The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 20, 1927, Page 5

.THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WED: SDAY, APRIL 20, 1 90 Days In Jail Given to Garment Worker Yesterday Bruno Silva, a cloakmaker, who was arrested “on suspicion of carry- ing a weapon” in’ Brooklyn last month, was sentenced to 90 ‘days in Special Sessions by Judges Feather- son, Salmon and Voorheis yesterday, in spite of ridiculous contradictions in the testimony of the police officer who arrested him and was the only} witness against him. The officer testified that he ar- rested Silva when he “saw him hang- ing around and that an hour and a half later he discovered a “bludgeon” | in an adjoining vacant lot, whereupon he placed a charge of carrying a weapon against Silva. Questioned as to whether he saw Silva with the weapon in his hand, he admitted that he had seen him make “some sort of gesture,” but had not seen the “‘blud- geon” in his hand nor being thrown away. “To Protect America.” In spite of this weak story, Judge Voorheis, who presided, sentenced Silva to 90 days, delivering a lecture in which he declared that “anarchists” were “stirring up troublé,” and that “America must protect her own in- terests.” His case will be appealed. | Worker Freed. Bertha Seid, who was charged with violating the injunction obtained by the American Association of Dress| Manufacturers by picketing the shop | of Skarlen and Kauffman, was dis-| charged -in Jefferson Market Court} today. Held In High Bail. Samuel Kurland and Samuel Gold, | furriers, were bound over to the! Grand Jury under bail of $5,000 and} 3,000 for an alleged attack upon an- | other fur worker. The two were ar-| rested on April 5 ag they were leav-| ing court where they were witnesses | in the case of Joseph La Presti, who was severely slashed and beaten by! gangsters in the fur market on that day. The complainant was told to “pick out the big one” (who was Sam Kurland), by attorney of the Inter- national, according to furriers who! overheard the conversation, and Kur-| land and Gold were arrested upon this “identification.” WORKERS! PROTEST AGAINST | DEATH OF SACCO and VANZETTI! ; | CONCERT and BALL | Arranged by the Uj Elore Jubilee Committee to celebrate the i 25TH ANNIVERSARY | OF THE “UJ ELORE” }) At Central Opera House 67th St. near Third Ave. On Saturday, April 23, 1927 | 8 P. M. | EXCELLENT PROGRAM.—DANC- ff} ING COMMENCES AT 10:30 P. M. SHARP.—JAZZ_ BAND OF 11 §/ PIECES. | TICKET IN ADVANCE $1.00 AT THE BOX OFFICE $1.25 The DAILY WORKER receives 60 percent on all tickete purchased at 108 East 14th St. local office. | |Sacco and Vanzetti Must Not Di WILL YOU—HA? Of course you will come to our | “Spring Festival Dance” this Satur- day evening, April 23, at the Astoria Mansion, 6264 East 4th St. This rally is arranged by the Down Town Section of the Y. W. L. The proceeds go toward the upkeep of shop bulletins, Postpone Section 3 Meetings. On account of the Furriers’ De- fense Meeting on Thursday, the Sec- tion 3 membership meeting arranged for that night to consider Ruthen- berg drive has been postponed until | Thursday, April 28, 6:30 p. m. at 100 West 28th St. Women Workers Meet. The Fur Workers’ Women’s Educa- |tional Club will have an important meeting tomorrow after work at 115 West 28rd Street. The general situ- ation of the trade will be taken up and discussed, and an important més- sage from Ben Gold, leader of fur workers will be given to the members. All women are urged to be on time at the meeting. Speakers will be Samuel Liebowitz, acting manager of the Joint Board, Fannie Warshawsky, and other leaders, So; whe Cloakmakers, Furriers Meet. The active members of the cloak- makers, dressmakers and furriers will meet in Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th Street, immediately after work tomorrow. All active workers are urged to be present. NEWSBOYS WANTED To sell The DAILY WORKER at union meetings. Commission paid. Report to the Local Office, 108 East 14th Street. SLA ESS ae | | WORKERS! PROTEST AGAINST | DEATH OF SACCO and VANZETTI! Amalgamated Food Workers BAKERS’ LOCAL No. 1. 350 E. 85th St. Office hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Meeting on announcement of Executive Board. Bonnaz Embroiderers’ Union st Thursday of Each Month. George Triestman %. L. Freedman Manager. President. Harry Halebsky Secret: ‘Treasurer. Read The Daily Worker Every Day. ARBEITER BUND, Manhattan & Bronx; German Workers’ Club. Meets every 4th Thursday in the month at Labor Temple, 243 E. 84th Street. New members accepted at regular meetings. German and Eng- lish library. Sunday lectures. So0- cial entertainments. All German- king workers are welcome. Sacco and Vanzetti Must Not Die! Advertise your union meetings here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 33 First St., New York City. THE DAILY WORKER BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE THEATER GUILD Presents a delightful ente’ tainment for its PASSES By In Three Acts with LAURA HOPE CREWS MAY 16 TO 21 NOTE: Buy your tickets now at the Local Office, 108 EB. 14th St. Popular prices. (Fiesta tickets will be exchanged.) ‘MANUFACTURERS AND RIGH TO STARVE FUR (Continued from Page One) of the thousands of left wing fur | workers against the conspiracy to rail- | Michael Barnett was slashed last year! ora) Pickat Committee to road their leaders to jail for the crime | of winning a strike after the reaction- | ary officials had failed. | In the trial of these workers on a| charge of complicity in an alleged as- | sault at Rockville Center, just a year | ago yesterday, Chester A. Evans, a} ;member of the Nassau County de-| tective force, appeared in the Mineola | court room yesterday morning as a witness for the prosecution. | Go To Seab Unions For “Evidence.” | He repeated the testimony given by Detective Bernard J. Greeve on Mon- day to the effect that on the day they were seeking to arrest Phillip Len-| hardt and Jack Schneider, in connec-| tion with this case, in March, 1927,/ the two detectives came to New York with Bernard Basoff, the stool pigeon. | They went hunting thru the fur mar- ket, the detective said. Then they went to the Greek union, then the International, then two police sta- tions, then to the Joint Board where the workers were found, Questioned By Defense Lawyer. “How long did you stay at the Greek Union,” asked Attorney Henry Uterhardt in cross-examination. | “Oh, about half an hour.” | “How long did you stay at the In-| ternational ?” “About two hours.” | | “What were you doing there for} |two hours?” “Working on the case.” { “On the case of Lenhardt and} Schneider?” | “No, on the eleven.” Went To Picket Only. | Another detective, Captain Harold |P. King who was the prosecution’s | first witness yesterday morning, tes- | tified that he had seen Leo Franklin |and Morris Malkin, two of the de jfendant fur workers, on the day of | their arrest in Rockville Centre. He declared that both of them had told| him they were sent out to picket the |shop of Michael Barnett and his | brother. They denied however that |they had gone up into the shop. ] | Judge Upholds Defense. | case of the whole| T WING MAKE EFFORT WORKERS BY LOCK-OUT when he was arrested a few weeks ago, and with which it was alleged by Detective Evans. In this instance, the judge sustained the objection of the defense lawyers. With the testimony of these detec- tives, the state rested its case. After motion by all the defense lawyers) for dismissal of the case on the| grounds of insufficient evidence, the trial proceeded—following a recess— with the calling of the first defend- ant to the witness stand. This was Samuel Mencher. Judge Shows Bias. From the moment he began to tes- tify, the judge interposed repeated objections to his answers and order-| ed many of them stricken from the} record as irrelevant. In an effort to) prove the falseness of Basoff’s tes-)| timony that he had been taken into the union without payment of any initiation fee—the implication being that he was taken in for strong arm | duties—defense attorney Frank P.} Walsh questioned Mencher as to the system practiced during and after the strike about taking in new members. The judge ordered Mencher’s ex- planation stricken from the record. | He also ordered that Mencher’s tes-| timony in relation to the settlement | of the strike be stricken out. He re-| fused to allow Mr. Walsh to file in} evidence, or for identification, a copy of the peace agreement made by | Hugh Frayne and William Tells Of Union Meeting. This peace agreement was import-| and both Mr. Green and Mr. man haye been subpoened as nesses in this case, Refutes Stool Pigeon. Mencher absolutely denied all the statements made by Basoff concern- ing him, or concerning his alleged “orders” to the members of the Gen- damage property or attack people. He stated that he never saw the second stool | pigeon, Charles Weisonbloom, until he saw him in court. Mencher show- ed tha the had voluntarily submitted to arrest, going down to New York police headquarters with his attorney and surrendering himself. He denied that he had ever told Detective Greeve or Evans that he was at Rock-| ville Center on April 19, 1927. Prosecutor Asks Wild Questions When the District Attorney began | cross-examination of Mencher, he asked: “Were you at Rockville Center on April 19, 19272” “No,” “If you had been at Rockville Cen- ter, would you have cut people, or would you have prevented your men from cutting people?” The judge refused the motion that this question be stricken out. He in- sisted it must stand, altho he had previously refused to allow Mencher to answer questions of Mr. Walsh which would have shown that both he and Shapiro were busy on April 19} arranging for the 69th Regiment Ar- mory meeting of April 21. | Defense Objects to P: “Stunt: The District Attorney’s method of rsecutor’s | Green | cT08-examination was repeatedly ob-| w: “with the Joint Board just a year ago, | Jected tov as creating prejudice, but these objections were constantly over- ruled by the judge. The district at-| torney made no attempt to disprove | Page Tive Workers School Forum To Hear Joe Freeman On “Soviet Russia” “Soviet Russia in 1927” will be the subject of a talk by Joseph Freeman at the Forum of. the Workers’ School, 108 E. 14th St, next Sunday evening. Freeman, former associate edi- tor of “The Liberator” and “The New Masses” and co-author of “Dollar Diploma has just re- turned from a year’s stay in the Soviet Republic, where he studied social, political and economic con- ditions, The contemporary cultural movements among the workers in Soviet Russia will also be de- scribed by the speaker. Daskcererrerseniesresenaiensnenneesieummencnsepiierisinaepatatinnisis had sent someone, or gone himself, to | cut up these persons or wreck their | shops. De attorneys objected | that these were unproved charges not connected with the present case, but | these objections were regularly over- | ruled. The district attorney had another line of questioning designed to dis-| credit Mencher. He began question- | ing concerning the status of the Joint | Board in the union. Clashes With Walsh. “Are you a member of the Inter-| national Fur Workers’ Union?” “Yes.” $ “Is it not true that the Joint Board expelled by the American Fed- eration of Labor? Aren’t you a mem- ber of the left wing Joint Board and not the International?” Walsh objected to the use of the ant because it was presented to a|that Mencher had been at Manhattan | phrase “left wing,” but when the ob- April 19, 1927, when the Rockville | Center raid oceurred. This meeting | was held in Manhattan Lyceum, and | Mencher stated that he spoke there, | o’clock to 6. He stated that Jack] ed as guards at the door of that} |meeting, and were also there con-| asked tinuously during this time when the! stool pigéon Basoff declares they | were with him in Rockville Center. Mencher recalled that during this He spent all his energies endeavoring to dis- credit Mencher in the eyes of the jur More Witnesses A series of witnesses were asked jand was present continuously from 3/to stand in the courtroom, among them I. Newman, Abraham Richman, | | Schneider and Morris Rosenberg act-/ Jacob Weiss, a Mr. Ellis and a Mrs. Jackoff. In each case Mencher was whether it was not true that he isco taal ateecasioae = Phone: Drydock 8880. |meeting of shop chairmen, so Men-| }yceum all afternoon on the day of | jeciton was overruled as usual, the jcher testified, on the afternoon of| the Rockville Center raid. district attorney asked again. “Aren’t you a member of the Joint Board which has been expelled by the American Federation of Labor—an- | sSwer yes or no.” ae Judged Annoyed Only By Hisses. A burst of applause and one hiss greeted this remark, The applause | was openly led by Miss Mary Fargas, | the b from the Barneti shop who} 1 against the fur workers. But judge.was enraged only by the, one hiss. He insisted that the per son who did it be found and expelled at once. He ignored the clappers; even Miss Fargas who sat in the front row. When the defense attor neys pointed her out and asked that she be requested not to do that again, the judge ignored the request, even when Miss Fargas said loudly, “Yes, I did clap,” in answer to Mr. Walsh’s question. Quotes Green’s Letter. In further proof that the Board was expelled, the district torney introduced in evidence a st published in the New York Times ory on Monday quoting Presideht William Green’s reply to a letter from the furriers’ shop chairmen’s council. This letter contained a refusal of a request union. he bring peace in the Only For Evidence. This reply from Mr. Green was re- ceived two weeks ago, It was aa old story. The fact that it was given out fer publicity by the A. F. of L. leaders on Monday was inexplicable until it appeared in the court room yester- day. It was introduced to ,further dis- eredit the standing of Mencher and his fellow-prisoners as union men. “Ts it not true that the Joint Board was expelled by the American Fed- eration of Labor for just such tae- tics of cutting and wrecking of ma chines as @c\rred in Rockville Cen- ter?” asked the district attorney. Does He Know Prominent munists? Com- “Do you know Mr. Lovestone? Mr. Weinstone? I suppose you never heard of Mr. Ruthenber; Isn't ‘The Day’ a Joint Board paper? Isn't it true ‘The Day’ is a Communist pa- per? Isn't the Freiheit a Communist paper? Isn’t it true that you call the people in the Joint Board ‘com rade’? Ins’t it true that Mr. William Green, Mr. Frayne, and Mr. Schacht man were not at your so-called ‘peace meeting’ on the 19th of April? (No, I don’t want any explanation as to | why they were not there.)” Such was the stream of i provocative questions. The session adjourned at 4:45, to be resumed this morning at 10 o’cloc’ relevant, FRED SPITZ County Judge Smith, presiding in| meeting his nephew was with him| | the case broke his record of overrul-;and he recalled introducing him to| ling objections by defense lawyers | when the district attorney attempted | to introduce into the evidence a fur-! | viers’ knife found on Joseph Katz) Mr. Zuckerman, reporter. for The! Day, who was on the platform. Men-| cher stated that Mr. Charles Green of “Women’s Wear” was also present, BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY FRIENDS OF ORGANIZED LABOR Tel. Lehigh 6022. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office Houre: 9:20-12 A. M. 2-8 P. M. Daily Except Friday and Sunday, 249 HAST 116th STREBT Cor. Second Ave. New York. Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 808 Phone Stuyv. 10119 Orchard 2783 : Strictly by Appointment DR. L. KESSLER | SURGHON DENTIST 48-50 DELANCEY STREET Cor, Bldridge St. New York || Tel. 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(Established 1887.) “NATURAL FOODS” Sundried Fruits, Honey, Nuts, Opposite Public Theatre FOR A FRESH, WHOLESOME VEGETARIAN MEAL Come to Scientific Vegetarian Restaurant 75 E. 107th Street New York. Where do we meet to drink and eat? at Sollins’ Dining Room Good Feed! Good Company! Any Hour! Any Day! REAL HOME COOKING 222 E. 14th St. Bet. 2 & Aves. Phone: Stuyvesant A Home-Cooked Vegetarian Meal served in a home-like atmosphere come to ESTHER’S DINING ROOM 26 East 109th Street. TO THE FUR ing class is strengthened by such p COMRADES! BANNER OF OUR .O8H YOUR RANKS AGAIN} WE SHALL MEET N TH (Signed) Joe Katz, Rosenberg, Leo George Weiss, tanklin, Otto THURSDAY, APRIL Cooper Union, 3rd Ave. & 8 St.; Astoria Hall, 62 East 4th St.; Let this protest demonstration labor movement that we are on conspiracies have been smashed and restored to our ranks, umrannasittte se GOLD'S MESSAGE FROM BEHIND TH “Our enemies can bind our bodies in vhains, but not our spirit.... Prison walls cannot crush our ideals and convictions. trary, our determination to fight for justice for the oppressed work- KEEP YOUR RANKS UNITED! SACRED STRUGGLE. GAIN SOON. LONG LIVE THE BTRCGOTE FOR THE WORKING CLASS, Ben Gold, Sam Mén, east, see Shapiro, Jack Schneider, scar Mileof, The Joint Defense and Relief Committee has arranged a PROTEST DEMONSTRATION Against the Imprisonment of Our Comrades at the following halls: Stuyvesant Casino, 142—2nd Avenue, Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th Street, and many other halls. a Ot 4 IN GREAT MASSES, OUR COMRADES CALL TO YOU, oe SPEAKERS: Stachel Bornchowitz Krumbein Weinstone Portnoy Gross Wolfe Gitlw | Dunne \ Cohn Miller Wicks Zimmerman M, J. Olgin Winogradsky Hyman Sisselman JOINT DEFENSE COMMITTEE, E PRISON BARS WORKERS! | | On the con- ersecution. HOLD ALOFT YOUR ENEMIES. Morris Malkin, Martin Lenharda, 21st, 1927, 5:30 p. m. Webster Hall, 3rd Ave. & 11 St. to the traitors of the it reat until their vile workers are our loyal a | STAND BEHIND THE IMPRISONED CLOAKMAKERS & FURRIERS | Do you like to see the imprisoned Cloakmakers and Furriers in Jail? | Do you like to see their families suffering and in want? |Do you like to see other active union members now under charges sentenced to long prison terms? | | If not, fill out the Certificate printed in the advertisement of the Committee and mail it to the Brown Rice, Whole Wheat, Mac- aroni, Spaghetti, Noodles, Nut Butters, Swedish Bread, Maple Syrup, Tea and Coffee Substi- tutes, Innerclean, Kneipp Teas. Books on Health. VITALITY FOOD & VIGOR FooD Our Specialties. KUBIE’S HEALTH SHOPPE 75 Greenwich Avye., New York (7th Ave. and 11th St.) Open Evenings. Mail Orders Filled | Hear the Verdict To be rendered by the jury sitting in the case of THE WORKERS OF THE UNITED STATES J. RAMSAY MACDONALD betrayer of the British workers, and jointly indicted with “THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD,” his spokesman—charged with treason to the working class, in the Sunday, first degree. April 24 At 2P. M. CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE, 67th St. and Third Ave.; NEW STAR CASINO, 107th Street and Park Avenue; MANHATTAN LYCEUM, 66 East 4th Street. Witnessed to be called by the prosecution: M. BEN GITLOW J. OLGIN, S. EPSTEIN, ROSE WORTIS, LOUIS HYMAN, S. ZIMMERMAN, A. TRACHTENBERG, / DUNNE, BERT WOLFE, ¥, and others, MINDEL, W. F. NSTONE, ww. JOINT DEFENSE AND RELIEF COMMITTEE CLOAKMAKERS AND FURRIERS 41 Union Square, Room 714, New York, N. Y. office with One Dollar. This reply will encourage the mass of workers to keep up their fight for a clean union. The necessity is so great that even if you have already given, we ask you to give again, and sign this Roll Call. foie, THE 100,900 Joint Defense and. Relief Committee, Cloakmakers and Furriers CUT OUT THIS CERTIFICATE AND SEND IT OR BRING IT IN WITH ONE DOLLAR We call upon all Workers to support the 100,000 Dollar Drive of the Joint Defense and Relief Committee, Cloakmakers and Furriers. (Signed) BEN ROLL CALL Room 714, 41 Union Square, New York City 3 hereing contribute Que Bollar 4 he mond g/frowing the soxprisoned Joint Defense & Relief Committee, Furriers & Cloakmakers, 41 Union Sq., Room 714 Other stations at Local 22, 16 W, 2ist St. or the Joint Boards of the Cloakmakers and Furriers. Be sure your Certificate is ‘stamped with the official seal, accompanied by the special certificate receipt. CUT OUT THIS CERTIFICATE AND SEND IT OR BRING IT IN WITH ONE DOLLAR DOLLAR FUND nn ee em GOLD, LOUIS HYMAN. Gye a