The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 3, 1927, Page 5

| THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TU ~ SDAY, MAY 3, 1927 Page Five CAP MAKERS IN GRIP OF RIGHTS AT CONVENTION Left Wing Delegates Unseated by Clique The building deco¥ated inside and | outside with scores of large American flags, the 16th Convention of the Cap and Millinery Workers’ Union opened yesterday morning at Bethoven Hall, | Fifth St., near Second Ave. | On the first test yote of the con-| vention held at 5 p. m. yesterday the right wing candidate for permanent chairman, Max Zaritsky was elected, receiving 48 votes to 18 for I. Fein- gold, the left wing nominee. Bighteén delegates obstained from voting. Won't Seat Sorin. | A. Sorin of California was not seated, the convention referring his mandate back to the credentials com- mittee with @ recommendation that he be seated as a fraternal delegate. The exctse given by the right wing steam roller was that he was sent from a/ local he is not a member of. | Sorin is the Pacific coast organizer | of the union and a member of Local | 9, San Francisco. That local not be- | ing in a financial condition to elect | a delegate he was selected by Local 48, Los Angeles, | Twice In Past. | On two occasions in the past, left | wing delegates told The DAILY | WORKER, conventions have seated delegates who have represented locals other than their own. They point to | Percy Ginsberg who was seated as a delegate at the 1921 convention, altho he was not representing his own lo- eal. Ginsberg, a staunch supporter of the ruling clique and a former vice- president, is now a labor manager for one of the largest manufacturers in Chieago. “Forwards’ Boy.” | Left wingers also point out that} Zaritsky, selected as chairman yester- day, was elected president of the union by the 1925 convention. Shortly after taking office he resigned because it meant that he would have to lead an aggressive struggle against the boss- es. He then became an insurance agent and latter was on the payroll of the Jewish Daily Forward. Now he is brot back by the ruling clique | to preside at their convention. | The convention will reconvene this | morning at 10 a. m. | Tammany Police Boss Names Four Helpers) Police Commissioner Joseph A. Warren yesterday announced” that four of the five positions in his “eab- inet” have been definitely filled. Appointment of a fourth deputy commissioner has not been decided upon but the Tammany boss cop said he was awaiting the decision of “a friend. of nine years standing” who has been offered the job: Members of the new commission ave: Phillip D, Hoyt, first deputy; Felix Muldoon, second; John A. Leach, third and Joseph Boag, fifth. Commissioner Boag is the only| one of the new cabinet retained in the capacity he oceupied under the} regime of former Commissioner | McLaughlin who resigned to accept} a $75,000 a year job with the Postal Telegraph and Cable Co, | | Sam Gompers Didn't Let Union Label Interfere In Confabs With Plutes C. G. Norman, chairman of the board of governors of the Build- ing Trades Employers Association and leader of the lockout of the 5,000 union plumbers, knew Sam. Gompers, former president of the A. F. of L, Norman has a good story about Gompers, which he tells to visiting newspapermen. Gompers. was in Norman’s of- fice. The building boss offered a cigar to Sam, saying apologetical- ly “I don’t know whether the box this cigar came in had a union label or not, Mr. .Gompers,” “Oh, that’s all right,” he replied, “I don't carry my policies into friendly company.” Gonipers was one of the found- ers of the Cigar Makers Union and held his A. F. of L. job for forty years on the basis of his card in that union. DIE-HARD STRIKE BILL UNDER FIRE HOWL DOWN HOGG Left Wing Favors New General Strike LONDON, May 2. — A storm of | boos, eatcalls and hisses greeted Sir Douglas Hogg, attorney-general in; the die-hard cabinet, when he moved the seéond reading wf the labor- amashing anti-strike measure in the house of commons this afternoon, Calls Hogg Liar. Jack Jones, of Silverton, was eject- ed for a violent attack on the bill, while five other laborites were threat- ened With a similar fate. William Thorne, laborite from West Ham, was reprimanded by the speaker for calling Sir Douglas Hogg a liar. Hogg’s reading of the vicious mea- sure was interrupted by continual stream of criticiem from the labor benches, particularly from represen- tatives of the militant minority in the labor party John Robert Clynes opened the debate for the oppositiomr in the absenee of J, Ramsay Mac- Donald and moved that the bill .be tabled for reflection and consider- ation. Favor General Strike. The cabinet’s bill would not merely outlaw general and sympathetic strikes and the boycott, but makes picketing virtually impossible. Although the labor party is solid in its opposition to the measure, some of its more far-sighted and militant | members see the futility of parlia-| mentary action alone on this question, and have been advocating a general strike as a defense against the mea- sure. The anti-strike bill would rob | the ig of labor movement of the victories that it has gained in the last hundred years, labor leaders say. Dirigible Over Hudson. | The naval dirigible Los Angeles ar- | rived over New York yesterday morn. ing from her hangar in Lakehurst, | and sailed up the Hudson, Flying | | very low, the Los Angeles passed over PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS the long line of fighting craft anchor- ed in the river. j Mr. Pim Passes By ‘May 16 to May 21 is again a DAILY WORKER “Mr. Pim Passes By” is a acts with an all-star cast. Buy your tickets immediately, You will get better seats and your paper really benefits. Tickets Now on Sale 108 East 14th Street. | Telephone Stuyvesant 6584 | (“RIESTA” TICKETS WILL BE EXCHANGED.) UR WEEK at the Theatre Guild. But on His Way That Kindly Old Man Is Going tto Help The DAILY WORKER if You Give Him a Chance delightful comedy in three at the Local Office { } (Continued from Page Ore) facturers’ Assn. must confine the em- | ployment of fur workers to such as are members of the International Fur Workers’ Union and who have proper and authentic evidence of such mem- | bership.” | Negotiations have been pending be- |tween the Joint Board and the Fur |Trimmers, leading to the panic on | Woll’s part and the demand for im- |mediate discharge of loyal Joint |Board workers, , Conferences yestér- |day afternoon brought officials of the |board and the Trimmers nearer an | agreement | The refusal of the Trimmers to | knuckle down to the association will |encourage scores of dissatisfied mem- ber of the @ssociation to break away. Afraid to defy the central association as individuals, they will willingly fol- low the lead of the Trimmers. The futility of trying to run an industry in which the best workers refuse to work under any agreement except oné signed by thei own union is causing big employers tied up with the association to look elsewhere ‘for a settlement of their problems. Hav- ling demonstrated that the loyalty of |the Joint Board furriers cannot be |swerved by any amount of pressure, \they sre following eagerly the Fur Trimmers negotiations and may be expected to climb on the band wagon a8 soon as an agreement is reached. Steinig’s letter, authorized by the | board of the Fur Trimmers, reads: May 2nd, 1927. Samuel N. Samuels, Esq., President, Associated Fur Manufacturers, Inc., | 224 West 30th Street, New York. Dear Sir: I acknowledge receipt of your let- ter of April 28th, demanding that the membership of this association em- ploy workers in good standing of the International Fur Workers’ Union jonly. Appreciating the tone and sig- |nificanee of your letter and in order not to delay’ your reply*to the Amer- jican Federation of Labor, a meeting |of the board of directors of this ~s- | sociation was held today. The mandatory spirit of your letter | makes necessary a resume of the his- tory of the relations between our re- spective organizations. | Act In Good Faith. | Shortly after our organization was formed, the strike was declared in | February, 1926. In a choice between independent action and the delegation {to you of the trust to act on our behalf, and upon your earnest solici- tation, and spirited avowal of a good faith representation of our interests, we reposed our trust in, you in the interests of a united front, having faith in your declarations and being | desirous of serving the industry first. | You pxomised that we weuld be consulted as to the final terms of settlement and that we would be a party to the agreement as an inde- pendent unit in the trade. How far were your promises ful- filled? You did not consult us before con- cluding the final agreement, You did. not keep your promise that we be a signatory to the agreement jas one of the units in the trade. Usurp Position. Instead of that, you signed an FUR TRIMMERS BREAK ALLIANCE WITH WOLL; CONFER WITH JOINT BOARD Reader Likes May Day Union Head Barred ‘um te mais: | From Job, Arrested By Sigman Outfit Dear Daily Worker Comrades: Three cheers for your May Day Edition! Every article rings true. Every cartoon shoots straight. In- nan’s new deed every issue of our fighting n Committ from his organ is a powerful and effective || reorganized Local 35 were clearly de- weapon. on all fronts of the firing || ined on Monday mofning, when its members appeared at the shop of |Finkleberg Brothers, at 22 West 27th St., to attempt to obtain the discharge line. With such militant, leadership. of Henry Turk, an Executive Board member of the real Local 3: jagreement showing a premeditated jeffort on your part to usurp our |place in the industry. | We suffered the continuance of | that condition, permitting our mem- bers to work with strict observance |of the conditions imposed upon them junder the agreement. The discrim- ination practiced by you against the members of our organization became more and more intolerable and com- | pelled conferences between us looking to the establishment of the protection the revolutionary movement should launch .with redoubled engrgy a mighty offensive against the bru- tal tyranny and bloody schemes of you had promised, We offered to con-|} American capitalist imperialism. Fron .thelr -sctigns on Monday tt tribute to the cost of maintaining the All hands to the support of The || 2PPears that the new “Organization impartial labor’ machinery, but after|| DAILY WORKER! Here’d another ||C°™mittee will devote its time, to | ver¥ careful thought and preparation, |} ten dollars to the sustaining fund. |) Petsusding the bos pedir you presented to us a proposal de-| —J. M. A. SPENCE. loyal union members, rather than in signed to establish such protection. organizing non-union ps. The Chicago. “Committee” attempted to intimidate | Turk, and failing in this, argued with his boss until he agreed to send him ganized'a conference for defense. At |down. They ‘then called the police their first mecting it was decided to |and had k arrested, declaring that have a Tag Day to be held on May | he Was making a disturbance in the ist, and May. 8th, shop, although he had been quietly at, work. Barred From Job. In Jefferson Market Court, Turk was released on a suspended sentence, with the adjuration not to attempt to go back to his shop for Anna Lanfe protested against the est of Turk, was also arrested, and was released on the payment of a $5 fine. A large mass demonstration of pickets before the shop which have locked out furriers who have refused to register with the “ten cent union,” ;was held without any disturbance, That astounding proposal required | {all our members desiring the benefit | of protection under the labor agree- |meént to make application for mem- | bership in a special labor department |of your association, upon your own application forms, with dues payable | directly to you.» In short, that pro- oe posal meant, absolute abdication of our autonomy and independence. The tenor of that proposal betrayed bold attempt on your part to legis-| J | late us out of existerice by ¢ | talizing the situation you had seed JUSTICE iS ASKED | A Tag Day in Detroit. The Workers of Detroit have or- | Trimmers Ignored. | | You then concluded an agreement with the special representatives of | | the American Federation of Labor,| junder which arrangement you guard-| Wiopleaye 7 rayu N. | led against the distribution of peace- | Wor ker Sm Kv ery Nook | ful .conditions in the factories of | of Country Protest A os | your own members only. You ignored | —_ early Monday. morning. us both in the adoption and in the) BOSTON, May 2.—The desk of Gov-| Anthony Zulas, a furrier, was | consequence of that arrangement, jernor Fuller was heaped higher today | rested in the market later in the d We conferted with officials of the | than at any time in the past month on the charge of “threatening to American Federation of Labor, We| With protests from every section of | tack”—the favorite charge of the re: | explained the necessity for protecting | the country against the electrocution | actionaries for frame-ups against the our membership by a separate Inbox | of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- | workers loyal to the Joint rd, He lagreement. They promised to confer | 2¢tti July 10, { was released on payment of a $10 |with you in an effort to conciliate|_ The holding of May Day meetings fine. jour differences. But the letter of | in every city of any in the United immediately us in by your abuse of our trust. ar- | which, you enclose a copy, sent to you| States and Canada w * lhy My. Woll some two weeks aftor|tesponsible for the. extraordinary de- Probe Seamanship of ;our conference with him, demanding | ated ae ti eager no- Navy in Beaching of | that we employ members of his group | ticeable were the yellow telegram y only, pvr: ea an arbitrary bits gps from sections of the Interna- USS. Colorado Here | than an arbitrative spirit and ignores| tional Labor Defense. All. th xan @ machinery of the fundamental problem which he | More than 500 May Day meetings re) } if Lp tba oe pag c knew existed. | were held under International Labor Reet oat ee tae ro oe ee | i | . y aan” latest navy disaster yesterday as the | Your present ultimatum asserting | Defense auspices, Rose Barron, in super-dreadnought Colorado swung at |that-we are violating an agreement|charge of the New York office, esti-| anchor in the North River off Cort- | which you so studiedly withheld from | mated yesterday. Each section adopt- jandt st, For 85 hours the huge }us and the price for which you re-|ed resolutions demanding a complete hell-belcher was hung on Diamond quired the virtual destruction of ou: | review of the case with the end of) Reef between the Battery and Gov- organization comes as a fitting con-| absolute and unconditional freedom) gpnors Island. Only an unusually clusion to a course of action indicat-| for the two Italian workers. high tide enabled tugs to remove her. ing the studied objective before re-| Mexican Workers Speak Up Capt. F. D. Karns, the brilliant ferred to. ¥ | __ Five communications addressed to} navigator: who-managed to find Dia- This association was organized to! President Coolidge asking that Sacco! mond Reef although he had all New | Promote the welfare of the trimming | and Vanzetti be set free were received York Bay to sail around in may face manufacturers and of the fur indus-| yesterday by Gov. Fuller from Frank a court marti: The Célorado was try as a whole. We intend to carry | B. Kellogg, secretary of state. Trans- following the Maryland, but veered forward these aims and to serve the! lations of the communications- were over suddenly and managed to locate constituents of that industry. Under enclosed by Kellogg. one of the few bad spots in the har- the circumstances, we believe these| The letters were sent by Jesus Ram- | bor. results can be best accomplished by | o¢ Monterrey, Mexi ienti: independent action. We | 08, nterrey, Mexico, representing | ¥ " _ therefore | unions of bakers and other workmen;| The cost to the government will be wish to inform you that with regard | Fiorentino Rodriquez, Guererro, Mexi-| at least $60,000 although for a time to the subject of your letter andj oo; J, Aguilar, and Pedro Tapia, both! it looked as though the entire $21,- other vital matters which concern Bs, of Monterrey, Mexico: and from the | 000,000 investment in imper we intend to solve our own problems| middle Rhine division of the Red Aid| might be lost as a score of in oUF awn way. | of Germany. | Very traly yours,—Fur Trimming | | Manufacturers Assn. Inc.—Pres. Bad Record of Wrecks. tugs puffed away in vain. ~ Two years ago the West Virginia | H. M. 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Steinig. { vi ‘A |The naval collier Orion recently |The Vanzetti Frame-up | bemped so badly off the Virginia | Capes, due to poor navigation, that she was sent to the scrap heap but the outstanding record of the nayy departments own brawn of seaman- ship was the smashing of a whole GANIZED LABOR ‘With Haymarket Case BOSTON, May 2.—Workers here in a united May Day mass meeting, Phone: Drydock 8880. FRED SPITZ |demonstrated yesterday against the | flotilla of destroyers on the rocky | |Sacco-Vanzetti frame-up. Meeting in Sehag nari a sda bap Bi One Th |the capital of Massachusetts, the | ‘0lowed another until all but one e FLORIST | wi ken talked cold turkey with | vessel had been hopelessly wrecked. 3 SECOND AVENUE |Governor Fuller as residents of the }same city. | Harry M. Wicks of the Workers {(Communist) Party, compared the Sacco-Vanzetti case with the Hay- ;market case of 1886 and declared the | \frame-up had its origin in the red| representing thousands of New Jer- ‘raids of the post-war days. Under the| sey workers met here yesterday in |chairmanship of Dr. Harry W. L.| May Day celebration at Arcada Hall ;Dana, Mary Donovan of the Sacco-| and demanded ‘a just retrial of the Near Houston. FRESH CUT FLOWERS DAILY Fresh and Artificial Flowers Delivered Anywhere. SPECIAL REDUCTION TO LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. TRENTON, N. J., May 2.—Groups ANYTHING wi PHOTOGRAPHY | Vanzetti Defense Committee, Michael | Sacco-Vanzetti case. Seyni OR wheat hi Solas |Flaherty of Painters’ Local 11, Matt|* Branch 77 of the Independent Etro. oe eee |Kay of the Young Workers’ League, | Workmen's Circle, ‘the Ukrainian SPIES». 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NEW WAY LABORATORIES || 276 West 43ed St, New York City 25% of, all sales are donated to The DAILY WORKER, Always mention The DAILY WORKER op your order. | Albert Baker Lewis of the socialist} Workers Club, the International La- party, Louis Rabinowitz of the Young | bor Defense, the Workers Culture People’s Socialist League and Charles | Club, the Workers (Communist) Party | Cline, recently released from the} and the Anti-Fascist League joined Texas penitentiary, spoke. {in the protest, The meeting cabled May Day greet- ings to the Chinese Nationalist gov- ernment at Hankow, WORKERS! STOP THE MURDER OF SACCO AND VANZETTI strike ahlow for labor to THE DAILY WORKER . The National Labor Daly B2@aeoa Name. Address. State WL - AWKANS = 450 —— y heads Trenton Workers Ask. ‘Retrial in Sacco Case) ~~~ gee a F350 ~~~ Bosses Ask Three More Injunctions Against Painters Three applications to adjudge of- ficials of the Brooklyn District Coun- cil of the Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers and Decorators guilty of contempt of court were made yes- terday before Supreme Court Justice in Brooklyn, applications were made by P. Seelman on behalf of three n charged violation of ; cent injunction Mitchel The Council from n effort to force the m to pay union $14 a day instead of was made in, be- nberg Decorating ‘ zlant, prési- $8 agent of half Compa dent anc Local 917. It was charged that on April 20 Azlant di ed 24 men to lea a job which was being done by the Eisenberg Compan and go to the r. The met Seelman con- union of: never returned t« tended, ce. W Boston Labor Union To Investigate Lax Enforcement of Law BOSTON, May The Central La- bor Union yesterday directed a thor- ough probe the enforcement of labor legislation by the state labor department. Julia O’Connor Parker, of the Telephone Operators’ Union, the special committee which 1 probe the department’s unwar- anted discharge of Mary Donovan Ww for her sympathy with the Sacco- Vanzetti case. The Cen Labor Union and the Women’s Trade Union League will co-oper: in the investigation of the departmen which is under the super- vision of General Sweetaer, who com- manded the te militia during the lawrence textile strike. NOTICE to All New York DAILY WORKER Agents There will be a meeting of all DAILY WORKER Agents on Tuesday, 8 P. My at 108 Ea: Every unit organizer and every section and er is urged to be personally responsible for the pre! of DAILY WORKER Agents. It is necessary that every unit be repi mted at this im- portant meeting, in order that our plans may be properly executed. Two Workers School Classes Are Called Off for This Evening As the instructers are out of town William W. Weinstone’s class in the Problems of the Communist Move- ‘ment and John J. Ballam’s class in Theory and Practice of Trade Unton- ism will not be held tonight at the Workers’ School 108 East 14th St. « Youth Dance This Saturday. The Brownsville section of the Young Workers (Communist) League | will hold a May-Dance Saturday eve- ning, May 7th at 63 Liberty Ave., | Brooklyn, A real jazz band will per- form. Admission is 35 cents. |} 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. | PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Advertise || here. For your union meetings information write te The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. New York City, 33 First St., 200 R