The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-08-30


They use every reactionary method
Here in South Norwalk like every
where such organization exists as
the local International Hold Carriers
Local 146. There has been a hard
fight since 1926 between the rank
and file left wing and the reaction
airy leaders. l as a member of the
organization have been witness of
what happened in it.
From 1926 the beginning of the
fight, the business agent Joseph
Cappiello, the secretaries, Alphonso
Capasso and Salvatore Somma ap-
propriated over $4,000 from the
treasury for themselves without
notifying US.
We charged them In court but in
spite of what they were doing to
destroy the books, to bride the law
yers, they were expelled from the
union and after two years we won
the trial.
Lett wing oidte W his.
The new election was made, we
won the leadership but the business
agent, Antony DeFullio, the newly
elected, was another reactionary
who spent part of his life as a po-
lice officer.
We hold the offices for almost
two years but in January, 1928, at
the officers election we lost the
control. This was based on the
propaganda against US as bolshe-
viks, against religion and the social
order In two years of our control
we saved $4,000 and have sent hun
dreds of dollars to the fighters of
the class struggle, while since it
has been founded over "a years ago
never sent penny.
Have Rank and File Control.
The rank and file had followed
us, seeing that we were good fight
ers for them. The reactionaries
couldn't fight US openly and started
underground to cooperate with the
headquarters asking help from them
to expel us in any way.
So last February three members
of the left wing were expelled from
the union and to scare the members
of the rank and file, they called the
police. We at once sent protest
to the headquarters signed by many
members making them understand
that the organization was collaps-
ing. So they sent the organizer to
reinstate the members who were ex-
PEELED. A vote was made and re-
suited in 80 per cent in favor of re-
instatement.
Later on in March we elected the
left wing chairman. The masses
were with us, so we had 80 per cent
of the vote. The business agent and
others got angry and started to
fight again. They had found hard
soil to dig and clean US away.
They invented a frame-up to
make US be Disseminated against by
the members. Four of us were
charged with working under the
wage prescribed by the union. A
jury of five was elected by the vice
president to investigate this charge
Fake Investigation.
Four of them (on the jury de-
clared openly as enemies of the &C.
cused and made a motion to pay a
fine from $75 to 500 before start
ing any investigation.
When we started the investiga-
ton the accused presented the evil
dence with )ofs and documents
but the jury answered, eve don't
want to know as we consider them
guilty and they must pay $3.50,
500, $75 and S25."
|, as a member of the jury, pro-
tested such a frame-up and when
reported to the assembly to be rati-
fled or rejected they called the po-
lice to scare the workers in making
them accept such report.
At the appearance of the police
we protested and over two-thirds of
the members quilted the hall, but
the reactionaries remained and
voted without opposition.
Now we have started on to work
to form a new union with a revo-
lutionary program to be controlled
by the rank and file.
Hold carriers of South Norwalk,
fight the reactionary bureaucrats,
join the new union.
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Editorial Note: There is a ten
dency among left wing and revolu-
tionary workers in the A. F. of L.
unions to call the unions social fas-
cist and abandon them to the tender
mercies of the social-fascist official
dom. This is not in accord with the
line of the Communist Party and