The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-26

ed out facts showing Judge Hanna |
to he In the fight for the open shop. I
The executive committee OF the Fed
Grafton also declared tho Workers
Chronicle no longer to be the official
labor paper.
The resolutions OF tho Central
Labor union rcpndiatinE the action
OF the executive committee OF the
Federation, were adopted unanimous
~. The resolutions follow:
"Be II Resolved
THAT we the Albuquerque Central
labor Union IN regular session do
hereby repudiate the action OF the
Executive Board OF thdStntc Fedora
tlon Of Labor. believing that they ok
cceded their authority In attempting
to withdraw the endorsement OF the
State Federation OF Labor from the
Workers Chronicle. the official labor
paper.
BE 1t Further Rosolved.--
"That we do maintain the Workers
Chronicle ns the official labor paper
owing to the fact there was no trial
or investigation held by the executive
hoard to prove any disloynlty on the
part OF Brother McCourt. editor OF
said paper.
COMMITTEE of The Albuquerque
Central labor Union. Fy. G. q. Glca-
son, Arthur G. Culver, W. j. Shump-
han.
The following letters have been
sent 10 W. G. McCourt, editor Of the
Workers Chronicle. in support Il his
editorial charges that Judge lIauna,
democratic candidate FOR governor. is
friendly to open shop Interests.
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NsHN
Mr.. W. G. McCourt.
Editor. Workers Chronicle.
Albuquerque. ", NJ.
Dear Mr. McCourt
wish to state that l am In hearty
accord with your editorial statement
| IN your issue OF October 20. In which
\ you point out that the best interests
[ OF labor In New Mexico are with the
| republican party ana In the election
| nl Judge NJ. g. Mechcm us governor.
/ ! think that your analysis OF the sit
uatinn. ns between the two parties ANA
] the public records of the two candi-
| dates. Mechcm and Hanna, Is correct
/ ana that there can he no question In
I the mind of any sincere and informed
I union man that AIR Hanna is an
avowcd open shop mnn, and definite
( ~ committed to that policy. Judge
/ Mechem. un the other hand, has given
| fair consideration to labor during his
oificia, service and AZ u candidate and
/ his record. so far ns policies directly
antagOnistic to labor is concerned, is N
record which every loyal union man
I can support
! While in Gallup last week | was
| approached by certain men who told
mo " the stand your paper had taken
Z iii this matter. / had not then seen
| tho paper. ! had been informed by
friends OF mine In Gallup that ns a
republican | stood In some danger of
a personal attack from Il certain ele-
ment In Gallup which can best he
described as the moh element. was
invited to attend a meeting Of the eN-
ecutlyo committee at the State Fed
! erntiOn. of Labor, OF which / am n
I momher, and which was held at the
cooperative atOrr IN Gallup, was
promised protection from my room
| tn the store. On arriving thorc
found that the purpose of the meet
ing was to denouncc the stand taken
by the Workers Croniclc In the state
election. ] was asked to S'gn tho
message which. as fi"ally written, was
sent to the Albuquerque journal, AMI
4 published In that paper October ~.
/ refused to sign this message. lm-
medintely the situation became tense
ana while no specific threat was m1de
against me | becnme confident thut
II | refused to sign the mUsaage, thi
attack of which had previously had
WORD from another source, might aud
probably would be made on me. The
message was rewritten several times
In an effort to get something ! would
be willing to sign. The only part oi
the statement printed In the work
ers' Chronicle that was read to the
meeting was that at the end OF th'
article which admitted that there was
4 -. U...n 10. .aNa AN
McGrath. for governor, which every
body knows to be true. They claimed
that this was betrayal Of lnhor'i
cause. did not think so, but not-bc.
ing fully informed on the facts. and
under the circumstances which prnc'
tically amounted To coercion. | finhllj
signed the message. Had l been funS
adviaed of all the facts, AZ | now am
would not have signed that message
no matter wnnt the conditions sir
rounding the situation In Gallup
III | am loyal, sincere ur,oh mar
and have always been 50. I'm cgdinsl
mol. rule anywhere ana cv'ry ~hcre
eaw AN Illustration OF what mol
role may become m my coittct VIII
certain element at Gallup Shcf
men are not friends Ot urennilct
labor, hut it's most dangerous cnr
mieH. They are working IN" wrohl
way.
I have had my attention called Il
the signed statement of W. >. Pntter
| son, v. B. Swopc, !. NJ. Needhnm an'
III j. j. Heaney, endorsing ltinnH l"'
| governor. Swopc In "a democratic IAN
didnte for an office. The other thre'
ure active democrats. They nayr NJ
more right to speak for labor AMI q
undertake to guide or force uniol
mon into line for Hanna than nav
TO unduly press my views on m,
| / fellow men. I stand ready 10 submi
my record. In comparison with their
| In LOYALTY TO organized labor.
Finally | wish to say that you hav
stated the facts regarding the opel
shop record Tor Mr.. Hanna. II
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