The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 6, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW ees TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, aed) Page Five Court Dismisses Charee By FL Against a We By FRAN SPECTOR. LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 1 (By Mail).—Sydney Bush, who was arrested at the American Federation of Labor convention held here during | ¢ the last week of September, and who | was latdd charged’ ‘with vagranc wad found: -“ngt- guilty” “ Judge Wilson of the Municipal Bint It was ‘disclosed that inforn-ation had been furnished to President Wil- | liam Green and Secretary Frank Mor- rison of the Amer ederation of Labor by Detective H nes, of ‘the red} squad, that Bush was a dangerous lob- | , “who may succeed in corrupt- by inducing them to introduce a olution demanding ‘hands of ‘China’ policy on the part of the United States government.” Bush’s arrest was ordered by the} Ame ficials. ise police without a charge. Due o the energetic action of the Inter- national Labor Defense of Los Angeles, the police were forced to re- lease Bush on bail after he ‘was charged with being an solute person.” Jack Greenberg, attorney provided n Federation of Labor of- found no difficulty Bush had heen er antil 9 fow days before his alesse. The prosecu- tion attempted to introduce tne “red scare,” but_ upon Greenberg’s objec- ton, it was not permitted. The case was dismissed by Judge Wilson. in proving that! He was held two days by the! N “idle and dis-| ORGANIZATIONS — .ctural held tonight at 8 p. | Sti Slipper Workers To Elect Officers. Thursday vn and evening at.8 p.m. Workers’ | regular | Ss ninations for of fagents will take place. | $M ame For Miners’ Relief. “Money and clothing for the miners s’ Relief | Committee, 799 Broadway, Room 540. should be sent to the Min “The Centuries” Will «| Give Strike Benefit’ | | Frid (Gentu’ New ywrights’ en for the | Window Cleaners’ Protective Union | whose memb: |for the last Theatre, t weeks. the striking union, |prospects for a settlement ' strik yesterday | ployers’ ass ployers’ Association. ' according to Feinstein. “Round Table,” Philadélphia Workers Club, Will Attend The Daily Worker-Freiheit Ball A workers’ club of Philadelphia, “The Round . Table,” with head- quarters at 6131 Carpenter St., will attend in a body the ball to be given by The DAILY WORKER and “The Freiheit” at Madison Square Garden Saturday, Dec. 17. This was learned yesterday when the management committee in charge of the affair received a wire from Bernard Nissen, the secretary Phone Stuyvesant 3816 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 5865 er at cnet We Cater to Students of Health Eatwell Vegetarian Restaurant 78:Second Ave., near. 4th St. On strictly VEGETARIAN meals ed. No canned foods, or animal fats used. All dishes scientifically prepared. of the Philadelphia organization. It is expected that various other fraternal organizations, eager to aid in building up a militant labor ‘press, will be represented at the affair. Tickets for the ball, which prom- ises to be one of the most colorful in the history of New York labor, are available at the offices of The DAILY WORKER and “The Frei- heit,”. Jewish Communist daily. ‘Great Assortment of All Makes of Portables, New and Re- Typewriters. built. ‘Moderate Prices. All Guaranteed. | International Typewriter Co. 1643 2nd Avenue. NEW YORK CITY. Iron; on will be| m. at-7 B. oe the | icers and business sht's performance of “The by Em Jo Basshe, at the is being benefit of the striking s have been on strike Harry Feinstein, business agent for said | of the appeared hopeful due to the by the International Labor Defense, jae that a large section of the em- ociation was dissatisfied | with the conditions of membership in the Manhattan Window Cleaning Em- Unofficial ne- tiations are. being held and recog- nition of the union appears imminent, For Sale, Rental jand Repairs. Open: 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. Bet. 85-86th. (LABOR AND FRATERNAL ‘Untermeyer Attacks ~ Tammany Metheds In Subway Financing * By ROBERT MITCHELL. Samuel Untermy counsel for the Tammany. Transit Comm: i e of the latest Tammany-inspired on of Sup ne Court Justice , rvogel, directing the Board of | timate to eliminate $12,000,000 | n the city budget for subway | building. Denying the power e the court to render such a de n has affirmed ths” city to allot funds for subway. con- | struction. At the same time the one- | man-controlled Citizen’$ Union, which | | was instrumental in securing the de- cision of Justice Wasservogel, an- | | | | right of the | nounced through its counsel, Leonard Wallstein, that the decision would ac- complish all that had been intended by it. Link In Plan. ision, not considered impor- elf, regarded by compe- tent observers as one of the neces- sary links in the Traction Trust- | ¢ontrolled Tammany administration’s | plan to set aside the Untermyer tran- sit unification plan and pave the way for the coming increased fare move. In Tammany Hall, on E, 14th St. it is quite openly whispered that the city administration has decided that the time was opportune to “side- track” the whole Untermyer scheme and that this was the explanation for | the numerous proposals and counter- | proposals which Mr. Untermyer has been making during the past few} weeks. At the same time it is known | that the conflict between the Morgan | interests, which control the I. R. T., | and the Chase National Bank-Dahl- | Chadbourne group has been almost completely ironed out and that the | sporadic fireworks which still flare up are set off for their effect. Will Discuss U. S..S. R. |Opposition at Series of | District Meetings Here}! Section membership meetings to | discuss the question of the Opposition | in the Communist Party of the Soviet | Union have been arranged. by the | New York district agitation propa- | ganda department. In each case the | discussion wil! be led by a speaker representing the district executive committee. Discussion by the mem- bership will follow. The following meetings are sched- uled: Section 5—Tuesday, Dec. 6, 8 p. m., 2075 Clinton Ave., Bronx, Alexander Trachtenberg, speaker. . Section 6—(sub sections 6A and 6B only) Thursday, Dec. 8, 8 p. m., at 29 Graham Ave., J. Mindel, speak- er. ere Reeam Suop |4191%4 6th Avenue, near 25th St. uits Pressed |Site. Repaired While U U Wait co 1.0 8 Given ERE! DEC. ll 49th St. and BALL DAILY WORKER and the’ Saturday Evening Madison Sq. Garden \ NX LIGHT by the HET 1927 @ Eighth Ave. i ® } Nightworkers—to be later, Bert Miller, speaker. Jn New Jersey. Paterson—to be announced later, Benjamin Lifshitz, speaker. Passaic—to be announced later, D. | Benjamin, speaker. | | Jersey City, Union City and Bay- onne (in Jersey City) Dec. 11, at 116 | | Mercer St., Rebecca Grecht, speaker. | scheduled | | j | . Pullman Porters Get | Pledges of Support) | (Continued from Page One) | commission was without jurisdiction. | Threat of a strike would bring tne emergenc,” in which the federal rail | board could act beyond its present | limitations, believe the union officials | and counsel—Donald Richberg and | Henry Hunt. Since the Pullman Co. ; flatly refuses to meet brotherhood | representatives for mediation or ar-| bitration and insists that the com-| pany union represents the workers, | the federal board can do nothing at} present. Faced with the probability of a strike, the board can have the case submitted to the president of the United States. But neither a strike nor a lockout can be declared legally | in the 90 days of the executive’s | study. | Support Pledged. | Backing of all sections of the Ne-! gro race for any section fighting for | thes “right of self organization and | economic justice” was endorsed with | no dissent at the New York confer- ence called by the porters’ union at the Urban League headquarters. Spe- | cific support of the pullman porters | |in case of strike was pledged. { Besides | declaring emphatically | | against the use of injunctions in labor. | disputes, the conference offered aid | to the Interboro Rapid Transit work- | jers in their fight against the injunc- | |tion and the company union. The | porters’ brotherhood has always been proud of its lead in the fight against | company unionism as exemplified by | the Pullman Co.’s employe represen- | tation plan. Save. 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(Hstablished 1887.) {port of their raternal and izations a | Traction Union to Make Fight ‘On All Fronts; Workers Take Offensive, Call Huge Meeting! | Workers Party Activities | (Continued from Page One) made to the worke that the be held at Harlem ino, 100 W.} 2 ils are committed to the pro- |16th St. V y evening, Dec. gram of maintaining the rights) of ; movement | Union existence at all costs. ght a unior The n he 1eeting for nner to a nat for: the traction indust Interest Is Widespread. ntry wide scale the fight The widespr< interdat injunctions and » company the struggle of the New | 2 -_ action workers is indicated from Take the Offensive. the expressed promi ent’ inte: junion officials to at the mass | meeting and to ure the traction orkers of the labor movement’s sup- 1 conference Wednesdi nd strong ass meeting. confer with of the A, F. dent The Amalgan | Woll. vice president of the fed ‘entering its fight ag nd Sen. Robert F. Wagner ion on the legal field, hop’ han D. Perlman, attorneys f the of union, as well as Pro: application the Interborough lenied. But it was made clear that n Oliphant, of Columbia Univey- fforts for organization will not be who is a ting in the defens: The ti-injunction leafle are stogped should the fight against the|Plans for a national, country wide |now on nd at the district office, injunction be lost in the courts. campaign will be worked out to fight /108 E. 14th St. Price to all units ;,.; No Abandonment. the open conspiracy of the anti-union | $2 per thousand. ge to the Traction Work-| ‘™Ployers agaist the trade union * * * yvement. suring them t! not be abandoned in ‘3 the most emphatic would ampaign statement yet they : . : Certain to Win. “We will ze Special Announcement to the readers of the Daily Worker Our representative, Mr. Wein, has arranged with the well known clothing manufacturers, MAISEL AND STRAUSS, 377 Fourth Ave, that every reader of the Daily Worker who will buy a suit, overcoat or tuxedo will receive a special discount. 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M. ~ temo sap ce New Gold Bond Issue oe Secured by a Second Mortgage of the Second Block Co-operative Dwellings in the Co-operative Workers’ Colony Opposite Bronx Park and Barker Ave. (at Allerton Ave. St.) Britton St. and Arnow Ave., Bronx - C Guaranteed | dividends are being paid from the first (@) day of deposit. Gold Bonds in Denominations of $100 $300 «$500 =: $1000 Can Be Bought Also on Installments CONSUMERS FINANCE CORP. Subsidiary of the United Workers’ Co-operative Ass'n. Office: 69 Fifth Ave., cor. 14th St., New York TELEPHONE ALGONQUIN 6900 labor Wednesday ational con- » for the purpose of launching e fight no longer will be defen-| e ¢ampaign will be worked ssor Her- ertain that we NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY Party Comrades Attention! The Worke making a special d DAL ORKER the New York Ci: For this purpose two p the ccoper of every rade and sympathizer: your copy of The DAILY traction worker 3 (Com enter or A buy several copies for such distribu- tion 2. Come in to the WORKER office, 108 E. 14th St., for free copies of the paper for a dis- tribution campaign, This is very im- and as many comrades as e should report for this first . rate revolutionary work. ee ie To All Units. local DAILY Unit Organizers. A meeting of it organizers will be held on Friday at p. m. at 108 E. 14th St. Important matters will be considered. * * * Lecture Tonight. Raogzin will lecture on the of Women in_ the ight at 8:30 o’clock Brooklyn. > * The Workers and the Young Workers (Communist) League of Newark will hold a meet- (Communist) Party ing Friday evening at New Mbont- gomery Hall. Jwiet Stuart Poyntz jand Pat Toohey will speak on the achievements of the Russian revolu- tion. | ees Women’s Conference Saturday. A district conference of women or- | ganizers will be held Saturday at 1:30 p. m. at 108 E. 14th St. Nhe ee Inter-Racial Dance. The Young Workers (Communist) League of Harlem wil] hold an inter- |racial dance Imperial Auditorium, 160 W. 29th St. | ranged. | lare going to win”, the official con- | tinued, “but the chief thing we want| to convey to the workers is that we | | will continue ‘the ‘battle no matter | what the outcome of the legal pro- ceedings are.” | The mass meeting called by the | Amalgamated Union for Wednesday jevening will Se the first large scale attempt to unite the forces “of the) | local labor movement in support of |the traction workers. | Numerous | the Needle Trades Unions, the Plum- bers Helpers Union, the Brotherhood of Pullman Porters and the Actors Equity Association have expres their willingness to co-operate with jthe Amalgamated in whatever plans |it may propose. The efforts of the car mens’ union likewise have been endorsed by the {| Central Trades and Labor Council ‘of reater New York and the American ation of Labor. | * * * By ART SHIELDS (Federated Press). Hundreds of motormen, guards and jother employes on the elevated and | ieges lines of the Interborough | Rapid Transit Co. continue to join the Amalgamated Association of Street | | & Electric Railway Employes in spite | lof the injunction moves of James | Quackenbush, the wily attorney for |the big public utility.’ | ‘When William Green, president of |the American Federation of Labor, |and William Mahon, president of the | |Amalgamated, appear in | Wasservogel’s court Dec. 21 they ex- | pect to be able to show that the A. F. of L. union has the genuine back- | ling of the rank and file workers on |the lines. Hearings on the proposed |new writ that would enjoin the 3,000,- 00C members of the A. F. of L. from attempting to unionize the Interbor- ough’s employes were put off till the |21st by agreement of attorneys for both sides, Fight Company Union. The “yellow dog” contract; the | company union and the use of the in- | junction are the three main objects | Perlman, of the Amalgamated legal | staft, will present to Justice Wasser- | vogel. | “We want to prove that the first is subervisive of the public interest, and that the second | and the third unjust and dangerous,” said James H. Coleman of the Amal- | gamated, discussing the court plans. The proposed injunction aims to re- strain the trade union movement from winning the workers away from | he company union to which they are | bound by the individual “Yellow '| dog” contr 6!) ee (By Federated Press). Interborough Rapid Transit Co. spies shadowing organizers for the | Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes are indirectly paid by the city of New York, labor charges. is taken from money that would be | turned over, in part, to the city, which owns the lines the company operates. This issue, raised by the union, is now being investigated by the New York Transit Commission, a letter from Chairman John F. Gilchrist says. onteainas btn ‘aturdayWevening at the | An interesting program has been ar- | unions, including the Platers Union, || Justice | attack in the brief that Nathan D. } is counterfeit, | The spy fund } | May Force Congress Reactionaries to Limit injunctions rris of - senate, many orities. on > big so bring coal the Pittsburgh region. Foreign-Born Council Asks Gyreek Minister to Study Mine Death Pro- tional Council for the k min- him -to Nick r with five unarmed, ont of the > troop- 1 toget ether m while or Columbin ers and Rocky Mountain them. The fact that the n men were un- armed la gove of the 2 of C rifi promote the in an industri iew of th ) open to the charge of workers to of the employers pute. t that the slain miner, N was 2} organization, etic in t of the for- | eign- born w your excel- leney to inve the matter. 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