The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 18, 1927, Page 5

\ | im WOLINSKY, EX. UNION HEAD NOW BOSSES MANAGER Was Leader of Pocket! Book Makers Union Ossip Wolinsky, former manager of the Pocketbook Workers’ Union has become the manager of the Morris White leather goods factory—-the big- gest concern in the industry. This notorious labor faker has at last made his “career.” This is not his first appearance in the “leather goods business. It is well known that, while still holding office in the Poc- kethook Workers’ Union, he had al- ready been connected, as manager, with the White Luggage Shop, a sub- sidiary of Morris White. Evidently he was transferred to a field where | slave driving is more profitable. In Same Factory. } It is important to note that most of the ring leaders that run the Poc- ketbook Workers’ Union are employed | | is now manager. It is this very clique, | which tried to white-wash Wolinsky, after an investigation committee, headed by Norman Thomas and Roger Baldwin forced him out of office and labor movement. The information of Wolinskys’ con- | nection with Morris White shop spread | like wild-fire and raised a whole com- | motion in the trade. Now that Wo-| linsky is going to be in daily contact | with the main ring-leaders, the mem- bers feel that the union headquarters awvill actually be in the office of Mor- | ris White. | Shiplacoff Bluffs. | A. I. Shiplacoff, preesnt manager | of the Pocketbook Workers’ Union, in| a statement in the “Forward,” tries | to assure the members that he will} be on guard against Wolinsky’s med- | dling in the affairs of the union. But the members do not place much | faith in his assurances. It is known that Shiplacoff was urged, time and | again, at membership meetings and through protest resolutions to clear out the Wolinsky gang. His answer} was that Wolinsky is a closed book. He made it a closed book by joining the gang. “Throwing Sand.” When Shiplacoff speaks of being on guard against Wolinskys’ interfer- ence in the Pocketbook Workers’ Union, the members know he is sim- ply throwing sand in their eyes. However, when it comes to perse- cute active members in the trade, Shiplacoff is right on the job. Ac- cording to information received by., The DAILY WORKER, the predic- tion made last week that more vic- tims will be called to the grievance | board came true. | Five More Fined. Last Wednesday seven more w called, five of these were fined $50 each, A.. Engel, S. Walkomsky, A. Milman, S. Goodman and F. Weis. They are the latest victims of “so- cialist” justice. 4 BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS ? ght!) There won't be another New Masses Ball until next winter! Toni NOW’S YOUR CHANCE! || Tonight!) NEW MASSES | ~ Anti - Obscenity | Costume Ball | WEBSTER HALL 119 E. 11th Street riday, 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 | 4 | or at | | Jimmie Higgins Book Store 127 University Place. | REGINALD MASON. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRi and Players in “Pygmali RCH 18, 1927 ‘ LYNN FONTANNE. And now we take pleasure in presenting the principal characters in the Theatre Guild’s pro- duction of “Pygmalion,” which will be presented for the benefit of The DAILY WORKER be- ginning next Monday night and ending Saturday. Tickets can yet be purchased at The DAILY in this very factory where Wolinsky | WORKER office, 108 East 14th street. They should be bought at least three days in advance. In the upper right we have Mr. Reginald Mason, who enacts the role of Professor Henry Hig- To his right is a scene from the play with Mason, Lynn Fontanne and J. W. | Austin.from left to right. Thirdly, there is Miss Lynn Fontanne on the right, whose character- ization of Eliza Deolittle is one of the highlights of the current theatrical season. condemned him as a traitor to the}man with the whiskers directly beneath her is none other than a well known Irishman, and more |than that, the parent of “Pygmalion,” George Bernard Shaw. This completes the line-up of players and author of she show. gins, the note-taker. is no limit to the tickets that can be bought. NEGRO WORKERS Opportunity to: Voice Prole- AUTO WORKERS’ ON STRIKE FOR Movie Operators Wil Fight to Win The the LaFayette Theatre, 132 St., an Seventh Ave., who have been strik-} ing for the past 24 weeks are sti fighting and are determined to con- |tinue until they win. in the heart of the Negro section of Harlem and the strikers are all Ne- gro workers. “The boss refuses union shop,” when inter aid one of the striker $25 for a fifty hour week. Man times we had to work an extra mid night show without any extra pay. “But the boss has lost some of his} patrons on account of the strike. S motion picture operators | 0: The theatre is to accept the wed, “the wages we re ceived before we went on strike was tarian Criticism of Shaw’s “yam” ar Pe UNION STARTS. LAST 24 WEEKS Contest assure prompt decision on the To ] | ER 300-word Essay Contest for the best proletarian criticism of Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”, which the Thea- tre Guild is presenting all next weel d|° 1} DAILY WORKER Contest Editor” |no later than Saturday, April 2. The writers of the best letters will jand Cinema of Soviet Russia”, by Huntley Carter. It is cloth bound and has 300 pages, 68 half tone illustra- |tions and 17 woodcuts by celebrated artists, y i More for Arrest (Continued from Page One) 0 | he is now showing that he is weaken-| by you and your committee—the at- ing and is giving up his stubborn/ tempts to demoralize cur union, the stand. until we win.” MEETING HALLS Booth Phones, Dry Dock 6612, 7845, Office Phone, Orchard 9219. Patronize MANHATTAN LYCEUM large Halls With Stage for Meet- ings, E Balls, Wed- d Banquets; Cafete 68 KE. 4th St. New York. N. Small Meeting Rooms Always Avallable. Tel. Dry Dock 8206, 8045, 2591, I. KITZIS, Prop. THE ASTORIA Palatial Ballrooms & Dining Rooms CATERING A SPECIALTY New York City. 62-64 1. 4th St. DO YOU KNOW - WHERE TO BUY YOUR TICKETS to the 5th FREIHE'T JUBILEE for SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd at Madison Square Garden 49th St. and 8th Ave. TOWN on Square, Store, 202 pow? “Prethe Lidsky Broad United Workers’ Co-operative, 69 Witth Ave. cor. 14th St. Purr} oint Board, 22 E. 22 st. Local 22 ILGWU, 16 W. Sist st. Soilins Restaurant, $22 6. 14th St. Sazer's inewell Restaurant, 78 Sevond Ave, near 4th St. BROWNSVILLE Goldstein's Book Store, 365 Sutter Ave. es WILLIAMSBURG Katz Drug Store, 78 Graham Ave. BATH BEACH 00K Bast Molerman's Book Store, 8603 20th Avenue. . BORO PARK Snow's Drug Store, 43rd St, cor+ ner 1éth Ave, STATEN ISLAND Moss “Dry Good Store, 1060 Gan- tleton Ave,, New Brigton, HARLEM Rational Reetaurant, 1590 Madison Ave. cor, 107th Bt. Socknulfs Drug Store, 1674 Madi- son ave, BRONX Rapoport-Cutler Book Store, 1310 Southera Boulevard, cor,’ Wil- kins. Co-operutl Park East, Slimovitel Sta 167th St, near “Ave. Sirancttrshwichatre Lice | We will continue our strike | expulsion of our locals and our active |members, the brutal treatment of in- | nocent fur workers—all of this will be deeply engraved in the minds and jhearts of thousands of fur workers, {and will never be forgotten by them. | Board Will Survive. | “You may go on with your honor- able methods. We can assure you that {no matter what you do, you will not {succeed in breaking down our cour- forts to destroy the Furriers’ Union workers. At all costs, we intend to your committee serve only as more |fuel to the fire. ' “So far, you have, succeeded in giv- |ing said that “the bosses are ready | ing these fur workers the bitter taste | cut wages, but if we organize a) of your policies. We congratulate jyou. You may continue with these | activities, if you so desire. The labor |movement will soon awaken to the |true meaning of your policies and |methods. And you prattle about the principles, traditions and aspirations ,of the American Federation of Labor! | What is coming next, Brother Green, jvenerable president of the great | American Federation of Labor?” CEP ie A Pi DENTISTS Orchard 3783 Strictly by Appointment DE, ieee? 48-50 DELANCEY STREET Cor, Eldridge st. New York r Tel. Tel. Lehigh ¢o22, ; Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF RGEON DENTIST — * $:30-12 A. M, 2-8 P, M. Daily Except Friday and Sunday, 240 BAST 115th STREET New York. Cor. Second Ave, || Dr. J, Mindel Dr. L, Hendin } Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Stuyv. 10119 VAL: INTEREST Have your teeth cared for by a fellow union man, & member of I, T. U. No, 6 for the past 10 years, f 634, card AMINATION FREE. Special consideration on showing | union ecard. Dr. -D. Dressler SURGEON DENTIST || Om St, cor, rd Ave, = New York | Entrance 4 Stuyvesant St, Tel, Orchard 469. manuscripts for The DAILY WORK-| ¢|at the Guild Theatre, for the benefit | ¢ the paper, comrades are requested | automobile worker and his inability to submit their essays to “The|to force his employers to adopt prop- receive a copy of “The New Theatre| ‘Basso Picks Out Three | +| the automobile workers meant that |tisements so they could apply for the age and our resistance to your ef-| jand undermine the welfare of our! |preserve the union and safeguard the } 1°. the forty hour week. | well-being and the lives of the fur} . a workers. The criminal activities of | Zealth Bureau spoke also. | Structor, | | | The gentle- It might be added that there TTS BIG. DRIVE BERNARD SHAW. |Mass Meeting Speakers |Tell of Bad Conditions |¢9 yon storm Office For Bookkeepers’ Job; All Are Turned Away The high health hazards of the er safeguards in the present unorga- nized condition of the industry, were The superintendent of the. Mar- stressed by speakers at the opening! bridge building, 34th St. and Broad- meeting of an intensive campaign to|way, was called upon yesterday by organize the automobile workers,|the manager of the Eagle Shoe Co., jwhich was held last night at. the | located on the fifth floor of that build- Labor Temple, 84th street, near 8rd|ing to disperse more than sixty men avenue. |}who had answered their advertise- Organizing Starts |ment in The New York Times for a Declaring that the policy of the | bookkeeper. American Federation of Labor in de-| The men protested, claiming that ferring action on.the organization of |they had not-answered other ‘adver- the existing union must “do the job,”|job and if they were not given an | Arthur E. Rohan, international or-| opportunity to be heard they would ganizer of the United Automobile |have wasted an entire day. It was and Aircraft Workers’ Union an-|to no avail, all of them being chased nounced that intensive organizing |out of the building, no one obtaining would begin in the east at once and | the job. « |the: membership SIEMAN TRIES TO PRISON GORETZKY TO SEIZE LOCAL Provocative Campaigns | In Press Cause Trial (Continued from Page One) |that he sign a statement accusing Goretzky of illegal acts. Of rourse Sigman pramised the workers that if they signed such affi- davits they would be freed; but those |who were fooled in this way and yielded to Sigman’s persuasions are |still in prison just as all the rest of | Judge Rosalsky’s. vict are. | Full of Gangsters. | Local 85 is Sigman’s own loc {and that ¢ ns his particular | terest in it. Before a left wing - {ministration was elected, this union jcontained all the gangsters with | whom Sigman terrorized the rest of during the Joint Ac- tion Committee fight in 1925, for in- stance. Too Much For Own. Corruption was so thorogoing in | this local, that even the Jewish organ he right considered posing it, so its editor acknowledged. This acknowledgement, however came only after the left wing administra- tion had published the result of anj| |expert audit of the local’s books, and the rights were trying to defend themselves by saying they knew of the situation and were correcting it. Italians Will Meet. A mass meeting of Italian workers to protest against the use of injunc- {tions by the reactionary officials of Local 89 has been called for Monday, March 21 and will be held in Manhat- tan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., instead/ | of at Webster Hall, it was announced today. Speakers will include Ben Gold, Louis Hyman, Ben Gitlow, Robert W. Dunn, Carlo Tresca, E. Sormenti, Francesco Coco, P. Allegra, E. Fre- sina and N. Capraro. A. Ragumlia will act as chairman of the meeting. A series of injunctions secured by! | Luigi Antonini, manager of Local 89 | and henchmen of Sigman, against of- |ficers of the Joint Board and chair- |ladies of large shops have caused a general waye of protest among Ital-| ian workers, and the meeting has been called for general discussion of this situation. conducted in Italian and English. Will Hold Basket Party At Williamsburg A basket party will be given Sat- urday night by the International Branch of the Workers Party of Wil- liamsburg, at 19 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn. All are invited. Admission free. Bring baskets along. The meeting will be | Page Five GREEK FURRIERS SEE SCHACHTMAN TO DEBATE GOLD Resolve Against Tactic Of International meeting th the nigh An enthu of Gr Joint tion also condemmed the ition of company ds. reek Brother- o belong to a real ties of Scha Members i, who de union were present, and joined in the voting for the lution. Members of the Joint Board spoke 3en Gold appeared for He 1 a tre- from crowd in Greek, and I rece mendous when t the A m 1 summoning Schacht z and de : with 2 workers may de- n them, Challenge Editor, Another attempt at a debate is be- ing arranged. Under the leadership of the Trade Union Educational League, 2 ate is being organized to take pla at Bryant hall, between a repr e of the Joint cide bety Board, and the priest, Kallimahos, the editor of the Greek National Herald. The editor of the Greek National | Herald has always fought the work- ers, while pretending to support them and look after their interests. | During the strike he tried to get them to go back to work. He edi- torializes against the Joint Board on the grounds that it is “led by Jews,” and still advises the workers to join forces with the International. offi- cials, who are none the less Jews. The meeting of April 3 will be held, whether the National Herald editor accepts or not. Sam Don Speaks at Downtown Workers Club This Sunday he | Sam Don, di: Young Work League will gi lecture on “American Imperialism and the Young Worker,” this Sunday, 2.P..M., at the Down Town Street Nucleus’ Open Forum. Questions and discussions will fol- |low the lecture. |. All Young Workers are invited. | The Forum is located at the Down Town Workers’ Club, 35 E. 2nd Street, City. rict organizer in Detroit, the automobile manufac- turing center of America, in the ear- | ly spring. | Condition Worse “Speed up systems and wage cuts | are increasing, while the health con- ditions in the shop grow steadily | worse due to the high pressure and | the lack of safeguards,” he said. William Greenberg, organizer of local 49 of New York declared that | | “unless a strong union is formed piece | bebbeee | work will result,” and urged a fight | Harriet Silverman of the Workers + +t | Mick De Frank, president of local | | 49, presided and in opening the meet- | hundred per cent we can obtain bet- | ter wages and better hours instead of cuts and more speeding up.” He announced another meeting to be {held in Brooklyn next Thursday eve- ning in Brooklyn Labor Lyceum un- der the auspices of local 22. Not only occupational diseases such as tuberculosis, turpentine and lead poisoning menace the workers, but preventable accidents take toll of many more, the speakers declared. It was revealed at the meeting that 1,388 automobile workers won com- pensation claims for accidents during the year 1926, jndicating that thous ands more were unnecessarily in- | jured during that year. Health demands for the workers must include action against lead poi- | soning, benzol poisoning from which | |one out of three workers who must | use benzol suffer, the use of wood Alcohol, spray painting, and lack of | proper ventilating devices, the speak- ers pointed out. PEER EEEEEEEEES EELS SPEAKERS: xd Role of Co-operatives | Analyzed by J. Mindel At the Workers School There has been considerable growth lof a co-operative movement in the New York district during the past | couple years and an intensification of | interest in its various problems. | In order to give a theoretical setting | for the solution of these problems, many of which are planted for the | first time by the development of the co-operative movement, the Workers’ | School Forum has arranged a lecture | | for this Sunday night, March 20, on “The Role of the Co-operatives Under | C: olirs.” with J, Mindal. of the) | United Workers Co-operative, as in-| Shee bbhepbhbbeee Tickets 7ic., $1, $1.50, & $2. St. ers ++ Reart The Dally Worke¥ Every Day | He os : : BE he fe he hehe oh obs obec os en ofr ole ode oho cle che che che che ole he he ele che ede he he oh che he the ce oe Great Co-operative Celebration On the Completion of the First Block of Houses In the Workers’ Co-operative Colony Bronx Park East & Allerton Ave. GIVEN BY THE UNITED WORKERS’ CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION MARCH 19th, 8:00 P. M. IN MECCA AUDITORIUM 55TH ST. BET, 6TH & 7TH AVE. W. WEINSTONE, B. GOLD, G. HALPERN, M. EPSTEIN, D. GERSON, L. HYMAN, M. OLGIN & OTHERS S. C. COHEN, CHAIRMAN ‘Tosha Zeidei Freiheit—30 Union Sq., Co-operative Office, 69 5th Ave., corner 14th Box Office, Mecea Auditorium, FEET EE EE ERE EEE EEE PTFE EP ETP PEEP PSH bee ! Asad dALCiace FEEEEE EEE ETE EEE EEE EEE EEE EF EE EE EEE FEET TTT EEE EEE EEE EEE x