The union times., 1944-04-22


 M. Hunt, Assistant Editor Of THE INTERNATIONAL TEA M s T E R. official publication Of the Internu. tiOnaL Brotherhood of Teanlsters. Chaufeurs, WGrehOusemen and Helpers, is scheduled to appear in the May issue Of THE INTERIM. TIONAL TEAMSTER-EditOr.
 By Lester M. Hunt
 Congressman Ranulf Compton of Connecticut is squirming like an angle worm in the sunlight. Which is not surprising, in view of his record.
 After less than two years ill Con. gress, Compton has the question: able distinction of being the only Connecticut Congressman unani- mously condemned by the Connec- ticut State Federation of Labor, according to The Union Times of New Haven, Conn.
 Congress, no doubt has worse members than Compton, but it is doubtful if any of them got so bad so fast.
 Compton wrote a vitriolic letter to The International Teanlster be- cause. of the vote listed in the March issue which showed him vot- ing for a proposal to dispose of the soldier vote bill secretly without a roll call.
 In other words, Compton did not want anyone to know how he voted on the question of votes for sol diers.
 This idea came from the Re- publicans who wanted to disfran- chise the soldiers without mourning their wrath. It passed, with the help of southern Democrats.
 As we said in the March issue, Git was the most cowardly act in the history of cowardly Congress"
 And we printed the record to expose the cowardly men who fa- vored it, along with the courageous men who opposed it.
 Compton was listed among the towards.
 The Union Times reprinted our roll call of Connecticut Congress- men, all of whom voted wrong with the exception of Mrs. Luce who didn't vote.
 Compton then wrote The Union Times charging that its article was hoSaI 0,1 oours I in The International Teamster. Compton lied. Furthermore, he knew he died. He was merely try ing to cover his record in the maze of parliamentary procedure by which he, and men like him, tried to disfranchise the men in uniform.
 We said Compton voted to kill the soldier vote bill secretly.
 The record proves it. Later Compton voted for the bill when he knew the soldiers were watch ing him. He didn't have the guts to do publicly what he tried to do sec retly.
 If he is for a ''soldier's rights bill instead of phoney ''staie's rights bill, why did he vote for a measure to kill it secretly
 The truth, as exposed by his vote on that measure, is that Comp ion does not want the soldiers to vote because he knows they are for President Roosevelt. He also knows they are against men who try to squirm and crawl out of respon. sibility for their cowardly acts.
 But Connecticut labor knows this man Compton. The Union Times brands him with the mark of his masters. Heres what it says about him in its issue of April 8:
 ''We think Compton had better start another letter to us and to The International Teamster, be cause its April issue indicates that he is among the representative: who, in voting to override Presi dent ROosevelt's veto of the tax bill backed the greedy, not the needy
 Add to, this the fact that Comp ton has voted against food subsi
 
 dies, against price rollbacks against the limitation of salaries beyond $6l, ,OOO a year, voted fol the vicious Smith-Connally anti labor law, for the Hobbs bill and we are forced to the conclusion thai Compton, indeed, protests toe much.
 ''More than ever we are con vinced that the Connecticut Fed eration of Labor was right in unanimously condemning Comp ton for his 'anti-labor, anti-com mon people voting record in Congress.
 ''Let it .be remembered that he was the only Connecticut represen tative so designated"
 No wonder he squirms when the sunlight hits him.