The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 15, 1925, Page 3

THIS PAGE Is Devoted to the Activity and Interests of the Trade Union Educational League (T..U. B. L,) y North American Section of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (R. 1. L. U.) ~ wa HE T.U.E.L. Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. Ite Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by Replacing Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm- ere’ Government. 301,000 GARMENT WORKERS CHEER SPEAKERS WHO ADVOCATE POLICY OF STRUGGLE AGAINST BETRAYAL By JOSEPH MANLEY. NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.—This city has witnessed the great- est open air mass demonstration in the history of the militant New York labor history. Yankee Stadium located far-up-town and reached only after a long ride on the Subway, was the scene of the demonstration. The immense ball park was jamed with Cloak and Dressmakers members of Locals 2,9 and 22. Nothing but the modern micro- * pot pay them one cent.” hone and amplifiers allowed the great gathering IIterally to drink in every word of the speakers, who were all members or officers of the three suspended executvie boards. : Nailing the old Fairy Tale In spite of the attacks of the yellow Forward and its printed “appeal” to the Cloak and Dressmakers, the gathering was a laughing, jolly but militant mass of men and women Cloak and’ Dressmakers, who filled thru the turnstile entrances and showe their union’ books to the Ser-- ' geants-at-Arms who permitted only those having books to en- ‘ter. The reason for this was the action taken by the meet- ing and to hurl back in the teeth of the Sigman crew their stock ery: “It ‘was not a meeting of Cloak and Dress- -makers.” The meeting was held in the typi- cal New York manner, which meant » “right after work,” from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. The chairman was Sasha Zim- merman and the speakers were Julius ,Portnoy, manager of Local 22; Rose Wortis, executive board Local 22; Joseph. Burchowitz, manager of Local 12; Louis Hyman, manager of Local _9, and Morris Rubin, of Local 22. The _auspices under which the meeting was held was the Joint Commitee of .Action of the three locals. Hyman’s Call. A great roar of approval from the throats of the assembled Cloak and Dressmakers, that could be heard al- most at Times Square, when Hyman in his native graphic Yiddish said: “Let us give notice to these ‘low lives’ that just as we drove out the gangsters of Czar Nicholas, so we will be strong enuf to drive out Sigman and his gangsters. To tell Sigman and Co. thru. this great gathering: Take your hands off the membership, we ‘warn you and we warn the bosses that you have no right to represent the membership and that we will not pay attention to “your” agreements; that if you will attempt to terrify us we will stop the ‘electric’ in the shops and go on a great strike if necessary.” Chairman Zimmerman, in opening up the meeting declared: “This is a historic meeting even in the history of our union. We gather here this evening to review the events that have led up to the present situa- tion; to restate once more our pur- poses and policies, We are opposed to splitting tactics and want our union for the rank and file. We want to get rid of a few individuals who have fastened, themselves upon the back of the rank and file. This great revolt is the result of years of struggle. We are still keeping the ‘barricades’ and we intend to keep them.” Portnoy on Class Collaboration. Portnoy was the first speaker. He told how the new administration of Local 22, had been sabotaged by the Sigman gang. He dealt with the governor's commission pointing out that it was supposed to bring peace in the industry. _ Saying that:» “Instead of pressing 2 demands upon the governor's yn, they have been making war upon us and so neglecting the demands of the workers. The time is not far away when they will have to leave the union. They are not there for idealism. If*there is no pay they will not stay for a day, and you have refused to pay your dues to the joint board. As long as these people are at the head of the I. L, G. W. we will (Applause,) Wortis Tella of Defense. Rose Wortis, the next speaker, de- elared: “You know it is not because are Communists, but because we | for the issues of the workers, the Feinberg, and Perlstein want to expell us. From the very be- ginning our policies and those of the Iministration have been different, It because we hold these views that they have tried to break the Dress- cers Union. Z “They say the yellow press, that Reg 4 , we are splitters. I want to say that they, and not we, are the real splif- ters, We have proven by years ‘of service, that we work for unity and for the interests of the rank and file. We have seen our union press turn agent provacatuers: we have seen our joint board pffice turned into a po- lice station, where workers were held for arrest, wg have seen our own of- fice Local 22 held by us behind barri- MINNEAPOLIS LEFT WING CONFERENCE VICTORY EOR LABOR (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 13.— The conference of the left wing elements in the local trade union movement successfully brought out forty members representing differ- ent organizations, This conference laid down a foundation for a permanent organ- ization of the left wing. The weak- nesses of the local labor movement were thoroly discussed, and it was the concensus of opinion among all those present that a fighting pro- gram for reconstruction would have to be adopted. To that end a resolution for a campaign to “organize the unorgan- ized” was adopted. All those present recognized that the initia’ for this work would have to be taken by the left wing. A spirit of work prevailed among THE 'DAILY WORKER Le TN NT | SUMMARY GIVEN OF GOVERNOR'S TRICK ‘AWARD’ " Workers’ Resentment Growing Fast NEW YORK CITY, July 13.— The report of the governor's commission | to which “impartial” swindling the | Sigman gang has betrayed the mem-| bership of the I. L. G. W. with the yellow socialist Hiliquit as Sigman’s spokesman, has been given out at last. A summary of the recommendation follows:* Bureau of Research.—The com- mission recommends that a bureau of research be established under joint auspices and it be partly. financed by contributions from independent manu- facturers, submanufacturers and job- bers as well ds by contributions from the members present, and a real desire to achieve effective progr in the work of building up the trade unions of the city. Other conferences will follow bi- monthly. The reactionaries made a crude attempt to sabotage this conference. They notified the capitalist press that this was an attempt to set up a dual central body. In their zeal to keep the wet blanket over the labor movement, and thus prevent its growth and progress, they stop at nothing to forestall the efforts of the honest workers to do construc- tive work. This flimsy attempt on their part, failed completely, The rank and file is aware that the left wing element possesses a real pro- “gram of action. unconstitutional manner by preferring false and malicious charges against all of the officers and members of the executive boards of the said locals contrary to the provisions of the con- stitution of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and have by force and the use of strong-arm meth- ‘ods illegally obtained possession of the headquarters, records and prop- erty of Locals 2 and 9 and A Long Struggle. “Whereas, these actions were the culmination of a long struggle within the union in whcih the said three indi- Niduals, taking advantage of the un- democratic constititution of the Joint Board have attempted to foist upon an unwilling membership of the Interna- cades, day and night for four weeks. For four weeks we have withstood tional Ladies Garment Workers Union of this city policies objectionable to their atack and today have real unity!'fhem both in methods of internal or- in our rapks.” Hyman’s Great Speech. Louls Hyman. was introduced as | high dues ‘\iganization as well as in dealing with employers, such.as the imposition of and special taxes for the “The lawyer and our chief counsellor. }purpose of raising large revenues Hyman declared “I never studied law in college, but I think I know enuf to protect the workers against Hilquit and such lawyers.” Hyman went into the demands of the Cloak and Dressmakers. He told the story of the general attitude of the Sigman gang toward the fundamental problem in the trade, that of the con- tractors and jobbers. He recalled how Bisno had been ousted from office in the middle of the night by this same gang, just as they had done with Local 2 and 9. And after Bisno, his successor, Professor Hourwich, was treated in almost the same manner. He said “they are used to collecting dues, they cannot. get them voluntarily, now they want to collaborate with the bosses’ associa- tion, so that it will help them to col- lect.” Demonstration for Hyman, At the close of Hyman’s speech a tremendous demonstration took place, finally when Chairman Zimmerman's voice thru the amplifiers stilled the enthusiastic workers, he read a res- lution which set forth the grievances of the three locals and called for the support of the membership in vhe struggle of Locals 2, 9 and 22 against the misleaders of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, { The resolution called for the resig- nation of Sigman, Pearlstein and Fein- berg, and asked the membership to re- fuse to pay dues and taxes until these | resignations and reforms in the organ- ization have taken effect. The reso- lution also pledged the membership.to the raising of a defense fund to help carry on the struggle. The vote on the resolution, (given below) from this great assembly of the membership was unanimous, ‘just as was the vote on a motion which quickly followed, registering full con- fidence in the Joint Committee of Ac- tion, This following a flery speech by teh old fighter “Mershe” Rubin, Then the gathering dispersed. The Resolution, “Whereas, a few individuals, not- ably Morris Sigman, president, Meyer Perlstein, vice-president, and Israel Feinberg, vice-president and manager of the Joint Board, have arrogated to themselves the pawer and misused the name of the General Hxecutt Board of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and of the Joint Board of the Locals of the sald union in the City of New York, for the purpose of disrupting the said or- ganization and particularly the New York Local unions; and “Whereas, in-the execution of their said nefarious purpose they have em- ployed illegal and means and strong-arm methods by at- tempting to locals of the ment | which were unnecessary for the regu- lar and ordinary business of the union, but which enabled the said in- dividuals to maintain an expensive and corrupt machinery upon which they based their powers in the union, rand the calling of fictitious strikes and stoppages as an excuse for the raising of the said revenues and as an opportunity to illegally squander the same by corrupt and illegal methods; and “Whereas, in order to mask the real struggle going on in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union be- tween the membership and its mis- leaders, the said misleaders have raised the false and fictitious cry of “Communism” so as to raise a smoke screen behind which they could pur- sue unpunished their illegal and crim- inal methods of warfare; “We, the members of the Interna- tional Ladies Garment Workers Union resident in New York assembled in mass meeting at the Yankee Stadium in the City of New York on this 9th day of July, 1925, on the call of Lo- cals 2, 9 and 22, do hereby “We, the Membership.” “Resolve, that we hereby expre: our sympathy and pledged our loyal and devoted co-operation with Locals 2, 9 and 22 in their struggle against the misleaders of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and particularly against the individuals named; and we hereby approve the action of Locals 2, 9 and 22 in elect- ing a Joint Committee of Action to take all necessary means for the pro- tection of the officers and executive boards of the said three locals, as well as the entire membership of the said local unions and their property from illegal attacks; and we hereby express our sense of solidarity with them in this struggle, which we be- lieve to be for the benefit of the entire membership of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union thru- out the country and for the protection of their rights as members of the said union. “Resolved, Further, that the said struggle is in our opinion a struggle for true and correct policies of trade unionism, that its origin and develop- ment {s purely along questions of in- ternal policy of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, such as dues and other burdens imposed upon the membership, the proper or improper attitude taken by the leaders in the struggle with employ- ers, and that the issue of “Commun- ism” is faked by Messrs. Sigman, Perlstein and Feinberg and their con- federates for the purpose of obscuring the real issues involved in this strug. juspend potions largest] gle; and we hereby expressly assert Ladies Gar-| that Messrs, bb tein and itatad to employ ub Ao? ail, $2. 08 the parties to the collective agree- ments and from the unemployment in- surance fund. The Sanitary Label—We strongly urge the fullest possible development of the use of the label. The standards adopted by the joint board of sanitary control should be rigidly enforced and gradually improved so that the pub- lic may rely on the labels guarantee- ing that the garments upon which they appear are manufactured and produced in shops having high stand- ards of sanitation and modern work- ing conditions. Shop Strikes—The commission be- lieves that the shop strike in the in- dustry is harmful to the interests of all parties concerned and is contrary to the spirit of the collective agree- ments; Energetic steps should be taken to prevent the occurrence of these shop strikes, and it is recom- mended that the union issue explicit and frequent instructions that. under all circumstances, shop strikes are to be avoided. Reorganization—We are not pre- pared to’make any definite recom- mendations on this subject at present. We suggest that the industrial coun- eil and the union confer on this mat- ter. Discounts—The commission wishes further data on this subject. The recommendation is that the two as- sociations: involved agree to accept a decision of the commission to be rendered during the fall. If any change is then regommended, it is to become effective for the business of the spring season, Net Yardage—The sub-manufactur- ers should’ be called upon to pay only. for th actual yardage received. (n other’ Words, they should be charged only with the net yardage after sponging. To charge the sub- manufacturers with shrinkage iu 1a- terials thru the process of sponging is a constant source of irritation ani gives rise to frequent unnecessary disputes, Unemployment Insurance—The facts brought out by the investigation shows clearly that, the periods of employ-; BUILDING UNIONS OFFICIALS CARRY ON RUINOUS WAR Members Want to Amal-| gamate; Officers Don’t | NEW YORK CITY, July 13—Build- ing trade workers should take notte: of the significan of the present inex- cusable jurisdictional quarrel between the Bricklayers’ and the Plasterers’ unions. It is a shining example of not Cahly the need for amalgamation in the building industry, but of the fact that the members want amalgamation and he officials block it. This impos: & situation will only be remedied by the rank and file of both unieng tateing | hold of such obstructionist officers and | ping them on ths scrap heap. | The Bricklayers’ officials do not} wisa to carry ont th, resolution for! anugamation passed ar the 19214 con- vention; and the Plasterers’ officials pretend to get insu ed because the Gricklayers’ resclution for amaigama- tion refers in passing to them as be- ing a “dual” nnion Both sides are happy to find some «xcvse to set the membership at swords’ points with cach other, The Progressive Building Trades Worker published at 156 West Wash- ington street, Chicago, has the fol- lowing enlightening remarks to make in a recent issue: Probably the most stupid and crim- inal jurisdictional fight that has ever taken place in the history of the build-; ing trades, is that between the Brick- layers, Masons and Plasterers Inter- national Union and the Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Finishers’ In- ternational Association. Here are two organizations covering practically the same field. The only solution is amal- gamation, and yet the officials have decided to fight it out, This means/ that both unions will be materially | weakened, to the detriment of, the members of both organizations. At the last convention of the Brick- layers, held at Saratoga Springs, N.| Y., September, 1924, the rank and file| expressed themselves on this matter in the following resolution: “Whereas, Owing to the deplor- | able conditions existing in the Plast- ering industry thruout the country, and such conditions being caused by the existence of a dual organization known as the O. P, and C. F. 1. A., therefore be it “Resolved, That the incoming Executive Board be empowered to Spare no expense to protect the |seem from the above action taken by BLESS WORKER AND FAMILY 60 TO JAIL TO KEEP FROM STARVING LOS ANGELES, Cail, July 13.— William Bowman, his wie ind their two children voluntarity wer to the Los Angeles jail to keep from atarv- ing to death, They are ceeds 4 destitute, due to the husbands | ability to get work. Bowman has been loking far a job, without success, for four months and there is every reason to believe he is telling the truth. He is a radio worker, young and able ‘ARBITRATION bodied, yet he and his family are | in jail as a last resort to keep | from taking the long trip “west.” |, jurisdictional rights of the B, M. and | P. I. U. and to use such efforts as | will bring about the amalgamation | of the O, P. I. A. and our Interna- itonal Union in order that dual unionism will forever disappear. in so far as our craft is concerned, so | that harmony may be established in the industry.” Members for Amalgamation. This is a clear-cut declaration for amalgamation. It comes from the man on the job who is most affected by stupid internal strife. Yet how do the officials of both organizations greet this sensible and practical solution of the problem? At the meeting of the officials of both organizations held last February, | in Miami, Fla., to discuss this situa-| tion, the representatives of the Brick- layers, according to a circular letter, sent out by the O. P, & C.F. 1. A,| said “that in their opinion there was | no way out by conference, that it} would be a long drawn out battle and that they had made preparations for same.” Both officialdoms agree to fight it out. The representatives of the Op- erative Plasterers even excuse the Bricklayers when they say, referring to the resolution passed at the Brick- layers’ convention and the declaration of war, “We realize that they were compelled to do so in order to carry out the instructions of their last con- vention held at Saratoga Springs.” The representatives of the Operat- ive Plasterers deliberately misinter- pret the letter and the spirit of the resolution when they say, again re- ferring to the resolution, “It would the Bricklayers in their convention that we are considered by them as a ‘dual’ union of Plasterers and Cement Finishers.” Both officraidoms find a ready excuse not to bring about unity, but to fight it out. rying into effect any provision of the collective agreement with the union, until such jobber and (or) manu- facturer and (or) contractor shall have paid to the association all such charges. (b) The contracts between the union and independent jobbers, manu- facturers and sub-manufacturers shall | provide for the deposit in cash or its equivalent with the union of a sum sufficient to cover any damage by reason of any violation committed by in than in the inside shops. the insurance items to be paid by the jobbers be increased to 50 per cent, as against the schedule now\in force. “No Change” in Wage Scale. The commission does not find it this time, It recommends that in the new contracts the several parties ject during the fall. This will be on the understanding that if any in- crease will be granted, it will go into effect for the spring season. Independent—(a) No contract shall be entered into by the union and a jobber, manufacturer and (or)_sub- manufacturer Who was suspended from membership in Merchants’ Ladies’ Garment Association, or Cloak and Suit Protective Association, American Cloak and Suit Mannufactur- ers’ Assoc! ‘because of failure to comply with award made against him on complaint filed by or thru the lective agreements, or who has been suspended f lure to pay his dues, assessments and (or) charges levied against him for the purpose of car- practicable to propose any change at; agree to accept a decision on this sub-| or) union or any /other party to the col-| ment are on the average much shorter | the jobber-manufacturer system | Manufacturer and (or) jobber. It is the! employes in this system who make|that the independent submanufactur-| the heaviest demands upon the insur- ers, manufacturer or jobber shall con- ance fund, Having in mind this situa-| tribute to a fund for the expenses tion the commission recommends that | of the bureau of research in amounts such independent sub-manufacturer, (ce) Such contracts shall provide to be approved by the impartial chair- man. , ¢ That “Impartial” Chairman, The commisssion does not believe that the expenses of the impartial chairman should be paid in part by the independents. The impartial chair- man and his machinery should be re- served for the adjustment of disputes between the members of associations and the union, who are parties to the collective agreement in the industry, except in so far as controversies in- volving independents may, by consent of the parties to the collective agree- ments, be submitted to the impartial chairman, (a) No contract shall be made be- tween the union and an independent sub-manufacturer, manufacturer and (or) jobber containing any provisions more favorable than the provisions in the contracts executed between the union and the various parties collec- tively, and all such individual agree- ments shall be open for inspection by the association and their duly ac- credited representatives at the office of the impartial chairman, at such’ Se Call to All Labor. “We there! call upon all’ the members of International Ladies Garment Workers Union in the City of New York and thruout the contry, and upon all organized labor, to disre- gard the smoke screen attempted by Messrs, Sgiman, Perlstein, Feinberg & Co., and the inquiry into and examina- tion of the real issues involved in this struggle, which are of great import- ance not only to all of the members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, but to all organi: labor, as all o1 ed labor is inter- ested in honest and democratic man- agement of thé unions and in the sup-| M pression of «tempts to ally or- ganized labor “ ph the criminal under- world or to way use the latter in the strugglé between workers and rs inion the rat membership d | Ladi City trom| be entitled 35e to 50c; and the imposition of a special tax of $2.50 were both unjusti- fied and unnecessary, and that the tax was imposed unconstitutionally, and that the raising of the dues and| the imposition of the tax had as their) sole purpose the raising of a vast cor- ruption fund so as to enable the mi leaders of the International Ladies | Garment Workers Union to maintain themselveg in power by illegal and| corrupt méans, | Demand Resignatinons. “Resolved, Further, that in our op-| inion the troubles in the International Garment Workers Union will) not cease 80 long as the present lead-| ers, and particularly Morris Sigman, | ‘er Perlstein and Israel Feinbe stand at its head and are in control of its affairs, and until the compost tion of the Joint Board in the City of New York will be changed in ac cordance with the requirements of democriy ag to provide for pro- | democratic principles, times and under such conditions as he Page Three CHANGE MEANS WAGE CUTTING ‘Boston Carmen Vote ‘for Strike By TOM BELL, (Special to The Daily Worker.) BOSTON, M July 13—-Union street car men employed by the Bos- ton Elevated company have voted overwhelmingly for a strike to force the company to abandon their stand on arbitration. The vote was: For strike, 4,958; against 197. This em- powers\the wage committee to set the date Yor the strike, and to call it when advisable, “ For many weeks the company has been insisting that the method of arbi- tration be changed. The union is in- sisting that the arbitration method leid down in the agreement with the company be carried out, Behind all this juggling with words there is the determination of the company to cut wages if at all possible, a It was against any possibility of a wage cut that the rank and file voted. This overwhelming vote fora strike is also a demand on the union officials that they cut loose from the continual conferences with the bosses om the question of arbitration, ton The trustees of the company have visited \Gov. Fuller to lay the case be- fore him, It is stated that he is deter- mined to take all steps possible to prevent a strike. President Green of the A. F. of L. is in town and stated that the differences between the union and the company are so slight that no trouble should be had im finding a common ground for a settlement, John H. Reardon, general executive board member of the union, is in charge of the stiuation. All of these people seem to have lost sight of the fact that. the: carmen have voted for’a strike, and that such a strike would bring the company to its knees. But they are all blabbering about a “common ground of agree- ment,” and the statements of the governor and those of Green are iden- tical. All of them are afraid of a strike. The rank and file know that they are faced with a cut in wages if strong action is not taken to bring the company to terms, and they have voted: for such action, 3,000 WORKERS may designate, hs (e) All such contracts shall provide that the books of an independent job- ber, manufacturer and (or) sub-mana- facturer against whom a complaint is made by any party to the collective agreements shall be open for inspec- tion at such times and under such conditions as the impartial chairman may designate. eee With the union led into a trap by Sigman and company the alleged “ob- jections” of Hillquit to the “award” of such a raw deal was as weak and fraudulent as could be expected. Too Many Lawyers to Expect “Justice” Louis Solomon, attorney for the American Cloak and Suit Manufac- turers’ Association, representing the manufacturers, expressed his disap- poinment because the report did not do away with haggling over prices paid the manufacturers. Sam Blum- bes, attorney for the Merchants’ Ladies’ Garment Association, merely said that the merchants would con- sider the report and report back. Evi- dently the big bosses have litttle to kick about. William Klein, another attorney completing the battery of lawyers who try to dispose of the destiny and lives of the workers, spoke for thé industrial council of the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ Protective Association opined that things would come out all right thru the research bureau. The expression of opinion of the workers in the shop is yet unformulat- ed, but it will probably be in con- sonance with the individual opinion of the militant rank and filers of the I. L. G. W,, that they expected nothing but betrayal from the Sigman gang and the council of lawyers and they are going to fight their own battles for their own interests, REFUSE TO DANCE TO BOSSES’ MUSIC Western Electric Has ‘: Successful Failur 4 By HARRY ALLEN. (Worker Correspondent.) True to their class character, some 3,000 workers of the Western EHlec- tric Co. refused to take part ine dance given by the company which was held Friday during\Junch honr. ee | With a week. of systematic public- ity for an outdoor dance for the em- ployes, to be held at noon hour bring- ing a crowd estimated at about 3,000, yet, despite the popular dance music, no more than 80 to 40 couples danced at any one time. ? Not a single worker with overalls on was seen to dance, altho «there were hundreds there dressed in over- alls, and only two girls were seen with their working dress on. Those who participated were of the sheik and flapper type of office workers. The workers feel that the dance was put on to make them believe the company is good to them but they cannot forget their low wages, long hours and miserable working condi- tions no matter how good the com: pany appears to be, It Fools Them T: “Win PARIS, July 18.—The French, cham- ber of’ deputies has ratified the Wash- ington eight-hour eonvention. This was one of the draft conventions adopted by the international labor conference at its first meeting in Washington in November, 1919, z to ‘its m mbership, thus doing away with the Rotten Boroughs of pa- per locals. “We therefore demand the immedi- ate resignation of Morris Sigman, Meyer Perlstein and Israel Feinberg, from the offices now held by them; and the taking of immediate steps to- wards the reconstruction of the Joint Board in the City of New York, in ac- cordance with the requirements of “And we call upon the membership of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union to refuse to pay any dues or taxes until the said resigna- tions have been obtained and proper steps taken towards the institution of the said reforms, and not to recognize the authority of the few individuals now misuring the name of the Inter- pational La Garment ‘Workers Union in an ‘al and uconstitutional manney. Have No Authority, “We also hereby declare publicly —S that the said leaders have no author. ity to make in our name any agree- ments with any employers, and that we will not recognize any agreement unless the same are negotiated with our true representatives and submit. ted to the membership for their decis- jon under conditions that will insure an untrammelled vote and an honest count thereof, “We hereby also declare that until the constitutional machinery of the local unions of New York City has been restored, the Joint Action Com- mittee elected by Locals 2, 9, and 22, is the only authorised body to speak in the name of the Cloak and Dress- makers of New York City. “We hereby also pledged our selves to the raising of a defense fund to enable the carrying on of this strug- gle, and we hereby call upon all mem- bers of the International Ladies Gar- ment Union in New York and else where and upon all their sympathiz ers to contribute liberally towards this fund.” cam Cees aan