The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 31, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TeEppar, MAY 31, 1927 Page Five>* Protest U.S. Intervention in China—Central Opera f House-June I The Left Wing in the Garment Unions By MARGARET LARKIN Following the expulsion of Local 1 and Local 25, the reac- tionary officials of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers started heresy hunts against individual members. ' But this just started a new revolt, leading to the left wing demands of 1925. The story is told in the Joint Board’s own official account of the Left Wing in the Garment Unions, published in pamphlet form. * * * EXPULSION OF INDIVIDUALS. After the division of the local, the t and file of the workers refused abandon the progressive idea of ! the Shop Delegate system, and new! leagues advocating its adoption were established almost at once in the new | Local 22/as well as in other locals. The International continued its at- tempt to crush the movement by fur~ ther expulsions. Members known to be in favor of it were not permitted to run for office, and candidates who received ‘the endorsement of the Shop De legates League found their names removed from the ballet on the eve of elections. Nineten officers who had been elected by the membership of Local 22 with the endorsement of the Shop Delegates League were ex- pelled from the Union in 1923, Shortly after these expulsions, the Trade Union Educational League was organized, which advocated amalga- mation of all the needle trades as well as greater democratization of the Union through the Shop Dele- gate system or some similar plan. The Trade Union Educational League was attacked even more fiercely by the International, of which Morris Sigman was now the'president. The fact that some of its leaders were members of the Workers’ Party made possible the cry of “Communism,” which was immediately raised and has been used ever since, as 2 means of obscuring the issues in any in- ternal dispute. With the support of the General Executive Board, President Sigman sued orders expelling all members of the Union who were members of the Trade Union Educational League or any other. organization -where trade union problems were discussed. The order created a tremendous up- heaval throughout the entire Union. called “Left Wing” “against t President Sigman and the officials of the In- | ternational is of great first, because the present dispute is in reality a continuation of it, and second, because for the first time in the history of the International, the membership was able to defeat the expulsion and “reorganization” pol- icy. The Left Wing Platform of Reform The demands of the Left Wing in 1925 included the following reforms: Proportional representation in the convention and in the New York Lhiger litical beliefs, election of Interna- tional officers and General Executive Board by direct vote of the member- ship, and amalgamation of all needle trades, The question of proportional repre- sentation in the Joint Board was of Wing locals. Representation was equal, each local, large or small, send- ing five delegates to the Joint Board, se that the three large locals, repre- senting about 29,000 out of the 50,- 009 members, were always outvoted by the delegates from the other ten small locals. The expenses of the Joint Board are met by the locals in proportion to their membership. Con- sequently the three Left Wing locals the expenses of the Joint Board. spite of this they were not allowed a single member on the Financial Committee which dispersed the funds. When the Joint oard proposed to bers from thirty-five to fifty cents, these locals protested that efficient management had reduced their ex- penses reduce Board. the expenses of the Joint They also declared that they importance, | Board; the abolition of the policy of , expulsion of members for their po-; the} particular interest to the three Left! paid about sixty-five per cent of all! In} increase the local dues of al! mem-{ to a minimum, and could also} Furrier Chairmen Urged to Send in Shop Lisis | Promtly to J Joint Board Chairmen of all independent and fur trimming shops are urged to fill out and send in promptly the shop lists which they received to- day with a letter from the Joint | Board. The Joint Board must have these lists with names, addresses, local \| and ledger numbers in order to prepare a special working card for each one in the independent and fur trimming shops. Without such a card no worker will be able to urn to his job after the stop- page. To avoid unnecessary trouble, shop ehairmen must act quickly. \Heretic Bishop Lashes Enemies of t the Worker (Cc “ontiniid from Page One) Bishop Brown, “I ha’ some Irish blood in my veins and I can see the bright side of things.” Then the bishop went on to explain the struggle between the workers and | the capitalists and while he is not the most humane of mortals. he could not blind himself to the inevitibility that ‘some corns might be crushed before the capitalist system overthrown. “As long as there is an owning class and a possessing class it is in- evitable that there should be a con- flict between them,” id the bishop, “and the struggle must continue until the producing classes win. The DAILY WORKER stands for the struggle of the socially useful classes against the parasite class. That is why I am for it and that is why I am convinced that its policy will be successful.” § “If they can keep labor down in| for the preservation of our ‘union ane | China and in India they will be better able to reduce the standard of living of the American workers,” Bishop Brown, whose book ‘Commun- }ism and Christianism’ has removed |more cobwebs from the American brain than any book of its kind since | Tom Paine wrote the ‘Age of Reason.’ | The veteran rebel keeps his ear to the ground and follows international | continued | RIGHTS SACRIFICE! SHOP CONDITIONS ‘OF FUR WORKERS iShop Chairmen Warn ef Drive by Bosses The growing a a’ the against the | ion eondi- tions in ass plain in a workers owe ring of American cadied Is Hotbed of Reaction, Preacher Tells. Them gionaries, with the Liberties Union wavn- are the worst enemies | speech ringing in their ears, A. Wawrfield Siaten--yes- iafe on. the sdéme theme. | ) of them at the’ West Chureh, he dedlared er that our veterans’ 1b Soviet-American Trade | Through Amtorg Nearly 6; 600 000 i in 3 years ng Corpora- tion, ew. York, the incipal or ion in -Ameri- can-Soviet trade, is celebrating the completion its third year of operati During the period, ac- a Weehawken Tad ‘Out Again as Boss Fires Union Drivers WEERA WEEN, fr {heard Dr. of cording to announcement organizations shall sued at the Amtorg offices y Cincilian Ue na , the trade tur ties.” been close t ich upwards about ganization h ot { Will that 090,000, of > continued, “ }dised, Subseque the Ame went out nd to foree to protect their Fes. coahal’ ok § two-thirds, Legion ousting professors, break- ; t hack therithad Gaal af the Fur ts from the }/ing up meetings and orderi lines alMbaiiaay sea deeha i < | oviet Union. || ¢ . arged men ing the recent meeting of the shop} ‘gula: washed Kesicalaseal tories suppress it leaves me | chairmen to! consider the situation pai pes alias re selisalinae the same feel n T heart y City, NJ tregulting from the attack of the re-|] 57.999 tractors) valued at $16,197" |{ or the, Lotd’s Da trying “to | , Taka actionary F, of L. and Interna-}} gg in ‘al igang mecr compel bootblacks fo elose their shops Coney aiticicls, Sa, ind aa machinery on ‘Sumday: Chairman Simon Biro and Secre-|| CausPmen’ oo! ster. || i tAmerica I need not be tary Hyman Bassin, in the name of|| Qi." (chiefly ‘noneferous metals) | atchword for y al on - health: of the Couneil point out to the fur work- $5.131,406 i. gehantavad ploitation, nor an excus contempt he whole ers what is happening in the shops goo ‘ aple cobsemption igners, nor yet an incentive to organizer where there is so-called “ight con-|| Poca, : jority in military and naval. , sige of the trol,” and it urges the workers to he As such it is a jingo. phrase.” # niloyenscof lon their guard in'“the face of the a < sik se : i danger that is confronting the Union.” facco-V anzetti Case Exch Li hs Piha = * SHfager are being est 20 t0 40 pet! 8G Tanortalign Lead oxchanse Laughs at ee é cent, and in many. even more,” = As i ism Lead Untermyer Efforts to the Bus Drivers ho ree! says the Shop Chairme ouncil. re ot . ‘ “Many manufactu are forcing in OOKSHOp Interest Curb Wall St. Control pried haavaiide fongat their workers to werk 44 hours a week. In many shops, overtime is be- ing wor on ud even on Sundays. A great num of manu- facturers allow themselves to deduct so-called dues from the wa; of the workers and give them over into the hands of the unscrupulous politicians of the seab-union. Union conditions have been wiped out.” There is only one remedy situation, the Council believes—‘an ,open struggle with the manufactur our union conditions.” Mobilize for Strike. This sentiraent has already been lendorsed by the workers both in lo- ‘eal meetings and in personal calls at Joint Board headquarters where every day brings fresh complaints of viola- tions of the union agreement in Asso- ciated shops. Nothing but a strike, for this! s Books on the co-Va control of the and imperialism are the at the of pro mmie Higgins B als es not even rsity Place, ager Aaron Chor On the Frankfu Vanzetti oD, leclared man- 4 Hudson County is e ? 4} NEWARK, N of the governors of the , His. request followed f the f the votir u John Dos Bas- {St the voting. o in the I. R. T. directors who had Facing a Cha and V 7 or aktPe Gant ack, “Maxie ound no legal right to so. Thereby con- 2 DRCRETONTE ¢ trol of the I. R and other huge On imperial corporation: is retained by 10 pe f = wit fat cent or less of the stock, held by a yt sold most are: awe Atl Snails obs 2 ne polied Awakening of ¢ § ae have not damy the fervor of the . 7 Unterm, wants a to eurb al) } . Imperialism by : _ . workers to victory and to A this, but the stock exchange is con ‘ : eat Diplomaey, by fident that it can beat ‘any laws tha.| ™iztain. a strong and powe and Joseph Freeman; Russia Turns ‘ ‘a union. No enemies of labor will } may be enacted. East by Scott Nearing and Oil Im- ke with scabs whe the perialsm by Louis Fischer. U8. "Minister te ‘ ‘anna. seabs brot A ee Aga opal is ee OTTAWA, Ont., May 30.—Prepara- Me come ee Use Wolf’s Methods __ tions are being made for the arrival pk Bineste dialer, |At is believed, will bring these manu- here of Hon. William Phillips, fi ‘oney Island Local after local dae: broken BD. The | were able to pay their pro rata for | events with the zest of a professional/rycturers to their baicciegl All forces to Rob Him and Wife United States Minister to te \ prt : ge Freee ee most active members of Chicago, the upkeep of the Joint Board with- | journalist. of the Joint Board are being mobil- — who is expected Wednesday. Phillips fyom Pig Sovi Mention Mee Philadelphia, New York, and other out raising their dues. Nevertheless,, “The capitalists want to crush The| ized for this action at the earliest) With all the suav and aplomb will be received at the station by pieht on the Pr ‘Situation in cities were expelled from the Union, over the protests of the members and | DAILY WORKER because they real-| advisable moment. that Jesse L. Livermore arranges @ Premier King and his cabinet. oop at 2302 M Ave. Coney and the International lost thousands of the three locals, the dues were|ize it is the only daily newspaper) Sy Rh Te killing of the lambs on Wall Street, ee PEASY Islan rg bi Hhterist ‘hi Bran ei - of members. In the 1924 convention raised, Such incidents resulted in in-| published in the United States that two high class burglars entered his W aces > aac gaunt: deisanve from airing’ ex sr cteasing dissatisfaction ‘against the | tells the people the truth about the 4,000, 600 Workers nested home at Great Neck early Red Poets to Read Wes ocals were unsea’ on charges of system of ‘representation to the Joint | United States intervention in Niea- % s yesterday morning and made away NV, 4 ; HOUSTON. Tex., May 30.—The In- being members of a League. Board. ragua, the intervention of the im- Find Room Here a6 with $90,000 in jewels and cash. at Worker Affair ternational Labor Defense held--& Left Wing Gains. The representation to conventions | Perialists powers in China and the Swanky Depart City Tearing a page from the “Wall pioyd Dell, Michael Gold Joseph , #acco-Vanzetti protest meeting, here, Wii -tasudta ta Peucie GE. ese abl puke CADE Chives Ce duchatene to Wkc] nave drive against the goventioiend ot bots Street Wolf's” own methods, they pyeeran, Simon Felshin and many |‘ Tesolution was passed demanding tacks was to unite the rank and file | membership. It grew increasingly | the Soviet Union,” said Bishop! Two million New York persons left | Politely took the valuables, veil-| jtnoy poets will read their works at. that Governor Fuller immediately re- of the membership in opposition to| militant in its demand for reforms,| Brown. “The American Workers| the crowded city over the spring holi- ing their revolvers behind «polite, 44 International Red Poets” Night'at.| lease the two Italian worker Sigman and the Administration, for | which, if carried through, would cer-| should rally to the defense of The| day, but life streamed on as busily Words and apologies. When. the the Labor Temple Auditorium, 14th |[ erences it became evident to the workers that | tainly seriously menace the tenure DAILY WORKER. I am amazed at/as ever on Second Ave. and other) Wolf's wife wept under her expensive | + and Second, Ave., Thursday eve-|| ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY no man would have a right to his in office of the Administration. the amount of work The DAILY|working class thoroughfares, Al- counterpane, the burglars handed), Ri oo Stee On OUTS. eae opinion in union matters, and par- | ticularly that the will of large groups of the members could not prevail, un- der such a policy of wholesale ex- rulsion. \t the same time there was a/ growing revolt against the corrup- tion in the Union. Any system in which the leaders are not elected by | the members, are not directly re- | sponsible to them, and cannot be re- moved, is sure to breed- corruption, and the International was no excep- tion. The Administration machine had beeome so corrupt and the cor- ruption so flagrant, that in spite of the expulsions, the membership re- The action of President Sigman in | presenting strike demands to a Com- \misgion appointed by the Governor of | New York in 1924 was the occasion | another sharp clash between Left Wing and Administration policies. ers’ industry was about to. expire, and the employers had given every cvidence of unwillingness to comply (with Union demands, the membership {bad voted in referendum, to strike | /for the demands. Sigman submitted the demands to the Governor’s Commission, and pledged pian oid Phat Se eit spite of the Ses that the employe aplictene, bid foes j catering to wealth. Dini Vegetarian siteftalunents, alm Meet- ||] 276 Went 43rd St. New York City “ : & nN) refused to make any such pri se ndianapolis, May 30. gs and Banquets; Cofeterta 25% of all sales are donated to snd reform platform, were voted into! This action was oaly pve gral —George Souders, 24, ies Teta | iene J Room 26-08 Hath St. New Vern, WN. ¥. The DAILY WORKER. Always control in Cloak Operators’ Local 2,/ the Left Wing group, and indeed, af- | Since the agreement in the cloakmak- | the Union to accept its findings, in| | WORKER comrades can do despite the obstacles they are confronted | | with. Bishop Brown speaks in the Labo Temple, Scranton, Pa., on next Thurs-! | day evening. Lindbergh Turns Down Warship for Trip Back | LONDON, May 30.—Lindbergh de- | Instead of carry-|clared tonight that he was tentatively | ing out the order to strike, President | planning to leave Europe for Néw thousand alone went to the Rockaway | York next Thursday, aboard the) | George Washington. yette, Ind. driving one of the racing | though Fifth Ave. and Broadway looked as if a general strike had over- \taken the town, workers themselves fought for a share of the city’s diluted sunshine in the meagre down- town city parks or in short ferry and ‘trolley rides. One million, five hundred thousand people, well dressed and swanky, were | reported to have left town through |the Grand Central terminal while 250,000 more departed through the Pennsylvania station. Two hundred beaches. For the most part they represented the ever-growing class dependent on trading, retailing and MRS. ROGIN back jewelry valued at $50,000. 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The managers of these locals were Joseph Borucho- witz, Louis Hyman, and Julius Port- + noy, respectively, all of whom are leaders in the present struggle. The next great ri Sa of the so- ter two years of waiting, the recom-| mendations of the Commission were | such as could not be accepted by the | Union, and the strike was called, al- though conditions were much less vorable to the Union in 1926 than in 1924, creations of Fred Duesenberg, won! the fifteenth annual 500-mile automo- | bile racing classic here today. His time was 5:07:33.8, an average of | 97.54 miles an hour. Vegetarian Restaurant 249 E. 13th St. New York Li ee RED POETS’ NITE: . will be celebrated 5000 Workers Wanted ‘Tel. Lehigh 6022. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF ‘fel. Orchard 3733 Strictly by Appointment Ss a sD SURGEON DENTIS ie : 'o Enjoy € Ev. ing cgaep se Taha ow DR, L,,. 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