The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 1, 1927, Page 3

bs LOAKMAKERS HOLD ELECTIONS THIS. THURSDAY Left Wing Massmeeting Plans Militant Policy Yesterday the general council of| the shop chairmen’s council of the! Cloak and Dress Makers’ union, In-| ‘ernational Ladies’ Garment Workers held meetings in Cooper Unior and Manhattan Lyceum. packed to capacity, The chairmen’s council will have an election of local officers managers and executive boards of the locals. The locals invelyed are No. 2, 3, 9 and 9 The topies discussed chiefy were the arrest and conviction of the cloak- makers, thanks largely to the provo- cation of Sigman and his gang, to- gether with the aid of the Jewish Daily Forward, ‘ . Sigman Wants Workers in Jail, The Cooper Union meeting was un- der the chairmanship of I. Brauner. The chairman gave a report of the action of the shop chairman’s council. Hs also gave out that he was in a committee to see President. Sigman -a few weeks ago, and Sigman made, among other statements to this com- mittee, one in particular, that no| place would prevail in the union unti} a few individuals should go to jeil, The committee asked him, “Is that the president of our International |-! talking,” and he. persisted, “That is the only way there-will be peace in the union.” When the .committee objected against his appointing officers, the president stated that after he had the union, he would hold elections, but now he cannot trust the members to choose officers, He promised the committee that no} compulsory registration would be put through. Now, of course, he is using the black jack and dagger to compel registratior . An important speaker at the meet- ings was Joseph Goretsky, manager of Local 35, just released on $25,000; bail after two weeks in prison. | The Joint Board is calling mass meetings of the shop chairmen of the entire needle trades industry. There will be prominent speakers ineluding J. Goretzky, S. Solomon, Elias Marks, J. Bleman, J. Borowchowitz, L. Klem- an and Louis Hyman, general man- ager of the Joint Board. The district defense committees will meet Tuesday and Wednesday, vight after work, in the various union offices, All active cloakmakers are urged to come to the Joint Board and local union offices Tuesday and Wednes- day to get literature about the elec- tions. The elections take place spear from seven A. M. to 9 P, Injured In Wreck. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 31. juries received in a rear-end coll mn between a Baltimore and Ohio. ex- press and a Reading train in the fog : at Pennington last Saturday night re- sulted in the death in Mércer hos- pital here today of EF. T. Norton, well peawy business man of Connellsville, ‘a. Notice. .-Every Daily Worker agent is requested to report immediately to Room 52, 108 East 14 St. IMPORTANT NOTICE Address all mail for The DAILY WORKER to 33 First Street, New , York 7 N.Y act alate meen Dry Czar Yells Por Hxp WASHINGTON, Jan, 31.—Stung by the failure of congress to support his dry program, General Lincoln CG, Andrews today warned that prohibi< tion enforcement will suffer heavily unless adequate legislation is ob- tained. SHOE FACTORY IN ‘SECRET MOVE TO NON-UNION SHOP In ‘Night, Lee Gore Ships Machines Out The shoe manufaeturers controlled by the Shoe Workers Protective ‘mion are attempting to follow’ in the same foot-stens as the shoe manu- facturers of the board of trade to in stitute the open shop’ system in the'y factories, but having fd¥led in their attempt to do so openly. have finally adopted a new scheme for the pur- pose of evading. the union control, namely: by going into bankruptey, and then opening new factories under new titles, and the epen shop. sys- n. Seeretly Moved. ® One of these manufacturers, the Lee Gore Shoe Company, located at 505 Court street, Brooklyn, has gone ‘still further. It has secretly, at mid- night carried out»materials and m@g- chines and transferred them to an alrecdy existing onen shop by the name of Tull and Gordon Shce Com- yany, located at 872 De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. However their own shop has not been shut down hecaus: as soon as they succeed in r'dd'ing themselves: of the union which ha: zentrolled their shop for several years, they mtend to return to the former shop. Strike Starts, As soon.as the workers learned of the plans they immediately called a strike and have been picketing the shop for a few weeks. When the Lee Gore firm merged with Tull and Gor- don, they immediately announced that no union man would be allowed to vemain on the job, and those who were union men were discharged. The workers, unabie to endure the wages and conditions any longer, finally de- elared a strike, and as soon as pick- ets appeared on the line, four pickets and two representatives of the union were arrested, but were released with- out bail, The bosses, however, se- cured an injunction restraining *the workers from picketing the shop. Must deal With Union. Though we expect a speedy and favorable decision, yet whatever the decision may be, we are determined to renew this struggle with greater energy than ever before to show the bosses that their schemes will not be successful and if they want to pro- duce shoes they will have to deal with the union. i SHOE WORKERS! Do not be mis- led because there are no pickets: Stay | away from the Lee Gore Shoe Co., and the Tull and. Gordon Shoe Co. Texas Baker Local Signs Two New Shops. EL PASO, (FP).—Bakery Work- ers Local 492, a comparatively new union, has signed 2 additional shops in Fl Paso. —INEWARK FURRIERS FOR WRIT AGAINST Hearing Set for Today Members Will Fight (Special To The Daily Worker) NEWARK, N. J., Jan, 31.--A writ for an injunctién has been served on Morris Langer, Jeft wing business agent of Fur Workers Local 25, in- structing him to turn over all’ rec- ords, funds and, the union headquar- ters to the representatievs of the right wing general executive board. The writ was signed by Vice Chan- sellor Church, who has instructed the executive board to appear before hin: Tuesday, “to show *ause why the in- junetion should not be granted. Members For Left Wing. The members of the local who are supporting the left wing to a nian, will hold a general membership meet- ing tonight at 103 Montgomery street, Newark. to devise ways and means of combatting the attempt of Shacht~ man, Sorkin and Co. to use the ma- hinery of the capitalist courts to re- gain control of the union after they had been repudiated by the member- ship. When the workers heard that Shachtman had gone to the extreme t using the besses method of the injunction, their = anger knew no bounds. Bosses’ Methods. The application for an injunction is the culmination of a hectic week dur ing which the right wing clique have been attempting by all methods to put their lackey, Milton Corbett in the office of business agent, from which he had been driven after the nembets kad found out that he had been taking “loans” from the bosses also using the funds of the local for his’ own personal needs, and on tor of that, destroying all the record: which could prove it. Last Thursday, a committee consist- ing of Sorkin, Harris and Lucci rep resenting the general executive board, together with police, tried to take ever the union office by force. Fail- ing, they wrote a letter to the bosses’ association telling them not to dea! with the regularly elected executive board. At first the association took a neutral position, but when it found out that the workers continued to sup- port the regularly elected left wing administration, they ignored the re- quest of Shachtman and Co. Wolfe Will Speak at Passaic Open Forum PASSAIC, N, J —The third lec-} ture of the Passaic Workers School Open Forum will be held Feb. 6th, | Sunday, at 7.30 p. m. at the Workers Home, 27 Dayton avenue. Comrade Bertrand D. Wolfe, the director of the New York Workers School will speak on: “Who Owns the Government.” There will be 2 musical program. Ad- mission free, London Cold Storage Strike, ' LONDON, Jan. $1.—A strike hag ‘been called by the empolyes of the Union Cold Storage Co. About 600 men walked out when it became ap- parant that no settlement was inj sight. The strike is showing its im- Passaic Conference Called to Discuss Problems of Relief “What's Next in Passaic” is an- nounced as the topic for discussion at a conference called by the Emer- gency Committee for Strikers Relief at the Civie Club this afternoon Gus Deak, strike chgirman, is to be one of the speakers on the prob- lems which face in carrying on its strike in the five mills unset- tled, ‘and at the same time caring for the workers who are still unem- ployed although not on strike. Educational Work. Not only ,strike and relief pyrob- ems, but work along cooperative and edueational lines will be considered by the friends of Passaic who attend today's meeting. The discussion is to be held by Henry T, Hunt, and Norman Thomag will be one of the speakers. LIBERAL GROUP ARRANGES LEFT WING DINNER Union Leaders to Talk On Present Conflict A group of writers, artists and others interested in have constituted themselves a Com- mittee of Arrangements for a dinner to be held at the Cafe Boulevard on Tuesday, February 8th, to hear the left wing leaders Ben Gold, of the Furriers’ Joint Board, and . Louis Hyman of the Cloak and Dress- makers’ Joint Board tell their side of the story of the present controversy in the needle trade unions. The committee’s letter of invitation to the dinner states that it believes the point of view of the administra- tion oificiais in these unions has had wide publicity, but that the leit wing side of the question is net known. “fhe famisiar cry of ‘Communists and Jommunism’ has obscured the funda- mental truths”, sa,s the committee; and “a solution of a conflict of this xind can only be found through the spread of information about both DAY, FEBRUARY 1, 19: labor matters,| MOUNTED CHARGES INTO ROX STRIKERS Brutally Rides Down Men and Girls Paper box strikers were ridden down by a mounted policeman who took his horse on the sidewalk on Worcester street, between Third and Bleecker yesterday, after 500 men and girls had paraded to that point from their hall. The parede was an answer to the charge of the employers that no strike ed. This ement in their brief Mayor determined the to strikers on a shown «down. Police Clubs Fail. The police did everything to break up the parade once it got started on its way to the factory district. They clubbed quite freely, but it was no’ until Mounted Officer No, 7714 whose name is Wolf, shouted, “If vou don’t get out, I’ll throw you down the sewer,” and rode into the crowd, that great injury was done. Wolf’s attack knocked down and bruised several girls, and crushed Donchi Freedman, a striker, so that he had to be taken to Belleview Hfos- pital, where he is suffering from ecn- fusions and possible fractures of th2 leg. Student Too. were arrested: Jo- Joseph Familia, and . A Union Theological | studen nes Wyker, was a®so ar- | rested, though he, was standing on the side lines, not in the parade. Juliet Poyntz has gotten out a war rant against the officer, Wolf, charg- ing assault. The box makers are determined to continue the strike until the tnion is recognized. They are much en- |couraged by the successful parade or mass picketing sterday. Union headquarters rep that of | who went on eighteen weeks ago, 2,000 are s' it, and 450 have gone back to in the 25 shops that have settlec h the union. Editor of Die Rote Fahne Sentenced on Arres | Three str'ke | seph Mordkowit Juliet P wit points of view”. Left Wing Position, ; Insult to Hindenburg/ “The left wing states that it is! BERLIN, Jan. 31.—The editor o fighting a growing trade unjon policy| pote Fahne, official organ of the ot ‘expulsion of the unorthodox’, and Communist Pexrty of Germany, has is maintaining the right of workers| heon sentenced to serve four months to have free speech within the union ;;, jail for having published a poem, Worker Housewives Show Good Record of Strike Relief Work The statement of the United Coun ceil of Workingclass Housewives from January Ist to Nove: Tst the Passaic Relief st ment March Ist to November ist were audited by a commitice « found correct. The deficit of the organization since then was cleared up and there are a few thousand dollars as ba ance in the bank. As to the Passai Relief, much more money, probably thoufands, was sent in to the Relief through the efforts of the Unite Council-of Workingclass Housewives. Food was collected for the chil- dren’s kitchens amounting to thou- sands of dollars. The running ex- penses of the kitcheng were very small due to.the good arrangement and efforts of the women in our or- ganization, in charge. Statement submitted by Kate Git- low, Setretary, U. C. W. H. United States Lands Troops In China Continued from Page 1 Manila were today reported’ at Chin- wang Tau. They will steam from that place to Shanghai. The American cgmmercial ship Goldstar left Guam with 250 marines aboard for duty in Chinese waters. The Richmond, ‘Marblehead and Sincinnati, America’s most modern light cruisers, left the Canal Zone for Honolulu,. It was designated as the 3rd light eruiser division. Rear Ad- miral J. R. Y. Blakeley now enroute to San Francisco, wilf take command | of the cruisers at Honoluh. The cruisers are of 7,500 tons, carry 35 officers and 400 men each and are among the fastest in the United States navy. Four Miners Entombed. MADISONVILLE, Ky,, Jan. 31.- Four men were entombed behind a fall of slate in the coal mine of the Isley Coal Company at Isley, nemr Dawson Springs, today. $100 6 Page Three RUSH FUNDS TO JOINT BOARD OF GARMENT UNION '“Gratifying Response” Says Portnoy |} We from all trades and from all sections of the country are flock ing to the pport of the left wing |cloakmakers by subseribing to the 0,000 loan which the New York oint Board is asking, according to returns that have come in this |week end | More than 250 unions, clubs and workmen’s circles have already joined \the rank and file in their struggle |against the International’s corrupt | leadership | Money Coming In. |. Two thousand dollars from Chicago, | $5,700 from Los Angeles, $750 from: | Minneapc $500 from St. Louis, and |contributions from scores of smaler have come in this week end-in ponse to the cloakmakers’ appeal for aid. If money continued to come in at the present rate, the campaign will be successfully concluded in & very short time, according to Julius Portnoy, who is in charge of the bond issue. The contributicns from other sec- tions of the country have.come in as a result of the strenuous campaign of Max Levine, formerly chairman-of the Philadelphia Joint Board, B. Cooper, ahd S. Fox, who are touring the country, and rallying workers in ities to the support of their d comrades “The response to the cloakmakers’ appeal for help has been very gratify- img,” said Julius Portnoy, in com- menting on last week’s returns, “but the sooner our friends subscribe the better. very dollar that we receive s us with ammunition to fight like Sigman, Dubinsky | t e are issued in $50, $100 and $500 denominations and ma- sure in throe years. $300 and the right to choose their own rep-| resentatives. These are demic questions but involve the loss of the right to a*job by those thov- not aca-| in which President Hindenburg is called a dog. The paper was sus- | pended for a period of 14 days, sub | sequent to the publishing of this poem. Y DIVIDENDS Secured by a DAIL ee ee ee Y ewe eceooeooas. | sands of workers who are allied with The editor, Comrade Hauswirt, was the left ‘wing.” | called before the court on a charge The dinner is described as “not a’ of insult against the President, and meeting of protest” but “rather ala violation of the Weimar constitu- forum of discussion”, and a “full op-| tion, and was sentenced to serve n’no portunity for questions” is promised. saneg in jail. The case was ap y ‘i | pealed, CHOOT DOI ERT scchastion sioiitled’ ths Those forming the dinner ccmmit- charges to insult against the repub- tee are: Harold Allen, B. Brodsky! jj. and sentenced the editor to serve Anna Washington Craton, Henry W. four months in, jail, The poem was L. Dana, Floyd Dell, W. BE. B. DeBois, written and published last Septem. Robert W. Dunn, Ernestine Evans, jor, during the turmoil of the voting Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Michael Gold, ,: returning the property of the William Gropper, Paxten Hibben, fuymer German rulers, and denoun- Cedric Long, Eugene Lyons, Samuel) cod Hindenburg for trying to protec: Ornitz, Hannah Pickering, Boardman the interests of the princes, and te Robinson, Rex Stout, Genevieve Tag-| drain the national treasury at the gard, Carlo Tresco, Eric Welrond, expense of the German working class. ! Paul Wander, Charles Erskine Scotti mediate effect by completely tying| Wood, Art Young. { up al shipping along the docks of Inyitations for this dinner are be- London all loading and unlcading of | ing sent to liberal’ people and others ships carrying meat cargoes. j outside the trade union movement | who are not thoroughly acquainted Roll in the Subs For The DAILY| with the situation.’ About 200 guests Teh your friends to buy The DAILY WORKER at the news-} stanes, Roll in the Subs For The DAIL) SECOND MORTGAGE OF THIS SQUARE BLOCK of the First Workers Cooperative Colony Bronx Park East and Allerton Ave. H WORKER. NEW Y organization and neighborhood. The ORK MOBILIZES FO jits territory. The sections work are expected, Aa come an excuse for inactivity, THE A letter sent to all party units and | 9Ply way you can interest the work- ‘through the sub-sections and shop, WORK MUST BE DONE, THE BEST functionaries to mobilize New York for The DAILY WORKER is as fol- lows: Comrades: The DAILY WORKER has been placed on the newstands in this city. The New York membership now has the responsibility of insuring the existence of The DAILY WORK- ER. In New York The DAILY WORK- ER will be greatly improved both as a general labor paper and as a party, political organ. In fact already it is much better in quality and make-up. Scott Nearing, Robert Dunn, Ber- tram Wolfe, Mike Gold and many others have been added to the old ;ers in your shop about the DAILY | WORKER is to bring to them some- | thing about their own shop, their own iproblems, then they will read about | the struggles of the rest of the work- ‘ers and will become regular readers. 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Every member must bring the paper into his shop, | union and fraternal organization, { bea order wees The pase ih neal may become a real New York labor paper every member must | i i, ie i ere te should have a small editorial commit- tee that should be responsible for all |matter about the union sent to The DAILY WORKER or any other paper. Furthermore, we must get sympa- |thetie workers to write for the | DAILY WORKER. This way we will draw the non-party workers into sup- port for the DAILY. Even workers who do not hold our views should be induced to write them in the DAILY WORKER. This can then be an- swered by others and we will thus create un interest among the work- ers in your shop or union for The DAILY WORKER PARTY MACHINERY FOR BUILD- ING DAILY, Eyery section is xesponsible for the RRA gig A an and street nuclei. The sections and nuclei must make | 1a list of all labor organizations and ‘large factories in their territory and |Ssee that they are covered with The DAILY WORKER. 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