The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-24
WANDA'S SMILE
Rifles TAYLOR
ALMOST TO FITS
Striker Tried For Con-
tempt of Dudley


Wanda Kolletta had to answer to
charge of contempt Of court yester-
day morning. The charge was com
plicated because she was also on trial
for contempt of Dudley Taylor.
The charge Of contempt against
Taylor did not appear in the court
records, but was there nevertheless.
Early in the week, Wanda was ar
rested for assault and when she APP
peared in court she had a little fun
at the expense Of bud.
So yesterday, when she appeared
before Judge Foell to answer the con-
tempt charge, Dudley was in a mood
uglier than is usual with him. That
may seem impossible, but Dudley
seems to have store of rottenness
that is inexhaustible.
Dudley was well supplied with aft
davits against Wanda. He read them
of in monotonous voice. He even
included one by himself In his aft
davit, he said that be had prosecuted
dozens of strikers for contempt and
had gotten convictions in all cases.
He went on to say that in April his
friend Donnie" Sullivan had fined
Wanda $3.50 and sentenced her to Is
days in jail. This seemed to interest
Judge Foell He asked that it be re-
peated and got the dates straight af-
ter several repetitions.
The basis of the charge Of con-
tempt in this case was the allega-
ton that Wanda had assaulted scab.
This Wanda denied. Since courts can
not enjoin things which are in them
selves crimes, it is difficult to see
why Taylor attempted to have Wanda
punished for contempt when she is
already awaiting trial for assault. IN
less the contempt charged in the at
tachment on which Wanda was be-
ing tried was contempt for Dudley
himself.
II it had been contempt for bud
Taylor, she was charged with, Wanda
said that there was only one thing
she could do and that was plead
guilty and ask that the sentence be
very severe in order to be adequate
for the amount Of contempt she felt
Wanda sat in the jury box by her
self all during the hearing and smiled
at Dud. This got bud riled. When
Dud saw the DAILY WORKER re-
porter in court, he tried to give him
hard stare. If there had been a
looking glass around and Dud had
seen himself, he would probably have
frightened himself into fits. Luckily
for the garment bosses, there was no
mirror in court. The frightful face
Dud made failed to affect the reporter
who tried to grin at bud.
Vinegar Face Sore.
Vinegar faced Taylor was not
pleased when Judge Foell fined
Wanda $3.50. If Dudley had had his
way she would have been hung.
"Well, old monkey face" Wanda
whispered to Taylor, "You thought
you would have me sent to Jail
didn't you" Taylor stared and said
nothing.
In Judge Sullivan's court the honor
able took a look at the strikers and
decided to delay the ordeal of hearing
their cases till tuesday at 10000 a. m.
Some of the girls who are waiting to
be tried have jobs and are anxious to
get thru with the court. That seems
to make no difference to "Dennie.' .
In fact, he seems to relish the idea
that he is bothering the girls. The
fact that the girls want to get their
cases over with has been called to the
attention of the court. but "Dennie"
still postpones them.
The Chinese have a culinary Gus
tom of keeping eggs wrapped in mud
for ten or twenty years and then eat
ing them raw. Yesterday, when
"Dennie" saw the strikers, he looked
exactly like an interpretive picture Of
one of those Chinese eggs with the
hud wrapper still on.
Sullivan has not announced his de-
cision in the case of Meyer Barkan,
whose case was heard Thursday.