The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-13
Allen Asks
Expulsion
Of Tighe
Points to TraitOrOus Ac-
tivities of President
of the A. A.
Special to the DAILY worker

PITTSBURGH, Pain answer IL
Nike Tighe's request that Ceci
Allen, secretary Of the Amalgamateo
Association Committee of Ten, be
expelled from the A. F. L. steeI
union for the statement he issued
on the sellout of the steel strike by
A. F. of L. leaders, Allen has coun-
tered with the demand that Tighe
himself be thrown out of the organ
ization for his traitorous activities.
Tighe, president of the union,
brought William Green into the ma
tional convention on June IA, and
forced through, with the backing of
Committee of Ten members, a pro-
posal to sidetrack the steel strike
and allow n Roosevelt board to arbi-
trate all demands.
Aliens charges against Tighe
were included in a statement issued
four weeks ago together with gen.
eral report on the situation in steel
and proposed plan of action. The
full document appeared in the
Daily Worker.
Charges Against Tighe
Tighe has asked that ALLEN prove
his charges Immediately or be ex-
PEELED but proof of these accusa-
tons is already established for all
to see in the actions of Tighe and
company ever since the April con-
vention of the A. A.
Specific charges now preferred
against Tighe by Allen, which. to-
gether with the formers demand
for Aliens expulsion. must be acted
on by an investigating committee
comprised of one delegate from a
lodge in each division designated
by the divisional yice-president,
include:
Cd Domination of the last con-
ventions of the A. A. to such an
extent that effective action by the
assembled delegates was impossible.
(2) That Tighe, with the support
of the International officials, re-
versed the decision of the new
lodges at the April convention and
refused to deal with or in any way
cooperate with the Committee of
Ten which they had elected to
carry out the program of action
evolved. That Tighe, in the pres
ence of the other officials, threat
ened to expell any members of the
Committee who might attempt to
carry out the decisions of the con-
vention.
90 That the Green proposal, to
call off the strike and refer every
thing to Washington. which was not
to have been considered until the
delegates had sufficient time to Of
fer their own proposals, was showed
through and down the Threats of
the delegates without allowing due
elaboration.
"a That other bureaucratic &C
tions of Tighe hindered proper con-
sideration of the problems in the
steel industry.
Elections In September
Aliens earlier statement was
blistering expose of the whole Tighc
machine, declaring that the steel
workers had been Systematically
betrayed by the A. A. officials in
many ways: by threatening the
Committee of Ten; by suppressing
the economic demands of the work
ers and advancing only that for
recognition; by refusing to allow
rank and file proposals for con-
certed action in the second conven-
ton; and by submitting all action
to Tighe-appointed committee Of
l6, which considered only Green's
proposal for sellout board.
At that time Allen called on the
membership of the A. A. to put for
ward their economic demands and
take action Immediately to force
their acceptance by the steel trust,
with broad strike committee
elected from the ranks to have
charge of all negotiations and pre-
parations for strike.
Aliens charges against Tighe are
being popularized among the rank
disguised with the union officials
and file, the majority of whom are
since the betrayal of the June
strike
Tighe comes up for reelection ir
September, opposed by Frank Ben
nett, Of Granite City, ILL.,, anc
George Williams, Communist
renegade, of Cannonsburg. Pa. Ear
Forbeck, who had originally filed hi:
candidacy for president of the A.'A.
| hos With drar,,, IL, favor of Williams