The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 23, 1928, Page 5

| Unemployed Workers Condemn Fake Missions; Urge Mass Organization PLEDGE SUPPORT TO BIG PROTEST MEET MARCH 12 Neighborhood Rallies Being Arranged (Continued from Page One) ployed workers present, and Kewton ‘Thompson, Every man present pledged his at- tendance at the huge mass meeting of the unemployed workers to be held by the New York Council of the Un- employed at Union Square Saturday, March 12. Meeting Saturday Night. A meeting of jobless workers will be held Saturday at 8 p. m. at 314 E. 104th St. the unemployment council and will be addressed by Di Santo. Another meeting will be held under the auspices of the Workers (Com- munist) Party Sunday at 2 p. m. at Ambassador Hall, 3875 Third Ave. The Lower Bronx section, Workers (Communist) Party will hold an un- employment meeting Monday at 8 p. m, at 715 E. 188th St. The speakers will be Louis A. Baum, ‘secretary, Photographic Workers’ Union; Di Santo and an unemployed ex-service man, Pte Unemployment Is Profitable. While thousands of workers and their families are literally starving in New York City and in other parts of the country, the labor officials of some of the local traffie in corr ion by selling jobs to the highest yesterday by Patrick MceNicholas, president of Local 83, International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers’ Union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Accuses Gill. McNicholas charged that John J. Gill, chairman of the executive board } of the Bricklayers’ Union, who is the ruling power in the United Building and Common Laborers’ Union, is en- gaged with G. B. Dioguardi, Michael | 4: Griffin and others in holding up workers for sums as high as $100 for the privilege of working on jobs over which Gill and the others have con- trol. Gill’s union is a dual union, While this money is nominally paid to the dual union officials, Me- Nicholas declared, it is known that Gill and other officials of the bona fide labor moyement get their “rake- off,” “All these men and many others are all good supporters of the Tam- many machine in power inthis city. MeNicholas has been fighting the ruling officialdom in international for many years. : Shoe Workers Will Hold Meeting Tonight (Continued from Page One) Protective Union remained the only organization in New York with a great field for work, but the general office of the Protective Union was afraid of a large membership in New York because the workers here were against the reactionary leadership which is controlled by the Knights of Columbus. “Encouraged by their success in de- stroying the American Union. the bosses’ association started a cam- paign of lockouts against the mem- bership of the Shoe Workers’ Pro- .tective Union. Instead of helping the workers, the general office united with the bosses and expelled District Council 2 and four locals, taking out an injunction against them. They were almost successful in “destroying the organization, However the shoe workers are successfully organizing the Associated Shoe and Slipper Workers of America now. Gains Strength. “The felt slipper local which was the only one to retsin the strength it had before the expulsion from the general office, is drawing in new members and is now stronger than ever before. One of the main rea- sons that this local was not destroyed is because the greatest majority of the membership are young worker: who are protecting their organizatior and working in eight shops unde: control. “The bosses, seeing that the ladies shoe manufacturers were nearly suc: cessful in destroying the workers’ cr ganization, are now preparing the» selves also to destroy the stitch-doy and slipper workers’ organizatio The workers must be ready and the job and must prepare now for ti next season, LEARN PATTERNMAKING Learn designin Pattern- making, gradi cloaks, fur garments, n clothing. Complete co STANDARD DESIG UTTING SCHOOL at low prices Algonquin $277. 77 FIFTH AVE. Bet. 15th and 16th Street NEW YORK CITY Individual Sanitary Service by Ex- perts, — LADIES' HAIR BOBBING SPECIALISTS. Patronize a Comradely Barker Shop, It has been arranged by |¥ building trades! unions have béen able to enlarge their ! ers, it was charged | « C * 218 EAST i4th SIRERT | THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1928 Labor and Fraternal Organizations: All announcements for this column must-reach The DAILY WORKER of- fice before 6 p. m. on the day before publication, ptt e Sa Lecture on Lindbergh. Carl Weisberg will lecture on “Lind- bergh, Wall Street's Ambassador,” at the Harlem Forum, 143 E. 103rd St., at 8 p. m. Friday. he ce aS Freeman Lectnres Sunday. Joseph Freeman will lecture on ‘The Russian Theatre,” Sunday evening at the Bronx Open Forum, 2075 Clinton Ave. . . . Women’s Council Meeting. The United Council of Working Class Women will hold a membership meeting tonight at 8p. m. at Irving E a, Irving Place and 15th St. * . * Leon Samson will leeture on “Art in Ancient World" tomorrow eve- 24, at the International Cen- 23rd St. * pe Workers’ School Classes, The following classes are beginning at the Workers’ School, 108 B. 14th St, this week ‘Fundamentals of Communism,” Ella D. m. ‘History of the United States,” Jim Cork, instructor, starts. tonight at 8:30 Struggles of American La- a Saposs, instructor, yat 7 p.m . . . Coney Island Concert. Island Section, Freiheit March 3, at 2364 W. Class Women, Council 3, will hold a concert and package party, Saturday, Feb. 25 at 542 EH. 145th St. to raise funds for the king miners’ children. 1 Hike Sunday Morning. | The Junior Section of the “Friends Nature” will hike Sunday. Will meet at the Botanical Gar- dens Station of the Third Avenue at 9 a.m. If the weather is suitable, ice-skating will take the place of hik- ing. Fares will amount, to 25 cents. Open Forums Sunday. Miller speaks on for 1928.” 1940 Benson |Davis speaks on Soviet Union.” 60 . Merks Place, Working Women Today,’ Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Ray Ragozin. lems of eakers: Farmers,” v w in the Soviet Union.” 9 Graham Ave. Brooklyn, Frankfeld will speak on “Lindbergh. Ambassador to Latin America.” 1689 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, ment in America.” ecb 7 * . Bath Beach Forum, Ave. Harriet Davis | "What I Saw in the Soviet Union.” . . * Port Morris Youth Club. Youth Club will be held o'clock at 715 E. 138th St. . ° . * Cooperative Health Center. to the children of the adults in Yiddish. in English on “Mental Health,” nah M. Control and the Workers” March 11, at 11 a. m. . * . Bronx Affair Saturday. Saturday at Bronx. 2075 . . . I, L, D. Bazaar, Clinton Ave,, days beginning } Casino, Park Av articles and sent to 799 Broadway, Room 422. eee Fretheit Singers’ Dance. arch 7, at New and 107th St. Saturday, Feb. 25 at Rose Garden, 1347 Boston Road, Pel. Lehigh 6022. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office ours: 9:30-12 A, M, 2-8 P. M. Daily Except Friday and sunday, 249 EAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York. a : ‘| Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Algonquin 8183 Monument 8519, HARLEM HEALTH CENTER { 1800 SEVENTH AVENUE H Cor. 110 St. (Unity Co-op. Building) or. V.G,.Burtan Dr. E. LKreinin 3 Medical Director Dental Director , OPEN ALL HOURS. ’. POLEN-MILLER OPMCAL COMPANY 1}. LGOLOEN -, OPTOMETRIST. OKINS Drug Store White Plains cor. Allerton Av. BEST SERVICE TO CO-OPERATIVE DWELLERS. Wolfe, instructor, starts tonight at . Will hold a concert and +, Coney Island. * By Lower Bronx Concert. The United Council of “Working The | Labor Temple, 243 E. 84th St. Bert “Political Prospects | Ave., Brooklyn, Harriet “What I saw in the “The War Dan- Symposium on “Prob- Rose | 2075 ‘Clinton Ave., Bronx, Joe Free- | |man speaks on “The Russian Theatre.” 716 East 138th St, J. O. Bentall speaks on “The City Workers and the Yonkers Open Forum, 252 Warburton . Rogers will speak on “What Phil Leon | Platt will speak on "The Youth Move- |. The Bath Beach Open Forum: will be held Sunday at 8 p. m. at 1940 Benson will lecture on The first meeting of the Port Morris | tonight’ at 8 | Dr, B, Liber will lecture In” English | the —Cooperative | Colony, 2700 Bronx Park, B. Sunday at | 10 a. m. At 11 a.m, he’ will speak to | L._D. Schmalhausen, Ph. D.,. will talk | Sunday, March 4, at 11 a.m. Dr, Han- Stone of the Bronx Control Clinic will speak in English on “Birth Sunday, | Council 12, United Council of Work- | ing Class Women will hold a party | The annual bazaar of the Internation- | al Labor Defense will be held for five contributions should be | The Bronx Section, Freiheit Singing society, will hold a concert and ball DYERS, BOSSES. _ | BOTH RUN STRIKE (Continued from Page One) 2nd St. and 2nd Ave., charged with | blocking the sidewalk in front of the} strikers’ hall at 151 Clinton St. Although the stoppage involves | some 15,000 people, about 13,500 con- sist of the retail store owners. The | remaining 1,500 are bona fide work- ers, who either work in the big clean- |ing and dyeing houses or drive deliv- ery trucks. Great dissatisfaction is | expressed by the workers involved. They declare that their union officials are using them as “catspaws” to ob- tain advantages for the retail store association, by eliminating the com- petition of the “dollar” stores. Igndred Workers. The Allied Council, a joint body of the three unions recently refused to consider the demands of the legiti- mate workers that wage and hour de- mands be put forward. The A, F. of L. heads of the Council even went so far as to expel seven union mem- the executive board for being too in- sistent with these demands, A peetliar aspect of the stoppage, | workers point out, is the fact that for |the first time in the history of strikes the employers’ association is very eager to make statements to the press to the effect that the strike is 100 per jeent effective. The reason for this is obvious, they say, because it is to the interest of the cleaning plant owner that the cleaning and dyeing houses doing work for the “dollar” chain stores be driven from the trade. |In fact, the workers add, the agree- ment between the Allied Council and the wholesale employers’ association forbids the union from signing an in- dependent agreement with any of the ganization; and that organization re- fuses to take into membership any > |firm that reduces its prices. Workers’ Demands. The bona fide workers demand that the union officials take steps to change the agreement so that they can organize the independent plants also, many of whom would settle if an organization campaign were car- ried on, The expelled workers had several months previously fought bitterly against the “amalgamation” of the small business men’s “union” with the other two. workers’ organizations, but Hugh Frayne, A. F. of L. or- ganizer, insisted upon giving them a charter, and incidentally control of the Allied Council. WORKERS PARTY owners and the wholesale employers’ | bers, four of whom were members of | plants not members of the boases’ or- | ACTIVITIES NEW YORK—NEW JERSEY Secretaries Attention! All announcements for this column must reach The DAILY WORKER of- fice before 6 p. m. on the day before publication, s . . To Report on Plenum. Party will be given this week at spe- clal sections meetings at which mem- |bers of the Central Committee will speak, Section %, tonight at 6 p. m, at 101 \w. 27th St; Section 4, tonight at 8 p.m. at 148° HB, 103rd St.) Harlem Classen. The Harlem “Fundamentals of Com- |munism” class and the English class jwill start tonight at 7 p, m. at 143 |B. 108ra St. aie Section 2_Functionaries Meet. A meeting of the functionaries of |Section 2 will be held tonight at 6:30 |p. m, at 101 W. 27th St. All unit and Subsection organizers must be present, * : District Agitprop Conference. A_ district agitprop and speakers’ conference will be held Saturday at 3 P. m., at 108 BE. 14th St, Room 42. will be taken, Robert Mitchell will speak on. the traction question and Juliet Stuart Poyntz on | Women for the Class Struggle.” [Eee pee Section 2 Industrial Organizers. All unit Reports on the recent plenum of the | “Winning Working Class and sub-section industrial organizers of Section 1 must attend a CLERKS UNION IN ~OITY-WIDE DRIVE | Extend Organization to New Ranks Organization work by the Retail Grocery and Dairy Clerks Union is being extended to include fruit and vegtetable clerks under plans com- pleted by the union. A mass meeting will be held at McKinley Square Garderis, 1258 Bos- jton Road, near 169th St., Bronx, to- morrow evening, at 8 o'clock, to |which all fruit and vegetable clerks are invited. Prominent speakers will address the meeting. The grocery clerks union has been able to increase wages for its mem- All unit, ‘sub-section. and section | bers from $5 to $15 per week in agitprop directors must be. present, i i alsoall district speakers. "A roll cali|many instances, and it has reduced hours from 5 to 15 hours per week. A good attendance is expected. Membership Drive Leaflets. The membership drive leaflets are now obtainable at the district office, 108 E. 14th St, “ s meeting tonight at 6 p. m. at 101 Party Women’s Meeting. |W. 27th St. a Ae til le ne a be vomen members of the Party will | Unit 2-D aF. held Saturday at 1:30 p. m, at Irving Unit 2-D 3F will meet tomorrow at| Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St. Ar- 6 p. m. at 101 W. 27th St. . * . 2-F Discussion Meeting. be a Member of the Workers (Com- |W. “Why Every Militant Worker Should |munist) Party" will be the topic of a jdiscussion at the meeting of Subsec- | tion 2-F tomorrow at 6:80 p, m. at 101 | rangements for the celebration of In- will be made at that time. . . . Paris Commune Celebration. Paris Commune at an entertainment and dance, Saturday evening, March 17, at 143 East 103rd Stre ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK Patronize Our Friend SPIESS STUDIO 54 Seconth Ave., cor. 3rd St. Special Rates for Labor Organiza. tions, (Established 1887.) MARY WOLFE STUDENT OF THE DAMROSCH CONSERVATORY ~ PIANO LESSONS at her studlo 49 WADSWORTH TERRACE Telephone Lorraine 6888. Will also cail.at student's home. i= | Co-operative Repar Srop | hoes Repairea ;hWuits Pressed While U Wait iinet i) |Great Assortment of All Makes of | Typewriters. Portables, New and Re- | built. All Guaranteed. ‘ | Moderate Prices. For Sale, Rental and Repairs. Open: 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. International Typewriter Co, 1643 2nd Avenue. Bet. 85-86th. NEW YORK CITY. [ “WANTED: A Good Stenographer | To start work immediately. Must} be a Party or Youth member,! Daily Worker, Box X 10.) |419', 6th Avenue, near 25th St. Concert and Dance . Saturday Eve., March 3rd at 2075 CLINTON AVENUE GOOD MUSICAL PROGRAM. ADMISSICN- 50c. Auspices—Bronx Section Workers (Communist) Party. PROCEEDS TO DAILY WORKER. ON THE the job. It is out now to organize the |] greater New York in order to stop be_held on THURSDAY, Februar i i CONDITIONS, ALL STITCH-DOWN AND TEND THIS MASS MEETING. Associated Shoe & S 5 to take up Plenum Decisions SECTION THREE will meet Thursday, Feb. 23rd, at 7 P. M., at 101 West 27th Street. SECTION FOUR will meet Thursday, Feb. 23rd, at 8 P. M., et. A MEMBER OF THE C. E. C. WILL REPORT PLENUM. Stitch-Down & Slipper Workers! The Time to Organize Has Come! The hosses are constantly cutting your wages, forcing you to work long hours, and pay for your jobs, and at that you are not safe with The old fighting local No. 61 has been revived. Stitch-down and Slipper workers of these conditions from spreading. ~. You-are therefore called to attend a MASS MEETING which will y 23rd, 8 P. M., at MANHATT! LYCEUM, 64 East 4th Street, New York City. P,P. COSGROVE-and JULIET STUART POYNTZ will speak in English and CARLO. TRESCA will speak in Italian. BOOST THIS MEETING AMONG YOUR SHOPMATES. BUILD THE UNION in order to STOP THE DEPLORABLE SLIPPER WORKERS MUST AT- Stitch-down and Slipper Workers Local 61 lipper Workers of America 1 East 10th Strect, New York City. | Phone Stuyvesant 3816 » John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A_ place with atmosphere where all radicals meet. 302 E. 12th St. jew York. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 6865. are being paid ternational Women's Day on March 4} Sections 2 and 8 will celebrate the | Guaranteed dividends The flagrant manner in which the interests of the bosses are protected by the so-called union established to serve as an opposition to the left wing Pleaters’ and Hemstitchers’ Local 41, is illustrated by a recent experience of a worker. Isidore Mailman, employed in the shop of Landau Bros., 260 W. 36th St., went to the right wing union of- ficial B. Greenberg, who is also a vice-president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and complained that he had been dis- charged by the above firm for “in- competency,” despite the fact that he had worked there for several years. He asked that Greenberg force the employer to take him back. Without even pretending to him, Greenberg told Mailman to look for another job. He gave his reason the fact that he doesn’t want to get in bad with the boss who is the chair- man of the employers’ association. Yorkville Dance A concert and dance will be held Saturday evening at the Hungarian Workers Home, 350 E. 81st St. un- der the auspices of Sub-section 8-B Workers (Communist) Party to raise A general membership meeting of all/funds for The DAILY WORKER. ‘Bon to Dismiss Worker MEETING PLANNED Page Five ieee 7 FOR WOMEN’S DAY j|Arrange Demonstration for March 4 Women workers from many indus- tries will meet in a demonstration at Central Opera House, Third Ave. and 67th St., on Sunday, March 4, at 2 o'clock, which will be observed as International Women’s Day. | The program will include women jspeakers and a concert. Dorsha will dance, Fanny Levine will be the vio- |lin soloist, and the Freiheit Chorus | will sing. The speakers will include Ella Reeve Bloor, Rose Wortis, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union; Ray Ragozin; Juliet Stuart Poyntz and Ellen Daw- son, representing the Passaic textile workers. Arranged by Committee. The demonstration is being ar- ranged by a committee representing various organizations of women, in- cluding trade unions, women’s in- dustrial clubs, housewives’ councils, mothers’ leagues and language or- ganizations. Many of these groups are planning to attend in a body, it has been announced. INTERNATIONAL NUAL To Aid Polit AN [the dlscusnion! wae Samhind will ena a8 Sem ener Canmore "||| DANCING \ RESTAURANT — MUSIC ane"Slorming International: Stanch | ‘The Downtown Section oF the Young || EXHIBITIONS = CONCERTS ba tiidtaasts Scab itty Emaae Gea Renato ae ||| ANE Big Days Five Big Days a brief business session. Marks Place. i | MARCH EAT | | 7-8-9-10-11 DRINK ||) NEW YORK DISTRICT COMMITTEE |||] WEDNESDAY DANCE | calling | FRIDAY ENJOY . . . SATURDAY Continuous Special Section Meetings SUNDAY Spectacle at STAR Higgins Book Shop, 106 University Square; Daily Worke: | 107th Street and Park Avenue, N. Y. | TICKETS ON SALE at I. L. D. office, 799 Broadway, Room 422; Jimmie LABOR DEFENSE BAZAAR. ical Prisoners CASINO r, 33 | Place; Proletecos Cafeteria, 30 Union | i Ist Street. | j Concert and Dance Sat. Eve., Feb. 25th HUNGARIAN WORKERS HOME 350 East 81st Street. Mike Gold will speak on The Effects of the Machine Age Upon Literature. ADMISSION 650c. Auspices: Sub Section 8 B Workers (Communist) Party. PROCEEDS TO DAILY WORKER. Build the Cooperative Movement Keep Your Savings in a Cooperative Institution CUMERS Fl ONAN Subsidiary of the United Workers Cooperative Association 6% Deposit your savings on gold bonds secured by the second mortgage of the second block of houses of the Cooperative Workers Colony or on breferred stock shares for the purpose of financing the cooperative stores of the Colony. Office: 69 — 5th AVENUE, Corner 14th St. TELEPHONE ALGONQUIN 6900. ike from the first day of deposit. NEW YORK, N. Y.