The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 25, 1927, Page 5

TH E DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, JULY 25, 1927 Page Five Furrier Workers Go In Picket Line Again | (Continued from Page One) termination to try to prevent the workers from controlling their own union and choosing their own officers; and it shows that these right win forees are willing to smash the whol union and sacrifice all union condi- | tions in the shops in order to carry } out their desire to maintain power. | PARTY ACTIVITIES | NEW JERSEY Message of Condolence. Unit 2 F Subsection 2 F expresses & sorrow at the death of Comrade rmida Mazzer’s 12-year-old son last Monday. ada ae | Party Organizers—Women’s Work. A letter has just been sent out to The Joint Board members will also |all organizers for women’s work by discuss on Thursday’ the proposal to the district women’s department secre- reduce the 10 per cent strike assess- tary. If you did not receive such a ment which. was voted early in- the |letter, come to see the distriet wom- strike. Two weeks ago ata member- en’s work seeretary*at 108 Fast 14th ship meeting this suggestion was pre-|St. Not hall units have as yet elected sented by the officers, but-it-was re- jorganizers for women’s work. These jected by the workers who felt they ;units are requested to do so and have wanted to continue this voluntary fi-\the organizers see the district wom- nancial support of the strike work, |en’s work secretary, and of those who are standing firm | kd in the-strike ranks, | ° Sub-Section 1C Holds Meeting r ' Ree ” Thursday’s' meetings will be held | Against “The War Danger. in three halls, Local 1 meeting: in} | Sub-Section 10, Workers (Com- Royal Hall, 86 East: 4th St.;"Local 5 |munist} Party, wlil be addressed at in Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Second |its next meeting, tonight at six Ave.; Local10"in Stuyvesant Casino; | o’clock, at 83-Forsythe street, by J. and Local 15.in Astoria Hall, 52 East | Louis Engdahl on the subject of “The 4th St. A War Danger.” Carried in Bundles. } . Strike Assessment. Petitions to. Mayor Walker for an} Comrades of Section 2. investigation of the fur strike, and) A distribution of 10,000 copies of picket line arrests, are now being car- |The DAILY WORKER will take place ried down to the City Hall in bundles. | this morning. Comrades must re- It was feared that the postman would | port at» 100 West 28th Street at break under the strain if the letters 6:30 p.m. Comrades of C. S. 2A and were all posted, so as they are signed |2E will get their copies at 108 E. 14th by workers they are left at Local 22|St. Those unable to’ report at 6:30 or the Furriers’ Joint Board, and spe-|must do so during the day. cial messengers transpott them by | ie ie ‘f the hundreds to the mayor’s office. Mass Meeting July 27. All workers who want copies of| A mass meeting for the defense of these letters to pass on to their friends |the Soviet Union will be held Wednes- can get them at the union offices, |day, July 27,.7 p.m. at Bryant Hall, prepared with addressed envelopes. |Sixth Ave. near 42nd St. Speakers Don’t give Mayor Walker or Governor | will be J. Louis Engdahl, Joseph Free- Smith any rest. on this proposition.|man and M. J. Olgin. Auspices of Keep them bombarded with letters, | Section 2. so that they may understand what a * a 8 | SOVIET UNION ON WATCH sakes Chinese Labor and Who Aid sacco-Van American Delegates is criti _ Attack Imperialis | By DICK ETTLINGER. | SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.—On Vanzetti meetings held in Pittston. “I to say that I didn’t a‘tend that meet- ing and neither will I attend any mass meeting in which Pat Toohey and | want to tell you now that I am proud} huge body of citizens is vitally inter- ested in the treatment of workers, and in the preservation of workers’ rights on the picket line and in the courts, . Coney Island Concert. In spite of the threatening weather 20,000 workers were present at the Coney Island Stadium Concert for the relief and defense, Saturday evening. While rain was imminent during the entire afternoon it cleared up enough late in the’ day to allow the concert to take place, Ben Gold and Louis Hyman, mili- | tant leaders of the left wing in the needle trades were greeted with thun- derous applause when they mounted the platform to make brief addresses | to the assembled workers. Gold said that the right wing forces are now spreading new lies. “When they say,” asserted Gold, “that I am going to Russia they are not telling the truth. I am not going to run away from the struggle, but will stay here and participate in it. Fight Goes On. “The fight begins anew every Monday morning, We declare today that we will continue until we achieve victory. All workers should be on the picket line, Monday 7 a. m.” Juliet Stuart Poyntz, presided and took up a collection for the defense and relief fund. The concert program included the, New York Symphony Orchestra, con- ducted by Maximillian Pilzer,and di- vertissements by Alexis Kosloff of the Metropolitan Opera Company and a ballet. The entire program was broadcast by station WCGU. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 24—A tax strike has been called here as a | result of a mass meeting. held under the auspices of the Taxpayers’ League that adopted a resolution to attack the city’s assessment by court action and agreeing to pay no taxes until the suit is decided. Sub-Section 2-A. A. general membership meeting of Sub-Section 2-A will be held tonight 6.30 p. m. at 100 West 28th St., Com- | rade D. Benjamin will speak on “Our | Election Campatzn.” Come on time. * * F: Dr 4, S$. 8.2-A. } An edueational meeting of Factory | District 4, Sub-section 2-A will be held Tuesday 6.30 p. m. at 108 East 14th St. A comrade will speak on the “American Revolution.” Be on time and bring sympathizers. Labor Organizations Tailors Meets Tonight. The regular monthly meeting of lo- eal 1 of the Journeymen Tailors union will be held tonight 8 p. m. at Bohemian Hall, 821 East 78rd St. An important question relating to the welfare of the tailors employed in the custom tailoring and bushel- men in retail and department stores | will be discussed. Stamford Labor Rally |For Sacco and Vanzetti | (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) Stamford, Conn., July 24,—Gath- | July 14th the first Hands Off China | Conference was held in San Fran- cisco and was attended by delegates | representing twenty-five | fifteen were bona fide union delegates jfrom the Building Trades Council, |District Council of Painters, Struc- | tural Iron Workers, Millmen’s Union, | Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union, Amalga- mated Clothing Workers, ete. In ad- | dition to these trade union organiza-| tions, delegates of the Workmen’s Ci cle, Workers’ Clubs, socialist party and Workers (Communist) Party were also present. Chinese Called It. This conference was called together by a provisional committee consisting of three important Chinese organiza- tions, the Kuomintang, the National Students Alliance, and the Sun Yat | Sen Societies. The keynote speech was made by |T. Chi of the Kuomintang who ably |pointed out the development of the work, and Toohey was made secre-| of | Chinese Nationalist movement as part of the working class movement thru- out the world, and the direct menace to it by the mobilization of the im- perialist forces in China. That the |sending of warships, marines and | troops by the United States was a | threat to the Chinese revolutionary | movement and one that would inevita- | bly lead to war between China and various | | working class organizations. Of these! ered in large numbers in a demonstra-! the various imperialist powers and be- | ) tion before the city hall here at the tween the imperialists themselves. call of the Stamford Conference for | ; vi ea: Sacco and Vanzetti, workers here sent | Demand Withdrawal of ‘Troops. { others of his rotten gang participate,” | ing the Chicago Federation of Labor | insisted that a strike will cevtainly the district leader said in a voice that | could be heard in all sections of the! hall. Pat Toohey is a progressive miner who supported the “Save the Union” |ticket in the international elections last year, and thereby gained the, \fieree hatred of the members of the | reactionary clique which rules District | las | The Pittston meeting which Cap- pellini assailed was called when it be-| came evident that district president | would do little or nothing to assist | Sacco and Vanzetti. Local Union No. | 1616, with 1600 members, elected a| ‘committee to see Cappellini, and tell} jhim that if he wouldn’t call a con-; ference to aid Sacco and Vanzetti, the local would. The district president refused, so the local called the con- | |ference. The local gathered other |locals: around it, aggrpgating 4,500) members and -issued the call June 16. | Forty locals are now affiliated in the | tary of the joint committee estab-| | lished. Cappellini was invited to a| | conference held by the joint commit- | tee, and refused to come. | ! SAMOS | SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., July 24.— | | Capt. Frank T. Courtney, British air | | ace, will not hop off before tomorrow | (on his contemplated flight from Fing- | who is to be Capt. Courtney’s com- panion on the flight, informed Uni- versal Service today. land to New York, Captain Downer, | - of Massachusetts, as follows: “Workers of Stamford, Conn., in mass meeting assembled on the steps of the Town Hall hereby reaffirm our belief in the complete innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti, and demand that you immediately and unconditionally release these two victims of the em- ploying class ffame-up.” a telegram tonight to Governor Fuller, | A resolution was adopted demand- | ing. the withdrawal of troops from | China and that all interference of the | imperialists in their efforts to crush| the Chinese revolutionary movement cease. | A copy of this resolution to be for- | warded to California’s representatives in congress, to Senator Borah and to | the labor and general press. To car- | Ty out the work of the conference an | executive committee of five was elect- ed and plans outlined for the holding of a series of mass meetings to bring | Patronize Our Advertisers. | this issue clearly before the American | people. | | The calling of this conference is | historic, first because San Francisco \is the direct gateway to the Orient, and because here where most of the) Chineze in the United States live we | see for the first time taking place a| | joint conference of Chinese and Amer. 5 ican workers called for the purpose| lof helping the Chinese masses and | | Stopping the war program of Ameri-| lean imperialism. lal mee CO-OPERATIVE RESTAURANTS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. Become a Member and Help Us to Make It a Great Success!! INQUIRE IN STORE 30 UNION SQUARE N. POLAK, Secretary ._ _...A Cooperative ~ Restaurant and Cafeteria IN UNION SQUARE is being built with the best and most modern improvements 30 UNION SQUARE (Freiheit Building) by the Cooperative Restaurant . Ass’n, Inc. ae erec="* |COMPANY IMPORTS SCABS TO BREAK STRIKE OF TRACTION WORKERS tm cee Chicago Militants CHICAGO, July 24 (FP).—Enter- meeting July 17, national officials of the International Ladies’ Garment | | Workers were asked for help in oust- | conference at the City Hs ing “reds” from the Chicago organiza- | tion. The request was referred to the | executive board but not before it had | evoked sympathetic response from | federation officers, A similar crusade | 8 years ago had the ultimate effect | of strengthening the victims who} came back in practically full control | of the Chicago union, which they still) retain. | The federation voted indorsement of the stand of the musicians’ demand of $100 a week for the members of the Chicago symphony orchestra. Ne- | gotiations are still under way. ' Hope to -Build Largest | Airport in the World) The world’s largest airport might developed in Brooklyn if the plans | Charles S. Doran, chairman of the Airport Committee of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce materialize. “The project, if carried through,” | he said, “would give Brooklyn the | world’s largest airport. It would be, built about 1,500 feet from Brooklyn’s shore line, would be two miles long | and one mile wide—about three times | the size of Roosevelt Fiel be FOR A_ FR » Wi OM VEGETARIAN MEAL Come to Scientific Vegetarian Restaurant 75 E. 107th Street © New York. 7 Sollins Dining Room will be closed SATURDAY and SUNDAY | on account of moving to a new place |}! of business at | 216 E. 14th St. Bet. 2 & 3 Aves. Three doors west of old place. For HEALTH, SATISFACTION and COMRADESHIP | RATIONAL VEGETARIAN |, RESTAURANT 1590 Madison Ave. New York University 0775 ——_—_—00-20—10=10——10= That Bosses Fear and EVERY BOOK REVIEWED OR ADVERTISED IN The DAILY WORKER you will find at THE JIMMIE HIGGINS BOOK SHOP 106 University Place NEW YORK. © | | | | | | | | | vcuu Right Wing of LGW Starts War Against | miners’ union did not attend Sacco and | (Continued from Page One) ganize and attend the strike meeting on Tuesday. Wants Police “Protection.” Hedley in his letter to Walker de- |clining to take part in any confer- ences said, “I feel I.am in a position to assure you that, with adequate pv- lice protection, which I am certain will be afforded, no strike which the representatives of this Amalgamated Association can bring . about will amount to any serious inconvenience to the people of this city, as far as the Interborough system is cerned.” In reply to this threat P. J. Shea, vice president of the Amalgamated yesterday issued a statement in which he said, “We are not going to have anyone beaten up in this strike. We say this advisedly. Mayor Walker. con- our conference of ‘Saturday, voluntecr-, ed to arrange a meeting with Police Commissioner Warren for ts.” Speaking of the Amalgamated’s | ability to carry through a successful jstrike J. H. Coleman, organizer for \the Amalgamated said, “We are well |organized, well financed and, we think, well understood by the public.” Coleman further admitted yester- day that the traction companies would welcome 2 strike beeause it would be instrumental in effecting an increased carfare. He said, “Labor trouble is ,an instrument in thé hands of these | manipulators. That is why Messers. | Hedley and Quackenbush cling to this | Brotherhood deception after all New | York knows it is a company union— ‘controlled by the company and used | }only to exploit its ostensible mem- | bers.” ' \ Strike Likely Tuesday. At the unioh headquarters o: | icials , City Hall, the executives of the In: | Interborough and the B.-M. T. “They say they take this action be- cause they believe that 2 tie-up and strike may be called on those lines. “They tell me that the strike Hlast thing they want to happ in requesting me to call a confe they do so because I am the chief executive of the city, because of t! city’s investment in the subway tem and because of the great venience to the travelling public strike should occur. “Not a Busybody.” “Another reason given by these labor men for the conference is the!r s and menns tike and at to the sincere belief that w may be found to avoid the same time bring workmen, the companies In keeping tio go out on to the Inter for a meeti as possibl jand probabili fcause of m Concerning I want it interfering her request comes to gamated and I am do all in my power to prevent a etrike. “The men came in here frankl¢ and fairly and said t believe in. arbi- tration and asked hief execu- tive of the city to her the with this requ Mon he executives of the c and the representatives of the t |. A canvass at the various terminals. power-houses reveals that..the |men are ready to respond to a strike {cali When some of the men were Jasked why the,Friday night meeting was thinly attended they said: that | Mayor Walker said, “These gentlemen be ‘called on Tuesday night unless |they did not want to lay themselves something unforeseen develops at the ‘open to discharge, but at the same They time they said that the strike call charged that company detectives have ;would be answered by fully nimety been shadowing them for moniins past. | pet cent of the key men. Mayor Walker has announced that he will issue orders today to the pro- per city departments to make prepara- tions for a traction strike in order that traffic would not be interfered with. The Department of Plant and Structures will be asked to make ar- | rangements for bus and ferry service for the emergency. The Interborough has issued a call to all of its employes who are away on their vacation to immediately re- | turn to duty. George Keegan, assis- tant to Hedley, admitted that I. R. T. | departments were issuing such a call. In explaining his sudden interest in he threatened traction strike altho it | has been brewing for some time past | Phone Stuyvesant 3816 ’ John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet. 302 E. 12th St. New York Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5:45. ase Tel. Orchard 3788 representing the American Federation | Strictly by of Labor and the Amalgamated Asso- ciation have requested me to invite to a conference on neutral ground at the Appointment DR. L. KESSLER SURGEON DENTIST 48-50 DELANCEY STREET New York Cor. Eldridge St. AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS Bakers’ Loc. No. 164 Meets Ist Saturday in the month at 3468 Third,Avenue, Bronx, N. Y. DR. JOS. 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