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Page Two BRITISH WHITE GUARDS ORGANIZE AGAINST LABOR Out in the Open as Workers Rule Threatens (Special to The Daily Worker) | LONDON, Feb, 15.—British aris- tocrats and sons of the bourgeoisie | met last night at the famous Cecil | Hotel, in black shirts to sound a} warning against the possibility of | British labor expecting to gain power by peaceful methods. From all over the British Isles | came delegates of the Fascisti to| the first open function held under the auspices of the English section of the Fascisti. Mussolini’s agents were there in great number, headed by the Italian ambassador. The | leading Italian families were repre- | sented, | The British Fascisti admit that there fs no danger of the present | British Labor Party endangering cap- italist rule at present but should they gain a majority, the Black Shirt bri. gade would go into action and es- tablish an open dictatorsh The moth-eaten constitutional tradition of peaceful transition will be given a rude jolt by the British 100 per centers. German Strikers Battle with the Police in Stettin STETTIN, Feb, 15.—Police fired on rioting dock strikers today, killing one and wounding seven. One police- man was wounded. ** * BERLIN, Feb. 15.—The national state of emergency in Germany, pro- claimed when the nationalist move- ment in Bavaria threatened dissolu- tion of the confederation, will be abolished March 1. General von Seeckt, commander of the Reichswehr, and nominal dicta- tor, wrote to President Ebert sug- gesting the state of emergency be | THE DAILY WORKER Ladies’ Garment Workers Get Ready for Big Strike (Continued from page 1.) to discuss some improvement in con- ditions and a slight change in wages which would better even: a_ little the miserable earnings now being paid the girls who turn out the ex- pensive dresses for the “better classes.” Demands had been made for dis- cussion upon an increase from the scale which now leaves many girls de- pendent on their own earnings, or even with loved ones to support, only $16, $18 or $20 a week on which to eke out an existence. The associa- tion scorned the plea that workng girls needed more than the minimum necessary to avoid starvation which is euphemistically called “a living wage,” and one fat-necked boss whose appetite for the higher things of life never ranges above “Getting Gertie’s Garter,” indignantly protested the suggestion that working girls might like to attend the opera. “Why, I never go to the opery,” he had grunted. New Bosses’ Associations. Negotiations sent to the individual members of it that the union may be forced to strike. These individual bosses had in two cases broken from the old as- sociation and informed the union that they were organizing a new associa- tion of the manufacturers in the trade on the Northwest Side, and that an- other association was in process of forming. The letter of warning as to impending strike which was sent to the non-union shops had gone un- answered, The possibility of the union reach- ing an agreement with the newly or- ganized and reorganized association members complicated conditions so that it is yet impossible to say wheth- er or not the strike will be forced upon the union, but as every agree- ment expires on Monday, Vice-Presi- dent Pertstein demanded that a strike committee be elected at once, and he specified that such committee would alone decide the date of the strike. “Take Back Expelled Before Strike” Plea From Floor. At this point the destructive effects being broken with| the association, warnings had been! rescinded. President Ebert thanked the com- mander, and added: “I agree to the abolition of the state of emergency beginning March 1.” {of Perlstein’s expulsion of the most |active and devoted members of the union for connection with the Trade | Union Educational League became manifest. Member after member took the floor in passionate plea that |the expelled members be taken back jinto full union membership before a | battle against the bosses be engaged. | “How can the International officers |expect the union to win in a fight with |the bosses when these officers have destroyed the fighting spirit of our union by expelling its most active : ;members? What are we going to do oer | without Dora Lipshitz, who in strike AMGCOGHIZE RUSSIA <f sfh,,czie tar eines "ver cee Work Daily for “The Daily!” |of energy and every minute of time |to leadership in the strike—and who RAIC-ognition of THE UNION OF SOVIET | REPUBLICS by American Workers Thru the R. A. I. C. Workers’ Russia Needs INDUSTRIAL CREDIT given by Friends of Russia R, A. I. 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Can we who know how much the union has been weakened by expulsion of our best members undertake responsibility of accepting on the strike committee? And can we accept knowing that af- ter the strike is over, maybe we, too, shall be expelled, like Dora Lipshitz was?” Such were the questions put by the first girl who got the floor, and she continued with the demand that before strike action was taken that the expelled members be re-instated. This brought the first exhibition of real enthusiasm shown at the meet- ing; members rose to their feet and strained their ears to hear the pro- The Radical Inn The place where you can. enjoy an interesting discussion while having a special Mrs. Smith’s own cooked meal or drinking a Russian Tchei- nick (pot) of tea with Mrs, Smith’s own home made cake. Arrangements for services for par. ties, organizations and private gatherings made at any time. Mrs. Smith's Tea Room 1431 S. SAWYER AVENUE Phone Rockwell 0202. HALSTED ST., ml. test, and applauded it wildly at the close, Unanimous For Re-instatement. “Unity in our own ranks,” “rein- statement of the expelled members | before the strike,” were demands of member after member demanding the floor—not one dissenting voice to this came from the floor, until the chair-lady cut off discussion, but not before a girl who delivered the best speech of the evening had cast a note of serious warning. She had been on the committee from the local, which had visited President Sigman with the request that the expelled members be reinstated. Sigman had |refused to consider the request, un- jless the expelled members surrend- jered what, to the speaker, was the |right of free thinking, the right to belong or have connection with the Trade Union Educational League. “Unity Before the Battle”— Membership. This girl asserted that she was in violent disagreement with Sigman and looked with dismay on the pros- pect of the union going into the strike with the feeling of demorali- zation. among the members which was shown by every rank and file mem- ber which took the floor. She had been, also, on the committee of mem- bers which had met the insulting spokesmen of the association of em- ployers and had felt outraged at the scorn with which they treated the vital needs of the workers in the shops, who create fortunes for them. Nevertheless, in spite of the resent- ment this engendered, she realized that a strike was a serious matter, that the livelihood of thousands di- rectly and of others thousands indi- rectly was in the balance, that a strike was no plaything and embraced issues too grave to be made a gamble of; therefore, she felt that if the membership lacked the spirit and leadership of the expelled members as much as their speeches showed, the union was in no condition to ae in her opinion and should recognize realities, continue the pres- ent agreement, unsatisfactory and humiliating as it is, until the expelled members are taken back and the {union re-inspirited. “Unity After the Battle”—Perlstein. Perlstein replied weakly, that the matter of the expelled members was |“in the hands of the International”— somewhat like “in the hands of God,” as tho he had no control over it and jeould not get them re-instated at ‘once if he really valued the interests of the union above his vanity and pride. His egoism would, it is evi- dent, be hurt if he had to take back the members he expelled and thus ad- mit his mistake. So he added that, ;“We must stand together now ‘against the enemy. After we are thru fighting him, after the strike, some other time, we can settle our family quarrels so we can stand to- |now is expelled and is not even al-|gether against the enemy.” He never |seemed to notice that this circular /argument mwas broken by the gap of absence left by the expelled members. | Tho many members were on the \floor, Perlstein and the chair-lady cut |them off and made the election of the |strike committee the next order of business. 7 John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor delivered an un- usally bad speech, his one good point lSetng that the bosses, by use of all their injunctions, detectives and sluggers, had gained nothing over the union. This was remarked by a member present to be true, that the |most vicious tactics of the bosses only \strengthened the union, and only the \disruptive tactics of Perlstein could |have brought the union to its present condition of timidity and helpless- ness, | Expelled Members to Help Strikers |; When asked her opinion as to the |possibility of strike, Dora Lipshitz ‘said to the DAILY WORKER: “The lexpelled members of the Interna- |tional Ladies’ Garment Workers are \first and last union men and women. |The interests of the membership is ours and, if a strike is declared, the expelled members will give every ef- fort physically possible to make a vietory for the Dressmakers a pos- sibility. However, the possibility of victory is clearly made uncertain when the union is weakened and dis- couraged by Perlstein’s expulsions of its most active members.” THE DAILY WORKER, EN RE td Negro Workers Speak Despite Sanhedrin Head (Continued from page 1) reported in the next issue of The DAILY WORKER. Labor Seizes Convention. The indignation which the dele- gates have been feeling against the machine control of the convention showed in the tumult of applause that came when Labor took the floor in spite of Dean Miller yesterday noon, The chairman was announcing that those interested in labor could talk in a small side room while the con- vention continued in session in the main auditorium on other subjects. He didn’t get away with it, Otto Housewoud, a union printer from New York and representative of the apa Blood ‘ Brotherhood, called out: Labor Sabotaged. “Dean Miller, you have been sabo- taging this convention from the first day. You promised labor a hearing before the convention because it was the most important issue, We demand a hearing. Ninety-five per cent of the members of our Race are work- ingmen.” There was a burst of handclapping and an elderly clergyman cried out: _ ‘Ninety-five per cent—better say ninetyeight.” Miller gaveled and said House- woud was out of order but members of the audience whose labor sympa- thies had not Bee known before be- gan popping up demanding the ri of Labor $5, be heard, sf ” Labor Defeats Chairman. The chairman’s opposition was in vain. Speaker after Speaker began taking the floor and the audience ap- plauded every attack on the chair- man’s policy of barring the labor is- sue, ,. Miller gave in and turned the meet- ing over to a lahor discussion—first taking pains to have T. Arnold Hill, of the Urban League, a conservative he had appointed to the labor com- mittee, in the chair, _ Lovett Fort-Whiteman showed the vital need of unionism among the Negroes: Negro girls are being accepted in the garment industries in place of white girls, he said, not because they employer is favoring the race, but because they are unorganized and can be exploited more. JAY LOVESTONE Author of “The Government— Strikebreaker” and “What's What About Coolidge” will speak on “WHO OWNS CONGRESS?” SUNDAY, FEB. 17, 8 P. M. Workers Party OPEN FORUM Capitol Bldg., 159 N. State Street (Corinthian Hall—17th floor.) FOR SALE GUITAR (New) A Bargain. G. SIMANSKY, 3402 WEST 16TH SREET Call Sunday Improve Your Property Damaged Buildings Restored LOANS TO IMPROVE New Floors, Fronts, Shelving Mid-City Carpenter Shop 508 S. Irving Ave. Seeley 1883 CLOTHING, SHOES, ETC. FURNISHINGS LADIES’ MEN’S INFANTS’ Trade Where Your Money Buys the Most. 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If any compromise of less is offered they will contiyge to fight for the original demand of $500, he said, The firemen presented to the city council at their last meeting a pe- tition containing 450,000 names ask- ing for a raise at once. At the present time firemen are working for wages ranging from $1,640 a year to $2,000 a year. They work for 24 hours and are off duty but subject to call for 24 hours. The raise of $500 a year will apply to all firemen from class D men to captains, Cleveland Window Cleaners Strike for More Wages CLEVELAND, Feb, 15.—Window cleaners of Local Union 110 went on strike here yesterday. 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