The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-04
CARPENTERS OF
DETROIT PLAN
WAR ON TAKERS
Mass Meeting Demands
Recall of Officials
(speelaI 10 rhe Daily WoRKER.l

Especial to The DAILY WoRkER.)
DETROIT, March 2.-At a meet
Ing Of carpenters Of the Detroit dis
trlet Of the Brotherhood Ct Carpenters
and JoIners Of America held In the
House OF the Masses yesterday, a
resolution was unanimously passed
demanding the recall Of the present
officials OF the district council, who
have done nothing for the benefit of
the membership Of the organization,
but have injured the union by devot-
ing their time to securing lnIunctions
in capitalist courts against loyal and
active members Of the brotherhood.
Huteheson's Rubber Stamps.
Aside from drawing their salaries
these officials, according to the speak
ers did not even obey the constitu-
ton. They were acting as rubber
stamps for Gear" Hutcheson, presi
dent of the international, who acts
as if the union were his personal
property. The officers of the district
council who are paid to attend to the
needs of the membership were charg-
ed with gross negligence. Several
speakers told Of calling up the Office
and receiving no answer
The present trouble in Detroit came
to head when William Reynolds,
president of Local No. 214O was expell
ed without trial The entire member
ship rallied behind Reynolds who was
dragged into a capitalist court by the
takers under an injunction, which
seeks to prevent him from attending
meetings of his local and of the dis
trict council of which he was presi-
dent. Comrade Reynolds was in
court last Saturday but the trial was
postponed until today. AS this
is being written in the morning
the. developments are not yet known.
The Chicago Cases.
Nels Kiar of Chicago, was one of
the principal speakers. Kjar showed
how i've. members Of Local 1S1 were
| illegally expelled by the local officials
under orders from Harry Jensen,
president of the district council in
Chicago, and by Gear" Hutcheson.
The international president was car
rying on a pogrom of explosions thru
out the country, Kjar, one of the lex
PEELED" members, said and urged the
carpenters in Detroit to keep up the
fight until the takers were thoroly
defeated.
A committee was organized at the
meeting to fight the Reynolds case
The secretary of the local of which
Reynolds is president, paid a tribute
to the work of, its presiding officer,
declaring that Reynolds had done
more work voluntarily for the organ
ization than Shamrock and company
did for pay. officials of practically
every carpenters local in Detroit
were present at the meeting. The
meeting pledged fight to the finish
fo- Reynolds and against the takers.
Sixty-two locals from all parts of
the country have endorsed the fight
in behalf of Reynolds. The committee
that is handling the Reynolds case is
notifying all locals. Many letters
were read at the meeting winding up
with I'VE are with you in a fight to
the finish"
THE meeting made It quite clear
that the real union men were out to
get rid of the takers who were draw
ing good pay and doing nothing but
providing jobs for lawyers and hound
ing good trade unionists out of the
industry. Another mass meeting was
arranged for next Saturday in the
House of the Masses at which every
carpenter in Detroit is expected to
be present.