The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-09-26
.EVENINC TIMES" JOINS
IN ANTI-UNION CAMPAIGN

The Cumberland Evening Times be right short OF
news for it's local pages these days On tuesday they took
plenty of space print full letter OF resignation from
youth named Frank Rudolph (who joined the Union Sep
TENDER ls).
On Wednesday they have OF other suckers who
wished follow Rucolphs example But the TINES not
to be daunted No sr
Wednesdays edition OF the Shines printed alleged
copy of letter which had purporedy been sent to President
James A. Dundon by George D. Aiken The letter rendered
his resignation from Local 1874 and commended the earlier
letter of the misguided Rudolph
The only fly in the ointment is that the Union records
fail to show record of George D. Aiken ever belong
ing to Local 1874. Tie City Directory fails to list
Aiken of any Initials. AND FURTHERMORE THE
CELANESE CORPORATION CONFIRMS THE FACT
THAT NO SUCH PERSON IS ON THE PAYROLL!
WHAT REASON?
The Evening Times apparently wished to up the
situation the article which carried the letter also
informed readers that Hereafter writers of letters to the
editor give address well to insure publication
The Evening Times always did have this requirement.
merely resaed for departing from regular
practice aid the OF the Ceanese Corporation and
indulge its anunon activities The fact has been
developed that there address the letter from Aiken
which the Evening Slime conveniently printed and in the
announced It's future requirements for addresses
Of wrtersl
Gould any situation be better demonstrated? Let also
be noted that the first letter which printed from Rudolph
as a PERSONAL LETTER President Dundon
received by the Union headl
pens be the Republican Governor of Vermont tas picket
recalled when the paper read on the picket ne.)
A HABIT?
Our readers will recall that couple of months ago the
other twin of the local papers, "The Cumberland News
printed fictitious letter from ''Macolm Hale" The
letter sandered Sidney Hlman and the Union. Cumber
land people might well ask themselves If this campaign
Of union busting is considered policy of the Times
and Alleganan Company?
The present controversy of Celanese workers and manage
enough without the introduction of counterfeit
letters in the public press The staff Of the Evening Times
should be sufficiently enough versed in journalistic procedure
make effort ve6caon and keeping the faith with
the public Nobody of the Evening Times had the decency
to check with James A. Dundon with the Union if
the letter HAD BEEN RECEIVED. We imagine that the
Evening Times has copy of the Cumberland City Directory
1t becomes apparent. though that their zeal the
of their advertiser The Ceanese Corporation SUI
cient have them neglect precautions and violate their
own rules In fact the will beat around the bush
but will say outright that Union people suspect that the
letter written in the editorial of the Evening
Times
Every Union and woman in Allegany County should
take good of the incident In fact the matter might
properly be the subject of of those editorials which
frequently appear in the columns of the Sunday Times
In connection with the printing of these letters il is
odd to notice that the Evening Times able to devote
the space TO print them in full This is directly contrary
to the in which they have dealt with UNION
RELEASES the paper These stories have been chopped
hacked and distorted from their meaning upon the
grounds that 'they do not have the space" Not only
Ceanese Local has received this treatment but in the last
week stories from the United Construction Workers
Organizing Committee of the CLIO concerning the Savage
River Dam dispute have been Clipped" in essential par.
ticulars.
The paper explanation its readers OF its part