Evening star., 1937-11-29
JERSEY CITY
C.L.O.ORGAN|zERS
Police Arrest 13 and Escort
TWoscore More Over
City Line.
BY the Associated Press

JERsE CITY, N. j.. Nov 2e.-
Thirteen union organizers and SYM
pathizers were arrested and twoscore
more were escorted from the city to-
day as police temporarily disrupted
the c. l. O.'s mass unionization drive
among Hudson County workers
Those held by police were charged
with violating city ordinance pro-
hibiting distribution OF literature
without license.
Sol D. Kapelsohn of Newark, an
American Civil Liberties Union at
torney, said the union would sue police
and Mayor Frank Hague for false ar
rest In the case of those taken into
custody and for assault and battery
in the case of those forced to leave
the city. He declared larceny charges
would be filed against police who con-
fscated union handbills without ar
resting the distributors.
Police at Water Front.
At least four persons were taken
into custody when 40 C. l. o. repre-
sentatves came face to face with a
score Of police at a water front build
ing housing several industrial con-
Germs.
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
eion officials identified them as Walter
Barry, Samuel Maori, William Nc
CHM and Morris Milgrim, the latter
member of the American Student
League at Newark University. They
were leaders in a contingent which
marched from the unions meeting
place to the Harborside Building and
began distribution Of handbills urging
workers to BE wise-organize. Join
the C. l. O."
Deputy Police Chief Charles Will
son headed the police squad. All
pamphlets were confscated and the
c. 1. o. squadron was ordered to
dlsperse. The 30-odd men and 3
women returned to headquarters and
voted TO march to the police station.
Their plans went awry, however as
Chief Wilson and his men met the
group as it emerged from the union
building. Ten automobiles were lined
up. plainclothes man at each wheel.
Ordering four union representatives in
each car Wilson directed they be
driven to the city line.
Announcing the organization cam
paien, William j. Carney, C. I. o.
State director, charged workers here
have been "terrorized' and "intimi-
dated by the police of Mayor u-Am-
the.Law) Hague. The showdown"
was planned, he said. because Hague
has gotten away with this too long"
For Mr.. Maori and Mr.. McGinn,
their arrest was their second contact
with police this morning, Earlier they
had been escorted outside the city in
their own car They returned later
and Mr.. Maori was at the head of the
delegation when it left union head
quarters.
Says Workers "Terrorixed."
Before the short-lived invasion.
Mr.. Carney charged that. ."terrorized
Hudson County workers are afraid of
going near C.. I. o. Offices or being
seen with union officials" Union Or
gsnizers, he continued, have been
shadowed by Jersey City police detec-
tives in radio-equipped cars and have
even been watched while eating"
We go to Jersey City to organize in
q peaceful manner" he said Whether
this will be possible in the face of de-
mails Of civil rights in that city, I am
una BILE to say at this time"
Mr.. Carney said a member of the
United States Senate Civil Liberties
Committee would be present as an OBJ
server.
workers in Hudson County have
been denied the right to strike" he
said. Police Of Jersey City have tried
to stop picketing without a court in
junction, SO easily obtained in Hud-
son County.
When our organizers enter Jersey
City they are stopped by police,
threatened and searched. -" At our
organization meetings police even
threaten the workers who attend.
Hague has gotten away with this too
long"
"OUTLAW" STRIKES HIT