The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-28
DERRYFOUND
GU|LTYRODDING
UNION TREASURY
Ordered to Pay Back
Money to International
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J pointed ny lne court as OmCldi STEM
ographer, and all charges for attend
ance and the transcript furnished by
/ Clarence Walker, be taxed as costs in
this case, and that said International
Union, have and is hereby decreed to
have lien on all property, real, per-
sonal and mixed, of Clinchfield Hydro
Electric Power company. Tennessee
corporation, for the amount herein
above fixed and for said costs of suit,
as security for the payment of said
judgment.
"That the capital stock of the
Clinchheld Hydro Electric Power com.
pany is the property of and owned by
George L. Berry, Myra May Orr, and
Elizabeth M. Genres, and is not the
property of the International Printing
Freshmen and Assistants Union Of
North America"
Berry Opposed to Radicalisn,.
| The decision was one hundred per
cent against Berry. The judges decis-
ion was delivered orally and in con-
Guiding he made the following inter-
esting remarks: He fights like hell
and has fought like hell in this case
to keep the truth from being known.
He has that quality. On the other side
| am struck with the idea that he is
opposed to radicalism, believes in
standing by contracts and would have
peace in the industrial world"
The court commented very frankly
on Berry's conduct, and intimated his
amazement that the union members
would tolerate such a man in the presi-
dency. 1t was acknowledged, how
ever that only drastic efforts would
enable the membership to pry Berry
loose from the International Golfers
and from the various institutions
that he had established thru the use
of union funds.
"Majah" Takes Offensive,
After Chicago Printing Pressmen's
Union No. 8 decided to institute legal
proceedings against Berry, the ina
JAN" took the offensive. In June,
1919, he hired Julius Rosenheim. at a
salary Of $4,000 per week to act as To-
cal representatives in Chicago and
give his time and service exclusively
to the international Union as organ
izer.
Rosenheim set out to hire assistant
organizers at the rate of $4,000 per
week. One of those organizers was
not connected With the l. P. P. and
A. U. either nationally or locally.
Thieves sometimes fall out and later
on Rosenheim brot suit against Berry
for some of his wages and expenses.
At the first regular meeting of
Printing Pressmen's Union No. 8. held
In 1920, Berry's tools in Chicago mott
fed the 'majah" and suggested that
he come to Chicago to stage a rival
meeting.
Wanted to mjure Foes.
The pressmen were to hear the
truth about the fight against Berry
and the latter wanted to prevent this
at all coss. Berry came to Chicago
and stayed several days before going
to Seattle. He had his Headquarters
In Room 1910 of the Morrison Hotel
and on Sunday, December 2S, 1919,
he is reported to have told his con.
feres that he decided to eliminate Lo-
cal from union affairs in Chicago.
several members of No. 8 whose
names he mentioned and that he
wanted those men injured or inca.
paeitated so that they could take no
more part in the litigation.
Those present refused to promise
Berry that they would infiict physical
injury on the officers and active mem
beers Of No. 3, but they did promise
him In return for some compensation.
to secure a certain number of men.
who were neither pressmen nor un-
ion men in general to attend the
forthcoming meeting OF the Chicago
Printing Freshmen No. and take II
out Of the hands of the legitimate Of
flcers.
The plan was to remove the officers
from power and pass a resolution
calling of the litigation against
Berry. Each man was to be given a
fake membership card and five dol
lars for the nights work.
Fake Cards Printed.
The faxed membership cards were
printed at the Pressmen's Home. in
Tennessee and the stick cut OF which
the cards were made was brot to the
Home by Rosenheim. The printing
OF the fake cards was done on New
Years eve, 1919. The job was so
well done that when they were pre.
scented at the door of tho Chicago
Pressmen's meeting the door keeprs
did not detect the difference. A
Knoxville, Tennessee. label was used
on the cards and mutilated.
Rosenheim, after he fell out with
Berry, admitted that the label was
done by another one of Berry's tools.
It was done however in the presence
OF Joseph @. Orr secretary-treasurer
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