Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1927-01-14
HHIlR'S RECORD Of
u1EI1I|S Charges
AGAINST SHORT


Ero4 IaSs Hshst New yaa: Z
4 tie faIl s. 1924 1afi'n EItzik
vas employed As IS & now = 81 ef-
fort 10 destroy Shorts character. He
sent out circular letters and filled
columns of neWspaper space With
charge & highly sensalonaI end VI
belo1s character
Il finally became 50 foul that the
Prosecuting Attorneys office Of King
County filed a direct information
IN Superior Court charging him with
crininaI libel and placing him under
heavy bond lmnedisseIV fI8ziF be-
gan sanealiat His friends H1zsa Is
plead 1o< hin 81 the grounds izsE -
had net intef73a IS utter such false
hoods Finally the case vas settled
out of court By his attorney agree
ing to present to the Miners State
Convention and to publish ii the
press. statement repudiating ~ q
his charges and which ii part read:
HIn ns examination 81 the record ]
found nothing that would indicate
that Short had personally pr0fited BY
or been IN any way responsible foF
nisappropziation Of funds during the
strike. Fiyzik declared that he
did not and does not intend to reflect
upon Shorts personal honesty
Subsequently, this same man public
y char "a Attorney George H RUM
mems ~ #ootine" the miners funds
Of s4o. 900 600 That case also found
its way into the courts and was fin
ally settled on the outside for eonsid-
erabI2 less Than the amount Rummens
had 81 IIrsI offered to refund from
the attorneys fees he had admitted
to Be excessive. The stipulation a.
file at the King County courthouse,
signed By Fl1 Ks rza5s 81 part IS
follows: ethat the only dispute BE-
tweaIs l6s plaintiffs and the Aefsna
ant Gee H. Rnmmens concerns the
amount that the said Geo Fl Rom
nes h,tld Sc paid for The -
he performed for the pIaint t5|d
the amouat Of money which he ex-
pended Tor the use Of the plaintiffs
during the time of employment, and
there Is no charge Of misconduct IN
any torn made against tie said Geo.
II. Rummens.e .
These official records give an ex-
ample 81 the untrpstworthiness Of
any statement coming from this man.
Brazen "a B prostitute in bis fulmi-
nations. hnI crinsipg like cur when
faced with The responsibility for his
filthy LIBEL.
Th record is Quoted that our
readers may learn the p1bIic record
Flyzik has established for himself as
4 hahitnal lar. and explaining in part
why the 1025convention Of the State
Federation Of Labor, by unanimous
vote. adopted the report 81 commit
tee which declared him unfit 70 sit IN
convention q ds1snt voting pse-
pie.
The recsnt object Of his wrath IS
the expose ia last weeks issue Of the
State Labor News Of the appointment
Of E Il Gnie. attorney for the Fed
Grated Indus bs Ehe Governor To
act as his legal advisor during the
Legislative sessions, and the fact
that FlyzIk'a gang had increased in
dustri6I Insurance. rates for the evi-
dent purpose of infIamins the en-
ployers against TIE bin f51 eque|frina
pensions to the widows and orphans,
and had refused TO cali conference
70 consider the sub feet IS directed ~
the last laeislatdfe unless the employ
ers would first consent to let them Do
it. It is Mr.. Flyzik's hope that he
can det1act attention from these
shameless betrayais 81 labor BY his
slanderous attack % President Short.