The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 12, 1927, Page 5

| ‘New York Local Adds to News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politics UNION HEADS FACE FURTHER GRAFT CHARGES Those of International NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Charges go- ing beyond what International Broth- erhood of Electrical Workers Vice- President H. H. Broach made against 17 officials of Local 3 New York have been preferred within the local by members. ‘Collecting funds now for their de fetise is one of the new charges made mong the 29 counts on which the lo- cal: members arraign their officers. Refutation of the accused. officials’ claim in court that the international was after their treasiry is included under another charge of misrepre- sentation. Five Affidavits, Affidavits containing the charges of ,local members are filed in con- nection with the court action of Joseph A. Lynch, Local 3 member, who is seeking to have the 17 accus- ed officials enjoined from using the Jocal union’s money. Lynch tells in his complaint that the local officials have already been tried by the inter- national and found guilty but their , Temoval has been held up by court ection instituted (in violation of the anion constitution) against the inter national officers. Try to Judge Selves, Reading of the charges without President O’Hara picking, as. presid- ing» officer, his judges is asked by the union complainants. The four lo- «al members making the charges also ask their fellow members that the of- ficers be not allowed to try them- selves “as they have in the past.” ‘They ask that the charges be read at the next local union meeting and action taken. Signers of the charges are Jacquin Diza, Hugh Morgan, John J. Mullin, Sr., and Thomas A. Ben- nett, : State Funds, Charge. Besides repeating similar charges of bribery to those preferred by the 4mternational, the local members add that the accused officials’-have “stolen certain records belonging to the local union in order to try to cover up their guilt.” Horseshoers’ Union «.. Controversy Over; Fitz “In” All Over ‘The controversy that divided union horseshoers in Chicago a number of years has been amicably adjusted and so journeyman horseshoer John Fitz patrick, president of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor, is again in good standing in the International Union of Journeyman Horseshoers. Fitzpat- rick sided in the split with the faction that prohibited boss horseshoers from having active membership in the lo- cal, The peace pact confirms his stand, ~ : He had maintained good standing in the American Federation of Labor during the years his local was out- side the fold by membership in the In- ternational Brotherhood of Black- Calendar A beautiful and character- | istic portrait of Lenin, mounted on a handsome red cardboard, with a list of the most important rev- Olutionary dates. Indis- | pensable for your home or | your headquarters, A lim- | dted supply on hand, Order now before the supply is exhausted, | , Price 25 cents each. 16 cents each In lots of 10 or more, ' Daily Worker Publishing Company 1118 W, Washington Bivd. Chloago, I, | Cloakinakers to Go (Continued from page 1) tions to be held until he had “finished what he had set out to accomplish,” the manifesto declared. In view of this attitude, the committee of 85, author- ized by the resolutions of the mass meeting, decided to hold elections in Locals 2, 9 and 35 as the only means of settling the dispute in the union in a democratic manner, “ The Manifesto. The manifesto to the workers con- tinued as follows: “Brothers and Sisters, Cloak and Dressmakers: Our union which was. built thru struggle and sacrifices of thousands of workers, cannot and must not be destroyed because of the personal ambitions of individuals. Our union, which is maintained and financed with our hard earned money, cannot be dominated by one ambitious person, The cloak and dressmakers, who have suffered to build a union, must be the ones to dictate its policies and decide who its leaders shall be. Sigman Flayed. “Did Sigman and his supporters ask the consent of the workers when he threw our union into the civil war of @ year ago, a war which meant un- told suffering to the workers and brought our union to the brink of ruin? Did the Perlsteins, Feinbergs and Sigmans ask the members at that time whether they wanted war? No— they brought about the war; they had nothing to lose. Did Sigman ask the cloak and dressmakers NOW whether we want war?) NO—like a tyrant he decided to make war on the nombership and our elected officers, with the result ‘that our whole union is on the point of being shattered in- to fragments. Fears Membership. “Sigman and his general executive board accuse our legally elected offi- cers of incompetence and treachery. Why not turn them over to the judg- ment of the members? Sigman is afraid to permit the thousands of cloak and dressmakers to pass judg- ment on the leaders of the joint board. Why is he afraid to come to the meet- ing at the request of a thousand shop chairmen? Why does Sigman have to print full page advertisements for weeks in succession for the workers so join his union for 50 cents, if the cloak and dressmakerg are with him? Why does ihe have to send committees to the shops to threaten workers that they must register or they will be stopped from work? Why does he send hired gangsters to mortally wound .the workers. if they refuse to join him in splitting activities? Why 0, F. L, DELEGATES FORCE ENDING OF RADIO CONTRACT Preacher Hits 40-Hour Week Over WCFL Preachers who buy time on labor's radio and then knock labor’s aspira- tions when they broadcast will get the hook, as the Rev, Simon Peter Long of Wicker Park Lutheran church, Chicago, has discovered. Anti-Laborite Gets Control. Long had a contract with WCFL, radio station, for an hour each week at $75 the hour. He used most of the time for more or less legitimate re- ligious purposes, including sermons, sacred music, prayers and not for getting the collection. The collec tion was fervently solicited via the ether and quite a number of radio fans who had tuned in responded with remittances to the pastor by mail. Hit 40-Hour Week. ‘Waxing bolder, Long ventured to use his time on the labor radio to attack labor aspirations for the 40- hour week. This proved his undo- ing. Delegates to the Chicago Federa- tion of Labor protested vigorously in regular meeting against this abuse of a labor enterprise. Labor circles be- came agitated and finally the Wicker Park Lutheran church was officially signed off WCFL for good, Its con- fvact was cancelled in accordance with the provisions in it for such revocation, Yet another church, which also con- tracted for time, has not transgressed. Its contract remains unimpaired, Wo wit send sample copies of The DAILY WORKER to your friends— send In thelr addressees, ATTENTION! A Memorial Meeting To Honor the Memory of the World's Greatest Working Class Leader NICOLAI LENIN Will be Held FRIDAY EVE., JAN, 21st, 1927 at 8 o'clock Cooperative Center, 2706 Brooklyn Av, WITH ALBERT WEISBORD a9 opeaker direct from Passalo front. Admiasion 250. ~ , Musical Program T Ahead with Voting joes he have to go to the bosses and nake all sorts of promises to them, f the workers come to register at the international office? Knows Decision. “Does the joint board ever employ such methods? The joint board lead- ers have declared time and again that they want to submit the leadership to the judgment of the members of the union thru a referendum vote? Sig- man and his general executive board know what the decision of the mem- bership will be and therefore refuse to submit the question of leadership to a genera] election, Is Treason. “Brothers and Sisters! An act of high treason that cannot be equalled in the history of the labor movement is now being perpetrated on our union. With the aid of ‘the bosses, by threats, force and terrorism, Sigman wants to foree his leadership on our union. “If we are real union men and women this must never happen. The thousands of cloak and dressmekers must be arounsed to protest and action against the pogrom in our union! Force, threats and terrorism must not beat us into submission. We must offer an iron wall of resistance against the hirelings of Sigman when they come to our shops to force us to sub- mit to their registration. Loaders who can maintain themselves by force can- not be tolerated by us. Mussolini rule cannot be permitted in our union, The cloak and dressmakers cannot and will not recognize the 50 cent union. The Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union will be built and maintained by the cloak and dressmakas, together with their chosen leaders. Will Hold Elections, The shop chairmen’s council, author- ized by the shop chairmen’s meeting, will carry thru elections for officers in our unfon, and only those elected will be entrusted with the affairs of our union. “Let us forge an iron chain of all the cloak and dressmakers about the shop chairmen council. Let us support and recognize our present legally elected officers of the joint board un- til the new elections. Let us go to victory over the dark forces that would split our union in order to rule it. Let us all together, with united strength, frustrate the attempt of Sig- man to donminate our union by brutal foree. “Long live the Cloak and Dress- makers’ Union led by the member- ship! “Shop Chairmen’s Council of Cloak and Dressmakers.” GREEN ANSWERS BUILDERS ASS'N ON 5-DAY WEEK Hits Argument Shorter Day Is “Extravagant” WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — (FP)— President Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor defends the five-day week program adopted at the Detroit convention, in an editorial in the ‘American Federationist for January. He replies to a resolution adopted by the National Association of Build- ing Trades Employers in which they determined to oppose the shorter work week “as a patriotic as well as an economic duty.” They also de- plored it as an extravagance-breeding device, da “Why should higher standards of living be regarded as extravagance by the building trades employers?” he asks. “Without higher standards of living, how would our increased pro- ductivity be absorbed? Our industrial organization rests upon the principle that high wages are compatible with low production costs, Labor thinks the construction industry should frankly face the problem of doing its part toward social progress. Labor is confident that the financial difficulties involved could readily be met if the construction industry finds more eco- nomical ways of financing. “Labor is not making the immediate introduction of the five-day week an issue in any industry. It asks each industry and each employer to con- sider this new standard, to determine what are the obstacles to the five-day week under present conditions, and to accept the cooperation of trade un- ions in removing such obstacles, How can rejection of this proposal be either a patriotic or an economic duty?” To Build “Cost” Hospitals Plans for the construction of five hospitals and one of the finest dis- pensaries in the country, all to serve the public “at cost” or whetever pa- tients can afford to pay, were an- nounced by Irving 8, Cutter, dean of the Northewestern Colloge of Medt- ~ GINSBERGS Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. ————— HE DAILY WORKER Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism ANTIINJUNGTION MOVE STARTED BY NEW YORK UNIONS Smith to Be Held to . Legislature Speech By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. NEW YORK( Jan. 10.—Delegates trom New York labor unions, assem- bled at the*regular meeting of the Central Trades and Labor Council! ‘n Beethoven Hall, united in a three- fold move togstop granting of injunc- tions to bosses in labor disputes, to eliminate eampany unions, and to boycott so-called “labor” judges who double-crossed the Tammany Hall la- bor leaders, |\Who endorsed them at the last election. Shea Anitiated Action. This action on three important la- bor problems resulted from the pass- age of a resolution presented by P. J. Shea, organizer of the Street i nen’s Union here, protesting the is suing of an injunction by Supreme ‘ourt Justice Delehanty. Shea's inion was enjoined, together with all ts sympathizers, from organizing the raction employes on the Interbor- ough Rapid Transit and the Brooklyn- Manhattan Transit systems, now members of company unions, Demand Federation Action. The resolution demanded that the legislative committee of the N. Y. State Federation of Labor immedi- ately confer with Governor Smith and draft a bilk to be presented to the legislature that will place on the statute books’ the paragraph in his annual messagé™that referred to the injustice done ‘to workers by indis- criminate handing out of injunctions by prejudiced* judges. Thru this resolution, labor leaders hope to pin the governor down to legislation on this retreat from his former stand on injunctions, his action in enjoining thru a subordinate Tammany judge, the recent strike of the New York cloakmakers being still fresh in the memories of the unionists. Venetski Supports Resolution. In a speech that won the sustained applause of all ithe delegates, Emma Yenetski, delegate from Local 22, of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union,,endorsed the resolu- tion, and pointed@,out that she had of- fered a similar. one seven weeks ago “Seven weeks,ago,” she said, “I presented a resolution which was adopted, demanding that this body petition the State Federation to call a delegate conference of all local un- fons in the state to plan ways and means of carrying on an aggressive campaign against injunctions and company unions, This conference was never called. “I predicted then that such injunc- ‘ons would be issued against other vorkers, This last one is the most drastic of all,” Delegate Yenetski con- cluded, Frayne Urges Boycott. Urging the friends of labor to boy- cott the judges, endorsed by labor leaders in the last election, who have since issued injunctions against work- ers, Hugh Frayne, general organizer of the New York State Federation of Labor, added his endorsement to the resolution in @''speech that outlined the program of ‘the State Federation on these issues:* New Sigman Ally. Tke Cohn, delegate from the United Garment Workers Union, revealed his union as a new ally to the Sigman forces in their fight against the left wing and the Communists in the I. L. G. W. U. He inquired # a com- munication had been received notify- ing the Centra] Trades that delegates from four locals of that union were not entitled to seats, having been ex- pelled by the 5 Coughlin, in reply, stated that no such communication had been received. Thereupon Cohn, in e cha- srined manner, eat down and the meeting proceetted. Enemies United. ‘This complétes the united front against progressive unionists by bringing together Abraham Becker- man of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and Thomas Rickert of the United Garment Workers, ordinarily arch-enemies, Asks About Workers’ School, In the minutes of the executive committee, read by Secretary Cough- lin, mention was made of a communt- cation neceived from the American De- fense Society, requesting the council to funnish information about the Workers’ School. When Coughlin sald he filed the let- ter, not being able to comply with the Soclety’s request, Abraham Lefko- witz, delegate of the Teachers’ Union, jumped to his feet demanding to know why he had not been consulted on the matter, being the chairman of the] ge: couneil’s committee on education, Page Five eee STATE SOLONS T FiGRT ON LABOR COMMITTEE HEAD 8-Hour Law and Injunc- tion Coming Up SPRINGFIELD, I1l., Jan, 10—The le- gislative reference bureau is busily engaged in drafting bills for members of the 55th general assembly, and a regular deluge is certain with the re- turn of the lawmakers Jan. 18. Speak er Robert Scholes has announced that the roll will be called for introduc- tion of bills with the return of the howse members, and similar action is expected in the senate, Fight With Labor Committee. A lively fight has developed over the chairmanship of the house indus- trial affairs committee to which will be referred bills to be introduced re- Pealing the anti-tnjunction law and the woman’s eight hour bill which will again make {ts appearance. La- bor advoates would like Rep. R. G. Soderstrom of Streator, a union print- er, at the head of this committee, while the manufacturing interests are lobbying for Rep. Thomas L. Fekete, Jr, of East St. Louis or Rep. Ralph H. Hoar of Bigin. See Election Laws. A number of radical changes in the election laws of the state is certain to be suggested. Rep, Dave McClugage of Peoria will present two bills, one of whivh provides for the filling of vacancies on senatorial committees, and the other requiring senatorial candidates to file nominating papers at the state capital. As the law now stands these candidates can file with the clerk of the county in districts lying wholly within one county. Out- side of Cook, but three districts are affected—the 18, Peoria county; 39, La Salle county, and the 49 in St. Clair county. Under existing law there is no means of filling a sena- torial committee vacancy. Change Municipal Law, Another change to be urged by Mc- Clugage will be amendment of the city election law to permit registra- tion of voters to stand indefinitely, except for changes necessitated by re- moval or death, and new voters. “There is no reason why a voter who has lived in a precinct forty years should be required to register every two years,” McClugage said. Express ( Company Head Pleads Poverty Before —— The Manager’s Corner ey es . Lenin Would Ask for Subs. If Lenin were alive today to attend the huge meetings which are being arranged thruout the country, in his honor, he would make it a point to emphasize among other things the importance of building up a large circulation for The DAILY WORKHDR, the revolutionary organ of the American workers, Particularly at this time he would show how far-reaching and valuable is an English newspaper for the revolutionary movement. In his emphatic way, he would show what a powerful weapon our Daily will become against the combined forces of reaction and apportunism in the labor movenent during the present struggle. With the country on the verge of entering upon new im- perial invasions into Nicaragua, China and perhaps Mevico, with the possibility of war, in all its frightfulness, we surely must build up that revolutionary agent, which will carry the message of proletarian resistance against imperialism. The coming Lenin memorial meetings must mark a distinet forward step in the life of our paper. To the masses of workers demonstrating their tribute to Lenin and to the movement for which he stands we must point out that there is no better way of honoring his memory than by joining the narty of which he was a member, and by becoming a reader of the paper, which is the organ of Leninism in America. The DAILY WORKER Builders will be busy at the Lenin memorial meetings. In fact, they have begun to organize now A well-arranged scheme will be formulated for securing a sub scription from each member of the audience, who is not already on our mailing list. Communist brains are working on the proposition now. Results will show later. BERT MILLER. Mexican C hasudate Will Dail Rights of Its Nationals; Mrs. Spencer Moves to Have Morales Admitted to Bail; Consul-General Backs Defense The Mexican consulate in Chicago is prepared to defend the rights of its nationals in the territory it serves. It has been especially stirred by the recent happenings at Melrose Park, which have been reported in The DAILY WORKER. Vice-consul Ama- dor is very deeply moved at the case of Agustin Morales, now in Cook county jail, having been bound over to the grand jury, on no evidence, sor the murder of Policeman Lyman J. Stahl of Melrose Park. Mary Belle Spencer, Morales’ attor ney and the lawyer for the consulate, has served notice on the state’s a torney’s office that she will ask Chiet Justice William J. Lindsay to fix the amount of Morales’ bail. A man un- Wage Arbitration Board NEW YORK, Jan, 10—In presenting his case against the granting of a wage increase of 12 cents an hour to 2mployes of the American Railway company, Lewis R. Gwynn, vice-presi- lent of the company, told the board of arbitration that such an increase would cost the company $19,257,240, annually. He produced statistics designed to show that the company could not af- ford the increase, that the express workers were now getting enough in proportion to the cost of living, and that they were not doing as much work as in former years. Sixty-five thousand workers will be affected by the decision of the arbi- trators, Railmen in Southeast Take Vote on Strike RICHMOND, Va— Conductors, trainmen, and yardmen in the rail- roads in the Southeastern territory are taking a strike vote. The vote is being taken at the request of the executive committee of the unions in- volved, with the approval of L. E.; Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, and W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmen. “Ma” Pardons 27. AUST’ Tex., Jan, 10.— Twenty seven full pardons and three restora- tions to citizenship were announced by Governor Mirlfan A. Ferguson. These bring Mrs, Ferguson's clemency total to 3,112 for her two-year term, which expires at noon, Jan. 18, WELL, WHO WOULDN'T “SMILE EASILY” WITH MILLION DOLLAR HUT? NEW YORK.—An order of prefer- ence has been signed by Supreme Court Justice Tierney in the suit brought by Doris Duke, fourteen- year-old daughter of the late James, B, Duke, and chief heiress to his estate of $60,000,000. Miss Duke has sued the estate to compel the delivery to her of the New York residence of her father, valued at $1,000,000, Miss Duke Is tall for her age and very slender. She has reddish, | bobbed hair and blue eyes. She | smil ly. | She has been educated by private tutors, and she has in addition a French mald, Fanny Renaude. Her principal tutor is a French woman | also, Miss Duke plays the piano, but Ie not known to have any other | accomplishments, She |e fond of motoring. . a Sub tw % The DAILY Wo! today, der a charge of murder can be ad- mitted to bail only ff there is slight evidence of guilt. The law reads that if there is definite evidence of strong presumption of guilt, no bail can be allowed. But to pass on such an ap- plication, the judge must hear evi- dence to ascertain whether or not the case is one where bail may be grant- ed. By this move, Mrs. Spencer expecis to show up at once on what slight grounds Morales is detained Th judge must pass on the application or a writ of habeas co on the grounl that th being deprived of a legal rig Judge Lindsay has se today as the hour for hea plication: In the r t transcript of the two hearings of the cc and is going over the In the event th to ball, the Con in New York s prepared to put up the bail in mount the court may call for. This is that from now on the ernment is prepared to den nationals in this country the rights to which they are entitled, believing that only so can 4t obtein for them the respect and dignity that is due a citizen, however lowly, of the Re- _ public of Mexico. The Mexican Consul-General in New York is financing .Morales’ defense and Mrs, Spencer will fight the case of the defendant into and thru the last ditch. Sacco-Vanzetti case. Vanzetti. their support of Birthday Issue Out This Week! On January 13, 1927, there will be a Special Birthday Number of The DAILY WORKER in honor of our Third Birthday. The issue will be devoted to special articles, pictures, stories and a full account of the better service to which to put our Special Birthday Issue than to the cause of Sacco and We can think of no better way of celebrating our birthday than by making a strong plea for their freedom. We are ask- ing that our readers place their names on the Honor Roll in this special issue to indicate Sacco an We can think of no Vanzetti as well as their support of the only daily paper which is waging a real fight for their freedom. Send in your dollar for your greeting NOW! Working class organizations may secure advertising space at $100 per page. 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