Page ACCION Friday, December 20, 1946 an SCORES DE TOLEDANO The UPW CIO flatly denies inly not Communists and the Canal Zone workers, their de(From page 1)
these charges. If Mr. de Tole UPW CIO challenges anyone plorable housing, the discrimiwere first filed by the CIO force and strength. The workers dano would take the trouble to to disprove this statment. nation exercised against them, affiliation. These requests were wanted us, make a real investigation, he This attempt to slander the and their unbelievably low stan were first filed by the Panama It is somewhat startling to would find that we are correct. UPW CIO is simply a re use dard of living.
Canal West Indian Employees note with what assurance the CIO International Office is of the age old techinque of Association in April 1946 and writer in the Panama Ameri consulting with its attorneys in trying to split the Union and later in June 1946 by the Canal can claims he has contacted the States and is enquiring into intimidate workers against the Correction Zone Workers Union over the responsible officials for such the possibilities of bringing organization of their choice.
signature of Edward Cherest, false statements as: libel action against Ralph De If Ralph de Toledano were We desire to make a neceswho was at that time a phar Robert Weinstein was Toledano.
a responsible jorunalist with a sary correction on information macist employed by the Pana instructor at the Communist The technique employed in proven record of integrity, his that was published in our last ma Canal and who now is Re Jefferson School.
De Toledano article of using words might cause us to worry. issue under the title GHOST gional Director of the UPW Robert Weinstein, resid support of this or that comAs it is, he is literary prosti FILE. Samuel Walsh has been CIO in Panama. None of these ing at 482 18th Avenue, Kings mittee is also an outworn ruse. tute who lives off such false receiving the sum of 12. 00 per organizations or persons could County, New York, was the Many committees which are hoods. In addition, he is a no month and not 00 as was rebe called Communist by any signer of a Communist elec disliked are labelled radical or body. No one even knows who ported and the service date of stretch of the imagination. tion petition, number 2366, on red regardless of the issues in he is.
1913 which is what was regisThese request for CIO affilia September 21, 1941.
volved, whereupon all indivi Frankly, we would be more tered in the missing file and tion were referred by the CIO Significantly enough, a Ja duals who may support such to our Union, the United Pu cob Strobel is listed as the sig committees are easily included impressed if these exposers which is the correct date as per blic Workers of America, cio, ner of Communist election pe in the label as subversive els would expose the low wages of statement made by Walsh.
under routine procedure since tition number 10339, on June 7, ments. De Toledano refers to the UPW CIO. It was after we 1942, for Israel Amter, once the Union support of committees such as the National Nereceived these request that our American representative organization sent representati Communist International Head gro Congress, the Workers Alyes into the Canal Zone, quarters in Moscow.
liance. Consumers Union, the Labor Research Thus it was clear from the It is a flat lie to infer that the Washington Committee for Association, beginning that the UPW CIO the Weinstein and Strobel who Aid to China, the International in the States did not take the are officials of the UPW CIO Labor initial steps for a Union in the are the same persons as refer others. Just because some in. We join Brother Clifton Chandler, one of our Defense, and many Zone, but rather the people red to in the above statements, dividual supported such comcame to UPW CIO for assistan if indeed such persons do exist. mittees does not prove him to be a Communist, because many most energetic Shop Stewards, in mourning the WALLACE PHOTO STUDIO of the supporters of these committees were well known per loss of his wife Mrs. Susan Chandler.
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at The Directorate of the UNITED PUBLIC WORKERS OF AMERICA, CONGRESS OF INI RIAL ORGANIZATIONS, take pleasure in wishing you a Merry Christmas Happy New Year BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL ERNESTO CASTILLERO