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Dies
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show that Communists and crimi-
mails have graviated toward the c.
l. o. from its inception down TO the
present
No, I am not about TO indict the
whole membership OF the c. !. o. y
Mr.. Dies continued Il lay neither
Communism nor crime at the door
of the millions Of men and women
who work and who alone are entitled
to be dignified by the term labor
whether they belong to one union or
another or to none
There are those who say that la
Dor must be curbed in the interests
of national defense. l say that labor
must be emancipated in the interests
of national defense. Wherever Com
munists and criminals have put Ia
Dor in shackles, those shackles must
be broken"
Calls Sit-Downs Communistic.
Mr.. Dies said the sit-down strikes
were a "Communistic importation
from France
May the day soon come said the
Texan, when We are able to dis
tinguish clearly between labors
gains on the one hand and the ir-
responsible power of labor bosses on
the other hand When l disclose the
Communist and criminal records of
a cross-section of c. I. o. off1cialdom,
my meaning will be clearer"
Mr. Dies presented what he said
was the criminal records of 20 C. I.
o. officials arrested on charges
ranging from petty larceny to
anarchy. He said he could have
offered 500 of them for your in
spection instead of this cross-sec-
ton Of 20" except for the cost of
reproducing the records.
Names Of 20 Listed.
The names of the c. l. o. men
as read to the House by Mr.. Dies
were
Anthony Panchellv. Maritime
Union organizer, San Francisco:
Melville Glynn, financial secretary,
Industrial Union of Marine and
Shipbuilding Workers, New York;
Benjamin Fields. Maritime Union
organizer. New York: Charles Han
sen, Maritime Union organizer.
Brooklyn: Charles Davey. secretary
Industrial Union Council of Edge
water. N. j.: Jack Hoffman. general
manager. Cleaners and Overs Union.
New York; Sam Rosenzweig. man
ager Local 266. United Smoked Fish
Employees, Brooklyn: Jesse F. Suttka.
Maritime Union organizer, Jersey
City; Joseph Doucette. U. A. w. or
ganizer, Bendix. N. j.: Patrick Wha-
len, Maritime Union organizer. Bal
timore: Edward Woodward. Mari
time Union organizer. San Pedro,
Calf; Allen Marcus. U. A. w. Or
ganizer Bendix: Edwin Morris, U.
A. w. organizer. Bendix: Irving Pot
ash. manager Furrier Joint Council
of New York: Ferdinand Galatioto,
U. A. w. organizer. Bendix: John
Santo. secretary-treasurer. Trans
port Workers Union. New York;
Rubin Warsager. manager. Local $50,
International Fur and Leather
Workers Union. New York; Donald
N. Brown, Maritime Union organiz-
er. San Bernadino. Calf: Leroy
Bremmer, secretary. Local Is. Amer
lean Communications Association
Los Angeles; John James Bonner,
U A. w. organizer. Bendix.
Recalling that five years ago he
denounced the sit-down strikes, Mr..
Dies continued:
To-day I rise to denounce this
mass invasion of the c. I. O. unions
by men Of criminal inclinations and
records. I am profoundly convinced
that the overwhelming majority of
labor would, If it were articulate,
join me in this solemn protest
against the criminal and the racket
eer in unions"
Secret Strike Ballot Urged.
Representative Clifford, Repubn-
can, of Massachusetts. told the
House that the people are asking.
Have We a Government that can
lay hands on one man for $50
month, but not even be allowed to
coax a man on 40-hour week and
high wages to perform defense
work to back up the other MANI"
Defending one of the main fea-
lures of the Smith bill-to require q
secret ballot of all workers in a de-
fense plant before a strike. Mr.. Gif-
ford reminded House members that
they have provided the secret ballot
for their constituents on election
day
The first test vote will come some
time tomorrow on the new Smith
substitute into which Representative
Smith has incorporated the provi-
sions of the Ramspeck and Vinson
measures.
The Ramspeck measure is based
on the 60-day cooling-on provision
and authority for the Government
to take over the plant as q last re-
sort.
The Smith bill is designed to curb
the powers of labor leaders through
the secret hA1Iof ~ YeStrief ms ~