The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-26

council from locals 60 and Sc, the
cutters and operators, constantly as
sailed the majority for putting up {
fight and calling strikes. Finally one
of the biggest shops under union con.
troll, the B. w. s., demanded a re.
duction which would amount to q
cents on a pair of shoes. A com.
promise was reached that a five pei
cent reduction be accepted. Their
the cutters, who had always opposed
strikes, refused to accept the reduc-
ton, not because they were opposed
to it, but only in order to play dirty
politics and assail the district coun-
Gil.
In another case where the Unity
shoe concern discharged % men be-
cause of union activity and a strike
was called by the council the cutters
refused to go out and instructed their
men to scab on the job. President No
Ian, in feeble reply to Trubovitz,
evaded the issues and asserted that
he was justified in urging the calling
off Of the Unity strike where the men
struck because of discrimination
against the union and striking the
place where the union was still recog-
nized.
Prevented Union Organization.
H. Levine, secretary Of the district
council then spoke in reply to Nolan
and showed that the general office
had done nothing to help strengthen
the organization in New York, but
had done everything to prevent or
ganization, because they feared that
they would be opposed by the men,
bership and be- voted out of office.
It was case of putting their Jobs
above the interests of the union.
Levine went back over the history of
the organization to show that the
general office had sabotaged and
double-crossed the district council
consistently; that they had removed
as organizer P. Pascal Cosgrove, who
had built the local organization,
simply because he ran as a candidate
against Fitzgerald, the general secre-
tary-treasurer.
Cunningham Would Speak.
Arthur Cunningham, busines S
agent of the cutters who had scabbed
on the other locals, was put forward
by Fitzgerald to speak, but the mem
bership Indignantly declared that
they didn't want to hear from a scab-
herdsr. DeLiberty then tried to plead
for Cunningham. The temper of the
membership forced Fitzgerald to
withdraw his request that Cunning
ham speak.
This array of organizers was
amusing to the membership as they
had many times asked for organizers
but did not get even one
Revokes Charter OF Local.
Local 55 had instructed its dele
gates to continue to attend the meet
ings Of the council whose charter had
been revoked and Nolan demanded
that the local rescind its action,
which was refused. At that point A.
Merschon, temporary manager of the
district council office, asked to speak
and Nolan and the rest of the gen
eral officials walked out, because he
knew that Merschon would take the
hide off of him for his treachery to
the local shoe workers. AS the Off
Gals left they announced that the
charter Of the local was revoked.
Assails General Officials.
Since Nolan and his gang refused
to listen to the membership of the
union, one of the members, Max Del
man, wrote an open letter to him,
which is as follows:
Mr.. John D. Nolan, Gen Pres,
s. w. P. U.
683 Atlantic Ave, Boston, Mass.
Dear Sir and Brother:
No doubt you will be surprised to
receive this letter from me, but after
what happened last night and you
not having the courtesy to listen to
what the members of Local So had to
say | am forced to correspondence in
order that at least, one of the mem
bers of Local So shall be able to ex-
press my opinion and be heard, and
this time not only by you but by as
many members of the S. W. P. U. as
possible as | intend to make. this an
open letter.
Now Brother Nolan, charge you
and with you the general officials of
violating the constitution as adopted
by the conventions of 1924 and 1926.
Article IL section / of our consti-