The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-28
CARP ENTERS OF
Detroit SIT ON
EXPULSION PLAN
Repudiate Hutcheson
Act in Two Locals

DETROIT Mich.-The reactionary
machine in local 10 Of the Carpenters
Brotherhood was forced to resort to
Hutcheson's tactics to protect Hut.
chesons stupidities from the protest
of the rank and file. A resolution
repudiating the expulsion of Will
liam Reynolds by the general ex-
ecutive board and demanding trial
before his local union, in accordance
with the constitution, was presented
and amended to the effect that the
reputation be changed to protest.
After an appeal from the arbitrary
ruling Of the reactionary president on
a motion for the previous question
had been sustained by vote Of "a to
8, the amendment was lost by three
to one vote and ''repudiate" was con-
tinued in the resolution. This is signi-
fcant of the attitude Of the rank and
file members of the carpenters in De-
troit towards the arbitrary and I'M
scrupulous expulsion of Brother Rey-
nolds.
Autoeraey Brings Big Protest
When the amendment to substitute
protest" for "repudiate" was lost,
President Ball acting for the machine
under the instructions Of Stoolpigeon
Botterill, general organizer, repres-
entative of the G. e. B. in Detroit, re-
fused to put the resolution to a vote
A motion to recall Ball as president
was then made, which he refused to
recognize. Charges were made in
writing against Ball for his refusal to
carry out the will of the body, (which
he also refused to recognize. The
meeting then broke up in confusion
without adjournment at 1870, with
the whole meeting in protest.
When in the early part Of the meet
ing, Botterill objected to Reynolds
presence, the meeting gave itself over
to a wholesome expression of con-
tempt for the general executive board
and its agents, and indignation at its
tyrannical action. Men who have car
ried cards in the Brotherhood for 30
years expressed a determination to
stand by Brother Reynolds in his fight
against expulsion, even If expelled
themselves if that was where a fight
for principle must lead to.
Botterill was hooted and jeered, and
the opinion was expressed and ap-
plauded that if the constitution meant
no guarantee of rights to the rank and
file, then the charter, which was only
the symbol Of the constitution, also
meant nothing, and the threat to lift
it was an empty one. The meeting was
forceful expression of discomfort
which has been gathering for years,
and which now has found an outlet.
BotterilI's Private Fink
At the same time, local union 1871
was dealing with a spy whom Better
i'll has had acting for him in that
organization, to get knowledge of the
actions and intentions of the local
union and to ascertain the radical
Affiliations Of the members.
Local union 1871 has long since
earned the hatred of Hutcheson and
the pay roll gang. by outspoken critic
ism Of these grafters and also by cast
ing vote of 11S for Rosen for presi-
dent as against for Hutcheson. Hut
cheson demanded the books of the
local union some five weeks ago, and
according to the officials of the local
union, they have them as they dis
appeared while three payrollers were
present in the union and have not
since been located.
Local 1871 also repudIate Expulsion
The same resolution which was in
troducd at Local Union 10 carried I'M
animously at 1911, the two Hutchinson
fiunkeys who spoke against it not dar-
ing to vote against it.
The parasites Of the general office are
awakening to the fact that the expuI-
sion Of Reynolds has reused the whole
rank and file of Detroit, and before
they are through they will either have
to reinstate Reynolds or expel the
whole district. The revolt has just be-
gun.