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JOINT BOARD DELEGATES REPORT AT M vention” of the Furriers’ Union: Sev: expected’ to reach New York today. at which a full report on what took Textile Workers of ~ Brooklyn on Strike Against Wage Cut By a Worker Correspondent. The Joint Board delegates are returning from the Washington “con- Within seVeral days a membership meeting of the union wiil be held RETURNING; EETING HERE VERY SOON HEAD GALLS FOR ~ INDUSTRIAL GZAR Seen as Wedge in Drive For Open Shop eral returned last night and more are place at Washington will be given. Protest Peonage of building trades is now being inau- gurated under the guise of advocacy of a “Czar” for the industry. De- claring that “Brindellism is stilt in existence,” G. G. Norman, head of the Building Trades Employers’ Associa- tion whe is viciously smashing at the Negroes at Meeting. _ Sunday Afternoon BUILDING TRADES PARTY ACTIVITIES NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY Open Air Meetings Tonight. Seoond Ave. and Tenth St, Speak- era: Cowl, Glazin, McDonald, Pollack, | Solnitsky. | Graham Ave. and Vaeret St., Brook- lyn. Speakers: Ginsberg, F. Jacobs Powers. Claremont Parkway and Washing- THE DAILY WORKER, NHW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1927 Plumbers Return to ton St. Speakers: Bentall, Jacobson, | A now open-shop offensive in the; Young, Navarez. St. Anns Ave. and 188th St. Speak- ers: Baum, Bert Miller, Gerson, Fort Whiteman. * * Vecherinka and Dance Tomorrow Night. A Vecherinka and Dance will be 12 weeks’ strike of the Brooklyn|held tomorrow at 81 East 110th St. A mass meeting to protest against | For the first three weeks the broad silk weavers of the Perfect Silk Co., a mill located at 1425-37th St., Brook- lyn, have been out on strike. The Perfect Silk Co, is a Syrian concern employing 60 workers, chief- ly Syrians. The present strike came as a re- forced Negro labor in the flood dis- | tricts will be held next Sunday after- noon at 3 o’clock at the Abyssinian | Baptist Church auditorium, and 7th Ave., under the au the New York Section, American Ne- gro Labor Congress. Among the speakers will be Rich- sult of -an attempt on the part of|ard B.. Moore, Scott Nearing, A. the concern to force a wage cut upon|Harris of “The Messenger”, Roy! its weavers. Lancaster, of the Brotherhood of During the past year the conditions| Sleeping Car Porters; Pat Devine, of in the silk industry have grown|the I. L. D., and Cornelius Jackman, | steadily worse. Not only has there|of the Negro Foreign-born Citizens’ Deen a rapid extension of the vicious! Alliance. | three and four loom system, but close} William L. Patterson, New York upon its heels, in fact as an inevit-| section of the American Negro La- able accompaniment, a decrease in| bor Congress. Il be chairman. wages and increase in hours from 8 —- to 10, 11 and 12 hours a day. ‘Workingclass Women Conditions Among Worst. Conditions in the silk industry are) Expect to Hold Their eee oe Tt armas Conference June 25th American - industry. The average weekly wage of a weaver is $20. For this miserable wage the textile weav-| Labor and fraternal organizations, | er slaves 10, 11 and 12 hours a day! | women’s auxiliaries, and women’s or- How unbearable the situation had) ganizations of New York, New Jer- become can readily be seen from the | sey and vicinity are being invited to fact that the Syrians, the backbone | attend the annual. conference of the of the 3- and 4-loom systems, and | United Council of Workingelass long hours in New York, have walked | Housewives to be held at 1 p. m., at out on strike against their employer,|“The Little Hungary,” 253 East who is their countryman. | Houston St. * Lack of Organization. | At this conference reports will be The reason for the rotten condi-| made of relief activity in the textile | tions prevailing in the textile indus-| strike of Passaic, the strike of the | try can be found mainly in the lack| paperbox makers, an other important | of organization among the workers, | struggles. Only an insignificant number of silk workers are organized in trade| unions. | A local of textile workers with| headquarters at 51 East 10th St. | " A | known as Local 1615 United Textile Foreign; Cheer ‘Lindy’ Workers affiliated with the Ameri- ‘celeste | can Federation of Labor has been| JOHNSTOWN recently organized in Greater New| —-Steel workers York. This union has as its aim the} organization of all textile workers in| Johnston Workers Back Council to Protect the Pa., (FP) June 15.) ¢ cheered the name of | Lindbergh at a big mass meeting of | plumbers, is leading the campaign for| by the Harlem Workers’ Center and an official autocracy which will be| the Harlem Section, Workers Party. the entering wedge for crushing the; There will be music, refreshments workers’ organizations. jand a good time for all. Admission These facts became evident at the| 25 cents. second day’s session of the New York} Industrial Survey Commission which | is hearing testimony with the view} toward recommending the appoint- ment of a building trades ezar, who will be expected to safeguard the in- terests of “the public.” It is evident that the appointment of the “czar” of the industry would} ultimately involve the appointment of) * * * Form New Pioneer Group in Brooklyn A new Pioneer group has been formed in East New York. Meetings are held every Saturday, 10 a. m., at 850 Bradford St., between Belmont and Sutter Ave. All boys and girls! living in the neighborhood are invit- ed to join. | * . * Correction. & committee which’ would Snforee) the Saeco-Vanzetti open air meet- | P bre y hava headeimukd ened of | ine announced in this column yester- amma cin Pe SS P |day for Saturday at Steinway and representatives of the bosses, labor,| and the “pupblic.” The representa- tives of the “public,” however, have inevitably been drawn from conserva- tive business groups. “ | a - Outlawry of all strikes would be-a Hands Off China Meeting Saturday. natural consequence of this commis-) 4 fands Off China air meeting will sion, it is pointed out. ibe held Saturday evening at Stein- Progressives,in the building trades) way and Jamaica Aves. Abraham union in this city declare that the! Markoff will speak. present hearings have been inspired! ad pers by the Building Trades Employers’) Party Units, Attention! Association of this city, and form part) All notices cf party affairs, meet- of a propaganda program to beat|ings and other activities for publica- down the wages and working condi-|tion in The DAILY WORKER should tions of the workers. |be addressed to the Party News Edi- It is pointed out that only an amal-| tr, The DAILY WORKER, 33 First gamation of the building trades which | St. New Yorks will present a united front to the pro-| Jackson Ave., L. I. City was held last | Saturday. The” announcement. that | appeared this week appeared by mis- take. * * * NEW YORK.—-Concert and dance Needle: Trades Section T. U. E. L. Hold Meeting Tonight, After Work | MUSSOLINI PLANS Work With’ Issues JUCOSLAV WAR; TO . . ai Being ArDitrated | m+ ssote sace. socio! SEIZE DALMATIA Trade Union Educational League, ohn will meet tonight. right. after The 12,000 Brooklyn plumbers | work at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 D’Annunzio Gets Seeret Orders for Coup East Fourth St. Important ques. have decided to return to work pend- “ tions will come up for action. All ing final settlement of the strike by negotiation. members must attend. The demands, of the workers in- LONDON, June 15.—Plans for @ cluded an increase of the daily wage| gs, 2 Fascist yeti Dalm: ate Ata from $12’ to $14, and a 5-day week SCISy COND aR SOAS ee ee at a6 hikes, gs Ingo If rogram ti Blasio caupported by - p> Announcement of the decision was veined y | ae atin pa made following 2 conference between| H apousitle for 4 coup; has | Thomas Oates, president of the union, $s 4 , yey) ys 7 rake : een designated ni to lead and Thomas E, O’Brien, president of ie cantare of . it ee posed attacks of the emplpoyers will) ; jenable the various unions involved to| at the New Star Casino on June 18, Ree le Greater New York regardless of craft. Only through organization can we do away with the abominable con- ditions in the textile industry. Renegade Union Print Shop Seeks Injunction CHICAGO, June 15 (FP).—Hear- ings are proceeding in the petition of the White (Regan) Printing house for & permanent injunction against 5 unions that are’fighting a lockout de- clared April 18. Attorneys for the concern, which changed to the open shop practically overnight after many years under union agreements, closely questioned editor James Bruck of The Federation News, official Chicago la- bor organ, on the source of his news stories about the lockout. He men- tioned The Federated Press and other sources. The unions in the struggle are Typo- graphical No, 16, Printing Pressmen 8 and 4, Bookbinders 8 and 30. John D. Calls for Self-Reliance. PROVIDENCE, June 15.—John D. Rockefeller, \Jr., acting as presiding officer at the commencement lun- cheon of Brown University here de- clared that students should be made to Pay “a larger share of theif edu- cation.” however, where they are studying for the ministry, he added. For Boss Released on Bail. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 15, —After spending a week in jail, Nathan Ressler, president of the Exceptions should be made, | safeguard the victories that they have|8 D. m., for the benefit of the Young | your bit to-build a Camp for workers’ THIRD LECTURE = Lower Bronx Pioneers Meet Every ON CHINA TO BE tive again. They hold their refular the Johnstown Council for the pro- meetings gen. ah Lal 2 tection of. Foreign Born Workers. | 140th St., near Cypress Ave., 6:30 | Jeannette. Pearl, field organizer, | i | eee * hesaeiee eet and said his flight} | The ee fie te Belt of aeact Brooklyn Comrades, Attention! would bring the workers of Europe | lectures on China will be delivered at! i mn } y members shoul land America closer together. ig |the Workers’ School this Friday eve-) ae pres hea, members shocld biceocand fingex-printing and regis-|With the development of the Nation- ; ely oe f | tration laws for alien workers tne alist liberation movement before eee egeeeeeme ae ETE |awakening a keen response in John-|#fter the world war, showing the dif-|"" membership meeting of sub-sec- drawn from all the nations of Eur-| Passed to its present stage, with par-| 1+ 109 West 28th St. All members ope, labors in the mills of the Cam-| ticular emphasis upon the effect of |. urged to attended important |bria steel plant, a Bethlehem enter-/imperialist exploitation in Chine. | \ ‘ tages, | steel strike and the Palmer “Red|far been the best attended series ever! Discuss Rurciee Stuayen. Raids” that followed. |delivered at the schvol, there being! A regular educational bade A of Labor is backing the Council. Head-|#bout 200 for each lecture. This lec-| Nucleus 4A will be held tonight at list are William J. Cavanaugh, county |Only themselves to blame for the part | RST! EER DORE EP ME ERO LIN |commissioner, and Judge John H,|they miss. Each lecture, though part | Booth Phones, Ory Dock 6612, 7845. McCann. ‘McCann, elected by a coali-|°f @ course, is also complete in itself | Office Phone, Orchard 9218. and has turned down the requests of Vious ones or not. ings | Whtertainments,. Balls. Waar coal operators for injunctions against ne. Sean | apie 48 ear g “& the United Mine Workers. \SACCO and VANZETTI acco and Vanzetti Shall Not Die! S HALL NOT DIE ! f tattle testa gue osname ini Scena coer | | VOLUNTEERS WANTED thus far achieved. | Pioneer Camp. Come, and bring your Friday. GIVEN ON FRIDAY m. All party members are urged |. evoked applause when she lauded the | ; 6 AO {report this morning, 10 a. m. \stown. The population of the town, | ferent stages through which it has) prise. These alien workers wersi Lectures Well Attended. business willbe taken up. jing its advisory committee -is | ture will start at eight o’clock sharp|51-East 110th St., 8 p.m. The topic * 2 Patronize |tion of the Labor Party and the 8° that the full benefit is derived MANHATTAN LYCEUM Small Meeting Kooms Always | relatives, friends and neighbors. Do The lower Bronx Pioneers are ac- ‘to send their-children to the meeting. |feat: of this young descendant of a) The -Counci¥s fight against the {ing by H. M. Wicks. This will deal is 29 Graham Ave., for special duty | tion 2-C will be held tonight at 6: * hunted like dogs during the great! The lectures on China have thus |Baumer, state senator and on the) amd those who come late will have | of diseussion will be “What is taking | Democrats, is an outstanding laborite Whether you have attended the pre-|| parge Halls With Stage for Meet. Avallable. ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK Patronize Our Friend SPIESS STUDIO 54 Second Ave., cor. 3rd St. Special Rates for Labor Organiza- tions (Established 1887.) The Joint Defense id Relief ¥ vork || call at office, and Relief Committee needs volunteer workers. 41 Union Square, Ask for Lena Chernenko. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant i ! Tel. Lehigh 6022, Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF | SURGEON DENTIST Office Houre; 9:20-12 A. M. 2-8 P.M. | Phone Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant Yonkers Fur Dressing Company, was | released in. $50,000 bail jay pend-: 1600 Madison Ave, Daily Except Friday and Sunday. 249 EAST 115th STREXT New York, SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere Where all radicals meet. Cor. Second Ave. ing trial on an indictment charging arson in the first degree. A Workers’ Co-operative . SUMMER RESORT in White Rock Mts. WINGDALE, N. Y. All conveniences; all sports; hiking; fishing; rowing; swim- ming; dancing; amusements, Fou RUGINTRATION AND IN~ FORMATION: "Freihelt” Office 2 to 8 + 18> Lexington Ave, and Harlem PHONE: UNIVERSITY 6:68. 302 E. 12th St. New York | | Dr. J. Mindel Dr, L, Hendin Surgeon Dentists » 1 UNION SQUARE Phone Stuyv. 10119 Brookyn ‘Comrades, Attention All Brooklyn Party members should re-: port this morning, 10 A.M. at 29 Graham Ave., for special duty in connection with the Lindbergh parade in Brooklyn. Room 808 Tel. Orchard 3783 Strictly by Appointment DF, dete | 48-50 DELANCEY STREET |] Cor. Bldridge st. New York Special DAILY WORKER Meeting WORKER representatives of Workers Part units will meet TONIGHT, & P. M. at 108 Bact 14th St., to take up plans for the midsummer won! {fair for the benefit of The DAILY Telephone Mott Haven 0606. Dr. Morris Shain . SURGEON. DENTIST 592 Oak Terrace, Bronx, N. Y. 14}st St. and Crimmins Ave. DR. JOS. LEVIN SURGEON DENTIST X-Ray Diagnosis 1215 BRONX RIVER AVENUE Cor, Westchester Ave. Bronx, N. Y. \ Phone, Underhill 2738. ‘SHALL NOT DIB! | the Master Plumbers’ Association. Page Five © i | i All the scabs will be immediately discharged, and the company union, called the “Amalgamated Plumbers” automatically “dissolved as a condi- tion of the return of the union men. Over 15,000 plumbers’ helpers of Greater New York who struck April 1 for union recognition and increase of wages are still 6ut. place in the Purriers’. Union.” The discussion will be lead: by a furrier. | Friends and sympapthizers are in- vited to attend. » @ DAILY WORKER Meeting Friday. DAILY WORKER |. agents’ and DAILY WORKER representatives of: Workers Party units will meet Friday, 8 p. m. at 108 East 14th St., to take up plans for the midsummer carnival and fair for the benefit of The DAILY WORKER, » * Organizations of Harlem and Bronx Hold Summer Festival, A summer festival in the form of a concert and colorlite ball is ar- nged thru the joint efforts of or- ganizations of Harlem and Bronx for * Special Saturday, June 18th, at the New Star| Casino, The entire proceeds will go to build a camp for workers children, namely the “Young Pioneer Camp,” which deserves the support of every work- er. Tickets are 50 cents in advance and 75 cents at the door. They can be obtained at the office of Young Pioneer Camp, 106 University Place, and at 108 East 14th St., Room 41. Section One Membership Meeting. To all Functionaries and Members of Section 1. There will be a regular meeting of all the members of Section 1 on Mon June 20, 6 p. m. sharp, lieved. Italian encroachi is one of the most n Dalmatia differences In Luncheon Speech between Jug and, Italy. ‘The b= Got Dhabenei hae been ed +¢| tuthless Fascist. pol lone aula See ee er Lidia pes: Piel Balkan. out- v burst, and the coup “may Yesterday noon, at a luncheon at the Astor given in his honor by the | New York Chamber of Commerce, the push the B world, into: a me |famous aviator spoke up definitely in Call For Jugo-Slay War. favor of extending the militaristic The instructior D’Annunaio ~ program of the U. S, e believed to 1 contained “We do not in sealed i was de- ared, “yet one of the surest ways livered by General 'Turati of averting it is to have ¢ he Fa to the poet? sonnel which be in case of v 1 r se e will give us that personnel in the matter of fighting planes in case we are forced into conflict.” The Old Siuff. Going in for some jingor boasting Lindbergh, whose father repeated! exposed the imperialistic war aims the U. S., declared that “our planes jin- the army air servic: the most developed in the world, although we haye very few of them; there is no] doubt, however, that our~pilo no equal in the civilized worlc As a preliminary te the national ar program Lindbergh urged that airports be developed in each town and city of the country as soon as possible. pe an ociation, declared: “Mussolini will *yereille nobody $ have| goslavia and dem tion of D pape Yug tron Work 4 Killed in Montana Flood. BUTTE, Mont., June 15,—¥ four known dead and a family of j tourists believed to have been. lost, |the Wise River was tearing a path 7 | of destruction through its valley 35 | miles southwest of here, today. Vital orga | Flood waters from melting snows| before the w reached an unexpected volume and including the took out the Wise River storage dam. ing p The town of Wise River was the] pc heaviest sufferer, losing its post of- fice and other buildings. Work- ting at 1 Boy Dies After Accident. ; Ww right after work at 108 E. 14th St., Room 46, Every sub-section and unit. organ- izer is to be personally responsible for the preserice of party members. It is necessary that every unit be represented fully at this important meeting, in order that our plans may be properly executed. SACCO and VANZETTI jured yesterda WHITE PLAINS, June 15.—Ben-| explosion which d i >, of 15 North Lex- f Plas d today of injuries ato White | Ridge received | The in pital © 000 when he was struck by an automobile | damage, on Water St., near. his home. of one of the mach NOTICE TO ALL WORKERS, PARTY UNITS AND AL! LABOR AND FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. ‘Are you preparing to do your bit for the Giant Carnival and Fair July 23rd and 24th ibitions, Side § ity Booths, / = ! Harlem Workers, Attention ! VECHERINKA & DANCE WANTED: Exhibi- tic Dancing Exhil ‘ood, Ri » Concert. given by What will you do to make this n ure Coney Island a HARLEM WORKERS CENTRE success? and Harlem Section Workers Party Friday, June 17th, 1927 at 81 East 110th Street E FRIDAY ate with Bert Miller, P. M. at 108 'E. C. Orchard-41680. Good Music Refreshments Admission, 35 Cents. Cease CONEY ISLAND STADIUM CONCERT Fifth St. & Surf Ave; Coney Island, N.Y. The Entire New. York Symphony Orchestra ERNO RAPPEE, Conductor * We allow you to make $105.00 PROFIT in conjunction with the yo . . Freiheit Picnic SAT., JULY 30, 1927 afternoon and evening A World. Famous Ballet and other attractions - SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 16 ‘Auspices: JOINT DEFENSE AND RELIEF COMMITTEE At ULMER PARK, Brooklyn TICKETS on sale at 108 E. 14th Street, Room ox bo. The Jewish Daily Freiheit offers to all: Workers ‘Party Sub-Sections | Workers Party Units | Young Workers League’ Sec- | Workers Party Annual Summer Festival Workers Party | First Big Outdoor Event This Season SUNDAY, JUNE 26th From 10 A. M. Until Midnight Pleasant Bay Park—Bronx ATHLETICS ° GAMES DANCING | tions Workmen Circle Bran¢hes Independent Workmen Circle Branches Workers Clubs _ | Cultural Organtgations | Trade Union Educational League Sections 500 Tickets — Value $125.00 For Only $20.00 NET PROFIT OF $105.00 SECRETARIEG are urged to -BASEBALL GAMES aedee ‘Of business, oe vear | Workers Party vs. Young Workers League — I. L. G. W. U. vs. Furriers } bene’ tone. pe ee BO | Athletic Exhibitions;~?i™™ish, Hungarian and other lan- jantion., — Every organization { will have m separate section at the Plenie._ SEND $20.00 with the name of your organization, Secre- tary and address to: FREIHEIT 80 UNION SQUARE NEW YORK, N. Y. guage groups.—Special program ar- |} ranged by the Young Pioneers.—All kinds of games for young and old! SCOTT NEARING, WM. F. DUNNE, BEN GITLOW, M. J. OLGIN, and ALBERT WEISBORD and many others will participate in the games.—Good Eats and Plenty of ’Em. e | Admission 35 cents. Free Busses to and from Station. | DIRECTIONS: Take the Bronx Subway or “1.” to 177th St. station, | then take Unionport Car to the end of line. Mrom West. Side take Broad- + way Subway to i8ist St, then crosstown car to Unionport. TICKETS ON SALE: WORKERS PARTY, 10) 40 Union Square; DAILY WORKER, 383 E. 1st St.; SHOP, 106 University Plere, Sts PRBIAPT 8 EB. 14th JIMMIE HIGGINS BOO.

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