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

=] <Mon-place and hid 4. We have everything tor your Hume and Kitchen. Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, 'W YORK, SATURDAY, OVEMBER 5, 1927 Fire and Arrest N. Y. Union Traction Workers; Traction Interests Move to Outlaw Unions and his aides are compelled now to} nee the date and meet in New k with a practical question and} gal test confronting them. | No doubt the lawyers will do the immediately involved. |battling Nov. 11. But whether the| Workers More Militant. Jcourt fight is won or lost the A. F. Application membership at the |of L. leaders will have to give battle| street car 1 union headquarters |all along the line. They must fight ndic 1 last night that the temper|and company unionism will be the of the rank and file traction workers|new order of the day should they is shifting rapidly and surely toward | lose. »yganizational militancy. More than| Had these union officials any im- 200 applications have been filed in|agination and had they the interest the last two days, many applicants | of the workers at heart the loss of the being members of the Interborough |forthcoming court test would be the Brotherhood, the I. R. T. spy-con-|means of creating a strong class psy- trolled company union. They were | chology. not deterred by the presence of com-| pany otters on the sid Tk. J, ‘ ny GE, |New Playwrights Want (Labor at Their Shows William D. Mahon, national presi- dent of the street car men’s union, and Patrick J and James H.| Coleman, organ still appear to place faith in Walker and Tammany Hall alth h the mayor’: promises in similar situations in the past have been made c for the traction interest to b when it suited their purpose, ac ling to the (Continued from Page One) til shortly before the hearing, al- though the injunction demanded by the traction interests would outlaw | the federation as-well as the union (Continued from Page One) | the workers themselves have a wide | range of interests and they attend the |theatre with the hope of seeing these interests, of getting the emotional | allization of their thoughts and difficulties which is the essential of | good theatre and which differentiates more progressive or militant mem-|it from the lecture hall. bers of the union. w that the of-| In Soviet Russia. fensive of the traction interests has} Jn Soviet Russia, where the Prole- prisonment and torture, is shown digging his own grave prior to |formed gunmen of the anti-labor fascist government of Hungary. In the accompanying drawing by M. Biro, Hungarian artist, an aging worker, worn by toil, im-| | “DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE, YOU DOG!” ) { being killed by the leering uni- tarian stage has become a reality, | - ‘ this emotional crystallization has | one side and the traction of been realized, and a glance at the| on the other as to the exact te £|rbpertory of Moscow theatres reveals | the “agreement” 1 ed by Mayor | how wide a range is covered. | Beemer last summer At a Playwrights’ Theatre meeting | t year, a number of those present | demanded that we stick to such work- | ing class masterpieces as “The Weav-| | | begun anew, a controversy is being waged by the union official By JOHN THOMPSON. The New York traction situation has developed into something that neither the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Em- ployes of America nor the executives f the traction companies, both com- bound, dreamed would come to pas The dispute has grown from a local e to a natio issue with New York as the imme- diate battleground. Amalgamated or; ficers somehow or othe: time in their a ie ers No one can contest the great- ness of “The Weavers,” but we sub- |mit that, even from a strictly prop-| aganda standpoint, more can be| gained by grappling as best we can| with the immediate American prob- ! lem. | New Stuff Wanted. | And we further submit, that this is | exactly what we are trying to do in| ~lour current season: get hold of the| new stuff, the vital stuff, in the! American scene, and get it from the manage to in- volve all other crafts and trades : * ‘ ereate an atmosphere of clas ,. Working class standpoint, because ar- sciousness and general strike talk tistically or any other way that’s the sych as few other unions affiliated| Only standpoint that’s worth effort | with the American Federation of La-|@4 worth fighting about. > hor have been able to create, This Take the present play, “The Belt”; time they have involved the entire A,/to persons inoculated with bourgeois F. of L. without expecting it. timidity that represents the last When the Iast A. F. of L. conven-| Word in radical propaganda. | tion passed an anti-injunction reso- Not a Tract. peor | lution with a flourish of trumpets, To ourselves and‘ to the thinking | worker it is in no sense a Communist tract. Much of the material in it is at variance with the radical thesis. speechmaking and threats there were many labor men who looked upon the whole thing as a piece of pious pub- lieity and a harmless gesture. But the author has put into it a Conditions Move Fast. tremendously sincere and highly vital- Conditions moved faster than the|ized picture of a section of American A. F. of L. leaders expected, In-|industry—a picture of Detroit pro- stead of calling a conference, which | duction, Ford production, Detroit was to be a sort of miniature conven-| production with a real tang and kick tion later in November or early in|to the scene. That’s a section of December at Washington, to arrange | America for you; a play with a real for a program of action against the|meaning from the workers’ stand- injunction menace, President Green |point. Yorkville — 4 LARGE STORES — Bronx Biggest Selection—All Modern—Up-to-Date Furniture Stores We will furnish your home on easy monthly or weekly payments. Our prices are absolutely moderate. Come in and convince yourself. 3 PIECE LIVING ROOM $89.00. Also large selec- tion in Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums, Oilcloths, etc. 1632 Ist Avi at 85th S HOME ASS'N, AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS BAKERS’ LOCAL No. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1927 GRAND BALL AND FOOD SHOW At the LYCEUM, THIRD AVE., Corner 8 6th St. Commencing at 8 p. m. Two Bands of Musie by Prof. Bohsung DRAWING FOR MOST VALUABLE PRIZES Tickets 50c per Person. Hat Check 50c. {section 6C will meet Monday at its jin the grand ball room. W. W. Wein- | stone, District 2 organizer, will speak, The fascist terror in Hungary will demonstration against a parade of be described at a protest meeting | Hungarian fascists earlier in the af- called for this afternoon at the York-|t¢*noon, in connection with the lay- ville Casino, 86th St. and Third Ave.,| ing of the cornerstone of a monument under the auspices of the Anti-Horthy | '® ae Kossuth at Riverside Drive League of New York. and 112th St. The meeting was called also as a Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, pres- ident of the labor-baiting National — \| Security League, will not speak at the Workers Party Activities |fascist corner-stone laying, as pre- NEW YORK (Right Wingers Refuse |To Rebuild Montreal \Local of I. L. G. W. U. MONTREAL, Nov. 4.—The right] wing general executive board of the| ‘ nternational Ladies’ Garment Work- | should bring their lunch and be dres- u : ; ers’ Union has refused to give funds sed in white blouses and red ties, Red|to the local union due to its small! ties will be on sale at the hall. |size, it has just been learned. The| me cue left wing group here has attempted | Open Air Meeting Monday. to revive the organization but its suc-}| First Ave. and 5ist St., J. 0. Ben-|cess has been limited due to right| tall, chairman. wing obstruction. * * * | is viously announced. He will be pres- W JERSEY Pioneers Meet Tomorrow. All Pioneers should report at their section headquarters 11 a. m. tomor- row to go in a body to Central Opera | House to rehearse at 12 o’clock. They |Joseph Hollos, the league said yes- ' Work Daily for the Daily Worker! ent, however. It was erroneously announced by the Anti-Horthy League through an| error that Dr. Galambos would be chairman at the workers’ protest meeting. The chairman will be Dr.| terday. Hugo Gellert, artist and as- sociate editor of the New Masses, and Imre Balint, author and artist, will speak, Amalgamation Of Four Building Service Locals Voted By Membership The four New York locals of the Building Service Employers’ Interna- tional Union have been amalgamated. They are Local 8, consisting of win- dow cleaners now on strike, and Lo- cals 51, 32 and 58, which include jani- tots and elevator conductors. Pass the Paper to a Fellow Worker! Postpone Banquet. | The DAILY WORKER Freiheit Bazaar volunteers’ banquet has been postponed indefinitely because of the Tenth Anniversary celebrations. Com- rades who have taken tickets to sell should return whatever tickets they have to the Freiheit office. Comrades who have purchased tickets should watch for further notice on the ban- quet. * * * Night Workers! Executive meeting will be held next Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 3 p. m., at 108 East 14th St. Come on time. Very important. oe Brownsville Meeting Monday. The International Branch of Sub- new headquarters, at 8 p. m. 1689 Pitkin Ave., > ke Concert hnd Dance November 12. A concert and dance to celebrate} the 10th anniversary of the Russian | Revolution will be given by Section 5, Nov. 12 at 2075 Clinton Ave., Bronx, * * * Dance For Revolution. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Russian revolution, the Work- ers (Communist) Party will hold a|' dance Tuesday, Nov, 8, at Webster READ Soviet Anniversary Number SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6th RUSSKY GOLOS containing 40 pages Eight Page English Section Price 10 Cents LABOR AND FRATERNAL|| ORGANIZATIONS == | N | a Mindel Lectures Monday. The educational activities of the} Dressmakers’ Section, Trade Union} Educational League, will start Mon-! day at 8 p. m. with a lecture on “Pres- | ent’ Tendencies of American Capital-| ism,” at Manhattan Lyceum, Monday at 8 p. m., by J. Mindel. ee Dr. Liber Speaks Wednesday. Dr. B. Liber will speak on “Class | Medicine,” at 149 East 28rd St., Wed-| nesday, at 8.30 p. m. oo ew Plumbers’ Helpers Dance Saturday. The American Asociation of Plum- bers’ Helpers will hold a dance to- night at Astoria Hall, 64 East Fourth St. eo) AM em NEWARK LL.D. WILL DANCE The Newark branch of the I. L. D. will hold its second annual dance tonight at New Montgomery Hall, Montgomery and Prince Sts. Pro- ceeds will be given to the Passaic strike prisoners’ families. wee Volunteers for “Icor” Bazaar. Volunteers are needed to assist at the third annual “Icor” bazaar that will be held at the 165th Infantry Armory, Nov. 28 to 26. The funds raised will be used for Jewish coloni- zation in the Soviet Union. The office of -“Icor” is at 112 East 19th St., where all volunteers should report. The Joint Board Cloak and Dress- makers’ Union has called a meeting of all Italian @eak and dressmakers for Friday evening, after work at 16 West 21st St. * * * Drama League Moves. The Workers Drama League has moved to 386 E. 15th St. Rehearsals take place Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p. m. MUNCIE, Ind., Nov. 4. — Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson is leaving for | England because she has been offered | “a good position in Europe,” A. J. Wilson, the noted aviatrix’s father | said here today. 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The dance will be held Satur- day, Nov. 19, at Harlem Casino, 116th St. and Lenox Ave. ae Tae: To All Party Members: Committees to take charge of Rus- sian Revolution celebrations are to report tomorrow, 12:30 p. m. at their respective halls as follows: Sections 6 and 7—Arcadia Hall Sections 1 and 4—New Star Casino Sections 2, 8 and 5—Central Opera House. JOHN J. BALLAM D. BENJAMIN ae ce Party Dance Nov. 19. A dance will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at Harlem Casino, 116th St. and Lenox Ave., by Sections 2 and 3. _——— HERBERT ZAM FREIHEIT FREIHEIT Second Annual Dance Given by the INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE Newark Branch Saturday Evening November 5 at New Montgomery Hall SINGERS Prince, cor. Montgomery St. Newark, N. J. TICKETS 50c. Proceeds for relief of class-war prisoners’ families, WILLIAM Z. FOSTER JAMES P. CANNON JULIET STUART POYNTZ MELACH EPSTEIN WILLIAM TOURAS ‘ Celebrate Tenth Anniversary of the | RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Sunday, November 6 at 1 1 p.m. | SPEAKERS: WILLIAM W. BERT MILLE. SAM DON ~ and others FULL CONCERT PROGRAM SINGING SOCIETY MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA LITHUANIAN CHORUS PIONEER PAGEANT Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn, Halsey and Broadway Central Opera House, 67th Street and 3rd Ave. New Star Casino, 107th Street and Park Avenue. ADMISSION 50 CENTS Auspices Workers (Communist) Party—108 E. 14th Street Teath Anniversary Dance--Electio Night, Nov. 8th—-Webster Hall~119 E. 11th Street. MOISSAYE J. JACK STACHEL ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG REBECCA GRECHT SCHACHNO EPSTEIN WEINSTONE OLGIN R ‘Workers Party to Have | Watchers For Election Polls; Meeting Monday yaaa: i Workers who are able to serve} as watchers for the Wi (Communist) Party at the Polls at Tuesday’s election were urged in an appeal by the Party district of- fice yesterday to attend a meeting Monday at 8 p. m, at 108 East 14th St. for instructions. Young Pioneers Send Statue to U.S. S. R. 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