The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 4, 1928, Page 2

MISLEADERS GET INJUNCTION BUT MAKE NO FIGHT “ Vigorous New Union to Help Strikers Win Because of a of militants an tory 1 the replacement of its former fighting policy with one ef outright reaction, the Shoe Work- ers’ Protective Uni rotten hulk by its tr ship, is facing total ext M ison and Silv S York City, workers, m agree to system and the usual coward] stead of ca 5 for an ployers. Warning the workers, of the shop bec the to work under a scab system, that their fight against the employers will be b yed by the union of. ficials, the Independent Shoe Work- ers’ Union, a fast growing militant of expulsions reduced to a ous le: 2 Co. demani the displayed injunction a ¢ refusal use organization, ued a call to the workers to keep up the fight against the bosses and not rely on the capi- talist courts for their union stand: ards. Militants Make Statement. The call of the left wing union de- clares: “Only militant trade union tactics can win strikes! Injunctions and ap- peals to the bosses courts not be a substitute for the worl ion Calls THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928 On Wall Street’s Footman Plays Cowboy Tho he would probably choose not to fight if he wore ever in dange We Abo Mountains eye. Mrs. Coolidge Street, shows unusual cour r see h of Virginia, FAKERS BETRAY MILI. WORKERS Ig ‘Union Helps Slash Wages | Continued from Page One | the field are still trying to mobilize the workers here for a struggle against the brutal wage slash. Rhode Island workers are paid even less than the miserable wages received by textile workers in the New England territory, and the five per cent wage cut here is vicious enough. Thru workers In mery mill |centers, however, it is disclosed that gle, Workers of the Morris the proportions of the slash are far Silver Shoe Co., do not allow the|hicgc-. J. P. Coates, the largest Nolan-FitzGerald machine to mis-|threag manufacturers in the world lead you! “The workers of the Morrison and Suter Shoe Co, recently faced a de- mand for wage reductions ranging from 10 to 30 per cent and were given notice that beginning Nov, 1st there will be no union shop and any one desiring to hold the job must give up any union affiliations and| work under open shop conditions Th@ shop crew reported to the of- have, in addition to a public recue- tion, another inhuman scheme, whic’ they are putting thru now. This is —the firing of work:-s and their prompt rehiring on an entirely new age scale—a scale lowered to the extent of $ Brazen Betrayal. While the U. T. W. has very litu,. membership in this section, it has a few alleged locals in the Black- Hdgis of Nolan's union. Instead of| stone Valley Mills of the Lonsdale Preparing the workers to fight) Co. It was in these mills thet th against the demands of the bosses! \-irore were sent back to work they ignored the situation until! ; ter they had been called together praetically all work was finished in| Organizer Conley cam> up to see the firm they were kicked out of thegshop. a When President Nolan and = Officials Delayed. “Instead of taking drastic action agéinst the firm who violated the tetas of the agreement the so-called lat leaders refused to declare a strke against the shop but were finplly forced by the workers to re- y national officials of the unic -. met with and told to “go on iecord jas disapproving the wage cut.” To show how brazen is the be-| of being put ina trench and told to take his chance of getting s head bumped off, Cal Coolidge, chief white house footman of when it comes to shooting birds. » playing cowboys and injuns in the Blue Ridge mowing down cl 8 operating a movie ca with an eagle era in order to save the igeons LABOR DEFENSE MASS MEETING Protests Attempt to Jail 662 Strikers | | Continued from Page One unions now being organized would have thousands of their members sent to prison, unless strong de- fense and relief bodies were built to defend them, said Minerich. Biedenkapp took up the conspir- acy charge made by the city of New Bedford against the Workers International Relief, for incitement to disobedience, mass picketing, and inducing the workers to struggle for decent conditions, and stated that the government had forgotten a few things that the W. I. R. stood for and may be indicted for: help for strikers everywhere, opposing capi- talist wars, etc. For Fighting Unions. The secretary of the new textile union, Weisbord, related how that organization was formed, showing how the struggle against capitalist rationalization demanded the crea- tion of fighting unions, which the bosses would do their utmost to try} to smash, as in the case of New! Bedford. The workers were deter-| mined to turn every defense into an offensive by building a powerful union, and defending all members of it subjected to frame-ups. Resolution Adopted. At the conclusion of the meeting ‘Strikers to Fighi Bosses’ and Reactionary FURRIERS: RALLY ‘skine fr Has cash LEAGUE EXPOSE HOOVER PLOT To ‘GONQUER LATINS rin to War Danger in His Policies Continued from Page One langer of an immediate war more Hoover's visit to the Latin Amer- n countries is intended - to engthen Wall Street by a degm- ation of American power, by to puppet .governments and ictatorships, and by investments of \merican capital. The trip of Hoover shows the im- portance of the Latin American countries and the seriousness of the struggle between Great Britain and the United States. While the con- flict is becoming ‘more intense, both sides are busy with preparations for an armed struggle. War Preparations. The plans for naval construction, | increases in the size of the army, 54,000 soldiers having been enlisted during the past year, development of military aviation and chemical warfare, proposals for universal conscription of the workers for la- bor during war, a law to conscript workers for military service has al- ready heen passed by congress ready for a declaration of war, the increased militarization of the youth in the schools, all indicate the war | preparations, Reactionary .leaders of trade unions are uniting with the American Legion and other imper- ialist organizations in support of imperialist militarism and war preparations under the mask of “preparedness” and “defense.” The Anglo-French pact is one of the many indications of the preparations for war on the part of the rivals of U. S. imperialism. In these coun- tries, also, war preparations are being made under the screen of “defense” arguments, Latin America, in addition to be- ing of vital importance for Amer- iean imperialism in the struggle for markets and a shield for export of capital, is of tremendous military importance. ~The countries of Latin America supply such raw materials as oil, nitrate, tin, ete., which are essential for military purposes. The Panama Canal and the proposed Nicaraguan Canal play ‘an espe- cially important role in the war preparations. | To the masses of Latin America, ns |tr yal and ow confident th mil/the following resolution was the rule of American imperialism |besses are that their “labor leacer”| jagents will do their bidding, |be taken as examples. The officials jet the union called these meeti jat the request of the mill officials |The meetings were held and the gs «strike ac’ adopted: “Whereas, the District Court of |r ectings of these so-called locals cer| New Bedford is bringing to trial der the thumb of Wall Street, 662 textile workers because of their ivities during the recent textile strike, and “Whereas, the meeting sees in sort to the strike method which is| workers, thoroughly demoralized by| this persecution of the workers and| thé only weapon in the hand the. workers. Instead of app! militant policy in the conduct of the strike they have again resorted to the injunction, this time against the firm. “Workers of the Morrison and Silver, you are led to believe that the capitalist courts will help you with the injunction that your of- ficials are trying to get, to win the strixe for . This is betrayal as every work . You must de- policy be ap- in the carrying on of the against these labor hating The longer you wait for the court to give you t!: injunction the more scabs will sneak into the shop and your strike will be broken. Call to Picket. ‘We do not wish to bring demorali- zation into your ranks but to stimu- late your fighting s The Nol- ans and the FitzGeralds lead you to believe that through the bosses’ ecurts your firth: can be won be- cause they don’t dare to come out on the pickct line and face the enemy in the open. We urge you to re- pudiate such cowardly tactics and adopt a militant fighting policy in your present struggle. “We, the Independent Shoe Work- snow mand that a militar plied ers’ Union offer our co-operation to you because we realize that your struggle is our struggle and that your victory is our victory. “Picket the shop! Keep out the scabs! “We extend our fraternal greet- ings for a speedy victory again: the open shop bosses, against wage cuts and rotten conditic With- out a militant policy we cannot win. Without a real union controlled by the workers we cannot maintain our gains. N. Y. Working Women Conference on Dec. 13 The New York Working Women’s Federation last night issued a call for a broad delegate ¢ ference of the working wome g» Ureater New York to cgmsyae Ways and means of oreanieitex*® unorganized womens industries of the Ur all States.rence will be held ture will be %g, Dec. 13, at La- legislation Second Ave. and 14th . mm openly Peking Women’s Federa- lativgmounces that it has engaged Phenefit performance of Upton Sin- ir’s “Singing Jailbirds” at the Playwrights Theatre for Dec. ie ite recogni- tion of Soviet Union by ihe United aa government! { } cuts, of) tkeir own chiefs, were practically! of the 29 strike leaders an attack Z Alt ld to go back and accept the wage | against the elementary rights of the workers to picket, to free means loss of all liberty, rule by marines or native dictatorships un- laws | against labor organizations, and in- | tense exploitation of the peasants ond workers. U, S. Supports Dictators. Dictatorships have been set up| and are supported by American im- perialism in a number of Latin | American countries, such as those | sper ech and assemblage, and ‘of Gomez in Venezuela, Machado in ot . ‘Whereas, the meeting further ia i in | Spanish Workers Plan sces in this persecution of the strike | rye Heruia in Pera and Thates in Latin-American Dance leaders an open attack against the ¢ f oe organizing of the unorganized work- or Night of Dec. 22 and against the new Textile Chile. ships is marked by the most brutal terror against the masses. Those The rule of these .dictator- | ers (Communist) Party is arranging ja night of entertainment and ball fight of the mill barons against the |for Saturday evening, Dec. 22, at the workers, ers The Spanish fraction of the Work- « Workers’ Union, and tion to be a continuation of the lwho fight for freeedom are mur- dered or thrown into prison and, subjected to frightful tortures. In | | Nicaragua, American marines have | jbeen used to destroy. entire towns | “Wheras, we recognize this ac- Harlem Casino, 116th St. and Lenox Avenue. The arrangements committee |promises to furnish entertainment |for everybody of any age or na- |tionality, for this affair will be an international affair, at which exhi- bitions, dances, songs of every na- tionality will be presented. The arrangements committee has succeeded in getting the best Negro band in New York, John Smith’s Negro Orchestra. Tickets are now on sale at the Workers Book Shop, 26 Union Square, The New Masses, 39 Union | Square, and at the Spanish Work jers Center, 55 West 113th Street. Metal Polishers and Buffers to Hold Big Organization Meet Plans for an organization meet- ng of metal polishers and buffers, to be held at 60 St. Mark’s Place t 7 p. m. Frid Dec, 14, have been announced by Adolph Lissak. The meeting will take up the ques- tion of organizing the metal polish- |ers and buffers, as well as the un- organized plate: soldere: and } spinners, into a real union capable of fighting for and obtaining its de- mands from the bosses and against the bad conditions prevailing among the metal workers. At present many of the metal pol- ishers are working from fifty fifty-two hours for from $20 to $30 per week. RAINBOW CARS FOR THE RICH The opening of the automobile how at the Commodore Saturday indicates that as long as the satura- ion point on motors is so much of a problem, and as long as the idle rich need excuses for buying a new | car, inventive skill will be busy. |Ten American and seven European |companies provide cars that look |like a delirium tremens sunset—in every conceivable color, including some obtained through the use of polished aluminum, copper and chromium plating, that are not in lany rainbow. “Be it resolved, that we here as- sembled at this meeting in Irving Plaza, 15th St., and Irving Place. New York City, on December 3rd, under the auspices of the New York Section, International Labor De- fense and National Textile Work. ers’ Union, do categorically con- demn the use of police and militia on the part of the mill barons, and supported by the cour in the at- tempt to break the strike of the New Bedford textile workers who so heroically fought for a better standard of living and working con ditions in the textile mills. “Be it further resolved, that w give our full and unqualified sup port to the 662 New Bedford tex. tile strikers who were arrested and and the population including women and children. In many cases, professed “Lib- eral” parties have sold out to Wall Street, as fin the case of Moncada | in Nicaragua. On the other ‘hand, | there has been a general awakening of the masses and support for those | who actually struggle against | American imperialist rule, especially | General ‘Sandino in Nicaragua, who has become a symbol of the fight »gainst imperialist domination. In the face of these war prepara ions and the aggressive role o \mterican imperialism in Latir \merica, a mass movement agains mperialism must be organized ir his country. We can not fight im oerialism by pacifist phrases, an: are being brought to trial for their 0 engage in appeals to the “spiri’ activity in the strike and that we of justice” to the imperialist rob demand the dismissal of the charges bers of Wall Street would be onl; against these workers and the right to serve their purpose by creating for these, as all other workers, to illusions an@ deceiving the masses strike, picket, assemble and organ- preventing them from realizing the ize, and that they be not interfered imperative need for an active mili with by the courts or other agency tant struggle against imperialisy: of the government machinery.” and moral and material support fox wen all forces in Latin America fight- ‘ ing Wall Street rule. This struggle Entire Cast, Staff of ntst be besed primarily on a tnited “Singing Jailbirds” to front of workers, farmers, Negroes Re at New Masses Ball and members of exploited races in this country, and all sincere oppo- The annual New Masses ball nents of-imperialism. which is to be held this year on Fri- Protest Meetings. ii S ps Secti f th day; Decsmber.7,, will’ be brightened | 20% One ceccen OF the by the appearance of the entire cast \ll-America Anti-Imperialist League ance of the. has called upon its sections all over and staff of “Singing Jailbirds : Upton Sinclair labor play which is Re Country to arrange mass most: now running at the Provincetown NR: o Devine i r Playhouse. imperialism in Latin America and The spirited fighting songs whic! are the feature of the play will be sung by the mass cast. Em Jo Basshe, who directed the production will also be at the ball. preparations. ‘These mass meetings are to be followed up with confer- ences, and ail organizations sin- cerely opposed to imperialism and willing to engage in an active strug- ATTACK GOVERNOR'S PALACE, Sle ave invited to participate, Such organizations, also, are invited to | MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3. — An affiliate with the All-America Anti- armed band of 100 men attempted Imperialist League forthe purpose to seize the state palace at Aguas-|o¢ making our fight more effective. | calientes Saturday before the in-| Aj! who are opposed to the ex- auguration of Gov. Manuel Carpio, ploitation of the workers and pea- dispatches to Excelsior said today.) sants of Latin America by Wall Soldiers arrested 25. Out with the trade union bu- reaucrats, mislenders ef inbor. | the masses of this country as can- non fodder in another world war, " the Hoover trip and against the war | Street, to the preparations to use | Rothstein’s Murderer? _ After giving a wonderful exhibi- tion of dodging anything that looked like a genuine clue for nearly a month, the police have finally ar- rested George McManus (above) and charged him with the murder of. his associate, Arnold Rothstein, head of a gambling and dope ring that operated by virtue of Tammany pro- tection. Tammany is compelled to “gd easy” in this case because of course it wouldn’t do to expose the connection between the grafting poli- licians and the dead gambler. and who are willing-to participate in a militant campaign against all | forces of imperialism, are * called upon to support the mass protest meetings and conferences now being | organized by the All-America Anti- {mperialist League, PAUL CROUCH, Secretary. Ne Eee Protest Wednesday. A membership mass meeting of the New York Branch of the All- America Anti-imperialist League, exposing Hoover's war trip to Latin America and the latest phases of U. S. imperialism will be held to- morrow evening at 8 o’clock at the Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irv- ing Place. Among the speakers will be H.! M. Wicks, acting editor of the Daily Worker; Arthur C. Calhoun author of “A Worker Looks at Gov- ernment”; and Paul Crouch, secre- tary of the All-America Anti-Im. ' perialist League. The meeting will be the first of its kind to be held in this country. and will expose the true nature of Hoover’s “good will” trip. Hun- dreds of workers are expected to} attend and voice their protest against the dollar-diplomacy of the, United States in the Latin and South American states. / SAN SALVADOR, Dec. 3.—Over 3,000 workers attended the meeting kere celebrating the opening of the House of the Be by the trade unions. EKIND UNION AT =f BOSSES’ THREAT Give Ultimatum to the | Boss Ass’n Continued from Page One tions lost thru A, 1'. of L. betrayals. First of these mobilization meet- ings were already held last night. This was: at a meeting of the womens’ committee of the union. There the greatest indignation was expressed by the workers, who de- manded immediate retaliation against the trimming bosses. T eir organizational decision for im- mediate execution was: An enlarged meeting of women workers for next Tuesday evening in the union h2ad- quarters, 22 East 22nd St. at 6 o’clock. Most important of all, however will be the special joint conferen-r of the Joint Board, all the Executive Boards and all active members, to be held tomorrow night, at the Joint Board office, at 7:30 o'clock. From this meeting of all functionaries of the organization, is to be expected a clear cut decision on a course of ac- tion. Friday night the Greek work- ers will be called together for a meeting as will the most active ele- ments in the fur dressing industry. All these gatherings, part of the) general mobilization, will be held in the Joint Board headquarters. The letter to the Fur Trimming Manufacturers Association declares | in part: Mr. Samuel Kimmel, Acting President, Fur Trimming Manufacturers ‘sociation, 352 7th Avenue, N. Y. C. “Dear Sir: “Shortly before Mr. Benjamin Joldschmidt sailed for Europe it was mutually agreed between your president and myself that ‘should any matter arise which, in the opinion of the union requires special attention, we should call ‘pon you as the acting president to arrange a conference. “Current press reports appear. to point to new developments which render such a conferenc’ urgently necessary. I am there fore directed by thé Board Directors of the Joint Board Fi riers Union of Locals 1, 5, 10, ar 15 to call upon you to arrange conference between represents tives of the union and of the Fu: Trimming Manufacturers Asso ciation. —“JOINT BOARD FURRIERS UNION, Locals 1, 5, 10 and 15.” Another snivelling without a throne has come to th United States in the hope of extract- ing some easy coin lecturing to the monarchist babbits of this country. He is the Grand Duke Alexander Michael- ovitch, cousin of the late czar of Russia. One of the first things the grand duke did on arriving was to announce with great solemnity that the Soviet Union was on its last legs and on the verge of what he called a ‘spiritual revolution.” It is surpris- ‘ng how much cash there decayed monarchists require to finance their “spiritual revolutions.” Nat'l Textile Union to Hold Benefit Show of Sinclair Play Tomorrow Funds which will help to free the 662 textile strikers and leaders who | are being tried in New Bedford in the biggest mass trial in the his: |tory of the American labor move- | ment, will be raised by means of a | benefit performance of Upton Sin- clair’s “Singing Jailbirds,” which will be given at the . Provincetown Playhouse, 133 Macdougal St., to- | morrow evening, it was announced by the National Textile Workers’ Union yesterday. The textile workers have taken the whole house for the night and the entire profits will go to the union. i Albert Weisbord, secretary of the union, said, “The trial is an effort on the part of the mill owners to tush the new National Textile Workers’ Union. We need money ‘ith which to defend our comrades. he benefit performance of ‘Sing- g Jailbirds” is one of the methods! iat we have to raise funds. I hope 1at_ workers will come to our aid 1 this respect.” Tickets may be bought at the of. ice of the union, 104 Fifth Ave., or t the box office of the theatre. Reservations may be made by call- ‘ng Watkins 0588 or Watkins 0628.! = Officials FORUM OF DRESS WORKERS WILL BE HELD TODAY AnnounceGeneralMeet of T.U.E.L. Thursday Announcement to the workers in the cloak and dress manufacturing industry of an open forum meeting for this afternoon was made yes- terday by the Joint Board Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union. It will be held at 2 o'clock in Bryant Hall, Sixth Ave, and 42nd St. “What are the prospects for a general strike in the dress manu- facturing industry?” will- be taken up by the membership at the meet- ing. Charles S. Zimmerman, head of the dress department of the Na- tional Organization Committee of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, will lead the discussion. These forums play an important part in the drive to mobilize the workers in the trade for a campaign against the bosses and their social- ist agents in the right wing union, and are held regularly _ several times a week. Just now, the need for a general strike in the dress in- dustry is uppermost in the minds of both cloak and dressmakers, who realize that a supreme effort must be made to regain the union condi- tions lost when the right wing and employers destroyed the power of their organization. ue * T. U. E. L. Meet. Members of ail sections of the Trade Union Educational League in the ladies’ garment manufacturing industry are called to a special gen- eral membership meeting this Thursday evening, immediately after werk in Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. ith St. Reports of vital significance to the union and in the industry will be made, thorough discussion will be held and decisions arrived at. Every left winger in every local in the trade is called upon to lay aside all other activities and attend the meeting without fail. Co-Op Food Workers Give $10 to “Daily” The food workers at the United Workers’ Cooperative Association cafeteria on White Plains Road, near the Cooperative Colony, raised $10 for the Daily Worker last Thursday at the Thanksgiving Day dinner. ST SOVIET COSTUME COLORLIGHT BALL Sat. hve. DECEMBER 15 Madison Square GARDEN 104 NATIONALITIES comprising the Soviet Union will parade in native attire «.. 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