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Congressional tempers were not improved by another choice bit of double-talk before the Senate committee the day before. Squinting through a pair of dark glasses, the A.F.L. Hod Carriers' pious Joseph V. Moreschi listened while his lawyer read his plea...
Joseph V. Moreschi, head of A.F. of L.'s 250,000-strong hod carriers and common laborers union, not only defeated his critics last week but answered them with winged, not to say haloed, words...
Like many an A.F. of L. boss Mr. Moreschi has been accused of running his union in an undemocratic manner (TIME, Sept. 22). President of the hod carriers for the past 15 years, he had never been elected. He and his six vice presidents, who were appointed, had continued themselves in office by simply reappointing each other. As his union met in convention last week a rank-&-file revolt threatened, but Mr. Moreschi quickly squashed it and, with the backing of A.F. of L. President William Green, triumphantly won the first election the hod carriers had had in 30 years...
...gets no regular reports from brokerage firms which are not Exchange members ; the Illinois Securities Commission has a staff of only two people. Thus Hoagland & Allum got by for five years until President Joseph V. Moreschi of the International Hod Carriers. Building and Common Laborers' Union of America found himself unable to get back $47.000 of his own money and $64.000 of union money. Just before Hod Carrier Moreschi complained to State's Attorney Thomas J. Courtney last fortnight. Hoagland & Allum Vice President Russell W. Brown was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage. The three...
...Force of public opinion drove the castrati from the Italian stage about 1800. But, in the indignant words of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th Edition), "they remained the musical glory and moral shame of the papal choir till the accession of Pope Leo XIII." Last great castrato was Professor Alessandro Moreschi, who entered the papal choir in 1883 at the age of 25, remained 30 years...