The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-01
HUTCHESON'S
LITTLE PAL"
WAS BRINDELL
Article S Answer ring
Secretary Duffy
BY J. W. TOMBSTONE.

no means the uTSb ones. III ldCl,
Hutchesons record, since he quit box
making for living and took over the
general presidency of the U. B. of G..
& J. of A., has been one Of open cor
ruption and illegal expulsion of all
who stood in his way.
The close relationship between
Hutchinson and Robert P. Brindell,
who just recently served term in
Sing Sing for grating, is well known
to the members of the Carpenters
Union in the New York district. But
the general membership are not so
well acquainted with the close coop
Grafton which existed between the
grating Brindell and Brother Hutche-
son, and that it was Hutchinson who
was responsible for the building Of the
BrindelI machine that played so much
havoc in the building trades Of New
York from 1915 until he went to the
penitentiary and from which they have
not yet recovered.
The Game Began.
It was after the betrayal OF the
carpenters in the New York district
by Hutcheson in 1915 that the Build
ing Trades Council was recognized
and from which Brindell derived his
power and began his blackmail and
bribery game, which cost the organi-
cation probably hundreds Of thousands
of dollars, leaving a trail of illegal ex-
pulsions of the best and most cour-
ageous members OF New York.
Consider, for example, the case of
penter, who without trial was sus-
pended from the union until such time
as he was able to pay fine Of $500.
The reason for this fine was because
LAM brot charges of extortion against
Brindell and also named six specific
cases Of misappropriation of funds,
The local committee, creatures of
Brindell, refused to produce the local
records showing the items Of misap.
preparation.
Hutch Helped BrindeIl.
LAM exhausted every effort to get
back into the union. Hutcheson ans.
wering his appeal stated that he had
no reason to interfere in the case.
Still another victim of the Brindell.
Hutchinson conspiracy was August Hol,
strom, formerly president of the New
York Dock Builders Union. He, too
brot charges against Brindell similar
to those of LAM. The charges were
ignored and he was promptly expelled
for daring to bring charges against
Brindell.
Holstrom went to the war (while
Hutchinson and Brindell remained be.
hind to whoop up for patriotism from
safe positions on the labor war board
and when he returned they refused to
allow him to come back into the un.
ion, which Brindell by this time ruled
with a rod of iron.
A Regular chum OF BrindeIl.
He finally got job in Jersey City
and applied for membership in the
Ship Carpenters Local No. 1916. This
was out of BrindelPs jurisdiction, but
his friend Hutcheson stepped in and
sent telegram notifying the local
that he could not be accepted as a
member. Holstrom had been a mem
Der of the union since 1892, and for
daring to bring charges against Brin
dell he was forced out Of the union
and is still bounded by the Hutcheson
machine.
Many similar cases could be quoted
from the time that Hutchinson revoked
the charters OF 6S locals in New York,
turning a victory into a defeat and
setting up and cooperating with Brin-
dell in his career of crime against the
carpenters organization.
Both Hands in the Cash Box.
Back Of all of these explosions
huge sums of money were involved.
One item is particularly worth men
tioning so as to give the reader some
idea as to why these labor takers
fight SO viciously to retain their posi-
tions as head of unions. The assess
ment levied during the New York
1916 strike totalled nearly IL not over
100000. Yet at the carpenters con
vention held in Fort Worth Brindell
only accounted for $4,000 of the
strike fund. And up to date no other
accounting has been made.
Many other points could be taken
nm showing the friendly and close re-
fationship between Hutcheson and
Brindell and how in every move they
made their own personal advancement
was always considered first. For fur.
Their facts dealing with the Hutchinson
corrupt administration see the pam.
phlet, whats Wrong in the Carpen.
ters' Union"
But in this series Of articles suf-
ficient facts have been brought out
to. prove to the most skeptical mem.
Der within the carpenters union that
the organization is rotten at the top
and that something drastic must be
done to save the organization from
complete Generalization and probable