The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 23, 1926, Page 5

Yi DISEASE GAUSES IN INDUSTRY CAN BE STAMPED OUT Director of Women’s Bureau Says NEW YORK, Nov. 21. — (FP) — Practically all the causes for Indus- trial and occupational diseases can be stamped out, Nelle Swartz, director bureau of women in industry New York state labor department, told her radio audience in the regular. state health department broadcast. The task of eliminating industrial diseases needs study and “the cooperation of all interested groups,” said Swartz. Lead, arsenic, mercury, benzol and carbon monoxide are the most com- mon industrial poisons to which work- rs are exposed, she stated. Lead Poison, Printers, painters and plumbers are exposed to lead poison. Workers in gold and silver refineries, copper and brass foundries, dye works and glass factories are exposed to arsenic, Mer- eury exposure comes to workers on thermometers, hat& and explosives. Benzol effects workers in pasting rub- ber and leather and sealing tin cans. Chronic carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the commonest types of indus- trial disease—occurring often where furnaces, gas-Heating devices and im- properly maintained heating arrange- ments exist. Industrial poisons are controlled by the substitution of some other substances or removal of poison- ous fumes from workshops by ex- hausts and ventilating hoods. Occupational disease develops from ydust in many industries, Swartz stated. But industrial dists can be controlled by eliminating processes causing dust; altering” process to re- duce dust; use of exhausts, hoods and respirators; through supplying work- ers with pure air by means of helmets, Headaches from glaring lights; back- waches from standing all day at ma- chines; colds from overheated or un- jderheated and badly ventilated rooms also could be called occupational dis- “eases when incurred at work. “Bad or ‘faulty working conditions play a large ;part in the amount of sickness among ‘qndustrial workers,” concluded Nelle ‘Swartz. ‘Charleroi, Pa., to Hear Howat in Election Speech PITTSBURGH, Pa., Noy. 21, — Alex Howat, well-known leader of the Unitéd Mine Workers of America, who recently returned from a Europ- ean trip, will address a huge mass meeting at Turner Hall, 7th and Me- Kean Ave., Charleroi, Pa. on Tues- day, Nov. 23, at 6:30 p. m. He is coming to Charleroi to speak on the elections in the U. M. W. A. ‘Howat, who is perhaps the most liked and the most hated man in the union and well-known among the workers thryout the world, is supporting the progressive candidates headed by John*Brophy. It is expected that this will be one of'the biggest mass meet- ings ever held in this district. On Wednesday, Nov. 24, he will ad- dress another meeting tn this district’ in New Kensington, Both meet- ‘ings are arratiged under the auspices ot the “Brophy for President Commit. “Let Us Call A Spade A Spade” By BEN aie. Tt the November 12 issue of The Advance, the official organ of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, appears a fuli-page editorial entitled, “het Us Call a Spade—a Spade.” Tis editorial, which is full ct invectives. is a Vicious attack upon the left wing. The niceties of polite expression that usually characterizes the editorial style of The Advance is in this editorial abandoned. Evidently the administration in control\of the Amalgamated is very much aroused. ‘The occasion for the abusive edito- rial is the holding of a meeting by the Amalgamated section of the National Committee of the Needle Trades sec- tion of the T. U. B. L. in Central Opera House, New York City, Nov. 6. ‘The meeting was called on behalf of the ig cloakmakers and to pro- test it the Amalgamated official- dom, who were neglecting to mobilize sufficiently the Amalgamated for tho reliet of the striking cloakmakers. Three Issues, A’ this meeting, at which represen- tatives of the militant and pro- gressive forces of all the needle trades unions spoke, three outstanding issues of importance for all workers in th needle trades were raised. These is- sues, ignoted in The Advance edito- rial, wore the following. ~ 1. The full support of the needle tYades unions, to the cloakmakers’ strike until victory is assured. - 2 The rallying of the rank and f° of all the needle trades unions. wage a war against strike-break- te activities of the right wing, 8. The amalgamation of all; the existing needle trades unions into one powerful needle trades union. Tm addition, the meeting THE DAILY WORKER FRED SIDERS HEADS ANTI-LEWIS TICKET IN U. M. W. DISTRICT FIVE AVELLA, Pa., Nov. 21—Fred Siders, candidate ae president of District Five of the United Mine Workers of America and head of a list of progressive candidates for all district offices, has issued the following appeal to the Western Pennsylvania miner’ tn“support of John Brophy, candidate against John L, Lewis and has endorsed the platform upon which the Brophy forces are rallying a@ainst the Indianapolis machine: Ps To the Officers and Members of U. M. W. A. District Five. With Trade Union Greetings: T am accepting the nomination for district president of District No: 5, U. M. W. A. given me by the numerous focal unions for the. following out- standing reasons: First, I accept the program. of Bro- phy to “Save the Union” and will fight most vigorously to put it 4nto effect, Second, It ig~no secret today that our union in district five has lost several thousand members in the past few years. In spite of the fact that we have been losing members, the district officials still refuse to pursue a vigorous fighting policy against the coal operators of this district, and are still following the same policy as the International officials, of local strikes, which is costing us thousands of members. They still refuse to pur- sue the principle of mass picketing. Lost Big Mines. Third, The policy of not fighting the coal operators vigorously enough has cost us some of the mines such as the mines in the Kiski Valley of the Hicks Coal Co., and if we do not change the policy, we stand a chance of losing completely the union in the mines of the Pittsburgh Coal Co, Fourth, The Jacksonville agreement is not being enforced by the district officials who were partly instrumen- tal in drawing it up and having it adopted. The district officials where- ever they get a chance try to avoid taking the necessary steps to put it into effect. Hundreds of local griev- ances are pending thruout the dis- trict, yet we find that the district is not doing anything about them. Dis- trict board members whenever they are called to settle these grievances usually do not come around. Favor Companies, In cases where they do show up, nine times out of ten the local dis- pute is settled in behalf of the coal operators. Tho the district board members do not show up’ very often at local. meetings they do come around when nominations, elections, district and national conventions take place. It seems that then you can bump into organizers and board mem- bers practically everywhere you go, losing valuable time that could be used in the interest of the miners, and creating expense to keep themselves in power. Fifth, During the last few weeks a number of mines that were closed for many months and even years have been reopened. This was due to two main reasons. One, the British coal strike which has created a demand for American coal, and which we, the miners of the United States, are un- consciously helping to break. Two, the preparations of the coal operators of this country for a strike in April, 1927, which seems sure to come. But no matter what the reasons nray be the situation presented a splendid op- portunity to the United Mine Work- ers to strengthen the organization, to piace the operators om the defensive, to force them to live up to*the Jack- sonville agreement. But the present leadership of our distict not only fails to realize the to come to the support of the striking cloakmakers as soon as relief was ur- gently needed wna @s generously as it was able to. editorial, if it indicates any- thing indicates that President Sid- ney Hillman is not interested in main- taining a high reputation of progres- siveuess for the Amaglamated, but is intent upon continuing a policy that in @ short period of years has trans- formed the Amalgamated into one of the blackest and most reactionary un- fons in the United States. The Ad vance editorial reminds one of the tactics used by the bosses to meet the issues raised by the workers, The bosses always begin by ignoring the workers’ demands by raising the cry of reds and Communist control. The Advance editorial the issues of -}the meeting by hurling invectives against the Trade Educational League and itements and charges that have not @ tissue of truth to them, Yes, Gall It a I AGREE with the e call a spade a spade, without minc- ing words, The Amalgamated is en- raged because the Amalgamated left wing, in spite of the boasting threats of A, Beckerman, manager of the New York Joint Board, did hold a very suc- cessful mass meeting that wag well attended by the tatlors, When Hill- man first foisted Beckerman upon the New York organization against the will of the membership, Beckerman, the appointed dictator, boasted that as long as he was manager the meetings called by the left wing of the Amalga- mated would be broken up by him. The Advance roared with delight when Beckerman, with the aid of strong-arm squads and police, smasher number of left wing meetings. It was declared that the left wing was dead and peace po meh once more restored in New 1 Opera House meot- exposed the jaclact of the Amalgamated in failing | tng ape that the left wing in the causes of the present so-called boom in the coal industry, but fails com- pletely to take advantage of the situ- ation to build and to save the union. While the operators are organized and are preparing for the coming strike not a thing is being done by our district officials to prepare for the coming onslaught of the open shoppers. The watchword of the min- ers against the coal operators. must *be “No Wage Cuts.” ‘Sixth, All the ‘above conditions must be remedied by immediately preparing the miners for the strug- gle in April, 1927, and also by the policy of mass picketing, organizing the unorganized in the non-union flelds of Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia, and the ‘southern coal fields of United States, nationaliza- tion of mines under union manage- ment, a labor party in Pennsylvania which will represent the interests of labor. Immediate reinstatement ‘in his district and in the international such members as Alex Howat, who have been unjustly expelled, with full right and privileges in the organiza- tion. . For Vigorous Polley. I believe that in fighting for the above policies and remedies vigor- ously, the union can be saved and can be built up to where it will ex- tend its banner to include the non- union fields such as the Latrobe, Ir- win and the Connellsville coke re- gion coal fields in this district, West Virginia, Kentucky’ and other dis- tricts in the International. In this way we will be able to re- gain our influence and make the ban- ner of the United Mine Workers fly in the districts for whose welfare hundreds of members of the United Mine Workers died, and which the policies of our officials would now de- stroy. Accepts Brophy Policy. On the above platform I accept the nomination for the office, of district president. I am glad to say that the undersigned candidates for various offices is the district, aceept the poli- cy as enunciated by John Brophy and the program outlined above. We are conducting our campaign on the basis of the above program to save the union and to increase its power in this dist#®%as well as on an in- ternational scale. Hoping to receive your support for the underside candidates who have pledged to s@ve the union and to make it better and stronger. Fraternally yours, Candidates. District Candidates. Fred Siders, president, Avella, L. U. 2881, John Sesesky, vice-president, Daisy- town, L. U. 2399. Tony Caffini, Denbo, L, U, 2232. Charles Fulp, teller, Primrose, L. U. 2012, James Collaccia, district teller, Mo- nongahela, L. U. 280, Elva McKinney, Avella, L. U.)1355. Steve Kurppa, district auditor, Har- wick, L. U. 624. secretary-treasurer, district teller, James Garner, district auditor, Whitsett, L, U. 106, Barney Lomagno, International board member, Whitsett, L. U. 106. Wm. Hallam, Subdistrict 1, board member, Penowa, L. U. 2210. James Douglas, Sub-district 2, board member, Houston, L. U. 2125. Alfred - Philipelli, Sub-district 3, board member, Monongahela, L. U. 280. x Andy Hornik, Sub-district 4, board member, California, L. U. 1787. William Robinson, Sub-district 5, board member, Suterville, L. U. 1349. William Citeroni, Sub-district 7, board member, Russelton, L. U. 3506. International Candidates. These are candidates for interna- tional office pledged to carry out the “Save the Union” program. John Brophy, International Presi- dent. * William Stevenson, Vice-President. William J. Brennan, International Secretary-Treasurer. Charles Aksomet, International Au- ditor. Gilbert Roger, International Auditor. H. Wadsworth, International Auditor. Tom Morey, International Teller. E. B. Hewlet, International Teller. John Witeunas, International Teller. John Brophy, delegate to A. F. convention, William ‘Stevenson, delegate ‘ F, L. convention. Wm. J. Brennan, delegate to L. convention. Alex Howat, delegate “to A. convention. ., Joe Tumulty, delegate to A. convention. Powers ygood, delegate to L. convention. i John Morris, delegate to A. convention, |” Walter Haftris, delegate to A. convention. | International Pps Pp oe Pp to A. F. F. A F. F CAPITALISM IS FAILURE, ADMITS HOOVER IN FAVORING GOVERNMENT . INTERVENTION IN U, S. BUSINESS Private property fails as a basis for efficient organization of the couttry’s economic life and government initia- tive is required. This is the outstand- ing\lesson in secretary of commerce Hoover's report on Progress in Elim- ination of Waste, Though he goes out of his way to voice the propaganda of big business, Hoover shows how the government has been forced to step in to protect American living standards from capitalist waste. “While various divisions of the de- partment have been actively aiding Amalgamated is far from being dead; that it still has the confidence and support of the rank and file. Becker- man did not dare to break up the Cen- tral Opera House meeting because he knew that the left wing was able to prevent him from doing so, The left wing, with the Central Opera House meeting, pricked the Beckerman bubble and paved the way to the over- coming of the ruthless terrorism in- stituted against the rank and file in order to prevent them from express- ing their opposition to the methods and policies of the administration, The Advance wants to discredit the meeting by stating ‘that a regulation New York Workers Party crowd at- tended the meeting. It takes the genius and logic of a Salutsky to make such a convincing argument.* Workers Party Influence. HAT the Workers Party has in- fluence among the workers in New York, especially the tailors, cannot be denied. The Workers Party is proud that The Advance has to admit that workers from the shops attend. its meetings. If a gathering of workers is synonomous with a Workers Party meeting, what hag that to do with the Central Opera House meeting and the role of the Amalgamated in the cloak- makers’ strike. The Workers Party does not boast of meetings with the exploiter of labor, Golden Rule Nash, and of banquets attended by manufac. turers and contractors. Beckerman and Hillman are proud of attending uch gatherings. The left wing is op- posed to such fraternization between J. B. Saluteky, a former member of the central committee of the Workers’ Party of America, expelled for his op- portuntstic view Now employed by the Hiliman administration to give in- tellectual su to his reactionary peer ay to, direct the ihe re reactionary official- pcg ee ft wing, in the campaign,” he says, “it must be borne in mind that the whole pro- gram is one fundamentally to stimu- late. action among the industries, trades and cansumers themselves. It is obyiously not the function of the government to manage business, but for it to recruit and distribute eco- nomic information; to investigate eco- nomic and. scientific problems; to point out the remedy for economic faflure.or the road to progress; to in- spire and assist in cooperative action in reduction of waste.” the officials of the union and the bosses. The left wing of the Amal- gamated, unlike the reactionary offi- cials, is not afraid to show its face before the masses, and particularly before the rank and file of the union. The Amalgamated rank and file is not frightened by such asinine argu- ments, Furthermore, The Advance should know that the rank and file of | the Amalgamated, and especially the supporters of the left wing, know that the Communists are the most loyal champions of the working class and the workers’ staunchest supporters in their struggles against the bosses. Left Wing Builds. ADVANCE screams, “They would rather make the Amalga- mated what they thought it ought to be or break it.” . What tommyrot! Why doesn’t The Advance take stock of the disruptive activities that are carried on by; reactionary official dom,” activiti@y that are undermining and destroying the organization. No one knows than The Advance is interested in not destroying it. The Advance, being on the inside, could give more facts about the de- structive activities of the reactionary officialdom than I can, nevertheless I will numerate a number that will be sufficient to convince anyone, The Amalgamated officials have been carrying on an expulsion policy. The most active and loyal members have been expelled from the union, | Local unions have been reorganized | and the duly elected officialy either expelled or suspended from the organ- Ization, Policy of Terror, FASCIST regime of terror against the membership has been insti- tuted, Workers are brutaty beaten up for expressing an opinion in oppo: sition to the polictes of the adminis- CANCER CURE I$ INVESTIGATED BY U. $, SCIENTISTS Use Electric Curie May Be Success WASHINGTON, Noy. 21, — Cancer cure by exposure of the patient to extremely high frequency electrical currents is under investigation by the United States public Health service, Dr. C.*C. ‘Pierce acting surgeon gen- eral, announced today. The method, while not officially ap- proved by Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming, scientists to offer real possibilities and may be the method for which sur- geons have groped for years. Referring to the reported anti-toxin cure evolved by Dr. T. J. Glover, of New York, who announced isolation of the germs, and accepted by some leading authorities, Pierce declared that surgery, radium and x-rays are the only forms of treatment so far justified by experience and observa- tion. The Glover method has been investigated but, according to Pierce, does not yet have the sanction of the public health service. Experiment With Animals. Pioneering !n a virtually unexplored field, Schereschewsky is exposing white mice and other small animals, afflicted with cancer, to frequency currents from 20,000,000 to 60,000,000 cycles per second. Symptoms, which produced death at long exposure, were discovered, but with proper application of the cur- rents, important results were obtained in killing cancerous conditions, Will Attempt Cures, A long series of tests will be con- cluded with animals and later human beings. The method would not be ap- proved unless actual human cures in a high percentage of the tests made, were accomplished. “Should this or any other method of cancer cure be discovered in the Sche- *lreschewsky investigation the results would be made public for the general good,” Pierce said. High frequency currents have been ‘applied to geranium plants, afflicted | by tumors caused by inoculation. In 4 report on these tests it was shown that the diseased plants were exposed *|to radiations emitted by a vacuum tube oscillator at a frequency of about "| 160,000 cycles per second. Tested on Plants. After an intermittent exposure last- ing over 16 days the plant tumors died and were easily removed, effecting, ap- parently, a permanent cure. Where similarly diseased geraniums were treated by surgery the tumors recur- red and grew to enormous sizes. If the same success can be accom- plished by applying the process to animal life, medical scientists believe that an actual cure for cancer may be obtained. Is Treat Menace “Reports show that the death rate from cancer is from 25 to 30 per cent greater than 21 years ago,” Pierce said. “Census figures indicate that one out of every ten adults living in the United States is destined to die of cancer, Between the ages of 45 and 65 one out of every five deaths among women, is due to this disease, which is a greater menace to adult life than tuberculosis.” is believed by medical | rage Five CLASS’ HANDS, The tremendous concentration ot wealth in the hands of the country’s tiny owning class is again shown by the report of the commissioner of in- ternal revenue covering income tax returns for 1924. This shows 75 multi- millionaires at the top of the pyramid |revelling in annual income sufficient \to support 135,000 worker families at the scale considered adequate by the National (employers) Industrial Con- ference board. These individuals with net in- somes in of $1,000,000 apiece >ombined thats a gross income of, $190,357,268 and a net income: after jlarge deductions for, gifts, etc., of $155,974,475. . The average gross in- come of this group was $2,538,000. Each of these profit gluttons could have supported 1000 worker families {mn accordance with the U. S. depart- ment of labor health and comfort standard and still have more than $300,000 income left for his own luxu- rious living $11,000,000 Incomes. The 3 richest men in this upper crust of had a combined gross income of 2 persons reporting 1924 income and the combined total of their incomes ar- ranged by income group are: O’Connell Urges U. S. Adopt Five-Day Week for Navy Yard Workers WASHINGTON, Noy. 21. — James O’Connell, head of the Metal Trades division of the American Federation of Labor; today urged the navy wage board to consider the advisability of establishing the five-day working week in all navy yards. The shorter week has proved bene- ficial to many large corporations, he said. He asked for more money for navy yard workers. Twin Cities Liberal Book Shop Sells Out | MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 2i—An ammouncement of indeed unusual in- |terest has just come to the attention of the book-loving public. The Liberal Book Shop, 210 §. Third street, neapolis, which is the ofly, store of its kind in the Twin Cities of Min- neapolis and St. Paul, and which spe- clalized in labor, radical and Com- munist literature of all kind, is selling its entire stock at prices never heard of before, and which with probably never again be duplicated. Who ever heard of buying Trotsky’s book, “Literature and Revolution,” at $1.25 before? Yet that is the price at which it can now be purchased. Who ever could buy a copy in two volumes of Dreiser's “An American Tragedy for $2.50 at any other time? The sale now going on in the Book Shop will jeontinue until Friday, November 27. Everything is being sold at half price, and less than half price, $7.50 or more are purchased. Every liberal and radical should ‘im- mediately take advantage of this event, and provide himself with all the books he has always wanted to own, that are now within reach of every- body’s purse. “ The number of | Min- | if orders of | WEALTH OF NATION BECOMING MORE CONCENTRATED INTO SMALL OWNING INCOME TAX SHOWS income classes $1,000— }00—~ 100-— 00 — Number of Combined incomes net income 881 $3,654,474,084 3 $2,000 2,000 5,000 10,000 4,000,000—5, 000,000 6,000,000 and over Smail Group! In 1024 the country paid viduals incomes so large that after all \ deductions their net incomes amount 5715 indi- }ed to $100,000 or more . This |group of millionaires was less than |1-10 of 1% of all those reporting in comes, yet they reported nearly 5% of the total net income for the year. | Altogether their net income totaled | $1,237,939,530. ; The 21,531 who reported net. in- comes of $50,000 ox more had a cém+ bined net income, of $2,304,723,17%.@ They represented*less than! 3-10 of 1% of all those reporting their in- jcomes, but received about 9% of all the income. Similarly the 68,592 per- sons reporting net incomes of more than $25,000 are less than 1% of ail those making returns, but their $3,- 904,571,585 total is more than 15% of all the net income reported The report shows 10% of all those less than 2% of all gaint occupied Persons in the country have incomes amounting to as much as $5,000. less than returns and Workers Pay Respects to Debs in Los Angeles Los ANGELES, Nov: 21,— In spite of a rainy evening, some 400 workers gathered in the Music-Art Hall to honor the memory of Eugene V. Debs, Robert G. Whitaker of the Civil Li yIph yon berties’ Union presided. Liebiech had ren funeral march. The chorus sang appropr: Bloor, James Fisher Rud iheit Gezangs” te songs. Mother and Frank Spec- | tor spoke, The speaker had pointed out the life |work of Eugene Debs as a shining j example of unswer tion to the | working class. stressed upon | hig fighting aggressiveness in his half- jcentury struggle on the class-war front. An appeal for “Debs Enroliment” into International Labor Defense brought, many responses from the gathering. Electric Linemen | Strike for Union | MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Nov. 23 —Thirty deputy sheriffs and all police that can be spared are on guard at Westchester county power plants in Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, White | Plains, Mount K -0, Tarrytown, Yon- kers and other New York city suburbs. Several hundred electric linemen em ployed by the Westchester Lighting Co, are on strike f recognition of | theic right to organize independently jof the company. SEND IN A SUB TODAY. orders of the officials are \eprived of their jobs. For maintaining a political view distasteful to the officials, mem- bers have been heavily fined. The union officials in league with the bosses. have agreed to the speed- ing up of production, reductions in wagés and the firing of hundreds of workers from their jobs. When other needle trades unions were fighting for better conditions for their workers the Amalgamated in New York closed a most shamefu! agreement with the manufacturers, agreement that paves the way for speeding up and peacework in the New York merket. That when this agreement was emphatically rejected by the masses the administration ig- nored the will of the masses and hailed the agreement as a great victory. Constitution Flouted. HE constitution no longer.is being lived up to in New York. Elec- tions are not held as provided for. Meetings of local unions are a farce, the meetings being packed wiih gang- sterg and the membership not per- mitted to talk, When a@ vote is taken and it is against the officialdom it is registered in th favor. Elections when‘they are held, are a farce, Thou- sands of votes that have never been cast are recorded, as, for example, the vote for Beckerman for member of the G, B, B,, while votes cast for the left wing are not counted, These are some of the things that ‘are undermining the union, It is | against these evils that the left wing {5 dghting, But the left wing does not | etop there. It is not a mere opposi- | tion, It hag @ constructive program and favors policies that will build and strengthen the union, not break it, The left wing fights for democracy and constitutional conduct of the unton. The left wing proposes a mili- tant fighting policy to better the con- making no demands upon them, an} stands for the elimination of the speed-up system. The left wing is for the 40-hour five-day week and is ready to fight for it. The left wing is for organization of the unorganized. The left wing is for greater unity of all needle workers thru amalgamation, the building of one powerful union for all néedle workers. The left wing is for a labor party to unify and obtain politica] power for workers, I would like to know by what stretch of the imagination The Advance can main- tain that such proposals will end in the breaking up of the Amalgamated, The left. wing ig a constructive force; it doesn’t try to build up the organiza- tion, like Hillman, by bringing back into power cofruptionists who have be- smirched the name .of the Amalga- mated and who are still dragging it in the mire for their own selfish « pur- poses, Tue ADVANCE is’ particularly in- ignant.over a statement that Ben Gitlowf the Writer of this article, made to the effect that the Amalgamated contributed, only $10,000 to the cloak- makers’ strike. It ig a Me, declares The Advance, the Amalgamated con- tributed more. It gave $27,500, Splen- did! A credit to the Beckerman-Hill- man administration, thousand five hundred dollars from a large national needle trades union that has over 100,000 members, while a small union like the furriers, with only 10,000 members, has already given over $60,000, And how wag the money jwiven? Relief was withheld until very jlate in the strike, at a time when the | workers were desperate from starva- tion and on their last legs, The first |payment—Mr. Hillman cannot deny it |—was not more than a miserable $10,- |000 dollars from an organization with two prosperous labor banks, The payments were made in drib- lots until a ¢otal of $27,500 was About Contribution, tration. bigawa ty sadecamhadlan, ditions for the worker, The loft wing | reached. ‘The Woele mateer in an ip: ~ , 4 The Advance Publishes a Full Page Editorial Attacking the Left eft Wing dictment against the neglect, scious withholding of the relief so ur- genly needed by the striking cloak- makers who were putting up a mag nificent struggle, not only for them- selves, but for gll workers in the nee- dle trades. The same ca: of the cloakmakers. y have al- ways liberally helped the memb the Amalgamated in their str with a real generous and loyal class- conscious spirit. But, continues The Advance, nearly one week ahead of the calling of the Central Opera House meeting the board of directors of the New York Joint Board decided to levy a tax of $1 per member for the cloakmakers’ strike. What brazen and audacious Neing. The capitalist press ought to take a lesson. The decision was made a few days before-the niecting was held. It was le after workers were discharged their jobs upon the otders of Manager Beckerman because they’ per- sisted in taking shop. collections for ‘thé striking cloakmakers.. The de- cision was made long after the left wing had publicly announced that it would hold the meeting to protest against this sabotage of the cloak- makers’ strike. ps Made a Bad Job. The facts are very clear. The Ad- vance hag made a bad job in trying to impugn al! kinds of foreign motives to the Central Opera House meeting. The rank and file, which has suffered too much from the destructive activi- ties of Beckerman, Hillman and Co., will call a spade a spade. It wili continue to condemn the criminal role played by the Amalgamated in, the cloakmakers’ strike About the other iesues rae! In the editorial, the question of tue 9T. U. B. L, receivership and that the unions under the left wing have not done” well, will be dealt with in another article, con- be said &