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ie } co ete ed ae kee acy ee ae a NoT CIASSIFIED SPELLMAN SCORES BOR GANGSTERS ‘At St. Patrick’s He Declares ‘ Underworld Would Enslave Workers and Industry ! | Text of Cardinal's statement iz printed on Page 29. Cardinal Spellman attacked) ‘labor racketeers yesterday 28 mobsters whose alm {fs to force jabor and management jatike to become twin slaves of the underworld.” The Cardinal spoke in one cf jbis rare pulpit appearances at the 10 A. M. solemn mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral He urged all honest union members to act “while there is still time to remove from | power unscrupulous leaders and their underworld hirelings.” He said this could be done by fol- | lowing the Code of Eihieal Practices of the American Fed-; eration of Labor and Congress| of Industrial Organizations and' “the divine code of- Jesus{ Christ.” . The Cardinal read o letter! sent to him recently by the wife of a member of the Team- sters Union, describing “the f° and thievery, the stro arm fnetbods, yes, even murder, ted with gangster-rul today.” e Internaticnal Brother- hood of Teamsters was expelled last week from the united labor movement for corrupt co tices, In|the unidentified wo: "$ tie letter, which Cardinal Spelman read in its entirety, ahe pressed “fear for my children's future” and declared that “most of the men are; afrald to talk." “My own husband was almost beaten to death five years ago,": she continued, “but we still’ want to do all we can to carry’ on the fight for justice and de- cency and the right to be free, Because the gangsters who run my husband's union have made élaves of our men.” Before his condemnation of labor racketeers, Cardinal Spell- Tan noted that he was depart- ing a week from today for his Soral tour of American over- eeas tary curing the Christmas season. He observed that service 1 men returning from overseas ex- pected to find America safe from “the torments and dangers, of dictators woere they and their} children may live and work end Plan their fistures in full free- dom in the true American wey.” “But our soidjers,” he said, “if they returned home teday would find themselves facing & very un-American way of life prevailing in some fields where ivig might seek to make a “ pen ae. ey be eur [nation's ent pan pint that . 8 OU Bed fallen under the ruthless’