The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-30
. Fair Enouqh
BY "EsTBRooK PEGIrp

10 h1o" mat views and on;n
ions expressed in this ar Tpn'
are those Of the author .,1s
may not always harmony |a
with its position.-The E6itor
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Tbe bo,.
carriers and common laborers,
ion, a racket which has been ~
torting vast amounts of mo,..
from American day labororers
defense projects and other worls
is involved in an interesting civil
action filed in Albany, demandi,,
an accounting of funds of a h.,
tunnel workers local, known -
No. II. The defendants are s.,,
uel Nuzzo. Of Newburgh, N. Y :,
labor politician and tavern.keens'
and other officers of the lorsi'
The plaintiffs are dissident NEW,
bers who charge that, where,
there should be at least S4OOm
in the treasury, NJ. Nuzzo, VII,
rules the organization with djct.,
{ torial powers, recently said tber.
was only $1,000 or $40, 900 on hsrd
Total collections during the Ian
four or five years should bsvs
been around $500, 600, according !,
the rebellious workmen, who ar
willing to concede that as much
as $500, 600 of this money could
have been spent for Legislature
purposes, including per capita tax.
es to the International, which for.
merly had headquarters at Quincy.
Mass. but moved to Washingtn
last April.
The local was formed in 1886 ii
embrace workers employed on The
construction of the 40O-mile DeIs,
ware adqueduct in the span Of
three New York commissioning,
Ulster and Sullivan,
Counsel for Defendant
Newburgh, the seat of Orange
county and the headqua teIs Of Mr..
Nuzzo, is also the o%fficnial head.
quarters of Henry Hirschberge.,
the district attorney, or prosecu.
tor, of Orange county, who hobs
up in this case in the strange roe
of counsel for a defendant who.
conceivably, could be accused Of
felony if the civil action were sue.
cessful.
Mr.. Hirschberger, however, says
there is nothing questionable i'll
his conduct as counsel for a man
who might be charged with a crime
in the same case. He explains that
the position of prosecutor is a
part-time job in Orange county,
and that there have been cases in
which he found it necessary to pre-.
sent clients of his private civil prac,
tice to the grand jury. Should
criminal proceedings develop OIL,
of the present case he would mere
ly ask the attorney general Of New
York to supersede him.
Mr.. Hirschberger is an invet,
crate and versatile politician in d
community in which the Nuzzc
group is an Influential factor. He
has been elected repeatedly to his
present office, both as a repubL'
can, which is his present faith,
and as a democrat, and is nov
a member of the republican state
committee.
Lose Jobs
Frederick Dusing, one Of The
plaintiffs, filed an affidavit charg
ing that Nuzzo and others had
threatened to beat up any mem
Der who opposed their rule Of the
local, which has 5000 members
and that some who have had the
courage to protest have lost Ae'
jobs.
Moreover, the rebellious men
have been summoned for a union
trial before the executive COM
mittee" on charges of disloya.ly
to the union and its officers, III
GLIDING Nuzzo, none of whom Wa
elected by the members.
Nuzzo got his job by appoln'
ment from Joseph V. Morescn'
the International president, Vno
never was elected himself but rose
to the presidency by some ooscat july;
and unconventional process in w.
following the death of DomlnlcS
Allesandro. However, the last COZ
vention of the international va,
held in 1911, so it will be seen ma
the affairs of the present ul.g.
are not commonly %intruSted 10 ''
paying members.
In Albany, Justice William II
Murray of the supreme court -
sued a temporary injunction lI'
bidding acts of terrorism agalas'
the plaintiffs and impouna!ng I ~,
books. Further arguments win "
held in Kingston, N. Y, on rev
7, when Mr.. Hirschberger VIII ny
resent that Nuzzo is merely a Su.
ordinate of Moreschi, who apron,
ed him, and that the local IS ~ ~,
der the direct supervisor o. n.
International, which never lJ' !,
conventions. This Internatl0nai !,
the same which, in Chicago, lat' =,
ed out a sheaf of local chaEte.S nts =
q notorious racketeer named Si .,.
Carozzo, recently deceased wn0, 4
union graft had made nm oHg Inn,
the richest men, in cash p0Sl"'''
in the city of Chicago. - al
Briefly the plaintiffs " a n ssoo !.
know what happened to their 'J five
600 over a period of four Oh Il.
years, demand an election o. ",
ncers and, of course, seer IN.
retributive justice that may W .irs