The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-19

tive who, in their opinion, is not
acting in the best interests of the
Brotherhood.
"Section 10. The General Com
mittee shall have full power and
authority in negotiating with the
company as to wages and working
conditions for any definite period
of time not exceeding five years
and any contract so entered
upon shall be binding upon each
and every member of the Brother
| hood. :"
Company Dominates Throughout.
From the above excerpts, it may be
seen that so far as the rank and file
is concerned, they have the full power
of obeying and remaining submissive.
In practice, officials of the company
supervise elections, Suggest" to the
| General Committee what steps to take
IN cases of emergency, and map out
the procedure and order of business
of meetings which are of special i'm
portance such as those during a
threatened strike. Elections are held
on company property and an election
committee appointed by the president
OF the General Committee must ap-
prove all nominations for election to
the General Committee before the
candidates can run,
According to section of Article
VII, "The names of all members de-
clared eligible by the election COM
mittee shall be printed on nomina-
ton ballot" During the last elections
all candidates for the General Com
mittee were compelled to appear in
person before paddy" Connolly, the
president of the company union. Those
not acceptable" were not approved,
of course. The candidate who ran
against "Paddy" himself was called
in and asked which he preferred, to
run in opposition or his job. He pre-
ferred his job!
A CancerOus Growth.
This is the company union which
supreme court judge is asked to
rescue by means of an injunction from
the destructive tactics of the organ
lied labor movement. To work for
the eradication of this cancerous
growth is called Conspiracy" by
the marlborough attorney, James L.
| Quackenbush. If the injunction is
granted it will be largely on the basis
Of the illegal" contract drawn up by
the company heuchmen on the gen.
cral committee.
In order to illustrate the exact ma
ture of some of these henchmen, it
will be sufficient to quote from the
affidavit of "Phil" Welch, a delegate
from the Motormens' and Switch
mems Local 7. Welch is the delegate
who is replacing Ed LAWN, whom the
Interborough could not buy and who
in 1926 led out his men in the men,
orable strike of that year:
How One Company Henchman Works
affidavit Of Philip L. WEIGH,
verified August /, 1927.
"Philip WEIGH. being duly sworn,
| deposes and says: That he is an
employee of the marlborough Rapid
Transit Company and. lis
| member of the General Committee
"That on the first day of August
1927, deponent was on the platform
| at 242nd Street station of the sub
way, at Van Cortlandt Park; that
while there he saw motorman Day,
who told him that motorman Harry
Hunt was giving out blanks for
membership in the Amalgamated
=; that deponent thereupon wait
| ed for Mr. Hunt to appear at that
station and he appeared at about
lilo a. M; that deponent there
upon approached Mr.. Hunt and
| stated that he heard he was dis
| tributing blanks for membership in
| the Amalgamated and asked him
how about it; that Hunt stated to
deponent he had joined the Anal
gamated and was a member and
had his card in his pocket. He fur
Their stated that he was giving out
applications for membership in the
Amalgamated and distributing
them to anyone who would take
them. :"
The incident occurred on August 1.
Welch made out his affidavit on the
same day! 1t is thus clear that his
business as delegate of the General
Committee is to spy on the workers
and turn them in to the company.
The man against whom he testified
was one of the leaders of the 1926
strike. Hunts words speak for them
selves. The spirit and bravery of
Harry Hunt are an example to the
workers in all trades, struggling
against the greatest obstacles for the
emancipation from capitalist slavery.
AS for "Phil" Welch, Motorman Day
mentioned as the informer, Danny"
Holland, Ed Mccain, James Theo-
dore and others still to be mentioned, !;
'hese cogs in the Interborcugh SYST
tem of espionage and enslavemeEt
will be remembered as beings who