The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-28
BY WEsTBROoK pFc1r

- Ts AI1eIIea1 Feless.
lot Labor have passed sor.a
eral, impersonal con6e~r., 81
graft and rac~keteer.ng by rl 4
officials at their convene C..l
Orleans. If they fail n In. Ns'
OF their own number dead w
eye and denounce him nsr,- =, IA
as a gangster and a 6a,r.~
to the labor movement. ,,o,. NJ;
put the whole nation and =. "a
tire rank and file Of the 4 = 81
on warning that their refor,,
fake. Because many Of raa~,
so stupid and venal and n..r. g;
the rest are so insured 10 y
E Brownies kind OF union Ias+9
ship I confidently assume tIs,
will not even mention his r,~
much less tell him to set ~.
The gangster Browne. pres;s...
OF the union of movie and ,..-
amusement employees, holds
office in the American Feder.,'
of Labor being Twelfth vice NV.
dent and a member Of the sy.
cutive council. Ironically, it is r..
posed that this same exec.
council be empowered 10 .s.r.
out of the A, +. of l.. pe~,r,,
of Brownies type.
Closely Related
Brownies union is so CLOSELY y.
lated to the Caponc or Nil, FL
of inveterate, professional cy,,.;
that it is impossible 10 dc,err,,
where the union ends and the -
begins. In fact, there is 10 SIR,
demarcation, They overlap y
Browne union, and Browne sr.
self acquired his job only air.
the unsolved but not very hearth
deplored assassination Of his Ny,
decessor in the union racket /,
Chicago, Mr.. Tommy Maloy. a.
low, brutal criminal whose fulne,s
Browne attended.
William Green, president Ct ,.
A. F. of L., and Joseph Padwa;
its general counsel, are inyoy.
with Browne, both having indoNe.
his notorious administration, nt
Withstanding the fact, well know
to them, that he had named 8
his personal Representatives, with
full powers, two criminals Of the
Capone mob in Chicago who neye
worked a day al any Legitimate
occupation and a third union rack.
eteer in St, Louis. PadWay, in lis
role of lawyer, collaborated, e:
hire. with Willie Bioff, the boss
crook of the Browne gang, in union
negotiations in California and IL
Gorsed as "a very splendid Il.
port" the account of his stewart
ship, which Browne delivered %
the last national convention Of The
racket, although in that report
Browne took occasion to defend
this vicious parasite whose record
by that time was we'll known b
Padway. Green also lndoFSe.
Brownies leadership in that con-
vention-a fact which shows Whe's
he. too, stands on racketeerlns ID
labor unions and sided Wa
Brownies racketeer appoIhtef
John Nick, when the rank and t'
of the st. Louis union went L.
the public courts in Desperate
to get the crook off their necAS
"Settled"
81 worked with your preslde-1
(Browne) on the St. LOUIS Si'.s'
tion," Padway said to the oee|
gates at the convention u
Brownies racket, land your rep',
indicates that that was settlea s%|
isfactorily by him.
What sort of talk was this HUN
a man who is a lawyer, an el
'|judge and an officer Of the coI
and national counsel Of the ASne.1
can Federation of Labor WneA u
record showed that Brownies perl
sonal crook had racketeerea '.'|
grated and prosecuted the -@'~
and file workers of the local. Ho,
ing worked with your pfeS! nss.
on the St. Louis situation &
way must have known the las.
of the case. and yet his cnaI'I,,
was such that he could rise Ds,,
a national union convention
say only that your fePol' , .s
Gates that that was sellle" -"
~factorily by him.
If Green and PadW2y nave W. a..
reply to these facts they nave "
neglected an opportunity 10 nv n
that reply in circumstances a. nsS,,
New Orleans convention. WIN, N.
would have guaranteed uiein
tional circulation of their lel', wifi
Taking one considera'lo ,a,issr
another, it seems most u !nl,s
that the A. F. of l., VIII tor,
positive stand against gahsos4 ,
the labor movement and I pror,.
able that they will name DIV, non
personally. Would Mr., OIe 'sdor;e.
denounce a man whom he ilaot 8.
five months ago on the saf1 mid
of facts that exist today and s,, sfss
showed his positive collS g s2.?:
sters? And would Mr.. p Paw b
who was a judge in ms 1l cie,t
in whom SO recently he sp0'
terms of joyous praise? dr:dad
who should be named WV
be. But because Of his 5oas1:
and official position and MS os
preference for criminal as il.
and criminal oftici9I &c. Il
will be the test case
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