The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-03
THE RED LABOR MOVEMENT


That the c. l. o. labor organization, OF
John Lewis labor movement. is radical
or Red movement, is known TO millions OF
citizens of the country; but additional MIL
lions are not informed and are being led
astray. The press has warned the public
ard certain trustworthy labor leaders have
had the courage to point to the true status
of the organization responsible for SIT
down strikes and instructions in Mlchl-
gan and elsewhere. The Times-News mas
quoted reliable information on this point,
directing attention to the fact that all OF
the leaders in the Lewis organization are
we'll known radicals or Reds. This news
paper is pleased to supply additional IN
formation to assist its readers in forming
correct conclusions in regard to move
ment which threatens serious trouble.
Gordon Carroll, writing in The Amerl-
can Mercury, quoted in The Charlotte Oo-
server, gives the information referred to,
Carroll lists the most prominent leaders OF
the C. /. o. and identifies them as we'll
known radicals and extreme Reds.
Mr.. Carroll gives the following list OF
radicals who are prominent in engineering
and maintaining the sit-down strikes:
JOHN BRoPHY, the executive director of the
c. l. o. leader in the campaign to unionize the
steel industry, and the man accused inferentlaily
by Mr. Lewis in 1928 of being paid agent OF the
Soviet government. In that same year, Mr.. Brophy
and Powers Hapgood united the Communists IN a
'save-the-unon' movement. Later, both were lden-
titled as officers of the National Miners Union, al
fliated with the Communist Trade Union UNITY
League.
POWERS HAPGooD, an organizer for the c..
l. o.. veteran rabble-rouser, and member OF the
national executive committee of the Socialist party
"ADOLPH GERMER, member of the advisory
hoard of the c. l. o. and former national secre-
tary of the Socialist party. He was found guilty
under the espionage act in 1918 and sentenced 10
TWENTY wears in Leavenworth, verdict later upset
on appeal
SIDNEY HILLMAN, a director of the c. l. o.,
and president of the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers. An outstanding pro-Soviet, Socialist worker,
and former director of the Communist-support-
ing Garland fund.
'sHOMER s. MARTIN, president of the United
Automobile Workers and a left-wng orator.
former pastor DR.. Martin served in Midwestern
pulpits until he found that his economic views
clashed with those of the members of his church
MAURICE SUGAR, radical lawyer and Com
munist-indorsed candidate in the 1886 election for
the office of Recorders Judge in Detroit. Also au-
thor of the soup song, the comrades newest SWING
tune.
LEE FRESHMAN, lawyer for Communist and
other radical organizations.
LAWRENCE S. DAVIDOW, radical lawyer and
Socialist lecturer He has been Detroit correspond
Gov los off
publication. '..'
walter VICTOR and ROY REUTHER
These three brothers are C. /. o. organizers and
active workers in various Socialist causes. victor
and Walter are alumni of the distinguished Brook
wood Labor College at Katonah, N. Y, Socialist
school for training negro and white agitators
ROGER N BALDWIN, national director of the
American Civil Liberties Union, the socalled 'iio'
eraP organization which is the legal buiwark OF
the Communist party in America.
.RoBERT MORSE LOVETT, radical educator
and speaker, professor at the University of Chi
cago, and one of the most articulate opponents OF
Communism in the United States. -.
"LEo ZRZYCKI, member of the advisory boare
of the C. /. o., vice president of the Amalgamatet
Clothing Workers, and member of the natona
executive committee of the Socialist party. .s.,
CRANK X. MARTEL, president Of tho A. II
of L., for Wayne county, Michigan, and a support
er of left-wing trade movements.
WILLIAM wEINSToNE, general secretary fol
the Communist party in the State of Michigan. =
JOHN w. ANDERSON, an organizer for tn
C. I. o. In 1884, he was the candidate OF TN
Communist party for the governorship OF Nichi
gan.
MERLIN BISHOP, organizer for the c. l. "
and a Socialist party member. -
"MARY HEAToN WORSE, revolutionary write
and competitor for the title of the Republics No.