Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-11-01 | Page 9 | Union Leader Tells Red Ouster Move

I I ri I- I J t LF s' s Building Service Heads He ds at af Confab Glenn R B. B Blake secretary ate joint council No 14 buildIng building service A FL left R. R RE BE E. E Culbertson local and Jess Fletcher International vice president nt address conference Union Leader Leade Tells Red Ouster Move A man n who has been smoking out the communists and racketeers in thela for year years was in Salt Lake City Saturday attending the tile joint conference of building service A AF F L at the Labor temple 2nd East He is Jess Fletcher Seattle third vice president International Union Building Service who told convention delegates from Oregon Idaho and Utah th that t the he is going to keep fighting any and all aU communistic activities s in inthe inthe inthe the union movement Which tend to give labor unions a black name name- name The meeting opened at 9 am a.m. and business was by Glenn R. R Blake council secretary and R. R E. E Culbertson executive secretary of the BuildIng Building Building Build- Build Ing Service local We intend to keep our any any- racketeering and alid therefore I I- feel that the section section section sec sec- tion In the Taft-Hartley Taft act demanding demanding de demanding de- de manding unions to give an ari account of their financial status is 18 allright all allright allright right said Mr Fletcher The membership is entitled led to know where the funds go We Ve highly favor the filing of affidavits showing showing showing show show- ing our leaders are Bre not co com He foresees a brighter bright 1 future t re for unionism He gained prominence ce when he filed charges against leaders in a Seattle local union charging them with sq squandering union fun funds h said d. d ci- ci f