The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
NY. LABOR
Head, Rejects
WOLL'S Charges
Protests to Green at
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Especial to The Daily Worker,

Especial TO The Daily Worker)
NEW YORK, Jan. II. - Joseph P.
Ryan, president of the Central Trades
and Labor Council of New York City,
has wired to President William Green
of the American Federation of Labor
protesting the publication of charges
against the New York Joint Board Of
the Furriers' Union that cannot be
substantiated.
Ryan was a member of the A. F. Of
L. investigating committee charged to
look into the conduct of the furriers'
strike of last year The executive
council of the A. F. of L. meeting in
st. Petersburg, Florida, heard a report
from Matthew Vol, who headed the
investigating committee, following
which the leaders of the eur" strike
were accused of having bribed police
officials in New York.
Ryan Regulates VOL.
Ryan's telegram to Green follows:
William Green,
President A. r. of l.,
Prince Martha Hotel,
St. Petersburg, Fla.
wish to enter my strong protest
against the action of the executive
council on the report of the special
committee on the strike of the Fur
Workers Union.
Your committee had no direct evil
dence of the truth Of the statements
made by the Communist strike lead
ers that they had paid money to
| police officials, and this part of the
report should not have been made
public until you. as president or-rfrr-
American Federation Of Labor, could
y present our so-calIed evidence TO the
proper authorities in New York.
As a result of the council making
this report public, the New York
morning papers state that the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor charges
that 100000 was paid the police by
the Reds; and I, as one member Of
the investigating committee, feel
that we have no direct evidence to
back up this charge.
JOSEPH p. RYAN.
The charges of bribing of members
of the New York police department
have caused furore here, the case
getting columns in the press and call
ing forth indignant statements from
the Tsmmany mayor, Jimmy" Walk
! er and the police commissioner, Nc
Laughlin.
Protect Tammany.
1t is evident that the protest of the
heads Of the Central Labor Council
was in no sense made to protect the
fur workers from a bold frame-up Of
their left wing leadership by the A.
F. Of L. bureaucrats, but hasty move
on the part of the Central Council
leaders, Ryan. ]. P. Coughlin and J.
Sullivan, to defend their friends, the
Tammany police.
Brand 1t Conspiracy.
The Furriers' Union, thru its Joint
board. issued a statement branding
the whole business a dastardly con
spiracy. eft is another effort on the
part of the reactionary bureaucrats to
rob the fur workers OF New York OF
the splendid victory they won thru
seventeen weeks of bitter struggle IN
der the leadership of the militant
left-wing," the statement reads:
AS to the charge of our having
bribed the police not to assault work
ers," the statement continued, "the
facts give the lie to this ridiculous ac-
cusation. Never before in the history
Of our union have there been so many
arrests Of workers during a strike.
About 1900 of our workers were ar
rested. Our strikers were most bru-
tally beaten by the police. We were
denied the right to picket. Hostile and
cruel judges sentenced our workers to
more than thousand days in jail In
some instances our workers were SEN
fenced to from two to three years In
prison for their tireless efforts to win
the strike.
Police Brutality.
Both chairmen OF our picket com.
mittees were arrested and both served
Jail sentences. Ben Gold was brutally
beaten UP and arrested, and is still
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