Show WESTBROOK imp bosses play politics PRECISION of the bosses of the aj CIO to oppose the communist traitors in the campaign of 1948 1943 is a political stroke unrelated to patriotism and principle it will be remembered that roosevelt alternately disowned and embraced the communists according to circumstances another time the same union politicians tic ians c carrying a r r y in 9 spurious credentials as spokesmen for several millions of american citizens might find it expedient to collaborate with and defend the communists as they did in many cases in the past their credentials are fraudulent for many reasons but primarily because THERE IS NO GUARANTEE AND SMALL PRETENSE OF HONESTY IN UNION ELECTIONS the case of harold christoffel of milwaukee now 36 years old formerly president of local of united auto workers at the all alls chalmers m ers plant in milwaukee will how h that the present mood of the CIO and of united auto workers is entirely political it also will enlighten the public publia on the reliability of union elections christoffel recently was found guilty on six counts of perjury in the district court of washington DC for having denied under oath to a committee of congress that he was a communist or ever had been one he is one of the most treacherous operators in the entire union racket whether CIO or AF of L during the war he was the most dangerous because other union politicians in the CIO and the auto workers who knew he was a member of this traitorous russian band fought him only as a political rival within the racket bit bat b it never as an enemy of the united states they never denounced him to the public as a traitorous plotter a against the country because that would have been red baiting and they always were ready to make a deal tor for communist strength in some political coup within the union or to terrorize a community by organized riots the communists are expert rioters and terrorists |