The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 11, 1925, Page 5

ee ee JUDGE ASKS LAW PROBE SLUGGING OF LEFT WINGER But Lets Ganauere Off With $50 Fine (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 9—The district attorney has been asked by Judge Henry Goodman to make three inves- tigations of the continued assaults which are being made upon members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union who have joined with the Joint Committee of Action of Lo- cals 2, 9 and 22 in their fight upon the corrupt union officials, ,n Jefferson Market court three Sanesters came up for hearing on a charge of ¢isorderly conduct follow- ing the raid made yoeterday upon the cloak shop of Shulman Bros., at 26 West 20th street. Gangsters Plead Guilty. ‘The men pleaded guilty, and after the employer had testified that these intruders came up into his shop, turn- ed off the power, damaged his goods and started a fight with the workers; and after the workers had identified the gangsters and accused them of hit- ting them with chairs, Abraham Good- man, attorney for the Joint Commit- tee, introduced the affidavit of a phys- ieian who stated that Sam Sabalefsky of 218 Hast 122nd, who had been hit just behind the ear, with a blackjack, was too badly injured to appear in court. The presiding judge, Henry Goodman, after hearing all this testi- mony fined each man $50. Protest Light Fine. Attorney Abraham Goodman then argued on the injustice of such a de- cision in view of the flagrant violation all law which these gangsters had shown, and especially when just last week girls who had been peacefully picketing a striking shop had been fined $50 in this same court, Hyman Busbnell, attorney for the Joint Board who appeared for the de- fendants, began making statements to the effect that these workers in the shop were just. a bunch of Bolshe- viks, a lot of foreigners; that the Joint Board agents had a perfect right to go up into the shop and throw these people out. Judge Goodman rep- rimanded him and gtated he was run- ning this investigation and he was convinced a more thoro investigation of the whole situation was necessary. ‘, |. Will Press the Case. When Lawyer Goodman asked that the men.be re-arrested on a charge of felinons assault, the*judge.announced that he would turn the whole matter over. to the. district attorney. The three. gangsters were paroled in the custody of their lawyer Rushnell, to appear at the district attorney’s office on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The Joint Commitee of Action is de- termined to press the case to the full- est extent and make this the begin- ting of an energetic campaign against the Joint. Board gangsters and their terrorist methods, Military Prisoners Escape COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 9.—The five military prisoners who escaped by sawing their way thru bars of the prison. at Fort Hays, have not been apprehended, Three were seen tq board an eastbound freight train, but trace of them was lost. four most active workers; THE DAILYW WORKER CLOAK AND DRESS MAKERS STILL MILITANT THRU LONG FIGHT TO DEFEAT AT SIGMAN, BETRAYALS i 5 By 2 a Rank. and Filer, NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 9.—The struggle in the cloak and dressmak- ers commenced so long ago, that some of us hardly remember when it first started. And to some it seems almost endless! We have been fighting for'months and months—almost for years— against the Sigmans, the Feinbergs, and the whole gang of “yellow” job- holders, whose only interest is not the’ union, but to further intrench them- selves in well paid jJobs—with fat salaries coming from the sweat and blood of hard working dues paying members, + most of them with families and de- pendents to support and long months of slackness and enforced idleness to look forward to during the year. Well, the fight is on—it is.a fight to the finish—and the morale of our members has not been broken yet— not with ousters and exp\istons, with suspensions of our most active mem- bers, of our duly elected ‘executive boards, not with hired’ gahsters and thugs hired by our venerable leaders —Feinberg and company) to: beat us up, not with their tactics of,ordering firms to discharge members of Locals. 2, 9 and 22 and promising to send scabs to take their places; not ‘with helping bosses to obtain injunctions against us in shops whéré we have been compelled to declare strikes be- cause of the wholesale discharge of not with using the most brutal and dirty tactics have they been able to. break the morale of our members. Morale Splendid. And the morale is splendid—worth the eulogy of a better pen than mine. Every day, day in and day out, our members walk up and down the streets doing picket duty, then come to the headquarters of Loeal 22 to guard them against the hired gang- sters of Sigman and company who are diligently watching for an opportun- ity to take this home, built with so many years of toil and effort of the members of our union, away from us; or going out with newspapers ‘and lit-] erature, spreading the truth about our struggle against the machine, our cor- rupt leaders and their paid hirelings, and dissipating the lies being spread by the same corrupt officials in, their leafiéts and bought press, “Come, Join the Fight.” If you are a worker, a member of a union, and believe in action—in fight- ing against corrupt officialdom, join us in this struggle. Come down on the picket line, or come down fo Local 22 and watch us in action. You will be- come enthused with the untiring cour- age and ceaseless enthusiasm “of our members. If you are a revolutionist,. you. will RUSSIAN INVENTED” STEAM ENGINE, NOT . WATT, 1S REPORT MOSCOW, Sept. 9.—The central committee of the Soviet Russian trade union of metal workers has passed a resolution declaring that Ivan Ivanovitch Polzounoy was the the first to make the steam engine work, and not James Watt. Polzounov, the son of a soldier submitted complete plans of his’ ma- chine, with a model, to Catherine the Great, in the year 1763, accord- ing to the report submitted to the committee by Comrade Rysko. James Watt took out patents on his patents on his engine in 1769, six years later. OUR DAILY PATTERNS A SIMPLE YOUTHFUL FROCK. DANCE OR PARTY FROCK. 2% yards of 40 inch thatactal with % | yard of contrasting material for yoke —and sleeve bands,’ Pattern mailed to any “address on receipt of 12c in silver or Shy , Corns Ding. ee aac eh 2 e i ate rn department: by a New York fem of ol tt ‘ou want to thoroug! wid Communism—stu un- it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- i want to pitch in and help us—physic- ally, financially, morally, in our fight. Your interests are identical with our interests, Our fight is your fight. If we win, you too win. The left wing elements in all other unions will take heart and carry on the struggle against their cor- Tupt officialdom more vigorously and aggressively, encouraged by our vic- tory, Take an Interest. Fellow workers. Take an interest in what is going on in Locals 2, 9 and 22. Read our literature, spread the news about our fight; come down to the picket line and the fighting line, watch us on guard duty, come down to Local 22 and see us daily and nightly rally in defense of our home— follow our struggle, acquaint yourself and your fellow workers with it, and take heart and enthusiasm of our members, to carry on your own fights in your own unions, Give us your support. We need it. Physically and financially, if possible; morally, if you can do neither of the foregoing, STRIKEBREAKER BERRY ATTACKS REDS IN KANSAS Daily Worker Expose Got His Dander. Up KANSAS CITY, Se Sent., 3.-~"Majah” George L. Berry, president of the In- ternational Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union was the principal speaker at a Labor Day Celebration here yesterday. He divided his ha- rangue on a fifty-fifty basis between praising God and American capitalism and denouncing the Communists. What got Berry’s goat was a story of his crooked career that appeared in The DAILY WORKER, which was distrbuted among the audence. The papers were grabbed by the press- men and printers inthe -audiencé and hundreds more could have been dis- posed of. Attack Was a Dud. 3 Berry’s attack on the Communists did not create a ripple. He charged the reds with trying to make people equal. He said the American worker was a one hundred per cent patriot and would never be touched by Com- munism. Despite this “apparent im- munity, the strike-breaker used up a lot of froth and fury on the Commun- ists. Cuneo Strike On: The strike against-the open shop system which the Cnneo, Printing company tried to put over on the pressmen and feeders with the aid of George L. Berry, and his strikebreak- ers, Marks, Orr, mrephy: and McHugh, is still on, The cost of this ‘strike to the com- Pany can be gauged by the fact that on one day last week, the company paid $500 in taxi bills for hauling strikebreakers to the shops. Many of these who were brot to the plant quit as soon as they learned there was a strike on. Most of the employes are in sympathy with the strikers. Craft autonomy prevents other members of the printing trades from walking out in sympathy with the pressmen and feeders. Standard Oil Feels Sting in Turkey of Soviet Competition MOSCOW, —(Tass)— News has been received here that in view of increased import in Turkey of Soviet oil, the price of petroleum in Constan- tinople has lately fallen from 265 to 240 piastres, and the price of benzine from 388 to 296, a further fall being expected It is further learned that under Pressure of Soviet competition, the Standard Ofl company has cut the cost of its products, while other firms have even ceased the sale of petrol- j}eum at Constantinople in view of the impossibility to ae -ahed with Soviet Droduets. Government and Big. Basiness Unite on War Plane Program DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 8—The ex- tent to which the government is going to serve big business is shown in the announcement that Henry Ford and Postmaster General Harry 8. New were to confer upon co-operating be- tween the gov ents aeroautical program and | commercial ven- tures in = f If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. benuee for _—" of all Com- SHOE BNION IN OPEN LETTER TO THE UNORGANIZED Points Out Struggle Ahead for Workers (Special to” The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—The follow- ing has been issued as an open let- ter to the shoe workers of New York and Brooklytt: ¥ “There aré two reasons why you should organize—to help yourself get better conditions and to help your fellow worker get the same. The man- ufacturers believe in organization, for themselves, but not for you there- fore, it is your duty to believe in it for yourself. 3 “Concentrated capital must be met by concentrated labor. We must or- ganize nationally and internationally. Individually you, cannot bargain with the boss—and win—that is why you must organize. Today the shoe trust is rapidly developing and you must be in a positién to deal with it, How? Organize! 7 Manufacturers Combine—Iimporte In- crease. “Of the total shoe manufacturing concerns in this country. 14% per cent actually produce 654% per cent. of the total shoes produced and are capable of producing and are fully equipped te produce all the shoes that the American and foreign market can con- sume, Imports of leather footwear increased 48 per cent in 1924 over 1923 and we exported 1,077,879 pairs less during the same year. “What doe&S this mean? It means that unless you organize to protect yourselves cheaper European labor will compete so successfully with the shoe workers of this country that you will be forced to accept the low- est: possible wage and ‘work longer hours: How can you fight this? By organizing}, « Get Into the Union. “GreatemtNew York is one of the biggest shae-centers in this country and one,et the poorest organized, therefore, jt. wil] be one of the first hit by ecreased exportation and cheap European labor. What should you do? “What must you do? Get in touch af once with the Shoe Work- ers’ Proteétive’ Union, the only ta- tional industrial organization of its kind in the.country. Join the local to which you, ghould belong. Ask the organizer to come to your shop, In- terest your fellow workers and be organized.. "0° *° “The Shoe. Workers’ Protective Union has a campaign on for organ- ization and now is your time. ““Headal "Room 22, 325 Wash- ington” St. *"BFooklyn, ’ Hiéar Borough Hall, Teleptoné Mali 402... Unite for ee At biatainbin Child- Marriage in India. Statistics given by a writer in the Times of India, published in Bombay, show the extent of child marriage in India. Thé' figures are from the 1921 census report from the Bombay presi- dency, They show that in 1921 there were in Bombay, in round numbers, 49,000 marsied girls under the age of five years,of whom more than 2,000 were widows; 261,000 between the ages of five and ten years, 13,000 of whom were widows; 643,000 between the ages of ten and fifteen, of whom 34,000 were widoWs. “The infant death rate in Bombay in 1924 was 411 per thous- and live births, compared with the United States rate (1923) of 77. “LABOR” BANK USING NON-UNION OFFICE WORKERS WHILE LEADERS. stenographers and accountan UNION DISRUPT ORGAMIZATION) ° GIPY, Sept. 9—The past few meetings of thé rookie née! q , Local 12,646, American Federation of Labor, have been taken up with charges, trial committees’ reports, and expulsions. Such is the récent “activity” of the union. At one meeting, Primoff was expelled because he pointed out to.the mem-, bership that the paid officials of the union were not on the job organizing. Innumerable organizable offices were +— - listed. But the union leadership pur sued a policy of hesitancy and dis- crimination on the question of organ- izing the unorganized. “Labor” Bank is Scab Shop. Leniency with the International Bank, which “union” bank refuses to be organized, and is gradually being placed on the “unfair” list; lenTency with other International offices; len- iency with the socialist party lawyers’ offices is the policy pursued. Month after month, the cut and dried reports of the officials state “progress,” with no new offices organized. Paper prog- ress describes their reports. One set of charges, at another meet- ing, were insufficient. So two sets were brot in, -One set of charges was brot of “conduct unbecoming mem- bers of this union” against Chernow, and Cooper for bringing in a minority report, and against Kitzes for sup- porting the report of the minority. ex- onerating Primoff. To speak in favor of anything which the union leaders do not agree with is a crime in the B. S. & A, U. punishable with ex- pulsion. Instantly, there followed another set of charges of “scabbing” against Nagin and Meyers. They were charg- ed with haying worked for Local 22, I. L. G. W. while a fake strike was on, immediately after the internal struggle in the I. L. G. W. Locals 2, 9, 22 began In both cases the false, illogical reasoning was proven by the fact that the B. S. & A. U. leader- ship could not distinguish between one separate and distinct organiza- tion and another. They/considered the Joint Action Committee and Local 22 as synonymous, And they are, wrong. It.is known thruout the labor move- ment that since the internal fight be- gan in the I, L. G. W. the separate locais ‘ceased functiéning as ‘sucti. No dues, assebsments, etc., were* coltect- ed. Only ‘that a new, separate and distinct organization representing the three left locals was organized in the shape of the Joint Action Com- mittee, and it needed the help of only a few office employes in the ‘record- ing of the defense money ‘Collected and the distribution thereof.» Heavy Penalties, Reasoning very little, and.that from the false premjse,that the Joint, Ac- tion Committee and Local 22 were the same (which they are ‘ndt) the conclusion: arrived ‘at was obviously and inevitably false. That ‘the charg- ed were guilty; Nagin was to’ pay $75.00 fine.and Jeave. his job;, Myers $50.00 fine and leave her job,.px both were to be, considered expelled from the union if they did not. so abide by the stupid decision. In the discussion of the lattér cases, it was clearly pointed out that: 1. The Joint Action Committee was a body distinct from either of the three locals of the International that it represented. 2. Local 22 has not been function- ing as a local since June 15; and that it’ was not performing its’ reégu- lar duties as.a local. 3. The B.S, & A. U. officials were taking sides in a controversial mat- ter of another union. 4. The B.S. & A. U. officials were taking orders from the 1. L. G. W. (mis)-leaders Feinberg and Baroff in Against Reaction and the White Terror! MASS MEETING Sanday, September 13, 8 p. m. WEBSTER HALL, 119 East 11th Street SPEAKERS: BEN GITLOW _RIGHARD BRAZIER JAMES P, CANNON ROBERT W. DUNN JOSEPH R. BRODSKY Auspices, International Labor Defense, New York Section. ADMISSION FREE, Followin é; Sunda: TEMPLE, 243 the Conference of the International Labor , September 13, 1 h Street. p. m., at the LABOR All trade unions and working tlass organizations are invited to send delegates. CHICAGO WORKERS! RALLY FOR . LABOR DEFENSE September 13, 8 p. m. (Labor Defense Day) at PLASTERERS' TEMPLE HALL, Van Buren & Marshfield Get Behind the Zeigler Miners’ Defense! te SPEAKERS: HENRY CORBISHLEY, leader of the progressive miners of Zeigler and chief defendant under chargé of conspiracy. WILLIAM Z,.FOSTER DUNCAN MacDONALD, Chairman, former’ Illinois Mine Workers” Union urer of fhe c. EwRUTH ENBERG stary-treas- rmer presi- dent of the Illinois State Federation of Late ADMIssioNns 0 INTERNATIONALACABOR, 0 ENSE. au #2 0 declaring & a strike, as a partisan tac- tic; in calling it off, on their or ders; and in calling a strike again, of the office employes. 5. The president of the B. S. & A. U. blamed the secretary for the lat- ter's. mistaken ideas in calling a strike and ordering them to return, only to call them again, The secretary was asked to explain his position, or tell whether the president was’ merely passing the buck, but the secretary merely» grew red.in the face with a shameful red blush, and said “Why should I explain?” 6... The S. P, members of the union, showed their “short sightedness” in defending all the mistakes made by the’ union leaders in the above-men- tioned cases. Having satisfied themselves with the finings of the mentioned members, one should think that they had enuf for a time. But no. “Activity.” 1 And up went the professional charge-bringer, and therewith a new charge against another member, Al- Istein, Charges from the right; charg- es from the rear; charges from the front—but the office workers remain unorganized, To cover their inactivity, their in- ability to organize the thousands of unorganized office workers, the B. S. & A. U., 12646 A. F, L, leadership has raised the smoke screen issue of charges. Such they call the “activ- ity” of the union. Why Not? Why don’t the leaders of the B. 8. A. U. rather build the union than just be satisfied with keeping its membership at a mere few hundred? Why not organize and do construc- tive work of the union? .The mem- bership must all get in on the work, and see to it that we rather increase our membership thru organization— than to decrease it thru expulsions. Let the membership take the book- keepers, stenographers, and account- ants’ union more seriously, and force the leaders of the union to organize the ynorganized. Page Five Your Union Meeting Second Thursday, Sept. 10, Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Brick and Clay, A. 0. U. W. Hah, Dolton, Tl. Carpenters, 113 8. Ashland Blvd, 62 Carpenters, 6416 S. Halsted St. 341 Carpenters, 1440° Emmc St 434 Carpenters, South Chicago, 11037 Michigan Ave. sone and Kedzie. 3 Houston Ave. Carpenters, Engineers, 9: Federal Labor Union, 2110 N. Robey Firemen and Enginemen, Spring- field and North Aves. Journeymen Barbers, 180 West Washington St., 8:45 P. M Hod Carriers, Hatrison and Green 18 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. 1925. 504 115 16836 499 548 3 Marble Polishers, 810 W. Harrison 17820 Nurses, 771 Gilpin Ave. Painters’ District Council, 1446 W. Adams St 471 Painters, Dutt’s Hall, Chicago Heights. 26 Paper Rulers, 59 E. Van Buren St., 6:30 p. m amy) Park Employes, 819 W. Harrison 774 Railway Clerks, 55th and Black- stone. 1269. Railway Clerks, 3124 8. 5 1344 Railway Cletks, Harrison and i Sts, 877 Erainmen, 64th & Univer- sity, 16 130 Signalmen, Teo W. Washington St. 742° Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. Wood: -Turners’ Union, Liberty Hall, $420 W. Roosevelt Rd. (Note—Unless otherwose all meetings are at 5.9, m.) SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortachritt Meets every Ist & 3rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places 169 N. Clark | 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N, State ison | 234 S. Halsted a Phore West 2549 1612 Fulton { Ph 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, Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. TEN CENTS. EACH ers. education. and 2. R. Browder. READY 50c a Year ‘360 a Year | $1 a Year PHILIP No. 2 Class Struggle vs. Class Collaboration By Earl R. Browder A splendid study of the methods of Labor bureau- cracy to divert the workers from. militant struggle thru the B. & O. plan, insurance schemes and work- Left Wing Papers rs, in their respective fields, are ch ut pele militant workers in the organized labor egit movement of this country: IN THE METAL TRADES The Amalgamation Bulletin 19 So. Lincoln St, Chica PRINTING The Amalgamationist 50c a Year 1113 W. Washington Bivd., tae mm, RAILWAYS mS The Railway Amalgamation : re Advocate 600 = Year 411 Dakota Bidg, St, Paul, Minn, a4 BUILDING The Progressive Building Trades Work 19 So. Lincoln 8t., Chicago, Ill. BARBERS The Progressive Barber 1806 So, Racine Ave., Chicago, III. }All these papers, to build the American labor movement, are advocating the program of the TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE 1113 W. Wash\nntan Bivd., Chicago, III, We have your New Fall Hats Ready Manufacturers of Cap’s and Hats RETAIL STORE: 843 Beimont Ave., Near Clark Street ALL OUR CAPS“ONE PRICE $1.85 TWELVE COPIES FOR $1.00 THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY Convenient pocket-size booklets carrying important contribu- tions to the literature of the revolutionary movement. OTHER NUMBERS READY: Trade Unions in America, by W. Z. Foster, Jas. P. Cannon Principles of Communiam, by Frederick Engels. (Translated by Max Bedacht. ) Worker Correspondents, by Wm. F. Dunne, SOON: Poems for Workers—An Anthology, Edited by M. Gomes. FIDLER j