Electrical Union News, 1953 November 20

McCarthy’

-Union Lawyer's Time
Schedule Explained —

The number of compensation
cases hiindled by the union’s law-
yer for injured members of Local
“301, has risen to almost 2000 cases.
These cases not only ‘require pre-
paration for handling in court, but
in many instances, briefs have to
be written, interviews with vari-
ous persons have to be held and in
addition, as many as 50 or more

cases per day must be attended to :

In court.

With such a volume of work, the
union’s lawyer is compelled ..to
work out'a schedule to give proper
attention to “each and‘ every in-
jured worker,

Workers who ave members of the
union and who .wish to report a
new accident or to file a claim for

the first time through the union’s.

lawyer, can do so at any’ time and
without the need to make an ap-
pointinent, Such a worker may
go to the lawyer's office in Union

* Hall at any time between the hours
of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M.

Workers whose cases are coming
up for a hearing in court will be
notified by mail by the lawyer and
will be given an.appointment for a
conference, if the lawyer thinks
that such a conference is neces-
sary. -If such a worker does not
receive an appointment letter, then

athe lawyer will see the worker in

~eourt™ atthe hearing which--has

been scheduled.. The worker re-
ceives. a notice from the Compen-
‘sation Board as to the date of such

4 © Friday, November 13, 1953

a hearing and the lawyer is noti-
fied at the same time.

Workers’ who wish .to speak to
the lawyer about pending cases

“should telephone his secretary for

im appointment. Dropping in with-
out an appointment often may
mean a needless trip because the
lawyer may. be in court at the time
or may be seeing many other work-
ers by pre-arrangement.

In all cases of special emergency
a union member may eall the law-

-yer’s office at any time.

More of Control
To Move ,

Management has notified the
Union that they plan to transfer
the Specialty Control work to
Wuinsboro, Va. The move is ex-
pected to be made in the latter
part of next year. :

According to the Company, it
will be necessary to build a new
plant at this location. Wainsboro
is a small community of approxi-
mately 12,000. :

There is approximately a total

of 500 employed in the Specialty
Control including office and engi-
neering.

The Company is building a new
plant at Bloomington, [Il for the

general purpose~Control- which is

ulso expected to move ‘next year.
There are approximately 1000 em-
ployed on this work,

Nominations cf
Candidates for
Office for 1954 ;

Nominations for officers for 1954
will take place Monday at the
membership meeting. The officers
and the order of nominations will
be:

President

Vice-President

Recording Secretary

Assistant Recording Secretary

Treasurer

Chief Shop Steward

Business Agent

There also will be the nomina-
tions for 3 Trustees, a Sergeant-
at-Arms and a Guide.

The nominations for officers will
be made from the floor at the meet-
ings only members in good stand-
ing on the day of the meeting will

he eligible for office. No member

may be a candidate for more than
one office. Nominees’ shall be in-
formed by the Recording Secretary
by registered mail sent to, their ad-
dress not later than 8 days follaw-

‘ing the meeting at which they were

nominated and will be asked wheth-
er they uccept or decline the nom-
ination. The answer must be in
the form of a. signed statement
on acceptance or declination. *

The membership will be notified
of the names of the candidates for
all offices.

Meany Sees Definite
Possibility of AFL-CIO
Merger, Cool Toward Miners

AFL Pres. George Meany sees
“a definite possibility,” though not
wx probability, of a merger of his
federation with. the CIO and be-
lieves “it depends entirely upon

the personnel involved,” he said in-

un exclusive interview with U. 8.
News & World Report Nov. 2.

Asked if he thought Pres. John

L. Lewis of United Mine Workers

should be in the unity talks, Meany .

said: “Well—there’d be no unity
then ... Good Lord, he’s the fel-

low that split the AFL. He is the

fellow who tried to split the CIO
after he got tired of that. He's the
fellow who came back to the AFL
in 1947 and tried to split it again.
Of course, he says every once in a
while that there can be no wnity
without the miners. That’s baloney.

We can have a lot of unity without.

the miners, I’m not saying that the
miners wouldn't be in. There won't
be any decision made not ‘to let
them in.”

After the CIO convention this
month, Meany said, the AFL-CIO
unity committee will meet again

“and go into the’ very’ basic’ qués- ©

tion of how do we amalgamate,
how do we fit these pieces. to-
gether?) *

UE. Calls For

United Action

Tn accordance with the instruc-
tions of the G.E. Conference Board,
Joseph Dermody, Secretury of the
Board, reiterated the position of
the U.E.-G.E. Conference Board
calling for united-action in the 1954
Contract and wage negotiations.

Communications were’ addressed
tothe officers of the various C.L.0.,
A.F.L. and independent unions rep-
resenting G.I. workers, pointing
out that the U.E. believes that the
most effective way to protect the
living standards of G.E, employees
is for all organizations represent-
ing G.E. workers to join now in
concerted action to protect jobs and
working conditions. Furthermore,
the statement pointed out that in
the near future General Electric
workers will again enter negotia-
tions with the Company with lay-
offs and. cutbacks the order of the
day making negotiations difficult
under these conditions.

The interests of G.1, workers de-
mand unity; continued refusal to
cooperate on a joint program plays
the Company’s game of divide and
rule. ULE. is firmly convineed that
G.E. workers will not rest until
their ranks are reunited and until
they again can sit down as one
powerful’ group to bargain with

the Company. ©

U. E. Victory

In one of the most -important
NLRB elections held in recent
months involving the Greenfield
Tap & Die plant, UE Local 274,
Greenfield, Mass., the UE won a
smashing victory over the TUE.
The election was held on Novem-
ber 2. The vote was UE 812; TUE
803; No Union 19.

The outcome of this election is
remarkable when considered in
light of the campaign conducted by
the IUE in this plant for several
months and when compared with
the results of the last NLRB elec-—
tion in the same plant four years
ago. In December, 1949, the vote
was IUE 357, UE 847, Challenged
13, Void 4, requiring a run-off. In

the run-off, January, 1950, the vote

was UE 396, TUE 332,

The IUE compaign through
‘adio, newspaper ads, and letters
was the most intensive of any
campaign in which UE has been
involved,

IF YOU'RE LAID OFF
MAKE SURE TO
CONTACT THE
UNION OFFICE

ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS

Vol. 11 — No. 46

SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK

Friday November 20, 1953

“Hominated By UE

Membership For
Local Offices

At the membership meeting last
Monday the following members
were nominated for office:

President :
James J. Cognetta
Douglas K, Gray

Vice-President
Joseph Alois
Andrew O,.Hniura

Recording Sceretary
Miles G. Moon
Helen Quirini

Asst. Recording Seretary :

'R. Rudolph Rissland

. Julia Mitchell

Treasurer
Joseph Whitbeck
Henry Kaminski.’
Helen Quirini

Chief Steward

« William Mastriani

Business Agent
Leo Jandreau

Sergeant-at-Arms
» Joseph Saccocio

Guide
Mario Bagnuto

Trustees
Edward Luberda
William Garrison
Vincent Palazeke
Howard C. McLéan
John Smialek

'All nominees will be notified by
registered mail not later than 3
days after the nominations were
made, The nominee will have the
opportunity to accept. or decline
the nomination by notifying the
Recording Secretary. If the Re-
cording Secretary does not hear
from the nominee, he will be con-

sidered as having declined the nom- :

ination,
The Election Committee of 25

members will conduct the election

and decide the time and place the
ction will be held.

EXECUTIVE
~ BOARD’ MEETING

Monday, Nov. 23
7:30 P.M,

UNION HEADQUARTERS

‘N.LL.R.B. Orders
Election in Lynn

The N.L.R.B. ordered an election
in the Lynn G.E, plant last Mon-
day. The U.E. petitioned for an
election some months ago. .Hear-
ings were held when the I.U.E.-
C.LO. objected to an election, UE.
has signed a large majority of the
Lynn G.F. workers on cards which
were presented to, the Labor Loard
representatives when the request
for the election was made. °

The Lynn, workers, formerly.
members of the U.E., left to go
LUE-C.L.0. as a result of a ter.
rifle red-baiting campaign designed
to seare and intimidate the mem-
bership. After several years of
1.U.E,, the Lynn G.E. Workers
found out that their standards had

_dvopped and annual contract nego-

tiations did not result in the kind
of gains they were used to while in
UE.

The: Labor Board in ordering the ;

election established two- bargain-
ing units: one for office clerical
and one for ‘factory. maintenance,
The setting up of the two separate

units was contrary to. the position -

tuken by the I.U.F, Mowever, it
coincided with the U.1.’s position.
The date for the election is ex-
pected within the next 30 days.
U.E. Local 801-has pledged the
fullest cooperation in the Lynn
election campaign.

With. Lynn back in the U.E., the
Big Three, Schenectady, Lynn and
Brie, will give the G.E. workers a

much. better bargaining position~

with G.E.

Ex-President H.S. Truman
Deplores McCarthyism

Citizen Harry S. Truman, forwier President of the United
States, blasted out at McCarthy and the evils he stands for in a
nationwide radio and television broadcast last Monday evening.

Truman told the American peo-,
ple to fight McCarthyism at every
level of oux national life. The ex-
President stated that the tactics
used by McCarthy are the corrup-
tion of truth and the abandonment
of the due process of law. He pic-
tured the vilifying program fol-
lowed by the likes of MeCarthy as
a rise to power of the demagopue
who lives on untruth, .and it is the
spreading of fear and the destruc-
tion of faith in every level of our
society, said Truman.

The hearings held in Albany are |

an example of the newly developed
smear technique used by McCarthy.

He keeps the public barred from the:

hearings; he sits as judge and jury
und then gives his version of what
took place behind closed: doors: to
the press. His press releases: dis-
tort the facts. and are definitely
slanted to do the kind of a job he

Another Subversive
Tf the story. of “Robin Hood” is

now among the suspects'on subver- .

sive activities because he was sup-
posed to have robbed the rich to
give to the poor, how about Alex-
ander Graham Bell and the Tele-
phone Company because they can
be charged with instigating and
continuing the Party Line?

Witnesses At McCarthy
Hearing Teil Their Story

Six of the twenty-one witnesses called before the Me-
Carthy Committee in Albany last week give their experiences
and observations of the hearings: af

R. Rudolph Rissland, Assistant
Recording Secretary, Bldg. 273.

“In my opinion, the committee
wasn't after espionage, sabotage
or reds, What they were really aft-
er was to get support for the But-
ler Bill or the Goldwater-Rhodes
Bill or something like that,

“That man Cohen, McCarthy’s
leading counsel, treated me Ike
dirt under his feet, He ‘said the

_ UE wWas'kicked out.of the CIO and.-

got into a wrangle with me. over
that. He tried to get me to say
that the company should have the
right to fire anybody that used the
Fifth Amendment, or that they

should be thrown out of the union,

shen
ty
‘ete told them she didn’t have to
worry about oiv unios: You pre-
tend’ to. worry about communists.
\ you worrying about?
‘Govertiment screens every-
hat goes into the plant.
we talk in grievances con-
-tains- nothing that -could- be -used
for espionage. The only way a
cammunist could cause any dam-
age is by a strike or work stop-
page. That action is taken by a
vote of membership and they don’t
(Continued on page 4)

t

sets out to do and that is to make
ordinary people cringe with fear.

While MeCarthy came to Albany
to investigate sabotage or espion-
age ut the Schenectady G.E. plant,
the hearing proved that he was not
interested in either. When the wit-
hesses reported on what transpired
behind closed doors, it became ob-
vious that his mission was to at-
tack the Union, ,

One witness tried to show him a
copy of a leter-sent to the F.B.I,
pointing out that U.E. Local 301
was. absolutely opposed to sabotage
or espionage and furthermore in-
structed the members to report any
activities to the proper Govern-
ment authorities if they did see
any. To this McCarthy said he
was not interested.

McCarthy pursued a line of ask-
ing tricky questions designed to
confuse the witness in hopes’ of
maneuvering. him in a position to
he charged with contempt or per-
jury. Jf the witness used the Fifth
Amendment, the only protection
the U. S. Constitution provides to
protect the innocent, McCarthy
would vilify him as a subversive in
his personal interview with the
press after the hearing. Then Me-
Carthy advises the GE. to fire any-
one who uses the Fifth Amendment
to protect themselves from his vici-
ous attach.

A. C, Stevens spoke out.immed-
iately following the hearings to the
effect that the Company would an-
wlyze the testimony with which
they exn properly base action, Mr.
Stevens praised the hearing by
saying, “We are certainly hoping
that this current investigation will
prove helpful in solving this prob-
lem with which we have been long

~ concerned, and about which. our

company has been long urging
remedial. legislation and positive
administrative action.”

Mr. Stevens, Manager of the
Schenectady Works, has never
brought to the attention of our

-Union.‘any. problems. affecting. es- -

pionage, The problems Mr. Stevens
refers to must certainly be those
raised by the employees as a re-
sult of unsatisfactory conditions of
employment, On this we can agree
that we have many problems.

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THE RIGHTS OF AN

INJURED WORKER

WHO HAS HURT HIS BACK

Union Lawyer Explains, the Difference: Between a
Permanent and Temporary Injury — .

_ Ina previous article it was ex-
plained that a worker who injures
“his back is entitled to two things
from his employer namely, medical
care at his employer's expense and
payments for lost time or reduced
earnings up to a maximum of $32.
A worker who has returned to
work at full pay after such an in-
jury continues ‘to receive whatever
medical care is. deemed, advisable
by ,the doctors. If he appears’ to
have made a full recovery, the in-
jured worker is not entitled to any-
thing further unless his back be-
gins to hother him again, at any
time, within 18 years from the date
of the accident in which’event he
ean reopen his case for the purpose
of getting further medical treat-
ment or lost time compensation, or

both. ‘

The situation is somewhat differ-
ent if the worker's condition is
such that the doctors believe, after
a reasonable time of usually two or
three years have gone by after the
accident, that the worker is going
to have a permanent disability.
There can be two types of cases
falling under this - classification.
The first would be the type of case
in which a worker, upon being
found to be permanently injured,
is nnable to work ‘ut all or cannot
find a suitable job. The second
would be the t¥pe of case where a
worker is working and able to do
his usual work and ear full puy
despite the fact thatche has a per-
manent disability. ;

Tf the permanently injured work-
er has not been able to go back to
any type of work after being found
to be permanently injured, he then
receives compensation for as long
as he is disabled at the maximum
rate of $32.00 a week. Of course,
he also receives medical treatnivnt
if the doctors agree that he needs
such treatment. If the injured
worker is’ only partially disabled,
even though he is not working, he
receives only partial compensation
of $32.00. It is easy to see why an
injured worker who is not earning
any wages at all would feel that
he should recéive at the very least
the maximum vate of compensation
even though he is only partially

disabled. Unfortunately, the law

does not provide for such maxi-

um payments to a partially in-
jured worker.

The second type of case, where
the worker is earning full pay de-
spite the permanent disability
pives such a worker. protection for
life, for both needed medical earc_
‘as well as compensation for lost
time or redueed earnings when-
ever pay is lost as a result of his
injury. ~ In this type of cuse, how-

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sen'yy
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ditfieulty: .in

ever, since ‘the worker is carning
full pay, his case is closed in court
and he need not come back. for
hearings unless he begins to lose
time or pay, in which event, his
vase is reopened. Many workers do
not understand that this protec-
tion continues for life even though
their causes have been “closed” in
court, but the closing of a case un-
der such circumstances. means
nothing more than that further ac-
tion is suspended until the injured
worker has.a claim to make at
which time further hearings ure
scheduled. :

_ Eye Bank. Donation

Several months ago Cliften 0.
Randall pledged: his ‘eyes to the
Sight Conservation Society. Mr.
Randall died on Tuesday, Novem-
ber 10th. Through the cooperation
of his family, a doctor performed
a_slight operation of removing the
eyes. They were taken to the Wills
Eye Hospital in Philadelphia by
the American Airlines. The cornens
of Mr. Randall’s eyes: were used
for a corneal transplant operation
on Wednesday afternoon, Novem-

ber 11th, so that someone-else may -

see.

Thanks ‘to Mr. Cliftoiy O. Randall
who had the foresight and the will-
ingness’ to help others, even after
he was dead, and to the efforts-and
program of the Sight Conservation
Society of Northenstem New York.

NOTICE:

Due to Holiday,

>» no’ E.U. News
next week

Vtg ISONE OF THOSE OLD LATHES WE HAD SouPED ud... 7

| Children ’s Christmas Party

UE. Loeal 801 has, announced
plans fot the ‘annual Christmas
‘uty ina letter to all shop stew-
ards on November 1/1, .

Speaking for the Locul’s Activi-
ties. Committee, Chairman 0. 2.
Phillips stated the party will he
held again this year at the Mont
Pleasant High School. auditorium.
The time will be Saturday, Decem-
ber 19, and Sunday, December 20.
There will be two parties each day:
one at 1:00 P.M, and the-other at
4:00 I.M., making four parties in
all, This is. being done in‘order to

_ accominodate everybody who ex-

pects to be there.

The committee is requesting cheh
shop steward to list the names of
the parent (UE. member) and the
child’s first name and the day and

time that they expect to attend.

This is done in order net to have
too muny scheduled at, any one
party; the auditorium’s seating
vaupucity is 1,500.

Stewards must present their list
vf uttendance at Union Headquart-
ers no later than December 7th, so
that there will be sufficient time to
ascertain seating capacity,, ade-

quate quantity of gifts and goodies -,
The cominittee has arriinged tl)

Santa Claus to greet the children
us well as for movies and enter-
tuinment. The age limit for child--
ven will be 12 years old. ;

The Activities Committee an-
nounced that the proceeds of the
Field Dayoand other events have
made it possible to hold this party
free af charge for the children of
UB. Loeal 801 members,

fend eB adino srecad ha SA ASCARIS

Bldg. 52: The group working in
ussembly and welding of stator
frames are complaining about the
i obtaining adequate
prices.

Bldg. 52: Ralph Pipe, an Assem-

bler working under Foreman Dil+
lenbeck, is complaining about an
inadequate price.
_ Bldg. 273: The Crane Operators
in the Turbine Division are re-
questing the management to iden-
tify their foreman and whom they
are responsible to.

Bldg. 269: F. Opps, a Compound
Maker working under Foreman
Woodruff, is requesting ‘a revalu-
ation of his job because of changes

“requiring more skill.

.. Bldg. 278: The group ..working....
under Foreman Wilbard are com.

plaining about violations of Con-
tract made by the foreman,

Bldg. 52: The group working un.
der Toreman Schiele are complain-

Thousands of grievances are handled by UE Local 301
cach year at all levels from the steward up to final appeal
in New York City, To keep menibers posted, we shall
each week list some of the grievances that have not been
settled at the steward--foreman level and have been re+
ferred lo the execulive board-managemnt level.

ing about safety hazards ‘on their
job as it affects excessive weights.
Bldg. 269: Margaret Vice, a ma-
chine . operator “working under
Foreman Parker, is requesting: that
her job be placed on P.W. oo
Bldg. 77: The Accumulators
working under Foreman Palmatier
are complaining beeause they are
requested to do additional duties
which were done previously by

ELECTRICAL UNION NEWS

UNITED ELECTRICAL, RADIO & MACHINE
WORKERS QF AMERICA (UE)

Local 301

22 GE 2.
Publishod by the Editorlal Committee
Prosident—.-—.-__ew=Jomas J, Cognetta
Vico Prosidant——.<...-—Josoph Alols
; TreQs UP Or ancient enc odosaph “Whithack *
Racording-Socrotary—...-Milas Modn
Aas't Recording Socretaery-..-Rudy Rissland
Chief Shop Steward....William Mastrlant
Business Agont——._.-...teo Jandraau

301 LIBERTY ST, SCHENECTADY 5, N, Y.

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Stockroom Keepers,

Bidg. 17: R. Slack is a Took and
Die Maker working under Fore-
man Szpak, He is requesting a
proper classification in line with
his responsibilities on the job,

Bidg. 53: S. Sitors is classified
as a. Class “B” Repairman work-
ing under Foreman Stevens. He is
requesting a reclassification — to
Cluss “A”.

Bldg. 469° A. MacFarlane, a Class
“A” Test Operator working under
Foreman Texter, requests an

Ube
grading in accordance with servi»)
Bldg. 40; The group working Rav

“der Foreman Miller are complain-

ing because they have been losing
time due to lack of material. They
request that'this lost time be clim-

Bldg. 18: R, Lussier, -a* Lathe
Operator working under Foranan
Rector, is requesting a proper
clissification for the work he is
obliged to do,

ELECTRICAL UNION NWS

New York—Former
‘Truman. charged here thit “fear
of communism is’ being muanipu-
ated by a few.so as to cause a
wave of hysteria in this country.”
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San Francisco— The Western
Conference ‘of Teamsters. (AFL)
will strike 16 ,major department

stores here unless. the employers

meet demands of .the warehouse-
men. woe te -
kt ko O* ;

Washington — President Eisen-
hower’s budget director, Joseph M.
Dodge, has worked out and order-
ed into effect’ n new scheme to soak
the little fellow for government
services. 7 gon

kok O* ‘

Chicago—What’s the price of
your ea Whether you know it
or not, if you work in a noisy shop,
the odds are you are selling your
hearing to your employer along
with the strength and skill of your
hands; AFL“boilermakers say.

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Harriman, N, Y.-—Revision of
the unemployment insurance law
to bring -it up to ‘date with modern
needs and extension ‘of old-age
benefits was recommended in a re-

Cy issued by the American As-

embly, administered by the Col-
unbin University: Graduate: School
of Business. %

Mrs. Roosevelt Says
Moral Climate Has

Changed for Worse

“The moral climate of America .

“has changed,” Mrs. Eleanor Roose-

velt told .a press conference here.
“Now we consider people guilty be-
fore they ave. proved guilty. The
whole atmosphere has lowered our
prestige abroad.”

Asked about the Harry Dexter
White controversy, .she deplored
the bringing up of charges against
a man “who is dead and can’t speak
for himself.” When a reporter
usked if she expected Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy (R, Wis.) to call her
as a witness before his investiga-
tions subcommittee, she answered
quickly: “T’d love it.”

The former First Lady, on a tour
to tell about the United Nations,
suid the tremendous meetings
throughout the country indicate a
erowing interest in UN, with only
~“pecial interests” and 2 “few mis-

“tfided patriots” in’ opposition,

IF YOU'RE LAID OFF
MAKE SURE TO) = |”
CONTACT THE
UNION OFFICE

. FLECTRICAL UNION, . NEWS...

Persident:

Election Committee

Conducts Election

The twenty-five members elected
by the members at the November
membership meeting: will conduct
thé elections for 1954.

They will make all.arrangements
for the elections, including the bor-
vowing of the voting machines
from the City officials. ‘They will
set the time and place of the clec-
tions, ;

‘In addition to the election of
general officers, they will super-
vise the annual elections of. shop
stewards. and Executive’ Board
meinbers.

The members elected to the com-
mittee are as follows:

Name Bldy.

Elmer Collis 2... AG
John Sarecocion §2
TL. Rasch ee 2
G. Di John 278
M. Riggi.
EK. Smith

Wayman Lewis
V. Martino

P. Donato
oF. Di Manna
Mh. Selke

R.

S. De Pietro .
Frank Barba .
1, Von Ropgow ....
A. Giaquinto
L. Passikoff
G.-Hunt .

Fred Pacelli .
W. Day

D. Palmer

C. Green

~The Man Who Subpoenaed Truman

_On March 9, 1950, a gentleman from Illinois arose to ad-
dress: the House on. a bill which would have. provided mobile
library. service for sparsely settled rural areas of the U. S.

Robin Hood A Red?
They're Investigating

Indianapolis—State Supt, of Ed-

ucation Young said here that he ~

would reread “the story of Robin
Hood to see-whether a charge that
the tale is proCommunist is true.
The. charge came from Mrs.
. Thomas. J. White, Republican lead-
er of Indiana’s Textbook Commis-
sion, who said she often consults
Sen. William E, Jenner (R, Ind.)
about “questionable” authors and
persons mentioned in textbooks.
Jenner is chairman of the Senate
internal security subcommittee.
Mrs. White said the Robin Hood
legend: and all information about
‘the Quaker. religion should be
purged from school books because
they tend to support communism.
“There is a Communist directive
in edueation now to stress tte

story of. Robin Hood,” she satd,.

_ "They want to stress it hecnuse he
robbed. the rich'and gave it to the
poor, That's the Communist line.
It’s just a smearing of law and
order and anything that disrupts
law and order is: their meat.”

As for the Quakers, Mrs, White
said, they “don’t believe in Aghting
wars, The more they can get'to
believe they don’t need to go to
war, the better off the Communists
are, It’s the same as their crusade
for peace, — everyhody lay down
their arms and they’ll take aver.”

CONGRESSMAN DRIP

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“This is my favorite headline.”

(litle

_ “Tt am opposed’ ‘to the public
library demonstration — bill,” he
“said, “Educating American people
through the means of this library
service could bring about a change
of their political attitudes quicker
than any other method.: The basis
of all communism and _ socialistic
influence is education of the peo-
ple... . If we are opposed to so-
cialism in America, as we all say
we are, we must all conscientiously
oppose this bill.” :

The gentleman from Illinois was
Harold H. Velde, a lawyer, former
school teacher and athletic coach
from Tazewell county, After Army
service in 1942 and ’48 he served
as a special agent of the FBI in
the sabotage and espionage divis-
ion, where he remained until 1946,
He caught some kind of mental
bug there that has never left him.

This is the man who single-
handedly, in, violation of the rules
of the House un-American activi-
ties committee of which he is chair-
man, subpoenaed a former Presi-
dent of the U. S. and a present
Justice of the U. S, Supreme Court
to testify on their parts in the

Harry Dexter White affair,

Lawyers tell us that subpoena-
ing a former President to testify
nbout what he did as President and
subpoenaing a Justice of the Su-
preme Court involve grave dangers
which threaten the independence of
the legislative, judiciary and exee-
utive branches of the U. S. govern-
ment, a thing precious to most
Americans. ‘

Tn fighting for passnge of the
McCarran police state act, Velde
suid March 15, 1950: “ach time
a law is writtem or the Constitu-
tion amended, we find that some
previous right or freedom guaran-
teed by the Constitution has been
modified or taken away entirely
and it is right and proper in many
cases that these rights and .free-
doms should be taken away.”

if

So much fot respect of the Con-
stitution and precious American
heritage.

But what about the man gener-
ally, aside from. civil liberties? He
fought ‘against’ publie housing,
against .rent control, for corpora-
tion-pleasing legislation, for a law
outlawing strikes, for control by
the government of unions, for la-
beling all books in U. 8. libraries
as “subversive” if they didn’t
please him,

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