The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 28, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURS: | , APRIL 28, 1927 Page Fiva. eee HUGH FRAYNE, ALF.L, LIEUTENANT HERE DISTRUSTED BY HIGH LABOR MOGULS (Continued from Page One) I would have known. I claim nothing like that was done.” “Do you think this material about | the police was put in to injure the Joint Board?” “Yes, T da" “Why was this never used by the committee?” Row Among. Probers. “They meant to use it, but there was a split in the committee. Ryan and Sullivan backed out. If you will allow me, I can tell a story told by Frayne which will illustrate his at- titude in this matter.” Gold then told of a mine where a young engineer and an old foreman were disputing over the repair of a pipe, “Can you fix it?” asked the engineer, “Well,” said the foreman, “Tl do my best; but I'll ~warrant when I get thru with it no one else will be able to fix it,” Gold told of the agreement made | with Abraham Goodman, the union’s lawyer, in which they had consulted the expenses of the 1920 strike and reckoned accordingly, Hire No Sluggers. “At that time (1920), when there were 7,000 members in the union, they had four lawyers. We knew we would need more. We agreed to employ no sluggers. Unions had done! jinformation about details of this re- | ' We | port long before the Executive bse May Day Meeting | On| that Schachtman was kept in such} this in the past; those we are fight- ing in our union used sluggers. had been elected on a* pledge to our members to clear out sluggers. this basis, Goodman took our case.” “You did not employ gangsters?” “No, sir. It was shown in the {based his said they did not accuse the Joint Board of bribing the police, because they did not believe they had done so. He was convinced “they had pocketed money for themselves and stated it was given to the police in order to cover it up.” Of course Schachtman felt this way about it too, but he, not having been in the court room to hear Win- nick testify, stated that the Interna- tion al’s charges were based on the re- port of the Investigation Committee. When told that Winnick had denied this, he went into a lengthy explana- tion of the origin of the investigation for which he had asked during tho strikes, and to which he and his col- |leagues had given all the assistance | possible. Altho Schachtman claimed to have linspired the formation of this com- mittee, he denied that he was ever |told what the witnesses said at the hearings, or anything that transpired | there. “They kept the matter very secret. |The committee worked independently and did not confer with me.” | They did not even tell him the re- |sults, he claimed, and his first in- timation of what was contained in jthe report were the stories told in the press. In view of the fact that most of the newspaper reporters had cil met in Florida, it is indeed strange |ignorance of the whole matter. | Asked by the judge on what he opinion that the Joint courts time and again that our peo-| Board members had misappropriated ple arrested were union members andj}funds, Schachtman finally stated he had worked in the shops before the/|believed this after seeing the finan- strike.” cial statement of the Investigating “Where is your personal bank ac-|Committee—which was based on the count, Mr, Gold,” the judge asked. | incomplete audit of the socialist ac- “In my pocket. I never had a bank | countants. This was a contradiction account in my life.” jof his forrher statemént that he had All the statements concerning pay-/|not seen the committee’s report nor ments to the police, which are con- been told anything of its contents ex- tained in the report of the Investigat-|cept what appeared in the press. ing Committee as made by Frayne’s| Morris Zeitlin, former chairman of stenographer, were found not to exist/the Joint Board, was called for after in the minutes of Miss Elizabeth |Schachtman had testified but he was Kesin, the stenographer who ap- not in court. Abraham Verbit, head peared for the Joint Boatd and took | bookkeeper of the Joint Board, testi- notes of all sessions. fied concerning records. The session “Notes Were “Fixed.” |was then adjourned until this morn- Assistant District Attorney Broth-|\"® st 10:50. Assistant District At- ers stated, while Miss Kesin was being questioned yesterday, that he| had had an expert stenographer go! over her notes and that she had made an accurate transcript of ‘what she had taken down at the hearings. Not a single mention of police | graft is found in Miss Kesin’s min- utes. Page after page, from the tes-| timony of one Joint Board member’ after another was compared with the notes of Frayne’s stenographer. Miss Kesin’s record would agree up to the point where alleged statements of bribery were made. Such statements | appeared only in the committee’s re- port, Isadore Winnick, first vice presi- dent of the International Fur Work-| ers’ Union and Oizer Schachtmgn,| the president, absolutely contradicted | each other as to the basis for the of- ficial charges made against Ben Gold and the Furriers’ Joint Board. |torney Brothers could not say who} would be called: to the stand today, but it is possible Frayne, Woll and McGrady may be recalled to answer the charges of the Joint Board mem- | bers. Demand Molders’ Case Be Thrown Out Because Judge Dismissed Juror SAN’ FRANCISCO, April 27.—An attempt is being made by John Taaf- fe, defense attorney in the molders’ trial, to have the case non-suited be- cause of illegal dismissal of a mem- ber of the grand jury which indicted the union men. Benjamin D. Davis, the juror in the case, was dismissed when it was learn- ed he had not received his full citizen- ship papers at the time the venire was drawn; the dismissal, however, Winnick, who was the first witness | was issued by Judge Fitzpatrick af- on the stand yesterday morning,|ter the judge’s term had legally ex- stated that the charges of the Inter-|pired. If Taaffe’s attack is sustained national were not based on the report | by Judge’Conlan the suit against the The DAILY WORKER Will Have Booth All Its Own At Defense Bazaar May 12 In connection with the Joint Defense Bazaar arranged for the defense of the imprisoned cloak- makers and furriers, beginning May 12, The DAILY WORKER is planning to have a booth of its own. All DAILY WORKER builders are asked to collect immediately articles of value for The DAILY WORKER booth. We are planning to have a fine collection of articles on sale and to make the DAILY WORKER booth, one of the most outstanding of the entire bazaar. Comrades are urged to bring their articles to the office of The DAILY WORKER, at 108 East 14th Street. It is suggested that |] articles consist of art objects,, an- |] tiques, pictures, ete. These ar- ticles should be brought in at once. Volunteers are also needed to take care of the booth each evening. Comrades should report to the local office for this wrk. Brooklyn Labor To Turn Out for Brooklyn workers are determined to celebrate May Day this year on a large scale. Over 15 workers’ organ- izations participated in a joint con- ference and decided to hold three mass meetings Sunday, May 1, at 2/ p. m., in order that all the workers of Brooklyn can demonstrate against capitalist exploitation and their soli- darity with the exploited and oppres- sed of the entire world. Meetings will be held in Royal Palace, 16 Manhattan Ave., Williams- burgh; Amalgamated Temple, 11-17 Arion Place, Williamsburgh; and Hopkinson Mansion, 428 Hopkinson Ave., Brownsville. In Royal Palace, Anton Bimba, edi- tor of the Lithuanian paper, Laisve; |P. Cosgrove, former organizer of the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union; and Margaret Cowl will be among the| |speakers.. P. Martorana will speak | in Italian and there will be speakers in the Russian and Ukrainian langu- ages. At the-Amalgamated Temple, | Benjamin Gitlow, well-known labor! leader in New York City, Roy Mizara | and L. Grigstas will be the main) speakers. At Hopkinson Mansion, P. | Cosgrove, Ben Lifshitz, secretary of! the Jewish Section, Workers (Com- munist) Party District 2, Ray Rago- zin, instructor at the Workers School, and A. Stone will be the main speak- | . ers. There will be: musical programs | at each meeting. | Among the organizations that par- | ticipated in the Joint Conference that has organized these meetings are: Shoe Workers’ Protective Union, Locals 53, 58 and 66; Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Local 54; Barbers’ Union, Local 913; Painters’ Union, Lo- eal 917; All International Labor De- fense branches of Brooklyn; Browns- ville Wotkers’ Center; Alliance of Lithuanian Workers’ Organizations; Ukrainian Workers’ Club; Original Russian Organization of America; i Savants Fostering | ~ Cultural Relations Of Soviet and U.S. A group of men and women in- | terested in Russian arts and sciences | met last night at 99 Park Ave, to} |hear Leopold Stokowski, conductor of | the Philadelphia orchestra, talk on| Russian music, and to witness the | first presentation in this country of | a Russian picture filmed in the Cau-| casus, | This was the first gathering held | under the auspices of the American} society for cultural relations .with Russia, in which a large number of distinguished artists and scientists are actively interested. In addition to Stokowski, who was the principal speaker, there were | brief talks given by Elizabeth Farrell, Lee Simonson, Robert Flaherty and Graham R. Taylor, Mrs. Norman Hapgood presided. The film which was the story of the exploits of Abrekzar, the Robin Hood of the Georgian peasantry, showed some of the beautiful moun- tain scenery of squthern Russia, and was a revelation in the possibilities of the screen. The directors of the cultural rela- tions society, many of whom were pre- | sent at last night’s meeting, included | John Dewey, Stephen P. Duggan, | Horace Liveright, Dr. W. A. Neilson, James M. Rosenberg, Edgar Varese, Lillian D. Wald, and Leopold Stokow- ski, Lee Simonson and Graham R. Taylor. for the purpose of gathering articles to be sold at the Joint Defense Ba- zaar for the imprisoned cloakmakers and furriers. Jewelry Workers Workers’ Local 1, will be held today | Klan Shouts For — Elecirocution of Sacco, Vanzetti (Special to the Daily Worker). BOSTON, April 27—The Ku Klux |Klan injected itself into the Sacco- | Vanzetti case today by asking Gov-| ernor Fuller to send the two workers | to the electric chair on July 10. | Klan Kouncil No. 12 of New Bed-| jford, Mass., sponsors the blood-thirs- | |ty demand for the lives of two inno- | }eent men, framed up for the murder {of aSouth Braintree paymaster and |his guard seven years ago. Charles | A. Briggs, kligrapp of kouncil 12 of Clothing Workers Fight Return to Piece Work; Protest Saturday at 1: p.m. A mass protest meeting against the attempt of the officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers to institute the piece-work system in | the shop will be held at the Man- || hattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., this Saturday at 1 o'clock, Convinced that the establish- ment of the piece-work method would result eventually in the rée- turn to sweat shop conditions, the “Rank and File Conference Com- mittee” which is organizing Satur- day’s meeting will point out the dangers of the presgnt policy of the Amalgamated-officials. | 200,000 “Hands Off China” Leaflets For Big May Day Meetings The struggle of the Chinese masses for liberation will be the keynote of the many mass meet- ings to be held on the international labor holiday this year. In preparation for the huge May Day demonstrations to be held throughout the cits, 200,000 “Hands Off China” 1 have been printed for ’d units of the Workers (Communist) Party. The district executive committee has decided that each unit is to purchase a minimum of 1,000_leaf- lets. See that your units gets its |the Invisible Empire of the Knights | ge aoe ($2 per 1,000). Call Ku Klux Klan, si -|fat the district office 108 E, 14th Bazaar Defense Night. i Ku K Klan, signed the ap. Mi; Hooch. ee. ’ : Hy, teht” | Tonight will be “volunteer night | Felix Frankfurter of the Harvai| Law School today answered the at- tack on his legal examination of the} Sacco-Vanzetti case made by Dean Wigmore of Northwestern University, Chieago. The Frankfurter-Wigmore controversy dealt with legal aspects \of the case. Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard | Law School and prominent lawyers | including Francis B, Sayre, son-in-law | of President Wilson joined the hun- dreds of attorneys who have appealed to Fuller for an entire review of the Have Chance fo Clean House NoW Dot Makers Meeting | Tonight; To Ask for Election of officers in the Jewelry | Increase in Wages after several postponements by the| The manufacturers of the stuffed All workers should re- ort to Harlem Center, 81 East 110th treet at 7 p. m, For the interest and delight of all workers READY The Special Anniversary Number of the NEW MASSES right wing administration which: re-| toy and doll trade, who employ about cently expelled one of the leading | 7,000 workers are forcing the workers | Progressives from the union without thru their association to sign a “yel- | giving him a fair trial. | low dog” contract, according to which | The notice that the election would |the workers pledge themselves not to | |take place came suddenly several days | join any union, not to attend meet-| ago. The regular time for the election | ings called by a union. | was the end of January, but the) Beardsley clique first wanted to make } \j]] live up to this contract the bosses | sure that the opposition would be! take off five per cent from their| weakened before that would give the | wages, whieh they claim will be re- jrank and file an opportunity to ex-/ turned to the workers at the end of | press themselves. At the end of Feb-|the yer, provided the worker’s be- ruary, Sam Nesin who was'slated by | }avior is satisfactory to the employer. the progressive group as their can-}| A Wage Cut. didate against Samuel E. Beardsley,| The workers are considering this was ruthlessly expelled by the right!as a wage cut, as none of them are wing executive board without giving sure of getting the five per cent back. jthe members an opportunity to vote.| Nine of the shops have refused to No union meeting has been held since | sign, w hereupon they have been lock- | February. The Beardsley clique are! ed out. Some of the employers, how- |staunch supporters of Morris Schacht- | ever, are weakening and now speak man and Morris Sigman in their fight | of wanting their men back without against the left wing in the needle | requiring them to sign this contract. trades. There is a union in the trade and After the election ends tonight a/the organizers are using this resent- | meeting of the local will take place.| ment created thru this wage cut to | The progressive candidates are: for| prepare for a struggle for shorter president, Charles Schwartz; for vice-| hours and higher wages, as - these | president, Abe Rubin; for recording workers work under worse conditions | secretary, J. Langer. | than in any other trade—working 54 | | _ For executive board: A. Freedman, | hours per week and receiving as low | P. Foreman, D. Tratkin, J. Kupritz, as $12 a week. I, Laiterman, M. Monskofsky and S.| A mass meeting has been called by | Wiesblatt. 5 | the union in Manhattan Lyeeum, 66} | For district council: East 4th Street, for tonight, right jand Charles Schwartz. after work, at which the executive As delegates to the United Hebrew board will submit demands for the Trades: I. Laiterman and D. Frat- approval of the workers to be sub- kin. And as trustees: H. Berner and | mitted to the employers. S. Schwedock. As Nesin, progressive candidate has | been expelled from the union, all pro- |pressives are urged not to vote for | Beardsley who is responsbile for the As a guarantee that the workers | I. Laiterman Socialists Gain in Vienna. VIENNA, April 27.—The Socialists are reported to be gaining in the elec- Cal Gets Lion Cubs. Two pet lions consigned to prest- dent Coolidge arrived here on board the Steamship Asturias of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line yesterday, Passaic Hosiery Workers Gaining Membership Fast PASSAIC, N. J., April 27—A gain of 100% in membership is reported by Carl Holderman, business repre- sentative in this city of the Full- Fashioned Hosiery Workers. Holderman made pubiie his annual report for the New Jersey-New York Distriet Council of the American Fed- eration of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers, and this showed that the number of members has doubled dur- ing the past twelve months. The report states that of the 1300 full-fashioned hosiery machines oper- ated in the New York and New Jersey district, 1,100 are handled by union members. Mutual Aid League In May Day Gambol Members and friends of the League for Mutual Aid are to join in a May Gambol Costume Ball at Avlington Hall, 23 St. Marks Place next Friday evening. The league promises “sparkling: en- tertainment” in addition to first rate music by Vernon Andrade’s Harlem Troubadours, and judging®by the green and yellow gayety of the, an- nouncement it will be a gala affair. Tickets are on sale at the office of the league, 70 Fifth Ave. and at the | Jimmie Higgins Bookshop for $1.50, Stocks Break Again On N. Y. Exchange Industrial stocks suffered another sinking spell on the Stock Exchange yesterday under heavy selling orders. Oil stocks led the procession down- ward. The stock market is showing unus- MAY DAY ISSUE {expulsion of his opponent from the | union. Full of interesting articles, Members working in shops up-town tions and may even succeed in gain- ing control of the Nationalist Gov- | ernment, ual uneasiness and experienced opera- | tors would not be surprised if a seri- |ous break would occur. Brokers are | The Socialists claim to have gained | wiring their clients to cover margins ‘and prepare for a downward trend. Workers Party, Section 6; Young f the A. F. of L. Investigati % i stories, reviews, poems, by ° of L, Investigating Com-|four dion molders accused of mur- Workers League, Section 6: Jewish ? ? . will vote at headquarters of Local 1, mittee; that they were based on com-! | two additional seats in Vienna, room 607, 112-18 West 44th Street. | plaints made to the International by various members of the union. He der in connection with the San Fran- cisco “molders’ war” would be auto- matically voided. Culture Club ‘of Brownsville; Wil-| liamsburgh Jewish Workers’ Progres- | Scott Nearing Joseph Freeman Polls will be open from four to six | p. m. ned _._|sive Club; Et sia pet of Wil- Floyd Dell Members working down-town and liamsburg; Yomen’s Council of yd Del east side will vote in room 625, World BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY |srownsvitie. Paxton Hibben Bldg, 63 Park Row. Polls will be FRIENDS OF ORGANIZED LABOR Booth Phones, Dr Office Phone, ‘Orc Patronize MANHATTAN LYCEUM Large Halls With Stage for Meet- ings, Entertainmen Balls, Wed- dings and Banquets; Cafeteria. 66-68 BE. 4th St, New York, N. ¥, Small Meeting Rooms Always Available. 3 Dock 6612, 7845, ard 9319. Wel. 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 116th STREET For f A Home-Cooked Vegetarian Meal served in a home-like atmosphere come to ESTHER’S DINING ROOM 26 East 109th Street. Phone: Drydock 8880. FRED SPITZ The FLORIST 3 SECOND AVENUE | Twenty thousand circulars for these | meetings have already been distribu- ted in Brooklyn as well as several | thousand leaflets on “Hands Off! China.” In order that workers of | various nationalities might be reached | with the message of May Day, it is requested that all members of or- ganizations participating in the cele- bration report,on Thursday or Friday nights, at 8 p. m., at 29 Graham Ave, or 46 Ten Eyck St., to secure circulars for distribution. , Varnishers Invite Non-Union Workers V. F. Calverton Louis Untermeyer Genevieve Taggart and others This Anniversary Number IN TWO COLORS Cartoons and Drawings by William Gropper open from four to eight p. m. | Judge Helps Bosses With Injunction to Stop Shoe Pickets A temporary injunction against the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union | |was granted yesterday to Seymour, | | Troy & Co., shoe manufacturers, 75 | Front St., Brooklyn by Judge Calle- | han in supreme court. The union is} |instrueted to appear on May 2 and/ | show cause why the injunction should {not be made permanent, Mr. Pim Passes By But on His Way That Kindly Old Cor, Second Ave. New York. Near Houston. Hugo Gellert Under the temporary injunction, Man Is Going {to FRESH CUT FLOWERS DAILY A special meeting of the Furniture Covarrubias |the union and all of its officials are tei ot, Varnishers’ Union, Local 697, will be | . | forbidden to picket or carry out any Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin |! vt ad caine sd held on Monday, May 2nd, at our new Klein jorganization activities among the Help The DAILY Sur: D ti ts | headquarters, 151 Clinton street, Soglow workers of the Seymour, Troy & Go, ‘geon Ventis' SPECIAL REDUCTION TO LABOR A representative of the Allied 4 bthevs |faetory, employing more than 140 . 1 UNION SQUARE ORGANIZATIONS. ‘Trades Council will be present at| and 0! | weiekann: WORKER if You Room 803 Phone Stuyv. 10119 this meeting. All non-union mem- Union officials informed The Tel. Orchard 3783 Strictly by Appointment DR. L. K SURGEON DENTIST \48-50 DELANCEY STREET Cor, Eldridge St. New York Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave, . Dairy Restaurant and Vegetarian 75 SECOND AVE. NEW YORK ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK Patronize Our Friend SPIESS STUDIO 54 Second Ave., cor. 3rd St. Special Rates for Labor Organtza- tions. (Established 1887.) « 29 ‘NATURAL FOODS Sundried Fruits, Honey, Nuts, Brown Rice, Whole Wheat, Mac- aroni, Spaghetti, Noodles; Nut Butters, Swedish Bread, Maple KUBIE’S HEALTH SHOPPE 75 Greenwich Ave. New York (7th Ave. and 11th St.) Open Kyvenings. Mail Orders iWled. Opposite Public Theatre bers are urged to be present as there will be a low initiation fee for that night. | Union Meetin 7 Amalgamated Food Workers BAKERS’ LOCAL No. 1. Advertise your union meetings here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 38 First St. New York City, On All Newsstands NOW: Subscription Rates ~=—= $2.00 A YEAR THE NEW MASSES 39 Union Square New York Enclosed $..... for ..... City .ssecvececeecoecsees State |DAILY WORKER yesterday, that the BE, & W. Shoe Co., also located | in Brooklyn will soon attempt to} secure a similar injunction against the union, Joseph R. Brodsky is the attorney for the union, | ey ‘Special Drawings in the ‘May Day Daily Worker Cae tee ee ee Volunteers Wanted especially antiques, pictures, stat- ues, vases, curios, ete. Report at once to the Local Office of The DAILY WORKER, 108 East 1ith Street, New York City. (“FIESTA” Give Him a Chance | May 16 to May 21 is again a DAILY WORKER WEEK at the Theatre Guild. “Mr. Pim Passes By” is a delightful comedy in three | PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5565, Syrup, Tea and Coffee Substi- bog hgh as, sini Menta mos, sub. Articles Wanted | acts with an all-star cast. Buy your tickets immediately. ROTO ARE ae ee tutes, Innerclean, Kneipp Teas. ||| announcement of Executive Board. N For The DAILY WORKER Booth |) You will get better seats and your paper really benefits. saeiaser eoae Pigoca pobm ain Bree Sd ee at the Joint Defense Bazaar, May ‘ s \ bo tat hk tee vad Our Specialties, Street 12 to 16, Art objects of all kinds, |) Tickets Now on Sale at the Local Office Meet me at the Public Art TEPER ia ye ee 108 East 14th Street. | Telephone Stuyvesant 6584 TICKETS WILL BE EXCHANGED.)