The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 2, 1927, Page 5

a nat antics 1927 Page Five ‘HE DAILY WORKER W YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Music = Open Air Opera Carmen <= samme wwe o WONDERFUL ATTRACTIONS at 2 P.M. All Star Cast—at 8 P. M. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, ALL DAY "2 % Benefit of the Joint Defense Committee and the Brave Fight QT ABI IHT PARK, 177TH ST,, EAST a’ of the Furriers and — Cloakmakers. "MOVIE STRIKE IN CHICAGO SPREADS Minneapolis Workers. Join Walkout CHICAGO, Sept. exhibitors Chicago motion picture for the shutdown | Monday has resulted in the closing of more than 350 theatres, Only two Chicago motion picture and vaudeville theatres were reported open for business today. Even in- j dependent exhibitors being forced to 1 lock their doors by the film board of | trade aetion int refusing to send films to any theatres until the dispute was settled. Today’s meeting of the operators | was virtually unanimous for a con- tinuance of the suspension until their demands are met. The strike or lock- out originated when Orpheum Circuit Theatres refused to employ two extra operators. Roars of approval marked the vot- TO STAGE HANDS. —Operators and} stage hands today voted to stand. to-| gether for a finish fight against: the! whom they “accuse of responsibility | which since last. IT edicott Johnson Shoe Co. Sells Co-operative Stores to Monopolists | | s ENDICOTT, N. Y., Sept. 1—The Endicott-Johnson Corporation, em- | ploying 17,000 persons in its shoe | factories here, today announced the | sale of all its workers’ cooperative | stores to the American | Company of Philadelphia, a} chain store organization. | This was in conformity with the | decision announced two months ago | | by the Endicott-Johnson Corpora- tion to dispose of the cooperative grocery stores. | ‘Stories of USSR Arms Purchase, Propaganda’ Against Soviet Union (Continued from Page One) to make such sales were likewise re- fused. The ambiguous dispatches did not indicate whether the arms were in- |tended for the Soviet government or \for counter-revolutionists. No Embargo, Anyway. Officials of the department admit-| ‘ted that no department has the au- |Cloakmakers to Hold ida Tommy Maloy, their business man-|arms to Soviet Russia as the arms ager, that the suspension might con- |embargo h, tinue indefinitely—even into the new /that count year. Circumstances surrounding the in- Operators also voted unanimously | cident point to deliberate provocation to accept no agreement with exhibi-| by anti-Soviet elements. tors until the theatre men amicably| The first Washington dispatches in adjust their differences with the stage yesterday morning’s papers were al- hands’ union, The latter union then| im 3 4 |most identically worded in the Times, followed suit, pledging support for! World, Journal of Commerce and la. the operators. * ter in the Evening Post. Without revealing the source of in- formation, the dispatches said that |the state department voiced its dis- approval to Soviet agents. to | | ing which followed a statement by/| thority to forbid the shipment of | not “been extended { * * . MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 1.— Minneapblis motion picture operators, members of the International Alliance of Theatre Stage Employes, will go | gran on strike ‘unless their demands for | Anti-U SSR Propaganda. wage inereases and better working | Later Washington dispatches. based conditions are met before midnight |O" Mmauiries at the state department Thursday, representatives of their | &XPressed its disapproval to American union informed theatre owners to- | Manufacturers wishing to sell arms | your leaders. Rally at the Garden (Continued from Page One) the conditions gained. by the. cloak and dress-makers through years of struggle and sacrifice. “The sweat-shop .conditions previ- out to 1910 once more prevail in-our industry today. For ime first time since 1910 the cloak and dress mar- ket has become an open shop mar- ket. The sweat-shop system has once more raised its head. “All union standards have been de- stroye wages reduced. You are forced to work all hours dictated by the bosses. The piece work system has once more been re-established, and the bosses determine your prices. “The workers feel the result of the Sigman in pogrom their pay en- velopes every week. The best worker in the trade cam hardly earn enough} for a living. “The workers pay for this’ pogrom with their health. The system of piece work, the sweat-shop, the gen- eral chaos, have’ reduced the workers to the conditions of slaves. The work- | ers exhaust themselves by the speed- Workers remain in the shops until late in the night and are forced to work Saturdays and Sun- Standard of Living Reduced. “The entire standard of living of the cloak and dressmakers has been lowered. . “Brothers and sisters! -Two seasons have been ruined because of this pogr Now the third season is be- ing ruined. The few weeks of the season will pass and the cloak and dressmakers and their families will again be faced with starvation. “The struggle must come to an end! The time has come to build the union! The time has come to put an end to the pogrom! “Brothers and sisters! On the 18th of December, 1926, at a monster mass meeting at Madison Square Garden, you haye sworn that no one shall de- prive you of your right to ¢hoo: You pledged to re: with all your might the attempt of the treacherous clique to dominate our union by force. You have fulfilled your pledge. ‘Workers to Turn 1 out for Jamboree : at Starlight Park | (Continued from Page One) | Immediately following the opera a jeent ballet and a full chorus. | banquet will be held at the: open air |dining room near the dance hall. The |price of a plate is $1. jean be made at’ the 41 Union Square; Room 714. Importance of Affari Tomorrow’s affe i cess, upon it depenc the future struggle of t of the needle trade of the families of cloakmakers.and furriers. conscious workers must s York .on Saturday, and shox pone, all, trips, to. Sunday. Defense Commit has rangements for buses io t desirous of leaving the park to their camps. The militant struggle in the needle trades which is having its e the whole trade union mover America is at a critical p man, Woll, Green and all reactionaries, astonished 2 z age and persistence of the jleft wing workers are beginn |show signs of retreat. . The Jamboree, sch od f light Park,. Bror |gust 28th, would r |courageous militants with the Dollar | Bullets, which side by side with it splendid fighting spirit would meant the turning point in the str gle in favor of the workers. Unfor- tunately it rained heavily that day and the affair was postponed until Saturday, September 3rd. We must not allow our spirits to be dampened. yriso! All 1 post- The Joint je a 2 those direct District 2 of the Worke (Com- munst) Party calls upon all workers in New York City and vicinity to {come to the affair. Whatever your jplans may have been for next Satur- ‘day you must postpone them and rally to the support of the Joint De- PARTY ACTIVITIES NEW YORK-N 'W JERSEY | t ark Meeting Tonight. rk Branch of the Work- ight at Market Plaza. * % * Rooms Wented. Rooms wanted for -comrades to tay during convention time. at Workers’ School if you ean put or comrades free of Ten more comrades from the anthracite coming. Help Wanted At Once. Volunteers who can devote time to the Workers Party campaign should report to Comrade Fralkin at e District Office, 108 East 14th St. ne work is very iinportant and must be attended to at once. League Council Session faps Assembly Plans A, 1.—The Léagueé of neil went into session to prepare the program gue assembly which will when it is expected premiers and for- ministers will be on hand for opening. nrique Villegas, Chilean’ ambas- dor to Ite sided at the meet- today. eign Secretary Sir n Chamberlain, of Great Bri- oreign Minister Gus Sept today the for with Paul Boncour, of presenting Foreign Minist- 1 who will not arrive, until entering tha Park. 50c good for dancing and reduced rates ig and exchange for the ickets are good for re- athing or exchange tickets are To get a 25c reduction on bath- »u must show your ticket to our man stationed at the en- trance to the pool. The Defense will tee Inquire Joint Board of t some | _| with cheers. SIGMAN GETS INJUNCTION AGAINST CHICAGO CLOAK AND DRESSMAKERS ill hold an open air meet- Cannot Call Themselves International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union }..-A temporary injunction prohibiting the e Cloak and Dressmakers’ union from using the name International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ union has been secured by Peter Susman, a socialist. He was acting under the CHICAGO, Sept, |direction of Morris Sigman and David Dubinsky, right wing leaders. : gai A. successful shop chair meet- One Fur Union Is Call ing has been held, with a packed hall. Levine, manager of the joint board reported on the present situation. Many shop chairmen then g shop reports, A resolution adopted pledging full support the joint board and condemning the autocratic moves on the part of Sigman and his clique. Tailors’ local 104 held the most en- thusiastic meeting since its organ tion. The only right winger that was present admitted the loyalty of the loéal to the-joint-board. A resolution was adopted supporting the joint board and its militant administration. of Rank-File Committee At an open forum conducted by the Rank and File Committee of Reg- istered and unregistered fur workers held at Manhattan Lyceum, Wednes- la evening the following motions were unanimously after a long discussion: “That we, the fur workers assem- bled in Manhattan Lyceum are in favor of one union in the fur indus- try; that a committee of eight, con- sisting of four registered and four non-registered fur workers of the rank and file shall be elected to do was adopted, At a meeting of Polish Local 60 sees = Baik 5 ba last night Salvatore Ninfo, right wing @Verything in their power to Ei 3 henchman, attempted some of his|@bout peace in the union, ore. cer ce But he was not suc-| Clected were M. Schwartz, J. Hecht, cessful. While he was speaking| fax Dzabkin, and NSN es Me Levin, Saff and Glassman, joint board, Goldstein, S. __ Israelowitz, Mey Shatavsky, S. Simon and B. Stern. officers ‘entered and sre greeted Ninfo was requested to “That a mass meeting of workers leave the hall before the meeting pro-, Shall’ be held in some big hall at *iceeded. When he refused the rank| Which the rank and file will invite ; ‘ P agence oth’ factians ae and file members left the hall and| the presence of both factional lead continued their meeting elsewhere. <P. 4 hate called a shop chairmen’s) “That an election shall be called meeting last night. Only 11 were Under the direction of an impartial present Die este did not last Committee, and whatever thé work- 3 2 Tee ecide she 2 final long nor make any decision. ere deade et shes el Friday the first meeting of the “The Rank and File Committee de- clares that it is impartial in-the real sense of the word in that it is abso- lutely indifferent to polities, being interested in one thing and that is to bring peace in the union and re-es- tablish the industry on a sound nor- mal basis. joint board at the new headquarters, 28 Wells St., will be held. Im- portant questions will be acted upon. > Italian Troops Revolt | Against Fascisti; Shot day. in the USSR. The strike would close 58 theatres | , While it is possible that irrespon- | and throw between 6,000 and 7,000 |Sible speculators are attempting to “Now the Joint Board calls on you! fense, once more to come to Madison Square Garden. “The contractors and the corpora- tions m be put out of business be- fore the industry is ruined. This can als the benefit of your admission othe the Park will get it. 7.—Patronize the features with the Down by Black Shirts The victor of the left wing in the x persons out of wotk. \find markets in Soviet Russia for Sur-! “Next Saturday, September 10th, needle Ade Seung onli ay oe sign of the Joint Defense Committee.) VI A, Sept. 1. The news-, only be done by a united, strong union é A wage increase ranging from 10 | Plus Say Stores or that Russian} at 2 o'clock, at the Madison Square oreniied woteen, Phage tai 8.—Do not worry about food. We)paper Grazer Tageblatt today pub- | 17 He eee as can bse - to 2 ¢ i y |counter-revolutionists are trying to) Gay, i i i i yd eae Will have two dairy-vegetarian 2 i nkek #9 nae brought into actual existence by the to 28 per cent is demanded bythe b duseinain Mare “the Gare te luis iolgeiee there will be a gigantic |i. standard established after danades have two dairy-vegetarian and |lished a report from Liverno that eperators.f ‘appear that the Soviet government | (By LELAND OLDS, Fed, Press) add to the roll of labor’s martyrs, is: increasingly unable to provide Jobs| for its workers, according to the rex port of the state department of labor covering employment in July, 1927. The department holds that the gen- eral curtailment in factory operation| | 15.5% Massachusetts, the latest state tot nave fallen 8.3¢ STATES; FIGURES SHOW SLUMP DURING LAST YEAR below 1 Payroll totals | * from a year ago and | 18.6% from July 1923. Industries in which the workers have been hard hit in the last month | include the explosives industry with a reduction of 20.4% in the total pay- voll, hardware with a reduction of 19.2%, shipbuilding with a reduction demonstration of cloak and dress- makers have not forgotten their union and that they stand ready to take up the sacred task of rebuild- ing it. “On to Madison Square Garden! Come is ma: Come in the: spirit of your heroic struggle. 5 “Come all of you—registered and non-registered. Every one who is eager to put an end to the present | pogrom and help rebuild our union must exert every effort to make the mass demonstration at Madison lof sacrifice and for the right of the opera Carmen will be produced, The day will end up with a banquet to |take place at midnight in the open jair dining room near the dance: hall. | Reservations. can be made at the De- |fense Office, 41 Union Square, Room 714, ‘Important Jamboree Information for | All. | 1—-If.you have made arrangements |to leaye the city for the -week-end, we-urge you to postpone your. trip meat restaurants open all day and forget that the preceeds r go for the defense. ng your friends along. 14 sure your shoes are in good r the dancing all day and 15 f you have not settled for your tickets before, do it at the Park near the main ‘entrance. 16.—Register at the office of the Joint Defense for reservations for a plate at the banquet. nO en nani en ee mn |several battalions of Italian troops election of a new administration that aker: >vening. ne - s be based upon a sound construc- = Repent : nent | makers. E Ff : aders, | evening had mutinied during army maneu-|Sball é \ =s er Sec is trying to buy arms in the United zs i ee .. +3); rank and file to select its leaders. 9, Dn voahe axchanee oie ea tad 3 tive industrial policy without any po- Military Tournament This Fall. seas ata! tine when atte eieeineena | “At Madison Square Garden we will | Altogether for the final onslaught. rou ¢ 2 ae change 2 ous ever vers. : aidival velituea = domination Gf ante A militazy tournament will be held ooo tempts point to sources inter-| U7ite to make an end to the destrue-} oie the Jamboree a political de- U°K** a reserved Seat by paying A Fascist regiment fired upon the oe here this fall by the national guard. | °¥°" # Lage, : tive war in our union. monstration. of the strength of the ‘"® difference of 50c or a dollar. mutineers killing several before the |*°\7 . se. ‘ ; It will be participated in by its 21,000 jested in anti-Soviet propaganda. | “At Madison Square Garden we left wing! 10.—Checking rooms will be open officers regained control, the message a ae pa and ae Onna is ss % Ame Pronk RPA YAY RRC : ee re a *g a dance halls a i large : 7 “i erefore determined to drive polities members. The city police and fire | iy ha BATE SVOBeER will declare that the sweat-shop sys Starlight Park., Brovx,. Satumday oth dance halls and in the large fan I ae ag a ce at ts pi departments will also be included: | BUY T! AILY WORKER tem of 1910, which has come to life! cotember 3rd. The venue for “all al! jout o nion forever all costs, salt ene a : A iy i be st d. out. eDUEHIDEE: ode: e. NEM eS sr the opera, there will be as so that a reptition of this ghastly war again, must be stamped out. tarts PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Sept. 1.—} UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE INCREASE THRUOUT UNITED |,'8:2%s2% Sore Gszden we win ™ of Fireworks nthe main DA pia gee See cin ns fon bnemee® worker shall never hen i of the Park. | in. a UT demonstrate that the cloak and dress- Jy the evening, at 8 p. m. sharp, the ¢ me aan Labor; Day~ celebration here. With | agai J i i the entrance of progressive forces in| the Central Labor Union of this city, }touch with A. Moskowitz, 3052 East its activities have taken on new life. | Third St., Brighton Beach, secretary Included on the program will be ajof Citizens’ Committee of the Fur- pienic and a number of sport events. | riers’ Union. All citizens are requested to get in NATIONAL BAZAAR DAILY WORKER and FREIHEIT Will Be Held in is largely due to vacations and sea-|of 18.8°%,iron and stee) blast’ fur- A | to. Sunday, and come to; the Jamboree " : f 4 ene pone ou wis omens a naces 15.9%, iron and steel forgings Cag CaS eh ee iezene| ye ee Or [See en hates steve Spead Your Vacation at Madison Square Garden — October 6, i 8 and th plain r e fact tha’ ig! Seman us . 16.5%, steel works and rolling mills m , alah a bathing suit to avoid an ex- Organizations and individuals are urged to IMMEDIATELY state falls to a lower level year by/ 11.70%, knit goods and hosiery 13% R é } . ‘ 5) . $ year, . |and building construction with a pay- Passaic and Elizabeth Rgehee Loe Halne inion poo tor ten Cy COLLECT ARTICLES Employment Falls Below 1926, _| roll reduction of 9,6%. ha pas sae h tid Np akc c R for sale at the Bazaar. This affair is being held in the biggest hall l The decline in employment from|Road Workers Boost Employment Holding Sacco-Vanzetti |acmission to the Pari, swdnced rates ot > in the world. Enormous quantities of articles are required. ee June to July, the report shows, | Figures. eh i eae aed ac gts _ bo YOUR BEST TO MAKE THE BAZAAR A SUCCESS. | amounted to 2.4% while the tofal dis-| American railroad employment: in- Meets Tomorrow Eve. 4—If you have 5 combing ton nek a ced q pereranre (tributed in wages fell 3.6%. This|creased seasonally in May dué °en- The Workers Pa ¢ Rijabeth (ch He eg ee arg ciate paca 4 —=— ‘i ites i 5 ex e Worke rty of Wifjz cha ra 3 tke’ ay- ries Lael brought per capita’ weeldy wages | Hrely to taking ‘on 40,686 ' mainte: will hold a Sacco and Vanzetti‘me-|ing thé difference in pri poe hf down 1.2% to an average of $24.11. At this rate the average factory op- erative would make only $1,250 if he worked eyery week in the year. Factory employment in Massachu- setts is now 1.3% below July 1926 and 2.2% below the average for the 5 years 1919-1928 which the depart- ment takes as 100%. Changes com- i A * . m. The speakers will be Ella Reeve ' All . conveniences; -all .sports: pared with a year ago are very ir- year involved layoffs in all. depart-|?:™ qT Spectal Rates for Labor Organize. 1 conveniences; a ports; regularly distributed among the in-|ments except maintenance of way in| (Mother) Bloor, William L. Patter- |[uona Smaseprished 1987.) | hiking; fishing; rowing; swim- cor C re ecae dustries with incre’ of 19.5% in| which the toed larger b; 20,825, son, Chas. Mitchell and others. imag ming; dancing; amusements. || Finnish Co-o erative Tra Association, Inc. ubber goods, 18.1% tton goods, Important red from "1026 opens weary Tat a Furnished R Wanted a Pig yr rg , 20.4% In cotton goods, |Important reductions from | in- urnishe oom ante POR) heit” Offi At 9058 4 oy 4 te 14.6% in rubber footwear and 13.9% | clude laying off 26,169 shopmen, 5,410 Wanted ‘furnished large light tose xington ve Tel. Windsor 9052. 1301 Eighth Ave., Brooklyn, N. ¥ Patronize Our Advertisers. in dyeing and finishing textiles, con- trasting with decreases of 20.7¢ in /mance of way workers. In all other departments there were slight reduc- tions in force except that the “rail- roads added 17 to their staff of, éxe- eutives and officials.’ f ‘ The total number of railroad e@m- ployees in May was 1,793,141 com- pared with 1,808,728 in May, 1926, The reduction compared with. last train and engine service employees and 2,300 clerks, morial meeting tomorrow night at Turn Hall, 725 High St., 7 p. m. The | speakers will be H. Erlich and John Malicanio, The Passaic Workers Party Branch will also hold a memorial meeting to- morrow. It will take place at the Workers Home, 27 Dayton Ave., 8 5.—Do not lose your tickets after — | ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY | ||| STUDIO OR OUTSIDE work | Patronize Our Friend || spress StuDio | | 54 Second Ave., cor. 3rd St. room; prefarable below 42nd St.; A Workers’ Co-operative SUMMER RESORT in White Rock Mts. WINGDALE, N.Y. and Harlem Co-op: Unity Hous ° se, 1786 Lexington ew York City ie , . 4 : —. e Cod in ‘a electrical equipment, 15.1% in hosiery | ‘The total payroll for May amounted Tel. Lebigh 6023. phone essential. - State price, ‘p: Eauinwibn ite oer. Eth and knit goods, 12.1% in foundries and machine shops and 6.5% dn the boot and shoe industry. Industries in the doldrums include the boot and shoe industry with only 56.4% as many workers as in the 1919-23 period, the manufacture of textile: machinery with 58.99% hosiery | to $249,146,286, an increase of about | $2,600,000 over May, 1926. The aver- |age wage for the month was $139 compared with $136 last year. If we ‘include only employees paid on an |hourly basis the average this year | was $133, br. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Oftice Hours: 9.30-12 A. M. 3-8 P.M. Daily Except Friday and Sunday. 249 EAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York, ticulars. 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Y time rather than by-laying off work- is » | 1} Borough et het Leet aphNBun i | Avie beta ght | aaa || Renew your physical energy by spending your vacation here. e ia federal reserve ban! ‘| Vel. Orchar. MGM Wig aia baie Y ites) , x th whieh shows thet between June and Health Food i|| | Btrletly by Appointment | , |j| . Week-enders must register before leaving for camp. July factory employment declined Vegetarian Restaurant ||. DR. L. KESSLER ROHOMteG DY kviheie Chine ie sissincds evinces cand h on cedesiicnes eoelnesceees ||| Campfire, Ball and Games, Concerts, Hikes, Excursions, ete. 11% while: total wages fell off 7.1% 1600 Madisc =f SURGEON DENTIST Address ...... > MOSEATA Sa AGN a eae en aL OO NEW YORK OFFICE: 69 5th AVE and average per capita wages 5.6%. ison Ave, | 48-50 DELANCEY STREET | NE a: 5 5 Factory employment in Pennsyl-) PHONE: UNIVERSITY £ ||] Cor. Eldridge st. 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