The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 22, 1928, Page 5

) \ fs So MERITS ne es Se | . ’ RANK AND FILE WORKERS CITE MANY EXAMPLES Shipping Clerks. Assail| Hilman at Meet | Each day brings forth new exam-|* ples of the wreck made of the once powerful _ Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union’ by the right wing! machine in control of the organiza-| tion, .Several incidents, occurring in| New York men’s clothing shops are! now the subjects of bitter discussion among’ the rank and file members of | the union. | The owners of the firm of Perlman uy and Levine, 54 Canal St., after an| agreement arrived at with the union officialdom, slashed wages of all workers in the shop from $5 to $9.50 a week; Workers Fired. Thirty-five workers from all crafts in the large factory df Simon and Ackerman were thrown from their iobs without even an attempt being made by the union heads to obtain re- instatement or a division of work. | The Witty Brothers shop on Fl- dridge St. obtained the consent of the New York Joint Board to discharge} 20 workers for the “good of the in-j dustry.” according to a statement pre- viously made by A. Beckerman, man- uger of the union. | What seems to bé the prize event of | the week, however, took place in the shop of Brown Bros. and Kalky, on Atlantic A¥e., Brooklyn. One of the employers in the above firm assault-! ed an operator while he was work- ing at his machine, for being. too out- | spoken in his objections to the slave- driving of the boss The shop chairman immediately or- dered the whole factory to stop work. This was done. The boss then threat. ened that those stopping work would | bs, discharged at the end of the week. | Remembering the uselessness of pro- testing to the union, the workers re-| turned to their machines. After wip- ing the bload from his face, the as- saulted worker also went back to work. The feeling of the workers that “protests to the union would be use- less was justified later by the action of A. Hollander, trade manager of the es. Joint Board who squashed the matter | 3/39 entirely. * * * Denounce Officials. More than 100 shipping clerks, members of Local 158, A, C, W. and working in the men’s clothing shops having agreements with the Amalga- | matéd Clothing Workers’ Union, met late Tuesday night to protest against the action of President Sidney Hill- man, who made a publie declaration that there is no such local. Displaying on a table the local’s| original charter with the signatures of Hillman and other national offi- cials, the workers assembled denoune- ed the union officialdom’s: denial to them of the right to organization. The shipping clerks’ local, it was learned, had lost heavily “in member- ship when they were left out of the agreement with the employers’ asso- ciation during the last general strike. Lately, however, ‘an individual fors merly in the employ of Hillman and Beckerman, as head of the “Educa- tonal Squads” (whose duty it was to jterrorize left wing workers) decided “to go into the “union business” him- self and annexed the title; “Manager of the Shipping Clerks’ Union.” Needleworkers to Take Over Camp for Easter The Joint Defense and Relief Com- mittee of the Furriers’ and Cloak- makers’ Union announced yesterday that the registration for the spend- ing of the Easter holidays in Camp “Nitgedaiget are now open. The Defense Committee recently “arrived at an agreement with the management of the workers’ coop- erative vacation camp to -take over the camp for the four day holiday period, Thursday, Friday, Saturday und Sunday, April 5, 6, 7 and 8, The cost for food and board at the camp for all four days will be $14. The proceeds will go towards the work carried on by the Defense Committee. In urging the New York workers to attend, the committee in charge announces that ‘the entire winter quarters available have been pre- pared for those taking advantage of this offer. Concert programs are be- ing arranged for each of the four nights. Providence to Observe Commune Anniversary PROVIDENCE, R. I., March 21,-A Paris Commune celebration has been arranged for Sunday at 2.30 p. m. at What-Cheer Hall, 648 North Main St., by the International Labor De- .fense here. This is one of the many celebrations of this sort thruout the country. All workers are urged to attend. SPAIN RE-ENTERS LEAGUE, | PARIS, March 21-——The Spanish Amalgamated Officia ldo THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928 m Condones Ruthless Firing, Wage Cuts, Slugging Page Five WORKERS PARTY || ACTIVITIES | | NEW YORK—NEW JERSEY Young Workers Dance. The Young Workers League, tipper Bronx, will hold a Spring Dance this Saturday at 1347 Boston Road. oe Section 1 Meeting. An important membership meeting of Section 1 wil be held today at 6 p. m. sharp at 60 St. Marks Place. Traction Meeting Friday. __ traction question will be dis- d at a mass meet tomorrow night Allerton Ave. called by Branch on 5. The speakers will be Sherman and Julict Stuart The cu , Secti John 1, Poyntz. eae Harlem Unemployed. All unemployed Party méinbers in Harlem should report at 143 E. 103rd | St 4 o'clock in the afternoon every- | day. Per ee Section 4 Meeting, om 4 will discuss the traction tonight at 8 p. m. at 143 St. Louis A. Baum will speak, devide on their new head- tA quarters. * o 6 Branch 1, $8 OC. International Branch 1, Subsection 6C will. meet tomorrow at 8 p. m. at 1689 Pitkin Ave {agit Seer aF ip. A. Gussakoff will speak on “Lessons of the Trotsky Opposition for Amer- ican Workers” at a meeting of 2F 1D Monday at 6:30 p. m. at 60 St, Marks Place. ae gree Section 2 Mertina. All unit organizers of Section 2 will meet tonight at 6:30 p. m. at 101 W. 27th St. . * . Section cutive. ction ‘xecutive Committee est tonight at 6:30 o'tlock. at the Frefheit office, $0 Union Square. Section 1 Agitprop Directors. A meeting of the agitprop dire of Section 1 will be held Thursday, March 29 at-60 St. Marks Place at 6:3 p.m, | * * Greek Fraction Meeting. The Greek Fraction of the Party will meet at’ § o'clock tonight at 101 W. 27th St. ors * * * Functionaries Meet. A ineeting of all Party functionaries will be held tomorrow at 8 p. m. at 10 E. t4th St. All other Party meeting Which interfere are to be postponed. Downto: yr We. The Downtown tion of the Young Workers (Commu ) League will be- gin eties Of educational and social evenings at 60 St. Marks Place on Stin- day, April 1. The first lecture on “American Youth and War.’ * > * will be Winter Speaks In Bronx, Charles Winter will speak on “Youth and the Press” at the Lower Bronx La- bor Lyceum, 715 B. 138th St. under the auspices of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League of Lower Bronx this Sunday at 8:30 p/m. aig OS.” Bronx Y. W, ©. L. Sovtal. The Young Workers (Communist) Leagué of Lower Bronx wi}l hold a social and dance on Sunday, April 1, at | 130 p m. at 715 HK. 148th St. A play Will also be presented, hme . Brownsville Concert and Dance. | The Brownsville Subsection of the Party will hold a concert and enter- | tainment Saturday, March 31, at 1689 | Pitkin Ave. * * * Bath Beach Affatr. The Bath Beach unit of the Young Workers League will hold an enter- tainment and dance this Saturday at 1378 48 rd St, Brooklyn, to weldome the graduates from the Pioneers, Sloe Baas Nearing Lecture, Scott Nearing, who has just returned | from China and the Soviet Union, will lecture. Wednesday, March 28, at & p.m. at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St. under the auspices of Section 2 and H yane Subject will be “Burope To- ys Technical Men Condemn Mayor Walker’s. Action The Union of Technical Men at its regular meeting at the Labor Temple, Second Ave. and 14th St. on Tuesday night condemned the action of Mayor Walker who rebuked the city tech- nieal workers at a meeting of the board of estimate at City Hall two weeks ago to ask for the immediate distribution of salary increases. It was pointed out at the meeting that the union was determined to ob- tain= the increases and that despite the action of the mayor the demon- stration was successful. Officials of the union, it was announced, will at- tempt to see the mayor on his return from Florida. Legislature Favors Enjoining Workers | ALBANY, Mar. 21.—The senate today defeated the Byrne bill, which would have prohibited the granting | of court injunctions in labor disputes | without first giving a hearing on the. facts involved, Our Educators “(By Federated Press). “Any man ought to be ashamed for belonging to the American Civil Lib- erties Union,” Supt. O’Shea told the school board on the union’s plea for free speech in, assembly rooms after school hours. \ “They try to upset our ideas,” O’Shea continued. “The one salvation is that our children should have the pd ideas on religion and patriot- jm. No Tip~Union Barber Shop | 77 FIFTH AVE. . Bet. 15th and 16th Streets Rhw YORE crn” Individual Sanitary Service By Bx- perts, — DIES’ bin BOBBING SPECIALISTS. ; Patronize 2 Comradely Barber Shop, “Are you a cabinet has approved Spain’s re-entry to the League of Nations, according to a dispatch from’ Madrid today. A “DAILY WORKER” worker daily? |“Laisve, STATE RENT LAWS TO BE EXTENDED ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 21.—Repub- lican leaders today definitely decided to pass a bill during the closing hours of the 1928 session of the legislature, extending the emergency for another year. The measure will provide that for the first six months after June 1, next, the rent laws ‘will apply to apartments renting for $15 per room, as at present, and for the remaining six months to those renting for $10 per room. The state housing board, in a re- cent report to the legislature urged that the rent laws be discontinued after June 1. The board claimed there Was no emergency. The governor is expected to ap- prove the bill. Williamsburg Workers ‘to Hear Coal Miner Tell of Pennsylvania Strike | A large mass meeting to be attend- ed by residents of Williamsburg and neighboring districts will be held at Miller’s Grand Assembly Hall, Grand and Havemeyer Sts., Brooklyn, Fri- day evening. A striking miner will present graphically the story of the miners’ strige—a story of 12 months of suf- fering, under police clubs, freezing in rude barracks and with every attempt at organization stopped by the coal operators in collaboration with the government, This will be the first miners’ mass meeting held in Will- iamsburg and a large attendance is expected. A, Bimba, editor of ” will preside. J. B. Campbell, striking miner, who will be one of the speakers, recently arrived from ‘the strike areas. He jis one of the most active of the pro- igressive miners. Juliet Stuart Poyntz and B. Krasankas also will speak. A conference ~"_.1as been sent out to all labor wisons, workers’ and fra- ternal organizations for a conference in Williamsburgh for miners’ relief. | This conference is called for Tuesday |evening,- March 27th, at the Labor Lyceum, 949 Willoughby Ave., Brook- lyn, at 8 p. m, Any organizations that have not received the conference call are also asked to send delegates. War Imports Continue WASHINGTON, March 21. — Al- though Secretary of State Kellogg contends that there would he tio viola- tion of neutrality in prohibiting the shipment of munitions of war to belligerents as proposed in a bill in- troduced by Representative Burton of Ohio, Secretary of War Davis told the house foreign affairs committce that if other countries followed such an example this country would be unable to obtain essential materials needed for the prosecution of war- TR ARREST A ORO SEROR CRE ERR English teacher in ‘the Workers School will give private lessons to comrades who wish special attention. Inquire in the office of the Workers School, 108 E. 14th St., Stuy. 7770+ eS Phone Stuyvesant 3816 : John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES _ A place with atmosphere where all radical» meet.” 302 E. 12th St. Mew York. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5835. SS ANYTHING IN PHOTOGRAPH STUDIO OR OUTSIDE WORK . Patronize Our Friend SPIESS STUDIO 54 Second Ave., cor. 3rd St. _ special Rates tor Labor Organiza- ons, (Betablished 1837.) Book Shop Is | | rent laws in New York and Buffalo} PUT SEWER GRAFT Opened by 6-C’ qnen HEARING OFF In Brownsville Another step forward in the cam-{sewer scandal will not be held before paign for the extension of the work|the first week in April, it vas de- of the literature agents of the Work-|cided today at a conference between ers (Communist) Party was madej;special Commissioner Clarence J. yesterday with the opening o fa book|Shearn and Emory Buckner, his at- shop by Subsection 6C of the Work-|torney. Shearn was recently appoint- ers (Communist) Party, at 1689)ed by Governor Smith as special com- | Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn. The bookshop|missiener to succeed Justice Scudder will be open every night, the sub-|in the prosecution of sewer graft section announced, in order to ac-|charges against Maurice E. Connolly, commodate members of party units|Queens Boro president, and of outside organizations who The delay in the public hearing meet in the building. was decided upon to enable Shearn to make a trip to Florida at public) HORTHY PICKET expense, it was said, in order to serve | *\ depositions on material witnesses who fled New York state when the The four pickets who were arrested in Washington last Monday for par-| Attempt to Frame Up) Queens scandal broke out. ticipating in an anti-Horthy demon-| Fruit Workers Fails Private hearings which Shearn has been conducting have been going on stration in front of the White House have been released on bail, but will| memes for several weeks with no resulting be called to a hearing within a few action. days. The pickets are Hugo Gellert,| Vacker, an organizer for the Retail well-known artist and president of|Grocery, Fruit and Dairy Clerks’ the Anti-Horthy League of America.| Union, and A, Treibush, a member of | Emery Balint, Hungarian novelist|the union, failed yesterday when} and secretary of the League; Paul|Judge McQuade in Sixth Magistrate | Teles and Camilla Cinquegranna. Court dismissed assault charges | against the workers growing out of | Chauffeur Jobless an }an alleged attack on a non-union vege- | i | Hungry, Begs for’ Boss \table worker in Brooklyn . The reac- | itionary officials of the United He-| |brew Trades backed the frame-up at- | eR tempt, according to members of the} ‘ Desperate at his inability to get 4) Grocery, Fruit and Dairy Clerks’ | job, Robert Hastie, a chauffeur, about | Union. | a year ago hung a placard around his| “4 mags meeting of the fruit aid | neck. reading,.““I want a Job; have | vegetable workers, members of the| good references.” Ag a result he got Retail Grocery, Fruit and Dairy a temporary job. |Clerks’ Union, will be held Friday at | Yosterday Hastie again brought his |g p.m. at McKinley Square Gardens, | placard and walked in front. of the |1258 Boston Road, Organization plans | Waldorf-Astoria hotel for hours, but |for consolidating the fruit and vege. | in vain. He has a wife and baby. |table workers will be made at the —_ | meeting. | Negro Delegates | Get Second Place WASHINGTON, March 21.—Sixty Negro delegates to the Kansas City convention have revolted against the discrimination with which they are threatened by the National Repub- lican National Committee. While their white colleagues are to be well takéfi care of in the ex- pensive hotels of Kansas City, the Negroes will be installed in the Ne- gro Y. M. C. A. and similar quar- ters. Their votes counting as much as any other delegate, Chairman Butler will have to be very careful in his dealings with them. A special dele- | gation has been sent to him. | Great Assortment of All Makes of MARY WOLFE STUDENT OF THE DAMROSCH CONSERVATORY PIANO LESSONS at her studto 49 WADSWORTH TERRACE Telephone Lorraine 6888. Will alse call at student's home. The public hearing on the Queens] ¢; A frame-up attempt against David lby ——— FOOD WORKERS T0 i "AID UNEMPLOYED ‘Local to Donate 100 Lbs. Bread Weekly A donstion of $25 from the treas- Labor and Fraternal Organizations For Negro Children. > raise funds for the Fort Valley for Negro children tume ball will Casino, 138th Concert for Miners’ Relief. | e Bessarabier Podolier Social Club hold a concert and dance at their | iquarters, 1347 Boston Road, on ay after 1 1. The pro-/ury was voted for the Uj Elére de- Dat meg ee | fense fund at the last meeting of the Dr. Liber to Lecture. ous | Bakers’ Local 1, of the Amalgamated Dr. B. Liber will lecture on “Labor | yy, oar ats 2s ; and Heaith” Sunday, April 1, at 8 p. | Food ¥ Union. Tt was also m, at 715 EB. 138th St. } voted to circulate contribution lists. Se tara | The sal of the Unemployed Relief Local T. U. E. L. Dance. ; te appeal o: be a My . a a A dance of the local T. U, K, L. wil'| Committee was accepted and it was take pines Saturday, March 31, at 8/| decided to contribute 100 pounds of p. m. at Harlem Casino, 116th St, and | },,, w , efinite ti Lenox Ave. Admission will be 50 | "read weekly for a definite time for cents. Tickets may be obtained at 101/ the relief kitchens. B. 14th &t | A leaflet protesting against the Si Re | proposed increase in working hours To Celebrate Paris |was endorsed and will be circulated a 2 |among the unorganized. Unemployed Commune in Utiea) members of the union will be given this agitational work and they will be paid from the surplus funds of the union’s March 3rd affair. Two Workers Killed Two workers were killed and an- other seriously burned when a gaso- line explosion wrecked the launch Bernice at the foot of Van Pelt Ave., Ge cee | Mariners Harbor, Staten Island. The 1 4 |dead workers are Michael C. Marino Benefit for Striking land Salvatore Lalora. Richard Ciacci Miners in Pittsburgh | was injured. | The two men who were killed were lin the gasoline tank, cleaning it out, at the time of the blast. The explo- sion blew off the starboard side of the craft, a 110-foot vessel which was formerly used by the navy as a sub- UTICA, N. Y., March ~21—The Paris Commune celebration will be held at the Labor Temple, 133 Wash- ington St., Sunday at 8 p. m., under| the auspices of the local branch of| the International Labor Defense. The program will inelude a lecture a prominent speaker and a one- act play “The Melting Pot.” PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 21—A dance for the benefit of the striking miners will be given by the Slovak organizations of this city at Narodnej Hall, 1,000 Vinial St., N. S., Saturday, April 14. Masquerade Ball By the Uj El6re Committee Saturday Night, March 31, 1928 At CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE 67th Street and Third Avenue. BENEFIT THE UJ EL6RE COMMUNIST DAILY. The Yorkville, Astoria and the Bronx Uj Elére Dramatic Societies will ap- pear in a mass pageant. Local and out of town organizations and sing- ing and dramatic societies will par- ticipate. 1 | Typewriters. Portables, New and Re- | ~ oF cage < Re | built. All Guaranteed. Moderate Prices. For Sale, Rental and Repairs. Opén: 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. Guaaeon Dane International Typewriter Co, | 79% 1643 2nd Avenue. Bet. 85-86th. Office Hours: 9:30-12 A. M. 2-8 P. M. + . Daily Hxcept Friday and Sunday. ||! NEW YORK CITY. 449 BAST 116th STREET = f}/ —________ vel. Lehigh 6022. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF Tickets in advance $1.00. At the Box Office $1.25. Tickets for sale at the Uj Elére office, 88 First S*reet, and Jimmie Higgins Bookshop, 106 University Place. Cor. Second Ave. New York. Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon’ Dentists ||| 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Algonquin 8183 3YBHAA JIEYEBHULIA | DR. BROWN Dentistry in All Its Branches 801 Want 14th St., cor, 2nd Ave. Over the bank New York. Monument 3519, HARLEM HEALTH CENTER 1800. SEVENTH AVENUE Cor, 119 Sas z (Unity Co-op. Building) Dr. V.G.Burtan Dr. E. LKreigin ‘Medical-Director. --Dental Direttor OPEN ALL HOURS.” 1g Madison Square Important matters will be . Membership Meeting Of the UNITY CO-OPERATIVE on Friday, 8:00 P. M, (March 23rd, 1928) at PARKVIEW PALACE 110th and 5th Ave. BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the UNITY CO-OPERATIVE, Inc. Garden taken up. > A BIG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SERGEY RADOMSKY WILL SING NEW SOVIET SONGS. Organizations: Buy $100 worth of tickets for $80. FREIHEIT 6TH JUBILEE RED, YELLOW and . BLACK LABOR MASS PLAY of the Development of the Working Class Movement in Recent Years. sony - ++ Prices 75c-$1-$1.50-$2. All seats reserved. Get yours now