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Samuel Augustus Syme...
Samuel Augustus Syme...
Died. John Syme, 73, indefatigable one-man crusade against British officialdom; in London. As a police inspector in 1909, he refused to book two men arrested for "unlawfully knocking and ringing" at their own door. Fired, he first besought, then threatened badgered Home Secretary Winston Churchill, was finally jailed for threatening the King & Queen. After 43 jail terms, he became a minor left-wing hero, won a $360 annual pension in reparation from Commons in 1931, continued to orate and smash windows until the noise of war drowned...
Well aware that the damages asked by Apex would surely sink Branch No. 1 (whose income is $175,000 to $180,000 a year in dues from 15,000 members), Defense Attorney M. Herbert Syme tried hard to establish that the union's officers did not authorize or direct the strike. But before Apex had finished its story, District Judge William Huntington Kirkpatrick solemnly observed: "I think that there certainly has been established a prima facie case that the union authorized, maintained or adopted a sit-down strike...
...resolution.'' said the Manchester Guardian, "was seconded by Ex-Inspector Syme, who received a great ovation. He referred briefly to his own long struggle for justice and said that Miss Douglas-Pennant had the same difficulties to face...