Franz Schoo

Franz Schoo (born September 18, 1899 in Lohne , Lingen district , † June 5, 1970 in Nordhorn ) was a Roman Catholic German politician ( CDU ). From 1951 to 1955 he was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament .

Life

Schoo attended elementary school and then worked as an agricultural worker until 1917. He then worked in the Reichsbahn repair shop in Lingen until 1919 . In 1919 he joined the Christian trade union and again worked in agriculture until 1925. From 1925 Schoo was employed as a security guard at the Niehues & Dütting company in Nordhorn.

In April 1949 he became the first chairman of the textile clothing industry union (GTB) of the Nordhorn administrative office. Since Nordhorn was one of the largest West German textile locations, he was one of the most influential functionaries of this union. On site he fought together with the social democratic trade unionists against the communists who were very active in Nordhorn, but came under pressure above all from the Catholic workers, who accused the DGB of a one-sided orientation towards the SPD at the state and federal level and spoke about anti-Catholic and political statements Most of the leading state trade unions complained about statements. Many Catholic textile workers in Nordhorn separated from the GTB in 1956 and joined the new Christian union. As a result, Schoo lost decisive support in the local GTB, which meant that SPD functionaries could now move into top local positions.

Schoo was a co-founder of the CDU district association in the county of Bentheim . From 1946 to 1948 he was a council member of the city of Nordhorn and also deputy mayor. In the second electoral term , Schoo was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament from May 6, 1951 to May 5, 1955. Schoo acted as the long-time chairman of the Nordhorn local group of the Catholic Workers' Movement and was a member of the CDU district board of Grafschaft Bentheim.

literature

• Barbara Simon : Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony 1946–1994. Biographical manual. Edited by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Lower Saxony State Parliament, Hanover 1996, p. 343.