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tt sae gems ‘e) ALE BON HSLAB Amalgamated Board | FIGHT AGAINST NEW DELEGATES | FOR LOCAL FIVE Union Condones Firing} of 16 More Workers | (Continued from Page One) | tied his desire for adjeurnment, by swinging chairs at the heads of his neighbors -when his declaration that | two of the delegates will never be seated was kept in danger of going unheeded. Adjournment followed the} general free-for-all, inspired by Beckerman. | A sub-committee elected at the last Joint Board meeting to bring in a re- port on the seating of the Local 5 delegates, recommended that three delegates of Local 5 be seated, and the other two be seated but that they be put on a probationary period of | six months, The reason for this is | that they are known as definite op-| ponents of the piece-work system sponsored by Beckerman. One of this sub-committee of three recommended that they be seated immediately with- out. reservations. 1 Right Winger Breaks Up Meet. | The Joint Board was to decide after a discussion, whether to accept the minority or thé majority report. Beckerman, however, seeing that the sonatas THE DAILY WORKER, WORKERS PARTY || ACTIVITIES | NEW YORK—NEW JERSEY Harlem Unemployed. All unemployed Party members. in Hariem should report at 143 E. 103rd St. at 4 o'clock in the afternoon every- ay. e 2F 1D. A. Gussakoff will speak on “Lessons of the Trotsky Opposition for Amer- ican Workers” at a meeting of 2F 1D today at 6:30 p. m, at 60 St. Marks Place. é : Section 1 Agitprop Directors. A meeting of the agitprop directors of Section 1 will be held this Thursday at 60 St. Marks Place at 6:30 p. m. eee Educational Meet. International Branch 1D will hold an educational meeting at 60 St. Marks Place Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. siders will be welcome. « * * Section 2 Unit Organizers. Section 2 will hold a unit organizers’ meeting this Thursday at 6:30 p. m. at 101 W. 27th St. < . . Weinstone on Traction. A meeting of 1F 1D -will held at 60 St. Marks Place today at 6:30 "p. m. William W, Weinstone will lead a discussion on the traction situ- | ation. Sympathizers are invited, be Spring Dance. A “Red Spring’ entertainment 4 dance wil! be given by Branch 4, tion 5, Saturday, April 14 at 2075 € ton Ave. . . Subsection 3-E Subsection 38 will hold an education- . Gitz will iead-a_ di “Injunctions and the ‘Tra Situation.” International Morning Branch, The Morning International Branch will mieét at 60 St. Marks “Place,” to- day at 10:30 a. m. A discussion on the nployment situation will take place. . * * Out- | Private Ship Builders After Big Navy Profits WASHINGTON, March 25 (FP).— Protest against the clause in the $274,000,000 naval construction bill which allows half of this work to be jdone in government navy yards has | been made in the Senate by Sen. Edge of New Jersey, on behalf of his col- league Edwards. The Brown Boveri ship building yards at Camden are leading the shipbuilders’ lobby in this attack on the government yards. Senators and congressmen from states in which navy yards are lo- cated will defend the right of the navy yards to keep half of this big navy appropriation. They will have the support also of representatives Against them will be aligned all senators and congressmen from the remaining states who are hostile to organized labor. SCHOOL CHILDREN AID MINERS RELIEF Pupils in Stelton, N. J., Give Money, Clothes Five barrels of clothing and $10.1 for miners’ relief were collected by of organized labor in the navy yards. | y YORK, DAY, MARCH 26, 1923 Meeting Ends as Beckerman Slings Chairs | PAPER BOX UNION Aim is Organization of Entire ‘Industry The Paper Box Makers’ Union, in a statement issued yesterday announc- ed plans for the continuation of its program of complete organization of the industry. The round box workers ‘are holding their second organization |meeting tonight at 96 Clinton place, \Brooklyn. This branch met at the |union headquarters, 640 Broadway, |last Wednesday and elected a commit- jtee of three to meet with the exec- utive committee of the union. At the union headquarters it was stated that there had been a gradual {drifting back of members of the out- law “union” of drivers, who returned to work last week under the terms |of a private agreement made by Joe |Paresi and Paul Duetsch. These men; it was said, have al- ready begun to suffer from overtime work and are in fear of losing their jebs.at the bosses’ whim. They now |realize that the terms of the outlaw |agreement, which divorces them from |the union, cannot be enforced on the vanvfacturers. CONTINUES FIGHT, day by Fanny Rudd, secretary of the| the. children. of the. Moders-“Sehool,' : Stelton, N. J., it was reported yester- | Labor and Fraternal Organizations No session of Bertram D. Wofe’s class will be held this week. The xt session will be held Thursday, April 5] at 8:30 p. m. No session of Robert W. Dunn's cl in “Present Tactics of the Employ: will be held this week. The next sion will be held Wednesday, Apri at 8:30 p. m. . . Lecture on Imperialism. Ella G. Wolfe will lecture on “Am ican Imperialism and Latin America, tomorrow at 8 p. m. at Hungaria Hall, Woolsey and Second Ave., Astoria, Luk Concert for Minerw’ Relief. The Bessarabier Podolier Social Club will hold a concert and dance at their headquarters, 1347 Boston Road, on Sunday afternoon, April 1. The ‘pro- ceeds will go to miners’ relief. woes Dr. Liber to Lecture. Dr. B, Liber will lecture on and Health” Sunday, April 1, m. at 715 B, 188th Bt. oe Teor Affair, Moishe Katz of the Moscow Ozet will /Teport on the Jewish colonization in the Soviet Union Friday, March 30 at Labor at 8 p. March 30. Tammany Hall, 154 E. 14th St. under the auspices of Icor. The musical program will include Sergei Radomsky, opera tenor; Scipione Guidi, firat violinist of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Theodore Cella, harpist. eee aan Working women’s Council 18. The United Council of Workin, Housewives, Council 18 of Boro Pe |will meet today at 8:30 p. m 1873 41st St, Brokolyn, A discussion Hducation in Soviet Russia will be led by Mary Hartlieb. cate . A new council of the United Work- Flatbush. Its first meeting will be held next Wednesday at 8:00 p. m. at { | ty} ~ LINK POLICE, KLAN jingclass Women has been organized in | MIAMI MURDERS Negro Prisoners Killed | or Tortured | MIAMI, Fla., March 25.—Stories lof how Negro prisoners were killed | by police in target practice in the lo- cal jail, as well as indignities suf-| fered by white women prisoners and the torture of Negro women prisoners, are coming to light as the result of the ‘arrest for murder of Police Chief H. Leslie Quigg and six| | other members of the police force. It jis charged that the arrested police | officials are active members of the Ku Klux Klan. Murders Are Cited. Quigg and the other jailed police | officers are accused specifically of | slaying a Negro prisoner two and a} half years ago while the prisoner w: being examined by officers. They are | also charged with the murder of two} other prisoners. Investigation of | other deaths are being made. | Since the grand jury started its in-| jvestigation of the killings six weeks | ago the shooting of Negroes by police, | and the klan activities have been | linked by many as proving the in- |fluence of the hooded order in official | circles. State Attorney N. V. Hawthorne | jhas stated that the terrorism |Miami would have put the activities | Freiheit SIXTH JVSILES has been postponed to Saturday March 31 8 P.M. At MADISON SQUARE GARDEN { discussion was highly favorable to the | anti-piece work delegates, rose and /| declared that the two delegates had no chance of being seated as mem- bers of the Joint Board as long as he, 50th St. and 8th Avenue, New York Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners’ Relief | Spanivh Fraction Meeting. Spanish fraction of the Party will meet at 8:30 p. m, Wednesday at 143 KE. 108d St. The RST MONRO ANS: junder the Russian czar to shame. Committee. The children, mostly aA AY FO hioeudle AUibd tiswas | During the time that the killings | i | hundreds Kindergarten age, paraded along the A dance for the benefit of the Col- |took place Sea sapae muddy reads of Farrar Colony on a} x : orado miners and theri families will be | paraded thru the Negro section of the|}|#¥ GREATEST Beckerman, was. manager. Another Unit 4F, Subsection 1AC collection campaign carrying placards | Armando Borghi, of Brooklyn, an-|2!¢ "ext, “eagle it. Mac |city under heavy police escort. This delegate, also’ known. as a fighter) Unit 4F, Subsection 1AC will hold a which read “Help the striking miner: |1i-fascist, was ‘abain saved from cer- | av oa of the Co Seado Miners” - \is‘one of many bits of evidence that against Beckerman’s piece work Wei ce ao Marie Placa’ © ™| win,” “Children like us are hungry lainedaat Coban: ha was granted ail ommittee. prove the close connection between ® tem, rose and told Beckerman that it | ae and cold.” | hird pace Si duportedon: by dhe decl re ae . the local author! and the klan. was up to the Joint Board and not for| Section 1, Industrial Organizers. Shop collections are being made! , 40. aban { deelucas Iron Workers Meeting. —___——— ‘i: ; oe ; A meeting of all industrial organizers |. ° jpartment of labor. Borghi declare ‘ : | him to decide this question. The chair | of section 1 will be held tomorrow at | daily by scores of workers and rushed | that when he presented his passport | 4A” important, meeting of the Iron] COUNCILMAN TAKES BRIBE. | erica started, breaking up the i* p.m, at 60 St. Marks Place, to the relief committee. The com- \to the Italian consul for renewal it|held tomorrow at the Rand School, 7| INDIANAPOLIS, March mittee yesterday acknowledged the | | Downtown Y, W. L. 15th St, at 8 p. m At the meeting Wednesday night, | the membership is to decide what | steps to take to force the aeceptance | of the Joint Board delegates they | chose to represent them. wean Pee Workers Discharged. Witty Bros., one of the largest manufacturers of the better grade mens’ clothing in the industry, and vecently reported in The DAILY WORKER as about to make a re- quest from the manager of the Joint | Board, Beckerman, to be permitted to cut down the staff of workers in he shop, discharged 16 workers last Saturday with the consent of the anion officials. The wives and children of the work- ers dismissed Because of their in- ability to keep up with the speed-up system in the shop, came to the shop Saturday afternoon and begged the ' employer to take back their husbands, ‘The open collaboration of Manager Beckerman with the employers is reaching new high marks each day, as is shown by his speech to the work- ers who remained in the Witty Bros. hop after the dismissals. He bland- told them that the employer ex- pects them to produce as much work now as when the 16 workers were employed. Those not measuring up to he set standard will be fired, he said. It doesn’t pay the boss to remain in ousiness, was the excuse he offered. eRe eh T. U. E. L, Meet. The Amalgamated Local 5 section the Trade’ Union Educational of League will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o’clock in the Progressive Labor Center, 101 E. 14th St. Conductor Killed BINGHAMTON, N. Y., March 25. —William Harper, 65, freight con- ducter, was thrown from the top of a Delaware and Hudson box car at Windsor yesterday morning, falling beneath the wheels and suffering in- juries from which he died at the City Hospital. | Phone Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES. A place with atmosphere where all radicalr meet. 302 E. 12th St. Tew York. Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: 9:30-12 A. M. 2-8 P. M, Daily Except Friday and inday. 249 BAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. -Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE uf] Room 803 Phone Algonquin 8183 3YBHAA JEYEBHULA DR. BROWN Dentistry in All Its Branches 201 East 14th St. cor, 2nd Ave, The Downtown Section of the Young Workers (Communist) League will be- gin a series of educational and social evenings at 60 St. Marks Place on Sun- day, April 1. The first lecture will be on “American -routh and War.” * . Brownsville Concert and Dance. The Brownsville Subsection of the Party will hold a concert and enter- tainment Saturday, March 31, at 1689 Pitkin Ave. Nearing Lecture. Scott Nearing, who has just returned from China and the Soviet Union, will lecture this Wednesday at 8 p. m. at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St., under the auspices of Section 2 and 3. The subject will be “Europe To- day.” + # «6 Night Workers Open Forum, A discussion on the Traction Situa- tion will be lead by a member of the branch tomorrow afternoon at 60 St. Marks Place. Also other important matters will a taken up. Branch 5, Section 5. A speciai meeting of Branch 5, Sec- tion 5, will be held tomorrow at 2075 Clinton Ave. Court Decides Against “Linseed King” Owners Tn a decision handed dgwn by Judge John R. Hazel, of the U. S. district court, Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc., owners of the launch “Linseed King” which sank in the Hudson in Decem- ber, 1926, with the loss of 56 lives, were refused permission to limit their liability to the value of the vessel, about $2,100, About 78 workers were on board the crowded launch when it. started from the Manhattan pier on its trip to the plant of the company at Edge- water, N. J. The capacity of the boat is 50. Several hundred feet from shore the vessel is believed to have struck an ice-cake which caved fn the port bow and caused the cabin to fill rapidly with water. 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. 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 Char jes 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. L TEL. ESTABROOK 0568, _ DR. I. STAMLER Surgeon-Dentist DIRECTOR OPEN: — Tuesday and Thursday from 10 to 8 P. M.~-Saturday from 2to7P. M. Over the bank. New York, following contributions: Local 35, I. L. G. W. U. $30; Hungarian Miners’ Relief Committee, $317.25; Mohegan Colony, Inc., Peekskill, N. Y., $160.90; Perth Amboy Miners’ Relief, $30.31; Ukrainian Women Workers’ Educa- tional Society, $63.76; Joseph Green- berg’s Dress Company Employes, $23,- 00; J. Rosner Employes, $20.25; Paper Hangers’ Union, Local 286, $20; Scan- danavian Workers’ Club, $24; Y. W. C. A., $30.13; Employes of the Daily Mirror Composing Room, $23. A vaudeville show for the benefit ef the striking miners will be given at the Central Opera House, 67th st. and Third ave., Sunday, April 15, at 2.80 p. m. Vets Want Limelight MINEOLA, L, I, March 25-—The question of which organization shall lead the Memorial Day parade here has led to a serious dispute between the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, 15,000 AT INDEPENDENT SHOW. Fifteen thousand persons have visited the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists at the Waldorf Hotel during the last two weeks. AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS Bakers’ Loo. No. 166 Meets lat Saturday in the month at 3468 Third Aveat Bronx, N. Samay Ask tor Union Label Bread. i Aavertise your union meetings here. For information write The DAILY WORKER A@vertising Dept. 83 First St., New York City. was taken from him. Borghi was act- ive in addressing meetings and cam- paigning at protest meetings for Sac- co and Vanzetti. A report about the conference which was held with the bosses about the Garman strike will be given. New. Council in Flatbush. A new Council of the United Work- ingclass Women has been organized in Flatbush. All women in the. district interested in this work are invited to attend. the council will be held next Wednes- day, March 28th, 8 p. m, at the home of Mrs. Robbins, 1321 Nostrand Ave. rasan ate W. I. R. Lower Bronx. The Workers International Lower Bronx branch, at 8 p. m. at 715 BH. 138th St. The un- employment situation and the miners strike will be discussed, and future meetings will be arranged. . Prosecutor and Judge Indicted for Thefts MARIETTA, Okla., March 25. | Wes Croy, county attorney and James Mathers, county judge of Love county were indicted by a special grand jury here last week and charged with hay- ing stolen part of the loot “recover- ed” after the robbery of the .Love County National Bank. Rellef, will meet tonight Unemployment Meetings. An unemployment meeting will be held on Wednesday at 2 p, m. at Brooklyn Labor Lyceum, 949 Willough- by Ave. ing will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at 101 W. 27th St. Both meetings will be sponsored by the New York Council of the Unemployed. a hyaten -o@ Local T. U. E. L. Dance. A dance of the local T. . Le will be held Saturday, March 31, at 8:00 p.m, at Harlem’ Gasino, 116th St. and Lenox Ave. Admission will be 50 gents. Tickets may be obtained at 101 No Tip~Union Barber Shop 77 FIFTH AVE. Bet. 15th and 16th Streets NEW YORK CITY Individual Sanitary Service by Ex- perts. — LADIES’ HAIR BOBBING SPECIALISTS. Patronize a Comradely Barber Shop. The first regular meeting of | Another unemployment meet- | | Boynton J. Moore, city councilman {was found guilty by a jury in crim- Jinal court yesterday of accepting a | bribe of $100 from John J. Collins, | | former city purchasing agent. N. SCHWARTZ Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor NOW AT 1679-81 BOSTON ROAD Near 174th INDIVIDUAL hair and shaving brushes, combs, cups & towels. 5 EXPERTS AT YOUR SERVICE Courteous and Comradely Attention =: * 50% DISCOUNT TO STRIKERS. | LAW OFFICE CHAS. “RECHT Fot the convenience of workers open untii 6 P, M. and all day Saturday. 110 WEST 40th ST. Room 1604. Phone: PENN 4060--4061--4076. MARY WOLFE STUDENT OF THE DAMROSCH CONSERVATORY {PIANO LESSONS at her studto 49 WADSWORTH TERRACE Telephone Lor: Will also call at | Sergey Radomsky Opera Tenor will sing Russian and Jewish Soviet songs. Speakers: TICKETS 50 cents and 75 cent M. KATZ Famous Jewish journalist, member of the worker. in the Jewish colonization movement in Soviet Russia, just arrived from the Soviet Union, will report at the “ICOR” CONCERT Friday, March 30th, 8:30 P.M. TAMMANY HALL, 145 E. 14th St. N. Y. C. REUBIN BRAININ, DR. E. WATTENBERG. | DR. J. GLASSMAN, Chairman. | operative “Freiheit” staff, active are being k | ers’ Colony, Station, 2, 3 or 4 airy, Tera sunny, spacious Theodore Cella |||} rooms Greatest American Harpist of | N. Y. Philharmonic Symphony | Orchestra. | Off! Tel. - “ v Scipione Guidi Mest Violinist of New York Symphony Orchestra. Steinway Piano Used. 2 new blocks of co- United Workers’ operative Ass’n H in the Cooperative Work- East, at Allerton Avenue , Come and select a beauti- f ful apartment of with all modern improve- ments and social facilities. 69 — 5th Avenue Corner 14th St. N. Y. ALGONQUIN 6900. dwellings the built by Co- Bronx Park Bronx. ice: AND ever shown in New York. RED YELLOW BLACK Sergey Radomsky TENOR in selection of new Soviet Songs. Symphony Orchestra ad TICKETS T5c, $1, $1.50, $2 at “Freiheit,” 30 Union Sq.

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