The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
HEAD DE HAT TERS' UNION BREAKS LONG
 PERIOD DE SILENCE
Makes Scathing Reply To Statement of Fr. Shanley
 and D. E. Loewe.

Danbury. May 1.-Piqued by st sharp Challenge directed at him by Rev. Wal ter J. Shanley, pastor of St. Peters Roman Catholic church, defying him to tell how the United Matters of North America would act to protect The 1S7 members whose homes had been attached to get a Judgment of E262,oO0 in the famous Loewe case, Martin Lawlor. secretary treasurer of the United Hatters of North America. broke his long silence in a statement Issued today. He replied to the ac- rusations made by Father Saa@nfey and D. Ez Loewe to the effect that the union officers are not going to stand by their men in the hour of their need.
 MT. Law1cr characterized the state ment of MT. Shanley as "a viciods at tack on the officers of the United Hat ters Of North America Continuing. he says Father Shanley and D. P. Hsoewe expressed their dispIeasure that the national officers have not handed over to D. E. I4oewe & CO, on q silver platter, $3o0s00O with the compliments of the United Hatters-
 Tn the cornpFxfsat thes defendants are charged with individually and col actively co1spiring to injure MT. his lawyer at the tria1 at Hartford did everything possible to show that they were guilty and ought to be pun ished, although it was well kn own to r. n most of the defendants are absolutely innocent of the charges in the com plaint They were accused of being untruthfu1 by the lawyers for the anti- boycott society when they denied hav- ing knowledge of a. boycott against Ioewess business Mr. LoeWe omitted to cite in his fatherly statement that in his complaint he alleged only $s0. 900 daInages, and yet, by the peculiar ex- ecution of a law which the Congress and S6nate of the United States, as vel las the president himself acknowl- ganizations of labor. MT. Loewe can nuEct the innocent defendants with whom he is so much in sympathy in the sum of s300,0OO.
 Tn his effort to collect his blood money money that he never owned and never lost. MT. Loewe would take away the homes not only of the old defendanfs whose days of usefulness are spent, butthe homes of the wid- ows and orphans of the deceased members, andsdo it all under the guise of sympathy. The officers of the United Hatters desire to say that whatever was done, or left undone was for the best interests of the de- fendants- and their organization, kand we have no apology to make to either D. D Loewe or Rev. Mir ShanIey for not taking them into our confidence. In aeepHng office and salary in the  matters organization. the officers of the hatters as well as the local of1f- cers in Danbury accepted obligations and assumed responsibility which they propose 10 discharge faithfully and A honestly. Each has conscience of his own to consult and is guided by it. and he will not allow outsiders who know nothing of our affairs to compel or induce him to act contrary to his dictates, even though refusal may fn- vito Eituperation and abuse from those whO>are not in sympathy with our or ganization or it's aims and aspira tions The hatters Of Danbury are intelligent enough b take care of their own af- fairs. in accordance with their colast1- tution and law without anterference from thoseswho know nothing of their trade and have nothing in common with them. They fully comprehend their rights and propose to defend and maintain them. All they ask is to bt s left alone to manage their own organ. ization.