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THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1928 Page Five CALL CONFERENCE: TN UNEMPLOYED (Continued from Page One) employed in order to protect the in- terests of the workers. The New York Council of the Un- bd employed is also arranging an open co e Workers Party Women to’ Hold General Meeting; EXPOSE TAMMANY ns eainst Cleaners BROGERY CLERKS Will Take Up Miners’ Aid N SUBWAY STEAL .:csus5, ss coms IN UNION DRIVE Bs oe |day tha ey had accepted service A general membership meeting|/ Former Henchmen Give |** 23! papers issued aginst. them Mass Meeting Tonight Labor and Fraternal LL 6S BILL Organizations APPEARS BEATEN. All announcements for this column | must h The DAILY spWORKER of- | fice . Mm. on e day béfore publication . . ° Lecture on Lindbergh. Tammany Influence to! Aid Real Estate Men ALBANY, Feb, 23.—It was vir-! by Judge Strong of the Brooklyn Su-| Large of all women members of the| | : eme ‘Court. The leaders o | Workers (Communist) Party will Out Details TEC ROE te teen ees Be (Continued from Page One) |“strike,” which has been called for | at's p.m. tonight. be held tomorrow at 1:30 p. m. at Piva cs 2ot * |the purpose of eliminating the highly | ; i : Irving Plaza, Irving Place and ffecti itt “, ” 3 x Avice j° Leon Samson will lectute on “Art tal cr ‘ f rving a, Irving \effective competition of the “dollar” | hie Raa, ao ‘ tually admitted by legislative leedars | the ‘Ancient World” thi Nevening, Fi Cage MEea a a a ‘p.| | 25th St. Miners’ relief work and you were replaced in the Mayor’s| chain cleanii¢ stores, will appear in| ENSRATa OI) ot) ee ee today that the Dwellings Bill will be |24, at the International Center, 149 &.|Square Saturday, March 10, at P+! | the program for the International office by Walker the traction mag-|the cho Stores, appes |meeting of all fruit and vegetable killed in committee. Altho another | 23rd St. m., to protest against the city’s ne- y ‘ &-| the above mentioned court this morn- * . * Workers’ School Classes, The following cla e beginning at the Workers’ S 108° BE. 14th St., this week “History of the United States,” Jim Women’s Day celebration of March |clerks are being made for tonight 4 will be on the order of business the Retail Grocery and Dairy Cler' |Union. The ‘meeting is called for 8 jo’clock at McKinley Square Gard e ates would finance the Walker pri hearing will be held next Tuesday it | 12 be ees Pe has little chance of reaching the as- sembly or senate floor. At Tuesday’s hearing held jointly | glect of the unemployed and demand immediate relief, work or wages, food and shelter. Prominent speakers will address the meeting. r A |ing to oppose the effort of the Man- | Mary and election campaigns and|hattan Steam Dyeing Works to ob- ®) also the Smith campaign, providing |tain an injunction againat them. e Continue Baumes Body; | Walker, when elected, would stand | es a ool, 4 The stoppage called by the Allied | 1258 Boston Road, near 169th by the cities committee of the upper | Cork, instructor, starts tonight at 8:30 Jobless Meet Tomorrow. “Fence” Bill Is Hit fe ye ape tas a eet | Coun il, which became effective Mon- | Bronx. iA rs opr A . Mm. ‘ i - 2 is Ee inv: ; $ $ ‘ } house and the judiciary committee of |” Historic struggles of American La-|- Further organization: of the anett| jie in his third year in office, and it ey ang ieee Bi eae The grocery clerks union has been ¢ ", i ~|bor,” David J. Saposs, . instructor, vi is city will te ry 2 s, 3 : if which is abou 000, on 5 of | @ at anizati bie lower terval eh eri ge dattatoent ot) ap eee ee ployed moray oe mnie ity Atle sae : ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 23.—Repub- | looks as if the deal is about to be bwrdin ate legitimate ai fe The conduc ne a bag E create ios ests supported by’ representatives Schidcl. *|place at a meeting to be held tomor-|tican jeaders of the Legislature de- cdhaunimated: Thane egitia 8. campaign for over a year. Consid- he Tammany Hall admir: @ vation of bhi ees row evening at 8 p. m. at 314 E.| ajded today to extend the life of the} «pp <i 4 alance are’ owners of small cleaning | erable success has been met. As & New York City delivered a broadside | peu Pe eek py Ce dostee westasit 104th St., under the auspices of the | Bavmes Orie Combitssion foe agit ‘i le most peculiar | pene of the stores who have succeeded in obtain-| result the union has extended its or- against the proposed law, which Was | sinying Society, will hold a equcert and | New York Couneil of the Unemployed. | Bumes ; | Arrole matter is that Walker, instead] ing a charter from the American on efforts to include the intended to supplant the present | 4: 7 March 3, at Puthian |i Santo and others will speak. ; é“ : ig of cutting off his right arm, as he} Federation of Labor. Hhe union of- and fruit clerks. . These Tenement House law enacted in 1901. at St CONSy Aenea: promised to do in the 1925 primary | It permits an increase in the height of buildings, provides for large set- backs and enlargements of courts and| concert and pa areas and would force drastie remod- | Feb. eling of certain old law tenements and | converted one-family dwellings, Tammany Influence Deadly. The opposition of the Tammany |"ixers v heads of New York is the most im- Jat 9 a. m i portant influence operating to defeat.) the bill. Tenement House Commissioner | Martin and Corporation Counsel Wal- ter Caughlan lead the Tammany Hali delegation that spoke against the bill. | Martin stated that the proposed law | would stop the building of homes. To} this was added the complaint of the | speaker: real estate owners who claimed that | Worti the bill was similar to confiscation. Quote Bible, 6; “Thou shalt not steal,” shouted Dr. | Far: H. W. Berg of the Greater New York Taxpayers’ Association. To which Richard Moore, represent- ing the Negro Harlem Tenants an- swered: “There is a greater com-| mandment—thou shalt not kill.” Moore referred here to high death and sickness rates among Negroes in the congested working class districts attributable in large part to the hous- ing conditions the Negroes are forced to accept, through low wages andj} segregation, He was applauded by | other working class representatives and sympathizers. WORKERS PARTY ACTIVITIES | NEW YORK—NEW JERSEY Secretaries Attention! All ahnouncements for this column must reach The DAILY WORKER of- fice before 6 p. m, on the day before publication. veh emt | District Agitprop Conference. A_ district agitprop. and speakers’ onference will be held Saturday at 3} p.m. at 108 B. 14th St., Room 4 Ail unit, sub-section and section gzitprop directors must be present, all district speakers. A Foll call 1 be taken. bert Mitchell will speak on the traction question and Juliet Stuart Poyntz on “Winning Working Class Women for the Class Struggle.” oe 8 Unit 2-D 3K. Unit 2-D F will meet tonight |at 5 p.m, at 101 W, 27th St. . : 2-F Disctssion Meeting. ‘Why Every Militant Worker Should | be a Member of the Workers (Com- | ‘nunist) Party” will be the topic of a} discussion at the meeting of Subsec- tion 2-F tonight at 6:30 p.m, at 101 W. 27th St. Julius Codkind will lead | the discussion, ge - Membership Drive Leaflets. The membership drive leaflets are now obtainable at the district office, 108 E. 14th St. <4 < : Unit FD-2 2-B. Unit FD-2 2-B will meet tonight at 9:80 o'clock at 126 B. 16th St. * . Section 2-A, Distribution of The DAILY WORK- ER is being made every Monday in Subsection 2-A. Members of Unit 1 and 2 should report to 108 E, 14th St. Mem- bers of Units 3, 4, 5 and 6 will get their papers at 16 wW. 21st St. . Lecture Tonight. Rogers will speak on “What I in the Soviet Union” tonight at 8/ ock at the meeting of the Down-| town Section, Young Workers League, | 60 St. Marks Place. ‘ Subsection 2-F, “Why Every Militant Workers Must | se a Member of the Workers Party,” | 1 be discussed tonight at 6:40 | clock at the meeting of Subsection 2-F at 101 W. 27th St. ek alee Subsection 3-E Executive, The enlarged executive committee of Subsection 3-B will be held Monday at 6:15 p. m. at 101 Ww. 27th St. Subsection 3-E Meeting. Subsection 3-H will meet Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. at 101 Ww; ‘ith St. Subsection 2-A Units. { nits F-1 and 2 of Subsection 2-A will meet at 108 BH. 14th St. tonight at 8 o'clock and will reorganize into one unit, Many members will be trans: ferred to other units in various parts of the city. te ; i Party Women's Meeting. A general membership meeting of all women members of the Party will be held Saturdam at 1:30 p. f Plaza, ieving Place and 15th St. Ar- | rangements for the celebration of In- ternational Women's Day on March 4 will be made at that ume. Paris Commune Celebration. | Sections 2 and 3 will celebrate the, Paris Commune at an entertainment ' {j and dance, Saturday evening, March 17, at New Star Casino, 116th St. and Lenox Ave. ” x | . Downtown Dance. The Downtown Section of the Young Workers League will hold a dance to welcome the 20 Pioneers who were graduated from the Pioneers to the league on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 60 St. Marks Place, s 8 | Platt will speak i m. at Irving | | Lower Bronx Concert. The United Council of Working Class Women, Council 3, will hold a kage party, Saturday, 145th St. to raise ing miners’ children. oe 25 at 64 funds for the str: * Hike Sunday Morning. The Junior Section of the “Friends jot ure” 1 hike Sunday. ‘The will meet at the Botanical ( dens Station of the rd Avenue If the weather is suitable, ing will take the place of hik- ing. es will amount to 25 cents. Open Forums Sunday. Labor Temple, 243 E. 84th St., Bert Miller speaks on “Political Prospects for 19 Brooklyn, Harriet Vhat I saw in the enson Ave., on * Union. | 4th St., Symposium on “Prob- | lems of Working Women Today,” Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Rose | 20) * man spea 715 Bronx, Joe Frees 3 Russian Theatre. 138th St. J. O. Bentall “The City Workers and the | era Open Forum Reathuttan | . Rogers will | akon “What, in the Soviet Union. 29 iraham_ Ave., Brooklyn, Phil Frankfeld will speak on “Lindbergh, Ambassador to Latin America.” Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, Leon n “The Youth Move- tment in Ameri Red Star Sport Club Dance, The Red Star Sport Club wilt hold a dance and entertainment tomorrow evening at Lenox Mansion, 256 H. Sec- ond Bt. ek a te Volunteers Wanted! ‘The Harlem Miners’ Relief Commit- | tee needs volunteers for the clothing | drive to be held tomorrow and Sunday. Workers should report to 143 EB. 103rd Downtown Open Forum. Ella G, Wolfe will talk on the “Pan- | American Conference” at the open for- mm Sunday at 60 St. Marks Place, at 2:30 p, m. “8 * Hike Sunday Morning. The Unity Arbieter-Coop will, hike Sunday starting from 1800 Seventh Ave. at 8 a. m. Participants should bring along lunch, ere | . Coney Istand Forum. D.'Seigel will speak on the “Pros- pects of the Coming Wlection” Sunday Island. * . * Liber Lectares Tonight. the Boro Park Jewish Workers’ Club, 13878 48rd St., Brooklyn, . Fundamentals Class in Spanish. The Workers’ class in “Fundamentals of Commun- | ism” to be conducted in the Spanish language. The course will start March | 6 and will continue every Tuesday for | 12 weeks. The class will be conducted by Alberto Moreau at 143 E, 108rd St. . Leather Goods Workers, A_ special meeting of all leather | goods workers called by the Interna- | tional Labor Defense Bazaar Commit- | tee will take lace Saturday at 1 p. m.| 799 Broadway, Room 422. | i Cooperative Health Center, Dr. B. Liber will lecture in’ English to the children of the Cooperative Colony, 2700 Bronx Park, E. Sunday at 10 a.m, At 11 a. m. he will speak to the adults in Yiddish. | L. D. Schmalhausen, Ph. D., will talk | in English on “Mental Health,” on | Sunday, March 4, at 11 a. m. De. Han- | nah M. Stone of the Bronx Control | Clinic will speak in English on “Birth | Control and the Workers” Sunday, | Match 11, at 11 a. m | r raha eames Bronx Affair Snturday, } Council 12, United Council of Work- | ing Class Women will hold a party | Saturday at 2075 Clinton Ave. the Bronx. 2 ial LL. Dp The annual bazaar o; nar, | the Internation- al Labor Defense will be held for five days beginning March 7, at New Star Casino, Park Ave. and 107th St. All articles and contributions should be | sent to 799 Broadway, Room 422. . Freihelt Singer’ Dance. | The Bronx Section, Fretheit Singin, Society, will hold a concert and alt Saturday, Feb. 25 at Rose Garden, 1347 Boston Road, TUEL THEATRE PARTY. | The ‘Trade Union Educational League of the Joint Board, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union will hold a theatre party Thursday, March 1, at the Yiddish Art Theatre. 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, - [day at 8 p, m. at 715 E. 138th St. by |The measure would appropriate $12,- jgiven a hearing by the Assembly at 3 p. m, at 2901 Mermaid Ave., Coney | Dr. B. Liber will lecture tonight at School is starting a| PHONB: UNIVERSITY 6835. Aftatr For Daily Worker. Section 6 will hold a concert and ball Saturday, March 3, at 2075 Clinton | Aye. Proceeds will go to’ The DAILY WORKER. | | Y. W. L. Hike. The Young Workers League of Bath Beach will hike to Silver Lake on Feb, 26, erties J point will be 1940 Ben- son Ave., Brooklyn, y Tel. Windsor 9052. Are You Getting FINCO Co-operative BAKERY PRODUCTS : ‘ah If not, let us know and we'll instruct our Sry driver. to. call-at your -home, Finnish Co-operative Trading Association, Ine. . 4301 Eighth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. A meeting will also be held under the auspices of the Workers (Com- munist) Party Sunday at 2 p. m: at Ambassador Hall, 3875 Third Ave. Another meeting will be held Mon- the Lower Bronx Section of the Par- ty. The speakers will be Louis A. Baum, secretary, Photographic Work- ers’ Union; Di Santo and an unem- ployed ex-service man. The Workers’ International Relief, 1 Union Square, which is assisting the New York Council in its relief work, is arranging a benefit performance of Michael Gold’s “Hoboken Blues” at the New Playwrights’ Theatre for Thursday evening, March 15. All the proceeds will go toward the relief of the unemployed. Yonkers Employment Office. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 23.—Estab- lishment of a public employment of- fice in Yonkers by the state labor department is provided in a bill in- troduced yesterday in the legislature by Assemblyman Condon of Yonkers. 500 to maintain the bureau the first year, Hearing on Rent Laws} Will Be Held Tuesday ALBANY, N.-Y., Feb. 23—Bills | to extend the emergency rent laws in | New York City and Buffalo from | June 1 next to June 1, 1929, will be Judiciary Committee Feb. 28, it was announced today at the capital. Real estate interests will oppose the ex- tension of these jaws for another year. LAW OFFICE . CHAS. “RECHT For the convenience of workers open untii 6 P. M. and all da; turday. 110 WEST 40th ST. Room 1604; Phone: PENN 4060--4061--4076, No Tip~Union Barber Shop 77 FIFTH AVE. Bet. 15th and 16th Streets NEW YORK CITY ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 23.—Enact- ment of the so-called “fence” bills sponsored by the Baumes Crime Commission might “easily make every person in the stae a thief,” the Assembly today was warned. The bills would permit a thief to testify against the receiver of stolen property, and would require every person buying goods to make “rea- sonable” inquiry to determine if the goods had been stolen Dance for “Daily” A concert and dance will be held tomorrow night atl the Hungarian Workers Home, 250 E. 81st St., b: Sub-section 3-B, Workers (Commu nist) Party, to raise funds for the DAILY WORKER. FEAR BRONX RIVER OVERFLOW BRONXVILLE, N. Y., Feb. 23.— Fear that the Bronx River may over- flow its banks if the present warm weather continues was expressed to- day by Jay. Downer, chief engineer of the Bronx River Parkway. The waters have reached a height in some places within an inch of the top of the banks, due to the heavy rainfall yesterday and the melting of snow and ice. The Individual Sanitary Service by Bx« perts. — DIES' HAIR BOBBING PECIALL Patronise a Comr ly Barber Shop. (OKINS Drug Store) New Masses boys and girls are going to welcome the coming of Spring at White Plains cor. Allerton Av. BEST SERVICE TO CO-OPERATIVE DWELLERS. Co-operative Repar Sop! 419', 6th Avenue, near 25th St. | hoes Repaired ,,,, . | uits Pressed While U Wait LEARN PATTERNMAKING Learn designing, copying, pattern- making, grading dresses, cloaks, fur garments, also children clothing. Complete courses at low prices AND BAST 14ti | Algonquin 3277. | i ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK Patronize Our Friend SPIESS. STUDIO 54 Second 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, (Union Made) WEBSTER HALL _ 119 Ey 1th St, March 9th, 9 P. M. Just twelve days before the Spring Solstice, when it is said potent astral influences will be abroad, starry and mystic ecstacies will envelop the earth, kindling a flame + and joy in ‘he hearts of all men. NEW MASSES SPRING COSTUME FROLIC Bright New Costumes Syncopating Jazz! Smiling Faces! $1.50 in advance 8.00 at the door Tickets: SAVE THE DATE! rapid | |campaign, has chosen to leave New | York with o dozen trunks, an Eng- lish valet, a retinue of camp fol- ; lowers and a goodly supply of clean | socks, to ‘sell Smith to the South.’ | Will Steal 60 Millions | ; “A two-cent increase in carfare, | jaccording to statisticians, means al- | mostly sixty million dollars addition- | +a! income to be paid by the subway, | elevated and surface car riders into| the coffers of the transit corpora- tions, besides a wonderful paradise | for the transit stock manipulators. | “Of course, the multi-millionaire | nd corporation owner, Untermyer, nd ‘new Tammany’ will continue to lay down smoke screens in their at- j tempt to’ fool the people and will keep on howlitig for a five-cent fare, | but the fact remains that the efforts | of the transit corporations for a| Seven-cent fare are about to be real- | ized.” Cel. Lehigh 6022. Dr. ABRAIHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: 9:80-12 A. M. 2-8 P. M. Daily Except Friday and Sunday. 449 EAST 116th STREET Cor. Second Aye. New York, Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Algonquin 8183 Monument 3619. HARLEM HEALTH CENTER 1800 SEVENTH AVENUE Cor. 110 St. (Unity Co-op. Building) Dr. V.G. Burtan , Dr. E. LKreinin Medical Director Dental Director OPEN ALL HOURS. licials refuse to put forward demands for the improvement of the bona fide workers’ union standards. ployed in many cases k and as much as 20 Pioneers Graduate fl s union has been the hours from ten to f a week. At the same To celebrate the graduation of 26 | tir ‘aised the pay of those members of the Youg Pioneers into|who have joined the union in many the Young Workers (Communist) |instances as much as $15 per week. League, a dance will be held tomor. | | Prominent speakers in the labor row at 60 St. Marks Place by the|movement will address tonight's downtown section of the league. meeting, ASSETS EXCEEDING $28,000,000 Deposits made on or before the 3rd day of the month will draw interest from the int day of the month. Last Quarterly Dividend paid 1 on all amounts from $5.00 Y/, % to $7,500.00, at the rate of 2 (6) Open Mondays (all day) until 7 P. M. Banking by Mail We Sell A. B. Monthly Membership Meeting of the UNITED WORKERS COOPERATIVE ASS’N Friday, Feb. 24th, 8.30 P. M. at HUNTS POINT PALACE 163rd St. and Hunts Point Road Every member should attend this meeting. Health Examination The Newest and Most Success- ful Methods in the Treatment of Blood, Nerve, Skin and Stomach Diseases of Men and Women. Consultation Free Charges are Reasonable Blood Tests X-Rays DR. ZINS Specialists--Est. 25 Yrs. 110 East 16th St, N.-Y. (Between Irving Pl. @ Union Sq.) Daily 9-8 P. M. Sunday, 10-4 CO-OPERATIVE Dental Clinic 2700 Bronx Park East Apt C.1 TEL. ESTABROOK 0568, DR. I, STAMLER Surgeon-Dentist DIRECTOR fitonel Ney pee and Thursday im to ’. M.-—Sat’ r01 § 4, dep Saturday trom Concert and Sat. Eve., Feb. 25th at HUNGARIAN WORKERS HOME 350 East 81st Street. Mike Gold will speak on The Effects of the Machine Age Upon Literature. ADMISSION 50c. Auspices: Sub Section 3 B Workers (Communist) Party. PROCEEDS TO DAILY WORKER. FEB. 26 2P.M. CENTRAL Opera House Tickets 50c. COOPERATIVE CELEBRATION of the Completion of the Second Block Houses of the United Workers Cooperative Ass’n Spectacular Strike Scene Machine Dance Mass Declamations Mass Demonstration Mass Singing Coop. Section of the Freiheit Singing Society Coop. Section of the Freiheit Dramatic Studio under the direction of Jacob Schaefer arid Jacob Mestel —. ——s=g | —

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