Show LION illON ON ION DEFENDS tOO INITIATION ASHINGTON Dec 11 UP uP- uP iV f Preller business agent of ot jI International Brotherhood of ideal Workers A. A F L said J that it is true that the I t on fee of his union is that new members may pay it Installments appeared before the special speciale 5 e migrant committee which is the case of a ami- ami mint mi- mi p nt from Missouri which Mrs fanor rano Roosevelt cited yesterday en she was a witness Mrs I sevelt velt suggested that the comes corn com omee fee ee es might wish to inquire into of alleged union Ion initiation fees on dee de- de e projects rant Tells Story ne het migrant David Thomas d that the facts of his case casem m Mentioned by Mrs Roosevelt e substantially true that he 5 denied d nied work at Fort Belvoir Jf because he was not a union tuber and upon inquiring at ato o ont 1 headquarters he learned tithe initiation fee was Th They y told me at union head- head rt rs that I had to pay an ini- ini i ni fee of Thomas I I lost all interest in it We Ve stopped the conversation he fees Preller said Used used ed largely for union ment relief and sick benefits i ig in Effect e said that the fee had hadI I 1 n effect 17 years and that as fixed at that figure to attl at tr tl higher class of men Prel- Prel a rd d that an applicant would be beT membership T upon paying 50 Lh his s sum down and agreeing to the remainder in installments h hamas mas who is living in an AIdrIa Al- Al drIa Va tourist camp said l later t r applied for work at Fort id ide Md Although he did not Work he said the contractor liim him his lack of union mem- mem h hip p would be taken care of |