The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-11

income and expenses. So one dark
and stormy night, Reinish's desk was
broken into and some dues stamps
disappeared. No charges were made
but Reinish passed the word around
that the secretary and president who
were fighting him for a financial re-
port, had done il to break the union.
The members being green to the
game, most of them having been in
the union only couple of months,
swallowed the story. A new election
was held, and the secretary and presi-
dent who had been honestly fighting
for the union were voted out and
temporarily disgraced.
"Mr. Rubbsr.Tonsue."
1.-THE newly elected president, later
on nicknamed Reinish "Mr. Rubber
Tongue"
THE new financial secretary read
the constitution, and therein found
that he was at least entitled to know
what was coming in and what was
going out, to say nothing OF actually
having the power to handle the mo
ney, which was one thing that he
wasn't allowed to do. After a few
weeks of wrangling with Reinish.
and getting thoroly Disguised, he
stopped even from coming to the
meetings. Later ON Reinish accused
him, Of having gotten away with SIS
Of the unions money, but 4 was
positively proven that instead Of the
secretary ever having received the
money, that Reinish had received
! this money.
/ Fights Audit Of Books.
ION June 4, a new election took
place. At the first meeting of the
executive board a motion was made
to get a public accountant, to exa.
mine the books and have him render
bona-fde report. Every deleRate
spoke in favor of It, Reinish loudly
and strenuously objected TO this. and
fought the board until midnight.
when out of sheer exhaustion ana
disgust, it was decided that a com
m1ttee of the board would audit the
books. The whole world knows that
/ tailors are not bookkeepers. That il
why some people would rather have
tailors audit their books instead of
public accountants.
For the Is months previous TO
June 4, the union never had a bank
account, all moneys having been
handled by Reinish himself. receiv-
ing every thing and keeping the
books" himself. The new executive
board voted to Immediately open an
account on the unions name and en-
powered a committee of three. as
signees and instructed Reinish to
turn over the money to them. This
has never been done.
Where Did II Go?
When the books were being au-
dited. three distinct entrys were
shown on the books where Reinish
was deliberately Withholding money
from the union, but this was quashed
by the committee for political rea-
| sons, but the records still remain.
Now comes the Sacco-Vanzetti
case, and this contemplate scoundreI
who has stopped so low as to with
hold money, collected for the liberia
ton of the very men who make it
possible for the likes of him, to hold
down soft easy jobs, now has the gall
to accuse the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense
Committee, of stealing the money.
IF space permitted, a hundred and
one more cases Of this mans per-
fidious actions could be cited, such as
sabotaging all communications. Time
and again deliberately refusing to
carry out the instructions of both the
local union and the executive board:
issuing labels, without the knowledge
or consent of the union or executive
board; refusing to allow a girl mem
Der, whom he had foully insulted.
from preferring complaint against
him, etc.
sehlossbere's Understudy.
From the very day that he came
here he claimed to be General Secre-
tary Schlossberg's best friend. his
understudy, that they had lived to-
gether for years, that he was merely
being sent out here to get some ex-
perienee to polish up as it were. In
his fights against the various local
officials he threatened that if the
union didn't stand with him and dis.
qualify the member with whom he
was lighting, that he would quit, and
that the general Office wouldn't send
anyone else, because he and SchIoss-
berg were such thick and intimate
friends and the union would be des.
troyed."