The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 3, 1925, Page 5

2] | NOVICE TO PATIRER $ ARBER SHOWS UP FOUL PLAY OF OFFICIALS Pimiliiun of Chicago Militants Explained At a regular meeting of the Bronx Local No, 560, Journeymen Barber’s International Union, Brother Maglia- ano severely criticized the organizer Alle, for his tactics of suppression of freedom of speech. To prove his con- tention he traced the history of the local for five years showing up the tactics employed by the officials to annihilate any member that dared to rise in opposition to them. He said he spoke three times. After the first speech he. was attacked on the grounds of being an emissary of the L W. W., the second brot accusations of his being an anarchist and now they have decided he is a Communist and are more afraid of him than ever. Chicago Expuisions. He told of the case of seven mem- ders expelled from the Chicago Local No. 548. These workers were vic- timized by the reactionary officials sof the Chicago local and 50 members jwere suspended from the union by he General Executive Board of the “International on flimsy charges made by. local officials. Magliacano is well acquainted with the Chicago situation because he was ® member of Local 548. He told the New York members of an incident that took place at the Barbers’ Con- vention held at Indianapolis last Sep- tember. J. Rose, one of the agents of ‘that local, and a supporter of the offi- cials, is well known as a “loop” gang- ster in Chicago. At the convention the president of the Master Barbers, the bosses’ organization, addressed the delegates expressing venomous accusations against the barbers. Brother Magliacano took issue with « the representative of the Barbers’ as- gociation. J. Rose was near and when he, heard that he made a vicious and brutal attack upon Magiacano threat- ning to throw him out of the con- ‘vention if he said another word. Mag- Macano was not a delegate, only a Fae Loyal to Union. waeleseas described the loyalty to the union and the activity of our sey- -@n Chicago brothers and explained What they aronsed the enmity of the officials thru their loyalty to the cause of the Barbers’ Union. He presented a resolution protest- Ing against the decision of the G. BH. %. and an appeal for the reinstate- of our seven Chicago brothers, and appealed to the members to ex- press their solidarity with these ac- tive and cuorageous brothers. As s00n as Brother Magliacano fin- |’ 4shed speaking, every official present, @ne after the other, got up and in ‘the most violent terms attacked him, expressing indignation that any mem- Der should dare to.present a resolu- tion against the action of the G. E. B. They then gave a long harangue on the dangerous infiuence of the seven Ddrothers who were expelled accusing them of trying to destroy the union. Magliacano asked for the floor again to. defend the Chicago brothers, ‘but of course, he was not granted the floor. The reactionary officials had one of their. henchmen. make a motion to @lose the discussion. The motion was carried with only three members vot- ing—the rest sat silent. LEFT WING LEADER OF FURRIERS’ UNION WHIPS KAUFMAN IN JOINT DEBATE BEFORE CHICAGO LOCAL Chicago Local 45 of ‘the International Furriers’ Union held its special meeting Friday last at the Capital building. This was called in accordance with the decision of the last regular meeting to invite Kaufman, interna- tional president, and a representative of the New York Joint Board, to de- bate the issue involved in the controversy between the International official- dom and the New York membership. The meeting opened at 9 p. m, with Milstein, business agent of the Chicago local, presiding. that the Kaufmanites were playing: for time, R Milstein Hired Private Detectives. Before the debate started, members of the local executive committee raised a strong protest against Milstein’s hir- ing of private detectives to “guard” the election perting held two weeks ago. The only defense Milstein could fur- nish was that’rumors had been spread that “I. W. W.’s Communists and an- archists” would break up the meeting and then, said he,.“It is no crime Tor the union to give the poor detectives an opportunity: to make a few dol- lara”. g wR US The debate'began With Kaufman as the first speaker. He spoke for over an hour. First a plea’ for unity and a Plea to the represéitatives of the New York Joint Board notito bring the facts of the controversy: before Local 45. He repeated several times that the special convention called for Novem- ber will smooth things out. Lusk Committee Stuff. His desire to keep the membership in the dark on the real issues was evi- dent. He constantly dodged issues. But the fake plea did not last long, for he started to attack the New York Joint Board most bitterly, raising the “red scare” and all that goes with that. The Communist International was paying Benjamin Gold and all the rest of the Joint Board, he said, to force him, Morris Kaufman, out of the presidency, the Communists want to break up the organization, etc. and etc, On the other hand hée tried very hard to shirk the responsibility for the slugging tactics, graft, and corruption committed while he was’ leading the New York Joint Board,,,He tried to lay all the blame on Brownstein, former manager, who today, finds him- self out of the union: «... Brownstein—He. Did. It. He repeatedly stated that ; ,Brown- stein was to blame for every! and that he, Kaufman, was guiltless as a lamb for all the crimes against the New York membership. But his long speech produced little effect’ iipon even those whom his followers had! brot out to pack the meeting, in fact they showed they didn’t like /(Kaufman’s talk, Ben Gold, manager of the. New York Joint Board, took the floor and for about 45 minutes bombarded , Kauf- man with facts of the controversy. Kaufman showed how nervousdhe was under the whipping. Tr Gold Whips Kaufman. Gold stated to Kaufman: _ tite you want to debate Communiém,”1 am ready at any time or place; butrat this membership meeting of .the,Chicago union, I want to acquaint the, member- ship with the facts of the present con- troversy between you and the New York Joint Board, “You plead with us not’ 'te inject politics into Local 45, but you forget to tell them that you use the official organ of the Furriers’ Union'to poison the minds of the membership against OUR DAILY PATTERNS crepe or jn rep or linen, The Pattern 1s cut in 4 Sizes: 6, 8, 19 and 12 years, An 8 year size re- quires 2% yards of 36 inch material. yy ow a New York of pattorn 5202, Figured and plain silk in combination or striped and plain flannel, or crepe would be suitable The pattern is cut in four sizes: 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 12-year size will require 1 yard of figured mater- fal 86 inches plain material if made as illustrated, wide and 2 yards of to any address on silver or stamps. seventh vice-president and At the outset it was seen the New York Joint Board, with no opportunity for the New York Joint Board to present its side of the case. “Why,” he asked, “does the General Executive Board accept a report on the New York situa‘ion without giving a representative of the New York Joint Board opportunity to present its side? Why do vice presidents tour the country discrediting the New York Joint Board?” Results Tell the Story. Gold pointed out that under the former administration a system of graft, corruption and slugging pre- vailed. Blackjacks were the law. Hon- est criticism and the morale of the or- ganization was destroyed, and the em- ployers took advantage of it to intens- ify exploitation. administration, graft, corruption and slugging have been eliminated. The rank and file participate in the work of the union and the bosses have been compelled to moderate their exploita- tion. Rank and file committees of 100 shops do the organization work. Many strikes and stoppages had taken Place to enforce union conditions. In- creases of $10 a week or more were obtained, about $12,000 in back pay collected and a ruthless campaign was launched against contractors, with sat- isfactory results, Gangsters Get New Bosses. Sluggers who had worked for Kauf- man by slugging members of the un- ion and breaking up meetings, were doing so today when the union mem- bers let them—but today they were being paid by the bosses,and not—at least—by the ution itself. They now work for the bosses:or scab agencies. Recent acts prove the above. Jack Cooper, a Kaufman gangster, has slugged M. Pinchefsky, a Joint Board delegate, on the picket line at Kramer Brothers. Nine stitches were taken in his scalp and he lies in a hospital in a critical condition. Membership Goes Over to Gold. Gold’s speech cracked the majority the Kaufmanites thot they had built up by packing the hall. Members all cheered Gold heartily during his speech. Gold had to plead with them to listen to Kaufman's rebuttal, Only upon the promise. that. Gold....would speak again did they remain thru Kaufman’s drivel. Kaufman did not answer any of the real issues raised by Gold. He only tried to spread a “red scare,” accom-| panied by a lot of lies about the New York Joint Board. Sorkin, the assistant manager of the New York Joint Board, then asked for the floor, but was refused by Milstein, who stated that the New York Joint Board will never speak for this local. But the workers from the floor howled Milstein down with cries that both Sorkin and Gold will in the near future address the local again. Beginning of End. This debate proves again that Kauf- man is a defeated man, bankrupt and certain never to wear the presidential crown again after the Furriers’ union holds its convention, and with him will go all his vice presidents, with the load of graft, gangsterism and cor- Tuption, the tactics that prevailed un- der Kaufman’s administration. It may be stated that Milstein at a shop chairmen’s meeting held last week, stated that the left wing is try- ing to put the manufacturers out of business by their demands for better conditions and the enforcement of con- ditions the union is already supposed to have but which are ignored. Agricul Shows P in U. S. SOR. for 1924-5 NEW YORK,’sépt. 1—The follow- ing is a report of the comparative con- ditions of erdps’ in the Buropean re- publics of thé’U. 8. 8. R. for 1924 and 1925 issued Uy the Russian Agricul- tural News Séryice: wie MOSCOW—An above-average crop has been secured in the provinces of Samara, Saratov, the German Repub- lie of Volga, Stalingrad, Astrachan, Donetzk, Charkoff, Ekaterinoslav, Odessa, Crimea, Poltava, Kiev, Cher- nigroff, North Caucasia, Vologda, Jaroslav, Tver, and Moscow. The area where the ci js above average is equal to ce alt of the total of seeded area In European Russia. Husbandry in U.S. S. R. According to the report of the rep- resentative of’thé planning committee of the departméft of agriculture, Prot. N. Makaroffpthe increase in the num- ber of cattle. in.1925 has been about 4 per cent. -The increase of cows has been 1% per. cent, and the increase of calves 11 per cent. The increase of sheep—4 per cent (in Siberia—5.1 per cent; in Crime&é—20 per cent). The increase of ‘horées in the main horse- Under the present | breeding regions is equal: in the Ural—1% per cent; in Siberia, 4 per cent; in Kirgisia—5 per cent, Purchasing Power of Peasant. It is expected that the Russian peasant will purchase this year manu- factured goods to the extent of 2 to 2% Dillions of rubles against 1% bil- lions last year,—an increase of pur- chasing power of 47 per cent. Electrical Plow. An electric plow is now undergoing tests near Moscow. This Plow is able to turn over from five to six dessia- tins in seven hours at @ cost of nine rubles per dessiatin. Hletro-selstroy (organization which constructs electrical stations for vil- lages) has worked out a plan to elec- trify the villages. The plan will be fulfilled in five yéars. In 1926 work will commence in 56 ‘counties in dif- ferent provinces and will cost about 10 million rubles. The department in- tends when installation is completed to deliver SerVice to peasants at low- est rates, | possible. “in Minsk, The seeléd area of the White Rus- sian Republic was equal in 1924 to 2,287,277 dessiatins—a little more than in pre-wanitimes. The population of this republie;is very dense. In pre- war times:the peasants of the prov- inces of this;republic immigrated to America and Siberia. The revolution increased peasants’ holdings 15% per cent, but there {s still a shortage of land. The average holding today is about 1.56 dessiatins per member of a@ peasant The government of the White, Russian Republic is trying to solve that,question by introducing better methods, of agriculture and by the drainage’ f all damp and marshy land, “which” will give an addition of 1% million ae jatins of land. ° Strikers Return Under Cut During ; Arbitration, PITTSFIWLD, Mass., Sept. 1—Near- ly 3,000 striking woolen workers of Pittsfield, mills are returning to work pendit arbitration of their dis- pute over 16 per cent wage cut. The cut is effective pending outcome of arbitrationis Fred M. Knight, state conciliator,;suggests that the books of manufacturers be thrown open to the three arbitrators (one chosen by workers, one by employers, and third by these two) and that a thoro in- vestigation of salaries, costs of pro- duction and profits be made and that a survey of living costs in Pittsfield and similar towns be included in the arbitrators’ investigations. Another Mill Cuts Wages. PAWTUCKET, R. IL, Sept. 1— Worsted workers, dyers and bleach- ers employed by © Hallewell Co, are notified of a.10 ‘per cent ~wage cut. About 250 are: affected. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE PLANS TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY International Youth Day will be observed in’ Chicago on Sunday, P. m, by a mass meeting in Northwest Hall, North and James P, Cannon, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party, and Max Shachtman, editor of the Yout Worker, will speak, The meeting is under the auspices of the Young Workers League, Admis- sion price is 25 cents, 9d To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work: DR. RASNICK DENTIS* 645 Smithfield Street. PITTSBURGH, PA, CRAMER 6722 SHERIDAN Tel. Sheldrake €515 FUR GARMENTS ©: MADE TO ORDER, REMODELED, REPAIRED, CLEANE . STORED AND INSURED. ‘Shectdlé Summer Rates—Reductions ont All Firs, St. Louis, Mo., Attentign! Phone Forest 8749, HOME MADE CANDY ICE CREM LIGHT LUNCHES PHILIP HEFF, Manage: 4975 EASTON AVENUE St. Louis, Mo, ROAD -COLUAIN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S WEEK (August 30 to September 6.) MOSCOW, (By Mail)—No neutral- ity is possible in the tremendous and decisive struggle between the prole- tariat and the bourgeoisie. Even the children are not inactive. It is of great importance whether they play a revolutionary or a counter-revolution- ary role. For the future of our strug- gle depends on the nature.of the edu- cation now being rec@ived by the chil- dren. The bourgeoisie and its serv- ant, social democracy in every coun- try, is fully aware of the extraordin- ary importance of the révolutionary children’s movement. ‘For this reason they exert their utmost endeavors to keep the children out of the children’s groups, and to induce the children to join children’s organizations in which the children are kept out of the class struggle. Where they do not succeed in doing this, they get the police to prohibit the Communist children’s movement. Pioneers Go Forward, But in spite of all prohibitions, the Communist children’s movement is not to be suppressed. The greater the difficulties, the more determinedly we stride forward. Young pioneers, march forwards on the path of class war and class education of the chil- dren! Form school nuclei and trans- form every school into a Communist fortress, fight for the abolition of corp- oral punishment in schools, for the abolition of religious instruction and patriotic doping by reactionary teach-| ers. do all you can to win over the teach- But at the same time you must! ers for our cause, to convert them) into’ participants in the revolutionary | struggle. In a number of countries, especially in the United States of America and in the East which is oppressed by the imperialists, children are kept at work | in the factories from the tenderest age, under the most inhuman condi- tions, Raise your millions of voices, in the International Children’s Week, in protest’against child labor, against’ the brutal exploitation of the little ones of the proletariat! The capitalists of the whole world are preparing a fresh war against the first workers’ state, the Soviet Union. | Let the cry of the young pioneers be: “Down with war! For peace with the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics!” One and One-half Million Pioneers, LMOST one and a half million young pioneers are united under the banner of Communism in the Soviet Union, and are working to- wards building up a new life, under the leadership of glorious Russian Leninist Young Communist League. Our young Russian pioneers, besides their social and éducative work, ac- complish much work in the family. They induce their parents to join the party, their brothers and sisters to be- come members of the Young Com- munist League. Pioneers of the whole world, follow the example set by the Russian comrades, and learn by their experience. You too must win over your parents, brothers and sisters for the great struggle, for the emancipation and victory of the workers. EMEMBER that you are to be the worthy, followers of your elder brothers, that you must form the re- seryes for the Young Communist League and for the party, ‘and that it is only possible to create a real fight- ing organization in co-operation with the Young Communist League and under its leadership. During the International Children’s Week we think of our brothers who have been murdered or thrown into prison, and we send greetings to those still living, promising them to hold out during the struggle. Nuclei in the Schools. During this week the young pio- neers remsmber the thousands of comrades working and fighting in other countries, During this week the whole world will re-echo with the cry: Form a Communist children’s union in every country, under the leadership of the Communist youth! Go to the masses of worker’ peasants’ children! Found nuclei in all the schools! Down with child labor and corporal punishment in schools! Long live the alliance with the mil- lions of pioneers in the Soviet Union! Against fresh wars, h#nds off the Soviet Union and China! Pioneers of all countries! and Be pre- Your Union Hea | Third Wednesday, Name of Locar ana No. Place of Meeting. a Clothing Werkers, 1664 N. Robey St. 178 w Sane Derrick, 180 W. Washing 13t asaben, 62nd and 2 Clay, Village Hall, Lan- 0 12 Garfield Btva. a Western and Lexing- 242 5443 8. Ashiand Ave. 250 Blacker’s Hall, Lake 643 180 W. Mdm icase st. 1693 Carpen’ 505 S. State St. 1784 Carpenters. Mer N. Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. vy. 2258 Grace St. Irving 5887 14 8. Hi St. 113 8. A Biva. od), 161! California. Conductors (R. *, 127: N. Fran- claco Ave., ir Be, 798 Electricians, N. "Francia Ave. 85 aA Chi., 11405 Michigan a Enginemen, 7429 8. +80 276 ‘District Council, 814 on , 7 saniors (Mun.), Kedzie and Bel- 5 Lagien” Garment Workers, 328 W. 366 478 3802 W. Madi St. 830 1182 Milwaukee Ave. 515 of Way, 5324 S. Hale Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. , 2800 W. Madison St. Painters, Sheeran and Main Sts, Evanton 80 W. Washington St. Moose Hall, La Grange. Odd Fellows Hall, Blue 910 W. Monroe St. Game, 200 Water St. Ms lway Clerks, 549 W. Washing- on Trainmen, 812 W. 59th St. 00 Trainmen, 64th and Uni- 7a Feamaters (soda): 2208. "Ashland 733 meters, 220, 5 Ashland, Biva. 247 ark St. atts, ‘oneness and (Note—Unless Nag pe stated all meetings are at 8 p. m. Demand All be Reinstated. DURHAM, N. C., Sept. 1.—Strikers at Marvin Carr Silk Mill are not will- ing to go back to work until assured that the company will not discrim- fnate against members of the Full- fashioned Hosiery Workers’ Union of the United Textile Workers. Edward F. Callahan, spokesman for the 107 strikers, charges the company with bringing in strikebreakers at $60 a week where workers regularly get only $25 to $30. pared for the fight for the revolution and for the victory of the proletartat! Moscow, July 25, 1925. The Executive Committee of the Young Communist International, workers.” hind it. could do this. RUSSIA TODAY ... 8 Months Subscription to THE DAILY WORKER . (6 Months In Chicago)... Both for $5.00 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Enclosed $......ss MY FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA. NAR The Hammer, the Sickle and Struggle. 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