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FORD UNION:winan-whotlonJuc-vicewilltionjob-^ll-the203,rborCLAIMED REDOttoWorker Testifies That Communists Control UAW Local 600OttoCornersdied atMercy .taken c He vAF). nent ; inroleDETROIT, March 11 lt;AP).-~A| Germat CIO United Auto Workers man told!... . i * fttlllUCthe communism inquiry today thatj0f age Communists control the huge Ford nearly Rouge Local 60Q of the union.The testimony came from ex-Communist Lee Romano, a UAW international representative, one-time high officer in local 600 and acewitness for the house un-American activities committee.Romano said the Communist party is able to control Ford Local 600 by reason of its influence over the local’s general council, executive board, and its publication. Ford Facts.Car) Siellaio, president of ihe big with local, joined battle immediately. In a three-paged, single-spaced letter to the committee he demanded the right to appear as a witness to discuss this matter in the presence of the American public.Pledges Red Ouster Upholding the loyalty and pa triotism’’ of the- local. Stellato saidrna-sub-uled s in :il a ;art-He wCorner;On . Manda survivtiDune a rBuncar don D Loren Harvey bor; fi great-g enee C one-ha He h Emma and M inaw.Fune ed at :kowske• hpVas-med hin-; to was icnly mth.Johnif the committee submitted “indisputable documentary proof that any of its officers were Communists j ^rs-they would be fired.The union's constitution bars Reds from holding union office.Stellato said his statement “is in no manner to be construed as an attempt to interfere with the honest objectives of the committee or aColumk receive brothei ly of i in Tat week-e Mr.defense for any person who hasicatedouldts.thetheoodsitersaretheshown disloyalty.But he wrote the comrqitteemen he wanted to appear “because of the injury already accumulated on the membership of the local.With an apparent indirect reference to Romano, Stellato said he wanted to remind all concerned that the committee i% “not to be used as a sounding board for intraunion politics.Couple Thousandresided years Dr. retired The ^ and t\ west.Mrs. membf ren—flt; Beca she no1 of ;ine-:hiefmakein poc to att be helRomano, in his appearance before the i the committee, said the Commu-B- nists could control the local despite the fact there are only “a couple thousand fello-.v travelers at the;n°t , Rouge and no more than 150 to 175' service L0-! actual party members.The party's influence In Local 600 is Its “greatest at any Romano said. Local 600. with a membership of 60,000. is the biggest in the huge auto union.our-le to ssues any-dis-MrsTHFneral .ac-com-leastCen-;e of the oads, radio lgtonThe witness, who said he quit the; wereCommunist party six years ago, said that at one time “a dog catcher couldn’t get elected lt;in the local i without party approval.Polish-born Stanley Nowak. 49, for ten vears a Democratic legislator from Wayne (Detroit) county, two yfunerrermeh and and I cemed husbaMrsatis-noxi-ploy-will-threementrefused for the most part of his four hours on the stand yesterday at tr to answer questions. i whereHamtramck Leader ,few ^Nowak has long been a leader in;™111™ the city of Hamtramck, a big Polish jKr^°* community of the Detroit area.The interrogation, covering a period of more than 20 years, dealt largely with whether or not Nowak took part in any Communist ora bak sellingcheir four r PallTTHum t
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St Joseph, Michigan, US
Tue, Mar 11, 1952
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