The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 12, 1927, Page 4

Page Four & YHE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1927 Daily Worker Staff Mutiny Averted by Maigamated- . : g Furlough for “Red Ball” Saturday Eve. | 6“ 5 ” eda eet ccs ae Seis Gen or ay O e€ Liberal imteiuectuals ae mg ibior te g oy S&F S “ . 4 e - n a ¢ x Some History — Corruption, Past and Present — The Cohens and Beck- Wt 7 } Q q € . . . : . ermans — Conditions in the Industry — Practical Statesman — . Mysterious and Hair-Bristling Is This New The Q¢ Q is is part of the staff of The )Ave., next Saturday night, Dec. 17. S . 5 What Has To Be Done. DAILY WORKER who hope to be| Galloping from left to right are: | Drama at Daly’s 63rd Street oe given a one-nighi iurlough to attend | Robert Minor, William I’, Dunne, T.) 2 cit odes re ORANCE OTA : ON Me mR Pe eeen 2 ; Saas _|The DAILY WORKER-Freiheit “Red |J. O'Flaherty, H. M. Wicks with the |[F you still believe in Santa Claus— | FRANCES STARR. By A RANK AND FILER. he situation and natur Ie took checks from employ- : : f th enh etary bao | Y ean : Pilerocn anion Che work ae ertheless, without returning | Ball” to be held at the new Madison |rest of the members of the staff in| | Which seems to us well impossible | The Amalgamated Clothing Work- | dro erent Mae SOs ee “pean iaptatled *|Square Garden, Bist St. and Eighth | charge. |in these days of Coolidge “prosperity” ers’ Union is known as “the most Se es eee to the trade, Cohen was insta’ led once Sele St acta AINE, 4 Peas even for the simple-minded—and in| Gaitant uni pakebinee?: ‘This {¢ ard adopted a “peace-| more on the union payroll within a aia, Re Bestieban, “arene Olean union’ built permanent fighting ne union. They made | year after the Chicago convention. W th h Y g ( d himself, with a few gnomes and elves | i vithin a short period. It Settlements and signed agreements At the same time the “left wing” 1 t e oun omra es thrown in, you're! ed out into panac with employers. Of course they al- became stronger and asked for re- in for a hot time such as | building houses ate ‘Needle | ¢orms that I have already mentioned. OUR LETTER BOX { GRECO AND CARRILLO. at Daly’s 63rd St. | workers, tale ates ae ape ore ahs Hillman Makes Peace With Cohen. About the Lusitania. | Another Sacco and Vanzetti cas Theatre, where never lost a strike. Hillman and his G. FE. B. made peace | ea it pe “The B: ig | The le y conditions in the in- | wit} a Cot “the “For oe 1” and|,, Phursday evening the teacher told | appears upon the horizon. Two more ‘he Banshee” is ae iell er needle trades les aera, RN CERAM SEVIS 2 APE ae See aes s orward” anc’! the class to be sure and come to school | Italian workers are the victims. By chiropracting on} i ke as ‘ _ dustry became worse year after year, his clique. They were all taken back : / ; doa : old maids’ spines | did not prepare for the trar alone th Hi V's policy of in-! into the ization. Of “se Hill. |°" Friday morning, even tho it was |the time you read this their case will 1a ids" spines i riod caused by the in Bahai eran stay Fitbe 7 nto the organization. Ot course til | Armistice Day. She told us that a/be before a capitalist court, this time nightly. hs ; reased production every season and man double-crossed the lefts and the Fgh ‘ Thad! An geri chinery in the indust SR Rds Se acon nee a 4 plage ya good speaker. would address us. I|in New York and not in Massachu- ud} An ¢erie | : i eduction in wages and what not. | iefts made a grave mistake by giving : pas a bie o ted war x condition DenandacRer ae 4 : sade was very anxious to hear what he had | setts. The charge against Sacco and WaT OD Be Ue © 0. ushered in ma of unskilled work- pests ie aed Bi ao mere eee with EL te6 ay, I went. I tried to memor~ | Vanzetti was murder, The charge heard; it is fol- ers'to industry and caused the BUI ei ae eee abees pared ie oy ize everything he said and I think he |against Greco and Carrillo is also mur- lowed by the dull’ Star of the merry satire “Immoral of people to be thrown out of work- nder the leadership of The lelts Knew, would do everything |yust’ have forgotten to ‘mention, or |der. They are accused of killing not thump of a hu-/Jsabelle” at the Ritz Theatre. hence our armix ng in New York demanded | in their power to oust them from the | Giant-know some things that I heard|a paymaster but a fascist. Altho it } man carcass, An- j reforms in the organization. | organization. ouay oe conte tha | mY father talk about. One of these |is clear that these two workers are other Adair has gun are turned over to the police. When _ this nese were (1) amalgamation of the! cane 4 ‘ta . nad th see Seeest, ~The | things was that the same captain, who | innocent of this charge as were Sacco , bit the dust. And’ Outside of the spine-crackling . official .| two joint boards (children’s and men’s / man N aac a“ ane fi aie destroyed the Lusitania, allowed one | and Vanzetti, they are being “framed | y).4a Deshoro it’s all, as you “whee-e-eing” “The Banshee” does ce : clothing) and local unions; (2) eco-|out-oftown is now ae bie ship of ammunition to pass t# Eng-|up” by Mussolini, his American agents| find out _ later, }demonstrate that a play can get along . reduce the office staff; ( Nee a ti Loserdey or the tiand because it carried passengers |and a number of American capital- | 0Vver @ will. @ very well without the traditional hero workers niin wage antl an! aggressive | oases, todey for we: Unign: on board. The German government | ists. Their innocence will not help! Of course, it’s about time the Amer- | 2"4 heroine—but the subject-matter libraru ctive policy against re- Beckerman Next. warned’ the United States not to do}them. They will be railroaded to the|ican theatre gave us an honest-to-| °£ the play prevents one from making & 3 a Furthermore Hillman took in this e they will be forced | “electric chair” for their opposition to | goodness “mellerdramer,” to remind | Ut a case for the starles# school. As N = a od hese demands were never Beckerman, a person he always d Some of the officials | Mussolini and his tyrannous anti | us of the old days when E. H. Sothern | 2” example of the old-fashioned melo- into effect until the Amalg. liked, and made him manager of the |in Washington asked President Wilson | bor government, unless the workers, | was just making his reputation, and | @tamatie farce that used to make the officials were foreed into action by New York Joint Board without an|not to do it. but the president didn’t | poor farmers and children halt the |John Drew even enjoyed the clink of | SPinal nerves of our venerable grand- h y the fight made by the “lefts.” I am ‘election, Hillman appointed Becker-|care for anybody and ordered the ship| hands of those fiendish murderers | his spurs in a cowboy role. But W.| P&S and grandmas do shimmys, how- ] L€ wware of the fact that some people| man as manager because he knew|out with a cargo cf ammrvitic> --4 | thru their united mass protest. “Free |D.. Hepenstall and Ralph Cullinan, | Ve?» “The Banshee” serves extremely s lindly think that the officials ought | Peckerman likes to be a Mussolini.| passengers. He said that the United Greco and Carrillo” must be ovr mot-|who wrote the play, didn’t have to lay | Well. Only, in those days they ;con- to get the credit for having one Joint | Who does not remember Beckerman |'States went to war to save Lenxe-|{o until they are freed. Send in your |it.on so thick. " {sidered them straight melodramas— OO ] ge tod y. Let them have the) with his gang which broke up meet-|racy, but I heard my father reading | letters expressing your opinions on | tS lacking enough sense of humor to The fact is, however, that the | ings, black-jacked members, deprived |in the DAILY WORKER where peo-|this case. |" Old Peter Adair, haunted by the | classify them as farces. —S. A. P, siaup ee a been expelled were | workers of their jobs or threw them | ple are being sent to jail W€cause they | sence! Mee ran peer ue ve ae | SEE ES Se jthe only people who fought for these from their shops? Beckerman suc-|strike for a better living. This does | rhasins WOH Eeey Sane ee wemene On Woes 5 Program reforms, Secilod inMloruehing: CHEM Efe wing foe | hob vmeen ‘Deribetaty does itt) Me | ABOUT WINGS. jes,” his father's death, waited for the Broadway Briefs The Expulsion Policy. * la while and kept in sub: Thomson is an intelligent man but By Roberta Knight. jbreaking of a statue and the ery of |X : The question is, why did Hillman| discontented workers. This s alhe leaves out the most important] In the beginning there one Ja- | the banshee to forecast his own. Na-| Sk ny ee A Capital t Democracy and adopt the expulsion policy against the | lesson for the progressives; they wil! | things——-AARON. bor movement. About the time of the | turally, the statue breaks, and the Moss’ Bro: ies Theatre be: fice Prosperity Exposed oup who defended the New York | know how to maneuver better when cuit World War there was a split. Because | banshee cries. Not so naturally, ) toda: His Scticle is a lage Be d : organization in 1921-22?—the very | the time comes. Hillman reorganized BU CONT EST |of the difference of opinions they 're- | Peter dies. ; rod acey cod Guinsiarhie eee : : i time when inside de enemies | local unions, expelled individual mem- wer tu last. week's pusnte |f500 t0 Stay in the same party. So| “A fight over his will ensues; two|/ ocaranes in waudevilie.” Other war ERE isthe answer threatened to destroy the union in|bers. Of course he is shrewder than * answer to last, week's puzzle | this caused a split. That’s the origin|mutders ds mysterious and _hair- peer eae eee ee ete Pa ctse ‘ New York. We must remember the |£igman. He killed the individual ac-|N9- 2 is MINER. The following | o¢ the two wings. The right wing | bristling as the banshee herself; an aa es aunt a Te bert to all the pre- fight that took place in New York in | tivity in order that his group should |"@ve answered correctly: jg, |08t2r the opinion that change of gov- |all because there are two “vilyuns” |HYsn whe gereen entertainment 4 : election bunk of pros- 1921-22 when “Harry Cohen, once be kept in power. Jack Rosen. N. Y. C.; Lulu Morris, | eynmont would come by the use of the|in the play instead of one. Herbert |iGo4" gins Ohevlew” a iho : a manager of the old children’s clothing | The Record N.Y. C.; Berdjoohie Minassian, N. Y. | panot, Just get the people to vote| Ranson, as Dr. Neville Lacey, a| 70% ey aEey a pap 7 Here are the aes x > | ee second. j | is : i {cae f “) — |Costello, Warner Oland, Clyde Cook perity. ere 4a workers’ joint board, left,the organi-| Hitman and Schlossberg thought| ~ |the right way then all their worry | Wicked, hypnotic-eyed doctor with a and Montague Lov ‘ facts of just exactly zation early in 1920 and engaged inj|tnat nobody. would remind them of ET ge ‘ | would be over. | knowledge of all the subtle poisons of . " : J sindes i His ates 3 5 ANSWERS TO PUZZLE No.1: | “°™ : i |the “Ai i i ichar . S Low “prosperous” the | 20, Pusiness of selling sewing ‘mate- | what they had said and written dur- Boe eae ech (2 Thevleft ‘wing-has-a: far different |e mazonian region, and Richard . ; : how “prosperous rials to*the employers of our mem-| ing thes fight in 102109. Atws sect. Jack Rosen, N. Y. C5 Isidore Piset- lopinion. They don’t believe the capi- Whorf, as Yuru, a skulking, treacher-| “The Desert Song” will have its * rorkers i his c ‘a t The union which was unattrac-|..” ; | hie hdae ess Z sky, Brooklyn, N. Y.; H. B. Chase, |. oi-04. wonld eived f nyo |OuS Amazonian, are finally exposed; |450th performance at the Imperial workers in this coun é s ‘ ©-\ing in Manhattan Lyceum Hillman] qyyja... w 5 A | talists would give in unless. they were | sae nati f ” ‘ tive when private profits seemed in| caid hat". Chek oi Aes eae Hillsboro, N. H.; Ida Schnider, Pitts- fitade cto “do. a0. Ha totues: view This | they, their poison, and darts and blow- ' Theatre tonight. ear > ‘ Figs om wn | £8 + Cal a M€lturch, Pa.; James Mishkis, Chicago, | : BOs inne a RL RANGA Pe iinalAD SSRGALIP SIGE. Ft Shae INE Te a ee: iat eae eyes when the pro- | hack into the Amalgamated without ie Bey dpmeseMshine, Chicago, | causing a compiete revolution. The | a simple very maale ae Se to deen ome (See Ad- | stepping over my dead body.” Schloss-|— 2 people with this idea call themselves - 2 vance, Feb. 3, 1922). berg said he would resign before he! pyyg WEEK'S PUZZLE No. | the Commur While the right; able easy style, the | More About Cohen | would sign a check for H. Cohen. J. 2 weer oe 8" | wing are satisfied with.the name of } author explodes the | “In September 1921 H. Cohen an-|B. S. Hardman (Salutsky) caucussed | _ ne ee pases is a new kind | socialists : ec : Rs » [nounced his candidacy for office of| with the lefts in order to fight H.|0f Puzle. Separate the letters under) The right wing—yellow socialists | BOGTxT 45 F1, W-of B'way Eves, 6:40/ |—— The Theatre Guild presenta — myth of high wages manager of the children’s clothing de- |Cohen. Charles W. Ervin was one of |e aE a and ig under | of today. | Maunees Wed. & Sat. at 2:40 a rtme: f > New Yor i investigati ittee < 7 uViN numbers. e answer, The left wing—the much dreaded} Winthrop Ames / 2 reser onditions tment of the New York Joint) the investigation committee and was | ~ . ar | | : ESC and ae ents . Board. H. Cohen was promptly in-| employed at the Amalgamated. Not should be i enn Pioneer mot- | Reds. | Sohn Galeworthy’s APE * as they exist today. formed by the general office that his |cne of these people ever dared to say |t® in two (2) words. ETS SER EER New Play with Leslie Howard Republic {b:; W. 424. Bvs.8:40 ae ; nume would not be placed before the | anything for the last three years in 1-2-+3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11 THE RED FLAG. | = —-= La iccviialeea vepraitesSe: : ~ This is an ideal pam- membérs to be voted on unless heja time when they knew that cotrup- A-R-L-E-W-A-A-D-Y-Y-S The Red Wa cis th f the woiker | National: Wheater Unse. WiceB Wks nae eee sect atic alaas A raniexiatinin | ate _. |The Red Flag is the arm of the worker theatre, . W. of B'wi o phlet to pass out to the cleared himself on certain < barges. | tion was existing in the Amalgamated Sqpd all answers to the Daily|Let it ane nua Tang: aud taea | ational [hys'8-30. Mts. Wed.&Sat.2:30 , Bernard Rbawis Cameos : , The charges involved checks which| Union in New York. These former |wo%o» Youn Comrade drier Oe Pere | cerry D ” H DOCTOR’S DILEMMA workers in your shop —_|H. Cohen had received from employ- | revolutionists are doing it for a prin-| yO" "cr, Soune Comrade Corner, 38)To show the bosses “The Trial of Mary Dugan B 1 trade unio jers of our* members. But H. Cohen | ciple? Mirst St. N. ¥. C., stating your name, | How strong and handy By Bayard Veiller’ with Gul: © SPW baa: eve es a failed to appear before an investiga- | “Practical Statesmen.” page fod Bute e SHER: cast see protons) Heecay te | ANN HARDING—REX CHERRYMAN ea tion committee. He fought against! ‘The editors of the Amalgamated | facts, but Stolberg, an alleged author-| the lefts. The “pe ran oe doine tac ee i ee a rt A Coe 's he Amalgama’ acts, st , ZeC a pen-slaves” are doing . > an investigation. He created a false | organs are very busy writing classic | ity om labor problems and a research! their best every week. You can see The Desert S ‘ Max Reinhardt’s ‘ 2 issue of a separate children’s cloth- | editorials praising its leaders for the | workcr, never investigated conditions. | in the official organs of the Amalga- | ong “Jedermann” (Everyman) ‘ ing workers’ joint board and opened |wonderful work they are doing ‘for | No Wage Scale. mated so much fake and so many lies | With Leonard Ceely and Eddie Buzzell CENTURY ‘Thea., Central Park West fire upon the organization. _ [the members. The editor of the Ad-| Hillman did not mention to Stol-|that only people who have lost their | TUN Lace Si A hh _“The general office took the posi- vance is doing his utmost to show |berg that the workers in New York| heads can write, and serve as these | IMPERIAL Beings $80 00 kee ea, eee tion that in'the labor movement pur-| Amalgamated members are better off | have no wage scale or unemp'oymen eople are doing for Hillman and his | Mats. Wed. and Sat., 2:30 Chanin’s W. 45 St. Royale. Mts. Wed.,Sat. ity must be even above unity. A labor |than in the other needle trades. The |insurance. Moreover, during the two|gang, What don’t people do in order | All Performances Except Mon. & Thurs. organization that is unable to keep its lleaders of the Amalgamated know] years the “right wing” has’ been in| to make a living. i WAL Bey Rapes centre “Mikado” hands clean does not deserve to live.’ strategy, they know economic condi-|pcwer they have created a tion | Speed-up and New Machinery. LS Cats Opera Co. in 3 Rees Advance editorial of Feb. ®|ticns, they don’t believe in calling|whete the workers are divided into| Since 1919 the Amalgamated has with MUNI WISENFREND RO eo pene Goren eae 1922). ee ; ase |strikes for the 40-hour week like |/woSeamps...One group..is. working | not demanded a change in working John Golden Wangeer nae Y The Investigation Committee’s {unions in the other needle trades did.|the whole year with overtime ard the | conditions. Although new machinery ey ee 2 IR AINE ay ances cae oe oemiaree { ag , é e Findings. \“We in the Amalgamated are prac-|cther group is lucky to get a job for| and the speed-up system came in,} ee a ; pests clar Pk ail asics 4 cents in lots of ten or more, The investigation committee also |tical statesmen. Thefefore our mei-| a few weeks during the season. Thes' man calls it “efficiency.” Thou. |GARRICK Mats’ ieea pape 330 THE MER R Y MALONES : : - ae . recommended a change in the consti-|bers are better off today than the|cre “temporary” workers. ands of people were thrown out of | BASIL SYDNEY and MARY ELLIS - ‘ ; “isan we oF one pomuted tution or by-laws of the union, pro-|workers in the other needle trades.”) A worker can work three seasons | work and have no chance of making | Vi? Garriek Players in the Modern baking icant ; Neen hibiting union officials from borrow-| Bat the members have another|in one place but the boss can dis-+2 living in the industry. It is high} TASING f the SHREW H Miller’s Thea. W-43 St. R.ws.8.30 4 ee ca ing money from manufacturers. (See | story ‘to tell. In New York, Amalga-|charge him: any time he wants, be-|time that a “progressive” organiza- | Z 0 enry Miller's yyatinees Thurs.& Sat. ORDER A HUNDRED TO report of the investigation committee | mated members are working under | cause he is a “temporary” worker. tion like the’ Amalgamated should | - $< —— | Grant Mitchel tn Pecan ;, DISTRIBUTE IN YOUR in the Advance of Feb, 3, 1922, pages |the most unhuman conditions. There The Liberal Boosters. have a wage scale. When 2 worker ; 5; : SHOP. 4-9, signed Morris Rothenberg, B. C.|is no “standard of production,” but} In the long run the worker who |js sent up in a new place he will know 5 ie | ‘ P Y 4 Vladeck, Charles W. Ervin, and dated |every season you have to make more | worked last season is not sure abcut | what his wage is. eee 18 LS Read Also Jan, 25, 1922. For other- references | and more—there is no limit. |his job tomorrow. This isthe situa-| ‘ Always “Less. react Creep.” ‘Wm. Fox presents the Motion Picture see editorial, Advance, Jan. 13, 1922} The only ones who are making ajtion that prevails under Hillman’s| Today, when a.worker is sent, up . ‘ORG Directed by 4 N ee ten a and editorial Advance Dec. 19, 1921). | living today are the Amalgamated | “right wing” administration in New|in a new place or changes his job hé FUL ay eg 230 iS U N R I Ss E F. W. MURNAU | Russia 4 This recomghendation of the com-|staff and the editors, “This is the] York. Does B. Stolberg and the lib- | will always get iess each time. More- ae ao | By SERMON AY DAE canimeat By J. Louis Engdahl AS mittee was followed by a change in | “good work” the Hillman machine has !erals know about it? These so-called |cyer, overtime must not. be ‘allowed | in the | Brae: < ‘Thea.,, 42a St, W. of B'way THE LABOR the constitution itself at the Chicago |created in New York and conditions| “liberals” claim that they are the|when there is unemployment. If a-/ Frances Starr new. Times Sq. pwrép pAtLy, 2:30-8:30 rhe Collapse of the convention 1922 which states spe-|are becoming worse every day. only ones who believe in freedom of |}owed, the bosses must pay time and | FT cALo | Guansale shinier Th., 44th, W. of By Compani Por he Bastions cifically in Article 13 Sec. 7 that peo-| The outside world and the intel-! speech and press. For whqm? For|a half. Such a program, if carried | IMMORAL ISABELLA? Chee ema Bvenings 730, > of Locomoti gineers, ple wi ppeye had dealings with em-|lectuals still consider the Amalgama- | themseives? ithrough, will bring employment to|).,, vith JULIUS MeVICKER eed > Miata: Weeds am ae w. * By Wm. Z. F 25 ploy re not eligible for office be-|ted a radical and progressive organi- The Two Achievements. hundreds of workers and will form RARE) We 45th SU Rath. Wed. @ Sat,)| Thrilling Music-Piayet the Golden Li * fere the lapse of five years after | zation. In the Nation of May 11, 1927 Nevertheless for the last few years | an aggressive and: constructive policy, | is 4 | ‘ their return to the trade. |Benjamin Stolberg wrote on article | Hillman has ereated in the New York | for the organization. ‘Save Greco and Carrillo! | : Work lib Evading the Constitution. lon conditions in the Amalgamated | organization two things—a corrupt The Left Wing's Task. a PAE 5 act as a ; evs } rary | Did Hillman and Schlossberg live |and the tactical genius of Hillman. | machine and a publicity ageney which I am aware under the present % Pu b lish i: up to this principle? No! Hillman,| Stolberg interviewed Hillman and| is doing dirty work for Hillman and |“right wing” administration these de-| ‘ 39 €. 12s St |just as most union chiefs, violated |Hillman said “our organization is |his machine. mands will never be enforced. It is 10% REDUCTION ON ALL TICKETS BOUGHT THRU \y 7 x |the constitution and ought to be im-/stronger than ever before.” ‘The Na- Hillman and Co, are engaged in'a|up to the “left wing” to agitate and ? NEw. Yo RK ‘peached. H. Cohen sold cotton and|tion as an_ intellectual magazine |campaign not to better the condition | prepare the membership all over the DAILY WORKER OFFICE, 108 E. 14th STREET. \ Asa unionism to the clothing manufac--claims that they give their readers'of the workers, but to fight against|country for these reforms. 4 ~ ——————— = = | ‘ “THE CENTURIES” | Bas: BIG BARGAINS! BEST Amusements! By Em Jo Basshe ; 2,000 Suits, 3,600 Shirts, 1,000 over- Friday, December 23rd The Fall and Rise of the East Side Masses i coats, 1,500 Women’s Coats, 300 £ } oahag rae a enh eld Rie = \ OPEN N G BALL A Beautiful and Thrilling Play ; res (0 Raincoats, Children’s at stant j REG GON Siccta aindo tices NINE GRAND Saturday, Decmber 24th 4 : and Caps, 1,800 Sweaters, 300 DAY CENTRAL | CONCERT and BALL | | : dozen Underwear, Men’s Furnish- i by i ing, Shoes, Slippers, Scarfs, Um- DEFENSE , PALACE Movies will be shown every 4 The New Playwrights Theatre ? brellas, Pocketbooks, Manicuring DEC. 23 — JAN. 1 ones day for nine days. Dances, i Sets, Suitcases, Millinery, Dry- Games, Theatre performanc/ 40 Commerce Street 2 ; goods, Jewelry, Silverware, Radios, * ‘ es will take place every day. - ¥ : Hike Deavings Panties hae To free the Cloakmakers and Furriers. For the building up of Needle Unions Shining lavaniias Nowavmars dave. Performances. Every Night Except Sunday ; Carpets, Vacuym Cleaners, Dish va Matinees Saturday Afternoon Cloths, Stationery, Sportgoods, etc. ¥9 Masquerade B A LL “dl a Arranged by the JOINT DEFENSE COMMITTEE, 41 Union Square, Room 714, N. Y. A New Playwrights Production a 3 : 1