The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 11, 1927, Page 5

_ GALL TO RAISE SHIPLACOFF’S “LEADERSHIP” THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1927 HYMAN ISSUES THE POCKET BOOK WORKERS UNDER REISMAN ADMITS ORGANIZE THE TRACTION WORKERS! (Continued from Page One) ion of Soviet Russia and with equal RIGHT WINGERS on the backs of his em- Worst Instrament in Class War. company es Fifth | dexterity he will, at the er mo- i he |e © ea 2: DEFENSE FU ND | By BEN LOUIS | problems of the union. He is seldom DISCHARGE MEN Neant ay é Hen ct od gtey “4 Te ive My w ey of pe most Aya 4 4 mn “ | , . e e| on. he grea ,anger | Before pointing out Abraham I.|in the office (being occupied with | creating & public sentiment for in- rp attention eee ie phe J OBEN | Shiplacoff’s role in the Pocketbook | crusades against the Communists). | Workers’ Union, it is necessary to | He seldom attends to union business | * m3 . Ms neta the International to anization and thus r Me His sole job is to attend membership| Attempts of Js \& ‘4 . : yaa aan of ge 9 [tie uaben pt the chews of Oni’ Wel | meetings and to defend labor fakers | conceal its policy of causing combi Quackenbush, Strong-arm Exponent. | ers’ progress, but that it affords the 3 otes Half Day Pay |insky’s administration. he well-polished Rand School phrase | Some Board to = — eta In the fertile mind of this gentle | employer key a ee —— 3 ssa ‘ | ology. rged ‘ is an_almos d_ meas- The membership of the finishers’| O5*P Pivbsvorey Sie eb aaa What circumstances ‘make it pos-| Were uncovered when one of the most og Maz Gig eeo Bg Sie a ure of coercion and exploitation may e . Local 9 in their meeting Thursday Nowe er oe : Hoes er ae are sible for a small gang of labor fak- prominent employers in New York tion of the “Brotherhod of tntenbor. {Pe exerted. night in Stuyvesant Casino, voted un- | 226 *@Kers in the Jabor movement, ‘ was interviewed by a reporter. a ee a att This farther reveals the company ; Quite openly and shamelessly, he | &'8 to control our unions and to use ; ough Rapid Transit Employes,” the rther reveals the compan} animously to donate one-half day’s| ii. ea sh tor tie sattabesiegn | it to their own advantage? We Ih the shop of Reisman, Rothman Interborough Company Union, ‘There Wnion in its true light, as the mos pay to the defense fund for the im-} f hi iitish ents. ‘Bek shall diseuss this in another article, |974 Bieber, 521 West 57th street, 5. Tumor of certain differences of dangerous instrument of the : prisoned cloakmakers, in response to | “S| own Lin sro ss Ta | three workers were discharged some ".’. ‘ Tee war, Alctie with 1% faak be decked the appeal issued on Wednesday by | 00d demagogue, however, he man- weeks ago, and the Joint Board, he trial ing gs hig ap oct d all ite liluted tavens of ania wart Couis Hyman, manager of the Joint 2#¢d to quiet the membership of the ‘charging that they were dischargea ‘WeC™ “rT. Ivy Lee ane Mr, Qoncks struments, plans for negotiation CATT UPN % yunion, He was so successful that j at behest of the International be- winch a legal Ught of the In and arbitration, welfate devices, in- {| SATURDAY EVENING First To Vote Aid. the rank and file in the union is | |eause they refused to register alle- er ny Over See peresbiicy. ot suranc t ted rotten: Re ‘ af Bi ae : rage A sa | s ‘1 : . van.| surance scheme! plans for profit shers claim the distinction | Practically indifferent to its activi- | giance there, called a strike at the introducing gny form of mass organ.) ° rai “ at % . ini cates Thee, 1 e first group of the gar- a Nes A Epa | Sis. Bw gg utidromceic tn Oe hp abort Pe area sy Jag APRIL 2nd, 1927 *s to respond to the call} Wolinsky successfully crushed the | | On last Wednesday the workers of ‘ ‘acco ae Ml ea ii edi eat ea f i ‘ J " 3 bi ro) af a ali pos the company unionization of m mbership for aid to the morale of the membership. The more | ‘ \the shop, the largest manufacturers ea rece Noe Leger et rte labor and ea? cievouatachie of the ! nakers who received un- | Courageous ones were suspended, ter- | jot children’s coats In. the industry, kogethier oth k . eetel done i Get effectiveness of cl war power. MADISON SQUARE vntences as a result of; torized and in many cases kept out | | were called to a meeting at the Rand joy dog” contract. was. instailed,) A Unique Compaity Union. : : the picket lines dur-| of jobs. The union spirit of the| | School by the International, where po wover, ce peas: Mr Gaarkenvest] The plan under which the Brother- GAR EN strike, | membership was so low that the dis- | they were addressed by David Dubin- ,° Y ant Sot tl hiecdad divelteboueh. Rapid: Trans FY DEN ued by H meek at: ida te i ‘ | ‘ has had no reaton to complain be- nterborough Rapid Transit aE. coe Fe) CUTIES ncaonawn nea ese err (Continued from Page One) sky, czar of the cutters’ union, ac- ¢ ve ive. Company Employes was instituted in 9th Street & 8th Ave ice with the decision | with one of the biggest leather-goods ; : : | " ing $ cause of any lack of its effective- : | {9th Street & Sth Avenue boards and officers| manufacturers failed to rouse them |'#8t night; but Cooper Union was | pase to a report appearing in the ‘ness, In fact so effectively has it ee ty a ee eee. tee s : - * overcrowt i it. | ‘ MH , , ion s 28, 3 e shat 4 their meeting Tues-| from their apathy, This discovery, | Vercrowded before the chairman, i . conn led" h joperated that on several occasion Se, is Meee ke ce : Freiheit t which spelied the death of Wolinsky |Sh@Pire arrived and Webster Hall ubinsky appealed’ to them for) a. wilt be shown later, it has ver | “ength of industrial uniontsm—op- eke « nS*Y ‘had to be taken to accommodate the | funds for the support of the Inter-| nearly defeated its own ‘purposes ated in the interest of the com- Gesangs Verei Ni ikes Appeal. i ‘s e labor movement meant very | chousands of workers who were | national, and declared that the Inter- ” ~ | pany, and all the weakness. of craft osangs Yerein é she local was taken noo e the union cot age te Wolin- | turned away. | national had not been responsible for Intolerable Conditions Under rganization—for the workers. It accompanied by mARAor. had spoken| a4 - : ique remained and continued | 1+ was reported that following an| the discharge of the three fellow) Brethevbead. can operate as a unit in suppression, neon ars : auner, chairman of the’ his policies. i re attack of these gangsters upon work- workers, but that Mr. Reisman, part- | “~~ : _,{ but its ts the most complete 1 i a's Cost frogger fe are ee jo er. in the fur district after work | ner in the firm, had discharged them | | Ti; you are an employer and are xing of division and isolation as re- New York Symphony ; _ council had supported) Upon this scene one of the high| Wednesday afternoon, two of the against the policy of the Interna- brages ing a study of how best to eX-| -ards workers’ initiative and control x : ving suggested it to the priests of the socialist party, A. T-/ siuggers Sam Mintz and A. Reiter Vional. With this alibi he hoped to[Pi0it and suppress your workers, in (To be continued.) a Orchestra t iy Soe ¥ j Shiptacoff, appeared, Those wh0| wore arrested, arraigned in court convince the workers that the Inter-| WMC case, teeing you are making ine Ye nan, manager, of the Joint | knew his record, who knew of his ,, ; i ind national was the friend of the work-|2 teat mistake in coming to The ee ere will present the poem of the i s the principle speaker at| failure in the Amalgamated Joint ae hres ages es ee hl i | DAILY WORKER for your informa- * Russian Revoluti > ing of the lod: OH | Board i 9 | $8,000 bail each, on aycharge of felo-| ers and entitled to their support. (1 bar ca cata. & Varnishers Union Cuts Russian Revolution nal against the membership | very Tittle. ‘sani Tie, Neg oh |, Two wie oe night's meet- secre aes — ig, to ine Ra Py ‘ aaaitiot Sani. Initiation Fee to $5.00 3 be th rpulai ie a : ar + Ma *\ ings were Jacob Newman, chairman ment of Dubinsky was shown to re a . * : : ; hal AG ae ae Riri however, that in spite of his INCOR op Fur Workers’ Local 53 of Phila- entirely false. In answer to a aque. | ron, eo elie on si Liga aed In Organization Drive t ir to that effect was being Git. | peter ie eanseer, he would stir) deiphia, and H. Gottfried of the same tion as to the discharge of the three | (Eh “abd Transit Employes. Here ~ t ited and “would "as: pate “eae Nacsa to take a more active in-/jocq]. | This local, on Wednesday. workers. Mr. Reisman said, “The | YOu Lice inratucvcnnyriced paion after A special organization drive is be- 5 ; aan. teas ee ea ee terest in their union. Wisk cased night, voted not to accept the recom- workers of the shop held a meeting, | on" bh prota heart! Here you jing made by the Varnishers and written by Alexander Block. j RO pte TY that he was honest and that he would | mendations of the International Fur their leaders spoke, and it was de- bg Py ene to the extreme ' Polishers’ Local Union 697, of the Music and Conducted by ; Tha aciwat tek sei as permit a fair discussion of union | Workers Union officials regarding cided that the three workers must | ane sg of American Industrial Brotherhood of Painters, to have all JACOB SCHAFER. ; pp membership is-| problems at union meetings. | : : : an | he pal | Democracy: suppression, intimida- gligible wort joi i aasiastatl sued by Hyman on Thursday, and on} the — dissolution-suspension-expulsion aaa nahi | tbe: apyilie, Srovalitn, suspicion, ntact ne pe ee es ee " which te apie aeluniatiee apctake “bak e © 9 proceedings against the New York| “The shop chairman told me that posed poles px gor ‘ca initiation fee has, for a limited pe-| JACOMO. RIMINI and the need of a largé defense fund so| It did not take long for members | Joint Board. | the other workers feared that trou- | ; es | arable | TWX» been reduced from §75 to. $5. SERGE SKY i f | Foxaile “ , “ \ A : | autocratic methods, unbearable ee : SERGEI RODOMSKY in ' that “prominent iawyers can be en-|to discover that Shiplacoff was a/ Ringing Resolution. | ble would arise in the shop so that | hours. speed-up systems, starvation The union hopes to be soon in-a . gaged to uncover the conspiracies of | Weakling, who was thoroly incapable he chairman of the Webster Hall we might be forced to close down, | wages, flagrantly ee discharges | Position to enforce the closed s a special program. k Sigman,” and warns the membership! of dealing with the problems of the | meeting last night was S. Mencher and declared that they would not | fae petty reasons x paren oh demand the wnion scale of wag ——- ; that the securing of an injunction| union. He was too weak to make an | and speakers at both halls included | work with the three left wing symPa- | gangsterism dak eberetun,. doen die. '* 44-hour wee The well-known soprano i against the officers of the Joint Board| open courageous fight against the|G. Avanitis, Fannie Warshafsky, S. thizers”, | crimination, favoritism, Tiachiinita |__Present cnditions are intolerable. ‘ éy Luigi Antonini, henchman of Sig-| corruptionists. | Liebowitz, I. Cohen, Joseph Borucho- Behind the careful phrasing of an covered over With a thin weary The men receive as little as $32 for ROSA RAISA j man, is part of a “despicable con-|* Shiplacoff’s strong point was his | witz, S. Biro, of the Shop Chairmen’s this statement can be seen the truth | ki | 4 52-hour work week. In some cases oy ree ras hes a peo sc - 7 : ry * : of fake labor democracy, a pretence - . ‘ spiracy to send the leaders of the | “honesty”—and in his early speeches | Council, Louis Hyman and Ben Gold.! of the situation, The Sigman clique | which ¢ ss ..| the bosses even demand a security in a special program. ts tl " * r - =a } ven the company officials, ex- * . : mito Scopalt m . ‘ Joint Board to prison and by this|he constantly reminded members| A resolution was adopted unani- in the shop, no doubt acting under! cont in, times of erigia, do not bond from their employes of $500, This will be her first recital ‘ means save their domination over the | that he was honest—failing, in the | mously, with the cheers and applause express orders, frightened thevother | gistently maintain Thee ; cial which hinds the workers to the open’ in New York within the last 1 cloak and dressmakers.” meantime, to expose the corruption- | of the fur workers that Locals 1, 5,| workers with vague threats of a posed ate possible wl " Poewgesng mat shop conditions. 2 years. Members Left Till Last. | ists in the unioa, He put up a feeble |10 and “15 pledge full support and | “shut down” or in other words a/ company union has been cubibaeahaes | _.The wiors office is at 151 Clitnon ALL SEATS RESERVED. The membership has not been called fight against them behind closed /confidence to the Joint Board, and | lockout, and intimidated them into | upon to aid in gathering the defense| doors. But he never made an open | empowér it to mobilize all forces ag Rocogeh Poca: the three workers | ence, the fear of a atrike™s fund up to this time because of the! and strenuous effort to drive out the | long and exhausting strike of the| crooks and reactionaries. He was too | z Rt rag tion of a union will alway: | >} Bx coh | | ys act as a) FREEPORT, N. Y., March 10.— mother workers the coantey over| “Shiplacetf admitted to.» number) SOCIALIST MANAGER SHIPLACOFF check to an employer's use of the Nicholas Paratto, 19° years old of —= orke: e country over; Ship most extreme forms of suppression.| Columbus avenue, Freeport, was U. S. Planes Delayed | have understood the difficulties and of active workers that I. Goldman, | heeded our appeal for aid, and as a} the secretary-treasurer, was a dis- result of this response the traitors; grace to the union and that his deal- - have failed in their conspitacy to seize| ings with the underworld had cost} control of our union. In the course of the union several thousands of dol-| the thirteen weeks, however, Sigman lars. He clainied at the time that with the aid of the police and the!ihe coming conferences with the courts has succeeded in sending six- bosses made it impossible for to ex- teen cloakmakers to long terms of| pose Goldman. Why doesn’t he ex- imprisonment. The cloak and dress-| pose Goldman. now? makers must help to raise the neces-| The answer to that question is that sary defense fund by contributing @/ Shiplacoff, who was too weak to half day’s work. | fight the. corruptionsists, became 7? < their hireling. He fell in with their DENTISTS | policies and became the bosom friend of the secretary-treasurer whom he ‘had previously denounced. He became |the champion of reaction and cor- ruption in the Pocketbook Makers’ Union. Orchard 3783 Strictly by Appointment | DR._L. KESSLER SURGEON DENTIST 8-50 DELANCEY STREET “ldridge St. New York Tel, * * * | This is the man who has taken it | upon himself to “preserve the Amer- ican trade unions”. A contemptible weakling, he has been broken by the labor fakers. He has become their | official-errand boy. The labor fakers | press the buttons and Shiplacoff jruns the errands. In our union, his incompetence and spineiessness are by-words. He knows nothing about the trade or the MEETING HALLS ON DENTIST 9:30-12 A. M. 2-8 P. M. y t Friday and Sunday. 249 EAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York, Dr. J. Mindel Dr, L. Hendin 62-64 EB. 4th St. New York City. Tel, Orchard 4559. preserve the union. tervention against the workers’ re- ! public, Where no company union igs in ewist- : ind the __. | Possibility of the spontaneous forma- GIVES LESSON IN DEMOCRACY After four weeks of deliberation Shiplacoff and his adjutants finally reached a decision regarding a num- ber of workers who were charged with having attended the historical mass meeting called by the Joint Board of the Cloakmakers and Fur- riers, From the information we havé gathered, it is clear that the clique could make up their minds as to what to do with these “criminals.” To Answer Charges As far back as February 9th a great number of workers were sum- monsed to answer to charges. When the members came to the Union they wete told the codmittee can not meet. All of a sudden the majority of that committee took sick. The following week they were called again and the same thing happened. Grievance Board Last Wednesday the first few vic- vims of the number that was origin- ally called were notifed to appear be- fore the Grievance Board on the same day. These few consisted of B. Wal- ters, J. Endewelt, S. Citiver, H. Gaf- fer, I. Rothman, M. Motline. From this wavering and delay, and finally their last act too of calling only a | against dumb ears. In their defense | The company union is an instrument | of security and sooner or later when the fear of workers’ revolt no longer trains the employer’s hand he will Snes to let it fall more and more few at the line out of the big num- bers that was originally called proves that these irresponsible officials have no case, and also that they fear going Phat it prevents legitimate jabor or- s work- | Street, room 3314. Picks Coal—Gets Killed struck and killed by a west bound train of the Long [sland Railroad | here today. The engineer, William | Prophy, said the youth was picking ‘up caal along the tracks. Freiheit Tickets: $1, $1.50 and at Preiheit, 30 Union Square. RIO DE JANEIRC, “arch 10.—The jthree American army “good will” | planes hopped off from Guzrantubo, | Sao Paulo State, at 7 o’clock this morning for Santos. too far, i The way the trial was conducted is an interesting study of socialist; democracy as understood by our big} guy Shiplacoff. Suffice to say thai these members defended themselves they stated that the union has no}. right to question its members as what they do or did after working | hours. ‘ They claimed that it is their | own affair and can go where they) please. = After this hearing the members were sent out and immediately called | back to hear the decision. Taffer is! suspended and fined with $25 Citver | who has been suspended a few! months ago was fined with $50, Roth- | man who was fined only a few weeks | ago with $99 and kept out of work for three weeks was fined again with $25. The other cases they postponed for formality’s sake for next week. | This how the family of victories keep | growing render the socialist man- ager. < 7CARLO TRESCA TABLEAU . WILLIAM F. DUNNE In Conjunction With I. L. D. Bazaar ; i Sunday, March 13th, 1927, at 1:00 p. m. Speakers: JULIET JOSEPH - +» + Dance by Tilda PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT. ..... . STUART POYNTZ BRODSKY Schocket and Pupils By Susan Hotkine : eee’ sLunion sguane >| Os ans ela Debate BAZ AAR ‘| Pa Ze is 4 Room 803 Phone S*,s 10119 MANHATTAN LY CEUM { 1 PRE* gotortalaments, Bala wees FLOYD DELL vs. V. F. CALVERTON Meihcaetak Waal ; - Seat tl * y, |! 4 Famous Novelist and Essayist Noted Critic and Lecturer r usic , Bae hegtetar he Pane 10 Penne, F 1S MONOGAMY DESIRABLE? 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