Detroit evening times., 1945-05-21

- has conducted a radio pro-
gram which he called his The
ater Of the Air. refused 10 pay
The dollar on the ground that
such compulSion violated his
political treedep4.
On Dec. II. therefore, he was
suspended by his union and put
off the air
He had no trial in the union.
Indeed. he was not even con-
fronted with charges.
lis dismissal was automatic
for violation of a decree Of the
locals hoard OF directors on
which the members were not
invited 10 vote
De Mile appealed to the local
superior court and lost. The
courts opinion reached the Curl
oils conclusion that even though
politics is the art OF government
and the California constitution Is
-the-eeterninG document never
theleSS the money raised by the
assessment and spent 10 defeat
the amendment was not used for
a political purpose
HE-IS appealing This decision,
Ii Altogether. unions through
out the state spent S75I273 10
bcat The measure against Sl76,-
435 spent by its advocates.
Nevertheless the vote for the
amendment was more than one
million. And the soldier vote
was more than 2 to | in IT'S
favor, result which has fur
thcr perturbed those profess
sional unioneerS who already
have heard authentic growls
from the fighting forces over
seas against the conduct Of
unions on the home front.
And now an initiative propo-
Sition rs being prepared, again
for the same purpose, 10 be
voted on at the next general
election.
he MILE is an orator no less
~ forld and dramatic than
those Hollywood beauties Of
both sexes who eXhcrted the
voters in the interests Of the
Hillman committee, the Com
muniSt conspiracy and the
Roosevelt candidacy and since
election day he has made many
patriotic speeches. On March
II. he went 10 Omaha for A
lunChlng party gwen by William
letters, president Of the Union
Pacific Railroad, the man who
developed synthetic rubber pro-
duction and then went back 10
his Job here De Mile carried
on vehemently about political
freedom.
Last week in Los Angeles his
foundation held a large rally
under the auspices of the South
ern California epub lican
Women AT which Mary Pickford
appeared escorted by her hus-
band. Buddy Rogers, a naval Of
flcer on leave, 10 introduce De
Mile.
TO ADORN the occasion and
Il emphasize the outrage. De
Mile exploited tho case OF three
young women. clerical employees
in the movie industry. who had
been dismissed from their union
and, consequently, from their
jobs. for appealing TO the public
courts IN protest against similar
political assessment OF 81 each.
Complicating this situation,
many such workers have prop
erty rights in employees insur-
ance and pension funds which
may be arbitrarily abrogated
should they defy DEGREES issued
by union executives.
De Miles mail. almost unani-
mously endorsing his campaign,
and much of II containing vol
untary contributions. has
amounted 10 ABBOTT 25,000 letters
from all sections Of the country
and from soldiers and sailors
overseas.
I IKE the Political Action
- Committee. he invites mem
berShip blanks which may be
obtained from the foundations
headquarters AT 307 w Eighth
street. Los Angeles. Member
ship Is free.
not of Their respective districts
and states. but of the unions.
De Miles campaign. for the
present, is local 10 California,
on the military theory that OBJ
jectjyes are best captured one
at a time.
Eventually. he would enlarge
10 national scale. copying with
suitable variations the organiza-
tion and methods Of Hillman,
the Communists and the CIO.
for illustration Of their pur-
poses
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