A DEFINITE BREAK
AMERICAN WATERSIDERS' UNION LEADERS AT VARIANCE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, December 15. Two vears of strained relations between Messrs Ryan and Bridges reached a climax in a definite break following a three-hour conference. Mr Ryan announced the dismissal of Mr Bridges from the position of organiser of the longshoremen, which ho has held since May at a salary of 75d0l a week. Mr Ryan objected to Mr Bridges’s trip East to address striking seamen, and accused him of making an attempt to disrupt the Atlantic coast organisation of longshoremen. He also complained of his close relationship with Communist leaders. Mr Bridges denied the charges. _ Mr Ryan stated that the dismissal would not affect Mr Bridges’s status as president of the San Francisco branch.
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Evening Star, Issue 22524, 17 December 1936, Page 11
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128A DEFINITE BREAK Evening Star, Issue 22524, 17 December 1936, Page 11
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