Gaestel v. Brotherhood of Painters, C.

Gaestel, for many years a member of Local Union 26 of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, was expelled last summer from the local and from the brotherhood. He seeks the decree of this court that the expulsion is void and of no effect.

Gaestel wrote, for publication, a letter to one of the Newark newspapers, and it was published March 28th, 1935. In it, he urged all trade unionists "to clean house in their respective organizations. Let us remove all racketeering labor leaders whose selfish interests reflect so strongly on the rank and file."

The same evening, was…