The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-04-11
Clio Building Trades
Membership BOOms
By ALBERT CAyA
Natl. Organizer of UCWOC


won't come back"
Swift rctribution followed the
vicious and cowardiy assault which
was participated in By five mem
bcrs OF the Transfers and Chauf-
feurS Union As result Trial
Magistrate Frank a. Perdew con-
victed the following
{. l.. Stutzman. Business Agent.
Local 1853. Transfers & Chauf-
fcurS. recently moved in here
from Johnstown. IA.
William Rudolph. 81 Fifth ST.,
Cumberland. a member of the
Transfers Local.
Kenneth RaSbaugh. 9l7 Vir-
Ginia Ave. Cumberland a
member Of the Transfers
Local.
Police Verify
Nazcirod told the Magistrate
that he was waylaid b. five men
rs he was going horne shortly after
midnight He was attacked on a
lonely stretch OF Front Street as
the attackers jumped from a car
lie was dubbed from behind,
held by the arms. had his glasses
smashed. kicked and the gangsters
then made unsuccessful efforts to
drag him to their car. We are
going to take you for a ride you
won't come back from. boosted
the goons.
Police Officer james Condor
testified that he earlier heard
Business Agent Stutzman instruct
an unidentified man to 80 get
Nazc!rod
Drinking Defense
That SaLC!rOd lived 10 tell
the tale was probably due TO the
Tact that several of the men
were under the influence of
liqucr. Their attorney. Edward
Ryan at the trial emphasized
that his clients were under the
influence of intOxicants." In
spite Of this admission no
drunken driving charges were
placed against any OF the goons.
However. Magistrate Pcrdcw
made il plain by his sentences
that COON activities Of the AL
are going 90 prove costly.
After States Attorney Morgan
C. Harris had demanded action
and asserted that ne was not So
ing TO dismiss the charge the
Magistrate said that there was
evidence to sustain the charges.
Accordingly he sentenced Ras-
baugh To sixty days in Jail and
found Stutzman and Rudolph
guilty 0! conspiracy to assault.
CIO InccnScd
The case has aroused great re-
sentiment among CIO members
and the general public. James B.
Collins. president of the Western
Maryland Industrial Union Coun-
Gil has sent communications to all
CLIO officials urging that they OBJ
serve certain precautions against
becoming victims OF COON activi-
ties and asking that they Use every
effort TO restrain the resentment
OF the rank and file of tho Clio
membership which outnumbcrS the
ALL in the county By about twen-
ty-flvc to onc.
The members of the cumbcr-
land police force arc to be COM
mended for the prompt manner in
which the goons were apprehend-
cd and brought to justice One
OF the aSsailants. though. is still
at large. pending Identification.
Mayor and Stutzman
Just a few days prior 10 his
conviction Stutzman had met
with Mayor Irvine of Cumbcr-
land and accompanied him 10
the l.. Bernstein Store where
the CLIO United Construction
Workers Organizing Committee
is under contract on store re-
modelling job. At the meeting
in the store. according 10 Con-
tractor Liller. Mayor Irvine pro-
posed that the CLIO men be laid
of and their places filed with
members OF the ALL.
The contractor and tho man
agcmcnt Of the l.. Bernstein
store refused such a diSgraceful