The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 6, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER, y YORK, WEL SDAY, APRIL 6, 1927 SHOP CHAIRMEN BAR SCAB UNION FROM FUR JOBS Great Meeting Decides On New Tactics Shop chairmen of the Fur Workers’ Union, at a meeting held last night | n Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th Street, not only pledged once more. heir loyalty to the New York Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union, but resolved that no one who registers with the “scab” fur union office set ap by the Reorganization Committee, shall be allowed ain their shops. Such a resolution was presented by the forty workers of the Kleinman | Brothers shop of 333 7th Avenue thru | their chairman, Philip Schneider; and a similar resolution was signed by all the workers of the Weinstein and Kupersmith shop, 305 Tth Avenue. Describe Rough Stuff. i The tactics of the reactionary right | wing forces, of the American Federa- tion of Labor and the International | Fur Workers’ Union, in their attempts to compel workers to register were deseribed by several, shop chairmen | in their speeches. It was the opinion of all the speak- ers that where the individual shop | chairmen took a firm stand against Edward F. McGrady and his strong- arm associates when they came to the | shops, there was no further trouble | or interference. Organize New Way. | Ben Gold, general manager of the, Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union, | outlined a plan for organizing.the fur | shops by buildings and by blocks in | order to combat the attacks being made on the union by the reorganiza- tion committee. There will be a chairman elected for each division. | and meetings of the workers will be) held regularly. | “By this closer organization of our | ranks we will be better prepared to) \Sacco, Vanzetti_ to Die! ' Rules State Court \" (Continued from Page One) |Sacco and Vanzetti as one way of | jridding themselves of two “reds.” Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zetti were arrested on May 5, 1920,| nearly seven years ago. Their con-| viction a year later elicited an inter- | national. Working class protest which | now. Death in the electric chair is| the only possible penalty under the Massachusetts law for the crime on which Sacco and Vanzetti were fram- ed. Upon their arrest thes ers, Who were acti i England radical mo’ that they were part, t ment’s “catch” in the general ro’ up of reds then in 5 i Attorney General Palmer. prevented their electrocution until |] Consol! { | Botany Mills Claims Loss of Four Million | Dollars During Strike | | Federated Press). Passaic’s 10 month textile strike redited with causing Botany d Mills a net loss of i sident M is severe and co |} turbance the in | Stoehr’s re’ | zt out that eared out k on hand during the st The company also profited on its holdings in central European mills, he states. the + found in the body of one of the were being prepared for slain men was fired from Sacco’s dictment on a capital chav; Their | pistol. Two gun experts for the de- trial, at Dedham, Ma attracted | fe said it was not. world-wide attention. It conduc- Last Plea Denied. ted in an atmosphere of hatred and prejudice against foreigners and radi- j cals, Fiimsy Evidence Produced. The accusation against them speci- fieally was that they had taken part in a payroll robbery at South Brain- tree on April 15, in which two of the payroll guards were killed. The only so-called direct evidence against Sac- }eo and Vanzetti were a number of “identifications.” These were palpably weak and lying, but they were sup- ported by indirect evidence—to the effect that upon their arrest and sub- sequently the prisoners showed “con- sciousness of guilt.” The jury re- fused to accept the \xplanation that the guilt of which they were consci- | ous was that of ing reds, the “crime” of which they thought them- selves accused. \ Motions For New Trials. The first motion for a retrial argu- ed in October, 1921 was based on the claim that the verdict was not in accord with the evidence. It was denied. The second motion for a new trial was based on testimony of one named | Louis Pelzer. Prior to the trial, ac- | The last plea for a new trial was based upon two sets of evidence: first, | ‘a confession by Celestino Madeiros, a} |convicted murderer, that he was a member of the payroll robbery gang | for whose crime the two radicals were | convicted; and that ‘neither Sacco nor |Vanzetti took part in that crime; secondly, affidavits by two depart- {ment of justice officials employed in| | Boston at the time of the arrest and conviction of the two workers to the | effect that the federal authorities | were working hand in hand with the | | district attorney’s office to “get” Sac- | |eo and Vanzetti, for their radical ac- | | tivities. * * | Rarely has the vital importance of | international solidarity of the work- ing class been so decisively shown as |in the world campaign in defense of Sacco and Vanzetti. Through the activities of the International Labor Defense, thousands of meetings were | held throughout the United States in protest against the official lynchings of the two radical workers. Workers of World Protest. Not only the workers-of this coun- |try, but those of Latin-America and | Europe, by their tireless work in be- meet the invaders, and to withstand |cording to the defense’s affidavits, |) 5i¢ of a fe ‘ lacs the attempts of the bosses to break | Pelzer said he witnessed the shooting |", Shed hy gi cilgitraclarte pints our union agreement because of the | seeret promises made to them by the International | and the A. F. of L. | | BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS A FREE COPY of the special Chinese | number of | SCIMUNIST ‘St Ope he Hagen Canc Caen omnis will be given with every purchase of THE AWAKENING OF CHINA by Jas. H. Dolson NOW 50 CENTS on all orders received of the paymaster and his guard but the exact situation. On the witness stand, however, he made a “positive” identification of Sacco as one of the statement was true, and that the tes- true and that he gave it because he was coereed by the district attorney. This motion was also denied. The defense, in its third motion for | show that Charles E. Goodridge, one jof the prosecution’s important wit- | nesses, had a criminal record in sev- eral states. Witnesses Coerced. The fourth motion for re-trial was R. Andrews. submitted by the defense, Mrs. An- drews was interviewed by them five | months before the trial. She said she | did not see Saceo, and her description of the man she saw was not that of Sacco, accotding to the defense. “He photographs of Sacco. Next day she | made a positive identification of Sac-! timony he gave at the trial was un- | concerned with the testimony of Lola} According to affidavits is not the man,” she said when shown . \chair of the commonwealth of Massa- which have been|that he was too far away to take in| ehusetis, Mass meetings were held in every \large city in the United States, and lin New York City aloneysome 18,000 |bandits. Four months later he signed | fr | ed “ A Pac workers came to the Madison Square jan affidavit saying that his original | Garden to protest against the pro- |posed assassination. Hundreds of leaflets were distributed by the In- \ternational Labor Defense. Posters, |buttons, articles for the press, The ‘Labor Defender, the organ of the I. \L. D., and every means of publicity | {a new trial produced affidavits to/| and agitation was utilized in the cam- | hpaign. The Sacco-Vanzetti Confer- ‘ence, into which hundreds of thou- sands of workers were organized, ‘made the names of the two Italian | workers the symbol of solidarity and ‘united efforts. Protest Meetings in Europe. | In Europe the campaign received lits greatest supyort from Germany, Italy, Soviet Russia, and England. The International Class War Prison- ers’ Aid (the British counterpart of work in agitating for Sacco and Vanzetti, and literally hundreds of HMocal labor organizations throughout | England were listed by the I. C, W. \P. A. as having adopted protest reso- ‘the the I. L. D.), did some remarkable | Father Refuses to Give Girt Church Done; Is Arrested nuse he refuses to send his fif- ar-old hter, Rose, to or to give her any religious | i Fra Harheo, # car-| penter, of 501 + 78th street rreme court, | se taken na cath- | heing brought into the Bronx, this’ morning to show ¢ why hjs child should not be away from him and placec olic home. Catholics Get Her. i The girl is temporarily lodged in} New York Cathol Protectoty where she was sent by Judge Samuel | Levy of the children’s court on April 1st. Rose and her father were sum-j| moned to court on the complaint of | a public school probation officer who | charged that Harheo was not send-| ing the girl to church. | When he stated that he did not be- lieve in churches and had no religion, the judge had the girl taken away | from her father and put under the | protection of the catholic church. Took Good Care, Harheo’s wife has been dead for many year but he has cared for | Rose and there is no charge that she has been neglected. Taxi Drivers Made Goats for Stupid Actions | of Wemen How the taxi drivers are the goats |for the law violations of “sweet | mamas” (to use the language that is | | familiar to the-taxi drivers) was told to.The DAILY WORKER by. a taxi \driver yesterday. | “Let us take for an example, 57th | istreet between Fifth and Sixth ave- | nues,” he said, “taxis are not.allowed | to park there, while the Lancias, Cun- | nighams, Royal-Royces, Pierce-Ar- rows and other high priced cars of \the ‘kept women’ from Park Avenue | and Riverside Drive are parked there lin a double line on both sides of the | street, during the entire afternoon | while they are shopping. | “If any one wants to leave a taxi ‘on 57th street during the day they |have to alight in the gutter, having no opportunity of getting near the curb, Ignore Signal Lighis. | “Let us view another side of the questioh. On Madison and Park Ave- | |nues where the society dames take |their poodle dogs for their daily car, | tide, we find continually ignoring the | | signal lights. As a result of com-/| | plaints, special details of police are | | sent out with summonses, who serve | | thera on taxi drivers instead of the |daughters of the rich. j | Read The Daily Worker Every Day | Sean ea etion | | opposition to the planned execution of | \Sacco and Vanzetti. Everywhere the | j}demand of the workers was for the) jimmediate cessation of this hounding | jot the two innocent working class | | fighters. | time A. F. of L. Fears to Jon Conference In China on May 1 |, WASHINGTON, FP).—An invi- tation from the Australian Trade n Congress and the All-China ation of Labor, addressed to American Federation of Labor, send delegates to the Pan-Pa- sific labor congress to be held May 1 in Canton, has been received by the A. F. of L. but will not be ac- septed, The attitude of A. F, of L. execu- tives is that the Australian pro- moters of this gathering seem to be dentified by the Australian govern- ment as Communists, and that the A. F. of L. will net attempt to, con- fer with Communists. They have declared the sympathy of the A. I’. of L. with the effort of Chinese workers to raise their wage level and gain the other advantages which organized labor in western nations has won. the Charles W. Morse. Page Five «: ‘WOMEN WORKERS IN NEEDLE TRADES CALLED TO MEET TO PROTEST MEN’S IMPRISONMENT The women workers ‘of the needle trades and wives of workers will meet in Cooper Union at seven o'clock to- night in what 18 expettett to” be the biggest dénionstration of the year. -At i 00 women ‘Will gather at the call of the Ur Committee of the and Sons Are Free Of Fraud Charges Indictments against Charles W. Morse, steamship, magnate, and his three sons were dismissed yesterday upon the request of the U. S. District Attorney’s off The four were indicted in April 1922, on charges of defrauding in- |vestors in the gale of the “United Big Membership Meeting Launches — Ruthenherg Drive Workers Party Begins. New York Recruiting The Ruthenberg recruiting drive of the Workers (Communist) Party be- gan with a bang at the general mem- bership meeting held last night at the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourth strect. The meeting was opened by Bert Wolfe, as chairman. In his opening vemarks he stated that it is a long since a general membership meeting was held. Stood In Silence. ' “Since the last membership meet- ing in New York,” said Wolfe, “we | have lost Comrade Ruthenberg.” The meeting then stood in silence for one minute to pay tribute to the memory and work of Comrade Ruthenberg. Continuing Wolfe declared that the meeting was not called alone to honor Comrade Ruthenberg, but to consider ways and means of continuing work for which he gave his entire life. “Tonight we open the Ruthenberg drive and we hope, as a result of this campaign to make up, partially at least, for the loss we have sustained in the death of Comrade Ruthenberg. “The drive will continue. until July 9th, which is the birthday of Com- rade Ruthenberg. We expect by that time that the party will display more activity than at any time in its his-j tory.” Widespread Campaign. William W. Weinstone, general secretary of the New York district organization of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, in reporting for the District Executive Committee, out- lined the plans for the three months’ campaign. As outlined phases: One.—The building of the party; ! concentrated membership arive it will have three a States Steamship Co.” stock. The three sons were tried last October and | the jury disagreed. Charles W. Morse was presumably ill at the time and was excused from trial. Yesterday Assistant U. trict Attorney Robert Manley said that he “had made a thorough investi- gation” and that is his opinion “a re- trial of the men was not warranted by the facts of the case.” The elder Morse has become in- volved in shady deals a number of times during a stormy career as a financial impressario. Several years ago he was sentenced to Atlanta after being convicted of defrauding the government. He did not serve long, however, he being pardoned by Presi- dent Taft following claims that he was “on his deathbed.” Pullman Porters Union Gains 1000 Members Since the first of January the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters has gained over 1,000 members, states general organizer A. Philip Randolph. Most of the new unionists are from the south where the porters had been only: lukewarm toward the brother- hood. The btotherhood’s appearance be- | fore the Rail Mediation Board, which has not yet officially recognized the organization over the Pullman Com- pany, stimulated new members to join, Randolph believ BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS = Buy your Tickets Now for Comrade Michael Gold’s Play S. Dis- | 7 furriers and cloak and dresmakers; to protest against the imprisonment of needle trades workers for their activi ties during the recent strikes. The Unity Committee has summoned ” the women to the demonstration in the name of honest trade unionism, dec ing that the o jals of the Lad Garment Workers’ and of the Furriers’ International have been carrying on « ruinous war against the memb that has brought abéut the imprisc ment of many honest and loyal work- ers, who are supporters of. families. he declaration calls upon the women, “who know what it means to have the father of your children taken away? and placed behind prison bars for*the \crime of fighting for a be’ living,” to “raise your mighty voice in pro+ test." Speakers will include Kate Gitlow, Fannie Warshafsky, Rose Wortis, Ju- liette Stuart Poyntz, Lena Chernenko, Louis Hyman, Ben Gold and others. Men workers have been urged by, the Unity Committee to stay away from the meeting so that the women may ‘be free to attend it. All women are urged to be present promptly at seven o'clock. A meeting of Italian cloak and dressmakers will be held at 10 East 22nd Street, the office of Local 35 on Friday at seven o'clock. At this méet- ing the “Committee on Action” will make its report, and speakers will be Francesco Coco, S. Amico and J. Rag- mulia, Union Meetings Pies gai Ra PIO NE 2 Bonnaz Embroiderers’ Union 7 W. 15th St. Tel, Stuy. 4379-2657 Exeoutive Bourd Every Tues day. 3 ership M da and lnst ‘Thursday of Month. George 'Triextman Freedman Munager. ent, Harry Halebsky ARBEITER BUND, Manhattan & Club. German Workers’ 4th Thursday i Bronx; Meets every mouth at Street. speaking workers are union meetirgs Advertise here. For your information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 33 First St., New York City. co at tl * Pieces | vari i sisbaad In floge sworn by Mrs. ‘Au |Home . } * Liberals Convinced of Frame-up. hegre vaaton z's cat NEXT TWO WEEKS | ews nine months after the trial! In Italy, despite the bloody reign) During the entire six years which | Lane eeaiae ~y stivit eg the she déclated that her original atate- of the fascisti, meetings were held | have elapsed since the persecution of | Rem NeTAP: Pasi big Le ad ha Theloding: iment Melee (ial Wha tua, ond Shak eereree posathle to protest against the two Italian workers first began, nn. Se uk ave tageretind oo ae dod THE REVOLUTION IN t bar Aidit teak Saban: wan iiteae pee the conviction of the two radicals.| hundreds of prominent liberals—law- hoe e part of every member in party S * Demonstrations were also held in/yers, writers, and university profes work. ‘had been given unedr the coercion | front of th: ‘ j “i oti | Three-—The sraising of the ideolo- ‘and intimidation o! the district at- Paris, ie oe ecnea Aee | AR ui Aon er ae hia | gical level of the party, with Ruthen- torney’s office. Berlin, Montevideo, and Mexico. justice. berg as the symbol of the militant The fifth motion for a new trial! In the Union of Socialist Soviet! More recently, especially, maga-| Section of the working class, The | was concerned with the exceedingly | Republics, literally millions of work- | zines as conservative as the Atlantic |U2derstanding of the role of the par. | |important gun-and-bullet testimony. ers and, peasants have recorded their | Monthly carried long and carefully-|ty 28 the leader of all oppressed | BRR at ant prepared articles discussing the ease {Classes and the ally of the colonial ORDER N O W! Te commonwealth held; that the bul-| - ws marae of Sacco and Vanzetti. Hundreds of peoples. Tel. Lehigh 6022. editorials, feature articles} War Against Imperialism. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF CHINA—by J. Stalin THE CHINESE PEASAN- TRY—by R. Miff and Other Features. special We, the Organized Workers Fe ee ad and Restaurant Industry, | I jand letters were printed in the liberal) Comrade Weinstone spoke of fresh : i Porte: , Ete,, RURGRON Peters | publications like “The Nation,” “Thet attacks against the Soviet Union and Cook, Waitress, Waiter, -Basboy, prs r, Dishwasher, Etc., || b DRRR L49 § at be Boas {New Republic,” and “the World Te-| the threat of another world war. A drama of | 249 BAST 115th STREET morrow. i 1 {There are warships and armed forces : . ° || Cor, Second Ave. New York. Probably the most impressive plea|of imperialist powers in China, but Mexico and in defense of the innocence of the/there will be no official war. The 1g if two radical workers is ian found in| same procedure is in vogue in China Revolu- ‘ |“The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti,” by | that was used in Russia in 1919-20,’ * on Dr. J. Mindel Dr. a Hendin |Felix Frankfurter, professor of law/ which is war without official declara- ——————— nd tion— TONIGHT, APRIL 6, at 8:30 P. M. Surgeon Dentists _ ||st Harvard University. |tions, ‘ Premier ‘at 7 1 UNION SQUARE —— | Ruthenberg stood for war against imperialism and we can follow his ex- Production |] Room 803 Phone Stuyy. 10119 BRYANT HALL, 728-724 Sixth Avenue at and 42nd Streets) ‘The general condition in the hotels and restaurants will be discussed. You ‘will hear from men and women who haye had many years ex- perience in the Labor Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5865, lample by waging a determined, fear- Hess fight against new wars now go-| ling on and still others that are to} || |follow. “We must organize our par-| |ty and entire, working class against| = Hove’s a chance to help The DAILY | imperialism,” said Weinstone, aeremaes why you do not receive higher wages and why you do not have the “HOUR WORK DAY— WEBKLY WAGES— Bie JON ON THE JOB and why you are/eonslaevsae domestic servants. Tel. Orchard 3783 4) Strictly by Appointment DR. L. KESSLER OE Sete enacts oF tan &F, Al 549 DELANORY BTRE mast fight this new menace with all’ WORKER and have a good time doing it. nalehatat , Je len Maa || - 0 ET |)| Tetephone Dry Dock 9069. ‘At ple ui Ge haat. : a EV Eeeune CONsmm yay yacttiann-OreAniey, || Cor. midridge st. New York || Meot me at the Public Arc | ada Goat: dust My lasadhed “and From April 11 to April 16 is DAILY |the completion of campaigns already | under way, he stated that the best, way to commemorate Comrade Ruth- | enberg was to make more powerful | the party and spread its influence. Organ In Campaign. — | Comrade Bert Miller,._ busing | Dairy Restaurant and Vegetarian 75 SECOND AVE. NEW YORK Opposite Public ‘Theatre WORKER Benefit Week at The New = Playwrights Theatre. Remember! If your : paper is to benefit, you must buy your de tickets well in advance and buy them py 2 Dr. Jacob Levenson SURGEON DENTIST 54 East 109th Street PHONE: UNIVERSITY 7825. BROOKLYN | Daily Worker Concert and Spring, Ball } EET yrent Booth Phones, py 6612, 7845, on MANHAPAS Lvomum | tort thet spear, and-enphe: from a DAILY WORKER tati SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9th TELL YOUR FRIENDS rarer uti Wit ie {ir Weds pret “nae campaigns arta : Sota , by ; at the % ma und Banquets: cafeteria. launched by the party and making | or thru The DAILY WORKER Office, : Royal Palace Hall, 16 Manhattan Ave. feds tae the DAILY Smait Meeting, Rome Always ||suecesahy the Mi rerkal iceder.| , 108 East 14th Street. (Telephone Stuy- - ~~ ple deel os ene WORKER Insurance Swin- ship of the working clase | iy! vesant 6584.) Also at Jimmie Higgin’s dle Exposé starts Monday, April 11th and daily there- after. A startling, readable series of articles which will shook the government into action, The scandal of the decade. 1) Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra. 2) Max Margolis, violinist, with a musical quartet. - 3) Yetta Stein, piano recital. A DOUBLE BAND FOR DANCING. Auspices—Section 6, Workers, Communist Party. Tel. Dry Dock 8806, 8045, 2581, . KITZIS, Prop. WORKER goes to press the meeting | is still in progress with many party | mombers contributing to the discus-| sion calculated to devise most effec- tive means of carrying on the cam- paign. Read The Daily Worker Every Day Book Stere, 127 University Pl. and Sollins’ ~ Dining Room, 222 E. 14th St. ; THE ASTORIA Palatial Ballrooms & Dining Rooms CATRRING A SPECIALTY 62-04 BE. 4th St. New York Oity,