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

THE DAILY WORKER, NEV YORK, Pair ay, DEFEAT UNITY AT HEADGEAR UNION'S CONVENTION HERE Rights Beat Measures} For Amalgamation | j as Further commendation of the pol- | icies of the reactionary leaders of the American Federation of Labor was) given yesterday at the convention of | the Cloth Cap, Hat & Millinery Work- | ers’ International Union which has | been in session all week at Beethoven | Hall, ast 5th Street. Million and Half Words Wired From Gray-Snyder Murder Trial Courtroom The noisome Synder-Gray mur- der case is due to go to the jury late Monday. Princess Roespigiliosi, the former Miss Laura Stallo of Cincinnati, was a spectator at the trial yester- day afternoon. The princess, who husband is of the Italian nobility, was eseorted by a police lieutenant. “Tt was thrilling,” she said after listening to Judd Gray's croas-ex- amination. Approximately 1,600,000 words have been sent out by newspaper LYG, 1927 Norman Hapgood Hits | Woll—Patriotéer Allies | AS TRIAL JUDGE pany, and T. Coleman Du Pont of the ” | (Continued jrom Page Oné) DuPont Powder Company are among! those who hold large interests in ahd | (direct the policies of corporations | whose treatment of organized labor Defendants “Bastards has been anything but conciliatory.” | He Said in Trial Whitewashes Child Labor. | The book accuses the. Civic Federa- Hea tion of turning in a “whitewash re-| BOSTON, May 5.—Five affidavits port” on child labor. in, southern mills |@Md one statement were submitted to following an “Gnvestigation” by a Governor Fuller yesterday with the |committee including the wives of two | Petition of Sacco and Vanzetti for |southern cotton mM presidents and | Justice and a review of their case, the president of the South Carolina | They impeach the impartiality of Cotten Manufacturers’ Association. Judge Webster Thayer, the trial Labor was not represented. Mr, Eas- | Judge, and show him to have been vio- In Girl's Head As Thugs Swoop Down Henry Turk, executive board mem- her of Local 35, Ladies Garment | Workers, was fired recently from the Fishelberg Brothers shop at 222 W. 27th street, at the behest of the re- actionary international officials. The workers there struck, obtain- | ing his reinstatement on May 3. The international then brought more pres- sure to bear, resulting in his second discharge, and the second walkout of Fishelberg workers. { THAYER BRANDED;Need Four Stitches [isi Poion Gx Boni) LONG TERIA To Compel Convicts To Work Fifty-five Hours CALEDONIA PRISON FARM, NEAR TILLERY, N. CN Le Four hundred mutinous white pris- oners here were held at bay. by prison guards this afternoon, while a new outbreak was feared momen- tarily, No fatalities have occurred, but one hundred tear gas bombs have heen ordered from the war depart- ment at Washington, Pou said. The mutiny was caused, Pou said, be- eause the prisone objected to working 55 hours a week. § FOR LOYAL FURRIERS: APPEAL IS. TAKEN A s k Supreme Court to Review Case Two weeks (lacking one day) + | the close of the trial of the eleven / {workers charged with an assa on ja Rockville Center shop during the \strike last year, eight of the wor were yesterday senten |eola court room by J The ccnvention voted dov'n a reso-|| correspondents over the 19 West- charged with anti-labor activi-|lently prejudiced against the two Py sea ecces ltta Se seamen + . Smith who presided the trial. lution proposing to spur the A, Feof || ern Union wires in the basement including spying on the Inter-| Workers. The affiants are: “ tat a6" awocpad ge Sih pease Moskowitz Case J | .Nine of the eleven workers who L. into some action on trade union i His orernie bab hs ee ch investigators of the 1919 steel | John Nicholas Beffel, well known pickets line “at: Jishelberg'a and: ab- L| went on trial were convicted by the amalgamation, and it went on record | as feeling satisfied that the Federa-| tion was progressing just as fast as | is possible and advisable along this line. Altho the A. F, of L. at its 1912] convention voted to adopt a policy of amalgamation of the trade union in} various industries, nothing has ever) been done in the matter. A resolu- | tion was introduced at the capmak-/ ers’ convention calling upon the A.| F. of L. to take the necessary steps | to effect this amalgamation program, | Committee identified the American |¢® 8nd Vanzetti, including ; | passersby, received , dangerous head | poned yesterday when it came up for) uel Menche and urging as a first step the calling} As the convention adjourned yes-| Pederation of Labor with it in the |4amn fools” and “long-haired anat- | wounds when a detective struck him. | hearing. It will be heard next Tues- | Rosenberg, of a conference of various interna- | terday afternoon, one of the specta-| public mind, The book, however, | chists from California.” In another | The indignation of the crowd, at this |day, May 10. |'Weiss were sentenced 3 tional unions. This resolution was | tors, Sam Stern, who is a member} points out that many unions wéfe bit- | instance, during consultation of coun-| brutal act, resulted in rough handling | ‘The case of Herman Moskowitz, ar-|2% to 5 years in Sing Sing, Ph voted down, and the convention de- 100,000 words a day. Twenty-four newspapers in 18 cities have special correspondents, in addition to the regular corps covering the murder trial for the three press associations. The caji- talist New York papers have been averaging about 25,000 words’ a day. the Socialist Federation of Roumania. Member Beaten Up. of Local 40, was drawn into a room | newspaperman, formerly of Feder-| r. Kasley admitted sending cer-, ated Press. | tain espionage documents to Judge | head Benchley, Gary,” says the book, “explaining | 'Me. ; | later, of course, that he did it as an| Mrs. Lois B. Rantoul of the Great- | individual ‘and not as the secretary of |? Boston Federation of Churches. the Civic Federation. The Federa- pores P. Sibley, of the Boston| tion has shown similar affection for|/obe. : the Standsrd Ofl Company and its in-| Mrs. Elizabeth Bernkopf, reporter. dustri relations, notoriously anti- Sibley covered the Dedham trial for c his newspaper. He recounts numer- | ous expressions of prejudice by | Thayer against the attorneys for Sac- “those dramatic editor During his lifetime, the presence of Samuel Gompers on the Federation terly opposed to this alliance with | sel and judge, Thayer told the court ‘fight in which several workers were {badly injured. tacked pickets, resulting in a general 300 in Confusion. More than thre hundred workers | were thrown into confusion when the Right Wing adherents swooped down on the picket line, Police and detec- tives added to the general confusion by charging the crowd with drawn revolvers. (. Goldberg, of local 2, one of the for the detective, who finally drew In Special Sessions; LL. D, Leads Fight Matthew The case of Kushner, charged with disorderly conduct for | fore he i: distributing “Hands Off China” leaf-| Center case lets two weeks ago, was again post-| | jury of the assault in the second de- |gree. Ben Gold, manager of the New | York Furriers’ Joint Be Ts |dore Shapiro, the chairman, were ac- | quitted. One of the men convict |; Oscar Mileaf, is now under a }months sentence on a disorderly ¢ duct charge, f 1ed-up by a right ing gangster. He wil t orkhouse to complete sentenced in turn to. the term be- Ro Leo rested with Kushner and sentenced to| Otto Lenhardt was given an ind clared its belief that the A. F. of L.| by the superintendent pf the hall— employers. Several union .members | stenographer to “get the hell out of/his gun and threatened the workers | six months in the workhouse on a. dis-|minate sentence in the Elmira refor- was “doing its best.” who is supposed to be on hand to! of the Federation committee resigned "ere. who surrounded him. Meissner was orderly conduct charge, will probably | matory. Ww aay keep order—and he and two strong- |; “th pi ble to. stammch | Would Throttle Press, treated for, several wounds and shock | eome up in Special Sessions this| Stay of 10 Days. orld Unity Real Issue, | P >, | because ey Were unable to stomac' si va BOM = i eclal Ses S| y ay fs |arm members of the union attacked | yy). Easley’s attacks on progressive} Thayer tried to throttle Sibley When attacked by members of the | morning for consideration of an ap-! The judge granted a sta Heated discussion among the dele-| stern and beat him severely. _ Hi8 | measures and congressmen and on the | 4nd other reporters by denying state-| “Organization Committee” Nancy | peal. When the case last came Wp.daee ta ‘onderGhat ‘Whe ele’ Sas inte aay oe the report nas face is covered with bruises, as are British labor movement,” according | Ments attributed to him in the press | Cashione, of Local 48, received a cut'|the judges said they would take no pply fora certificate of xensonable Geondateg Aunt thts portion aa many parts of his body. Workers | to the authors. and by dictating news policy. in her forehead which required four | action without seeing the minutes of| doubt in the 5 Colic eee dorse the efforts of the General Coun- ceil of the British and Russian Union to establish world-wide trade union unity, and instruct our General Exe- cutive Board to fully participate in and encourage all such efforts.” Very frankly Delegate Golden, who is chairman of this committee, stated | that they reported against this reso- lution because they did not want. to have anything to do with “anything that smacks or smells of the Third International. The Red Trade Union International is part of the Third International. We do not want to give anyone a chance to say we are con- nected with or have any part in the Third International.” For this reason, they recommended omitting ail the workers of Russia from any program of world trade union unity. They voted finally to urge the A. F. of L. to cooperate with the workers of all other lands, and to join the Amsterdam International 8 a@ means of bringing about unity. But the trade unions of that country where thete is a government of work- erg, Soviet Russia, the capmakers’ convention fears and will not join hands with, Discuss Union Paper. At yesterday afternoon’s session, a resolution was introduced proposing to abolish the union paper, “The Headgear Worker,” in order to use this money for organization purposes, so the resolution stated. There was vigorous objection to this proposal, who rescued Stern heard A. Dolinko, a business agent, and member of Lo- | cal 1, remark. , “It is good he got it. He deserved it for a long time.” The “crime” for which Stern “de- served” this outrageous beating is the fact that he is an able arguer and has been in the habit of discussing union conditions with the workers as they gathered on the street at noon Benchley tells of conversations | with Loring Coes, a Worcester, Mass. | eration committees give ‘equal repre- | babbitt who was a pal of “Web” | sentation’ to capital and. labor,” The |} Thayer. Coes reported to Benchley | authors continue, “yet an analysis re-| in great hilarity that “Web” had been |veals the line-up as follows: 88 men | telling what he intended to do with lof obviously anti-labor convictions,| “those bastards down there,” refer- |five persons who depend for their | ting to Saceo and Vanzetti. | livelihood on the 83, and 18 who may | “I'll Hang Em” | be called labor men, making the pro-| Coes told him that Thayer was ex- |Portion about three to one against! cited about “that bunch of parlor Federation Line-up. j “Mr, Easley claims that his fed-| time. He had not carried on any/ labor. And the results are even argument yesterday, or made any sort |more disillusioning if we take any one of comment or disturbance in the|of the special committees of the fed- convention. % eration. For example, one appointed This. method of dealing avith pro-/jn 1 the union members in” the other ness and professional associations, 10 needle trades unions and some of the | from military organizations, 16 from leaders, and rank and file members | miscellaneous bodies, and only two who have taken active in such strug- | representing labor. gles for many months will be speak- ers tonight at the proletarian banquet lunder the devoted Mrs, Easley no arranged by the progressive capmak- | names of working women are to be ers and milliners at Stuyvesant Ca-| found. Instead we read Guggenheim, sino, 140 Second Avenue. Louis |Van Rensselaer, Wood (Wise), Mor- Hyman, Rose Wortis, Ben Gold, C. 8. ' gan, Dodge and Bacon. On the vari- Zimmerman and many others will be |ous special committees and depart- present, |ments labor is invariably treated to Delegates Invited. /a loan representation. Note as typi- All progressive delegates to the |cal the Department on Current Kcon- capmakers and milliners’ convention | omic and Political Movements—four are invited to attend the banquet. | labor members to fifteen non-labor The committee has made arrange- | members, ments to accommodate as many pro- | gressive workers as want to attend. i f to consider increasing the} gressive workers is well known to |army and navy, shows 25 from busi- | “In ‘the active woman’s department | | radicals rtying to get these guys off | and trying to bring pressure on the} | bench” and that he “would show them | | and would get those guy hanged.” “No Bolsheviki can intimidate me,” | Thayer is quoted as saying while! thumping his chest. | Coes denied today that he had made these remarks to Benchley, but there is the affidavit of the dramatic editor of Life against the mere statement | of a Worcester business man who is |a pal of “Web.” Hopelessly Biased. | Mrs. Lois Rantoul declares that | {Judge Thayer twice discossed the! lease with her while it was in pro- | | gress. At both times he deframed defendants and witnesses, showing an | ‘absolute lack of judicial fairness. It} | Judge Thayer twice discussed the! | was hopelessly biased throughout the | trial. Beffel recounts how Thayer gave | Tf you want to spend an evening with | the progressive workers in the other | needle trades, come tonight at 8 o'clock, The price is $1.25. \Bronze, Tron Workers Push Ahead for Union Despite threats of physical vio- an Associated Press man a copy of | his charge to the jury, but afterwarc | omitted important sections when he | actually read it. The prepared copy | stitches to close. Many other workers received minor injuries. Ch. Meisner of Local 35, was ar- | rested but was released upon pay- | ment of a $2 fine by Magistrate Cor- rigan, Hyman Denounces Act. “The special malice of the Sig- man clique against all members of Local 35 who are loyal to the Joint Board has been apparent before this | incident”, Louis Hyman, manager of | the Joint Board, pointed out. “This is President Sigman’s own local which | he formerly dominated ‘by gangster | rule. He is determined to use any tactics to regain the control, which he lost when the membership revolt- ed against the corruption and gang- | sterism that were rife during his reign in that local.” Youth Dance In Brownsville. The Brownsville section of the Young Workers’ League will hold a May- festival and dance Saturday to! usher in the spring and summer ac- tivities of our unit. There will be! several specialties in addition to a! dandy jazz band so we can all ‘have a good time. Admission will be 35 | cents. This dance will be held at our head-| quarters, 63 Liberty Ave., Brooklyn, | NEY. his conviction Sacco and Vanzetti dir not have a fair trial. This he bases, on numerous and intimate contacts with Thayer at the Univ y Chul the police court. The attorneys for the International Labor Defense hoped to procure these late yester- jday afterneon and be able to present | men can be them in court this morning. If an appeal is granted, Moskowitz can be jtaken out of Welfare Island prison} te on bail. The injustice of this heavy sen- | tence is shown by the case of I. Stein- berg, who was arrested in another prem jeounty jail u |this application. If it is granted, ¢ taken out on bail 2 steps will be taken to appeal the ca: | The court room was crowded ©! rday with relatives he mer’ |mémbers of the unior ho ber of union men were police who evidently fi rible demonstration followin ¢ the sen- and fa ntam- trees by the some ter- |—disorderly cofiduct for distributing section of the city on the same charge | tence. But the crowd beha'ved in | same disciplined manner ‘ that the same “Hands Off China” leaf-| followed on the night of the lets and was fined $8 and immediate-| There was no comment or} sound of ly released. Every effort will be’made | protest. There were tears,\ but they to keep Moskowitz from serving the|were shed by wives and sweethearts sentence which was imposed upon him’ who have for weeks borne this} t bravely. They showed the, splendid spirit yesterday. L by an evidently prejudiced court. } MURDER! The union is doing al! in its fyewe: be SG ito bring about the release of dh ZETTI orkers who without a doubt ——-—— —— | been deliberately framed-up by stool-piegons Basoff and Wejseribl¢ and detectives in’ collabor the reactionary traitors of national Fur Workers’ Unic wes continual evidence of th oration during the trial; it wi OF SACCO AND V DEBATE Is War Beneficial to the Working Class? overlooked in the argument fo: Harry Waton says “Yes.” |! peal. * (Lectu: hor of “Philosophy 4} —*% Marx,” ete.) Henry Jager says member Ne Legistatur Bishop PAUL JONES, chairman. Tonight at 8 P. M. State and it was finally voted down by a Sti pathesitbiiitsinncinend ee i | however was widely quoted" in the | in-Boston while the trial was in pro- | < uy ‘4 a large majority. i Hike Next Sunday. Mat itty Weta Re tage on | press, with allusion to “our boys over | gress, ; : COMMUNITY CHURCH Amalgamated Foo. The speakers at the convention in-| A hike will be held next Sunday by | persuading workers of the Globe Tron | Shere Pee pre | Although Thayer did not know Pape Ave: Sa AM EG BAKERS’ LOCAL cluded Dr. Paul Abelson, impartial | Sections 2 and 3 of the Workers Par- Worlers, Walton Ave., the Bronx, to| “ving: Mrs. Bernkopf’s lavit is | Crocker, he approached hint. and TICKETS 50c and Tbe. i much like Mrs. Rantoul’s, swearing | volunntarily began a discussion of the WY YORK UNIVER |to Thayer's unrestrained prejudice in| case with an utter stranger. In these ¥ LIBERAL CLCB intimate discussions of the case. {conversations he showed bias, pre-| H George U. Crocker, formet city | judice and an utter lack of chairman of the fur industry, who/ty. All those desiring to participate] join the union. Organizers Kern and talked of “making haste slowly,” |should be at the Dyckman St. Ferry Powers have been threatened by which is always the admonition of |at 10:30 a. m. Party members are Brodsky, the boss, and his sons with 350 E. 85th St. Office hour S'a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Meeting on announcement of Executive Board. President William Green and other) A. F. of L. officials in talking to| unions which have progressive ideas. | A. J. Muste, head of Brookwood | Labor College, made a plea for sup- port; and Dr. L. Ghelerter spoke rep-| resenting the executive committee of } “NATURAL FOODS” Sundried Fruits, Honey, Nuts, 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 Foop Our Specialties, ‘ KUBIE’S HEALTH SHOPPE 75 Greenwich Ave., New York (7th Ave. and 11th St.) Open Evenings. Mall Orders Filled. OF 1927 $1 Postpaid urged to bring along their friends. Phone: Drydock 8880. 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All money to go for th ers—victims of the right wing Mii Sustetestntetetentletentredebuletnfledetetntebetetbeietulobeletetutetutebetetabdetebtedatubdntbs goods under other labels. A, VINOGRADOF 8. LIPZIN and at the Defense Oftise, 41 e Cloak, Dress, and Furriers Prison- ineola treason, assaults by police and gangsters if \they appeared around the plant. | The Brodskys were particularly vicious last year during the general | treasurer of Boston is a member of | |the Union Club and a staunch con-} servative. He declares he is firm in| . propriety | for a judge. Sacco and Vanzetti Shall Not Die!: strike. | The operation of the Dawes plan in| |Germany, driving down wages and | | foreing workers to migrate to Ameri-| ca, is halting organization activities | ‘here. 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Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Meeting In Yonkers, RS, N.Y; May 8. Room 803. Phone Stuyv. 10119 YONKERS, N. Y,, May 5,—A Sac- co-Vanzetti mass meeting will be held et Columbus Hall, Waverly, corner Maple St., Sunday, May 8, 2:30 p. m. Brownsville Youth Dance. The Brownsville section of the) Young Workers’ League will hold a | May festival and dance Saturday eve- ning at 63 Liberty Ave. Brooklyn. Admission, 35 cents. ; Prison Goods Firm Booms. The Reliance Manufacturing Co.. \largest’prison garment manufacturer in the United States, ended March with earnings of $299,760 for the month as compared with $108,828 for March, 1926. Reliance beat a sham retreat be- fore anti-prison goods propaganda | two years ago by announcing that) Big Yank shirt and other trade mark- ed goods would no longer be made in prison shops. But its numerous Penitentiary factories continued to make prison shirts, aprons, and other Yel, Orchard 3783 Strictly by Appointment DR, L. 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ADMI Pi ml HELP WANTED Volunteers to help with clerical work are needed constantly at the office of the Joint Defense and Relief Committee, 41 Union Sq. Room 714. SD || Advertise your union meetings +! here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 33 First St, New York City. The Russian The America BERTRAM D. , ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS FRIDAY EVE., MAY 13 (Auspices of The Bronx Free Fellowship) at THE COMMUNITY CHURCH 34th St. and Park Ave. Tickets at 50 and Workers Party and Workers The Freiheit, 30 Union Square. Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, i DER! Finnish Co-ope Tel. Windsor 9052. » 4301 of Government Will be debated by Are You Getting FINCO Co-operative BAKERY PRODUCTS. If not, let uf know and we'll instruct our driver to call at ypur home. rative Trading Association, Inc. US. n System WOLFE and 75 cents on sale at: School, 108 East 14th Street. 106 University Place. ee (Union Made) Eighth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.