Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-20

penellt OF uouDt.
Padway has every lawyers
right 10 sell his counsel 10 any
client but not 10 work both
sides of the street. by which ]
mean 10 alleGe he has worked
for enemies of labor within the
union movement while pretend
ing 10 speak for the mass of
workers
These two men have power
and influence in the AFL equal
10 scores of obscure and honest
local officials Of unions.
WET Green has repeatedly
4 sided with criminals and
with other union racketeers who
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preSSerS Of the rank and file,
although not legally convicted
OF crimes, 10 the detrIment OF
the workers.
And Pathways clientele has
included unions ruled by some
Of the most disgraceful rogueS
IN American history including
the StaRehandS Of Bloff and
Browne. and the building serv-
ice employees union of George
Scalise.
In a st. Louis case in which a
suffering group OF workers
tried 10 break the power of
John ?. Nick, who was a vice
president Of the stagehands
union. Green ordered the central
trades union council of the AFL
10 exclude the rebels delegates
and recognize N1cKS delegates
although the local courts had
sustained the rebels and had
held that Nick was a CRATER
and eXtortioner. Green ruled
that the rebels delegates were
not in good standing with their
international union Of which
Padway was general counsel for
a large price.
But the reason they were not
in good standing was that Pad
ways friends in control of the
international were Nllainous
crooks who saw 10 il that the
rebel delegates were rejected IN
favor of Nick's agents. Nick
later got five years in prison for
racketeerlng
John c. KNOX. judge of the
- United States District Court
for the southern district Of New
York. devotes chapter TO
racketeering in the ALL in his
recent book. Order IN the
Court" based on his experience
in the trial of Bioff and Browne
and similar cases.
In that chapter Reveals
further proof of Green's moral
and civic unfitneSs for his posi-
ton of trust and power, Fol
lowing the conviction Of a band
OF thoroughly vicious criminals
who had resorted to bombing,
Slashing, beating and acid
throwing in a campaign Of
unbelievable ViciouSne sS,
Green nevertheless went 10
Judge Knox TO intercede for
them on the plea that they had
done much good work in OPP
posing communism in the fur
trade
In the case Of Dennis Bruze
ze1Eter Of Chicago, honest
citizen, a good union man, a
brave fighter for clean union
ism and the father Of II chill
dren, Green refused 10 help the
rank and file in their fight with
William +. Maloney the head
of the gigantic racket known
as the International Union Of
Operating Engineers which IS
VIGOROUSLY corrupt and brutal.
FOLLOWING the termination
Il of their correspondence in
which Green told Zeigler to 60
10 the raCketeerS themselves for
his redress. Zeigler was muir
dercd on the street The night
before he was murdered he told
an agent of the treasury lntelll-
gence unit that he had been
chased by two of the high rack
eteeers and that one of them
had yelled. Il will kill you yet
I ne motive Of the crime WIS
not robbery and Zeigler obvi-
ously was on a spot because he
had given information TO the
treasury regarding the incomes
of certain racketeers in the
union. Yet neither of the men
that Zeigler named was even
arrested and Green later made
an official public appearance al
4 social brawl in Chicago in
honor Of Maloney, and praised
him extravagantly as a man of
nonor and integrity.
There is much more historic
and documentary proof that
Green and Padway. among
many others in positions Of
great power in the AFL. have
served or sided with racketeers
and ~ must be kept in mind
that the honesty and conscien-
tious devotion of many little
local leaders may be set at
asaFht by the attitude Of mighty
men IN higher positions.
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