The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-23
Thompson and Watt Answer Harrington


ditions that Thompson, Parry and
Watt are exposing?
And cannot you see that Earring
ton must by all means try to stop
these men when they come before
you with a remedy out Of this mess
that Frank Harrington is a party to-
and cannot you see that he cannot
come before tho membership and con-
front either Thompson, Parry or
Waltz
In fact, Watt 1ust recently toured
the South part Of the stats alone, and
not one of the machine dared stick
his head up in any Of these meetings.
Rank and file, there is a reason, so
therefore they are forced to try every
means to prevent you from hearing
all sides to the controversies.
They only want you to have their
side and men are receiving money
that you should be having, to work
quietly among you. never in the open,
to try to deceive You, but Thompson,
Parry and Watt will be on the lob
exposing Frank Harrington and his
treason to the memherAhip.
Where IL an Election Reportf
If Frank Harrington is such q strong
man for constitutionaIityr why has he
not used the power Of his office to
demand that the International union
send out to all local unions q tabu-.
lated election report by local unions
Of the results Of the last International
electionH We believe that Frank Far
rington dare not Cross John L.
Lewis path again regardless of any
violation Of law.
Frank harrington sEyH secondly.
that you are therefore instructed not
to use any moneys Of the United
Mine Workers Of america for the
purpose outlined I'm the circular here
in referred to. Remember, rank and
file, no appeal has ever been made to
local unions for finances"
Don't be decefved. an appeal IS be-
ing sent to individuals asking indi-
vidual aid and not from local unions,
no moneys from local unions viii bs
accepted. We want interested men
in the unions to finance this move
ment and, surely, Frank harrington
cannot prevent you from donating to
any cause you may see fit.
If he can then really he is more
powerful than any car that ever
lived, and when he wrote this article
he knew that no requests had been
made from local unions for aid, it is
only scare to try to keep individu-
ais from donating SO that Thompson,
Parry and Watt will be forced to stay
in Springfield and thus be prevented
from exposing him and his machin-
cry. We want no funds Of any char
acter that Frank Harrington claims be-
longs to him. He forgets that he
takes filthy luchre at times, remem-
Der that money he got from Frank L.
Smith?
It Makes Bit Of Difference.
Frank says thirdly: "If you do you
will be gilty of rallying to the sup
port of dual movement and financ-
| ing men while they go over the state
trying to disrupt your union" Do
you remember when Frank Earring
ton was fighting John L. Lewis how he
and others sent $3.50 to Michael Hal
apy?
You also wrote to Mr.. Halapy in
part as follows:
Surely to god there are enough
mine workers in the Pittsburgh dis
trict who would be willing to con-
tribute enough money to purify their
| organization" by all means l think
your circular should be prepared by
your committee and be issued from
Pittsburgh, and it should not only be
sent into Illinois but into every dis
trict in our organization"
That's what we are attempting to
do in Illinois now, Frank, and when
we learn of what happened in various
sub-districts as far south as Harris
burg, it is about time that the district
machinery in Illinois was purified.
About Dualism.
Do you remember how Thomas
Myerscough was brought before the
Illinois delegates at a meeting held
In indianapolis and read statement
after Statement of crooked elections
and how at that same meeting the
starting Of Illinois Miner took place,
presumably to fight the International
officers, was that dual, Frank? Re-
member the statement you made at
Muskogee, Oklahoma, that If John L.
Lewis was the United Mine Workers
Union, that you was out to destroy
him, or words to that effect?
Now, Frank Harrington, we are do
ing everything possible to wake the
rank and file up to all the treacherous
things you have done and are doing,
and we feel that your article in the
Illinois Miner, so-called, will bring in
more funds and will give us the neces-
sary advertisement that we need, in
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