The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-09
Painters Union Pre-
Election Meet viii
Be Held Next Week


A call for a prediction, inter
local mass meeting, sponsored by
four painters unions, followed by a
counter call by an unidentified group
in District Council No. for meet
ing to take place at the same time,
drew attention yesterday to con-
flict precipitated by the exposure of
graft and misrepresentation of funds
by officials of District Council No. 9.
Painters locals 1011, COS, S48 and
400 formulated plans for general
inter-local mass meeting called for
2 p. m. Saturday at Park Palace, ITO
ST. and Fifth Ave. Special interest
has been aroused in this mass meet
ing by The revelation of the corrup-
ton of officials and by the imman-
ence of the next painters union cleo
tons, set for Dec IT, At these cleo
tons it will be determined whether
the remnants of the discredited Zaus-
ner group will continue in control Of
the union.
Anonymous Call.
Following the issuance of the call
for this mass meeting, an anonymous
circular was passed out in the trade
and distributed on the jobs, calling
members of the trade to another mass
meeting for the same hour Saturday
afternoon. This second call appeared
over the names Of all the individual
locals in the council including the four
locals which are sponsoring the other
mass meeting.
Commenting on this latter call, the
secretary of the Inter-Local Commit
tee, sponsoring the Saturday mass
meeting, characterized the move as
"a deceptive, fraudulent and mislead-
ing call, undoubtedly issued by the
same irresponsible and corrupt gang
which has already been exposed and
some of which members have already
been convicted"
This discredited group, some of
whom are intranched in Local 261
and in other locals and whose control
of District Council No. has become
plot on the local labor movement,
are attempting by creating confusion
to prevent the open discussion before
our membership of the vital issues in
our trade, the secretary continued AT
the same time they are attempting to
prevent the holding of honest cleo
tons.
9th to Spurious.
owe disown, repudiate and condemn
this spurious call and wish to char.
acterize as a plainly crimina, prac.
| tee this use of our locals in such az
unauthorized call" he continued awe
are informing our membership accord
ingly"
1t was ascertained yesterday thai
the Inter-Local Painters COMMITTEE
met further obstacle in carrying out
it's plans for Saturday in the rejec.
ton by the socialist newspaper, "The
Daily Forward" of a previously ac-
cepted paid advertisement of the
meeting. This rejection, as interpre-
ted at the union headquarters, was
move on the part Of the discredited
group through it's influence in "The
Daily Forward" to prevent informal
ton from reaching certain section
Of the membership.
Painters Officials Guilty.
Jacob Lind, ex-treasurer and Paul
Grad, ex-recording secretary of Paint
ers' Local 905, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, were
yesterday morning convicted of lar
ceny and forgery in connection with
having appropriated funds of the local
union. Both defendants pleaded
guilty. They will be sentenced before
Justice Barrett in the Bronx Dec. Is.
In commenting on the case Justice
Barrett commended the work of
Thomas Wright, present secretary of
the union, in bringing the convicted
officials to trial. Seven other paint
ers' union officials were similarly in
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