The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-13
FUR DRESSERS
DEFY MISLEADERS
Men Refuse to Deal
With A. F. L. Heads

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W. U. We have suffered enough
from the destructive politics played
by your clique during the past few
years.
eve do not intend in this letter
to enumerate all the wrongs you
caused our workers. 1t is sufficient
to call to your attention that you
and your so-called vice president
Moe Harris, are responsible for the
existence of so many open shops,
for the slashing of our workers
wages more than 50 per cent and
for the misery and starvation our
workers lived through in the past
few years.
Did Not Help Workers.
"You did not help us. But on
the contrary you even stood in the
way of our organization work. You
sabotaged the decision of cur locals
to amalgamate which could have
helped us TO stand up stronger
against our enemies. You purposely
appointed Moe Harris as director
in Local 25, in order to prevent the
members of Local 25 from amalga-
mating with Local SO. Moreover,
we have definite proof that you
forced Brother LANCER out of his
office because he wanted to uphold
the decision of his local for ANAL
gamation, and because he wanted
united and stronger locals in the
rabbit industry.
"Three times the rabbit dressing
workers were forced into disastrous
strikes because Of your irresponsible
politics at the expense Of the work.
ers' bread and butter. You have
nothing to offer to our workers ex-
cept to collect per capita payments
and sabotage our work IN return.
Refused Support.
"Time and again committees from
Locals 25 and IS came to you plead
ing for assistance and support. But
you always gave us cold shoulder.
Our pleadings fell upon deaf ears,
because you were never interested
in the conditions of the rabbit work
ers.
I'VE were on the verge of ruin.
Your favored officers in our locals,
those who are still your vice presi-
dents and VINO still carry out your
orders for destructive work, distin-
guished themselves with irresponsi-
bility, dishonesty and incompetency.
You were aware of these facts; but
still you have been working with
them hand in glove against the in
terests of our workers. You are re-
sponsible for the ruination of our
locals and for the destruction of the
entire international.
Must Have Real Union.
"The result is that our workers,
as we'll as the other thousands of
workers in the dressing and in the
manufacturing industry all over the
country, are obliged to organize a
real international union which should
embrace and consolidate all local
unions and solidify the ranks of the
workers, to protect US against the
open shops and against reductions
in our wages.
"You have lost the confidence of
the workers. You have lost almost
all the locals. You stopped func-
tioning as an international. You no
longer have anything in common
with the workers. Our local voted
with an overwhelming majority to
terminate our connections with you.
We do not recognize your rules and
your so-called constitution, which
you have manufactured to SUR your
own purposes. We do not lecog-
nize your ruinous policies of expul-
sion, reorganization and injunction.
We do not recognize your authority
over oun local.
eve hope that you will leave us
alone and give us an opportunity to
repair the damage you have caused
us"
Begoon, in the letter demanding
Wells appearance before the Gen
eral Executive Bosrd, says:
"Mr. julius We'll, President,
local SO,
"947 Willoughby Ave,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Dear Sir and Brother:
"At the meeting Of the suh-com-
mittee of the General Executive
Board, held Friday, Oct 5, the sub
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