The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-06-04
Anti-unionists Challenged to Let
Public in on Secret Proceed
Ings Of: Their Meetings..
THEY CURTA|L PRODUCTION
AND INTERRUPT INDUSTRY
Campaign Fraught With Danger
from Every Aspect; Kind|es
Hatred Among the Glasses.

not interested in this proposition and
I presume the painters are not, or you
would have heard from them before
this I assure you, however, that we
are interested in the proposition
when you deliberately and wilfully
publish an article rejecting upon one
of our members, when you knew at
the time there was no basis of fact
to it that you could substantiate.
I'VE do not propose to let the mat
ter drop as easily as you would wish.
The painters business agent must
either be exonerated or his guilt
proven. It is up to you, and it is
hereby demanded that you either re-
tract the statement you made in The
Builders Bulletin or give US the name
of the master painter who stated that
He was charged $1.00 for each mln
furnished and was inquiring if this
was the regular practice around
town.
p Asked to Conc Clean.
''Even in such statement the mas
ter painter is not alleged by you 20
have said that a business agent had
charged him 90 for each man. He
may have been doing business with
a private employment agency. In this
article in question. published in The
Builders Bulletin: YOU stated i ,ln
Duluth we have only, one report of q
business agent trying to shake down
an employer The thing for you 10
do is to come clean qnesWay:. or the
other and help us clear our business
agents, name. OF the stain you have
placed upon it." -, -
No reply was received to the above
letter, and under date of April 20 we
addressed another letter to Mr.. Arm
strong, calling his attention to thu
fact that he had not recognized our
letter of April 81. That letter is rs
follows:.
ION April 21 I sent you an acknowl-
edgment of your letter to me Of: April
II, and up to the present time >la ve
not heard from you: AS you know,
I am asking for important. informa-
tion, and realizing that the. Duluth
Builders Exchange is vitally inter-
ested in the matter to which ou:.
former communication referred, I had
expected to have heard from YOU verv
promptly.
Permit me to ask if you intend to
recognize my letter of the 21st as oc
sufficient Importance to warrant a
reply"
Is Still Evasive.
On the following day, April 30,. NJ.
Armstrong sent US the following le.-
ter:
This will acknowledge receipt OF
your communications Of April 2l, and
29. a4d, as advised in my previous
communication; all the information I
had I turned over to the master
painters.
"Ilhave taken this matter up with
them, and as soon as they give the
information 1 will advise you the name
of the painter who brought that mat
ter to our attention"
It will be noted that this. latter
letter is still evasive and certainly in
dicates his desire 10 drop. the whole
matter. However, the situation re-
mains unchanged.
The paragraph in the Builders Bu!-
letin referred to was printed for more
or less public circulation and un-
doubtedly was read by, a number OF
persons outside of the members iof
the Builders Exchange. -.
Communications passing between
your executive committee and MI
Armstrong would be read only by the
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