The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-07
. Fair Enoush
BY WEsTBRoov A

-lAe Edtr, +
NEW YORK. Feb. s-rb,,.
patches patches, have been having
editorial snarl with James a. : W
tine Bechtel, the editor ii
in Dayton, Ohio, which q Ply
to speak for labor with a,
case L. In a recent ESSAY =,
durable subject of rackets.,.
the union movement refers,,.
made to dynamiting in NJ
and Mr., Bechtel fearlessIr
little too rashly denounces ill.,
mark as a wicked falsebo,,
I say it was rash of bi,,
this because, from his srsn.
the subject is one which
letter not to agitate. The t,s
that l was guilty of a sm.H
graphical error, not a mi,r.'
ment, because there Were ,,.'
four dynamitings, one near w.
on Nov. II and three mors
single night il Akron, abort =
later. The Canton blast demo5''
a steam shovel operated H.
small s%tripmining comparv
the bombs destroyed three r'
ing jobs on which c. l. q ~
was employed and killed An
of L. man who, police Say
engaged in planting the eynio,n.
Floyd Killed
The man who was killed i
Robert Floyd, a native Of AZ
homa, where he had served !,
years in prison for grand larc.,.
and a member of the opers,,|
engineers union of the A, F al
Apparently he used a last sr1
or misread the dial of the men,.
nism in tn edark as he va, !,
~livering his message to he c~|
munity, for he was demo',,.
himself.
His brother, Horace Tlri
Floyd, also a member Of the .,'
neers' union, was arrested and A.
cording to the word of The An,
police department, has signed
confession on the basis Of Win,
the police arrested Harry i
Jones, business agent of the nr
in Akron and vice president ,
less, of the Ohio Federaim
Labor, on a charge of .naica
destruction of property.
Since then the surviving FIN
brother and Jones have been .
dicted on this charge. Jones VI
released on $500 bond, vii
Horace Floyd has been held mi
in default of SIS, 900 bond,
The operating engineers Uni.
which both of the Floya BROTH
and Jones adorned, is the d
whose sixth vice president, !
Fay of New Jersey, slugged Da'
Dubinsky at the A. F, Of 1, Ct
vention in New Orleans for dar
to propose that undesirable char
tiers be kicked out of the organ
tion-a suggestion which Mr..
may easily have taken 10 be
personal affront.
Member Of Mob
Mr.. Fay is a member Of
Frank Hague mob in New JeFs
where he has been intimate v
that sterling statesman and Or
mental American character,
Harry Moore, late member Of
United States senate and later
ernor of New Jersey, who as
ernor appointed Hague's unlo,
guished and professionally cal
son to the highest court IN
state at 5000 a year for Inc
pressed reason that he knew
would make the justices da
happy.
FAY has worked both sides
the street as a professional la
skate and is a rich labor ea
and power in the A. F o. l.
is also closely allied With ls
called common laborers' UNION
shakedown. which collects I0'
ly, 81, 900, 900 a year IN per ca
fees from its locals, put III
holds conventions or elections
Fay himself, incidentally "
his last election to lnterEa'a
office in the operating engIa''
union on a ballot which wa
direct steal from Adolf HUE.
The ballot read as follow
In order to vote for a cdIluD
make a cross in the square 0H
the name of your choice.
There then followed in a
scending row the list OF canala'
one for each office, so IND!
members had a choice OF oi'
the way down to and incluolns
board of trustees, a tflult''
for which only three men
named on the ballot.
The trades and labor assn n
of Akron, the centldl wv Eet
F. of L. unions there, was o'1 =
sed by insinuations from me y =
o. regarding the dynaml'in5 "
Akron c.. l.. 0. building Jo0s ,,r
nature of the insinuatlohS Nj
be obvious in view OF 'ne IT,
affiliations of the men ares ss,,
the man who was killed VI tOS h
it is probable that the ceh'Is, rt h
would not have known an'"
about any such entefplis octi,
would have rejected Such ' s;s
as archaic, if not On "'
grounds. mite
issue of veracity and acGu ~. IN
his challenging article IN l'5 des.
paper, and it is Therefore oS d
+Lo forts as Id " {,