The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-01
Union Fight c Continues; Fresh Charges Today
tContinued from Paes D

 not for the close cooperation be- tween the officers and rank and file of the membership of the Local
 They are now using another method of attack known as the Red Smear. Imagine those individuals accusing anyone of being red baiters after they openly endorsed the tac- tics used by their Boss Reid Robin son to defeat the resolutions which would bar the Reds from holding of flee in any c. I. O. union.
 They even used their i'll Influence to such an extent on our elected del- egates that they in turn disregard ed the instructions of their Local and went ahead and voted the way Dictator Robinson wanted them to vote. Now MT. and Mrs. Public of Waterbury, come to your own .co11- clusions and judge for yourselves as to who is guilty of protecting the Reds the officers of Scovill'S Local, or the So-called organizing staff. The refusal of our membership to accept the report of the delegates ought to be 8 warning sign for any of those individuals entertaining thoughts of promoting any "isns" other than good old Americanism- they're going to have rough sailing.
 Signed,
 AMERICAN.
 McGrath Statement
 Said MT. McGrath in his state- ment:
 "The Scovill local delegates to the Denver convention were in- structed by the rank and file to vote against affiliation of the In- ternational Union of Mine, Mil and Shelter Workers union with any Soviet labor movement.
 They were instructed to support proposed amendment to the con- stitution wherein the prevailing per capita tax would be reduced from 65 cents on every dollar to 50 cents on every dollar. This action was intended by the membership to en- able locals to have sufficient funds to carry on their own business and particularly to further the program of union education of workers.
 'The delegates also were. inc structed to support 8 resolution calling for the decentralization of power from the office of interna- tional president and transferring this authority to the elected mem- bers of the international executive board.
 ''The members voted to indorse the resolution calling for the bar ring of proven Communists from holding office in the internationa. and local unions. This resolution was approved without anyone being branded 8 Communist or sympa- thizer with followers of this line. Instructions of the local to the dele gates were simply to support this resolution in the convention.
 When they returned their report showed that the delegates failed to carry out instructions of the local and by two-thirds vote of those present, their report was rejected and the delegates were repri- manded.
 T asked Al Skinner, international representative, on August 19, to move immediately for the opening of contract negotiations with the Scovill Mfg. Co. For some reason, known only to the organizers, the paid staff did not approve of my suggestion.
 Since this dispute arose, 1t has been publicly inferred that I have been guilty of exhibiting Fascist tendencies. deny this emphatical- ly. I want to say here that while I admire the magnificent stand the Russian army and people are mak- ing against Nad invaders, I do not agree that second European front should be opened in total disregard of the advice of our military lead- CTS, merely to satisfy the demands of any pressure group at home or abroad.
 T am content to see this deci- sion left to Gen. Marshall and the other Allied commanders who, I know, will order an invasion of western Europe the moment they are confident that military expedi- ency warrants such an offensive.
 T have indorsed John, J. Dris- coll for president of the Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers union and l am confident that a majority of the members of the Scovill local will support me in my stand"