The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-11
TWO BRILLIANT
DECISIONS MADE
BY HUTCHINSON
BY A. NAILWAcKER.
(Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 9.-His
honor, Chief Justice Gear Hutchinson,
made two famous decisions, pertain
ing to Carpenters Local Union 376.
This is the local that circularized the
progressive carpenters program, when
Rosen was a candidate for general
president. Since then, the local has
been found guilty Of witchcraft, and
the heresy hunters have been busy in
their efforts to bring their victims to
the stake.
Carpenters local 376 elected Rosen
as delegate to the district council
of carpenters and the only objection
raised in that body was that he was
a candidate for general president.
Two months later the local was in
formed that Rosen wasn't a car
penter," therefore he is disqualified
Local Appeals for Rosen.
The local carried on big fight ex-
posing this fake to the membership
with a circular letter and resolution
to all the locals. 1t later appealed to
Hutcheson. In the appeal it was
pointed out that the reason Rosen
wasn't seated was because he was a
candidate for general president, and
fights for amalgamation, labor par
ty, world trade union unity, job con-
troll, and other progressive measures.
Hutchinson asked the local to let
him know what they meant by ANAL
gamation. The motive was to catch
the local advocating a dual union.
They sent him the amalgamation res
olution passed by the 1913 convention
Of the Building Trades Dept. of the
A. F. of L. and told him, that's it."
He then made the notorious decision
in which he informed the local that
Rosen isn't a carpenter. Hutch" in
his decision ignored all the evidence.
but then a boxmaker can't Judge be-
tween a mechanic and a woodbutcher,
anyhow. In the meantime while the
appeal was pending, Rosen was elect
ed business agent and the district
council recognized him.
Now the New York membership are
wondering why Rosen isn't carpen-
ter as a delegate and is one as a
business agent!
Fight Rosen; Shield Lensky.
His other decision concerned friend
of his. Business Agent John Lensky
was expelled by Local 376 for en-
bezzling an automobile from the local
union. When the local requested the
return of same, he answered, ct is
in my name, try and get it."
In the fights against the rank and
file, he did all the dirty rat work for
those higher up for the last Is years.
The progressives predicted that he
would be reinstated, because Hutch"
can't efford to lose such friends. In
his decision he stated that "Lensky
didn't embezzle the car because he
acted as business agent" Evidently
such an offence committed by bust
ness agent is such a trifle that it
doesn't county 1T is only after he
is removed from Office that he would
De guilty or such violation"
1t Is nearly three months since he
was expelled and over one month
since new business agent was elect
ed, and he still has the car.
The local was lately notified that
the car was being auctioned off by
the garage owner, where the car was
kept, because Lensky refused to pay
a bill of about $4,000 that accumu-
lated since he beat it off with the car,
that's about all it is worth.
Hutcheson's Reasoning.
The moral of this story is: When is
a carpenter according to Hutcheson
not carpenter? Answer: When he is
a progressive.
When is a crook according to
Hutcheson not a crook? Answer:
When he is in with Hutchinson.