Show Printers Vote Down own Red No Oath F For or r Union neon Officers ers CLEVELAND Au Aug 22 A Delegates to the A F L International International International Typographical union convention con con- overwhelmingly defeated Friday a a. a proposal to require candidates can candidates candidates can can- for or union office to swear they were not communists Charles D D. D Tucker of Indianapolis Indian Indian- apolis head of ot the tion lion workers the I IT ITU T U had proposed as a condition for aspirIng aspiring aspiring ing to office that candidates should not be affiliated with the Communist Com Com- party directly or indirectly or or advocate overthrow of oC the United States government Woodruff Randolph I ITU r U presidents pros pros- dent dents termed the pro proposal l a dastardly dastardly dastardly das move and said the membership membership membership member member- ship would see through the political political po po- po trickery Ra Randolph dolph said that had a resolution resolution resolution tion to place the convention on record as condemning communism been presented he thought it would have been adopted unanimously However Randolph said that the Tucker proposal which would have hav altered the unions union's bylaws bylaws by by- byI I laws would lead instead to dicta dicta- The conventions convention's committee on l laws ws reported unfavorably on the measure with the explanation that It would empower the union officers officers 1 cers to pass on on qualifications of candidates tes to unseat them and in that way would lead to a dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- ship In the union |