Evening star., 1938-08-13
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! for this committee and members OF
the Communist party, especially in
Cleveland" Mr. Frey declared. How
ever the deal involving Favorito ex-
posed him at the start OF their in
vestigation as an undercover operative.
or IN plain words a labor spy for the
McGriffin Detective Agency, with head
quarters at Youngstown, Ohio. Fa-
vorito was working in Cleveland at
the time and check of the La Toilette
Committee record will reveal his name
among the list Of operatives on the
pay roll of McGrifiin.
Shortly after this expose the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee placed
him on their pay roll. and at the same
time he was a member of the Com
munist party.
Now We find that this gentleman
testified before the La Toilette Com
mittee last week and his testimony was
given as an organizer Of the S. w. o. c.
In our estimation. this is one OF
the most rotten angles Of the La Fol-
lette Committee that has ever been
brought to the public attention"
Lists Others as Reds.
In addition to Messrs. Brophy. Cor
man. Mortimer and Bridges, Mr.. Frey
listed the following as Communists:
Morris Muster. president of the
United Furniture Workers of America,
c. l. O. affiliate. and Max Perlow
nf vryhN h
ranking position in the u F. w. A.;
George Woolf, president Of the Fish
and Cannery Workers International
Union, c. I. O. affiliate, with head
quarters IN Seattle: Harold Pritchett,
president of the International Wood
Workers of America; Prof Donald
Henderson. president of the United
Cannery. Agricultural Packing and
Allied Workers of America; Lewis
Merrill, president of the United Office
and Professional Workers Of America;
Clarina Nicholson. general organizer
OF the Department Store Employees.
q C. o. affiliate.
Ben Gold. president of the Fur
Workers International Union William
Dunn of the Mine. Mill &, Smelter
Workers Union: Marcel Scheer. leader
Of the Federation of Architects. En-
gineers. Chemists e. Technicians. a c.
l. o. affiliate; Michael J. Quill. presi-
dent of the Transport Workers Union:
Austin Dilloughery. secretary; John
Santo. general manager and Thomas
Mcmahon. Brooklyn organizer; Mer-
vyn Rathbone. president of the Amer
lean Communications Association.
Possibly a Communist
Mr.. Frey said Powers Hapgood. head
of the United Shoe Workers of Amer
ica, is a combination of a radical,
possibly a Communist and everything
else that composes some one that likes
to make trouble in the labor world.
Communists connected with the
United Radio. Electrical and Machine
Workers Union, Mr.. Frey listed as
follows: James Matles. national Or
ganization director; James Lustig,
Brooklyn organizer: Charles Rivers,
an organizer: Neil Brant. Newark or
ganizer; Mike Petanavitch. New Brit
ain, Conn, organizer. and Coleman
Taylor. Cleveland organizer.
c. I. o. leaders and organizers in
st. Louis affiliated with the Communist
party, Mr.. Frey charged, are John
Doherty. regional director Of the S.
w. o. c.: Robert Logsdon. secretary
organizer of the United Radio and
Electrical Workers: Julius H. Klyman,
vice president of the American News
paper Guild: Ralph Shaw. S. w. o. G.
organizer; Christ Menikoph, S. w. o.
c. organizer; William Sentner, re-
gional director, United Radio and
Electrical Workers; Max Nicholson.
regional director, Clothing Workers;
Richard Brazier, organizer Of the
Clothing Workers. and Norman Smith,
organizer of the Auto Workers.
Lewis Wanted Red Connection"
Citing Mr.. Brophys alleged Commu-
mist connections. Mr.. Frey declared:
I'VE know the reasons which led
John L. Lewis to expel Mr.. Brophy and
some of his associates from member
ship in the United Mine Workers
Union, for these are matters Of record
in the convention proceedings of the
United Mine Workers Union. We
cannot know the motives which after
ward led John L. Lewis to appoint Mr..
Brophy as his director for the c. I. O.,