The daily worker., 1924-12-10
Il Was Lese Majeste.


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It Was Lese Majestic.
To pass a resolution criticizing the
policy of Gear Hutcheson was moth.
ing short of lese majestic so the czar
demanded that the local withdraw its
censure and prefer charges against
those signing the resolution. The
secretary of the local, Elinar Larson,
dutifully did this and had himself Sc
lected prosecutor.
Larson succeeded in inducing three
of the members of the trial committee
to sign the report, which was tissue
of falsehoods from start to finish. This
fake report said that the expelled
members pleaded guilty and five Of
the ten members were declared guilty
Such brazen lie could not stand so
there was strong comeback.
When the fake report was read to
the meeting, the chairman refused to
give the defendants or the minority
Of the committee a chance to be heard
despite constitutional provision pro
viding for a hearing for both sides and
requiring a two-thrds vote Of all those
present to expel a member. The chair;
man by use of the gayel declared the
members expelled, tho they had vic.
lated no law of the constitution either
in spirit or the letter.
For a Square Deal.
The meeting last Monday night
showed that the members of Local 1S1
are strongly in favor of justice for
the expelled militants. No sooner had
the meeting been called to order than
policeman was seen in the hail. The
chairman asked the conductor to take
the password after which he asked the
Illegally expelled members to leave
the hall. They declined stating that
they did not have a trial in accordance
with the provisions of the constitution
and would insist on their rights. The
conductor was then requested to vio-
Iently eject them and this not being
done, the police were called upon to
throw out good union men from a un-
ion meeting.
This was too much for the rank and
file. AS one man they rose in protest
and told the yellow reactionaries that
they had reached the limit of their
patience and would stand for no more
railroading of good union men by the
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Trial Was a Fraud.
The members shouted at the top OF
their voices that the trial was fraud
and that they would insist on square
deal for their fellow workers. The po-
lice were seen comforting with the sec
retary who enjoyed the role Of prose
cutor for awhile This did not add to
his popularity as the carpenters have
no reason to love the uniformed serv.
ants of the bosses.
The officials who carried out the
orders of Hutcheson and Jensen are
weakening and Monday nights meet
ing added to their discomfort. The
members were told that an interna.
tional officer would be present at the
next meeting and the audience yelled
LET them come, we want to give
them piece of our mind"
The chairman had to adjourn the
meeting before any business was
transacted as he realized that it would
take large part Of the Chicago police
force, together with all the gunmen at
the disposal of the committee to en-
force the Landis award to browbeat
hall full Of lighting carpenters. The
members declared that they would at.
tend every meeting from now on so
that the takers would not put any
more raw deals over on them.
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