The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-10
BY WEsTBROOK pEC,pD

of Labor and to the additional W.
flee of vice president of that
ganization in the New Orleans coa
vention, not only utilities the fsI4s
disavowal of gangsterism adont"s
by the meeting, but warns Iabo.
that the hoodlums are stron,
enough to defy the other leaders
and the rank and file. The nationsI
convention of the A. F. of L. didnI,
dare to throw them out. Indeea
before the question ever Went r.
the floor, Joe Fay of the New,
Jersey mob of labor racketeors
slugged Dave Dubinsky for mo-
posing such a lousy item. of les.
~islation.
There was snee ing humor IN
that section of the report of tbo
executive council which said, Two
disavow racketeering, gangsterism
and disregard for law" because
g%angster Browne wa che Of tbe
signatories of that pio,.s fraud on
the rank and file, and every Other
member Of the council, INCLUDING
William Green, the president, knew
all about Browne.
Upholds Appointee
Green had upheld one nj
Brownies gangster appointees in
an open-and-shut case in ST. Louis
in which he ordered the central
trades assembly to ignore dele.
gates elected by a rebellious rank
and file and to seat, instead, dele.
gates representing the faction of
vicious racketeer.
Green has sometimes urged
unions to conduct their affairs law.
fully, and has ever called on public
prosecutors to do their solemn
duty. But in this case the St. Louis
circuit court and the court of ap.
peals had overthrow Brownies
gangster pal in an effort TO eman.
cipate the victimized American
workers, and still Green used his
official authority as the highest Of,
ficer in the federation to uphold
the criminal. Green overruled the
courts.
Do you think I would say this
if I couldn't prove it? Wouldn't
Green deny it if he could?
At the same convention in New
Orleans Joe Moreschi, the presi.
dent of the comm laborers'
1ion, which has rot held a nation,
al convention in 80 years, was kind
enough to reduce the maximum
initiation fee from $50 to SIS, and
to promise that in some circum-
stances the fee would ,e dropped
to So, on national defense jobs.
This might seem to be a generous
and patriotic gesture, but for the
fact that his union is in no position
to demand anything of any Ameri-
can desiring to work on a govern
ment project in the rearmament
program.
No Standing
This union has absolutely no
standing in view of the fact that
for many years Mike Carrozzo, an
old-time handy man around the
brothels and saloons of the 22nd
st. Levee district in Chicago, held
a sheaf of local charters and, by
graft and extortion, at the expense
of the rank and file, acquired
wealth so vast that he was able to
maintain two country estates and,
on one of them, a herd Of thorough
bred racing stock.
He was a criminal, as low as
gangster Brownies bosom friend
and official ambassador, Willie
Bioff, and the fact that Moreschi's
union was the front for his racket
for many years just about disposes
of brother Moreschi's right to de-
mand as much as a homemade
nickel from any American for a
license to work O. the national
defense.
1t is amazing that the decent,
conscientious national figures Of the
A.. F. of L., of whom l still insist
there are a few, so far gone
morally that they could permit
themselves to sit through the SEES
sions at New Orleans and not ever
peep, much less fight, to delouse
the organization and the cause
which some of therl Joined in their
youth as crusaders for the working
stiff. Even the best that Dublnsky
and his delegation could do when
Brownies name came up for re-
election was to refrain from vot-
ing.
Meanwhile, however, the fight
goes on in the public courts IN
actions brought by public officers
and courageous individuals, most
of them employers. Tom Dewey
in New York, continues quietly 70
NOW in the crooks whom the A, T.
of l.. tolerate and, for his lnde'
pendent courage, is damned as an
enemy of labor by men in the
labor movement who themselves
should be thrown out in disgrace
for treason to their little people
Here a thief, there a gunman, over
yonder an a%ll-around crook VINO
muscles into industry or trade U.s.
ing his union to muscle out com-
petitors, the gorillas are falling De-
fore public opinion and the law
with no help however, from 'Ae
A. F. of l.. and :ery little 1rolo
the terrified rank and file. .