The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-23

Earringtcns election and the unem-
ployment problem. The resolution,
10 part, follows:
'"To the officers and Members Of
Local Union No. 1858, U. M. of A.:
Brothers:-The district executive
board has appointed committee of
board members to investigate sup
posed irregularities in the last SUBJ |
district election and rumors are that
the purpose of such an investigation
Is to throw out enough local union
votes so as to defeat President Free
man Thompson and to place his OPP
ponent in the ONCE of sub-district
president.
'This movement in our opinion is a
gross violation Of the laws of the
Omitted Mine Workers of America, be-
cause the courts of the sub-district or
ganization have been ignored and the
committee that was appointed to
handle this case was appointed with
out either of the local unions that are
involved or the sub-district officers be-
ing allowed to appear in defense of
the question raised to the board, but
The board on request of one side to
the controversy appointed commit
tee to investigate the sub-district cleo
ton.
No Right to Take sub-pistrict Juris-
diction.
"No where in the international dis
trict or sub-district laws does it grant
he right to the district union to take
Jurisdiction of sub-district election,
rs the sub-district election is held un-
Ger certain specific election laws and
they must be obeyed if a contest Of
any local unions votes are desired, in
hct President Harrington has so ruled
mat the district executive board is
without authority to take action in the
pub-district elections as that is mat
YER left solely within the confines of
the sub-district organization.
~The district tellers of election up
10 this day have made no official re-
port to the local unions of the results
" the district election held December
4 1924, altho the district constitution
b very plain and very precise about
ploh report. Section 81, of article IL,
reads as follows:
1.-THE vote of each local union
shall be tabulated separately and
consecutively, the entire totals
given and the complete report
printed and sent out to the local
unions by the district tellers not
later than February of each cleo
ton year."
To Cover Up Farrington's Stolen
Election.
1--WE believe because of this gross
violation Of the district constitution,
The move that is now being made on
me present sub-district officers is to
distract the attention of the member
ship from what the district officers
are doing themselves in regard to
their own elections.
Gross Irregularities have been re-
ported from many parts of the dis
hict, and up to today over 100 days
have elapsed since the district cleo
hon was held and no report has been
given TO the membership, and It ap-
pears that all the officers are going to
succecd themselves on the first day of
April, because no report of the cleo
non will have been given, and they
will automatically go into their posi-
lions on that day.
I'VE believe that II is about time
the rank and file of the Miners Union
vhould awake to what is going on;
men who oppose certain officers are
sxpolled from the union, and officers
who do not agree with the policy OF
throwing our miners on the scrap
heap are being made the victims of
mis- machinery that even goes so far
rs TO violate thoir laws when IL suits
heir purposes to do so.
Demands Special Sub District
Convention.
I'VE feel that now 10 the time TO de.
mand special sub-district conven-
lion 10 take such action MS Is outlined
below, and which convention can be
called by five local unions petitioning
me ssub-district president ~
First: 10 consider reports of ir.
Ipgulnrittes In the last sub-dfstFict