The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 4, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER, NE Y, CCTOBER 4, 1927 Page Five PROSEGUTING MRS KNAPP FOR STEAL Over $200,000 Paid to Friends, Relatives With the present attorney-general prospects for a thoroughgoing inves: tigation into substantiated charges of flagrant dishonesty on the part of the former secretary of state, Mrs. Florence E. S. Knappy also a repub. liean, in connection with her admini tration of the state census of 1925, is considered extremely siight. The attorney-general, Ottinger, is the only member of his party in the state administration at the present time: Over a Million in Pot. A large portion of the $1,200,000 appropriated for the census work w: squandered, it is charged by the City Census Committee which brot in its report yesterday, and at least $21 369, was illegally paid to friends for fictitious “services.” Many of the rec- ords have been destroyed, she- has admitted. * Mrs. Knapp is accused of having paid $25,540 of the state’s money to a number of her relatives whom she placed. qn the ‘payroll and many of whom did hot even have the regula- tion appointment papers. These relatives included her mother, a brother, a er, a sister-in-law, and several others of her intimates. In addition the former secretary of state is also charged with paying over $10,000 of the state’s money to Luella V. Ninde, who took her place as dean of the College of Home of Economics at Syracuse while she was at her “duties” in Albany. In explaining this expenditur Knapp had- indicated that Mr was doing work “in connect the census.” Smith Knew Last June. “Robert Moses, the present secre- tary of state, yesterday admitted that the facts about the vast corruption has been known to himself, the at- torney-general and Gov. Smith since last June, when the Cities Census Committee made a preliminary report: Republicans, who were fearful lest the report be made public long ago, were free to admit that the publica- tion of the facts at the present time is conveniently timed to give the democrats all the campaign. thunder that it contains. Mrs. nde m with Confessed Slayer of of New York state a republican, the | | “Wilson Square” for | Sacco and Vanzetti PRAGUE, Oct. 3,—After a bit-/} ter struggle between the Commun- | i and the conservatives in Lu-| | cenec, Czecho-Slovakia, it has been decided to re-name Wilson Square, the principle square in the town, | | Saceo-Vanzetti Square. The first | resulted in an 11 to 11 deadlock| but the second struggle was car-| ried by the Comminists. The square will soon be officially re- named for the two murdered American work 5 | GARFIELD WON | | PAY GITY HELP; ~ PLUM FOR FRIEND |Treasury Empty; Give | Politician Fat Job GARFIELD, N. J., Oct. 3.—“We have no money in the city treasury to pay you this week, but I hope it will be better by next week.” This was the answer of Mr. Burke, mayor of Garfield and secretary of the Bo- |tany Mills to the city workers when they caine for their wages. This statement, coming very appro- priately im the midst of the election campaign, clearly shows the depth in | which the present stvike-breaking ad- | ministration drove the city. | Extra policemen, the calling in of the sheriff during the strike and the (graft not only dried out the city |funds, but also used up the sinking |fund of $95,000, which was supposed |to cover a loan of $112,000.~The note lis due in 1928, but where is the mone} |to pay it? Tax on property are 4.76 per cent higher than anywhere else jin the state and there is no possibil- {ity for the present republican admin- | istration to get more out of the small property owners, pressed hard by un- employment and mortgages. Created New Job. | The eri vent, however. the city fathers to cre- ate another “politician job” with a of $1,500. The giving of the spector plum to a ward- | heeler s done at the same session lof the council, when the lack of funds to pay the employes came out the / open. These are the circumstances, under wwhieh the labor candidates for coun- balloting on the proposed change) | is of the city did not pre-'¢ “Less talk and more work,” is the |slogan that has been raised by mil- |liners from more than a hundred shops | who are spending their evenings and holidays making hats for The DAILY WORKER and FREIHEIT Bazaar at ! the Madison Square Garden. And the slogan is rigidly observed. Tt is true that Comrade S. Switits | young chairman, stops occasionally | |to josh one of the pretty trimmers; jor that Comrade Haitcher, (one won- ders whether he is so black from| Camp Nitgedaiget or the felt he} handles), stops work occasionally to jerack a joke. But all in all the work goes ahedd swiftly and smoothly. | Beautiful hats are designed, sewed, | | trimmed and blocked with a care and| jefficiency that is seldom seen in the| | biggest shops. | | Revolutionary Songs. | The workers have their hearts in | | | | | |their jobs and they hum revolutio#| }ary songs as they dexterously turn }out hats for the Big Red Bazaar. | A bewildering array of hats is jearefully a ed in the light airy |xoom at the Bronx Co-operative, 2700 Bronx Park E: that serves as a! jshop. The workers come from more jthan a hundred shops and they have| |all carefully remembered the best de- | signs for hats which they painstak- | ingly sew for their comrades. | The group, which w organized on | “The Corner” where milliners meet at {lunch hour, started with the inten-| tion of making forty dozen hats, but |they have already far exceeded that! }number. They intend to make one}! | thousand hats the enthusiasm | with which left wing milliners have | responded to work guarantees a reali- zation of the quota. ‘s Two dozen girls sit and trim hats, two machines are busily stitching, an jeleetrie block puts the hats in good | shape; men busy themselves about} the place. There are boxes, materials of varied hues and fiber, thimbles, |needles, thread, tables,’ chairs, an | honest-to-goodness factory. tiful, |colorful hats adorn rack | which are | placed at random about the room and | |show that much progress is being | | made. | Comrades Leibowitz and Pravda, Y, are our i | { | NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY | Open Air Meetings Tonight | Rutgers St. Speakers: Charles | | Mitchell and H. Gordon. (ning a race with each other to see SLIM CHANGE OF! ccech Workers Reame ” MILLINERS MAKE 1,000 HATS FOR MADISON SQUARE GARDEN BAZAAR best specialized packers, we up and see these two busy workers run- look who will pack the most hats in the shortest time. Enthusiasm Does It. Minna Rosenberg is the st comrade in the shop. She boasts the happy combination of a good trimmer and high class designer and she acts as forelady. One hat on her head, another tucked. under her arm and a third in her hand, she cuts felt, pins out the designs and keeps ¢ half dozen girls busy—yet she finds time to ask the men comrades: “How does this hat look? Do you like it?” Another comrade is seen holding a hat and wrapped deep in thought. Suddenly she exclaims: “I've got an idea, I’m going to make this hat after the latest Paris model my bo received today, and she s busily to produce the Pz Noticing a few workers spe along the “boss” calls out to them: } “Take your time, comrades, don’t be stingy on stitches, remember our own comrades will wear th hats,” and everyone catches the spirit of the re mark and sets to work with greater zest and enthusiasm. ¥ Each Hat A “Beauty.” Comrade Swititsky explains: t girls are not lazy to vip a hat, to re- and over again until they what they he been They come here every t after work, they give their holi- and Sundays and Saturday af- ternoons and the joy and pleasure with which they come is the most inspiring thing I have ever experi- enced. rking for. We need a thousand women com- rades to wear these hats. Tell the comrades not to buy their fall and winter. hdts before they have seen these for those who do will regret it for thé rest of their lives. They are positively the most artistic creation: made of the finest materials and the best workmanship and not one hat will be sold for over $5.00, and many | will sell for $2 and $3 and they will | all be worth three times their price. | Come early to get the best pick. The | Bazaar will be held on Oct. 6, 7, 8| and 9. | Window Cleaners Will Strike Soon “Continued from Page One |ployers are determined to destroy the | | union and strengthen their own com- | save the $4,500 from his sal pany union, the Affiliated Window Cleaning Union, Inc. Attempt to Wreck Union. borrowed from friends “and officiais Workers Jeer at Sigman) In “Libel” Case I fiaaiiany Contract Will Put $14,115,477 fa the Pockets of Henchman The Tammany | tion within a few (Continued district attorney. m Page 1). ruout the entire | | intained an air of; | Workers Laugh. courtroom Hall yesterday administra- ks ade: Several times the judge for the r called for order following the. hilari- ; rubbish in ous laughter which broke forth when) | which will fill the pocket dem- i made his seemingly innocent, | ocratic henchmen 2 answers, | The contract will increase you ever broken a union,; | cost of ashes removal in Bro n?” his lawyer asked po-| | py $5 year or $2,918 iy ! for the According Never,” replied Sigman, who even| | estimates the city ll pay at during the present week has been \of $14,115,477. promising the bosses in the cloak and| 4 dress industry greater and greater concessions, with piece-work and the speed-up system again being inaugu- rated in hundreds of shops, with his active co-operation. “Have you ever sold scab books “No,” ed Sigman who, dur- ing a period extendi: everal Bronx Workers Dance Stopped By Police were 161st ined ten dolle d Brook each at the Avenue police months conducted bargain sales on i a aghast membe: in the Internation- es Sheds) bin = aducting ba al. For fi cents old members were Hance withaut ;| “reinstated” and all back dues waived,| Stimmons | were’ served on Alex- Dehies “E ander Gusak organizer of the club, abeth Gottlieb and Aaron The line of questioning grew out of! " : 4 Rube en two detect broke‘ up |; the introduction in evidence of a + a concert at the club toon drawn by Gropper for the Pleat janis : r eadquarte 45) at- heit under the captic “Sigman’s eveninths« Mioink i th lat Freak Show. I sell everything cheap: sake Syibignn ices fiir ati unions, union workers, scab books, haar wiping sein quired for the small which they occasi {fairs ai age. hot dogs, and more and rtoon, together with which appeared in the Freiheit and “Unity” de: bing Pressed regret that Saturday’s dance Sigman’s ballyh sux in Storm had been interrupted by the police. Lake, Iowa, forms the | for the iminal libel” charges which he i present making against the F heit and the left wing needle-tr leaders. He invested at least $13,000 in his Iowa property which he had been de- , bing to workers in the union as a “farm” to which he had returned in 192 Just Wanted a “Living,” He hot mam more.” $ everal articl nally Many Workers to Greet Crouch at the Train sis ades (Continued from Page 1). and the form, League of Ha A huge anti-war mass meeting will be held at Irving Plaza, 15th Street “You see,” he told Judge Brodsxy, 24 Irving Place, at 8 o'clock, at who presided at the hearing yester-| Which Crouch will describe his ex- “I made up my mind to leave| Petiences in the army. Crouch has ew York, and wrote my two bdro- been touring the countr addr ion of the Communist after retiring from the union. “i thers in Storm Lake if I could make|anti-militarist and anti-impe a living there. My brothers, who | gatherings. were then in the junk and used-car Aided Hawaii Workers. busin replied that they had just Crouch, with er Trumbull, or- come across a wonderful Commu position, | 2 a st League as a and if I could invest at least $6,000! memt rmy stationed in they would take me in as a third) Hay ributed leaflets partner.” native workers. | - Sigman said that he sent the re-| For this he as charged with treason, quired 0. $4,500 he had “saved! conduct “unbecoming a member of up,” he e ained, and the balance t Inited § es Army neiting to veral other things and rty years, liis sentence later reduced of the union.” His salary was $100 a week, and in answer to a question from tne Daindishiate guise Was | judge as to whether he was able to, ra Against War. a ig- The mass meeting at irving Plaza }man.answered, “I should bbe ay both a labretide hes rouc and as demonstratio: Si y H ile Mie Bk ted against a new imperialist war. hj Officers of the organization ex-| ISIGMANITES TRY TO FORCE PIECE WORK IN CHIGAGO |Make Deal with Bosses to Wreck Union CHICAGO, O01 -From au itative sources i been ‘that a conference has been held be- | tw the cloak bos and lof Internation- al Workers Union at w » Sigmanites promised to allow shops to run on a piece work s the coming season. Promise low the bos: to dis- whenever they see fit v de by the Sigmanites, it lis stated. | When we arket were informed of e i out ofthe \ to the bosses, they were“ un- u y bitter. Many Jever, do not take the lez rt of t stating work: t y nothing be expected from people at cou their calibre lof War The Joint Board, Cloak Bosses Are ed. Dress- akers Union will give the Sigman ew a dec answer. Many shop | workers are ning their bosses not to take Sigman and his camp follow- ers riously because the rank and workers will not give in to of the strikebreaking jthe whims \clique in cha of the int ; The workers in most emph jhave told the they | pt piece work. i ic terms will not bosses | he Sigman agents are becoming jmore desperate. Ruper 4 two right wing gangsters {Palmer shop, one of the largest | cloak shops in the city, and offered y|the boss concessions if he would dis- charge the militant workers and in | their place put right wing scabs. |The boss knew with what kind of people he was dealing and showed the right wingers the door. | Discouraged with their rebuff at |the Palmer shop, the right wingers decided on new tactics. A large gang fof thugs and strong arm men |vaded the Polikoff shop and tried to iterrify the workers to go with them |to the scab office of the right wing jon Van Buren street. The workers, \however, were not in a mood for \nonsence so they drove the gangsters out of the shop. Later they went to‘ the Joint Board office and held a shop meeting at which they voted their. confidence in the militant ad- in- Jersey Girl May Have | In “reply to these demands Peter! Asked by his own lawyer if it were == z and George | Darek, secretary of the Bruin | toe that his Coney Island was, worth | had denied that they were sold under “ a x $100,000 as it is claimed, Sigman de-/ his direct and personal supervision. Flegg, strikebreaker-extra- first labor campaign’ever undertaken | Primoff . | Union said, “To accede to the de-| clared: The facts abet the “labor fead- | oedipary, cf the right wing, is not : WOODBURY, N. J:, Oct-3=-After in this-small industrial town. United | setcne Ave. at eerie? Speck | ants of the employers would mean; “TJ will sell the whole’ business to /|er’s” business activities were revealed only the chief scab of the Sigman George Yarrow had pleaded guilty With Quiniivan, independent candi- be Bhs Mal iacano, A. Gusakoff, |that Local 8 would cease to exist. [\ the Freiheit for $20,000.” Whereupon when a correspondent of the Frei-| new, but is also a volunteer flunkey today to the killing of Miss Rose Sar-| date for mayor, they ave not only | Lily LHe A ON see that the employers are determined | Joseph Brodsky, attorney for the de- heit wrote for that paper a series of | 5¢ the police department. He has-a 16, a Sunday school teacher, an in-|Condemning the mill-owners and the | Longwood and” Prospect | Tees V westigation was started to determing | capitalist politicians running the city, Speakers: Solon De Leon, C. Winter |call is issued they will see how em-, Ave. to wreck our union. When our strike | fendants, snapped: : _ articles describing in detail Sigma Slkey for the police boxes, which he ‘ . “We don’t go into that kind of | property holdings, his prestige with | t ar lec wants 10 franeaee the fate of Yarrow’s wife, who dis.| but also raise the slogan for a Labor 8nd Louis A. Baum. phatic.our men are in upholding a real | business activity, and we are sure a the local banks, and his meteoric rise iin Aablesiy tie iach: ones appeared two years ago : Party, which will put an end to the dor d militant union. The strike will be 100} real spokesman for a trade union! as an owner a gay amusement | SMe Hy idee | ae ost ihe We ij . The first hint that the missing | Covrupt, anti-worker city government. Open Air Meetings Tomorrow. | per cent effective.” wouldn’t, either.” The There is a rumor thai s woman may have been slain was giv-| The workers of Garfieid will havé| 14th St. and 8th Aye. Speakers: arty Feinstein, business manager} The Fourth of July week-end as ha Sato: nga |an opportunity to hear the labor can- | Nat. Kaplan, Ed, Royce, John Me-|0f Local 8 said, “A general-strike ap-| usually a gala period at his carnival, } ‘ow’s mother-in-law, Mrs. | ‘ : | plan, y | ‘pid iiave, Taka th fabidewt of the Sylvia Jones Michaels, of Philadel-|didates this Tuesday evening, at an|/Donald. G. Brown, chairman, pears to be inevitable. The bosses are caw “Ot " ae Ie ey Mie a phia. open air meeting at corner..Jawell | 110th St. and Fifth Ave. Speakers: doing their best to bring on the i bd Ee ta ys on the stan¢ “She told the authorities she had/| Street and Sewei Avenue and at a Joseph Brahdy, Ida Dailes. strike. Unless something unforeseen | Yesterday. - | \cilmen, Gus Deak, Felix Panerisi ana Madison Ave. and 106th St. Speak- | inistration of the Joint Board. + ‘Killed His Wife Too. John Di Santo are carrying on the (ers: Rebecca Grecht pee ratio 0 * of DAILY WORKER also | The ed a number of articles on the|Police badge. ame subject. CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 3.— Considerable property damage was done here early today when winds of | At the end of yesterday’s session | | Judge Brodsky adjourned the ca: until next Tu y morning at 11 ah | i 4 E : 2} as re. Speak. Occurs “the ‘strike Will be called: in ai “I am in the habit of hiring out when laws for the Freiheit will| hurricane proportion visited South been suspicious of her daughter's | mass meeting with well-known speak-| [ptervale and Wilkins Ave. Speak: |° e Beer: 1h a Paty at REE P : | eine A . Jo fe ‘ . a j A 4 | se ce s ' von”? s stands t ncessionaires. | oyoss-exa 2 m a | Car a’s e y seaport. No fa- fate since she yanished, soon after | €TS, which will take place this: Thurs- ers: ©, W. Bixby, Verne Smith and | 4@¥ or two: Ven, Shey, al hot dope Ca tage ea ginning Bat hie ei | een anh Pees beet te ria she and Yarrow had quarreled and 4ay, Oct. 6th at Belmont Park. When asked if he thought whether} 417 ‘ pistes ee eee ee other kinds of attractions.” Sigman Beatrice Meyers. * Exposed in Freiheit. ‘p.m. sharp at 100 West 28th St. This | have informed us that they will an-| His statement about’ the conces- lis the first meeting since the Party | swer the strike call. They are in the | sion |convention. Very important questions |company union hecause to come out | will be discussed. | openly for Local 8 means being fired.” Herted: stime cae ed) i ety any fomegny union men would an-| denied, however, that any “hot mam- SS a RE eI ee ata a H Section 2, Meeting Tonight swer the“ strike ¢all’Peter Darck| mas” were available at his Towa . ' | A general membership meeting of | said, “Many of the me the at PORT THE WORKER COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT Former Policeman sent WALKER WAS NOT Section 2 will be held tonight, 6.15, pany union have smiled 4c oan fie ea Blare: SUP 5 to Jail for 30 Days Former Patrolman Dennis Collins and the hot dogs came after he Best Workmanship and Quality | SHADOWED WHILE i } 4 i | has been sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse by Magistrate Vitale in Harlem court for beating up Charles Vacarro, 16 year old boy, who ap- peared in court with bruises on face. Compare Charter To Tweed’s. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Oct. 3.— An attack upon the proposed charter for Westchester County in which it) was compared with the old New York _ charter under which boss Tweed “got i. what they wanted” was made yester- y by Thomas Howe, a lawyer re- ing in North Salem and practicing w York. ORGANIZATIONS Upholsterers Meet Tonight. A very important meeting of all progressive upholsterers will be held tonight right after work at the Frei- heit Building, 80 Union Square. portant questions in regards to the upholsterers’ booth at The DAILY WORKER and FREIHEIT Bazaar will be discussed. Thursday, 8 a. m., all progressive upholsterers must be at the Biltrite Shop, 281 East 137th St., to finish the work for the bazaar. Don’t fail to be there in time, i of I. L. D. Meeting Tonight. The Harlem I. L. D. will hold an’ open air meeting tonight at 110th St. and Fifth Ave. . i * % * * , For Spanish Speaking Members. All Spanish speaking members of the party are urged to attend an im- portant meeting Thursday, 8 p. m, at 81 East 110th St. Bring member- ship book with you. a @aming!-The Rie Red Bazaar. Im- | VISITING EUROPE Tries to Deny That He Snuffed Negroes | The state department in Washing- |ton denied yesterday that Mayor James J. Walker was spied upon dur- |ing his recent European tour. The mayor has charged that fed- eral operatives dogged his steps dur- ing the entire time he was on foreign jsoil. He said that due to the vast throngs of foreign potentates that hemmed him in no matter where he | went, he never did get a chance to see this shadowers, | Denies Negro Charge. One of the mayor's friends «so | denied yesterday that Walker visited a cabaret in Rome and objected to the presence of Negroes and demanded their dismissal from the building. That the mayor's colleagues are at- tempting to cover up acts which did take place is indicated by the fact that Anton Bragaglia, owner of the lcabaret cabled to America admitting ‘that Walker visited his cabaret, and | demanded that the Negroes. leave. '{/BUTCHERS’ UNION Local 174, A. M, ©. & B. W. of N. A, Office and Headquarters: Laker ‘Temple, 248 EB. 84 St, Room 12 Regular meetings every Ist and 3rd ioe Sunday, 10 A. M. , Employment Bureau pes every day at 6 P.M. YTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK Patronize Our Friend ~ SPIESS STUDIO te nein Ave, h pabpe St. eclal es for Labor nine - eee F ih Faatablised’ 1881), * * | | ’ | Subsection 1 D Meets Monday. | |, Subsection 1 D will hold a special | meeting to elect a new executive committee, Monday, 6;30 p. m. at 17) East Third St. All members must) sattend. | } * * * FD2S8S82 A. On account of the section meeting | F D 2-8 $2 A regular business meet-| ing will not be held tonight. + * ® | Settle For Tickets. All comrades are instructed to set- tle for The DAILY WORKER-FREI- HEIT Bazaar tickets at once. The ‘bazaar opens Thursday and money is needed at once. * * * | | | | Automobiles and Trucks Needed. | Automobiles, touring cars and| trucks are needed to deliver mer-| \chandise to Madison Square Garden for the bazaar. Report all day to- {morrow at 108 Hast 14th St. or 30 | Union Square. H | ” * * | | Spanish Open Air Rally. } The Spanish-Jewish fraction of the, | party will hold an open air meeting this evening at the corner of; | 115th St. and Madison Ave. Speak-/ ers: Moreau, Amariglo and Nabuma.' ‘Tel. Lebigh 6023. br. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Oftice Hours; 9:30-12 A, M. 2-8 P.M. Daily Except Friday and Sunday. 349 EAST Libth STREET Cor. Second ave. New York. (|) Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 The conference between Frayne and the union officials may be resumed. * * * Demand Union Recognition. More than A,200 window cleaners are expected to answer the strike cal! when it is made. The men are de- manding the full recognition of the’ union and a three dollar a week -in- crease, For the past six months, the Win- dow Cleaners’ Protective Union, Lo- cal 8, has been subjected to mean and petty trickery in their negotiations | with the Employers’ Association. | | 1600 Madison Ave, i Health Food Vegetarian Restauran: | PHONE: UNIVERSITY §°8s 4 bs alae akin j REPAIRED |||Pnone Stuyvesant 3816 } John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet. 302 E. 12th St. New York/|, a ico (Bet. 25°% | i RUSSIAN | REVOLUTION | 8. CAMPAIGN | oft DAILY WORKER ‘i NEW READER'S PLEDGE—G the Russian Revolution with your pledge to read. The DAILY LY WORKER, 34 First Street, New York “ester pdge to read The DAILY W Here is my 5 pledge as my revolutionary greeting Soviet Union on the ‘fenth Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, My newsdealer is Address ... My name is . Address .. City OF THE reet the Tenth Anniversary of Om]SPmraA Hs CHW WORKER. 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