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however. that things weren't all
fright as far as she was con-
lcerned. He recited a list of
grievances against the union, in
cluding the fact that dues we're
raised from So to $3.50 a month
without notification to the
membership.
Asked whether anyone tried to
find out who ordered the raise.
she said. ''if anyone asked they
might get in difficulty"
Opposed Corruption
Miss Garfield painted herself
as the chief antagonist Of cor
Irupt unionism in her town.
Stating that II know they're not"
running things right in Scran-
ton," Miss Garfield said angrily:
"How can these men sleep att
might when they stand by and
let a woman do their fighting
for them?"
Asked by Senator Mundt. Re-
publican Of South Dakota, III
she had any ideas on how the
union situation could be i'm
proved. Miss Canfield said:
For one thing, everyone
should be compelled to attend
meetings.
| Women should be allowed tol
vote. Stewards should be elected.
If voting is done right. ! think
we'll have no more trouble"
Asked to Vote Twice
Although Miss Garfield indi-
Gated that women were not al
lowed to vote in union affairs,
she said that at the time Of one
election Of officers. she was asked
to vote twice, but refused.
The reason she refused, she
said, was that there were not
many women in Local 229 and
she would have felt conspicuous.
She elaborated:
Il would have voted twice, but
/ couldn't get away with it. That
day / was wearing red woolen
suit and it rather stuck out In
certain places"
The circumstance of her cos
tune may have had something
to do with the attention she re-
ceived from business agent NAL
10y. Miss Garfield indicated.
She said that when she went to
the polling place to cast her
single ballot of the day, Mr..
Malloy took her by the hand.
led her into the voting booth.
pulled down the lever opposite
his name and told her, you've
done a good job"
Tells Of Job Loss
Mrs. Kollra testified that her
husband lost his Job two weeks
after Bradshaw spilled the
story about the dynamiting and
since has been unable to obtain
union clearance for employ
ment.
Mrs. Kollra said she once went
to see Durkin about the matter
since her husband was paying
union dues and had not been
involved in any Of the terrorism.
She testified that DurkinI
promised to see what he would
do about her husband and then
began talking of the record
about her brother Paul.
She quoted Durkin as saving
Paul shouldn't have talked" as
three unions were getting to- /
lgether $4,000 for him.
Afterwards. Mrs. Kollra said
1T was worse for her husband /
and she went to see another
union Teafnsters official. Robert
Sullivan. about getting some 4
work for her husband.
you should know better than |
to come down here" Mrs. Kollra /
quoted Sullivan as saying. I'll
can't give you any work. Don't
you know, when you're finished ?"
Mrs. Kollra said her husband /
has been jobless since 1855. when /
the dynamiting case broke in /
Scranton. She said that her
mother got sick from shock"
and has been In bed two winters
Iat her home.
Stay In Office Questioned
Earlier. the Senators called
on the AFL-CIO to explain why
four Scranton union leaders
were allowed to remain In office
after conviction on the dyna-
hitting charges.
The four are waiting to tes-
tify.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat
Iof Arkansas. the committee
chairman. said he wanted to
know II this was "the ethics"
approved by labor's high COM
mand and added:
II don't believe 1t is. But I'll