, Ohio at the Electric Auto-Lite Company. The Electric Auto-Lite .

             Company was a part of the automotive assembly industry. It used mainly .

             unskilled workers to operate the machinery, and the machinery was that .

             which possessed the skill. .

             There were two separate strikes at Auto-Lite. The first was used to .