The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-19
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eration of Labor, MT. Broun, in- spired by some very astute Moscow trained revolutionaries, took the guild into the 0. I. O. He opened the membership to every one in the newspaper plants, from newshoys and charwomen to classified ad takers.
 'Mr. Broun, who calls me the Benedict Arnold of American labor, also placed his convention on record, thereby binding some 10000 working newspaper editorial men, in favor of a farmer labor party and in favor of a faction in Spain.
 Units Hold Referendums
 "Last Friday night the Washing ton unit of the guild held a special meeting to give MT. Broun hear ing. The Washington unit, the Co., lusmus (Ohio) unit and other units from California to Michigan to Massachusetts are now in process of holding referendum in which complete repudiation of the St. Louis convention appears on the ballot"
 Green said that Broun admitted to this meeting that he had been de- serted by the guilds international executive board which favored a referendum, that "in return for $1, ,000 month per capita dues John L. Lewis of the c. I. o. pro- poses to spend $10,000 month for c. I. o. organizers to be sent into American newspaper plants to 'or- ganize'," that he feels a union of editorial workers "could hold com- mon aims with telephone operators, ad takers, carrier boys, and what have you; and that the guild in in position to carry on fight for them, when it is in reality in a death grapple with the American Publishers association.
 Guild Convention Repudiated
 "The American Federation of La- bor may be all MT. Broun and some of his more youthful associates say it is, but nowhere in its entire his- tory has a national convention been repudiated by any of its affili- ates by a vote of more than two to one, as was done last Friday night.
 "What MT. Broun has actually accomplished, as warned his fel- low-craftsmen a year ago he would accomplish, is, he has sold down the river lot of earnest, sincere, hard-working newspapermen, who now see their organization, which has succeeded in making better working conditions, tor nto shreds, with its subordinate officers set out like ducks on 8 rock for the pub- fishers to shoot at.
 Stooge for Communists
 "Has it dawned on MT. Broun that the press should be unfettered po- litically, that 1t should not be made a tail to MT. Lewis political kite? That a labor organization learns to walk before it tries to run? And last, but not least, 1t might be 8 good idea for MT. Broun, who is a stooge for the avowed communists in the c. I. o. to resign his presi- dency of the guild, at least until the referendum is completed"
 He asked what Broun thought of typical reactions" among New York city guild members. The guild unit of the conservative New York Herald Tribune had "repudiated him and all his works" The unit of the liberal New York Daily News did likewise.
 Funniest of all," Green conclud- ed, "the unit of the guild of the Daily Worker, newspaper of the communists of the United States, repudiated MT. Broun on the ground, am reliably told, of ,in- fantile leftism'."
 Columbus, O., July 19-(UP)- Non-e editorial newspaper workers, admitted to the American Newspa- per Guild since its St. Louis con- vention last month, will not partici- pate in a referendum on affiliation with the Committee for Industrial organization and other questions, Guild President Haywood Broun told Columbus members Sunday. Broun said that he and two other members of the international executive board have agreed that office workers should be barred from the poll. Broun also said that he favored or- ganization of newspaper offices into federated units, with the editorial workers retaining their own auton- omy."
 Separate Questions
 He suggested that the proposed referendum on c. I. o. affiliation and admission of non- editorial work CTS to the guild should be divided into separate questions. The Col umbus Guild appointed a committee to work in conjunction with a sim. liar committee of the Washington Guild to study Broun's suggestion.
 The Columbus Guild has asked a referendum on six actions of the St. Louis convention, and the Washing ton Guild has asked a referendum on four. Besides 0. I. O. affiliation and admission of non-editorial workers, these included the conven- tion's stand on the Spanish war, supreme court reform, w. P. A. and abolition of @ vice president in charge of wire service organiza ton. ACYTNr DDnDT nE