The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 19, 1927, Page 5

1s THE DAILY TORRE R, NEW YORK, MONDAY, ny Ay “Ovearitne and Strike al ay ‘Workers Party Urges merican Delevates (Continued went ge from Page One) ep wages low, hours long conditions unbearable. T ghébid Not Compromise. “This arrogant traction trust can- not be defeated by deiay and com- , 0 Soviet Unicn to -. eport at Meating, ow sic-r {promise and dickering with Mayor | Walker whose police helped‘to smash Members of the second American | ,},, last strike. They cannot be beat- Trade Union delegation to the Soviet | ~ conferentes: i whith. ths Union will report on their experience +5 Peat ; tion barons get everything and at a mass meeting Wednesday at 8:30 Pe sects rete 2 4 the workers pay the price. The trac- Pp. m. at Cooper Union. — |tion injunction cannotxbe pated by William Watkins, chairman of the | union officials who tell ‘3 thav delegation, president of Switchmen’s they have won when actuaily they Union, Local 206, of Minneapolis, will be the chief speaker. William Mackenzie, of Carpenters’ Union, Local 210, Stamford, Conn.; Edward Romese, United Mine Work- ers, Local 898, of Nanticoke, Pa.; have bcen tricked and fooled. “Injunctions eannot be ‘real unions built by cat | political ambitions of Governor Smith } | and Mayor Walker. Let th | ticians look for help to their masters, William G, Hearing, Moulders’ Union, | the tractional barons. © The’ traction Local 161, of -Stamford, Conn.; Ben| workers have their own battle ty Thomas, Machinists’ Union, Local | | fight. 159, and also member of the Central | Labor Union of Philadelphia, and E. | P. Cush, Amalgamated lron, Tin and! Steel Workers, of Pittsburgh, will also tell what they have seen and ex- perienced in Russia. Robert W. Dunn, a rhember of the first labor delegation to Russia, will | also speak. Henry T. Hunt, former | auayor of Cincinnati, will preside. The | meeting will be held under the aus- pices of the New York Committee of | the American Trade Union Delega- | tion. Want Injunction. “The traction trust has applied for its company union supreme. The traction officials want to make it im possible for help to come to you trom ‘any source. They want to set up in the subw: ays, the elevated and the sur- {face lines, in the power houses and jtepair stations an empire of their | own, with Hedley as czar and Quack- |enbush as prime minister. “But injunctions cannot run cars. Injunctions cannot prevent you from organizing a union if you will use your mass power and aggressively defy this injunction. Injunctions be- |come mere scraps of papers when | Labor is determined to organize. Leaders Hesitatt. “The leaders of the Amalgamated, CARELESS COP FREED. A charge of homicide against Pa- trolman Martin Dowling of the Pros- | pect Park Police Station was dis- | missed yesterday by Magistrate Mil- | ler in Jamaica, Queens. On the night of Dee. 4 Dowling’s loaded service re- | | Coleman and Shea and the other lead- volver and holster fell to the floor. llers with: their hesitating, dilly-dally- Hd heen omoman and killed Mrs, ling policy and flirtation with the seats eines Tammany Hall officials will not or- ,fanize the traction workers. Only by ‘aggressive action and a clear-cut pol- eicy of fighting against these officials Patronize Our Advertisers Bazaar Volunteers, Attention! Second and final Mobilization Meeting for Defense Bazaar will be held MONDAY, Dec. 19th; 6:30 p. m. at the LABOR TEMPLE, 14th St. and 2nd Av. All members of committees and those who want to reg- ister, must be there because final arrangements and appoint- ments for Bazaar will be made. A Membership Meeting of the Prolet Co-operative Stores, Inc. “PROLETCOS*“ will be held on Wednesday, December 21 at 8 P. M. STUYVESANT CASINO 142 2nd Ave. (Ground Floor) Elections for Board of Directors and other important matters will be.taken up. N. POLAK, Sec’y. The Daily Worker requests that no conflicting affairs be arranged for JANUARY 13 poli- | an injunction which seeks ‘to outlaw | the labor movement forever and make | Daily Worker - Frome Ball Big Demonsvration (Continued frone Page Jne) were the feats of Alex Fox, profes- | siona)] “strong man,” who, while the | orchestra played “The Internationale” fashioned bars of iron into the fami- liar form of the Hammer and Sickle, émblem of the world revolutionary movement. All trades and all nationalities | Were represented in the great demon. | stration. And two striking coal min- ers dressed in their working clothes ¥ | and wearing the lamp of the coal | pits, spoke to the huge crowd thru an |amplifier. The New York workers responded generously to the appeal |for aid for the courageous miners |battling for their very existence. Communist leaders, organizers, | Writers, speakers, actors,—all were present, 4 vue wad u be able Without a nization, Organize in : d that © out for a clear- This is the only eat the traction t out of the cour Bring the struggie into the traction | industry. Demand that the Central che labor leadcrs com cut strike polic entire labor movement behind the traction workers. Confront the trac- tion trust and its injunction with a solid battlefront of traction workers backed up bysthe entire labor move- ment. In this way you will organize yourselves, destroy the Hedley com- pany union, increase your wages and establish decent working conditions on the lines. “You are strong enough to win if you will pull together and tight) shoulder to shoulder until victory is yours. “Strike for a Living Wage! “Fight For the Eight Hour Day! “Fight For Improved Conditions! “Smash the Reptile Company Union! = “Defy the Slave Owners’ Injunc- tion! 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In the second case the | Wednesday night meeting of the cloakmakers.in observance of the an- niversary of the launch man attack in the n an event of such si, cance as to mark a probable turning point in the needle trades struggles. * , TRACTION AND STRUGGLE AGAINST THE INJUNC aN The hearing on the Rayid Transit Co. app inj nm against ng of the S) bor movement has until Jan. 28. Two mon this application was Quackenbush, general Interborough, fought bit the request for a postponeme the part of the Amalgamated trac-} tion union attorneys. When the case appeared for second time before Supreme Justice Wasservogel a second: post- ponement was acceded to by Quacken- bush without any opposition what- ever. At the time, attention . was called to this curious circumstance. Now we have the attorneys of both sides co-operating with the Tammany judge in a postponement: under con- ditions which aze bound to: raise ‘some Very ponted questions, “No Strike” Agreement. | ‘Phe union officials agree to call no ‘strike, I'he officials have stated that this agreement holds until the hear- ling Jan. 23. Reports from the court | printed in the Saturday papers indi- eate that the agreement holds “until ;the case is finally disposed of.” Union officials reported that when “Quack- {enbash was finally pinned down he agreed that the Interborough would commit no overt act” in the interim. No mention is made of this promise. The policy of “organizing” the traction workers in the courts con- trolled by Tammany Hall, and con- trolled therefore by the traction mas- ters, was revealed as barren, if not dishonest, during the “negotiations” and the “victory” of last July, when a really favorable situation was for- cibly liquidated. Injunction Menace. Injunctions are being showered upon the labor movement from every direction. During the last sveek, in at least two instances, contempt pro- ceedings were instituted against nee- dle trades leaders who are charged with violating injunctions, President William Green of the American Federation of Labor says, “We will fight;” ” Matthew Woll before AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS Bakers’ Lee. No. 164 Meets lst Saturday in the month at 3468 Third Avenue, ae a ¥. Union arabe Bread. your union meetings For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 33 First St. New York City. Phone Stuyvesant 3816 > John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicals meet. ‘02 E. 12th St. New York. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5865 & FRESH, ona og ViGETARIAN M Come to Scientifie Vegetarian Restaurant 76 E. 107th Street New York. FOR ie ee nae WHERE DO WE MELT TO DR AND EAT? At the New’ Sollizs Dining Room juod Feed Good Vompany Any Hour Any Day BETTER ‘SERVICE New York 146 Kast 14th Srteet ie trades was | *| trict Council 9. the | Court | itheasen open shop Natignal Civie Fe tion announces that the labor n ment will launch a drive that wili hake the very foundations of the ex- ing social order; Hugh Frayne the recent mass meeting of the tion workers declared, “We will con- tinue this battle against the injunc- | tion, come what may, come what | may.” hese are their words. But the jacts are acts of compromise, delay and indirect surrender. The choice in | the battle against the injunction and for the organization of the traction | wi rs is: STRIKE OR SURREN- | DER! | Se ee |STRUGGLE IN THE PAINTERS’ | UNIONS. ne pr ive movement in the | culminating in Satur- | is only the beginning | developments rapidly becoming | ar in the painters’ union locals, nin the next two or three weeks | ns will be held in each of the j16 or 18 locals for delegates to Dis- These elections for delegates to the | | council are of far greater importance jthan those which have just taken place for Day Secretary and business agents, inasmuch as the continuance of the controlling machine in the dis- trict council will largely offset the | | work which any progressive day sec- retary may seek to accomplish. The experience of Thomas Wright, for- mer day secretary, should be a lesson to the progressives. It shows the ne- cessity of building around their capa- ble and honest officials a supporting body of progressive delegates, ® * * THE WINDOW CLEANERS. The announcement that as a result of the strike the Window Cleaners’ Protective Union, Locai 8, had come to a virtual agreement with the Em- ployers’ Association has proved a bit premature. At the last moment it became apparent that in their insis- tence on the condition that preference be given to members of the company union over those of the union itself |when workers returned to the job the employers were merely providing an indirect methods for the maintenance of the company union itself, Police Represent Bosses. Although agreement had been reached on practically all of the other major issues in dispute, this insis- tence on the company union broke up the negotiations. That the union is going strong was evidenced by the large number of arrests for picketing which immediately followed. The po- lice have no more love for the window cleaners than for the needle trades workers, or for the traction workers —or for any workers. And bosses in this industry have apparently no greater difficulty in having their in- terests represented by the police force and industrial squad. * + * Laundry drivers of Local 810 of Brooklyn are still on strike. An- nouncement was made by the busi- ness agent of the local that the mem- bers of the union, a new element in the labor movement, are showing sur- prising signs of solidarity. Laundry drivers of New Jersey have recently been winning both wage increases and union recognition through a series of well timed strikes. The strike is the MARY WOLFE STUDENT OF THE DAMROSCH CONSERVATORY | : | the discuss | executive secretary of the Party, NEW YORK W JERSEY 2F, 1D. 2F, 1D, will meeting tonigh First St. n. * * * Lecture On Injunctions. Harry Blake will abor in‘unctions at a meeting of Sub 6A tonight at 6:30 ps m ‘6 Ten Syck St., Brooklyn * * * Night Workers to Continue Discus- sion on Russian Opposition. A special meeting to continue discussion from last week on the f the “Russi e tomorrow the afternoom at ers, 108 East 14th St. All members are requeste: tend as a vote will be take C. E. C. resolution. * * * Subsection 15. Subsection 1B will discuss the portance of a labor party at its meet-/ ing tomorrow at 6 p. m. at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth St. * * * An anti-i -injunction meeting will be held tomorrow at 7 p. m. by Section 2, Workers (Communist) Party, at Bryant Hall, Sixth Ave. and dist St. The speakers will be Jay els and William F. Dunne, of The DAILY WORKER. Juliet Stuart Poyntz will preside. * « * Y. W. L. Dance. The Young Workers League, Dis- trict 2, will hold a dance Saturday, Jan. 14, 1928. THE BALANCE OF TRADE. Charges that the “socially elect” were smuggling expensive liquors in- to the country through a smuggling ring which uses baggage stamps pass- ed by the customs inspectors, have been denied in an unconvincing man- ner by the surveyor of the port. He said he did not believe much liquor could come off ships without detec- tion. Congressman La Guardia has told congress that the headquarters of the} ring was at 82 Broadway and that its “traffic manager” received a sal- ary of $12,500 annually. A Gussakoff will lead | lecture on anti-| at arp, at the Party headquart- | the a them before Nev ers Home, the Central Ope it cuss the m and to protest a ost of . ional rs’ Union, Joint De- iould take >» 41 Union quare, Room 71 dom Ball. m group costume eve- at and rk nd dane There will be hird Ave., Di Nation- thing! 3 178, Morris Kaufman, organizer. NEEDLE TRADES NOTES. The recent mass meetings of the cloakmakers which were held simul- taneously at Cooper Union and Man- hattan Lyceum, called by the Joint | Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union on the anniversary of Sigman’s ettack in the union, show that the | turning point in the struggle of the workers to rebuild their union, has probably been reached. The sentiment at the meetings, | where hundreds were turned away | due to lack of standing room, prove that the workers are determined to establish peace in the union and are the signs of a growing revival of a! mass movement which will sweep the Sigman machine from the needle trades organizations. * * * The attorneys of the Joint Board of the Cloakmakers’ Union have an- nounced that an answer has been re- ceived from the executive chamber at Albany which states that Governor Smith will investigate the cases of Anthony Romarchuk and Joseph Perl- man, two garment workers who are serving from 2% to 5 years in Sing Sing prison. The case of the two cloakmakers has been the subject of continued agi- ||PIANO LESSONS at her studio 49 WADSWORTH TERRACE Telephone Lorraine 6888. Will also call at student’s home, Wanted Furnished Room vithin easy reach of 46th St. snd Madison Ave. Write Box , ¢/o Daily Worker, 33 1st St. | LECTURE SOCIALISM j, FROM UTOPIA TO SCIENCE by Maurice Tamarkin Auspices : PROLETARIAN PARTY ||! At Labor Temple, 14th St., at 2 Av. Wednesday, Dee. 21st, 8:30 P.M. | | CLOTHING BAR S! Suits, Overcoats, Women’s Coats, Chil- dren’s and Adult's Fur Coats, Dresses, Rain Coats, Children’s Clothing, Skirts, Hats and Caps, Underwear, Men’s Furn- ishings, Shoes, Slippers, Scarfs and Millinery, ete. | Coming NINE DAY MOVIES AND DANCING Every Night. CHILDREN’S CONCERT Saturday Aft., December 24th Coming Friday Friday | isc remie-topint FA Friday, December 237d to January lst GRAND ( CENTRAL PALACE, Other Drygoods, , Suitcases, Umbrellas, Pocket- books, Jewelry, Silverware, Radios, Toys, Books, Fountain Pens, Artistic Drawings, Rugs, Carpets, Vacuum-Cleaners, Sport- goods, Stationery and Manicuring Sets, etc. Concert Sun., Dec. 25th New Year’s Eve, Ball 46TH STREET and LEXINGTON AVE. Sat., Dec. 31st ARRANGED BY JOINT DEFENSE COMMITTEE, CLOAKMAKERS & FURRIERS, 41 UNION SQUARE, N. Y. rs Merchandise---Bargains! | ll tation among the workers since the labor hating Judge Otto Rosalsky sentenced these two cloakmakers for iefending themselves. They were at- acked by strikebreakers during the 4926 general strike in the cloak in- dustry. At the union office it was an- nounced that an answer had been re- ceived in reply to communications sent to Albany pointing out the inno- | cence of these workers. * * * After repeated statements in the | =< Jewish Forward by the right wing McGrady clique that all the fur work- ‘ers in the trade had registered with their so-called union, there appears an announcement in the Forward to the effect that the right wing office has reopened registration. This apparent contradiction discussion in the fur market that the few workers who did register thru compulsion from their bosses are rapidly realigning themselves with the left wing New York Joint Board. * * ® Many bosses in the fur industry | ita helped establish the fake union | of McGrady and Co., in their at-/ tempt to destroy the left wing Joint Board, are regretting their adventure. There is no doubt that when the| workers again begin their oifensive for the rebuilding of their union they will find the militancy of their em- ployers greatly decreased. This may be explained by the fact that in the fur industry for the year just coming to a close there were 235 failures, with total liabilities of $8,- 127,358.50. Involved in these bankruptcies were some of the oldest and largest firms, They could not remain in business due to the competition of small contrac- tors. These contractors were able to undersell the large manufacturers be- cause of the sweatshop conditions they maintained. Many meetings of the bosses’ asso- Ask the New Jersey Local is | cleared up when one learns from the | Pp | |P Pi | iGo: OPERATIVE \4 a trade due |to drive out of |shop contractors AMALGAM of the Amalgamated Clothin ers’ Union, work out. \clothing industry, man, Hillman’: Yy ment with the J. Friedman C to Becke: to discharge against the wor ally known spe on the program. Ball. will ‘hold a costume ball Jan. 6 at Stuyvesant Casino, Ninth Segond Ave . * * Soccer League Affair. The Metr polite an W kers Soccer League will hold air Jan. 14, at | the Bronx Lyceu a large number of its mbers - in- sisted that the left w Joint Board ng inf! in , the successful campaigns e sweat- as a_ stabi to i iness thes v Here is how the cl olicies of Sydney H In his attempt to install speed-up roduction methods in the men’s Abraham Becker- manager of the New signed an agree- ; a firm ork Joint Boa |that emplo 40 work This | agreement alls upon the firm to pay a certain standard wage but requires {that the workers produce 1,000ack- ets a day, th b aximum roduction requirec t firme How the Speed-up W orks. the After production the new agreement began, infear of losing their job: fell® be- hind the standard, soon began to rush each other so that production in this factory began to climb da until 1,200 coats a day were being pro- duced. The rest was that the bosses went to be permitted Today Bec as he did at the of the Joint Board that the fir . Freed- man be permitted to discharge 35 of its employes, Thus the vicious cycle will begin again among those who are left in the shop. R “PAIR Snop 1914 6th Avenue, near 25th St. uits Pressed Si. hoes Repaired While U Wait 6 | _Comraderie NYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK Patronize Our Friend SPIESS STUDIO 54 Seconda Ave., cer, 3rd St. special Rates tor Labor Organiza d 1887.) LAW OF BICE CHAS. "RECHT For the co until 6 P. 2 110 West ‘and DANCE] LEAGUE, DIST. 2 Saturday Evening, January 14, 1928 at the estes Freiheit Gesangs Verein Hall, 183 Second Avenue. ciation turned into near riots when = YOUNG WORKERS | 4