Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-28

three -monthS.----.---
TIIE date Of the steel workers
L letter is three weeks after
the formal reputation Of the
strike by the parent Guild organ
iZation and the discharge from
iiS-tinief-po~ttion of-thc-n
who, by a false vote, closed n
law-abidng business and threw
out of work many innocent en-
ploycS who were barred from
their legitimate employment by
the moral, economic and physical
terrorism of unioncerS proceed
ing under a fraudulent mandate.
Local 1850" the letter pro-
CccdS. lis justly proud of the
fact that II was permitted To
contribute bon financially and
morally toward this victory.
"You, as the boot-licking
lackPy Of slave driving Roy
Howard. should mediate on the
despicable part YOU took toward
defeating these workers in their
struggle and no one can deny
YOU the title of LabOr-Hatcr de
Luxe.
"Your daily pratingS and dis
gushing propaganda against
labor, organized or unoreanILed.
rs well as your constant con
drmnation of our President and
L. l. IL
the justifiable contempt of all
decent Americans and their
allies.
Even that small and Yet not
fully exposed class of traitors
whose purposes and ideals YOU so
faithfully eNpOund for few
paltry dollars cannot help Sc
cretly scorning YOU and placing
YOU In the same category which
the Norwegian and German
Nazi traitors place Quisling.
THE day OF reckoning is fast
approaching for YOU and your
Fascist lords, that day when YOU
will he held strictly accountable
for your vicious and lying propa-
ganda against our government
and its deserving people"
After the outlaw strike was
lost in Birmingham with the
defeat Of tho closed editorial
shop, the national organization
Of the Guild conducted an inve>-
legation. tho findings of which
substantially admitted that the
strike had been a fraud upon the
innocent workers. the manage
ment and tho public because 30
votes were counted Is of which
approved tho strike, although
the total number Of members
eligible 10 vote on tho issue was
only 10.
II was further admitted that
four ImpoStOrS had received
strike benefits who We're inclgi-
biC fOT thom and tho strike.
which the steel workers describe
alternately as Victorious i'm ono
place and a defeat in another.
was rcpudlatCd. after the fact,
~ N,ll'OllN lllI4llbltrls
I RFFRAINED from writing
i about this false strike al the
time for several reasons. the
least worthy OF them being a
realization that if ! did tel tho
truth IN my usual restrained and
scholarly way the unlOncCrS
would needle the Labor Rcla-
lions Board with false lnSinua-
iIonS that | had been pat up 10
n h\ my cherished employer who
is financially Interested. with
many others. I'M The Birmingham
Post and might thus give Tho
board an excuse 10 charge the
Post with intimidation hy remote
control
However, 7 did have tho mis-
chlcNouS pleasure OF informing a
gentleman involved M the con.
trovcrSy on the side Of tho law
abiding owners and tho di>cm-
ploNcd innocent workers that IN
uncoWmonly nasty and arrogant
Shy ~icr ON the outlaw side of tho
case had been convicted Of rape
several years ago and | have
since heard that tho ShyStcr'S
donteanor moderated abruptly
when this interesting citation
was mentioned 10 him
l may publish the citation
~GS