The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 17, 1927, Page 5

LEFT LEADERSHIP ADDS MEMBERS TO CUSTOM TAILORS Secretary Has Record Of Strict Economy A summary of the accomplishments of last year’s left wing administration in the Custom Tailors’ Local 38. of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, and an answer to the various untruthful and misleading charges made by the leaders of the “rights,” are given in a full report issued yesterday by Don Wishnevsky. the secretary-organizer. Win Forty Hour Week. The membership of the local has been increased by 373, plus 47 ap- plicants; the present total member- ship being 1891. Twenty-seven new shops were completely organized. A substantial increase in wages was gained. The 40-hour week was es- tablished; and the agreement secur- ing these gains until September 15, 1928, contains a clause stating that should the cost of living rise, the question of increased wages shall come up for discussion. Wishnevsky, points out that the left wing administration succeeded in mak- ing these gains for the workers in spite of great handicaps, arising both from the strike in the trade, and from the active opposition of the reaction- ary elements within the union. Right Wing Hinders. “Brother Torchinsky, at the instal- lation meeting last year,” says the report, “stated that he and his friends would do their utmost to hinder our work. He has kept his promise throughout the year. There was not a solitary thing proposed by us for the welfare of the members about which they would not spread insinua- tions and lies of the vilest nature in order to achieve their egotistic, po- litical and material ends Yes, ma- * terial ends I must say, because many of these obstructors happen to work » shops where they make twice the amount of money that other workers make, There are, among them, peo- ple who work fours seasons a year.” Oppose Organization. These have been the ones most ac- tive in opposing the job of organizing the unorganized workers, who form a very large proportion in this trade and who are a constantly increasing menace to the unionized workers and the standards they have won. Unotganized women workers are replacing more and more of the male workers—members of Local 38—in the large Fifth Avenue shops, and only an aggressive organization cam- paign can stop this undermining of the work which has been accomplished in the past. Lefts Will Support. If such an organization drive is taken up and vigorously carried on by the-new right wing administration this next year, Wishnevsky promises the fullest cooperatton on the part of the “left wing,” in spite of the opposition and sabotage practised by the reactionaries during the last year. y Wil Organize Anyway. But, if, on the contrary, the new administration is going to fall asleep and do no work among the unorgan- ized women, and the other non-union workers, Wishnevsky promises that they will not give up the fight for | organization work. “Because we realize, as workers who have to make our living in this trade, that we ust not only see conditions | today but we must also look into the | future and therefore, desiring to se- cure ourselves for the future, we shall hammer away until all the members of the union come to realize that this problem is the most important and they will unite to elect an adminis- tration that will do this work.” * Rigid Economy. Wishnevsky gives a set of figures calculated to answer effectively those objectors who have been howling about extraordinary and extravagant expenditures by the left wing admin- istration. The rights have been talk- ing constantly of the $12,000 in the treasury when the lefts took office; but they neglected to mention the $7,- 058 debts which were also there. The report states that: “Today, after an organization drive | and a strike—which according to the auditor’s report cost us $9,028—we have as assets $9,237.48 and as liabili- ties $9,182.57. In comparison with what there was when I entered of- fice, there is $5,000 less now; $5,000 _ Spent in a year of strenuous activity.” Xt Tax Money Still Due. {This financial accounting also shows theo of the $5 tax levied to meet the expunses of the organization work and the sitrike, over $2,000 is still due. The year’s work of the left wing adminjstration shows a gain in abol- ishing! illegal overtime and Sunday work im many shops; a large increase in the simount collected as wages for discharges, overtime and strikes; an increase |in pay, and shortening of hours for the unorganized workers, due to the effects of the organizing campaign; and a definite policy of cooperation between Local 38 and other unions such as Locals 41 and 66, and the furriers, particularly during their strike of last spring. 15 Hurt in Car Smash, WELLSBURG, W. Va., March 16. —Fifteen persons were burt, two ser- jously, in a crash between two inter- urban cars at Power, near here, early today. 4 THE DAT yY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927 | PURCHASE TICKETS FOR “PYGMALION” THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE AT THE DAILY WORKER OFFICE! Comrades, Workers and those who are going to-see “Pygmalion” next week, for the benefit of The DAILY WORKER, are respectfully urged to purchase théir tickets at least three days in advance at the office of the paper, 108 East 14th street. It should at the box-office of the Guild Theatr: be borne in mind that tickets bought e on West 52nd street or elsewhere will be of no benefit to The DAILY. WORKER. Subsequently, tickets for Monday evening’s performance must be secured no later than today; tickets for Tuesday’s showing no later This factor is of great importance. As has already been announced, than tomorrow (Friday), and so on. there will he no increase in prices. Regular Theatre Guild admissions will prevail.: They will range from $3 to the best seats in the orchestra, to $2.50, $2.00, $1.50 and $1 to the com- fortable seats in the balcony. Let's co-operate and make The DAILY WORKER Benefit Week a real honest-to-goodness banner week. BAZAAR BOOTHS | ALL SOLD OUT; MANY JOIN LL.D, The Commune Festival | Brought Great Crowds | The International Labor Defense | four-day bazaar closed Sunday after | thousands of New York workers had been given an opportunity to assist | morally and financially in the work of defending representatives of the working class, in their struggles. Had 29 Booths. The bazaar opened on Thursday night with 29 well-stocked booths under the supervision of Hungarians, Czecho-Slovaks, Esthonians, Greeks, | Armenians, Finns, Chinese, Japanese, Lithuanians, Poles, and representa- tives of other nationalities interested , in the cause of workers’ defense. Delegates from .numerous trade) union organizations of the city joined | in the effort to strengthen the arm} of the I. L. D. The Workers (Com-| munist) Party, I. L. D. branelfes from | Bronx, Harlem, Coney Island, Browns- | ville, and other sections of greater New York were represented. Unionists Come Out. j Metal workers, capmakers, cloak-| ee and members of the United | Workers Co-operative were among) the participants in the festivities on| various of the nights during which | the bazaar was held. Each night a program of high standard was given, many prominent | artists and troupes participating. | Among these were the B. S. S. C. band, Leonio, Norenat Newkoch,, Aili Laine, Helena Havosi, Vesa Athletic Club, New York Finnish Progressive | Society, Kisatoverit A. C., Male} Chorus of the B. S. S. C., Czecho-| Slovak Gymnastic Federation and | Singing Society, and many others’ Pioneers In Action. On Saturday afternoon the Pioneers | Harlem Open Forum Will Have Pickens Speak Next Sunday Next Sunday’s Harlem Educa- tional Forum lecture will be by Wil- liam Pickens, field secretary of the National Association of Colored People, who will speak on “What I saw in Russia.” Pickens has re- eently returned from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Sunday, March 27, Scott Near- ing will lecture on “Dollar Diplom- acy in Nicaragua.” 7 The Forum is located at Utopia Neighborhood House, 170 West 130 Street, and starts at 3.30 p. m. WON'T DEPORT VIRGIN ISLAND LABOR LEADER Conspiracy of Harding, Hughes &C Co. Fails (Continued from Page One) than tcur years of persecution at the | hands of various government offi- ciais who considered him “a danger- ous individual.” He had been for a number of years active in the agita- tion for improved conditions among the workers in the Virgin Islands, with the result that he incurred the enmity of the authorities there. Barrsw eaume to the United §tates prosecution. When the governor of the Islands discovered that he had come to this country, he called to the attention of the U. S. authorities to | that fact, urging them to expel him) from this country. Governor's Hate, Follows. after he had been ordered out of the | | Virgin Islands under the threat of WEEKLY PAPER - TO AID NEEDLE TRADE’S UNITY ‘Committee Orders Joint Chairmen’s Meeting | ae. | (Continued from Page One) |eouragement of the needle workers. | The employers in the needle industries | have taken full advantage of this sad | |state of affairs to foist upon the needle workers more cruel schemes of | exploitation, and have even tried to bring back the hateful sweatshop sys- tem.” Rally Against Corruption. | The-committee calls upon all or- |ganized labor to supports its fight | against corruption, gangsterism and | treacherous -officialdom; and to rally [round the committee in its fight for {the defense and preservation of the | unions. | body “which will lead the struggle | against the union breakers.” | United Action. | “The Unity Committee stands for |the united action of the two Joint | Board. The Unity Committee stands | for the complete amalgamation of the | needle trade unions. The formation of this committee marks the first step | toward the realization of the dream of all progressive workers. The amal- gamation of all unions into powerful | instruments of struggle for the bet- terment of the workers’ conditions. “The Unity Committee will central- lize and mobilize all the forces of both unions for the defense of the workers against the gangsters employed ‘by the officers of the International Lad- | , ies’ Garment Workers’ Union and the International Fur Workers’ Union. Will Free Prisoners. “The Unity Committee will make ‘it possible to defend the workers in | their shops and maintain their union conditions. “The Unity Committee will conduct ‘a struggle against the corrupt of- ficials to a victorious conclusion. ‘» behalf of the Joint Board of the “In behalf of the Joint Board of the | Cloak and Dressmakers’ Unions and the Joint Board of the Furriers’ | Union the Unity Committee appeals ‘to the workers to help, morally and | financially, to free the active work- |ers who were imprisoned due to the) | betrayal and frame-up by the treach- |erous International officials. We ap- | peal to the workers to pay their dues ad taxes to the Joint Board.” | Two Unions Together. In this effective way, the Joint | Boards of the two powerful unions jwill unite their “organizational | strength and resources in order to jcombat their common enemy which | seeks to deliver the unions to the em- | ployers.” The Unity Committee is the official | gave a fine entertainment showing! Declaring that Barrow’s further; The left wing répresentatives, what the children of the workers} stay in the United States was “un-| -hosen by the workers, will in this really can do. Under the direction of | desirable,” Henry H. Hough, the| way continue to fight militantly, as Professor George Koukly a splendid} American governor of the Virgin| they have in the past, for the inter- program of music and dance Was | Islands, writing to the U. S. depart-| ests of the needle trades workers. given. ‘ment of labor complained that he The fighting spirit of the workers is |had been active in labor agitation undaunted by the treachery of the nvernational officials. are only more determined than ever to rid themselves of the old type bureaucrats. Celebrate Commune. Sunday afternoon saw the celebra-|on the Islands, and especially at St. | tion of the historic Commune of | Croix. Paris. It was the occasion for a real | “The element of which he is a display of solidarity. The enthusiasm | member,” wrote Hough, “has done was splendid, all present joining in| more to disrupt the business and Start Weekly Paper. the memorial pledge to carry on the |inundate the composure of Saint) A weekly paper for fur worker's work until all class war prisoners are | Croix than any other one thing. The| cloak and dressmakers, will be issuec freed. |working people of their group have regularly beginning next week, so it A feature of the affair was the res-/ heen taught, amongst other things, Was announced yesterday by represen- tatives of the Unity Committee The workers | |taurant conducted in a most efficient | |manner under the ‘excellent manage- | ment of the Hotel Workers of the! Amalgamated Food Workers. The | Bakers Local of the Amalgamated | Food Workers who supplied all bakery | produce must also be mentioned. The | Vegetarian Workers Club had a spe-| cial section that was a credit to them-/ selves and the bazaar. 150 New Members. | to do as little work as possible, on the theory that eventually the plan- tation owners would have. to give.up their estates and in the end the estates will fall to the people.” He Served Labor, The American governor then called the attention of the department of labor official to an enclosed news- of formed of delegates from the Fur- riers, and the Cloak and Dressmakers Joint Boards. The decision about the paper was made at a committee meeting at which | an executive sub-committee was se- lected to carry on the activities of the united forces of the two unions. This sub-committee consists of Louis Hy- |paper article which accused Barrow | ryan, C. S, Zimmerman and Ben Gold, An encouraging point about the| “serving in the ranks of labor in| who is secretary. bazaar is the fact that over 150 new | Various capacities in contiection with | ‘The Unity Committee will hold » members were secured for the Labor the St. Croix labor unions,” as in-| joint shop chairmen’s meeting next | attendance was excellent and enthus- Defense. In commenting on this the secretary and the organizer wish to urge the new members to take up seriously the task of building the or- ganization. The bazaar concluded on Sunday night with every booth sold out. The Lenin and Michael Strogoff Shown in Church of All Nations, March 26 “Michael Strogoff’, with the late celebrated Jewish actor, Jacob P. Adler and “Lenin”, a film depicting the intimate life of the greatest Rus- sian comrade before, during and | after the Russian revolution, will be_ the double film treat ~for workers, Saturday, March 26 in the audito- rium of the Church of All Nations, | Second avenue and First street, The showing will be for one day only, and performances will be continuous, | commencing at 1:30 p.m. There will also be a Russian balalaika orchestra on the program, Tickets, which sell at 80 cents in the afternoon and 40 cents for the | evening, can be purchased in advance at the following places: Church of All Nations box-office, Jimmie Hig- gins'Book Shop, 127 University Place and the International Music Store, 218 East 6th street. BUY. THE DAILY Wo! ae 2a TOMS }dieative “of the manner in which he mixes his religion with politics.” Documents offered at the hearing before Judge Knox by attorneys for Barrow brought out illuminating, cor- respondence between officials on the officials at Washington. Hughes, Harding Campaigned. Ex-Secretary of State Charles) Evans Hughes, the late Warren G.! Harding, and Former Secretary of | the Navy Denby were involved in, the campaign to make things un-| comfortable for Barrow while he re- | mained in the United States, | Writing to the secretary of labor, | Denby stated that his department “woyld be pleased if the department of labor could see its way clear to | support the decision and action al- ready taken by the government of f the Virgin Islands.” { Worker Killed On Job. Albert J. Gallinne, thirty, of Cara- quet, New Brunswick, Canada, was electrocuted today when his body came in contact with a high voltage wire on the approach to the Hell Gate bridge, Wilson and Eighteenth avenues, Long Island City, Queens, according to the police. Gallinne was painting iron work on the bridge. He was thrown twenty feet to the ground. An emergency crew from the East River Gas Com- pany and Dr. Drago, of St. John’s Hospital, Long Island City, attempted to revive Gallinne with a pulmotor but their efforts were futile. The body was taken to Quinn’s undertak- ing nae, Fulton Aven Long Island 1 City. Tuesday, at a hall to be announce: later. Further plans will then b formulated for carrying on the join work in the fight against the force of treachery and reaction in the In- | ternational Fur Workers’ Union and | Virgin Islands and U. S. government! the ‘International Ladies’ Garmen’ Workers’ Union. Roosevelt’s Widow And Financiers In Brazil With Kipling Returning today from a South American trip, Mrs. Theodore Roose- velt, widow of the late president, to's, of a highly enjoyable journey, recall- ing in particular a reception tendered by Ambassador Morgan in Rio De Janeiro, at which one of the guests was Runyard Kipling. Jerome D. Greene, of the stock | brokerage firm of Lee, Higginson and Company, also returned today on the same liner, His organization has just negotiated a $10,000,000 loan to the | state of Rio Grande Dusul, in Brazil. Council of Working Class Housewives to Give Ball March 26th Young and old will enjoy them- selves at the Grand Concert and Ball on Saturday exening, March 26, at the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., near 3rd argg hid Ba on arranged by the ounce’ working class Housewives. © 300-Word Essay Contest On Proletarian Dramatic Criticism Announced by | The Daily Worker will have an opportunity of express- |ing their critical views of Bernard |Shaw’s comedy-satire, “Pygmalion,” | which the Theatre Guild will present \for the entire week of March 21 to |27, inclusive, for the benefit of the \paper. For the two best 300-word \ essays giving a proletarian criticism |of the international production, The DAILY WORKER will award a. new copy Wf “The New Theatre and Cinema of Soviet Russia,” by Huntley |Carter, The volume has about 300 | pages and sells for $6 in the book shops, and it has been favorably ac. claimed by writers and thinkers both |in this country and abroad. The book |boasts of 68 half-tone illustrations }and 17 artistic woodeuts by eminent | artists. .It-is a suitable and lasting addition to anyone's library, and it is |practical and thought - inspiring enough to read more than once. |to the following rules: The contest begins Monday eve with the fir: | malion” and terminates Saturday eve- ing jning, April 2, at 12 p. m., exactly one| ‘week after the final showing of the | Guild benefit production. Manuscripts should be limited to 800 words, and be submitted to “The DAILY WORKER Contest Editor,” 33 East First St., at the specified time. Winners will be announced in the paper about one week after the date of the closing of the competition. The subject of the letter should be entitled: “A Proletarian’s Viewpoint of ‘Pygmalion’.” The judges will be Harbor ‘Allen jand Leon Blumenfeld. Their decision will be final. No letters will be re- | turned. : Cook, North Pole Faker To Get Released FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16.— Dr. Frederick A. Cook, noted Arctic explorer, may be granted a release from the Leavenworth Federal Peni- | tentiary tomorrow. | Federal Judge James C. Wilson will rule at that time on an application for !freedom on probation, it was learned | today. The explorer was convicted here in November, 1923, of using the mails | to defraud in an oil promotion schen:e, |and was sentenced to fourteen years and nine months in prison. Readers of The DAILY WORKER) Comrades are requested to: adhere performance of “Pyg-| Tabloid Editor Tells Worker School Class Of 8-Minute Service ‘was the sport at the last Advanced Labor Journalism class at the Work-| ers School, 108 East 14th street. An editor of one of the New York tabloid dailies told 24 Worker cor- respondents how the Daily Mirror) and The News hunt their stories and write them and get them on the} street eight minutes after they hap-| pen, Resurrecting A Murder. The tabloids are the youthful ele. {ment in journalism, he said. They; have the puneh that wins. They are willing to take a chance. He told| how the “Tabs” resurrected the fa- mous Halls-Mills murder case after it had lain dead in a small Jersey town for four years, | In conclusion he said that the work- ers’ papers can get circulation by playing up the drama of the labor! jstruggle. Its the fresh sparkling human interest ws that wins the |favor of the masses, Another Newspaper. Next week another newspaperman | | will tell of another type of newspaper. | | Announcements will be made in The | DAILY WORKER Monday morning. In addition next week Eugene yons will review the news of the week and each member of the class will be given an assignment—a story | to cover—for his workers’ news- paper. ‘Police Arrest Workers; Let the Gangsters Go (Continued from Page One) as a protest against the methods of | intimidation being used by the fore- man and boss to force registration | with the International, the workers of | Kanik & Greenberg, 307 Seventh Ave.,| continued yesterday to refuse to re- turn to work until the boss agreed to | discontinue efforts to force the work- | lers to register. | This shop stopped work at noon on| Tuesday hecause they were “unwilling to continue there until efforts to in- | timidate them into registering with |the International had ceased.” | Voluntary Act. This was not a “stoppage” ordered | \by the Joint Board, as the Interna- | tional misstated yesterday. It was a| voluntary act on the part of the work- ers, who last Monday elected a new |chairman in this shop and pledged , | themselves to support the Joint Board | \in its fight against the reactionary | officials. Ready Now! E. RUTHENBERG MEMORIAL POST CARDS C, CUVKLES 6 RUTHER ABiorm July 9, INIZ=Hred March t of ia lest words 18 cone their rer he American works er the leadewsnih ef ony forty and the Comistern will wie. LET'S hat oNe with the life record 10 CENTS EACH } | Special rates in lots of ten | or more, The DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. | LITERATURE DEPT. ,33 FIRST ST. NEW YORK RPC IS ae se MEETING HALLS Booth Phones, Dry Dock 6612, 7848, Office Phone, Orchard 9319, > “patronine MANHATT, | | | AN LYCEUM f With Stage for Meet- Small Meeting Rooms Always | Available. 2591, Tel. 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Come and find out! omorrow! at the NEW MASSES Anti - Obscenity Costume Ball WEBSTER HALL 119 E. 11th Street Friday, March 18 at 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 University Place. DENTISTS Orehard 2783 Strictly by Appointment DR. L. KESSLER SURGEON DENTIST 48-50 DELANCEY STREET Cor. Hldridge St. New York Tel, Tel. Lehigh 6022. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST j Office Hours: 9:30-12 A. M. 2-8 P, M. Daily Except Friday and Sunday. 249 EAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York. Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Stuyv. 10119 TO OUR MUTUAL INTEREST Have your teeth cared for by a fellow union man, a member of L v. U. No. 6 for the past 10 years, AMINATION FREE, Special consideration on showing union card. Dr. D. Dressler SURGEON DENTIST Oth St, cor, 3rd Ave, New York Entrance 4 Stuyvesant St, Tel, Orchard 4559. XXXXXXEREEXEEEYY YY) XXEXXI TRIMMERS METAL WORKERS WM. GREENBERG (Local Organizer) ARTHUR ROHAN (Gen, Executive Sec.) Ceex eee EU Ee eer)