The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-31
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 DISRUPTIONISTS, IRON WORKERS HEAD SAYS
By International Labor News Service

propaganda of the l. w. w as men, ace to the trade union movement, P. J. Morrin, general president of the In- ternational Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Work CTS, warns the associations member ship against efforts of the "wobblies" to disrupt the organization.
 | Raising the question as to where the money comes from to pay for the scurrllous propaganda sent broadcast to the iron workers local unions, Mr. Morrin says that I. w. w. destruc- tionists are active in the organization and are seeking to destroy 1t.
 Warns of Men Who Continually Find | Fault
 Pointing out that within the ranks of the iron workers union are men who make 1t their business to contin- ually find fault with local and inter national officials, i'll an evident effort to confuse the mind of the member ship and make it dissatisfied with the present form of organization, Mr. Morrin says:
 ''If you will watch and weigh care fully the arguments presented by | such men you will find that their con | demnation is not confined to their | own organization alone. This is evi- dence that 1t is the international trade union ideals that arouses their antagonism, otherwise they would not condemn international trade union ism as a whole. The idea of the l. | w. w. is and has been bitterly op- movement as represented by the American Federation of Labor through its various international un- ions and departments of the American Federation of Labor. ...
 1. w. w. Main Purpose to Destroy,
 Morrin Says.
 'The fallacy of the l. w. w. prin- ciples have been proven time and time again. They want to bring about condition in industry where can see fit regardless of the trade unions having jurisdiction over this particular craft, which would bring about the disruption of all unions
 T am directing this matter to the attention of our membership because ] from present indications many of our local unions have within their ranks many I. w. w. reptiles under cover who are inwardly seeking and working necessarily to break down interna- tionaE trade unionism * *. They never miss an opportunity to con- demn or vil1ify. If there Is no ex- cuse apparently they make one. To all intent and purposes their main object is to destroy"
 Declares I. w. w. More Active Now Than Ever.
 ! Citing instances of I. w. w. tactics within the iron workers association, Mir. Merlin goes on to say:
 They (the I. w. W.) are more ac- several months than ever before in the history of our organization. They have been and will continue to villify, con- demn and misrepresent your interna- tional officials because by doing so they can stop the great progress being made by our international union +. Surely 1t is time for our membership to give consideration to the radical dis ruptionists whose chief object seems to be to destroy.
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 Tt is up to our organization through its local unions as we'll as the international association to exercise disciplinary measures without fear or favor where necessary for the general good and benefit of our membership as a whole, and the sooner that this policy is realized and adopted the bet ter 1t will be for all concerned and the more rapid will be our progress. No one and especially myself wants to see an injustice done anyone who is a mem Der of our organization, or for that matter any other person, but some thing must be done within our organ lzat1on to curb the activities of the 1. w. w. radicals.
 "We intend to continue and will con tinue, regardless of what the I. w W.'s may do. Our outlook for the future Is bright. The coming summer is filled with promise for plenty of work for the men of our trade. Let us take ad- vantage of every opportunity to build up our organization with good, com petent, capable, reasonable men, who are not of the radical sort Now Is the time to correct those evils within our own organization"
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