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THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1927 ttend Union quare Meeting Saturday! Save Sacco and Vanzetti! | SPEAKERS: James P. Cannon, Forrest Bailey, William W. Weinstone, Moissaye J. Olgin, Carlo Tresca, Charles Kline, Leonard Abbott, and others. Demand Judge Allow | 1,500 CHAIRMEN Fur Unionists Bail LAN CAMPAIGN (Contined from Page One) i eration employ no more than | 738 | workers, | i | “In their statement, the federation T0 BUILD UNION | fails to state how many of these are | ‘actually, registered. They do admit, |however, that their claim includes | | Shops the workers of which were sup- | posed to have promised to regiseter. | “Should the Joint Board be so gen- | rs garment Workers In Fight on Hochman |erous as ‘to grant that all the work i med of the 49 shops have registered, the | A call for “systematic organization | federation would even then have no tk” to restore union conditions to|more than 738 registered fur work- le shops, was issued by the 1,500jers. What happens to their claim of lop chairmen of the cloak and dress| 4,000 or perhaps even more? ustry who met last night in Man-}| Contradictions. ttan Lyceum to discuss the prob-| “The Joint Board need not go into} ss which have resulted from the/| details to show that there is a serious ll.war brought about by President’ discrepancy in their claim relative to lorris Sigman in the International! their listed shops. Suffice it to take ndies’ Garment Workers’ Union, several examples. | For Systematic Propaganda. | “The federation list includes B. Gel- |After talks by various shop chair-|ler & Sons, Papert & Cohen, Reich & | len, the meeting passed unanimous-| Son, Max Koch and Nechemkin &| a resolution instructing “the Shop| Son. What are the facts regarding | hairmen’s Council to begin a sys-| these shops? Seventy-five workers of matic propaganda campaign among | B. Geller & s have refused to reg- | 4e members in the markets and thru| ister, although ordered to do so by} yen forums”; that they call on all | the firm. These workers are now on} embers of the union “to give their | strike against this order. The work- | apport to the Joint Defense Com- | ers of Papert & Cohen were at a shop \ittee organized for the purpose of meeting on Monday, April 11th, where sfending our imprisoned workers”; | they signed a statement demanding | rat “we support the movement for|that the federation and the Interna- | ne defense among the wives and| tional officers should refrain from | omen. workers”; and “that we be-| bothering them, as they choose to re- | in a systematic organization to pre-| main loyal to the Joint Board. are our union to cope with the dif- Workers Meet. cult problems of our industry for; “All of the worke: xe coming season and call on the were at a shop meeting on Wednesday, xembers to rally more strongly than| April 6th, where they unanimously ver around the Joint Board until the| agreed to send a letter to Mr. ttempt of Sigman to break our Grady, demanding the return of their nion is completely frustrated.” Joint Board bool Expose Hochman Fake. taken away fro Several speakers called attention » the fake campaign “for organiz- ig the unorganized” which has been hem by the Inter- | to the Joint Board. with the workets s of Reich & Son | Temple Daily Worker Wants | Grounds for Picnic This Coming Summer to arrange for this summer an unusual outing and pienic, We fint that the average run of amuse- ment or picnic ground does not offer the facilities for real enjoy- ment which we would like to offer our comrades, Therefore we are asking comrades to scout the var-. vicinity of New York City for a place which can offer some real attractions, good bathing, room fér sports, hiking and boating if pos- sible, at very reasonable rates. We ask all comrades to get on the job and report their findings to the Business Manager, The DATLY WORKER, 33 First. Street, New York City. Boston Protests The Shelling of Nanking by U. S, BOSTON, April 12.—Following the |mass meeting held here in Tremont where over 1,500 people demonstrated against intervention in China, the Boston local of the Kuo Mc- | Min Tang party held a joint celebra- tion with other organizations on the which had been|fall of Nanking and Shanghai. At the headquarters of the Kuo national officers, and pledging loyalty | Min Tang Party at 17 Hudson street | These statements, |the celebration was held, The head-| natures, are in |quarters were decorated with Chinese | the office of the Joint Board, and are | flags and pictures of Dr. Sun Yat) nnounced by Julius Hochman, reac-| | ante to anyone who wishes to see |Sen and other leaders in the libera- tonary vice president of the Inter- ational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Tnion. them. Won't Register. “The workers of Max; Koch are, tion movement of China. Many Speakers. The speakers were Gus Shklar, “Here is Hochman babbling about | striking against the attempt of the |district organizer of -the Workers n organization campaign,’ said soard, “when in our union shops), ‘ Fy 4 . | Nechamkin & Son. * iece work has been allowed to creep | “These are but a few facts; many | a, wages have been reduced, and more can be given ther union standards have | 5 teadily lowered because of the right! ; Seas?) A 5 Ay istered. ing’s union-smashing campaign, | simple!” nd the deals they have made with|- : he bosses in their efforts to drive he. progressives -out of the union.” The arithmetic is BUY THE DAILY WORKER Bassar Coming AT THE NEWSSTANDS le ee Se spe nd ao is the | that there are now over 50 prisoners peal om the cloak and dress in-|to be cared for. ‘ustry included I, Brauner, chairman | Greet Jailed Furriers. f the Shop Chairmen’s Council, who Louis Cohen, of the Furriers’ Joint 5 a5 rs Shairmen’s Council Sisoff, chairman of the Lustig shop; | ian aes saakies last, night. foseph - Boruchowitz, manager of} The saop chairmen meeting, after socal 2; M, Bleiman, ,| denouncing the reactioRary forces of Henry Robbins, chairman of the the A. F. of L. and the International | Joint Defense Committee, spoke on | Fur Workers’ Union who have rail- rhe coming bazaar which is to be run| roaded Ben Gold and the other mili- py the committee at New Star Casino|tant furriers to jail, passed unani- | bn May 12, 18, 14 and 15th for the/|mously a resolution pledging support | > jegal defense and the relief of the|to the Joint Defense Committee families of the cloakmakers, furriers|which is working for their release. and dressmakers now in jail, Rob-| The meeting then voted to send a vins pointed out the great need of| telegram of greeting to the furtiers| this relief work in view of the fact’in the Nassau County jail at Mineola. | First Spring Masquerade SATURDAY, APRIL 16, Easter Eve., STAR CASINO, 107th St. and Park Ave. DANCING ALL NIGHT, TILDA SHOCKET AND HER DANCERS in a special program. at Freiheit, 30 Union’ Square, and Jewish Workers’ University, 126° East 16th Street. Tickets 75¢ Telephone ORCHARD 4744 OOD print- ing of all description at a fair price. | Let us estimate on if your work, ‘| ACTIVE PREss | 1246.8 Pea at 8. | 34 FIRST STREIT NEW YORK the Young Workers’ League, and Marion Perkins of Dennison House. Let the reader|In addition the following Chinese been | figure out how many are really reg-|Speakers addressed the audience: I. very |Sun, Mrs. P. A, Chan, Dr. P, A. Chan, | and T. Goon, The speakers denounced world im- |perialism and protested the bombing lof Nanking. The mention of the fact that Union of Socialist Soviet Re- | public is friendly to Cantonese and attacks imperialism was greeted with enthusiastic applause. Denounce Missionaries. Missionaries were denounced for | t#n Ave. the headquarters of the Bar- |their subservance to the Standard Oi} | bers’ Union, on Sunday, April 17th *!Co., and other gorporations. 7 | speakers ridiculed the rumors that | €2izations should be represented. |there is dissension in the ranks of | 2 The the Kuo Min Tang Party Adopt Resolutions. | Fred T. Douglas, English secretary | ranged for the Spring Festival of the} for the committee, read resolutions | Downtown Section of the Young) of protest, demanding the withdrawal | Workers League to be held at Astoria | from | Mansion, China, demanding the recognition of | urday evening, April 23. the Nationalist government in China | of | battleships and marines and protesting bombardment Nanking, BUY THF DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSSTANDS Big Mass Meetings t Weishord Addresses | peas | (Continued from Page One) |Union Square, Saturday, at o’clock. . ~» Labor Mass Meeting The resolution follows: ‘ . | WHEREAS, Nichola Sacco and | Pa | Toni ht | Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two’ champions jof labor, have been sentenced to die | }in the lectric chair for a crime of f as » wane | which they are aha innocent; (Special To The DAILY WORBEE.) | AND WHEREAS, the overwhelm-| PASSAIC, N. J., April 12.—-Thp ing evidence in the case has con- workers of this city are eagerly wait- yinced labor bodies and disinterested |ing for ‘tomorrow's meeting where people thruout the world that Saceo | Albert Weisbord will return for the jand Vanzetti were convicted not for |first time since the end of the Pas- |the crime charged against them but,‘ because of their views and their ac- tivities in behalf of the worker: ; AND WHEREAS, the America | Federation of Labor and other labor | bodies and organizations have bray }ed this conviction as a “ghastly mis- | learriage of justice;” THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we the shop chairmen of the cloak and dressmakers’ Joint Board \‘of New York City, assembled in Man- | hattan Lyceum at the call of our shop ehairmen’s council, not only demana that our fellow-workers Sacco and Vanzetti shall not die, but demand | also that they be given a new trial— This time Weisbord will not | speaking at a strike meeting but will make the principal address at a large political rally to be held at Ukrainian Hall, President St., as part of the be tion of five city commissioners on May 10. Communist Candidates. Weisbord will speak in favor of the labor candidates, Simon Bambach and Simon Smelkinson, who are en d by the Passaic branch he Work- ers (Communist) Party. Weisbord left Passaic several months before the end of the stri e, | before a fair and impartial juce | the American Federation of Labor jand jury—so that they y be freed |Tefusing to admit the strikers into lafter their seven years of persecu-|the United Textile Workers, until he { tion. z | withdrew. At his farewell meeting AND WE ALSO R 3, that | one of the largest of the strike, many |we call upon all c ‘dress- | Workers cried at the loss of their makers in this cit; all other | leader. Tomorrow these workers will workers of every trade, to attend the be out in full force to greet him. mass meeting to be held in Union! Square on Saturday, April 16th, at 1 p. m. under the auspices of the Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Commit- | tee, to protest against the sentencing of these workers and to demand their release, Saeco and Vanzetti must not die! They must be freed! Workers League of Harlem. -All work Passaic Protests. ers, young and ola are urged to j PASSAIC, April 12.—The District | the hike. Textile Council of Passaic and vicin-| ng eee |ity, United Textile Workers of Amer- | Old Man Homeless, Committs Suicide. jica, sent the following telegram to! NEWARK, N. J., April 12—Friend Governor Fuller of Massachusetts to-{ less and homeless, Robert Harris, 6 day, protesting against the proposed! years old committed suicide today in ings are being made, Spring Fever Hike Next Sunday. A spring fever hike will be held Sunday April 17th, starting from 81 East 110th Street, at nine a. m. It been arranged by the Young < si aid! fm to foree them to register; the |(Communist) Party, Frank Manning] judicial murder of Sacco and Van-| Weequahic Park, by shooting himself youis Hyman, manager of the Joint| oie js tue withthe workers of |of the socialist party, R. Shohan of|? sare : zetti: “District Textile Council of Passaic | | and vicinity, United Textile Workers of America, emphatically protest re- | jection of appeal for Sacco and Van- jzetti. In the name of justice and or- |dinary common decency urge execu- |tive clemency for these two victims | of brazen frame-up.” { | in the temple. Celebrate Brooklyn May Day Conference | Sunday, | |. The final May Day Conference in} | Brooklyn will be held at 56 Manhat-/ at 2 p. m. All Brooklyn labor or- | Young Workers Festival. | A special program has been ar-| 62-64 East 4th St., on Sat- Night Workers Section. A meeting of the executive commit- \tee of the Nightworkers’ Section of the | | Workers Party will be held at three | “O'qock today at 108 East 14th Street. With a bundle of the ' SPECIAL BUSINESS i| Tel. Lehigh 6022, » Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST 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 Tel. Orchard 8783 Strictly by Appointment DR, L. KESSLER SURGEON DENTIST 48-50 DELANCEY STREET Cor, Eldridge St. New York | Dr. Jacob Levenson SURGEON DENTIST — 54 East 109th Street Corner Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 7825. Booth Phones, pty Dock 6612, 78465, Office Phone, Orchard 9819, Patronize MANHATTAN LYCEUM Large Halls With Stage for Meet- Bntertainmen' Balls, Wed- Cafeteria, 66-68 Ki. 4th St. N. ork, N. ¥. Small Meeting Rooms Always Available. Tel. Dry Dock 8206, 8046, 2691, I. KITZIS, Prop. 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D.) 799 Broadway, for Sacco and Vanzetti” leaflets which are ready for immediate distribution, Painters Demand ight Act That Wright C | LONDON, April Behind thes {chorus of approval of Chancellor of. H £ Exchequer Churchill’s budget, which Pains ia els averts serious additions to taxation { Churchill Overdoes Optimism Stuff; All Demand Lower Tax 12 12. this year, is growing up a persiatent demand for a reductior in the nation- al expenditure now standing at $4,- 165,000,000 a year, This was the keynote of the critic- isms in the house of commons debate on the budget today. The labor party . | declared that Churchill is this year balancing his budget by jugglery and comment being e members of the dering graft rable made by progr Painters’ Union, who are what is being done abc ase of their former offi The fourth month is now e ing s' » the inauguration of a n / s | regime in the office of the district | deceit, crediting the revenue with counc Y items amounting to $160,000,000 |Thomas W which cannot recur in future years. The thing wi sible sec Bankers and business men as a made it pc to oust the fo whole are. satisfied with the budget. ausnéer and Charles iene nape. Koenig, from the well entrenched 2 Killed By Train. stronghold, was the expose of the FALO, N. Y., April 12.—A man latter’s maladministration * 4 Hicsadine ot the ear and a boy were instantly killed here coe today when t esti a e between § : , e imated to be between § nd New York 000, Two audits of the council’s At the Shih Sthcee doe: minutes and books proved the charges «) to be true. | senger train ing, Echota. Five Die In Blizzard. WINNIPEG, April 1 The worst S and Alberta oll of five Membership Aroused. gs P | It is acknowledged amc inters {that the credit for the to Local 905 and its secretary T accident | Wright, which made it possible to! and one automobile mishap. | challenge the Zausner regime, to oust ; -—_-—-_-— pean ADA — \them from office and to have Wright elected to the council as responsible aia cauca, sovewer oo: | ODION Meetings Wright's election resulted bec membership was thoroughly arou about the corruption within the coun. { cil, and demanded that the su 07's | should prosecute the ousted g: | or their fraudulant activities. Want Results. Of course, it is easier to accuse than to convict, and the machine of justice works slow (sometimes). No | doubt the ousted gang is resourceful and cunning enough to try to prevent their conyiction; but nevertheless, this is a clear case; the evidenee of robbery is at hand and all that is nec- essary is to see to it that action is | obtained. | No direct pressure has yet. been brought again:: Wright, but it has been pointed out to The DAILY WORKER, that Thomas Wright’s re- cord will be judged by his efforts to} live up to the membership’s expecta- tion. If he should become I. duty and permit the grafters to es-| cape punishment, then his days as/| secretary of the district council are | | counted. He was elected on the prom- | jise to clean the house, failing in this, | it is stated, his reelection for an- other term is doomed. | Amalgamated Food Workers BAKERS’ LOCAL No, 1. 350 E. 85th St. Office hours from i 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Meeting on announcement of Executive Board. Bonnaz Embroiderers’ Union day. Mem last Thureday of George Triestman Manager. Marry Halk Secretary-Tr Freedman sident. ARBEITER BUND, Manhattan & Bronx; German Workers’ Club. Meets every 4th Thursday in the month at Labor Temple, 243 E. $4th Street. New members accepted at regular meetings. German and Eng- lsh brary, Sunday lectures. otal entertainments. speaking workers are Window Cleaners’ Protective Union—Local 8 Affiliated with the A. F. of L. : 217 KE, ¢th St. New York, Meets each 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 7 P. M. ‘Wind Cleaners, Join Your Union! INTERNATIONAL SOUDARITY” ON” DES? On May Day, The DAILY WORKER will print May Day greet- | ings of individaals, trade unions, fraternal organizations and sports clubs, in a SPECIAL MAY DAY EDITION Individual names will be printed at the rate of $1.00 per name. Organizations will be allowed the special rate of $1.00 per inch and $100 00 per page. é ry for the following names to be special MAY DAY EDITION, dvertising copy if a page or eof im desired were struck by a. emai

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