The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-19
BY HARRY RAYMOND


" eeedings against a news
paper is supposed to come in
to court with clean hands,
Just how clean are the hands
of Mr.. George Williams, CO.
worker of the notorious Max
Sherwood, who has brought GRIM
inal libel charges against me in an
attempt to halt the Daily Worker,
expose Of the strikebreaking &C.
Invites Of these gentlemen, will be
seen in the following notes on Mr.
Williams biography;
Although the strikebreaking ac-
Invites Of Mr.. George Williams dates
back over a period of over Is years
he first gained prominence in the
press as the central figure in a
bribery plot in the month of May
1929.
1t was during the hosiery work
ers' strike in Paterson, N. j., that
George Williams, using the name OF
Ralph Robinson, was caught red
handed in the act of attempting tc
bride Carl Holderman, New Jersey
and New York representative of
the Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
Arrested for Bribery
According to reports in the Pater-
son press at that time, and the
Hosiery Worker" official organ OF
the Federation of Full Fashioned
Hosiery Workers, man who toId
the police he used the name OF
Ralph Robinson and o. G. Williams
Cater found to be George williams
approached Carl Holderman with
offers Of large brides if Holdermar
would supply information regarding
union activity to the agency which
the mysterious gentleman repre-.
sented.
Holderman pretended to be in
terested in the proposition and ir
the presence of witnesses had fur.
ther interviews with the so-callec
Mr.. Robinson.
The Hosiery Worker" (Vol g.
No. y describes in detail how the
bride scheme was nipped in the
bud:
"On Thursday, May 2, Holdermar
met Robinson, ostensibly to make
final arrangements for closing the
deal between them. Holdermar
plainly told this person that he was
not going to enter into the filthy
business. The man became abusive
and Holderman had him locked ur
by Paterson detectives. At the DO.
lice station Robinson" gave ficti.
ciouS names and addresses and de-
clared he had casually met Holder.
man on the street and had merely
asked him the time"
Hid Identity
After two days in Jail the mar
still refused to reveal his identity
Attorneys discovered that, under the
New Jersey laws of 1911 it was {
misdemeanor to improperly influ
ence a labor representative.
Robinson" was then brought tx
court on May T. He was indicted
on the charge of having sought Il
bride Holderman, Because Robin
SON. would not tell who he was
the high bail of $4,000 was set b,
the City Recorder.
When the case came to court the
mysterious Mr.. Robinson" wa,
fined $500.
Robinson" was later revealed tc
be George Williams in an article on
Americas Organized Spy and Strike
System, by Martin A. Dillman
which appeared Feb. /, 1880 in the
Federation News, published in Chi
cago.
Since the stool pigeon as well
as his master often navigates under
assumed names, a lot of people are
reading the signature of George
Williams with the sickening recol-
lections of the IT. G. Williams, who
recently drew $500 fire in Pat
erson, New Jersey Court, for at
tempting to bride a labor leader
A Sheepish Figure
Describing "Robinson's" appear
ance in the Paterson court, the re-
port in the Hosiery Worker" says:
"A sheepish figure in an expen-
sive business suit and spats, Mr..
Robinson stood mum before the
Judge and the police. When first
arrested, Robinson had brown
hair, After a couple of days in
the lookup, it was noticed he had