The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 3, 1927, Page 5

| | i | | i! \ Expelled Group Makes Appeal To Labor Twenty-eight. fro BS.&AU. | Ask Support in Struggle Appealing to all American workers to take a stand against the growing expulsion policy of the American Fed- eration of Labor, the members of the Bookkeepers, Stenographers & Ac- | countants: Union 12646, who were ex- pelled from that, organiaztion last Monday night, issued a statement yes- terday declaring the union’s action is | illegal and totally unwarranted. The twenty-eight expelled members | lrand this as “but one more instance | of the inereasing practice of whole-| sale expulsions indulged in by the bureaueratic officialdom in the Amer- | ican Federation of Labor. Haying no | constructive program for the better- tment of the American workers’ lot, unwilling or unable to organize the #,090,000 office workers in New York, the reactionary union officials resort to’ expulsions as a smoke-screen to cover their indifference to the work- ers’ cause.” State Their Case. For the following reasons the ex- yulsions are called unconstitutional: “1,—The grievance and trial com- mittee, wpon whose finding we were expelled, submitted no evidence to sub- stantiate the charges brought against us. rm —aA blanket verdict was brought in against all of us, despite our de- mand for hearing the report of each ease individually on the. ground that we were tried individually. “3.—We were not permitted to take the floor in our own defense at the membership meeting, with the excep- tion of two of us, who were limited to five minutes each. “4,—Although we remained mem- bers of the union until our expulsion, our votes were not counted by the arbitrary ruling of the chairman. “5.—The membership meeting was ‘packed’ with non-members, who were brought there to vote for our expul- sion. “6.—Gangsters were brought to the | meeting, and posted at the door, and in the hall for purposes of intimida- tion. « —Seven were expelled without being brought under charges, as pro- vided for by the constitution. “We ask the organized workers of America to stand with us in our right- ful demand for reinstatement into our union,” the statement concludes. Sapmakers Pledge Aid| To Needle Workers In Defense Drive Denouncing their Joint Council for “helping Sigman to destroy his union with money of our union”, more than two hundred progressive capmakers pledged “full support to the cloak and dress makers and furriers’ union until they destroy the bureaucracy in their union and establish a union of workers and for workers,” at a meeting Wednesday night in Man- hattan Lyceum. A most -enthusiastic response gieeted Louis Hyman of the cloak- makers’ union, Ben Gold of the fur- riers, and Sam Lipzin of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers, as they urged the capmakers to join in the common fight against the betrayals | of the reactionaries in the labor} movement. J. Schogol and Henry! Saza of the capmakers union als: spoke, exposing the action of the bureaucrats in their union in giving | a large donation to aid Sigman in| the fight against the cloak and | dressmakers, The meeting also adopted Senet tions mourning the death of C. E, Ruthenberg, as has been done in a) meeting of the shop chairmen of the furriers, held in the same building. !Freneh government ‘and j sented to pa | joint committee | the consequences” THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1927 cage Five ‘France Arms To Teeth; Millions lor Weapons PARIS, militaristic Mare policie 1—Pursuing its the reactionary 000,000,000 fran frontier forti ¢rea arm ed dicate that her’ intentions are | thing but peaceful, FURRIERS PLAN AMALGAMATION FOR DEFENSE Workers Mourn Death | Of C. E. Ruthenberg Plans for the carrying on joint campaign for defense soned furriers and cloakmakers were furthered at meeting of shop chair- of a of impri-! m n of the furr uon called by the shop chairm an Wed- nesday evening a attan Ly-} ceum, he forriers present allo adonted resolutions mourning thé death of Charles Ruthenberg, “one of the most able and learned nyembers that the American working class has pro- duced”. i Endorse Defense Plans. The meeting endorsed the plans of the defense committee, for a mass meeting to be held (n Webster Hall on March 12, to wh.ch all workers in greater New York have been called. S. Biro, chairman of the shop chair- man’s council of the furriers, and secretary of the defense committee presided at th» meeting, and urged the necessity for immediate action inthe shops, and the among al! work- ers’ groups ‘where collections are be- ing made for the defense of the _pri- soners aid relief of their families. Isadore “Brauner, chairman of the clog ers’ shop chairmens’ coun- cil, which has played such an impor-| tant part in the struggle against Sigmanism, pointed out the need for to carry on the fense’ of the imprisoned workers. Een Gold Speaks. Yhe principai. soea<er was Ben Geld, manager of the Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union. He declared ghat the needle trades unions “must anite to defend their existence and their members against all the allied ‘forces of the bosses and the bureau- eracies ofthe A. se “It was pale a thatter of . chance ‘hat the cloakmakers were the first de to feel the blow of those who are de-| tgrmined to impose their will on the néedle trades workers regardless~of he declared. “we know that the furriers will be at- tacked in the same way. It is all one. fight, and we must amalgamate our forces’ for defense of our pri- Marsha! Sun’¢ 20HiMAaN CENTRAL LABOR UNION Anny Quitting Sunkiang i : His Generals Deserting to the Nationalists BULLETIN, SHANGHAI, March 2.—Thousands of Sun Chuan Fang’s defeated troops tonight were reported to be desert- | ing to the Cantonese, They have left cnly a skeleton of what was once a formidable army. Dissatisfaction with the introduc tion of F hai area s given as the reason, ie aa LONDON, March 2.—Sun Chuan-| Fang’s entire arm reported with- drawing from Sunkiang, according to a dispatch from Shanghai today, fol-| lowing the reported desertion of Gen-| eral Meng Chao-Yueh, Sun’s field) commander, A Central News dispatch said a second line of defense for Shanghai is being organized along the Edinburg road where barr les are being erected. The military situation still brewed today. fantry has been despatched to Sung- kiang, forecasting active participation by the Fengtien troops in the defense of Shanghai. It is reported from Manking that General Sun Chuan Fang has ten- dered his resignation to Marshal Chang Tso Lin, following what is be-| lieved to have been the compulsory re- nlacement of General Meng Chao- Yoeh, Sun Chuan Fang’s field com- mander at Sungkiang, by General Lu Shang-Ting, one of the Shantung gen- erals. The imperialists have opened a most us campaign of lying against the working class movement in Shanghai. This bears all the earmarks of an interlude to a reign of terror against |the workers, The municipal police claim to have! information regarding a plan to es- \tablish a Soviet form of government in Shanghai. Coincident with the an nouncement of this information come | reports of “assassinations” of loyal workers and foremen by the radicals. Only a few weeks ago hundreds of workers were’ publicly beheaded by executioners. Custom Cutters Scorn Man of Means Who Lacks Seven Suits Are “moderate you a man of | means”? If so you can’t pgssibly get soners, as well as for the safety of all the workers.” Other speakers at the meeting were Organizer Burk of Philadelphia and B. Rothenberg. Mourn Ruthenberg’s Death. The résolutions adopted by the fur- riers, on the death of Ruthenberg were as follows: “Whereas \(Comrad>- Rutronbere has been secretary of the Workers! Party and was tne of the most able and learned members that the Amer- ican working class has produced, and whereas Cemrade Ruthenberg has \ given all of his energy for the work-| ing class and even went to prison | for: the activities, we the fur work- ers, assembled in Manhattan Lyceum. mourn the great loss a¥i the early | death of Comrade Charts Ruthen- 9 These resolution were ep adopted | by the capmakers, who wre meet-) jing in the same building. V4 Williamsburg Y. W. ? ESR The Williamsburg street rucleus of \the Young Workers (Communist) | | League will hold its regular meeting, | ‘Thursday, March 3, at 7 p, m. sharp | aR EEA Read The Daily Worker Every Day ‘at 29 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. pier ener rei ea Mecha oct 8. C. "SAVE THIS VALUABLE The Board of Directors of the United Workers Co-operative Expresses Its Sor- row At The Death of C. E. 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You absolutely require—i you are a man of “moderate means”—evening clothes, a cutaway, a tuxedo, three |business suits and a combination |sports suit, in addition, of course, to, three overcoats — ulster, medium weight and top coat. Mandates like these are handed out with monotonous regularity by manu- facturers of clothes, listerine, glos- tora, eye-glasses in an effort to boost their’ sales. High pressure technique 3% like this leads the worker to sink as much as he can possibly afford into clothes — even if he cannot afford seven suits and three overcoats, BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS Borrow grandmother's - mittens and grand- * father’s valenki and come to ANTI-OBSCENITY COSTUME BALL WEBSTER HALL, 119 E, 11th Street Friday, March 18, 9:30 Tickets $1.50 Now, | At the Door $3.00. By mail from NEW MASSES, Dept. W. 39 Union Square Stuyvesant 4445 or at Jimmie Higgins Book Store | 127 bolt Place. gtien troops if the Shang-| | A battalion of Shangtung in-| Club, | which is handing out high-pressure | AFFILIATES WITH THE I. L. D. At its last meeting held “Febr ary for class war prisoners by officially 26th the Bohemian Central Labor|intimating their affiliation to the I. Union of New York decided to af-|L. D. and voting to support its com- filiate with the International Labor|ing bazaar. Defense. A tax was voted and dele-| The Bakery and gates immediately elected to the City| Workers’ Union No. 22, was the first | Central Consmittee of the I. L. D, to} Bohemian organization to give the |save Emanuel Vajtauer, editor of the|lead in the movement for a strong I. “Obrana”, from deportation. It was|L. D.; they have been affiliated for further decided to lend all possible|the past year. support to the coming bazaar in Star! These bodies view the I, L. D. ba- | Casino, 107th street and Park avenue,|zaar in the proper light by making it on March 10-13, the occasion for a special membership Following this example, the Bo-/|drive. This legd should be followed |hemian Butchers and Bologna Work-| by the various other labor bodies who ers’ Union through Joseph Kremlicka,| never can tell when they will require secreraryy decided to join in the fight a defense organization. SHIPLACOFF IN DEFENSE OF HIS — -PASCIST TACTIC Confectionery | criticism that has been ‘Teveled at him by progressives for his fascist tactics. Of course the occasion would not have been complete unless the name} of some famous American of the past bprceed quoted Abraham Lincoln's ‘amous remark that the union cannot rs half slave ahd half free. “This is the case in the needle {trades today,” sald Shiplacoff, who jcalled upon the workers to support) Tries to Quote Lincoln | ent wing leaders and the bureau- To Justify Slavery | ctats of the A. F. of L. in their ef- \forts to form united needle-trades unions—all slave. Abraham Shiplacoff, manager of the International Pocketbook Work- | ers’ Union, had a great time Tuesday | night. He made two speeches at one meeting. Each was dél ed with \the proper amount of passion, phrase-| ology and gestures. Read The Dai wae Every Day Plumbers Helpers | Union to Hold Meet The oceasion was a meeting of the} BY aos ‘faney leather goods workers of the} union at the Rand School Tuesday|_ The American Association af night. There were two esteemed Plumbers’ Helpers, with offices at 15 guests at the meeting, Judge Jacob| East 3rd street, has arranged a mass |Panken, former socialist candidate for| meeting. for Friday, March th, at ve! ye he “Bundist” sialiet | 8 P- m. in the Church of All Nations Savernow and the “Bundist’” soclalist,) to, No, 9 Second Ave, near. Fitet Plays To Gallery. ‘St. The purpose of this meeting is |. In order to impress the two dis-(t@ Tally all eligible members and to Sens hee rae 4 joi ion. The de- | tinguished visitors that came to visit Ware tem son, the uolon \plorable conditions of the plumbe his “class,” “Teacher” Shiplacoff de- x helpers should be a strong reason why Vasil Matede Ue “pont ont every one should belong to the union, which is making a fight for more wages, better working conditions, for control over non-union jobs and is dutifully, and the visitors beamed in|! fatherly fashion. fended the recommendation of the! [United Association. jexecutive committee that the union) ~ 4) plumbers’ helpers are urged | contribute $5,000 to help’ Olizer to come to this meeting and to bring | Schachtman, president of the Inter-| their fellow workers miong. Promi- jnational Fur Workers’ Union, and his) pent speakers will be hk, rd. |seven wise ‘men in their crusade against the Furriers’ Joint Board. In his second speech Shiplacoff de- fended himself against some of the BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSTANDS GARMENT WORKERS TO MEET The Joint Defense Committee of ittee of Cloakmakers and Furriers has sent out a call for a mass meeting to be held at Cooper Union on Saturday, March 12, at 1:30 in Cooper Union. All workers are urged to attend this important meeting, which will be the opening shot in a campaign for || defense of the imprisoned cloakmakers and furriers and the relief of thyir families, Henry Robbins, chairman, and S. Biro, secretary of the je || fense Committee, have issued the call. Local 8, operators’ local, will hold a membership meeting Saturcay afternoon in Webster Hall. Local 35, of pressers, will meet in Man- hattan Lyceum the same afternoon, A general mass meeting in the Bronx has been arranged by} the Shop Chairman's Council. It will be held in Hunts’ Point Palace 163 stree tand Southern Blvyd., the Bronx. All workers residing in the, dronx are urged to attend. 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Shiplacoff melodrama-| the drive that has been started by the} In his first speech Shiplacoff de- endeavoring to become part of the, - % $2.75 ba i "DRESSMAKERS LOCAL 2 MEETS 1 TONIGHT A general ehatahl meeting of the Dressmakers’ Local No, 22 is called for tonight at 7 p. m., at Webstér Hall, 11th street, between 3rd and 4th avenues. The meeting is called for the purpose of discussing the latest develop- ments in the present situation in the union, Every member is urged to be present. GRAND CONCERT AND DANCE will be held SATURDAY, MARCH 4 2 at 1347 Boston Road, Bronx, N. Y. ADMISSION 50c, “Auspices of Hou ¢ Management of Bronx Workers’ ~ Center. 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