The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 2, 1924, Page 3

February 2, 1924 THE DAILY WORKER LIBERTIES UNION DARES MAYORTO HALT MEETING Coming to Wilkesbarre to Defy Fascism The forcible breaking up of a Lenin Memorial meeting at Wilkes- Pa. by a local post of the Ami n Legion, brought a protest yesterday from the American Civil Liberties Union, wired to Mayor Dan E. Hart, and the announcement that another meeting would be held in the same hall on Feb. 10 “to test the right of free speech.” The Union called upon Mayor Hart to furnish police protection. Otherwise attorneys for the Union “will en- deavor to secure it from the courts or from Governor Pinchot,” The Union’s attorneys are con. templating damage suits against the | officers of the Legion post and also tarting proceedings for criminal as- The telegram asked Mayor Hart to confirm or deny press dis- itches which quoted him as incit- ing the raid. ‘In a statement to the Civil Lib- | erties Union, Harry Winitsky, busi- ness manager of the “Freiheit,” a’ Left Wing Was Bulwark of Union, Say Expelled Members, Replying To Attacks of Perlstein’s Machine The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union is now reaping the bitter fruit of the disruption carried on bythe Gen- eral Executive Board, headed by Sigman and Perlstein, in their campaign of expulsions, disfranchisements, and discriminations against the left-wing members. Emphatic protests from the membership have been going in almost every day to the officials. These officials are now tryin to justify the expulsions by renewing the absurd charge that the left wing interfered with organization work. In Justice of Jan. 25th, they say: “Had the organizing work among the dressmakers of Chicago proceeded along regular and normal lines, we are confident that by this time there would be but few of them outside the union,” But every member of the union knows that the “regular and normal” lines were broken up in Chicago by Perlstein, under orders from the G, E. B. Not alone were expulsions resorted to, but even the shameful expedient of co-operating with the employers in getting members thrown out of the shops, deprived of their jobs, radical New York Jewish daily|denied the right to make a living! newspaper, who was the speaker forced out of Concordia Hall “at the Charge Yanofsky Lied Attempting to justify themselves point of rifles,” denied that hae said|pefore the protesting membership, anything against the American gov- ernment or the Constitution, as re- ported. the officials bring slanderous charges against their victims, In Gerech- tikeit of January 25th, Editor Yanof- “In fact, I did not speak at all,”|sky says: Winitsky said. “The meeting just begun, and the chairman was introducing me, when a dozen Legion men, armed with rifles and led by a police sergeant, marched into the hall, The sergeant demanded to see a permit for the meeting, When I told him a permit was not necessary, he said he would disperse the meet- ing anyhow to avoid a riot. “The armed Legion men then drove the audience into the street, where about seventy-five other Le- gionaires, many of them armed, forced the people at the points of their guns to take their hats off to the flag.” Winitsky refused to salute the flag under compulsion. When the Legion man in charge of him put down his rifle, Winitsky removed his hat. He had police the railway station. According to Winitsky’s statement, Mayor Hart told him he did not incite the raid or approve of it. Fifteen Hundred Garment Workers Out in Montreal (By The Federated Press) MONTREAL.—There is a lockout in force in the clothing trade here. About 1,500 men’s clothing workers are affected. The Clothing Contrac- tors’ Association gave notice of a cut in wages, and when this was refused by the union, the employers closed their shops. Some 90 con- tract shops and 35 to 40 smaller in- side shops are said to be involved. The lockout affects both men and women workers, comprising coat, vest, pants and button hole work- ers. Conferences are now in progress between the union and the employ- ers. Lazarus Marcovitz, member, general executive board, Amalgamat- ed Clothing Workers, and manager of the Montreal board, is in charge of negotiations on the union side. The Land for the Users! Our Advertisers help make this Paper possible. Patron- ize our Advertisers and tell them you saw their Ad in The Daily Worker. CHRIST BORNER UNION BARBER SHOP 1631 N. CALIFORNIA AVE. LEVINSON’S BOOK STORE 3308 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago protection to| This “They (the expelled) were de- trimental in the shops where they were allowed by the union to work. They undermined the prestige and authority of the union... . What could the union then do but take them off the job? Now they are raising the cry that the union left’ them without bread... . People who cannot see the thing a little deeper may really think that the union here committed a terrible crime. What, to deprive people from making a living? And this has caused a good bit of rest- lessness among the members who cannot understand that if these people would not have been taken out of the shops these shops would have become non-union.” charge against the left-wing workers is a vile slander, and the Chicago membership will all know that it is not true. Perlstein himself would never dare to make such statements in Chicago. The truth, well known in Chicago and which should be known thruout the country, is that ‘those ‘workers ‘takén from their jobs were not only among the best. workers in the union, but, also leading fighters for the uni in the shops, Some of them were shop- chairmen or served on price.commit- ‘tees until taken from their job, and they maintained union conditions, held the organization together, and supported the authority and prestige of the union, Not one single act can be cited by Yanofsky or anyone else to prove otherwise. Reaction Failed. The fact is that the reactionary of- ficials have failed dismally in their duty of building up the union and making it a powerful weapon for the membership, to improve working con- ditions, and Yanofsky and those who tell him what to say are merely add- ing another shameful act to their Jong* record in an attempt to shift their own responsibility onto the shoulders of the left-wing members. The present deplorable condition in the ladies garment trades is the di- rect fruit of the policy of the Gen- eral Executive Board in destroying the rights.of the membership, in ex- pulsions, disfranchisements, and dis- criminations in the shops. Those re- sponsible for that policy are respon- sible for its results. The member- ship of the I. L. G. W. U. will not allow them to evade this responsi- bility. If the officials really want to or- ganize the industry why do they carry on their disruptive campaign? The left-wing members expelled in Chicago were the very men and women who, in the past, have been the most active organizers and strike leaders and who, at the very time they were expelled, were carrying on the 0: ization campaign. erl- stein self is on record to that effect and the entire Chicago mem- bership knows that it is so. It was the most responsible work in the last organization campaign and carried it out, not hesitating before hardships and arrests. The results were good and promised to organize the entire industry in Chicago. But the expul- sion campaign, inaugurated and car- ried out by Sigman, Perlstein & Co., put a stop to it all. Militants Want United Front, The left-wing militants appealed for peace for the sake of the o’ ization campaign, They had the officials loyal co-operation. ey declared themselves ready to go to any lengths to serve and strengthen the union. But the only answer they received was that the officials will carry out their expul- sions even if they will remain with but seven members in a local union, Convincing proof that full and completes responsibility for the whole situation rests upon the officials, and that the left-wing elements have al- ways been ready to do everything Possible to settle all controversies, is contained in a statement recently is- sued by a group of union cloak ‘makers. Those are not radicals or left-wingers, they are just honest un- ion members who want peace in the union, The statement follows: Rank-and-File Tell Facts, We, the undersigned, have formed ourselves into @ committee to attempt to bring about a settle- ment of the controversy between the officials of our union and the expelled members, This committee ‘was formed at the request of Vice- President Meyer Perlstein who made the statement at the meeting of Local 5 that those who are speaking for the expelled should go to them and make them give up issuing the circulars that they have issued lately, and that he would reinstate them back on their jobs, and if he won’t do it he owill have Biallis do it. He further agreed that a conference should be arranged by the undersigned, in- cluding the expelled and Perlstein for the purpose of establishing peace in the union. This conference was agreed to by the expelled members and the conference was called for Dec. 11th. Perlstein left for New York sl Life evar’ the conference i out making arrangements for the reinstatement of time, expelled from the shops. This conference was delayed owing to Perlstein’s absence until Dec. 28th. In the meantime, we prevailed upon the expelled not to issue any circulars in the hopes that Perlstein would carry out the statement he made to Local 5, namely, that he would a these men back on their jobs. We have approached Bialli a called his attention to the sti ment made by Perlstein that if he won't reinstate them, he would have Biallis do it. And he refused to act on the argument that this is an International case and he does not want to interfere with it. We have appeared before the Joint Board and were not admitted. The committee composed of the undersigned and formed upon Perlstein’s suggestion at the meet- ing of Local 5 met with Perlstein previous to a joint conference. We reminded him of his promise to re- instate the expelled back on the job. His answer was order us out of the office and threatened us with the same punishment as he inflicted upon the expelled. The expelled members agreed to Perlstein’s offer of peace made by him at the meeting of Local 5 and it is no fault of theirs that this promise was not carried out. We make this statement for the sake of bringing about peace and harmony in our union. We |give this statement without drawing our own conclusions and leave it to the judgment of the rank and file. Fraternally submitted, The Expelled. For United Front. cal, Phone Van Buren 3651 The officials of the I. L, G. W. U. Know, just a severy member of the union in Chicago knows, that we, the Z\expelled members and all of our sympathizers, are ready at all times to put aside all differences in order to form a solid front in the it against the bosses. They know we are ready to do everything in our |power to make the fight a success, ‘They also know that one of the es- the left-wing members who assumed PIII NEE: psetenes COME HICKS! GRAND CONCERT For Defense and Relief of Those Expelled by the | Perlstein and Sigman Machine sen’ steps toward making a real spade A i ain et ASHLAND AUDITORIUM h|bers immediately into thelr full un. Zlion rights. ¥| If the International officials are in earnest when say they want pears if they really mean their dec- ASHLAND AND VAN BUREN ST. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 8 P. M. ions that they want to organize Solos by tale, Jewish ¥ the industry, let them prove it by Minna Isaeva . . .......Soprano Federation of the W, P. their actions. Let them restore the Earl ae ain rights of the membership thruout the Sam Amtek .. ........Violinist eee of The Labor ¥ country. And then let all of us, with Nita . 4 | complete unity of forces, make a real Abrastzova . ......Soprano » Bland siccessful fight against the em- FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY ployers. Freiheit Singing Society M Auspices of the Needle Trades Section of the T. U. EB. L. Ewerybody ‘Wclcome—DON’T MISS IT—Admission 25¢ Concert for Expelled Members, A Oe, in bane of the union- Page Three LOCHRAY TELLS FARMER POLITICS Party Like Minnesota’s Planned, He Says While in Chicago attending the annual meeting of the Federated Press, William Lochray, editor of the Mid-West Labor News, of Oma- stopped in the DAILY WORK- ER’S office, and talked about the ns of the Progressive Party of ebraska for the special convention, which it is calling February 22, at Grand Island. The call was sent out by the ex- ecutive committee of the party, said Mr. Lochray, and the purpose of the convention is to nominate a full ticket for the political campaign of 1924, and, if possible, the forma- tion of a Farmer-Labor Party, after the structural model of Minnesota’s. Mr. Lochray believes that the Labor movement has an ex- cellent future in Nebraska. The working farmers, who raise the ‘wheat that has made the state fa- mous, are in great distress. Many are being driven from the land and their failures are finding their re- flex in the crashing of Nebraska banks, Lochray said that he, personally, ABOUT NEBRASKA, GARMENT WORKERS LAUD DAILY WORKER'S FIGHT ON FIRETRAPS “I am sure that the DAILY WORKER, in its fight against Firetrap public schools, and ef- forts to get ‘a seat in a safe school for every school child’, has the hearty approva} of ev- ery member of the Amalgamat- ed Clothing Workers of Chi- cago,” said Hyman Schneid, gen- eral organizer of the Amalgamat- ed Clothing Workers of Ameica. accord with the program for a mora- torium on the mortgage debts of all working farmers which the Fede- rated Farmer-Labor Party is pro- muigating. The need for this was never greater in Nebraska, The editor pf the Omaha labor paper said that. the “Progressive People’s Party,” which has been meeting at that city, was not to be taken seriously, He called it the property of Roy Harrop, a Ford booster, who had been organizing Ford clubs thruout Nebraska, and he said that, since Ford’s support of Ooglidge compelled ithe party to scrap the automobile manufacturer, it no longer had much excuse for existence. In fact, he declared, the Progressive People’s Party did not even have the status of an of- ficially recognized party under Ne- raska laws, because of its insig- and many of his colleagues are in nificance. One-Man Locals Exposed (Continued from page 1.) But such a claim does not agree with the facts. The Albany mine has long been operating non-union. Albany is on the edge of the great yon-union coke region. A year ago the coke re- gion strike was called off by the Internationa! Union, even tho there were some eeventy local unions, and —by the International’s own ad- mission—nearly three thousand men are still out; the coke region men claimed that many more were still on strike. Certainly a strike of eleven men is not being con- tinued. If these mysterious eleven men are on strike in Feeney’s local, are they getting relief? If they are not on strike, why should the: be completely exonerated mont! after month? The rank and file have the right to know who elected Feeney a dele- gate, and who is paying his ex- penses. A local which can pay per capita on only one member can cer- tainly not pay a delegate’s expenses. Is the International standing the expense? Do the miners wish their funds to"be used to bring delegates one-man locals, to vote with the machine and defeat the wish- es of the real rank and file dele- gates? Feeney, the Prize Straddler The coke region, a former strong- practicllly solid in "April, 1922, and ly solid in an remained so until aie the Cleve- land Agreement. The coke region operators refused to recognize the union and the strike was continued until called off, January 18, 1922. The ¢oke lon is now in the same old_unorganized condition. Feeney’s efforts thus came to naught. In fairness, it must be said that this does not prove that Feeney cannot organize. One of the chief reasons for losing these regions was the Cleveland Agreement, which took away from these sections the backing of a nation-wide signing of contracts with the Con- solidation’ Coal Company, the Hill- man Company, and other compan- ies, of some of their mines, with- out compelling them to sign at the same time for their mines in the coke region, or in other non-union territories. The neglect of relief in the coke region was also a great blov’ to the strike. After the Cleveland Agreement, the International and District No. 5 organizations failed to furnish adequate relief, and Feeney went: the war-path. He helped to” ganize two outlaw mass meetings of miners to raise relief. He So posed to run for President of Dis- trict No. 5 against the Administra- tion candidate, Fagan. But Feeney’s rebellion soon sub- sided, He withdrew from the race for President, and spoke for Fagan. He is now a staunch supporter of the machine, which belongs to the coke region workers he helped to organize. Feeney—Expense Account Artist In the twenty-two months period —from February 1, 1922, to De- cember 1, 1923, Feeney has drawn ‘1 from the International treasury, ac- cording to Green’s reports, sal and $5,868.72 expenses, apy Be | $11,148.72, This is at the rate of $506.76 month. He lives in Charleroi, w he usually 9 his breakfast and supper at w 8 office is, round trip’ fare is $1.60. Feeney has done ttle traveling thru coke ion, either during or the strike. Fayette County, in hich most of the coke region lies, well supplied with railroads and Erelley line You can go from one end the other for a couple of make an expense ac- some teh dollars per day conditions 7 ires a the six months, Feb. , to August 1, 1922 1), Feeney salary. ALL AGREEMENTS IN BITUMINOUS FIELDS TO EXPIRE TOGETHER TOMLINSON HALL, INDIAN. APOLIS, Ind., Feb, 1.—The con- vention of the United Mine Work- ers adopted the report of the scales committee authorizing a new contract at a wage not less than that now prevailing. Agree- ments in all bituminous districts must run concurrently, and expire at the same date, the report de- clares. No outlying district will be allowed to conclude an agree- ment till after the Central Com- petitive field has concluded its agreement. The six-hour day program was abandoned in the committee’s re- port. Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners, arguing that if costs wéré increased in union fields the trade would go to the non-union fields. The alternative idea of organizing the non-union fields was not considered by the machine. Conservatives engineered the scale committee report but the clause making agreements expire concurrently was a concession to the progressives’ strength. (More Scale Committee News on Page 2.) this’ six months Feeney’s expenses were the liberal sum of $1,362.45. Feeney likes to refer in his speeches to his poverty, but it is said that some ten months ago, shortly after the coke region strike was called off, he made a cash pur- chase of a $6,300 house in Charle- roi, It wouid certainly be surpris- ing if, out of $500 per month, one could not purchase a house as well as_a few other conveniences. Feeney is also able to “pass pros- perity around” to the members of his family, His son, Frank, to whom he referred in the convention with ti utmost feeling as his “boy,” but who is a full-grown man, has long been assisting him in the office. In the convention, International Board Member O'Leary admitted that he had appointed Frank, but where Frank gets his salary of $200 per month does not appear. Crawfish Organizer Feeney’s disappointment at not ing able to make the race for President of District No. 5 has been softened by fan appointment ,not election, by rank and file) as Sec- retary-Trea; of Provisional Dis- trict No. 4. Feeney) has been draw- ing, on the average, $506.76 per month. But, if organizing results are what Feeney wishes, the situation is not so satisfactory. Secretary Green’s report. shows that in this report, In the next four months, since Au- gust, the number of Creat amen locals decreased from thirty-three, in the preceeding six month’s perior, to fourteen. The amount of tax de- creased, from one report to the next, from an average of $146.15 per month, to an average of $100.25 per month, At this rate, how long will it take Feeney to disorganige the coke region? bit Ford Wins WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. — The fra mae affairs ected ‘avol reported Hen: - fer for ‘(Muscle Shoals, id x February 8th, at ADMISSION 50 CENTS A Night in Scotland With the Chicago Highlanders’ Pipe Band, Pupils of the Minnie Dalgleish School of Danc- ing and the Scottish Entertainers Under the Auspices of The Progressive Building Trades Worker oe A Show of Gold In the Mouth Is Unsightly Your teeth can be filled so that no one can tell that they contain fillings, except by careful exami- nation, NU WAY DENTISTRY DOES IT, as many readers of this paper can tell you. Come for an estimate, If satis- fied, make a deposit and start your work when you gee fit. Open evenings until 9 except Wednesdays and Saturday, DR.THOS.H. KELLEY 2758 North Ave., corner California Tel. Humboldt 6214 CA MULLER’S RESTAURANT A good place to eat, 1010 RUSH STREET Tel. Superior 7079 Downstairs of National Offica, Backers of Lash Suffer Defeat in Miners’ Meet (Continued from Page 1) Lewis stands on the subject of the| Ku Klux Klan. | After the report was voted down the convention went officially on rec- ord in favor of retaining the anti- Klan section of the constitution, Lewis Owes Much to Klan. The Lewis machine owes much to the Klan for the Klan is co-operat- ing in the program of crucifying the radicals which is one of the main businesses of the United Mine Workers’ officialdom. The Ku Kiux Klan has done all) in its power to injure the eres- sive delegates who are fightfhg the reactionary machine in the miners’ organization. Like Mussdlini’s Fas- cisti the Ku Klux Klan takes the official stand that it is friendly to conservative unionism but violent opposed to radical unionism, which in the case of the miners means to all efforts to improve working con- ditions and link up the miners’ union with the rest of the labor movement. New York Gets Ready for Huge Lenin Meeting New York's monster meeting in Madison Square Garden Monday eve- ning will be the climax of the series of Letin Memorial meetings which have brought out scores of thousands of workers in the greatest series of demonstrations the labor movement of this country has ever seen, Speakers will come from a thou- sand miles to testify to the surpass- ing greatness of the departed pro- letarian leader. C. E. Ruthenberg and William Z. Foster will be fol- |lowed by Moissaye Olgin, Ludwig Lore, Benjamin Gitlow and others. The Russian Symphony orchestra will play revolutionary airs and the Jatest moving pictures of Lenin in action will be shown. Sunday’s meetings in many cities were announced in yesterday’s issue of the DAILY WORKSR. Meetings held Monday and later are as follows: New Haven, Conn., Hermanson bis = 4 at 8 p. Coe is ta , Conn., Feb. 7, at 8 p. m. East St. Louis, ML, Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. Valier, Til, Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7p. m., T. R. Sullivan, speaker. The OPEN FORUM, meeting ev- ery Sunday night in the Corinthian Hall, 17th floor Capitol Building, 159 |; N. State St, announces the speaker |= for Sunday, Feb. 8rd, to be Manuel | Gomez, a well known writer and lec- turer on Mexico. The subject will be “The Revolu- tion in Mexico.” Frethelt Dance Tonight A dance will be given by the Frei- heit Singing Society and Mandolin Orchestra tonight at the Roosevelt Hall, 3437 West Roosevelt Road. Everybody welcome. Our branch asembled at a special meeting expresses its unbounded grief and sorrow at the death of the greatest of all leaders LENIN. Let his spirit and his ideal life be a guiding light of the all-world pro- letarian in their struggle for emanci- pation from the capitalist yoke. We transmit the heartiest sym- pathy to the revolutionary proletariat over the whole world. Resolution Committee, WORK- MEN’S CIRCLE Educational League Branch 313, Portsmouth, Va, H.L. Boras M. J. Mass R. Goldblatt SCOTT NEARING Minneapolis, Minn, Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 5, Tuesday, 8 P. M., Feb. 7, Thursday, 8 P. M., Allegheny Carnegie Courthouse Music Hall, Assembly Hall. Cor. Federal and Ohio Sts, DR. A. J. CHYZ Osteopathy Physiological Adjustments Chiropractic + 1009 NORTH STATE ST, CHICAGO Office Hours: 9 a, fh. to 12 N., 2 M,to6P.M,7P,M.to9 P.M, | cozy | LUNCH George E. Pashas We Bake Our Own Pies 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block. ten CHICAGO Res. 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