The New York herald., 1922-03-27

suffer and have been brought to the
verge of starvation and Kicked from
pillar to post because he. Holmstrom
dared in 1914 to lift his voice against
Brindelps stealing from the union OF
which YOU are the successor. He is
splendid mechanic. He does not loaf on
his job. He is OF unusual intelligence
and untring industry. / do not believe
he is trouble maker.
Would BE Unions DcathknelI.
IF your union has the power to keer
this man from working under these
circumstances that power must be taken
from you. Every friend of organized
labor will want it taken from you II II
Is exercised in this way. 1t will near
the deathknel of labor. I had hoped
that your union and others that are
members of the Building Trades Council
would voluntarily reform your ways
This is what you have solemnly prom
iscd.
I Organized labor cannot maintain
itself if it Is to be a monopoly with i'm
passible barriers against new members
and limitations upon apprentices. Big
and powerful as 1t is, 1t is still min
ority of the people Of the country. God
grant that it and every other interest
country shall be at all times kept safe
against the aggression and despotism
Of any single class OF the community,
whether 1t be the laboring man. the
farmer. the merchant, the fnancier. or
what not.
IF your constitutions and bylaws
permit you to exercise the autocrauc
power of driving a man out into the
streets and giving him no redress in
the courts or elsewhere, they will have
to be changed. If you do not voluntar-
lily change them, the State will have to
do so by regulating and restricting the
powers of the union. / had hoped, and
still hope, that this may be avoided,
but a few more instances like this-and
there are many more brought to my
attention, especially in the plumbers
union. which is as despotic and unre-
generate as 1t ever was, and whose Of
ficers we are about to present for in
dictment-and there will be torrent
Of public indignation against this form
OF autocracy and neither the labor poll
tician. nor any other form of politician,
will be able to withstand the tide. beg
of you in your own interest - call a halt
and to do the decent thing while there
is yet time.
"I ask you to reinstate this man and
to expel Brindell from your union
Compromise Is Effected.
After Mr.. Untermyer finished and
there had been other speeches eulogistic
of Brindell and hostile to Holmstrom, a
resolution was adopted-one in the ma
ture of a compromise-which allows
Holmstrom to rejoin any local of tho
carpenters and dock builders except
New York Local 1856. At the same
time. this automatically RENTS the
$1,000 fine under which Holmstrom' 8
prospects had been blighted by Brin-
dells order. 1t was said yesterday that
he might possibly get transfer from
the Baltimore local to Local 1456 and
win in the courts If the move was
fought. but Il was not believed that
Holmstrom will take any such action.
The effect of the action yesterday was
to save Brindell's authority and to in
dicate to such observers as Mr.. Inter
further opportunity of cleaning its own
house had defiantly refused to make
good. Indirectly ii was observed that
Mr.. Untermyer paid little attention to
the hostile demonstration against him
self. The feature OF the meeting that
discouraged him was the unions un-
regenerate determination TO bow down
to Brindell.
1t was learned that when the Lock-
wood committee resumes its hearings
Mr.. Untermyer will take up the question
OF Brindeilism In Local 1456, along with
other instances of intolerable autocratic
action by labor bodies.