The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 3, 1927, Page 5

\ W YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1927 'THE DATLY WORKER, Traction Barons Are Demanding Total Injunctions In Move Against I. R. T. Workers (Continued from Page One) | Walsh, Joseph G. posed to have guaranteed the discon- | othe inuance by the company. of all d Bark and Phelan riminatory acts against the workers./of the Interborough. vho joined, or wished to join, the | The bill of complaint, v Amalgamated. |pages long, describes The I. R. T. workers were supposed | Interborough lines and charges the | to have been freed by it from all)men-named with conspiring to union- | fear of discharge for union activities. |ize the company emplo Those who had been discharged were|!t contains ‘the constitution to have been reinstated under its terms. There was much skepticism among I. R. T. workers who had been active in the organization campaign, as to the validity of the alleged agreement. There was much suspicion that the opportunity of advancing the politi- cal fortunes of Mayor Walker by his appearance in the role of peacemaker, had superseded the interests of the traction workers. Union Disrupted. The “settlement” effectively dis- rupted the organization campaign and created much dissension among Phelan and. 4ifty are now employes ich is 150 of federation and portions of resolutions | adopted at meetings of that organi zation designed to show that the A. F. of L. has embarked on a campaign to bring an end to “company unions” like the one in which many of the | I, R. T. emple Are enrolled, “Unlawful Assembly.” ched to the gill of complaint | y affidavits by employes of | the Interborough Rapid Transit al. leging that they have been solicited to become membi mated Association. It is also alleged that the Amalga- mated Association is holding regular | meetings in the Brooklyn Labor Ly- | ee ation for the injunetion j¢eum appealing to Interborough | mentioned appears to prove that the |Rapid Transit employes to join the | suspicions of the traction workers | ##s0clation. = i who were opposed to the “settlement” ar he ew York district of the| were well founded. It appears also| Workers (Communist) Party issued | to show that the LR.T. was simply ‘the following analysis of the situation | playing for time, with the asi last ndght: | f Tammany Hall and certain lor _ The brazen deception practiced by | aders who were close to it. Tammany Hall against the traction | Amalgamated members charged 's has now been fully exposed. | yesterday that the I. R. T. had al- 4The Interborough Rapid Transit Com- ready begun to build up a force to pany is taking the most energetic scab train crews in the event the |measures against the traction work-| present crisis forces a strike on the ers of the city. This trust has ap- workers. |plied for the most sweeping i june- | Scabs Being Trained. \tion in labor history enjoining every | Frank Hedley, president and gen- member of the American Federation} eral manager of the company, has of Labor from doing anything to or-} offered in a circular letter to teach, ganize these workers. switchmen, clerks, station agents, track walkers and other groups of | employes how to become certified | matt 's of the Amalga- | Agreement Ignered. This action is taken in the face ot| metesten duride thelr spare “tinie, jan agreement reached last July in|: The letter is said to offer these em. (Which Mayor Walker, acting as me-| diator, prom that no interference | ploges 72 cents an hour during such student hours, more pay than they are receiving at their regular work. ‘would take place by the Interborough | with the right of the traction work- | id 68 for lers freely to organize in a union. |} Sa BCT URNh Concent eda ea The Workers (Communist) Party William Green, president of the) declared at that time that the agree-| A. F, of L., and other officers of that|Ment was a farce and that Mayor! ‘organization have received notice| Walker and Tammany Hall were | chat the 1. R. T. will apply in the merely using their authority to de 3upreme Court, Nov. 11, for an in- leeive the traction wi rs and to pre- junction restraining the 3,00,000 offi-|Vent the outbreak of the threatening cers and members of the A. F. of L. | strike. Of course Coleman and Shea, | from calling a strike of subway! \the officials of the Amalgamated As workers and from urging them to| sociation of Street Railway Workers, | join the Amalgamated Association of |Were playing the game of Tammiany| Street and Electric -1Years of the | vie | cial meeting tonight at 8:30 p. |Bazaar Volunteers To Workers Party Activities NEW Y ; w ERSEY A banquet wud donee for the volun- ees SEER bl deer’ sworkets teh thersesent<D MILY! —eereneemenemnnnencmnmemnenmenmmeet | WORKER-FREIHEIT bazaar will be) held tomorrow evening at the Am- bassador Hall, 3875. Third Ave. (Continued from Page One) and the indifference if not the aid of the district attorney’s office, Tresca Lecture on Russian Revolution. A. Gussakoff will lecture on “Ten| Sovietism,” tonight at 8| m., at the forum of the Young League for Mutual Aid fi; : Workers League, 81 East 110th St. Dance Friday Evening | on from the floor will follow. | wee —— jlieutenants are able to draw sums of money from the government st party in Italy. The con- , depends on the maintenance of constant turmoil in the Italian dis- tricts in American cities, notably New York. The frame-up of Greco | ind Carillo are a part of this plan, Unit 4A To Discuss Miners’ Strike. |. The League For Mutual Aid will! A sdlgnusninik: on’ the mineD dibe | hold a Rainbow Ball ey evening | f si t ers’ si pe Mark tion will be led by Comrade Scharsen- nla ue Ne pres ace | Vernon Andrade’s aa will fur-| berg at the regular educational meet- | \nish tle mustl ing of Unit — gL | s is not the only case that is conducted by the Fascist being |Charge Fascisti Control | Be Guests At Banquet) Greco-Carillo Frame-up charged further, Count Revel and his | large | 2 of this income, according to} League of North America through | $4 Page Five ck scm ‘LABOR AND FRATERNAL) ORGANIZATIONS | = y The Downtown Branch of the In-| jternational Labor De: 2 will meet tonight E. Second St. Plumbers’ Helpers Dance Saturday | n Association of Pl will hold a dan | The Ameri bers’ Helpe urday night at Astoria Hall, 64 FE Fourth St. N aW ARK J. WILL DANCE. @ nch of the I,L.D. annual Montgomery second y at New Hall, | Automol Needed. “s romery 7r0- Gubbidestes Laced. a . the police department and through | Montgomer at | An party members and sympa- the public prosecutors,” Tresea con- ceeds will A conference of all the functionaries|thizers who have automobiles are ss | strike prison | tinued, atl urged to. allow them to be. used sev-| jeral hours a day for the campaign, |Communicate with Irwin Franklin, 108 East 14th St. . “My own case, be e hel peur en cerned Enicey ated with an indictment last March, 30 p. m., at 100 MWissh 28th St. Branch 1, Bronx Mex Tonight. Branch 1, Bronx, the part of the district attorney, for the reason that it better serves the interests of the Fascist League to will hold a spe-| * * m, at 542 East. 145th St., followed by a lecture on the 10th Anniversary of| Dance November 8th. A dance to celebrate the 10th An-}under 00 bond. They know that 2 niversary of the Russian Revolution to try my case would result in an the Russian Revolution by Eli Teeob)yeil be held Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Irv-|-acquittal.” pene ei jing Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving) -‘Tresca is charged under the Sulli- | Place, by the Workers (Communist) van Act with carrying a pistol. |Party. Dancing will continue until} Night Workers Attention! The Tenth Anniversary issue of | gawn, The DAILY WORKER will be | ready for distribution Friday all | day. Come any time to 33, First St. Ask for Comrade Perillo. oe oe Night Workers! Executive meeting will be held next day, Nov. 8, at 3 p. m., at 108 st 14th St. Come on time. Very} important. . was not permitted in the court clerk’s * office to see the Greco-Carillo in- 25 Cent Discount Tickets. dictment for the reason that a thir By securing a special discount cou-| defendant was named in it, whereas jpon from Workers Party members| the name and photograph of the third | workers can obtain admission to a/defendant were published in fascist ;dance arranged by Sections 2 and 3|newspapers two days after the in- of the party at a reduction of 25|dictment was filed. cents. The dance will be held Satur-| Detective Carso of the police de- Nov. 19, at Harlem Casino, 116th| partment is named specifically by ‘ d Lenox Ave. Tre’ as an ally or indirect agent of | * cist League and the Italian Section 3 Meets Friday. fascist party, C A meeting of subsection and unit | A mass meeting for the defense of functionaries, - organizers, agitprop | Greco-Carillo has been ealled for Nov. secretaries, industrial organizers, | 13 in Irving Plaza, Irving place and }DAILY WORKER agents and LL.D. | lth St. |seetion directors will be held Friday The at 7 p. m. at 100 W. 28th St. Cae ene To All Party Members: Committees to take charge of Rus- | * * * Brownsville Meeting Monday. The International Branch of Sub- | section 6C) will meet Monday at its} new headquarters, 1689 Pitkin Ave., at 8 p. m. Concert and Dance November 12. A concert aad dance to celebrate | the 10th anniversary of the Russian} Revolution will be given by Section 5] Bronx county court early next week | to dismiss the case. ! Mario cist, Buzzi, ye was painfully beaten anti-fas- h bla which origi- | is still pending, without any move on | {keep this case pending and keep me | Tresca alleges the defense attorney | defense attorney will asle the | “Teor” Baza needed to 4 Volunteers for Volunteers are the third n will be held Nov. raised will be used for Je | zation in th lof “Icox’ | where a s | The 1 Cloak Meret Union has calle d a meeting of all I makers for Fri r work at 16 West Drama wsaeue Moves. The Wor rama League hes moved to 336 E. 15th Rehear: t place Monday, We ednesday and Friday at Workers. To Celebrate 10th Anniversary Here » (Continued from Page One) paid by the International Labor De- fense. The speakers | House |Melech E Herbert William at the Central Opeba will include James P. Cannon, Epstein, J uliet Stuart Poyntz, Moore. and Richard W. Weinstone Many Workers Jobl dance | . Railway Em-| ployes. Order Names Many. The order, which is a notice to ap-|held the agreement to be a victory for | \the workers. Supreme Court to show cause why | victory is now fully exposed, pear in Special Term, Part 1, of the the injunction should not be issued, is directed, in addition to Mr. Green, at Matthew Woll, vice president of the federation; William D. Mahon, president of the car men’s union; | borough Rapid Transit Company has Hugh Frayne, New York organizer of the federation; W. B. Fitzpatrick, James H. Coleman and P. J. Shea of the car men’s organization; Edward|union in place of a bona fide union! B. Lavin, Harry Bark, James ®, |\Stganization: This policy of Tam- ‘===, |many Hall is part of its system of ll Phone Stuyvesant 2816 | 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 6:6. ee We Cater to Students of Health Eatwell Vegetarian Restaurant 78 Second Ave., near 4th St. Only strictly VEGETARIAN meals served. No canned foods, or animal fats used, All dishes sdientifically prepared. i ROSELYN’S HEALTH FOOD Natural and Vegetarian Foods Sundried Fruits Unsulphured. Whole Grain Cereals. Also Diabetic Foods, 1222 SOUTHERN BLVD. Near Freeman St. Sta. Bronx, we Tel. Dayton 8459, Tel. Lehigh 4038, | DE. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST 4 Except. Paes ioe mieaae 349 BAST 115th STREET Second Ave. New York. Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Algonquin 8183 — | getting decent wages = | part "many Hall, | Traction workers must support the | “Vote Communist” Is“ |Hall, with whom they are associated, | cents; S. P. Deceives Workers. The socialist party at that time| banquet and dance will cost only $1. of New York. The character of that The | jtraction workers have not had a} jchance to organize and any steps*in that direction have been energetically fought. At the same time the. Inter- gone ahead organizing strikebreaking jcorps and has continued its tyran- | nical policy of maintaining a company | strikebreaking, interfering with pick- leting, issuing of injunctions and dis- jerimination against union men on {city works. | Tammany Hall as the political tool |of big business is not interested in |further union organization, nor in and working | conditions for the city employes. The | firemen of the city have been de- |manding the establishment of the 8- hour day but have received ‘no re- }sponse from Tammany Hall officials. The engineers of the city have de- manded an increase in wages of 35 per cent, to which they are entitled laccording to the report of the Civil! | Service Commission, but instead they | ‘have gotten only a sop in order to| | silence opposition before election day. | | Workers can expect only obstrue- | tion and energetic opposition from | Tammany Hall to union organization. | , Only aggressive steps on their own} to organize themselves into ‘unions will avail them anything, Only | a labor party based upon the trade | junions of the city can establish union} ‘organization, decent wages, . living | conditions and working conditions for | the traction workers of the city. | Traction workers must fight Tam-| Doers Open at 1 P. M. WILLIAM Z. FOSTER JAMES P. CONNON JOHN J. BALLAM JULIET STUART POYNTZ MELOCH EPSTEIN D. BENJAMIN V. TAMAS HERBERT ZAM WILLIAM W. MOISSAYE J. | Workers (Communist) Party -in its | | energetic campaign for a labor party | lin this city. The statement was signed by Ww. W. Weinstone, New York district or- | BERT MILLE ganizer of the Party. SAM DON . and others Workers Party Call PASSAIC, N. J., Nov. 2,—The workers of Passaic County living in the highly industrial cities of Passaic, {'REIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY FREIHEIT MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA “EF RBRATEL Sunday, November 6th JACK STACHEL ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG REBECCA GRECHT SCHACHNO EPSTEIN ie FULL CONCERT PROGRAM ei ate ee The parchment on which the rev- olutionary workers of New York will greet their fellow workers of Moscow is being prepared by Lydia Gibso: The lettering will be by Fred E With this greeting, to which will be attached thousands of names, the | workers of this city will send a red |silk banner inscribed as follows: “The revolutionary workers of |New ‘Yorx through the Workers | | (Communist) Party of America, Dis- | trict 2, to our revolutionary fellow- | workers of Moscow, Jubilee Red |Greeings! Tenth anniversary of the Revolution, Noy. 7th, 1917-Nov. 7th, | 1927.” | A Permanent Symbol. | | The parchment with the signatures! ; and banner will be presented to the| workers of Moscow by a special mes- | Senger in an impressive ceremony, to | repose for all time in the Revolution- jary Museum as a symbol of the soli- | |darity of the workers of both cities. | In Moscow, London, Paris, Berlin, | Shanghai and Mexico City as well—| in every country, no matter how large | or small—tens and tens of thousands | of workers will parade or assemble as!| a token of their solidarity with their | | fellow-workers of the Soviet. Union, ‘as a sign of their understanding of | what the Russia Revolution and the | existence of the Soviet Union means,| to the workers of the world. Next Sunday all paths will lead to | | Moscow, where the greatest celebra- | tion of the workers of the world will | take place. Workers’ delegations from ‘every land are arriving in Leningrad and Moscow daily, according to dis- ty jpatches. From Austria, Mexico, Eng- WEINSTONE land, China, the United States, and | OLGIN very corner of the world’s surface they have been sent. From the United States a second trade union and workers’ delegation comprising over 30 members of local | unions is already on its wa: It will | remain in Russia to study the con-| ditions of the Russian workers and will return to report to Ameriean workers what they have seen with! their own eyes. | * R | In New Je aa | JERSEY CITY, Nov. 2.—The | tenth anniversary of the Russian | Revolution will be celebrated Monday lin 192 . | machine | sawmill workers 19 per cent, workers Paterson and Clifton, are urged to vote for the ‘candidates of the Work- ers (Communist) Party in a state- ment issued by the Pary yesterday. The Communist’ ticket consists of a nominee for state senator and five for assembly. Most of the Workers |Party standard bearers are textile workers who participated in the last ~ | textile strike here. | | The Workers Party statement ‘points out that both the republican ‘and democratic parties are enemies ;of the workers and recites some of their anti-labor activities. It then proposes an immediate program for the workers of Passaic County. The candidate for state senator is | Willian Eskovitz. The five nominees for assembly are S. Blatt, L. Harris, S. Pink, 8. Smelkinson and “A, Zwerin, PATRONIZE Co-operative Repam Suop 4191, 6th Avenue, near 25th St. uits Pressed hoes Repaired While U Wait 256% Reduction to Striking Workers, ANYTHING IN SasbeniNG I PHOTOGRAPUT | STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK Patronise Our Friend SPIESS STUDIO 64 Second Ave., cor. 3rd St. gg Rates for Labor Cure (Established 1. Heirons Our Advertisers! LITHUANIAN CHORUS PIONEER PAGEANT Central Opera House, ,67th St. and 3rd Ave. Meetings: - Arcadia Hall, B’klyn, Tiaacy, and Broadway New Star Casino 107th STREET and PARK AVE. : ADMISSION 50 CENTS Auspices Workers (Communist) Party—108 E. 14th Street Tenth Anniversary Dance—Election Night, Nov. 8th— Webster Hall—119 E. 11th St.— SINGERS {evening at Ukrainian Hall, 160 Mer- leer S., at a meeting arranged by the | Workers (Communist) Party. Speak- {ers will be Paul Crouch, Communist soldier ; Abraham Markoff and and Ukrainina. meetings will be speakers in I Other New ‘as follows: Elizabeth: Noy. 6, 3 p. | Lyceum, Nesin Crouch boy: Nov. 6, 7 p.m | Crouch, Mitchell; Paterson: Nov. |8 p. m., Helvetia Hall, Foster, Li | shitz, Mitchell; Newark: Nov. 13, p. m., Ukrainian Hall, Beacon St., J.| Ballam, H. M. Wicks, Pat Toohey; West New York: Nov. 13, 3 p. m, | Labor Lyceum, lith St. and Tyler} | PL, Juliet Stuart Poyntz, A. Markoff; Passaic: Nov. 18, 8 p. m., 27 Dayton Ave., Bentall, Crouch, Patterson an Je m., Labor Perth Am-) 08 Elm St.,| 11,} | reported to have STEEL, AUTO AND OIL WORKERS HIT AS CRISIS LOOMS ess; Payr olls Smaller By L LAND OLDS (Federated Pre the smallest S and 60 per factories operating wit a normal force department unmis- siness de- report the cent belc 49 or aver- spartment 26 ent. only 7 per Last year t n of 1.7 per ce ing i tries ency reporting August were ciga é knit goods ni women’s clothing, and lace goods, hardware, stoves, cotton and woolen goc The list of decreases includes ga petroleum refining, auto tires and automobiles Drop In Production. Only 2 out of 12 industry groups showed any impro ent compared with a year ago. Th textiles and tobacco. On the other hand the increases are significant. In the 12 months the iron and steel ind ustry fell off per cent, the d 10.5 per cent, stone products &3 per cent, and ber 7.3 me Pi will presi. le z mi YO |Nov. 12 at 2075 Clinton Ave., Bronx,| sian Revolution celebrations are to | Ja¢ and permanently injured by| at the New Star ino the Hisiive ao Fig Sas, ¥ as in the grand ball room. W. W. Wein-| yeport on Sunday, Nov. 6, 1:30 a.m,, | fascists when he refused to sign al win he addres the ’ _Steel, Oil, Auto Workers Hit. stone, eee 2 = OnRANIZET, will speak, | their respetcive halls as follows statement implicating Tresca, — De | the significance of the Bc > groups ae . , ‘ tk Hiendce ane Areadia Hell Charles Fama and Vinénzo V lolution b§ William Z F SoBodsa ee een be # Pe i bee For Révolutinn, tions 1 and 4—New Star Casino @ditor of Nuovo Mondo, in the killing Grecht, Jack Stachel d alice ne tata 5 74 ne To celebrate the 10th anniversary | Sections 2, 3 and 5—Central Opera , °f Carisi as Amorroso. astibes tad, At PVT Hall ne iron aad steel anda of the Russian revolution, the Work-| House. IT RU BAC KWARD. speakers will include William F. | 16.4 per cent in cast iron pipe, 10 per ers (Communist) Party will hold a} 1 dial alee! ‘ 7 Ge ‘ |Dunne, M. J. Olgin, Ray Ragezin. nt in machine tools, 10 per cent in dance Tuesday, Noy, 8, at Webster) Party Dance Nov. 19. Even a 10-cent fare is not enough) 10") J. Ballam and V. Tauras. | Millwork, 12.3’ per cent in fer Hall, 119 East 11th St. A dance will be held Satur .|to keep the White Plains-Tarrytown | "8M "en, 0. «. Balam and V. Tauras. | { wie seine ee | |19 at Harlem Casino, 116th line of the Third Avenue Railway Co.) gy bet ds cided Jah i 104 per ing, Admission to the dance will be 50| Lenox. Ave., by Sections 2 and 3. {Ine., running Slaughter W. Huff, € workers present at each of : per cent in banquet and dance $2. For| president, has told the public service these meetings will be able to sign rriages and wagons, and 10.6 per those who helped at the bazaar, the) GET A NEW READER! | commission. A 20-cent fare is neces-|SPecial greetings being sent to the cent in steam car building and repair- BOOST THE DAILY WORKER! | sary, be said. workers of Moscow by the workers ing.” Smaller Payrolls. Only one major industrial group out of the 12 wed employment up to the 1928 level. It wa paper and {printing and this industry was the jonly one distributing as much in weekly wages as in 1923. The report shows the employment and payroll levels in the 12 industrial groups as percentages of 1923 taken as 100 per cent. For September the figures are: Factory payrolls Percent of 1923 Employ- Pay- Sept. 1927 ment roll Food products 92.1% 95.9% Textile Products 86.9 88.6 Tron & steel products 84.7 |Lumber products .. 98.7 Leather products .. § 91.0 |Paper & printing... 111.7 | Chemicals & oils 98.5 Stone, clay and glass .. .. 96.0 99.4 Metals other than WOW aver. + «2 88.9 86.0 | Tobacco products .. 87.8 914 Auto and other vehicles 81.7 : Miscellaneous - 91.4 5 All industries .. 88.0 90.1 Fewer Meat Workers. The situation in many important industries is significant. In the food | products group slaughtering and meat packing establishments are employ- ing 20 per cent fewer workers than The number of woolen mill operatives has been reduced 21 per cent, the number of foundry and shop worke: 21 per cent, lroad.car shops 28 per cent and in agricultural implement fae- tories 16 per cent. In only 4 of the 54 industries of the report is the em- ployment level up to the 1923 average, The report shows industry as a whole operating 97 per cent of full time with 89 per cent of a full normal force of employes. This means that the country’s manufacturing plant is operating at only 86 per cent of nor- mal capacity. In the case of the basic iron and steel industry the mills are operating 93 pe Par cent of full time Mankind’s Historian Sighs: “Such is Life” Hendrick Van Loon, author of the “Story of Mankind,” understands the history of the world but he doesn't understand the homely little preb- lems of the present economic system, Van Loon d Frances Goodrich, his wife, are living in separate apart- ments, “This doesn’t mean we are estranged or trying out a ‘new |fangled’ marriage plan,” Van Loon is id in denying cur- rent rumors, hen we were mar- ried last month each of us was living in a very small apartment. But when we attempted to give these up to move into a larger place our land- lords refused to permit us to break our leases. So we've got to keep on this way till our leases rea out.”