The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 28, 1927, Page 4

Page Four Buffalo~-A By A. TAYLOR Communism is the shock absorber |‘ of the time. are attributed to its ¢: a Republican pol with a “ -dome” s looking for a w he takes a wh when de’ “gentler nant ar union ballyh ner. A. C. W. Officials No Exception The of $ } ted Clothing s of tt others of the same reactionary type |* have learned to sing the same tune, and judging by the progress the Amalgamated officials are making in that direction, it seems, that soon they will head the procession of the radical-hunters in the trade unions, to the everlasting glory of the be- trayers of the working class. ing matters, but that. F tary rules are set aside. scoffed at. Principle is tramped up- on. Appeals are a waste of time. Once a member incurs the dis- pleasure of an official—providing that official is one of the machine— Honor is Noth- | rliamen-|a few months after reated. They no considera- ized, hop. ab nest. lock-out E lo em- » their help « of the dis- clothing n far and wide rticularly during n, to send their ere high produc- are the order docilily the and forth, to home, with their backs , dreaming and hoping y days to come. Once Had a Union. » workers once had a union. During the pell-mell of war frenzy eeded in forming an organ- Under the direction r Curci everything vell” for the duration of and the war period. But Curci carried his organizing abilities too far when through his efforts the employers formed an as- soication; for immediately after they locked the tailors out and in a few weeks the war-baby union was and if he has the courage and ability | Smashed completely. to state his grievences openly his doom is sealed. Plenty of Evidence. We could bring much evidence in support of our statements. We could cite dozens of instances that would} glaringly prove all that we said. But | pretty | the general membership is well informed of the unscrupulous tactics practiced by the officials of the Amalgamated. out by the leaders of their organiza- tion means fraud of the rankest kind. The workers know that only through cooperation with the werkers jobs, are the leaders able to keep an members. Scores of Workers Know. The scores of workers in from the industry—workers who spent a lifetime in it; who were the pioneers in the trade union movement these workers who today find no place in the union run by posses and | labor leaders they know the truth to all that we said, and much more. All that we said until now, how- ever, is merely an approach to our story. the impatient will say. But our an: swer is: “A good approach is two thirds of a bad story” we hope that even the impatient will read on. 3,000 Buffalo Tailors. Three thousand tailors work in the city of Buffalo which is located in the western part of New York state. The clothing workers in that city suf- fer tremendously. They are treated most inhumanly. Their wages are ridiculously low. Hours have lost all significance to them; they work as long as the doors of the shop are open. They are degraded, brutalized A BRONZE STATUE OF KARL MARX For the library and room of every active Commu- nist— We are now offering this beautiful bust stat- uette of Karl Marx (for- merly sold at $5.00) for $2.00. Send for one to- day. We will gladly send it for you to your fellow worker for a gift—and we will pay postage. <9? $2.00 Each Workers Lrprary Pus. LISHE 39 E. 125th St. W YORK |The boss |tailors felt ve | Hard times set in. The union gone, conditio: became intolerably bad. 2s reaped the harvest. The keenly the loss of still remembered union conditions. The difference be- tween union and non-union treat- ment was still fresh in their minds. |The tailors wanted an organization. | But no one was there to help them the union. The They know that | the meaning of “justice” as meted | employers, | .. which gives them control over the| jorganize. The office was still there, that is true. But aside from keeping one snobbish girl in that office, who tool of the various liberal ions in the city; and but for visit from a high-pres- r who came to Buffalo seuperate and spend his leisure Jan ocea: to re iron-clad power over the I “A rather lengthy approach” | | | wel hours in the Hotel or at Niagara Ils, the union office might just as 1 not e been there at all. our Hard Years. our drudging, trying, bitter he These lapsing years were to the bosses of that | | New | York, Chicago, Rochester and other places who were brutally driven awa: Thus, f | year they overhauled their line of of- s were established. ere forced to remain on » so long as. the boss needed No other employer would hire Those who couldn’t stand the | abuse any longer left the trade en- |tirely. Those that remained grum- |bled, kicked and hoped. But it was a far ery from Buffalo to New York. The National Office wasn’t ready yet. The tailors had to wait and how enduringly they waited! Jone jo |them. | them. Organization. Finally the cry reached the ears of the powers that be. General or- ganizer Wertheimer, who is some- times dubbed the “miracle man” of the Amalgamated, appeared on the scene. For months he and about a dozen assistants did the prepara- tory campaign work in a most im- pressive style. Money was not lack- ing. The most expensive hotels were 1 for meeting places. Promises not wanting. If a worker show- ed reluctance to join the union he was bribed with promises—that spelled money. In short things were done in a big way. “The end justi- fied all means,” as our friend Becker- man would have said. The Strike. né a strike was called. = was splendid. Who the tailors in Buffalo the wonderful demon- memorable’ June day vas called? It was behold. » believed such a weeks before pent up in fearing to their miser- In due t 1 Spirit. the struggle went | this time, . Not since of 1919 did MAX EASTMAN’S ATTACKS ON COMMUNISM ANSWERED BY BERTRAM D. WOLFE In the Current Issue of The Communist BRILLIANT answer to Max Eastman’s at- tacks on Communism and an exposure of Max East- man’s present counter- revolutionary role will be found in this article which features the current issue of The Communist. Other features include: “Somer 4 Trane Union PRoBLEMS” --by Jay Lovestone; “THE A. F. or L. Convention” --by Win, F.. Dunne and other features including book reviews. Send for this copy surely—-- Supscripe: 25¢ a Copy $2 a Year, $1.25 Six Mos. THE COMMUNIST 43 E. 125 St. New York Wher | Buffalo tailors went | f THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1927 Monument to the Official Policy of the Amalgamated Mother the U. S. S. Saratoga (above), Buffalo experience such turbulent times. Injunctions, gangsters, police- men’s clubs, judges and even ku klux klan were invoked against the un- daunted and rebellious strikers. Many suffered broken skulls, jail sentences and other familiar abuses from the hands of the city guardians. But no power was strong enough to} break the spirit of the strikers for | the moment. Like a mighty anche the enthusiasm of the rikers | smashed all the barriegs before them. | The Buffalo tailors were determined to win at any cost. Buffalo Defeat. co. to have been reached between the union and the employers. But sub- sequent eyents proved the contrary After this faked or “misinterpreted agreement was announced to and ac- cepted by the strikers it was revealed that this agreement was me aly memorandum devoid of any binding | obligation on the part of the em- | &* ployers. | {r er Xard. She'll make initial trip shortly. lead tion of Labor against whose policy the membership rose in revolt. aval-| movement in the A. C. nece: paigns. nothing. | defeat the present leade Ship to Carry Bomber Planes to t 2 vi he Caribbean — Fourteen tugs towed the largest and speedi t naval craft, to Philadelphia Navy ship of the American Federa- Hillman weeps for “Golden Rule” Nash, but not for the unorganized workers in the men’s clothing in- dustry in Buffalo and elsewhere. What Must Be Done. The establishment of a militant W. on the s of the struggle for the organi- tion of the unorganized is not only ry, but possible. But befe, Amalgamated be- Ye mes jgaiy She leater of the strug-| But in spite of the enthusiasm and gles of the ae eas in the industry sacrifice the strike was lost. Os-| ‘he UEegake Rashes ie aD anare ee tensibly an agreement was supposed be driven irto org: tion came Even then it will do little or To build the Amalgamated, to ake it the instrument of the work- Ss means that the left wing must ship and.gi on a program and leadership puts the ir sts of the work- and not the’ bosses, first. e u Dark ages and hard times tinued. Many active workers forced to leave the trade and a living in other occupations. rest quietly accepted their bitter 1] Four Years More. Four long years replete y ferings and sorrow again ¢ with the lot of the Buffalo getting worse every day. But lo behold, the National Office be suddenly to show signs of life, time an Italian organizer, L: was the man sent in to drum up the | Buffalo workers. In justice to above organizer it should be stated | P- that he came there with honest in. | N’ tentions to do organizing work. He |/ knew that the job was not an easy one and ee he formulated @ program for action and brou it before the National’ Officials, “i. as was to be expected his recom. mendation was rejected. << Why bother about Buffalo,” he was told by the chiefs. A few months later he was recalled and the tailors were again left to themselves, more dis- appointed than ever before. Thus far we gave a feneral - 1 4 cription of the condition of the Bat J. falo tailors, we recounted a bit of | C. their history of recent years, We left{J. them almost exactly the way J. were con- | | J lc. J. we Behind the dark history of the|{J- workers in Buffalo looms the sicken- ing shadow of inactivity, of fraud, of insincerity, of bureaucracy and be- trayal, so common among the Amal gamated officials. The Buff clothing workers, just as thousands , others in similiar conditions, are tims of political manouvers that the unorganized is merely a matter ¢ business expediency to these bureau- erats. When the Rochester agreement about to expire and y shing to be in iM - \M the good gr of the employ In Hillman gi the orders to dy A. things up Buffalo a little. 7 ). makes the Rochester stable in the ey: It brings mo: market, ete. J. “ y until recent Organization Neglected. 2 The organizi of the uno 4s no more an important the Amalgamated leaders, The union e ly. rd \a. iG. | E. D. Khochoogan, Troy, N. Y W. Humeniuk, Scranton, Pa.. oh IR. v. M. Mashiko, Cliffside, N. J. H. Sagebiel, Milwaukee, Wis... .6. Santa Barbar Nucleus, Cal Sect Tore Contributions to Ruthenberg Daily v er Sustaining denia, Milwaukee, Wis C. Nenmann, Milwaukee, Wi: Verstak, Milwaukee, Wis. Korpuk, Milwaukee, Wis. Kara (col.), Cleveland, 0. A. Karr, Cleveland, 0... McBride, Green Island, N. Berry, Watervliet, N. Y Kpaumo, Scranton, Pa..... Sevetzke, Weekiniken, N. J Bureowerras, Cliffside, N. J..1.00 Ratinas, Mayfield, N. J...... 1.00 Tumavicia, Cliffside, N. J..... 1.00 Mazelis, Cliffside, N. J. Bakunas, Cliffside, N. J. Derensios, Cliffside, N. J McGrigan, Falfa, Colo... Arno, Durango, Colo......... 4 prand them: underpaid, overworked, |G. Swartz, Durango, Colo......1.00 lisappointed and betrayed. N. Hanson, Durango, Colo. 1.00 The Dark Background, D. Bonaventura, Durango, Colo. .1.00 Ciok, (col.) Detroit, Mich... .8. 8.00 6.00 . R. Rodwick, S. Barbara, Cal. .1.00 H. Pinney, S. Barbara, Cal... .1.00 1.00 1.00 125: nta Barbar Nucleus, Ca! Dittrich, Clifton, N. J. ae n No. 4, New York City. .40.00 kommer, Chisago Cit, Minn.1.00 Sachs, Minnea., Minn... Tarkoff, Boulder, Colo. Porter, San Jose, Calif. Greenberg, Buffalo, N. Y. . Litehman, Brooklyn, N. Y. t. Branch of Great Neck, N. Y, Hodoff, Juneau, Alaska Bidaeff, Juneau, Alaska. Besoloff, Juneau, Alask: Revasoff, Juneau, Ala Boroff, Juneau, Alaska Horn, Juneau, Ala: D. Boroff, Juneau, kc : Ramonoff, Juneau, Alaska... .1.00 D. Soloff, Juneau, Alaska... .1.00 B. R eff, Juneau, Alaska. .1.00 Alaska ...... 1.00 ff eau, @hoto Graphic.) GAL PERSONALLY BIREGTS PLANES ~ INVADING LATINS |\Britten Making Castes in Navy More Secure WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27. |The. important question of distrib- uting the forces of the U. S. air fleets in the Caribbean, where they have | assumed great importance as useful |means of quickly invading and sub- |duing nationalist movements in | Nicaragua, Haiti, or other countries thas been taken over directly by Presi- ‘dent Coolidge. A state department decision made |publie yesterday is to the effect that “the question of defining American av! mili- in > ner i | the is entirely in the hands of President Coolidge,” who wili be assisted by the entire Cab- inet” and a special committee from each of the State, War, Navy, Post- office and Treasury Departments. To Crush Competition. “A file of documents and a number of naval and commerce department maps have been sent up to the White House. : P 5 The immediate point at issue is M4 ‘whether the United States govern- | ment is going to permit the German |Seadta company which has a line from Bogata Columbia to Panama, ‘extend to the northward, or even maintain a flying field in the canal zone. The Sceadta comes into competition with the U. S. owned Pan-American | Airways, Inc. with liners now be- |tween Key West and Havana, and ready to extend to Panama. * * » A More Capiialistic Navy. WASHINGTON D. C., Nov. 27.— |Plans for more naval officers, clear- ling out of the political undersirable ‘that have slipped into naval com- | mands, and provision for more com- | plete favoritism in promotion to high rank, are contained in the bill .to be submitted to the next congress by ) Representative Britten, (R), member of the House Naval Affairs Com- | mittee. >| At present three appointments to |the naval academy are made from each congressional district each year; Britten wants five. | At present promotions are by seniority up to the rank of lieutenant ‘commander, and by selection after- wards; Britten provides for selection throughout. The bill also provides for the ranking caste and the Secretary of the Navy to dismiss from Service, on three-quarters pay, old officers who have not been selected for several years, Daily Worker Ball At “Garden.” The DAILY WORKER and Freiheit |will hold a ball at Madison Square Garden Dee, 17. officials and the Rochester employers have united, joined hands st: fastly against the Rochester, Com- munists—two of them, Pete Team and Sugarman, both expelled—and to- gether as parties to the same agree- | ment, they decided not to bothe about the Buffalo workers any more. It’s a waste of money, don’t you know? | Yes, my dear tailor Brothors you need not pay assessments for ou of town organizing work any mor Everything is now fixed up to dat The union and the shop bosses have unanimously agreed that mon: ent on organizing the unorga d is total wastage and considered ineffi- | cient in a highly moderw organization such as ours, All you have to do is} work harder and faster r money and don’t ask any q io} you wish to keep your job. That’s Isn’t it glorious? stead- all. The Present Situation. | The organization of the unorgay | ized workers, to whom the rise of the Amalgamated brought new hope, will not be carried out by the pr | leadership. The Hillman administra- |} tion now is sunk just as deep in the | mire of union-management coopera | Buy your tickets at The DAILY WORKER office, 108 East 14th DAILY WORKER and this theatre. From November The NEW PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE production of THE now playing at the | PROVINCETOWN PLAYHOUSE 133 MacDougal Street. Performance every evening (exeept Monday) including Sunday at 8:40, Matinees Thanksgiv’ The first modern Labor play and the so-called prosperity in the Ford factories. Limited Engagement Street and help The 22 to December 4 Bic: Telephone Spring 8363. ing and Saturday at 2:40. to debunk company unionism | tion and efficiency unionism as is the Ou | | | | | | | | A Play With Thrills and “The Racket” at the Ambassador Theatre Tickled Our Risibles NE of the most valuable contribu- 0 metropolis, made by the Windy City, | past | within the y is the by Bartlett Cor- mack, based on the doings of the Chicago under and over worlds playing at the Ambasador,. “The delivers a powe: pli which Chicago is famous, if only a'lit- tle more so than several other large American cities. It shows the connec- tion between the ruling political groups and the underworld and how powerful gangsters living on the fruits of gambling, vice and alcohol enjoy an ‘mmunity from punishment that would make a feudal lord of France before the fall of the Bastille turn in his grave with envy. The story revolves around the arrest of the brothers of a gang leader who was able to command the protection of ihe state attorney’s office in return for delivering the vote in a certain dis- trict to the organization. A police cap- | tain who got in bad with the political boss-obviously state’s attorney Crowe —was transferred to the outlands be- cause he fought Nick Scarsi, the thinly veiled alias for “Scarface Al” Capone, bos of the Cicero underwoyld whose guns are alleged to have spoke the last word to assistant state attorney Wil- liam MacSwiggin, the darling of “Bob” Crowe, who “knew too much” for the good of his boss. MacSwiggin be- comes Higgins in the play. It was Nick Scarsi who ran Cap- tain McQuigg into the wilderness but. he was not satisfied, until he invaded the captain’s new district and steamed up a brewry in a Washington permit. McQuigg decided to get Scarsi even though he had to fight the whole city. His chance came with the arrest’ of Scarsi’s younger brother in a stolen automobile with a cabaret girl. who raised 2 rumpus, as she put it, when her escort “tried to beat the wedding bells.” The policeman that arrested young Scarsi was a tenderfoot who did not know the ropes and was yet immune to bribery—if this can be stomached. | He @as the only one that had the goods on young Scarsi, so Nick walked into MeQuigg’s station and killed: the young policeman. uss Despite the efforts of the “old man” to spring him, Nick is held and is shot by a sergeant connected with the state attorney’s office while “trying to escape,” the escape and the shooting being planned by “ropes” Welch, an assistant state attorney. The play- wright thought it necessary te bring somebody to justice and realizing the impossibility of getting a conviction against a powerful gang leader froma Chicago jury he kad to have him killed. tions made to the gayety of the| now ; Racket” | ful sock in the so-| lar plexus to the! corruption for! | NAN SUNDERLAND. t { In “The Baby Cyclone,” George M. |Cohan’s hilarious farce at the Henry Miller Theatre. | jfrom one pocket and Mencken’s Mer- cury from another. Willard Robert- |son as Pratt of the Tribune and Dave ;Ames the cub reporter of the City | Press, uphgld their ends adequately. | Marion Coflite as Irene Hayes, the jonly girl in the stag party, played her jtough role with ease and to the satis- | faction of the audience. John Cromwell as Captain McQuigg caried his burden like a veteran, and hats off to Edward G. Robinson, who played Nick Scarsi to the satisfaction of anybody who ever had a look at the customers in “Polack Joe’s” place lon State Street and 22nd Street, Chi- cago. The main fly in our ointment was that the police were played up but ainst that, the capitalist politicians | were tarred and feathered. And since lwe never expect much from a bour- | geois theatre, we are thankful for | whatever political gravy is poured on |the meat of our non-partisan enjoy- ment. T. S. O'F, tl Broadway Briefs | | Three openings are listed for this evening. The Civic Repertory The- | ati will present “2x2,” at their Fourteenth Street Playhouse; the Trish Players will open at the Hudson |and a musical revue will open at the | Shubert. |:'The vaudeville program at the ‘Moss’ Broadway will be headed’ by jJoe Frisco. Gracie Deagon with |Charlie Cannefax and Burt Shepard, ‘are other features of the week. The | picture attraction is “The Tigress,” with Jack Holt and Dorothy Revier as the principals. Meyer Golden presents, “One Arabian Night,” featuring Lois Sy- rell, at the Hippodrome with Sie Tahar, Victor Henry and Don Ar- mond, written by Edgar Allen Wolf; Olivette Haynes and Fred E. Mack; Colleane Family; Hicks Brothers, and a new Film, Madge Bellamy in “Very Confidential.” In adition to the police, gangsters | and state attorney, there are three re-| The Theatre Guild will place Eu- porters and a girl in the piece. Hugh | gene O’Neill’s play “Marco Millions” O’Connel! as Miller of the Herald-Ex-|into rehearsal today. Rouben Ma- aminer is entitled to high praise, what | moulian will direct and Alfred Lunt with the inevitable bottle y the title role. WALTER HAMPD in. Ibsen's comedy “AN ENEMY OF 9 Th Hampden’s *"ivining Matinees Wednesday and 5 St, W. of B’ " nees Wed. & - at 2:40 ESCAPE with Leslie Howard Winth Presents rop Ames John Galsworthy’s ; Play Theatre, 41 St. W. o Invs.8:30, Mis. Wed.&Sat. National “Phe Trial of Mary Dugan” By Bayard Veiller, with ANN HARDING—REX CHERRYMAN ‘The Desert Song with Robt. Halliday & Eddie Busxzell ond Year 5 St.W.of B'way i 30 Mats. Wed. and | WALLS :--: with MUN WI John Golden 42. GARRICK The#: 88 W. 35 Mats.’ Thurs. “2:30 BASIL £YDNEY and MARY BLLIS with Garrick Players in the Modern TAMING of the SHREW n the yRA Frances Starr®:", IMMORAL ISABELLA? with JULIUS MeVICKER RITZ Th,, W, 48th St, Mats, Wed. & Sat. 40) 7 Whe Theatre Guild presents PORGY'| | es so Th, W. 424. E Republic yyats.Wea.dSa' 4 % Bernard Shaw's Comedy || & DOCTOR'S | Guild Th. W Max Reinhardt’s ‘ “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Central Park West | A Pe Winthre Gilbert Opera Co. —“LOLAN THE” v OF PENZANCE" IAER’ x Phea.W.44 St.Bvs.8.3¢ NGER'S 4 ‘Thurs. © Sate THE MERRY MALONES with GECRGE M. COHAN LA ER Henry Miller's {73(iices Thura.& Sar in Geo, M. Cohan's | Grant Mitchell "4 metican Barco 'THE BABY CYCLONE '\” DAVENPORT THEATRE 238 E, 27th St. near Lexington Ave, | Bvenin 8:15. Mat, Sat. 2:16 hone Madigon Sq. 2061 “HAMLET” with BUTLER DAVENPORT and an Excellent Cast, ~|Wm. Fox presents the Motion, Picture cy SUNRISE «Wowie By HERMANN SUDERMANN pon een Movietone Accompaniment ey Thea,, 42a St, W. of B'wa Times Sq. (Witr DAILY, 2:30-8:30 & |) } | ) | | : {smn