Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-29
Unioneers
Win Draft
Exemption
But Cab Driver-Fathet
Is Sent TO War .
BY wEsTBRooK PEGLER

Il
ground that these two feroCiouS
patriots are now indispensable
IN their roles Of unioneer. al
though both eNeTted themselves
10 obStruct this nations prep
aratlons for war up 10 the hour
Of Hitler's attack on Russia.
Another who should be listed
with them by reason Of his
politics, past performance and
present indispepSahility IS Lewis
III. Kitchener. the director Of the
Pacific Coast region Of the air.
craft workers division OF the
United Auto Workers
This IS the organization which
struck the Allis-ChalmerS plant
in Wisconsin and tied up S45.-
600 900 worth Of war production
for more than two months IN
lqil and pl n { o Il mob NJ
rioters around the North Amer
lean Aviation plant III los An
gcloS m the same year for The
purpose NJ crlpplIng this coun-
try IN the AIR IN the impending
war with the Axis and the Japs.
KITCHENER was the active
W d irector Of tho North
American sabotage which may
reasonably be a Job Of treason.
inaSmuch as President RooSe-
volt himself denounced u as
the operation Of a Communist
conSpIracy
The President. YOU may re-
member. had 10 cali on roc =,
men' Of infantry of the regul -
army 10 shove the Sshoteurs
away so that loyal American
citizens could 70 20 their tasks
without risk Of death or injury
A. the hands Of the union
pro-ANls gUerlllas
The case was IN M sense 2
strike but was an attemp' nv
tho Communists 70 prevent thus
nation from aruinC ITSELF for
var and from sending effective
help 10 Britain,
II WAS such 2 raw and vio-
lent outrage againSt tho
-GnrnFn 4fai-S+f'r4 TT yrV1FTTrV or
The United states that Mich
ercr.S own union had % 20
through tho motions Of firing
him from his official position
in the auto workers
They replaced him with lack
Montgomery until the heat
cooled out
This technical demo'ion done
for Tho sake n the record and
~ kid the loyal American sapS
n tho country. lasted about a
year and Kitchener then vas
reInStated on tho national gov
orning body ~ The auto workers
and As director RI tho Pacific
Coas' region Of the aircraft
workers.
Nlchoror is ONLY - wears
old well within he draft age
and IS married hUt his wife -
active IN Go affairs m Calfor-
MA and probably could support
herself and ihoy have no chill
dren
~ Nay ~ Kitchener was -
" have been inducted r'o no
army but While loyal Aneri-
cans including FOR example a
Denver taxi driver with -
wholly dependent wife Al q
child With whom ! talked about
thar tImo We're going of 20 tho
camps. something saved Mich
eror.
II appears that his case wae
considered 10 be 50 important
that y must he passed upon ~
he highest authorities n the
draft m the national capital
I'VE Communists of The Go
L around Los Angeles pre-.
Sentod the same arguments that
had hoen offered in Now York
M justification 0f the dcfcrmon'
of Curran and Merrill as he
calls himself
Tho attack bv Hitler on Rus.
Ga had changed this world con.
hiCi from 2 CaDltaliSt-imperialiS'
aggression against peace loving
HlilerlIed Germany into poo
pies war and Kitchener was
needed here AZ home 10 bolster
morale ne an official n pa
iriotlc union of American work
erS.
In addition ~ which. tho in.
diSpcnSahle Kitchener had been
appointed 10 several boards.
federal and state. for conSul'a-
tion and advice on problems
having 10 do with tho winning
Of the war. and a group Of his
own loyal subjects by Spontane-
Gus. independent action and
with no prompting hv him or
any of his subordInates IN tho
Communist wing Of the CTO,
had urged his defcrmcnt.
When / left tho West. tho
indispensable patriots case was
still under consideration. appar.
emily in Washington. and my
latest information, dated Nav
Is, had him still safe in his
union ioh by which time the
Denver taxi driver was well .. -
his way 10 the war. perhaps ~
that second front which Curran.
Merrill as he calls himsclfA and
Kitchener have been demanding