The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 1, 1927, Page 5

Hi] | ~ TAXEMEN FIGHT . TRUST'S EFFORT TO OUST THEM Pack Central Opera House in Protest Thirty-five hundred ‘independent taxi drivers’ crowded Central Opera House yesterday evening to plan .an offensive against the Kennedy bill pending in the state legislature. This measure, by boosting insurance rates to $45 and $60 a month for each driver, would practically wipe out the independent drivers and give the. big taxi combinations complete domina- tion of New York’s great taxi busi- ness, On March 2 when the bill comes up for hearing before the committee of internal affairs, the taxi drivers, through their associations, plan to have a delegation of 100 members to present their case. The bill if ap- proved. will go into effect July 1, sounding the death knell for the men who own their individual cabs. Industrial Squad There. As usual, the industrial squad of the police foree was on hand, with many other cops and plainclothes men, although there was not the slightest hint of disorder. Governor Smith is understood to be in favor of the Kennedy bill, to- gether with the Tammany representa- tives of New York but the drivers’ delegation hopes to put their case so strongly before them, that they will hesitate before playing into the hands of the Yellow Taxi Co., notoriously anti-union, and other. taxi companies. 4,500 Organized. Michael Donnella of the Amalga- mated Taxi Cab. Owners, acted as chairman. He declared 4,500 inde-| pendent cab drivers are organized and ready to fight the bill tooth and nail. Hugo Werber, business manager of the Broad St. Taxi Association, as- serted that the bald purpose behind! the bill was to put the independents | out of business. He urged a central organization to handle the affairs of the organized drivers. M. J. Kennedy, of the 18th senatorial. district of Manhattan, sponsors the bill. { John Ullman of the Taxi News and Otto Goodfriend, former president. of the .20th Century Taxi Association, spoke in opposition to the Kennedy | measure. Goodfriend declared cheap lawyers, hungry for fees, were in league with the taxi combines. Slipper Workers’ Meeting Tonight; Manhattan Lyceum / Opening of » campaign to organize |, the 10,000. stitch-down and felt slip- per workers will start this evening at a mass mecting to be held at Man- hattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., un- der the auspices of Local 55, Shoe Workers’ Protective Union. Working nine to twelve hours a day for wages as low as $12 a week the workers are beginning to realize | that only by unionization can their problems ve solved. i Princeton Has Tabloid. 1 Princeton University has its own tabloid now, for the Daily Prince-| tonian, appeared today in that form under the name “The Daily Prints Anything.” Tt dealt in a light vein THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927 Page Five Craftsmen Used to | Swing Election in | Local 38 to Rights An interesting local union election | | where the lefts, according to the of-/| ficial count, were defeated by the} | | votes of the skilled workers who make | a comfortable living because the left wing administration dared to organ- ize the semi-skilled and unorganized dressmakers recently was held by Local 88, International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union. | The local is composed of 1,300 mem- bers, of which 800 are ladies’ tailors. 740 votes were cast in the election, of which 302 went for the left and 379 for the right wing candidates. The organization campaign, which in- creased the membership by 800, an- tagonized the big fixms in the trade, which make their main profits out of | the unorganized dress and millinery workers, and they served notice on the skilled that their jobs will be endan- | gered and their work diverted to the semi-skilled and unorganized if the union would not stop organizing. ASK N. Y. LABOR TO RALLY AID 10 16 GLOAKMAKERS Metropolitan Confer- ence March 12 A defense of the cloakmakers con- ference of representatives from all labor organizations and sympathetic groups‘in greater New York has been culled for March 12 at Manhattan Ly- ceum, by the Cloakmakers Defense Committee. The call, issued by John Robbins, and S, Biro, chairman and secretary of the defense committee, is addressed | to all labor organizations, points out that the sixteen cloakmakers now under heavy sentences meted out by “the labor hating Judge Rosalsky,” have been victimized because they ie MWorkers. Isxpetiea MT, SINAI CREW WALKS QUT AS TWO ARE FIRED Firemen, Qilers and (Continued from Page One) when he arrived for last night’s meet- ing. \ The rest of the group, whose names were read off impressively by the trial committee as worthy of expul- sion, had 66 votes. against them, 31 votes for them; and the chairman re- fused to count the votes of the 21 members being proposed for expulsion i 7. although they were still members of | Engineers United the union. | Cops Out in Force. | Determined to support two Mount Such a friendly, cooperative spirit) Sinai engineers who had been dis- has developed lately between the right | charged because they were union wings of various locals and the police} members and had demanded ay six- force, that it was not surprising to|day week, firemen, oilers an en- the B. S. & A. U. members to find|gineers at the power plant of the 15th Street lined with detectives and} Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 East 100th police; official gangsters from the! $t., walked out yesterday. International Ladies’ Garment Work | Eniployes of the power plant had ors’ Union and the Neckwear Work-| planned to petition for a six day ers; and a substantial delegation in-| week, no discrimination against union sidesthe hall from the neckwear work-| men and abolition of the custom of ers which by voting with both hands employing men from employment very ereatly strengthened the admin- | agencies. This petition was to have This corrupting terrorism of the|made a courageous fight for their! employers supported by the Sigman} own union and for labor. It summons machine, by its assignment of three|labor to the conference as the first vice-presidents to manipulate the elec-| step in a campaign to defend these tions, caused the temporary defeat of|imen and to aid their families while militants in this trade. The left wing | they are in prison. Many of the im- leadership had also won the 40-hour |prisoned men have families of small week and an increase in Wages in a | children. very short strike, which reacted fav-| The summons to the conference is orably upon some of the skilled. The} as follows: young element amongst the skilled| Dear Friends: generally voted -with the lefts. | The Cloakmakers’ Defense Com- One of the leading right wingers | inittee appeals to you on behalf of by the name of Gardner was caught | marking ballots near an elevated sta- been sentenced to long terms in prison jin | the sixteen cloakmakers who have | one member rose there was any rule of the union which determined the seating arrangements, |he was told by the chair: ceedings. An attempt to seat the about-to-be- various parts of the hall. When to ask whether Rough Stuff Ready. “If we hear any more objections| for all power plant workers and no} maid Avenue. |from you we will not wait for the| discrimination against regular procedure”-—and his glance at }one’ of the strong arm attendants }union will meet in Manhattan Lyceum | up for discussion. tion and 30 votes cast by dressmakers | because of their activities in the last who were suspected of voting with |cloakmakers’ general strike. the lefts were ruled out by vice-| presidents on a subterfuge. Expulsion is Awaited By the Furriers (Continued from Page One) scheduled to be heard yesterday af- ternoon, were postponed. Joint Picket Committee, Following the formation of the com- | mittee of the two New York Joint | Roards of the Furriers, and the Cloak | and Dressmakers, to carry on a united | attack upon the reactionary forces in| their unions, a volunteer picket com- | mittee of these trades will be formed | tonight at a meeting called in Web- | ster Hall right after work. All those who. want to help pro- tect the workers in the shops, and to} maintain union standards, are urged | to attend tonight’s meeting and sign up for duty. Furriers Shop Chairmen. Shop chairmen of the furriers’| on Wednesday right after work. Im- portant matters will be discussed con- cerning the proposed expulsion by the international officers and the A. F. of L. On Thursday night, at 8 o’clock, the | four locals of the Furriers’ Joint Board will hold meetings at which the question of a tax will be brought Cutters will meet in Manhattan Ly- cevm (downstairs); operators will meet in Stuyvesant Casino (upstairs); nailers will meet in Stuyvesant Ca- sino (downstairs); finishers will meet in Webster Hali (downstairs). Volunteer Carpenters Wanted. | Several volunteer carpenters are | the International Labor Defense ba- zaar. They should report at Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Ave., every afternoon and evening after 2 p. m. with college figures and, events. oe ee ae ee ee: INTERNATIONAL Annual - 4 BIG DAYS March Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 10-11-12-13 for 50 Cents With 50 Minor, Fred Ellis, Kk, A. Suvanto, Vose and others. Each picture and mounted. The book iacludes of the past year. 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Gangsters were em- ployed to terrorize the cloak district, and hundreds of cloakmakers were at- tacked and brutally beaten. The police and hired gangsters, and the judges as well, were the defen- ders of the bosses and the scabs who were attempting to break the etril: ‘The very life of the union was threat- ened by all these forces allied against it. Crime of Self-Defense. The cloakmakers carried on a cour- ageous struggle for their union and the strike. Sixteen of the brave cloak- makers who defended themselves against scabs were arrested, and were sentenced by the labor hating Judge Rosalsky to terms in prison of six ionths to five years. Sixteen honest workers, whose only crime was that they defended themselves against the scabs, were separated from their homes and families.. They fought for the union—this was their only. of- fense. é r While these innocent men are ¢on- jdemned to jail, the hired sluggers of the bosses are allowed their freedom. This is the first time in the history of the cloakmakers’ union that strik- ers have been meted out such brutal sentences, The labor movement must not al- dow these sentences to stand. Every effort must be made to free these juen from prison bars. Every effort must be made to relieve and support the families that they have left be- hind. Labor Must Do Job. Dear friends, the Cloakmakers’ De- come to the aid of the sixteen victims and their families, Under normal conditions, the cloak and dressmakers’ union would have been able to undertake the work of freeing these cloakmakers without calling for outside assistance, but the union now finds itself in a critical situation. The duty must fall on the labor movement to free these victims and assist their families during their imprisonment. be Come to the NEW MASSES Anti-Obscenity Costume Ball in your demurest costume. John Roach Straton, John Sum- ner, and Bishop Manning have been invited to be judges in our Demurity Contest No Booby Prize Webster Hall, 119 E. 11th St. Friday Evening, March 18, 9:30, Tickets $1.59 Now; $3.00 at the door. By mail from NEW MASSES, Dept. W. 39 Union Square, © Stuyvesant 4445 or at Jimmie Higgins Book Store 127 University Place. + |nett, |made his meaning doubly clear. The meeting opened with the read- |was mentioned that an organizing committee had been called for and 15 request, the police arrested hundreds | Vlunteers had responded. | | | Expel Real Militants. | These fifteen names were read, and | j}among them were 12 who not ten | minutes later were read in the list of those whom the union expelled for their lack of adherence to trade union | principles. It was a clear example of | the falsity of the union’s charges. All of these members have been among | the most active in all branches of the union’s work. | After the trial committee had read |fense denying the right of the union |to expel them, and denying the |charges so falsely brought against them. When one of these speakers had the floor, someone raised as a point of order the fact that the member in- stead of addréssing the chair was ad- dressing the members at.the meeting Later, when supporters of the ad *those expelled and made various ac- |eusations against them, the members were denied the rgiht to defend them- selves and their demands for the floor | were so flagrantly ignored that sev- }eral at the meeting objected and | finally east their votes against the ex- | oulsion. | The chairman, President Leonard | Bright, overruled the \it was. unconstitutional to jemeh o Alanlent sordion |* ame | should be voted upon separately, He also overruled oujvctions that he had proved no crime against |any member. Each one had been | charged: ; (1) With membership in the Com- wanted to help make the booths at|fense Committee appeals to you to! munist Party. | (2) With membership in the T. U. E. L. List of Expeiled. The complete list of those expelled 118 Rose Rosen, Ray Hein, son Drepkin, Anna Lyons, Freners Wild horn, E. Jansen, D. Valskas, Jack | Samok Rea Clyman, Eve Bimba, Jer- ome Roman, H. Silverstein, Margaret Cowel, Irwin Fralkin, Ray Rappaport, Dot Gerjoy, Beatrice Colle, Ray Ben- A. §&. Negin, M. Weinblatt, Florence Wortis, Al Schaap, H. Bleek- er, Clara Saffron, Beatrice Scher, B Mattison, A. Abramowitz and Fanny Rosen. Technical Union +, Draw Up Wage scale For Work With City A snecial meeting has been called for today at 6 p. m., by the Union of Technica! Men, Local 37, -at the La- hor Temple, 14th Street and 2nd Ave- nue. schedule for municipal engineers and technical employes. This, schedule will be presented to the Board of Es- timate, and James P. Coughlan. sec- retary of the Central Trades and La- bor Council, one of the speakers of the evening, will lead the fight for the adoption of the union scale, The union will also take a stand on the question of state licenses for professional engineers. The civil ser- vice commission will hold a special hearing in the Municipal Blidg., on Wednesday, March 2nd, to hear the Important meeting of section agents at the local office, 108 Bast 1, at 8 p. m. L. E. KATTERFELD Local Manager. New York, N. Y. unions stand on this problem. — | IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SECTION AND SUBSECTION DAILY WORKER AGENTS and sub-section DAILY WORKER 14th St., on Tuesday evening, March All such agents should be present without fail to take up important matters which are coming up. BERT MILLER “Business Manager, lits list of names, several of the mem- | bers tried to speak in their own de-| | ministration had denounced several of | The union will adopt its salary | istration vote in the expulsion pro-| heen presented on March Ist. | In an attempt to forestall this move | of the employes, two engineers were | expelled members in one group where! promptly discharged. | they would be easy prey for the 84ng-| activities were the only reason given. | sters was foiled when the members| insisted on sitting where they pleased | Their union Engine Men Stand Together. Supporting the two engineers, all lof the firemen, oilers and engineers {in the plant walked out yesterday, | and demanded that the case be taken up by the board of directors of the | hospital. | The union demands a six day week union men. The chief engineet at the plant is- agencies. ‘Staten Island Labor Prey of Landlords (Continued from Page One) an average rent of $38 for rooms junder those conditions? | Thirty-eight dollars for rent alone! | And the average salary is only $33 \a week! junder those conditions is almost a | mystery. Maybe it’s because they like the climate. lating. Maybe they like the informal- ity of the place, the small-town at- | mosphere. Maybe because it’s because |they like to liv [but apart from its noise, and hustle jand bustle. Maybe. | Forced There by Shortage. But from what I learned about the | place and its residents, the one thing | that’s keeping them there is the hous- They can’t get rooms ng shortage! tent with what ‘they got. The land- ‘ords trust has an absolute monopoly. Tt makes use of it. Even under these important handi- caps, the Staten Island landlord has »o trouble keeping his rooms rented. of Staten Island, he is able to con- rol the tenant as easily as his Man- hattan and Bronx brothers. If rooms are at a permium in Rich- |of Trade, and the Real Estate Board | of that borough, does that not prove But oh! how the Richmond landlord Emergency Rent Laws! Grocery Clerks to End Exploitation by | Big Brooklyn Chains Grocery and Dairy Clerks’ Union is preparing for a general strike in Brooklyn which will be ealled in the near future. The demands of the union are: The The The union appeals to ‘all grocery clerks now working in open shop: | to step working when they receive | the red circular informing them of | the beginning of the strike and re- port to one of the halls that will be amnounced in the DAILY WORKER. The strike committee elected by the last meeting of the union consists of: A. Klein, chairman, B. Schwartz, A. Fribush and W. Hochman. The, settlement committee selected tonsists of: H. Cohen, F. Ornt, and | F. Tabachnick. Law committee: H. Gordon. N. Bresnick and Ticket Speculators | Get Right to Soak ers was held unconstitutional by the U. S. Supreme Court yesterday. The decision was 5 to 4 with Justices dissenting. The case was appealed by Tyson and Brother, United Ticket Officers, | Tee.. allowed the law which prohibited them from reselling tickets at more ‘lar price, violated the Fourtheini property without due process of law. Night Workers To Meet. | All comrades of the unit of the _night workers’ section, Workers Par-| ty, are requested to be present at the } ‘March 1, 3:00 p. m., 108 EB, 14th St, Why people will continue to live! The sea air, if one’s} lungs can stand it, is said to be stimu- | near the big city, | anywhere else. So they must be con- | Organized into the Richmond Board | mond, in spite of the backwardness | he existence of a housing shortage? | would like to see the defeat of the| renewal of the old agreement and a’ ‘ys three dollar raise. Playgoers to Limit + The New York law enacted to curb) % the profits of the-theater ticket brok- | ¢ Holmes, Stone, Brandeis and Sanford | han fifty cents in excess of the regu-| ‘Amendment by depriving them of meeting of the executive of sub-sec- | tion which will be held Tuesday, Cloakmakers Booth ' At I.L.D. Bazaar: to Help Defense Fund All proegeds from the cloakmakers’ Ladies’ Garment Workers’ booth at the International Labor Defense ba- |zaar in Star Casino, 107th Street and Park Avenue, March 10-13 are going to the defense of the, cloakmakers.| Realizing the urgent nBed for funds, | |the I. L, D. set aside this special |booth for. the defense of the cloak- makers, If the employing class who use the police, Judge Rosalsky and others | against the workers, have to be fought successfully, all working class forces ;must cooperate in the fight. | This year the I. L. D. bazaar is | going to be a demonstration of soli- | darity and protest against persecu- | tion the world over. Cloakmakers, |Persecuted workers in Lithuania, |class war prisoners and their de- pendents, political refugees in Amer- | |ica, will all benefit. With the bazaar | taking on such a wide and immediate | appeal workers must take part. The | I. L. D. office, 799 Broadway, Room | 2, is open day and night to re- ceive donations and assistance. ‘Coney Island Party | Will Meet on March 1 | —— | A special meeting of the Coney Is- | land branch of the Workers’ Party will be held March i, at 2808 Mer- | | Arrangements have been made for | two elasses to be held every Thurs-| Fundamentals of Communism. Non- party members are welcome. CHINESE LEADER BILLED TO SPEAK AT IRISH MEETING Irish Workers to Honor Martyr’s Memory Samuel Chang, member of the edi torial staff of the Chinese Nationalist Daily, a member of the Koumintang Party and active worker in the move- ment for the liberation of China from world imperialism will be one of the principal speakers at a mass meet- ing in Bryant Hall, 42nd Street and Gth Avenue on Friday evening, Mateh- 4, to honor the memory of Robert Fmmett, Irish revolutionary leader who was murdered by the British gov- ornment in 18038 for leading the Trish masses in a revolt against British rule. Actor to Speak. In addition to Mr. Chang, Lieuten- jant Charles Underwood, member of the Actor’s Equity Association, for- merly of the British army will repre- |sent the sentiments of millions of British workers who aim to establish a Workers Republic on the ruins of British capitalism. William F. Dunne, editor of The |DAILY WORKER will speak on James Connolly, the leader of the Itish rebellion of 1916. T. J. O'Flaherty will preside, The meeting is being arranged by | trying to break the strike by using | day at 8 p.m. One will be English for| the Irish Workers Republican Alli- |seabs obtained through employment | beginners and the other a class in| ance which aims to assist the Irish workers in achieving political and.eca- nomic independence. + zFIRST ANNUAL ITALIAN BALL Daily Worker and 1! Lavoratore Well known Russian Artists will render an exceptional Concert DANCERS’ BAZAAR DE ha oe he che he oho cin oe ele oho ef oe a ale os oe of che oh le eh che che cho che SATURDAY, Neon z it But we really mean Fi F HS ie 4 ae a a wa a = same time. Steet REFRESHMENTS “AN AFFAIR WITHOUT PRECEDENTS” Brilliant, thrilling, enthusiastic, enjoyable, character- istic, revolutionary. at THE LYCEUM, 86th St.'and 3rd Ave. TICKETS .50¢. 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