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Tampa, Fla. (ILNS)—Communism,
Fascism, and Naziism were declared
a "definite threat to human liberty
and peace" by the American Federa
tion of Labor convention as adjourn
ment drew near.
The convention also reaffirmed its
denunciation of the Hitler government
and its boycott of German goods.
The convention reaffirmed past con
vention actions and said:
"Our country has just passed
through a presidential election in
which there developed strong feelings
on both sides. Those who were unsuc
cessful candidates are as safe in all
of their rights as though they had been
the victors. There will be no retalia
tion."
This situation was contrasted to
conditions under dictatorial govern
ments and the resolution said
"Under Fascism, Naziism and Com
munism political differences of opin
ion are held to be treason."
The convention also reaffirmed its
denunciation of the persecution of
Jews in Germany.
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"may be protected from loan sharks."
The convention approved a series of
resolutions including those proposing:
Opposition to use of non-civil serv
ice employes in the postal service ex
cept during emergencies.
Urging thorough enforcement of
fair labor policies of the post office
in all government departments.
A 30-year optional i*etirement act
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Higher standards for government
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New York City (ILNS)—Pearl L.
Bergoff, big shot of strikebreakers
testifying at the NLRB hearing in this
city, admitted that he had accused
James H. Rand, Jr., president of Rem
ngton-Rand, of deliberately staging a
riot at Tonawanda so that he could
get a motion-picture of strikers throw
ing stones to use in an application
for an injunction.
'About that Tonawanda riot when
several of your men got hurt Mr.
Rand's men took motion pictures,"
Trial Examiner Charles Wood asked
Bergoff. "Do you think he had the
men summoned there just so there
would be a riot?"
"Yes," answered Bergoff. "I ac
cused him of staging that. I said to
him, 'if you wanted my men killed,
why didn't you tell me?' I bawled him
out. I was afraid some of my men
might get killed.
"But I've nothing against Rand,"
Bergoff went on. "He's 0. K."
Cash Soothed His Feelings
Under further questioning, how
ever, he disclosed that in this con
ference with Rand, his—Bergoff's—
injured feelings were soothed when
Rand gave him $5,000 in cash. All in
all, Rand had paid Bergoff $25,850
for "services."
The "accident" at Tonawanda oc
curred while Bergoff was demonstrat
ing the new way of breaking strikes.
Rand declared that he had a large
number of "loyal" employes, who
wanted to come back to the mill, but
were scared. Bergoff fixed up 80 men
to go into the mill, pretending to be
strikebreakers, to act as bellwethers
dustrial union charter for the elec
trical and radio industry, was voted
down.
Other resolutions approved:
Favoring granting the right of Vote
to residents of- the District of Co
lumbia.
Charging labor persecution against
the Standard Oil Company in the Pa
cific coast maritime strike.
Favoring enactment of the new
workmen's compensation law for the
District of Columbia.
Protesting the labor policy of the
American Optical Co., South Bridge,
Mass., and the Bausch & Lomb Co.,
Rochester, N. Y.
Ordering the executive council to
study the tax structure with a view to
recommending changes to produce
the maximum revenue with a mini
mum burden on labor, industry and
consumers.
Condemning "vigilantism" in Cali
fornia,
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fj One Crop Not Affected by the Drouth
"Riot Staged" To Win Injunction
Against Retukgion-Saiid S
Tonawanda Clash Deliberately Brought on to Put
Workers in Unfavorable Light Before Court,
Says Boss Strikebreaker, in Telling NLRB
Newest Technique of Defeating Workers'
Effort to Improve Conditions.
for the "loyal" ones outside. But the
picketers just rocked those bellweth
ers something scandalous and Rand
later admitted that he meant to use
the film in applying for an injunction
against the strikers.
Working of "New" Scheme Revealed
Bergoff told with gusto how he
worker the "new" strikebreaking
scheme at Middletown, Connecticut,
where one of the many Rand plants
is located. It was a "whispering cam
paign," he explained. "You can whis
per various things, like 'the plant is
going to be moved.' That has lost
some of its value, now, because em
ployes are mostly skeptical."
It turned the trick at Middletown,
however. Bergoff and some of his men
went into the plant and began taking
down some of the machinery. That,
with the whispers that the plant would
be dismantled, brought telephone calls
from strikers and other citizens. The
managers of the company "relented"
after just the proper show of hesita
tion, and there was a regular love
feast of ice cream, soda pop and bal
lyhoo, which strikers, strikebreakers
and executives of the plant all absorb
ed together.
False Names Used
"My men and women went to visit
the different employes on strike," ex
plained Bergoff further. "They—the
employes—were told that if they had
any grievances against the company,
they could take them up with the com
pany after returning to work."
"Did your employes go into the
strikers' homes?" asked Daniel A
Shortel, counsel for the NLRB.
Bergoff admitted that they did
and that most of them used false
names.
"A number of these strikebreakers
take different names when they go on
jobs," he continued. "They don't,
want their families to know what kind
of business they're in, so they take
different names. I myself registered
under the name of Brady, if that's any
benefit to the crowd here."
Bergoff is reputed to have made
$10,000,000 in his strikebreaking
business.
SILICOSIS COMPENSATION
LAW PASSED
Tampa, Fla. (ILNS)—A proposal
to classify silicosis as an occupa
tional disease under state workmen's
compensation laws was approved by
the A. F. of L. convention here. The
executive council was ordered to push
such legislation.
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RESOLUTION ON
Tampa, Fla. (ILNS)—The full text
of the resolution adopted by the
American Federation of Labor's fifty
sixth convention here condemning the
unauthorized strike of seamen on the
east coast follows:
"WHEREAS, Throughout its ntirt
history of more than 40 years, the
International Seamens Union of
America has insisted upon an honest
observance of agreements with ship
owners and
'WHEREAS, Certain self-styled
radicals, aided and abetted by com
munists and other extremists, have
succeeded in misleading some of the
members of the Atlantic district
unions of the International Seamen's
Union of America into sporadic
strikes, causing the delay of some
ships, notwithstanding the fact that
the existing Atlantic agreement with
the principal shipowners provides for
preference in employment to members
of the unions and for the adjustment
of any and all grievances by a joint
board of conciliation therefore, be it
"RESOLVED, By the American
Federation of Labor in fifty-sixth an
nual convention assembled, that wo
pledge our moral support to all the
loyal Atlantic Coast members of the
International Seamen's Union of
America who infuse to be coerced or
stampeded into an outlaw strike and
be it further
"RESOLVED, That a copy of this
resolution be supplied to the Presi
dent of the United States, to the
newly-created maritime commission
and to the press."
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Jonesboro, Ark. (ILNS)—Seven Ne
groes took the stand in federal court
and swore that they had been arrested
without cause by Paul D. Peacher,
city marshal of Earle, Arkansas. All
swore—and this was not denied—that
they were fined $25 each and sentenced
to jail for 30 days and that they all
worked out their sentences on the
farm belonging to the man who ar
rested them.
The defense admitted the arrests,
the fines, the imprisonment, and the
place where the sentences were work
ed out. Peacher claimed only that
the men were loafers, that their ar
rest was an "official act," and that
they had "regular trials."
The defense tried to attack the
characters of the witnesses, but
were stopped by the court. "The guilt
or innocence of these men is not in
volved in this trial," said the judge.
"The intent with which Peacher ar
rested them and whether they had a
fair trial are the issues." The trial
was held under the federal anti
peonage law, and the charge against
Peacher was that of "aiding and abet
ting in causing persons tcflje held as
slaves."
Winfield Anderson, 51, was one of
the witnesses. He testified that he
owned his home in Earle, and had a
steady income of a pension as a com
pensation for injury. He was arrested
at his home last May, without any
explanation was taken to the justice
court of Mayor T. S. Mitchell, charged
with vagrancy, sentenced to $25 fine
and 30 days' imprisonment, and sent
to the Peacher farm to work out the
sentence.
ernment, testified that he had sen-
Mayor Mitchell, called by the gov
tenced the Negroes "on Peacher's
word that they were vagrants."
Peacher claimed to have contract
with the county to work its prisoners
but
he
could not produce it. He did
offer a
bond filed for working pris­
oners. It was not dated, and the gov
ernment established the fact that the
bond was
drawn
up after the trial
CONVENTION
Demands Adequate Labor
Representation
Tampa, Fla. (ILNS)—Action to win
greater representation on government
bodies handling problems of interest
to the nation's workers figured prom
inently in the American Federation
of Labor convention.
The convention approved a recom
mendation by its resolutions commit
tee demanding that labor be given
"adequate representation on every
federal board, commission or other
body administering legislation affect
ing labor directly or indirectly."
The recommendation said:
"More and more labor is becoming
a subject for federal and state legis
lation.
Your committee recommends that
this convention declares that it will
not support legislation creating any
administrative body to supervise and
apply any legislation affecting labor,
unless such legislation provides that
labor shall have direct representation
upon such administrative bodies.
"Your committee further recom
mends that State Federations of Labor
and city central bodies insist upon the
application of this policy."
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