The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 12, 1927, Page 3

Mid . pie. LABOR REACTION ALLY OF BOSSES — UNION AGAINST THE FUR WORKERS (Continued from Page One) ing letter sent to Mr. Frayne yes- terday. February 11, 1927. Mr. Hugh Frayne, Organizer, American Federation of Labor, 1452 Broadway, New York, Dear Sir and Brother: The officers of the New York Joint Board have learned from the press that the representatives of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor and of the | agerieved and surprised that when| International Fur Workers’ union will hold a conference with the “Brother- hood” officials today, On behalf of the New York Joint Board of the In- ternational Fur Workers’ union we hereby register our protest against such a conference. The constitution of the New York Joint Board, which bears the approval of the International Fur Workers’ union, distinctly provides in Article 3, Section 2, that: “The jurisdiction of the Joint Board shall be over ever subject which may occur in the regu. lar fur industry of greater New York,” The New York Joint Board of Locals 1, 5, 10 and 15 has jurisdic- tion over all fur workers engaged in cutting, operating, nailing and fin-| ishing of fur trimmings and fur gar- ments in Greater New York. The “Brotherhood” is an organization founded by the Greek fur manufac- turers as a company union imme- diately after the recent strike of the New York fur workers. In this man- ner, the manufacturers hope to es- cape, union control and union condi- tions in their fur shops. The New York Joint Board had been carrying on negotiations with the “Brother- hood” for the purpose of disbanding the latter organization and assimilat- ing its membership in the branch of the Greek Fur Workers of the New York Joint Board. This branch is an official body of the New York Joint Board and has a membership of ap- proximately 1,300 Greek fur workers. We protest against any negotia- tions between the representatives of the International Fur Workers’ un- jon and of the International Fur Workers’ union and the American Federation of Labor and the repre- sentatives of the “Brotherhood” which exclude the bona fide representatives ot the New York Joint Board and the branch of the Greek Fur Workers. The conference which you intend to hold with the “Brotherood” without the knowledge or participation of the New York Joint Board will place the A. F. of L. in the position of sup- porting a company union against the Hard Day For “Right Wing. On the whole the “right wing” spokesman had a hard day yester- day, denying this conference and an- iswering Mr. Motty Eitingon’s state- |ment about the attempted bribery in connection with the report on the in- vestigation of the fur strike. Mr. Hugh Frayne, in addition to llying about the conference with the : Greeks, expressed himself as much | Mr. Eitingon was approached for a bribe he did not go tight down to the ‘New York headquarters of the A. F. of L. and report the matter instead of waiting until now to make it public. | | He added that he would leave fur. | ther comment to President Green; and jthis dignitary, from Washington, | said: | “I am satisfied that each member of the committee (the special inves- tigating committee headed by Mat- hew Woll) will say that the charges { THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 Page Three Garment Workers Today Install Progressives In Offices of Their Locals The council through its Brauner, Locals 2, 9 and 35 Lyceum on Saturday afternoon for | the installation of officers of those | three locals. Isadore Boruchowitz | will be installed as manager of of shop chairmen, chairman, Isadore | Local 9, and Joseph Goretzky as manager of Local 35, all three hay- ing been re-elected with the largest | vote recorded in their locals in re- | cent years. The council of shop | chairmen will be in charge of the meeting. BOSSES BREAK PROMISE TO PAY has called meetings of | in Manhattan | Local 2, A. Zirlin as manager of | FAKERS’ PRESS PAINTERS’ UNIONS CAMPAIGNING TO SEEK ARREST OF JAIL GORETZKY USTED CRAFTERS |Out on High Bail, But Instruct Secretary to |Workers Re-elect: Him File Claims Another instance of frame-up on the) The New York Painters’ District | part of officials of the International | Council at its last meeting instructed | Ladies’ Garment Workers’ union is | its secretary, Thomas Wright, to file | indicated in the re-arrest of Joseph | a claim of $20,000 against the Bond- Goretzky, manager of Local 35, who! ing Company of the council’s deposed | was just released on $25,000 bail yes- | officers. terday morning after spending the Huge Funds Stolen. night in the Tombs. This action was taken following All last week the Jewish newspaper | the publication of Organizer Doyle’s which is spokesman for the “right|¢port, which charges that the treas- | wing” had daily articles on the fact|Ury of the council,has been robbed! that Goretzky, who had been chair-| to the amount of $36,000. Of this man of the picket committee during | Sum $23,000 has been traced, it is |the strike, was still free while other | claimed, to Charles Koenig, former) ‘cloakmakers were behind prison bars | finance secretary of that body, who | because of their strike activities. The | has ever since the discovery, of his re unfounded and there is_no word of truth in them.” , Amazing Reaction of The Forward. CAPMAKERS MORE Rank and File Préssure Forcing Official Action | Probably the most amazing. reac- |tion to the bribe revelations made by |Mr. Eitingon was that of the Jewish Daily Forward, the organ of the “right wing” in the garment unions. | Mr. Eitingon, it will be remem- | bered, stated that a man came to him jsaying that he knew what hte A. F. ot L. committee had inserted in its report and that the portion concern- ing the fur menufacturer could be stopped fox a consideration. The Forward’s interpretation of} tract signed last July. |this statement is “Communists Try to] At that time after a four weeks |Suppress Report of A. F. of L. by| strike the Capmakers’ union signed | Means of Graft.” “Eitingon the fur'a three-year contract for an immediate |dealer, who forced the Communist to| two dollar a week increase and an ad- jaccept his settlement says that there ditional one dollar on the first of Feb {was also an attempt to get graft! puary, }from him for the report.” 7 ri |Communists tried to offer thousands | 4 f fos a i of dollars graft to suppress details of the strike. First this paper has Mr. | Eitingon being asked for money to | keep his mame out of th> report, |Then they have him being offered |to suppress the report. | This is a shining example of the |\“right wing’s” method of distorting the truth. Nothing could be simpler than Mr. Eitingon’s story of the in- leident, yet the Forward manages to | twist it out of any semblance to the facts given. Their story constantly brings in PIC c N | mention of Tammany politicians as| |being aligned with the “Communists” T0 CUT JERSEY ture as a result of the bosses’ associa- tion refusing to give the workers the one dollar a week increase on Febru- doubtedly under the impression that the right wingers in control of the union would not make any fight for the right wing administration was quiet, but due to pressure from the rank and file of the union it has been forced to take a position of leading the struggle for the fullfilment of the contract signed by the cap bosses. lin this matter, and tries to imply once more Mr. Eitingon’s Commun- Fifteen hundred New York capmak- | ers may go on strike in the near fu- | ary Ist, as agreed upon in the con- | fact that this paper, and the officials it represents, had helped to put these men in jail was not mentioned. Extra High Bail. | On Thursday Goretzky was called | for trial on assault charges for which ie had been indicted several weeks ago and been held in jail for two lweeks on exhorbitant bail. When he arrived at the court on Thursday, he was immediately re-arrested by mem- | bers of the Industrial Squad on new [charges growing out of alleged “in- |formation” given to the grand jury early this week. Right Wing Provoked. rest is the direct result of the pro- | voeative agitation carried on against |him by the “right wing.” It is certainly in line with the state- iment of President Sigman of the I. |L. G. W. U. to members of the shop chairmen’s council who visited him |to settle the internal dissention in the j union was to put a few of the “left | wing” leaders in jail. Apparently he it. In this they were correct. At first | is attempting by every possible trick | |to bring this about. Install Goretzky. Joseph Goretzky, who was recently re-elected manager of Local 35 by an overwhelming majority, is to be one lof the: officers installed by the shop jehairmen’s council at the meeting in | Manhattan Lyceum this afternoon. | Yesterday, for the third time, sen- |tences were postponed in the cases |of Osear Newman and Max Boren- stein who are being held,in the Tombs by Judge Rosalsky. Their cases are Goretzky is convinced that his ar-| alleged misappropriation of funds, | been in hiding. Will Arrest Grafters. «| Mr. Wright, the present secretary | of the counc tated: “Koenig is not | the only one involved in this robbery, | but was working together with at! jleast three others, with former Sec- jretary Philip Zausner playing the | leading role. | “We are determined that every |one of these men be brought to trial. | We have the information and the | facts which will convict them and will eertainly not rest until punish- ment is meted out.” | Ignores Balance On Hand. The report of Doyle does not give {a correct account of the council's |finances during the last 19 months, the period under dispute and com-| pletely ignores that at the time of January 1925, date his report started, from, the council had a balance of eash on hand of $30,000.. If this be | fused to live up to their contract, un-| several weeks ago, that the best way|added to the figure of Doyle’s re- port, the total is then brought up to | $68,000. | Shields Zausner. The council by a majority vote re- jected Koenig’s proposition, pretend- jed thru Organizer Doyle, that he | would reimburse the council 50 cents }on the dollar on the amount of $25)- | 000, which can be traced, it is said, to have been stolen by him. Doyle’s report is prepared in such a way that Philip Zausner is not im- plicated. , Altho he had instruetions to in- vestigate the council’s books up to the date of Oct. 31, Doyle’s report jends with August 31. Wright stated | The Manager's Corner — 4 DEBUNKING. Some years ago Lord Northeliffe decided that it would be worth while to have the English people wear a bouquet of green pea blossoms on a given day. He then proceeded to advertise the proposition so extensively thru the many papers which he controlled, that he actually succeeded in getting thousands of-people to respond by wearing the called-for dec- oration. This may strike the reader as funny, but when the gentle art of bunking the public is utilized even more cleverly and more effectively to prejudice the case of the workers in a strike, or to draw the workers into an imperialist war, then it becomes not a joke, but a menace. And when this art is developed to the perfection which is found in the capitalist press, then it becomes even more menacing. The DAILY WORKER has pledged itself seriously to the task of debunking the ideas which are being promulgated by the capitalist press. This is no easy task, nor is it a pain- less one. At times some of our readers may resent the sharp- ness of our criticism, and the severity of our attack upon the tenets of the present order. The ideas many of us have nursed for years are not easy to part with. The debunking process ts difficult at times. But none the less the operation is as necessary as the extraction of a decayed tooth. In this process of debunking, we are trying to develop the same and even greater skill than the capitalist press. Not only must we expose the hollowness of capitalist ideology, but we must teach our readers to readily detect this hollowness. It is only when the mind of the worker has been thoroughly sterilized of the disease germs of capitalist ideas, when he has been thoroughly debunked, only then will he be able to see and think clearly, and arrive at a sound solution of the problems of his class—BERT MILLER. Miners Killed in FRANKLIN, N. J. Reynolds, 45, a drill runner in t mines of the New Jersey Zine Com- pany here, was fatally injured today |when a slab of rock in one of the shafts fell on him, crushing his head, | Reynolds died later in the Franklin Hospital. A blood transfusion was Brooklyn Communists Give Dance Tonight Sub-section 6-C of the Workers (Communist) Party will give a pro- letarian dance and entertainment on Saturday evening, Feb. 12 at | performed but failed to save his life. the Workers Center, 63 Liberty | He leaves a widow and three smal! Ave., Prooklyn. children. $300 Ge = DAILY DIVIDENDS Secured by a | SECOND MORTGAGE dnseaeh chiens endinens din dalaeainanan tainted nicht cart tae analy tht coca te tae shee qed tote octes ‘ , * isti iliati i “ ed that 4 i not dared to give bona fide Fur Workers’ union of the| Stic affiliations by stating that he again scheduled to come up on Mon-| hat Doy le had r g ! N. Y. Joint Board‘of the LF. W. v, | forced pe wine resi ue day. eps “area a ie ee Seren OF THIS Such negotiations may be interpreted terms of settlement of the fur stri e | fa August and November be ae : ‘n.{and “only afterward the bosses ac- the alleged incriminating evidence to mean that the A. F. of L. is in- ted it.” inst Z fe a ehla “wand ‘ tending to establish a dual organiza- | °°?’ ~ SIGMAN PROVIDES | against Zausner in this py i. H tion in New York City, which is ab-| Expose Is Severe Blow. | (Special to The Daily Worker.) Treasurer Also Involved. i solutely contrary to the constitution! The “right wing” by this brief} spRgky CITY, N. J. Feb. 11.— Latest developments show, it is) } of the A. F. of L. and the I. F. W. U. | “news” story on Mr. Eitingon’s sen-) Picketing has at last been started by dey oe Ligh teres Rau sh H The Joint Board demands representa- | sational statement shows how severe|the four hundred Hudson Boulevard council, ee artiey, ah tion at all corferences with the Greek |a blow this expose has proved. Cer- |bus drivers who went on strike last directly working together with the H “Brotherhood.” ‘ |tain capitalist papers talk openly now | Saturday. machine. , : , We hope that this matter will be) of the coming war of the “right wing”| Committees of strikers are picket- WHO SHOT COHEN Checks which ~, pegs and given serious consideration by you. line-up—A. F. of L. and International | ing the terminals and the service has cashed were ane bbe Ms oie ae _Fraternally yours, : Fur Workers’ union officials—upon | heen cut one half, according to Ed- vay it ‘ said oe ba ane i Toa Colt, Mesngee,'|iate de betta. tee be oO | Te MO ns namsaeate tae attorverd Uae compere will be ied wih » Gold, Mai ie battle, it must be a bit dis-| ypj, I y ly Ww e bs I. Shapiro, Chairman. | turbing to the “right wing” to have| "The poulevard eommissioners who °f the International in court yester- the district attorney's office, and : Committee of Greek Branch. | its dishonorable methods of attack s0| pave been. trying to “settle” the strike! peat hansen to te te eee | that he will press for immediate ac- SQUARE BLOCK ead py aan sea frankly disclosed. ne a yesterday openly as allies “Frenchy” pels "ehien aliot nang Sis aat Condiction ' of the 5 : | of the bosses, | , » nemoniiin s iv, Carry Favor With Bosses. | ee : L. D. ate tag od ..| Serviee was far below noymal yes+ oe. Hi siog Megas Mindsy bia nova aia a ‘ nh tent H First Workers Cooperative Colony The International is trying to gain he International Labor Defense is| terday, the fatigued bus owners who) °@¥'n€ el » oe) tion . hac jeen sent - to ce) the approval and support of the having a special delegates’ bazaar! have been manning their buses being piel pry pramee Witty woes ihe unions, the majority of Bae re- i Bronx Park East and Allerton Ave. Greek manufacturers in this move by| conference in the Manhattan Lyceum, unable to keep up the twelve and th piclescoaapennie aA ‘ss * Seavrees jected his proposition that the or- 2 ‘“ peatedly state that it will not enter | 66 Bast 4th Street on. Sunday, Feb.| eighteen hours shifts. | poh pesiapdhes aaa ake canianat Sarsation | screys eit see: ONSUMETS nance orpora ion having the Greek Brotherhood .re-|1%, at 2 p. m. Delegates from trade | The drivers are asking for $45 al. the Gath ete yg tera ment. _A unanimous demand for . the union unless its collective agree-; Unions, women’s councils, co-opera-| week under a three-year contract, ‘ the a Street court where they immediate arrest and conviction o SUBSIDIARY OF THE ‘ +. | ti a2 E Db h | were represented by counsel of the 5 K nd Hartley was aire sey eta ce orden coe a ged oo att nd ; that ry heck bs lr Pc ak Dou International. They were fully iden bespgak ae ” ey recognized, e International as e so that a check up| jae Ria PRR bye i y n= their answer. stated that this , difficulty “can be, can be made on their work. All must Wor! a Kille d b eat ang oe pee dees ote ' UNITED WORKERS COOPERATIVE salah Hee Reg for day 20° a an ai iS, kman Ki y | Becadwas raed thea. ahora ae 39 Fifth A Cor. 14th St rams 55. nows just what, since the Interna- discuss plans | ry s 4 5 ven ‘or. tional baa vaeifled ‘tis agreement of|for securing 100 per cent | Train on L. L. R. R. pickets bd ae etuaing fom me HOUSE BILL T0 aan ue, ° - 24 GOLD the Associated Fur Manufacturers’ Volunteers are urged to call at the| mae 4 a isman, eee and Beaver si ep $500 ‘elephone Stuyvesant 69 which says there shall be only one|L. L. D. office 799 Broadway, Room| 0 Torpie, section gang workman| where the Joint Board has called a | sMaetiv dakink ts tha Goad, |422,.on Monday, Feb. 14th,, to assist/employed by the Long Island Rail-! strike for discharge of workers who, PREVENT THIRD | cig faint So “right ee has /in carrying out the ecatinande ae, | Fond was struck and killed today by | refused to register with the Inter-| } curious and devious ways of evading sions. - \a train in the North: Shore yards, | national. sat embarassing situations, and it will! SS OnEEEniinamenel } _ Torpe lived in a “gang car” in Win-| Three of the men, who gave their doubtless concoct some worthy scheme| Roll in the Subs For The DAILY| field, Queens. The motorman of the | names as Max Richter, Michael Fried- for this occacion. | WORKER. |train was John Fitzsimmons of Hill- man, Harry Goldman were released \Sudioe Lapees: bathers “miter a tne in Ge | OPPRESSIONS, FAILURE OF AMERICAN . renga Lt 9 | national te bail o all cases, | * LABOR TO ORGANIZE NEGROES WILL BE INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE BAZAAR IN “the floor af ithe | DISCUSSED BY WHITEMAN IN NEW YORK STAR CASINO TO BE ESPECIALLY BIG EVENT - ic siisn en te | Feiletbs aa vupcdevtsvcasoasaais clas cus caulCgsva LSE COOLIDGE TERM) eR AND RECITAL AND BALL. od | SUNDAY, FEB. 27, t WEBSTER HALL, 119 E. 11h ST. ' ' WASHINGTON, Feb. question of President Coolidge’s moral right to seek another term in t | White House will not be settled on the floor of either house of congress, Newest Russian Poetry, Satire, Songs and Music—DANCING AFTER THE PROGRAM.—Admission: at door, $1.00; in advance, 75 cents. Under Auspices of NOVY MIR. ATTEND! THE SECOND ANNUAL BANQUET f block consideration of the anti-third In his talk he will also point aust ¥ THIS YEAR; DEMONSTRATION OF SOLIDARITY term resolution offered by Rep. Beck | ATTEND! schapstpt blind salad ahsenesas | (R) of Wisconsin, democratic leaders The Annual Bazaar of the International Labor Defense has become an|in the senate rejected overtures to lestablished institution and is generally recognized as the greatest working raise the issue in that body. | Lovett Fort-Whiteman, national et ganizer of the American Negro Labor! the failure on the part of American Con, will di the thirt labor to organize the Negro workers, geese, I discuss the pengh the consequences to the labor ATTEND! i fourteenth and fifteenth amendments! ! ' 2 . movement, class spectacle of the year. It is the affair in which hundreds of organiza-| ' to the constitution in relation to the Among other speakers will be John tions of all.shades of opinion find common cause and fellowship. BROWNSVILLE of the i | rights of Negroes, |Ballam, chairman Progressive Tex-| Last year twenty-five thousand) "7 “Figty booths is the aim of the | DAILY WORKER BUILDERS OF NEW YORK Lovett Fort-Whiteman, who is| tile Conference; Glenn Carrington, a| Workers turned out to pay tribute to) on mittec—and that aim has every } q D ' making a tour of the entire country young a student who was one of heap 8 age x martyred | appearance of being realized. To mect Proletarian ance bactrh ac isla to point out the o sions of the! the students’ delegation sent to Rus-| in jail. ie bazaar was not only a) ‘ rtai i, S i Negroes oad tie leek oF enforeement| sia from Columbia University, Mich«| demonstration of solidarity, it idl ieee tal tar be eee and Entertainment YORKVILLE CASINO (Main Ballroom) \ | of the amendments to the United! ael Gold, editor of the “New Masses,”| also a glorious revel for all who ket At Star Casino. Given by 212 East 86th Street. Third Av States Constitution, will speak on| noted poet and writer, will read some hart and was voted a red letter event) he Meas Cabins, 10th Bicest: and uinieliin ae We oeue ces 2 Eas reet, near rd Avenue, | Tuesday, Feb. 15, 8:00 p. m., at A.|of his latest works. | never to be missed in the future: | Basie peraiare ne placa) ‘heruauy, jubsection 6C, Workers Party ' ey ) M. E. Zion Church Community House,| The workers of New ‘York are in- , For four pote are nat 10th; Friday, 11th; Saturday, 12th,| Saturday Evening, Feb. 12 be present among them being: J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. SCOMe NEARING, 151 West 136th Street. ‘vited to attend this meeting. Bowens did, ea pneiny Punter.) 10 aes) and Sundsy, 19th of March, are the BERTRAM D. WOLFE, WILLIAM F. N SMITH, TOM J pel 9 plensure to see the efficiency bia ene very i ” Admission 35c. oO FLAHERTY, ROBART W. | DUN ABEL GOLD, as well ‘as the , . leading figures in thé loca bor movement, k | Seed of the customers—-who secured, Lverything points to this being the| at WORKERS’ CENTER i will Be accompanied by concert numbers given by an | many cherished mementos of the Most successful bazaar yet held, 63 Liberty Ave. Brooklyn. NEW YORK DAILY WORKER AGENTS AND NEWSSTAND INSPECTORS TO MEET SUNDAY je hangue' wreat event. Scores of working class organizations! s \embracing thousands ot workers are} More This Year. preparing now for the affair, It is Ten thousand dollars were raslized| expoptad’ that over $10,000 will be fer the giorious purpose of defend-| raised. The International Labor De- ing prisoners and maintaining their) fense is depending upon the bazaar dependents. Without that splendid to finance the many cases on hand, sum mach of the work of the I, L, D./and to insure support for what is ex-| would have been left undone. pected to be the most bitter year of Arrangements are being made this| class struggle yet experienced in year for accommodating 60,000 peo-; America. ~~ = 2 = = of the Yorkville iM be followed by a dance im the beautiful ballroom ' NO. ERYBODY WILL BE THERE. Don't fail to come t Monday (Washington’s Birthday Eve.), Feb. 21, 1927 Banquet starts at TP. M—Dancing at 9 P.M, COMBINATION TICKETS FOR BANQUET AND DANCE $1.50 TICKETS FOR DANCE ONLY 50c. —— B. Sazer's DINEWELL VEGETARIAN and DAIRY Every newsstand. inspector and every DAILY WORKER agent is re- eee Poel ae iw pret cihens MEETING THIS * at 1 it. beginning sharp at eleven and adjourning before dinner. { RESTAURANT 78 2nd Avenue, Near 4th Street. The Real Way to Hat » <The Natural Way.