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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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J. Havelock Wilson, notorious British labor leader of the National Union of Seamen for 50 years, decides to retire and live on accumulated graft. Friends plan a September testimonial amid his record of labor betrayal and reactionary policies.
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British Fakers to Fete Havelock Wilson
LONDON, May 20.—J. Havelock Wilson, notorious English labor misleader, who for 50 years has been czar of the National Union of Seamen, has decided to retire and live on his accumulated graft. In honor of this great event Wilson's friends among the English labor bureaucrats capitalists and politicians are arranging a testimonial to him for some time in September.
Wilson, one of the most reactionary of British trade union leaders, has a long record of labor betrayal. Under his rule the National Union of Seamen has been converted into a virtual company union. Strikebreaking, ruthless expulsion of progressives, class-collaboration and shameless betrayal have featured Wilson's program.
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London
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May 20.
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retirement after 50 years; testimonial arranged for september
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J. Havelock Wilson, czar of the National Union of Seamen for 50 years, decides to retire and live on accumulated graft. Friends among English labor bureaucrats, capitalists, and politicians arrange a testimonial for September. Wilson has a record of labor betrayal, converting the union into a virtual company union with strikebreaking, expulsion of progressives, class-collaboration, and betrayal.