The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-21
vOYzEY RECALLS
NESBIT'S LITTLE
SLUCClNG PARTY
And the Black Eye He
Was Presented With
- q Worker Correspondentl

SPRINGFIELD, III. (By mail. -
I'm sending you a copy of an open
letter which George Voyzey, the
fighting leader of the Save-the- Union
forces in this field, sent to the traitor
of Lewis henchman, Mr.. Walter
Nesbit. 1t speaks for itself. IS.
Mr.. Walter Nesbit,
Mine Workers Building,
Springfield, III.
Mr.. Nesbit:
have this day received your
charges and to me they are good
joke. But they do give me a reason
to write you an open letter.
have been wondering what occu-
patton you will follow when you are
kicked out of that office-and out you
are going. Loda and Hindmarsh are
small pebbles and are both ready tools
to be used for any Shiny program and
your program is Shiny enough to
prove their qualifications.
have been wondering, Walter, if
YOU have told the membership about
your smuggling party at Belleville,
where you left gang of sluggers
with expectation of doing good job
on Freeman Thompson, ]. j. Watt
and myself.
Dear Walter, have you told the
membership how you organized those
singers and how you arranged them
in front of a restaurant in Belleville
and how you came in to speak to
Watt to advise him to leave because
there was gang going to give us a
slugging, and have you told the mem
bership that you were surprised when
Watt refused to recognize you. And
dear Walter, have you told the meH-
bership how you signaled the slug
gers to charge into the restaurant,
and Dear Walt, have you told the
membership how surprised you were
to see your gang of sluggers retreat
ing when they seen it was too hot.
And my dear Walt, have you also
told the membership how gallantly
you came to your sluggers' rescue
when the tide was turning, and how
you happened to have the Save-the-
Union label put on your eye. And
have you told the membership, dear
Walt, how you found the city police
so quick, and how you brought those
officers into the restaurant and told
them to put us under arrest. And
have you also told the membership
how surprised you were when one of
the managers of the restaurant COM
PEELED the police to also arrest two of
your sluggers. They sure played a
dumb part when they did not run
clean out of the county, did not they
Walt?
>= And have you told the membership
jow much of their money you had to
bay to hire those sluggers. 1t was a
hard break, was it not, Walt, that
two of them were compelled to stay
all night in Jail, and Walt you should
have stated to them, when you We're
organizing, that if they should be
caught that they should keep their
mouths shut. You know, Walt Eyes
sir), one of them, the famous butter
and egg man, admitted that he was
paid and the other one was sore as a
wet hen because you had not paid him
the full amount, as he stated that he
was doublecrossed and fooled, because
he did not get the full amount OF
"kale." And my dear Walt, have you
told the membership how early you
were down to the hall the next morn,
ing to get your bosom friends out Of
the "callaboose."
- And Walt, possibly you have told
the membership that you tried your
best to get the proprietor of the res
taurant to place charges against us,
and was not you sad Walt, when the
manager stated that he could not
think of doing that because those fell
lows acted as gentlemen and they
were justified for their action when
they were being attacked. And Walt,
have you also told the boys who pay
dues and assessments, that you paved
for all the broken furniture, dishes
and etc. in the restaurantthat amount
ed to S75.
1t really is hard to explain, Walt,
first you told Watt to leave and when
he refused, you remember, you stated
that you would not be responsible,
and then you came to their rescue
and beauty of an eye. Later you
called police, and later yet, you got
your friends out of the city Jail, and
still later you paid the full damages
OF furniture broken in the restaurant.
And Walt, again you caused me to
vordar how are you going to turn
this in? AS expenses, as taxi, or
train fare? Or viii you just load it
on the miscellaneous?
Ard Walt, ] wonder how long you
think you can carry on your silly pro-
gram. | have been around the coal
camps quite lot these last few weeks
and find you are about as popular
as. snake and your wisdom is the
equal of an OK. You and Little Harry