The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-15
George L. Berry Is
Given Title of Major
for Service at Rear
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has been made necessary because OF
the fact that the War Department
called me into active service on No
vember 4th. Since that time | have
been awaiting orders and getting my
affairs into shape. 1t occurred to me
that the ending of the war would
automatically close the incident but
such is not the case. | have been
directed by the War Department to
be prepared. l do not know what
they will do with me, but l anticipate
that | shall be absent for a while a
least"
Pressmen laugh at the idea Of Ber-
RVS board of directors giving Berry
leave of absence This is how the
Baord of Directors works: When
Berry comes to Chicago he registers
at three or four hotels and it is inn
possible for anybody except those
who are on the inside of the clique
to get in touch with him. This does
not exclude the printing bosses who
always seem to know where to find
their servant.
shuford ShuffIes to Ulease
When Berry thinks up some new
scheme to fleece the membership of
the union, he conveys the idea to
Shuford Marks, who shuffles to tele-
phone and transmits Berry's bright
idea to Billy McHugh Both those
gentlemen are vice-presidents of the
international union. This constitutes
meeting of the board Of directors.
Another vice-president who takes care
of the pigs at the Pressmen's Home
is not even asked to grunt. Berry
handles his board of directors just
die a bodygaurd of eunuchs. They
like the Sultan of Turkey would han
draw their pay, say nothing but nod
to every order given by their pay
master.
While Berry was in the employ Of
the United States government as a
major" he received a salary. It
was not dollar year" either. Yet
when he returned to this country he
drew his salary from the treasury Of
the l. P. P. & A. Z. for every minute
of the time he was in France, amount
ing to over $1,500.00. He also drew
a salary as Trustee of the Home.
Berry and secretary-treasurer Orr Of
the International are the only trustees
drawing salaries.
His Military Career
This is the history of Berrys mill
tary career. But the uniform came in
handy to him since. Berry was used
by Sam Gompers as a liason officer
between the reactionary bureaucracy
of the A. f. of L. and the American.
Legion which was founded by money
contributed by the Dupont Powder
Co. and kindred interests. The aim
Of the Legion was to block the for
ward march of the American workers,
and particularly to prevent them from
coming under the influence of the
radicals. The capitalists felt that the
tragedy of the war and the great suf-
ferings of the masses would result in
a great wave of opposition to the war
and those who made the war. 1t was
to prevent this reaction from reach
ing dangerous proportions, that the
Legion was organized. Since then the
Legion has taken part in strikebreak-
ing activities, in several parts of the
country. This was particularly so
during the shopmen's strike Of 1922.
Record Of scabbery
Berry's strikebreaking record is not
confined to Chicago. He has done
even better in New York The details
of his scabbery in New York will be
told in later instruments. In order
order to show how we'll Berry stood
in with the Gompers machine, and
also to show that strikebreaking and
corruption are not frowned upon by
the bureaucracy of the A. r. of L., 1t
is only necessary to state, that when
Berry arrived at the Portland con-
| vention of the American Federation
of Labor, after breaking the strike Of
the Web Freshmen in New York,
Gompers greeted him and honored
him with a call to the platform, be-
cause of his brilliant achievement in
breaking strike with 1.-The help Of
union scabs and detectives.
1t was at this convention that VIII
liam f. Dunno. then editor of the Butte
Bulletin, now of the DAILY WORKER,
was expelled for exposing John l.
Lewis the Berry of the United Mine
} Workers. in the columns of his paper.
The "Majah" fresh from his scab-
berry butted into the red batting with
a statement that the most important
business before the convention was
the expulsion OF Dunno, who was
feared by the reactionaries because he
was the only man at the convention
who could make the takers culver
with a scorching indictment Of their
treachery to the workingclass.
Berry Is Wealthy
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