®d from effectuating the merger only by a
court injunction secured at the request of
Downey and 13 others,. You know nothing of the
Rank and File committee, headed by Hans Hansen
which spearheaded the attack upon Oscar Ander
son* the then Sec^TreaSo, because he too work®
ed to save Local 46 from Communist-damnation
and the AFU as wsIXo You do not know that this
attack led to Anderson’s trial and conviction
for malfeasance in office and to the sentence
of expulsion from AFU for five years; and that
Anderson was saved only be a referendum ballot
in which Bristol Bay gave the decisive vote
and exonerated hi^.o You dc not know that Bell
ingham, Portland’s, and Dillingham agent’s
salary was cut to $1*00 a v;eek for opposing
the merger with IlML tod that while the Bris
tol Bay Branch withdrew from the AFU to form
the Bering Sea Fisherman’s Union, the two oth^r
branches have fallen into the hands of pro
ILWU meno If now you further deny that Harry
Bridges has treated the AFU as his own and
backed them with his economic might, then truly
a e an expert on Co^anunism within your own Juri
edict ion you are a disgrace to the CIO^ Your
inwcmpeisace has lost it Local 46*
I quoted the Salmon Industry extensively
because it admitted in 1952 what I had writ*
tsn in 1951e The Salmon Industry* I admit* is
not an unimpeachable authority* Put it is
capable of sometimes telling the truths This
was one of those times* as I proved independ^
ently in my statements concerning the situa^
tion of Bristol Hay - 19510 A copy will be
gladly sent you upon request*
Before I close, I would like to &9k you
a few questions? Mr* Atkinson, as Regional
Director of the CIO in the State of Washing
ton, I am sure you know its constitution,,
Is there not a clause init which say® that an
International officer cannot negotiate sanless
specifically requested to do so by the Local?
And does not another clause in it state that
any Industrial Local in arrears with its per
capita tax after the end of the quarter in
which it is due, has its charter autonsatic~
ally revoked? How then, do you presume to
negotiate for local 46; and what right have
you for claiming Local 46 is still affiliated
with CIO, since we have not paid our per
capita tax for over a year and have told you
that we have withdrawn from your organization?
Are you, by any chance, a member of
Local 46? T do not find your name on the ros~
;or3 \nd when you negotiate for Local 46,
■re you going to have the contract ratified
by a supreme quorum of headquarters in Dil«»
lingbam, as required by the Constitution of
Bristol Bay Resident Cannery Workers0 Union, l-v*
Local 46? And who is the agent for your Local
46 CIO? No one seers to knowj though ws do
know who is the agent of Local 46, Seafarers,
AFL* Ancl 7*ho ara the iae,sbera of Local 46sCIO?
We are in the dark about that too<> Tho3®
questions are in tho field of your express
compstencco Or should I say incompetence?
Wars I permitted to nake on© suggestion
to the CIO National Headquarters , it would be
this* Remove MR, Atkinson from the office of
Regional Director of the CIO for the State
of Washington? His incompetence is losing
friends*
In closing, I would like to thank Nr,
Atkinson through the Beacon for giving uc
such, conclusive proof of his incompetence,
a3 ho did, first, by his injection into tho
Bristol Fay dispute, and second, in his let
ter addressed to it, datwd March 31, 1*52,
Sincerely ycura,
Fr© Georg© v»© Uncial, 3»«J*
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