Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-03-21
ontinued from Last Week.
THE DElDY

THE DECOY
One Of the stratagems employed by
the huntSman to get the duck. is a
"Deeoy,' or to give it the right name
"a duck made of wood, painted up
the real duck, which at best is only
a semblanee of the duck. However,
the duck seeing the "decoy" in the
water, and seeking company, as the
duck is a gregorious animal, it often
pays with its very life for succumbing
to the urge of association with the
ducks, which are only the "DecoyS"
of the huntsman.
Fortunately for the ducks there
is limit to the hunting season. which
limits the decoy's operations. But
there is another specie of 'Decoy'-
the "Stoolpigeon. which has no limit, |
nor is there any time set for his
operations, and manifold are his ways. |
The operative, though not gregor-
ious social human being-because If !
he were one he would not resort TO
the unsocial methods of bartefing his
soul for a mess of pottage-ls em-
ploYing gregorious methods of accom-
phshing his end. He makes believe
that he is fond of company, which
gives him an entree into the conf
dence of the victim that he is work
ing on, and once in the confidence of
his victim, the rest is easy. tie
catches him unawares and then carries
out the scheme he is charged with.
The deeoy, Arthur Dorm, is being
introduced now in the role Of an
operative Of the Department of jus
tice. decoying a member Of Ma
chinists' Union No. 81, into joining
the !. w. w. and then turning in his
name to the Department of Justice.
Arthur Dorm was high in the Coun- |
ellis of Labor in Minnesota; he was
honored with the presidency of the
Metal Trades, a Delegate to the Min
neapolis Trades and Labor Assembly, |
and represented his Local Union al
the Convention of the Minnesota State |
Federation of Labor, held in New
Ulm, Mimi, carried a card in the Ma
chinists' Union, and at the same time
was a member of the |. w. W., though
the Constitution of the |. A. Of M. is
very specific on that, however, Con-
stitutions of an international Union
are of very little concern to these
gentry.
He was placed on trial by his Local
Union on May %, 1920, the charges
being: Actions unbecoming mem
Der of the international Association
of Machinists." The proceeding of
the trial are hereby submitted and
follow:
"State of Minnesota,
County of Hennepin-ss.
81, the Undersigned, swear that the
following is a true statement of facts
regarding Arthur Dorm:
81 met this man Dorm the first time
in the spring of 1917 in a bar room
on Hennepin Avenue, Minnesota. He
was talking radical, spending money
freely, and represented himself to be
a Salesman for the Multi Colour-Prlnt
Company and also as an organizer for
the |. w. w. After knowing him
some time, he induced me to join
said organization and made out
membership card for me, to which was
affixed the proper stamps. After TINS
he would sometimes pat my should
ers before other people telling them
what a good fellow ] was, and then
add: 81 will use him some day in some
of our work." and then looking at me,
"You know Herman Whenever !
would ask him what he meant by that
kind of talk he would back down and
give evasive answers. One night he
took me down to the meeting of the
|. w. w. Recruiting Union to IN
troduce me to the members, but he
was so drunk that he almost upset
the whole meeting. After this | did
not see him for a loag time, but
found out that he had been arrested IN
St Paul for speeding and when taken
before the Judge, stated that he was
federal agent.
"The next time | met this man was
in the 1918 Labor Day parade march
ing among the members Of Lodge No.
81. |. A. of NJ, when | asked him how
he got there he told me that he was
a member and working at the Mlnnea-
polis Steel and Machinery Company.
Later on | asked for an explanation
of the ST. Paul affair which he at flrst
denied absolutely, but later on ad-
mitted. explaining TO me that he only
worked on one case for the federal
department; namely that OF the Ter
man consul in st. Paul, and That ne
had never Spleu Oh the LiDVi
ment, and Furthermore that he was
not connected with said department
any more. When | asked him how II
was that shortly after | joined the
organization, of which he had been
representative, | was told by the mas
ter mechanic Of the Chicago, Minnea,,
polls. St Paul Railroad for which l
was working at that time, that l was
an |. w. W., he swore up and down
that he had had nothing to do with IT,
| in fact that he had never even men
toned my name to the federal depart
ment. Later on he eontradicted hlm-
self by telling me that he had gwen
me a good record at said department
| Last week on May 9th, 1920, while
/ talking about the chief Of department
| related to several others in a meee-
| ing of the Metal Trades, how l had
been discharged in 1918 from the en-
plov of the Emerson Brantinghan
| Company at the request OF said cnlei
for no reason other than organizing
the machinists in that plant, Dom
stepped up and said, "Tes, and | was
the man sent out to investigate thit
fellow and / did not even know HIN
at that time" When | told him thai
| tLis was not trup. that he did know