The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
SEN. M'NEIL'S
REPLY To THE
TYPO" UNION

| Senator A. Mcneil, Jr., today made
the following statement to the Farmer
| IN reply to the communication pub
Hshed in these columns yes terday from
the committee of the local Typograph-
ica1 Union:
without wishing to enter any con-
troversy with the Bridgeport Typo
graphical union, there is one passage
in their letter regarding their deal
ings with US published in your issue
of Tuesday, that is SO typical of these
gentlemen and their methods that
take pleasure in directing the public's
attention to it.
The committee, speaking for the
union, declares in it's letter to you:
There was never any demand or re-
quest, either direct or implied, made
for the immediate discharge of the
present employees of the Telegram and
in saying otherwise, Mr.. Mcneil tells
a deliberate faIsehood and he knows
I wonder if the writer's of this letter
can be so ignorant that they imagine
that by twisting a few words around
they will deceive anybody save them
selves
The union never asked us to dis
charge anybody. I never said it, did.
The union simply asked US to post
notice that ION and after a certain
date, this office will be a union shop, -
and to enter into an tron-clad agree
Translate this notice into plain Eng
lish and it reads: ITO all of our en-
ployes who are not now members of
the union: Join the union at once
or get out of this office"
This is exactly, precisely and beyond
cavil, what the union asked US to do.
1t is the very essence of their demand
upon us. And yet they gravely assert
in their letter to you that there was
never any demand or request, either
I n or INN ia6 dA Fpr- i'm.
mediate discharge of the present en-
ployes of the Telegram
Join the union or get out of this
office."-Of course that isn't threaten
ing to discharge our help? But what
is it? I suppose the unions commit
tee will claim that it is an invitation
to a Sunday school picnic.
Just another word in passing to show
the method of these men who prefer
to gain their point by bulldosing and
threatening methods rather than by
the merit of their proposition, let me
point out this paragraph in their state
ment last night in your paper: with
a long and hard winter before US and
it's rise in the price of COAL This
little scrib is meant to convey the i'm
preston to readers that I or my fam
lily have something to do with the
price of coal in Bridgeport when as a
matter of fact, I have no more to do
with the price Of coal than the Typo
wrote that statement, know it. 4
have not been connected with the Re-
tail Hard Coal business, nor has any
member of my family, in over a year.
shall not enter further into a news
paper controversy with these gentle
men but the publishers of the Tele-
gram would be glad and willing to
treat with the representatives Of the
Bridgeport Typographical union at
any time they care to again submit
their proposition to us and if they can
convince us by a gentleman1y and
courteous presentation of the Tnerits
of their proposition, we are ready to
accept their offer but they will never
gain their point by unfair methods or
threats of political annihiliation to-
wards me or any of the publishers of
the Telegram. am not a candidate
for political office and do not expect
to be, but if I were should be will
ing to go before the electors on my
record towards Organized Labor.
''The article as it appeared in your
issue last night was signed by two
gentlemen from the Typographical
union, but as Mr. Bennetto is the re-
sponsible head of that organization it
is to him that will look for redress.