Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1944-01-21

Edward J. Duck of onr TrAw
international Secretary : Treas
urer to pull them through to a
glorious victory, and with that
thought in mind, succeeded in
attracting more than two thou
sand Unit members to the meet
ing at Moose Hall.
Where they made their big
mistake was in allowing me to
speak, for when | told the men,
bership the truth about the COM
mittee and their guest speaker"
as well, with proper proof and
evidence, Brother Adde's was
none too well received by the
assembled group.
Since | was not allowed to an
swer any of the remarks made
by the other speakers after the
conclusion Of my one trip to the
microphone, here are few sup
Elementary items which the
membership might be interested
in reading:
Brother Adde's halls from Will
lys-Overland, yet not one single
person saw fit to nominate him
as delegate to the UAW con-
vention, and all of the seventeen
delegates, who cast a total of 78
votes, cast them for Georges
opponent, Dick Leonard. This,
coming from those he calls his
fellow workers, is quite a tribute
indeed!
Adde's claimed he didn't know
if any of 4he men seated around
the table with him in the picture
taken from Life Magazine, Octo-
ber 25th issue, were Communists.
He proceeded to identify them
as w. G. Grant, Fred Williams
and Shelton Taaps, among 9TH
ers. Is he kidding? Fred Will
liams is a member Of the execu-
tive board Of the Michigan State
Communist party, and Adde's
knows it. Do you wonder why I
called him a sanctimonious hypo-
crite?
Jack Thompson wanted to
know where all the company
union contracts that he signed
were. All he has to do is attend
next Sundays meeting, to which
all Auto-Lite workers are in
vited, and III produce them. But
he won't attend, because he'll be
asked too many embarrassing
questions if he does. (The
games up, Jack, and you know
it,
AS for Red Claypool, / forgot
to mention that | can produce
affidavits to the effect that he
attempted to put Stickney Ave-
nue's Aviation Products Division
into the United Mine Workers
last summer, and that he attend
ed a Mine Workers meeting in a
downtown hotel. He approached
Bob Fredericks and others, adj
vising them to go into the Mine
Workers.
! also forgot to state that Earl
Sucker admitted receiving $50
per month for many months as
an organizer" under Thomp-
sons regime, during which time
he failed to sign up a single
member in the union. Jennie
Bsharah, Bill Caswell and others
also are guilty of this offense,
and ! will produce the proof at
Sundays meeting. (Claypool
'rated"-he got $4,000
FEW DENIALS
Many charges were made, and
few were denied. Their speeches
left the audience "cold". Clay
pools and ThoJnpson's excuses
We're particularly weak. Gun
cheon's anti-Local II spoutings
drove hundreds from the hall.
The fact still remains that
even Adde's refused to debate the
issues mentioned in this column
and none Of them will prefer
charges against me. The latest
untruth is being spread by Clay
pool, who says it's against the
constitution TO prefer charges of
this type. What he fears is that
the charges would be reversed
against him. The committee
showed it's colors at the meeting,
and thousands of Auto-Lite
members saw and know it today.
George Adde'S will think twice
before he gets sandbagged try
ing to pull the committees
chestnuts out of the fire again.
He washed his hands of them
after he was whipped, so it looks
like they're on their own from
now on. In another month they'll
be back on their old jobs where
they belong, and we'll have some
fresh blood on the committee.
If the Auto-Lite membership
enjoyed hearing the truth, they
will enjoy next Sundays session,
which viii be held at Local II,
Parlor A, at 200 pm. sharp. At
this time | will produce more
evidence of the committees
actions, and assure them they
are in for lively afternoon. If
you are interested in bringing
in New Deal" for yourselves,
come down to the meeting.
You'll enjoy it! There's a lot still
to be told.