Show Allis Chalmers Heads Blame Reds for Strike V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Fe Feb Fc 24 UP Five officials of the tile Allis Chalmers C Co of Milwaukee told the Uie house labor Jabor committee Monday that Communist labor leaders are responsible responsible re re- re- re for or a n. n 10 month long strike against the firm The company officials asserted 1 Legislative steps are needed to eliminate the destructive weed of at Communist intrigue without harming the herb of ot sound labor unionism 2 The greatest menace to our democratic form of government is the misuse of ot the tremendous power now vested in labor unions I in the hands of Communistic union leaderships 3 There Is conclusive evidence evi evl- I dence that the leadership of ot local I of ot the C CIO I 10 0 United Auto Workers with which Allis Chal mers has a dispute is Communistic The five witnesses were Harold W. W Story tory vice president I K W. W Haagensen director of ot public re relations relations re- re lations E. E F. F Ohrman vice president dent in charge of ot manufacturing J. J L. L manager of the labor section of the legal division and A A. K Brintnall manager atthe of at the labor abor relations department of ot the industrial relations division They submitted to the committee commit commit- I Ithe tee teea a page brief and nd an even thicker batch of ot documents and d exhibits Their brief said that a 1941 strike vote was called at the direction of the tho national l Communist Communist Communist T party party arty to interfere with aid to Britain as has been stated by Louis Budenz former Communist and onetime member of at the Com Com- party executive council It said ald Allis Chalmers believes believes' th the 1946 strike w was s also called a athe at atthe atthe the direction of at the Communist party to interfere with sion or other secret purposes of the Communist party It also alleged that local was formed by the Communist party in Wisconsin In 1936 nolas not nol as a bona tide fide trade union but specifically to serve the ends 01 ot of the Comm Communist party Speaking of the current strike the brief declared that almost from the start o of negotiations bona fide collective bargaining was made impossible by the unions union's efforts to obtain governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental seizure of ot our plan plants l and the activities of ot the department of labor to engineer such seizure There seems to be e something tantamount to a n conspiracy between between be be- tween the union and certain representatives representatives of the department of ot labor it added |