The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 31, 1928, Page 7

PEACE SLOGAN IS USED FOR VOTE- GETTING SCHEME “Tolerance Group” Gets Only 2 Delegates Benjamin Schlesinger, former pres- ident of the International Ladies Gar- ment Workers Union, having control of the election machinery of the right wing Operators’ Local 2, had very lit- ile trouble counting himself, and seven of his “Friends for Ever” group, into office as delegates to the coming con- vention of the International union at the “election” held Thursday eve- ning. Sigman Group Defeated. The “Tolerance” group, as part of the right wing had helped to break the militant Cloakmakers, Union, but ich has since become tired of the resulting open shop conditions in the trade, and were therefore running on a platform of “peace and unity in the union,” saw the Schlesinger election machine grant them two delegates out of the ten, when it was apparent to everyone that an honest tabulation of votes would result in their full slate of candidates being elected. The reactionary “trade union” group, representing President Sig- man’ faction in the so-called union, was completely defeated. Not even the leader of this clique, even though he is manager of the local, got enough yotes to be considered even a strong ¢pponent. Disgusted With Sigman. It was clear, according to the sen- timent expressed at the polls, that the large number of registered workers participating -in’ the elections did so in orderto demonstrate their hatred of the’right wing Sigman clique, by completely voting down those candi- dates who will refuse to fight for unity at the national convention to be held in Boston on May 7. Although the registered member- ship knew that the reactionary Schles- inger gang, whieh counts among its supporters such extreme reactionaries as Breslaw of Local 35, and Dubinsky of Local 10, were as bad as the Sig- manites, they nevertheless were ready to support any candidates who public- ly announced their intention to fight for unity on the convention floor. Schlesinger Tries To Confuse Workers Not only did the Schlesinger “Friends For Ever” group put thru an outright election steal, but they even attempted to confuse the work- ers coming to vote by issuing leaflets earrying the slogan, “If you want peace and unity in the union, vote for Benjamin Schlesinger and his follow- ers.” Saul Shelley, and W. Beiner, lead- ers of an impartial committee of 50, made a statement before the elections endorsing the slate of the “Tolerance” group, which stands for unity, and also endorsing the candidacy of Schles- inger. The registered and unregis- tered workers severely condemn Shel- ley’s mistaken belief that a change in the unicn presidency from Sigman to Schlesinger would bring any relief to the exploited clozkmakers or a united union. OPEN AIR MEET FOR JOBLESS TODAY An open air mass meeting of job- less workers will be held at 2 p. m. today at Rutgers Square under the auspices of the New Y Council of the Unemployed.” —"" . , “The speakers will Bloom of the council; Sylvan A, Pol- lack, of The. DAILY “WORKER; Louis A. Baum, secretary, Photo. graphic Workers’ Union and M. E. Taft, manager of Local 41, Interna- include Henry tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. A rally_of. young. work- ers..will be held emer at 1p. m at Columbia Hall, 286 Third Ave., corner 24th St., Brooklyn, under the auspices of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League. Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone Algonquin 8183 (3YBHAA JEYEBRULA DR. BROWN Dentistry in All Its Branches 801 East 14th St. cor, 2nd Ave, Over the bank, New York, Monument 3519. 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. ) 4 THE DAILY WORKER, NEY YORK, SATURDAY, sbrous8 31, 1928 WORKERS PARTY ACTIVITIES NEW YORK—NEW JERSEY Dance. entertainment urday, April 14 at 207 Downtown Y. W. L. The Downtown Section of the Young Workers, (Communist) League will be- ties of educational and social at 60 St. M Place tomor- he first lecture will be on i" ‘American Youth and We Heowumenla coueeet ae Dance. The Brownsville Subsection of the Party will hold a concert and enter- tainment-today at 1689 Pitkin Ave. Y¥. W. L. Dances. The Young Workers (Communist) ue of Williamsburg will hold an dance this evening Admis- entertainment and at § p. m. at 76 Throop Ave. sion is 50 cents. The Lower Bronx Young Workers League will hold a 5s al tomorrow at 2:30 p.m, at 715 E. bh St. * Section 2 Agitprop Meet, All unit and subsection agitprop and literature agents of Section 2 must be resent at a conference to be held this Jafternoon at 1:30 p. m. at 101 W. 27th} |St. Important matters are to be taken up. | * ° Brownsville Y, W. TDiWance. The* Brownsville Young Workers League will hold a dance for the bene- fit of the “Young Worker,” Saturday April 7, at 8 p, m. at Premier Palace, \Sutter and Hinsdale St., Brooklyn. . . . Open Air Meeting Saturday. An open air meeting will be held tonight at 79th St. and First Ave. to discuss the traction situation. Upper Bronx Y. W. L. Forum. The Young Workers League of the Upper Bronx will hold an open forum tomorrow at 8:30 p, m. at 2075 Clin- ton Ave. Bronx. Nat Kaplan, editor of the “Young Worker,” will lead the discussion on “Youth and the Press.” Literature Agents. Literature agents and squads are to report at Madison Square Garden this afternoon at 4:30 sharp. A movie will be taken’ of the comrades present. Gpen Air Meeting Tonight. First Ave. and 79th St. at 8 p. m. . . * Passaic Meeting Tomorrow. A report of the recent plenum will be given tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. at 27 Dayton Ave., Passaic. olga CTY i Brooklyn Meet Tomorrow. Pascal P. Cosgrove and Harry Yaris will speak’ tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. at Columbia Hall, 736 Third Ave. . * . Unit FD3 Meets. Monday at 6 p. m. at 126 E. 16th St. anal See Bronx Package Party and Dance. Branch 3, Section 5 will hold a pack- age party and dance Saturday, April 7 at 075 Clinton Ave., the Bronx, Peay ey Section 3 Executive Meeting. The enlarged executive committee of Subsection 3-E will meet meet Monday at 6:15 p. m. at 101.W, 27th St. ha a International Branch 1, SS 3-E. International Branch 1, Subsection 8-E will meet Monday at 9 p. m. at 101 W. 27th St. . 3-E 1-F. Unit 3-E 1-F will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at 101 W. 27th St, . . « 3-E 3-F. 6:15 p. m. at 101 W. 27th St. e ee 3-E 2-F. Unit 3-E 2-F will meet Wednesday at 6:15 p. m. at 101 W. 27th St, LAW OFFICE CHAS, “RECHT For the conyentence of workers open unt. 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 Lorraine 6838. Will alse cail at student's home, Unit FD3 of Subsection 2E will meet | Unit 3-E 3-F will meet Tuesday at! | Page Seven Reactionary Schlesinger Gang Steals Delegate Elections at Right Wing Meet ‘MINE RELIEK’GROUPS PREPARE FOR CRISIS| CROWD FREIHEIT and Kansas. out April 1st and additional reports | that 100,000 miners in District 12 in Minois will be barred from work on the same date, has spurred the New | York offices of the Pennsylvania- Ohio Miners’ Relief Committéé, "799 Broadway, to renewed efforts. Ti addition news arrives from Pittsburgh that 100,000 mine work- ers in the coke regions near that city will be called out on strike April 16. These developments, together with the 125,000 striking miners now out on strike, take on the proportions of a major industrial war. 1,500,000 to Neéed Relief. The number of those who will re- quire relief will be near 1,500,000. The need for relief in the Pitts- burgh coke region will not be gradual | but demands for help will come with} a bang as nearly all of the men who are being called out are unorganized or at best newly organized and con- sequently have little op insufficient funds, the iat: mmittee has pointed out. The small offices of the Relief Committee which works with thé’ ¢o- operation of the Workers. Interna- tiénal Relief, is overcrowded and the harried Volunteer staff is overworked. Money Only a Part. Donations of money, food and cloth- ing are but a part of the work that must be done. There is urgent neces- sity for the creation of mass sym- pathy in favor of the miners and solidarity in thew struggle, according to the relief committee. Every mili- tant worker has been urged to talk with his or her shop-mates and work for the popularization of the miners’ fight against the coal barons, Existing committees will diately extend their activities. Meet- ings will be arranged at more fre- quent intervals and such committees | will work among non-union and non- | progressive groups for assistance |and funds, To Answer Lockout. The lockout action of the Illinois Coal Operators Association: and that |of the South Western Interstate Coal Operators will therefore be answered | by a vigorous thrust from the work- ers of New York, the relief commit- tee spokesmen said last nicht. Miners’ wives have said they do not eat until the Pennsylvania and Ohio Relief trucks come around. “When they don’t come,” one miner’s ‘wife said, “we don’t eat.” fel. Lehigh 6022. Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: 9:30-12 A. M. 2-8 P. M, Daily Except Friday and Sunday. 249 EAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York. — ae Phone Stuyvesant 3816 > John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN. DISHES A place with atmosphere Where, all radicals meet. 302 E. 12th St. Mew York. es i Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 Madison Ave. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5865. i No TipUnion Barber Shop 77 FIFTH AVE. Bet. 15th and 16th Streeta NEW YORK CITY Individual Sanitary Service by Ex- perts. — LADIES’ HAIR BOBBING SPECIALISTS. Patronize a Comradely Barber Shop. eccees imme- } Hunger on a large scale "will “sob. atalke 4 soon stalk the mine fields of Missouri | Striking miners in new territories will soon be in need of Clin- 1: | relief, The news that 20,000 miners in Missouri and Kansas will be locked NEGRO STUDENTS The discrimination against six Ne- gro students at New York University was protested last night at a mass ‘meeting held at St. Marks M. E. }St. under the auspices of the Con- | ference Against Race Discrimination. The Speakers Included Robert Min- jor, editor, The DAILY WORKER; |Miss Neely of New York University, Robert W. Bagnall of the National Association forthe Advancement, of Colored People. Richard B. Moore, secretary, American Negro Labor Congress, presided. . The Wieéting discussed plans for a }systematic campaign of protest against the discrimination of the Ne- gro students. MILK GRAFTERS ACCUSE HARRIS While carefully evading the real issue in the milk graft trial, Hyman Bushel, counsel for the four officials of the Morris Mill charged with extortion, called Health {Commissioner Harris a “tyrant” | his activities, head of the Tietjen and Steffen Milk |Corporation, who had accused the Morris Company, is Harris’ “man Friday.” In a statement saying that his clients were “trapped,” Bushel ‘way “used him (Metzger) to trap Danziger.” Danziger, however, ad- |mitted his guilt in a plea of guilty ,at his trial. | 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, 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. Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway. APRIL 15th, 2 P. M. Miners Varieties 6---BIG VAUDEVILLE ACTS---6 for the Benefit of the Striking Miners CENTRAL OPERA HOUS 67th Street & 3rd Avenue, In advance 50c. At the door 75c, Tickets: Church, St. Nicholas Ave. and 138th | IDE W. J. Robinson, Oscar Fisher and | Corporation | for | He claimed that Barnet Metzger,, affirmed that Harris had in the same! ‘THOUSANDS WILL sky to Sing (Continued from Page One) ber is promised by those in charge jof the affair. hundreds from outside the had their seats reserved for we delegations are expected. “ Speakers. A number of speakers prominent in the labor movement |the huge gathering. | Weinstone, organizer of Di Workers (Communist) Par Minor, editor of ‘The DAILY WORK- ER; Moissaye J. Olgin, editor of The Hammer, Melach Epstein, editor chief of The Freiheit chno stein, of the editorial staff of Freiheit; Ben Lifschitz, the Jewish Buro and R manager of The Fréihei from the Garden rostrum. The secretary of Airy, Large Meeting Rooms and Hall TO HIRE Suitable for Meetings, Lectures and Dances in the | Czechoslovak Workers House, Inc, 347 E. 72nd St. New York Telephone: Rhinelander 6097. AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS Bakers’ Loe. No. 164 Meets ist Saturday ' in the month at $468 Third Avenue, Bronx, N. Y¥. Ask Uniom Label Bread. for Advertise your union meetings here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 83 First St., New York City. SKEKK ALK AKASAKA KK ALA This spring, as in t Come and leok over our 8 large Stetson Hat Come and get your satisfaction. 128 Delancey St. Bet. Norfolk and Essex St. 48 Delancey St. Cor. Eldridge 861 Prospect Ave. Cor. 1Gint Street BRONX JUBILEE TONIGHT PROTEST BAR ON scacs Paccan Mass Pageant; Radom-|,, Not only will thousands of workers | in advance and large out of town| Robert | Organizations . Miners’ er cert for abier Podol concert and 1347 Bos relief, Relief. , the | morr |to miners ber to Lecture. iber will lect * tomorrow a h jday at 8 p. Workers Youth Center. uth Ce will nter, Lecture on China. trated lecture n the Chin on Wedne , unde and_ Czecho: | bra neh sof the I. D. Ad will be 25 cents, by ™ revolutio 1 L. . eae Aa Labor and Fraternal to- The proceeds W mn go] ters will be taken up. CAP UNION HEAD TRIES TO BREAK | CHICAGO STRIKE :|Removes Str ike Leaders |W. ho Fight Piece-Work (Contin steal prom Page 2) the Chicago canmakers after they learned that Zaritsky, the union pres¢ mmended to the unio board that piece work bé 11 Club | oir bosses demand for the pieces tem has been bitterly fought bership for many act is taken by the strikers to mean an open at- tempt to break their ranks. Bosses Want Zaritsky. Percy Ginsberg, manager of the | bosses’ association, and a close friend \cf Zaritsky’s has many times declared |that he refuses. to. deal with. such |cetermined opponents of piece work. |The bosses demanded to deal with Pari only, and Zaritsky obliged wi concert |them. He will enter conferences with |and dance tomor € 8:30 p. m jthe bosses to reach a “settlement.” Gish re peek 4 = |The workers declare that they arg meeting of the Harlem | ned to fight any concessions L. D. will be held} 'y may make on the piece work 103rd St. at 8:30 p. Zaritsky’s attempt to remove ail epposition to his frankly expressed jintention to install piece work, was lrecently defeated in Bostor by the membership. - After ordering new on |clections for local leaders under right | wing supervision, Zaritsky was com: Open Forums Tomorrow. | pletely defeated by an overwhelming Workers School Forum, 108 E. 14th’ re-election of the left wing leader+ Ss night, at 8 p.m. Roger | shin on “Liberty in the | 1'P- = be Be at 8 p. ‘orum, Warbu Sunday at 8 ill speak on “ Open i Fast Flatbush Concert. t Flatbush Workers a concert at 6 p. m Brooklyn. The will hold norrow. is ture on “ Downtow Blum Dictates Style he past 28 years, Blum’s Hats are the leaders of fashion. the display in our show windows. Up-to-the-minute models in each of t Stores. guarantee of quality and Jamaica Avenue at 160th St., Jamaica Jamaica Avenue at 163rd St., Jamaica LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR OF TETSON’ HAT 138th r roblems of Working Mame on To: | Club and banquet to- at 1111 Admission Rutlan: | 50 Divides Award Among Labor Organizations Unwilling to keep for himself thé award which he won in a lawsuit in a capitalist court, M. Zirulnikov, a ~|member of the Workers (Communist) | Party has announced his intention of | dividing it among a number of work: |ers’ organizations. | Five dollars of the sum goes for the defense of The DAILY WORKER, Zirulnikov . states. Other organiza tions to whom the workers will donate are the PennsylvaniasOhio miners re- lief, The Freiheit, The Moscow School and the Scholem Aleichem Institute. SHELDON $2.95, $4, $5, and $6 STETSON From $8 to $40 410 Grand Strect Cor. Clinton St., New York 1711 Pitkin Ave. Cor. Thatford Ave., Brownsville 102 Clinton St. Near Delancey St., N. ¥. 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