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0. AILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, TEXTILE UNO BEGINS AT MEET Ynionization Started; Meetings Called 1929 Industrial Needle Union Issues Call to Workers Entitled, “Call of the General{Needle Trades Workers’ Industrial Executive Board of the Needle; Union is your union. Our success Trades Workers’ Industrial Union to|in securing better conditions in the nakers, Dressmakers and shops will be your success. riers,” the appeal of the new! Fulfill your duties! Become mem- junion, issued yesterday, declares per. of the union! Join the mili- over the signatures of Louis Hyman, | tang army of ihe cluns-bsrianibide | president and Ben Gold, secretary- and devoted fighters! Let every Seer \ i} SHOE WORKERS STRIKE AT WAGE REDUCTION MOVE. Slipper Workevg Fight Open Shop Move Rtas, ate Sad nie! -ebanars Here is Bobby Trout, 19, after she broke the world’e endurance | Ss th. s of the Vi Beginning with Thursday night, | | Rekercr ane jcloakmaker, dressmaker and furvier| flight record for women. i Bobby is helpiny the war-mongers forma | Because the cwnerd of the Vineet the immediate period ahead will see Sisters and Brothers: take out his book from the Needle i Working women, on the | Horowits Slipper On. ef 84 W. 28rd Mass meetings of textile wqrkers in all boroughs of New York and Our amalgamated convention has} Trades Workers’ Industrial Union! | nited the cloakmakers, dressmak-|Let every cloakmaker, dressmaker and furriers into one national and furrier buy a brick to build the | feminine wing of the imperialist a other hand, are organizing to cont ir force. bat imperialist war, St. yentarday ed to ihe workers in the shop. wh: are members of the Independent Shoe Workers’ sa es ie sh ae ae at Sat , f i ol ~ trades union of | union, Enough disorganization! | | (Uaioe ene abies aes a os ken by the National Textile Work- ss , « 1 ion.” ss , s country. Now we must imme-|Pnough _ suffering! i ‘ 'f price ifst that meant a per cent ers Union, which is thus inaugura-| 9), pea ty Py hac tirica the see GaReene OF eae diately undertake a struggle tolranke! Make aioe fue Mell wage teduetio:, the entire crew at Cenk elanegzation campaign, re-/ workers and farmers spend the dollars, which they have reaped from f;-2 8h end to the unbearable eon-|ful sweat-shop system! We can| Sone ar Yared \O\mOr gut ors The meeting Thursday night will be held in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn at about 6 o'clock in the Brownsville Labor Lyceum, Sack- man St. bloody oppression, in enjoyment. JOBLESS SUEFER PROTEST MURDER ditions brought about by the com-| sure] Salar aloe ly do it now. Many times be-| jfore we have demonstrated that! The misery, hunger and suffering | with united rank we can defeat our | endured by the workers of our in-| enemies, i dustry is indescribable. Never be-| Rally around union—your fight- fore did the workers have to submit | ing weapon! IN NEEDLE UNION ECUADOR TROOPS | SS ‘Dress Strike District 6,000 in Revolt in the strike against the firm. This company has an agreement with the Independent Shoe Work- ers’ Union, and in making up the new price list they broke the con- tract they entered into with the In addition to other textile and to such long hours, low wages and} Build your industrial needle | ‘i ; workers’ organization. Init goods workers that will come conditions of slavery as the cloak, | trades union of the U.S. A.! Rally Today | Chinborazo Province ie" smmediate retaliation with to the meeting, there is expected a IN EUROPE FROST OF JULIO MELLA dressmakers and furriers do today. | | |strike action, was accompanied by large showing of workers employed | The full responsibility for all your | G4 t-R: Continued from Page One | GUAYAQUIL, Ecudar, Jan. 14— | declarations of every man employed in the huge Kayser Silk Hosiery sufferings falls on the heads of the, >CeWart-Rockefeller — {now industrial union. ‘The call is|tmaians in revolt against the gov-|there that they will keer. the none Mills, which employs about 4,500 Sigmans, Schlesingers, Stetskys, | Row Result of Fight | reprinted in full on page 2 of thi ment clashed with federal troops paralyzed till they compe) the boas bs eel et . - oy General 11 Dead in Germany, Cuban Emigr es Fiay McGradys and Matthew Wolls, who| 5 St d s 7 issue. , : at Cajabamba and Colta, in Chimbo- to give in to the union, Just as they eeretary of the N. T. W. U. is to Paris H rd Hit | Wall Str Outrac: two years ago began the pogrom} IN Standard Oil Ring! The nomination meetings are , ‘ had compelled surrender. when the be the chief speaker there. Sarah S$ Har 1 | a reet Outrage [oon aba s Mt savwads toe Plt razo province according to reports ynion a tiny) Ch Bit : 3 7 | against the cloakmakers, dressmak. ranged fo following days in union agreement was first signed. ernow, knit goods organizer o & os - | ar aes ers and furriers, INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 14,—Col, | the tetlowing halls; Tonight, imme- | received here today. | The Joint Council of the Union at Ca union, will also address the meet- 7 ee i 4 erates fe ‘ cunts he Page Me : The bosses who will always resist|Robert Stewart, whose scalp John ‘diately after work, Cutters’ Lo Approximately 6,000 Indians took} session last night, took up the 4 end central Europe, west to e One o ie most prominent leaders, oriey + i, BR D. Pocketell i }10, Furriers and Onerators Local 5, ‘ ht Sat- | situation i Ph Tomorrow, at a time when work-| Black Sea and south into Italy and a fighting union that they have to Rockefeller, Jr, is loudly de- jpart in the revolt, which began Sat- |situation in the shop and after the ers are leaving the Kayser factory, the union intends to hold an open air meeting in front of the Kayser mills. Another will be held Friday. The schedule of other meetings is as follows: Thursday, Jan, 24 in Williamsburgh; Jan. 31 for the Harlem, Bronx dist: Tuesday, Jan. 22 in Astoria, L. I.; Jan. 25 in Yonkers, where a huge carpet fac- tory gives employment to about 7.000 workers; Feb. 1 in Hudson City, New Jersey. As a wind-up to the section meetings a big mass Greece, continued to suffer today from the extreme cold that has prevailed for more than a week. In Wiesbaden, where the Rhine- land was gripped by the severest | weather in 42 years, 11 were dead today. More than 100 persons were taken to Paris hospitals during the week and more than six were dead. Many other victims were reported from the provinces, especially the central Plateau regions where heavy snow had tied up communication. Germinal, recently came from that prison, but only to be transferred to an insane asylum because of the tor-! tures he had undergone. Only Steeled By Tyranny! The working class and all anti- imperialists of Cuba lose in the death of Julio Mella one of their most outstanding and popular lead- ers. The proletarians of the revo- lutionary movement of Latin-Ameri- ca lose one of their best fighters. But the fascist dictatorship can- reckon with, united with the corrupt leadership to break the unions. The 40-hour week, week work, minimum manding from the stockholders of Standard Oil of Indiana, which com- | ; pany he has been managing for wage scales and all other union con- Some time, is revealed as a rebel | Leen! 35, 1 ditions wrested from the bosses thru. in the Standard Oil family. years of bitter struggle have been; wiped out. The Needle Trades Workers’ In- dustrial Union is determined Not only did he apparently con- spire with Sinclair in the Teapct |Dome fraud, which Rockefeller use to |his influence to expose in order to | urriors meet at 22 TN. 22d St. Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, 'Dwesemakers’ Local 22, Prosser ja Manhattan Ly: St. both halls; Onera- tore’ and Finishers’ Local % meet in Stuyvesant Casino, 142 nd Ave, also at 7 p. mu Fur * Local 10 and Fur Finishers’ unite the ranks of the workers and/smash a dangerous rival, but his | Joca! 15, mect in 22 KE. 22d St., im- t carry on a struggle for the im. provement of the workers’ condi |tions. With this purpose in mind} the convention delegates, represent- pmpany is now, according to lates ews, invading the Standard Oi of New Jersey closed field in Bolivia |and Columbia. mediately after work. The Cutters’. Welfare League jineets in the auditorium of i6 W. fist St. Tuckers’ Local 41 meets | ‘urday, There were 40 casualties in the fighting between troops and the Indians, it was said authoritatively today. The reason for the revolt—similar to the one which recently occurred at Riobamba, capital of the province which lies a few miles away—v attributed to the presence of mili- j tary surveyors whom the Indians} mistook to be tax collectors or land- | owners, who carry on cruel extor- | tions. | The Indians were said to have meeting placed their official stamp of approval on the prompt strike {reply made by the crew. | “The move to cut wages is a defi- nite gesture for the open shop in that factory,” the union heads de- claved. “But not an oper, but a \tightly shut down plant {s what the | bosses have let themselves in for when they challenge the union,” the union spokesmen said. The union is now compieting prep- arations for a big organizational drive in the trade generally, it was shown, This drive will be lent im- % + y, os a ‘not by this means wrest energy and ing locals of the cloakmakers, d =| ‘ * 6 W. St.: ty x ME en vor the vane alias og (cane des sud power from those who have pledged anti a furriers’ anletig of th Dealt with Spain. | wt fen A sane Neaiery Teen 3 been driven to the heights known mediate importance Lecause of the time and places for the above Hungary were swept with heavy themselves to the historic task of entire country, came together and| A Year ago, the Spanish govern: | To te an hg pasa floor of 16 W, #8 Paramos, which are near Caja- widespread wage slashing in the enumerated meetings will be an- snow storms, and some sections re- creating a new régime andthe eman- | launched. our. new. union, jment drove the Standard Oil Co. ‘ All the above unions meet | bamba. trade which it intends to combat. nounced later. In calling all these meetings, this ported that wolves and wild boars, made daring by hunger and cold had descended in droves upon re- cipation of the oppressed masses of the Cuban people from the oppres- of New Jersey out of the peninsula, | Workers of the cloak, dress and| ond established a government mono. fur industry! We call you to join | t St. ht after work. The Italian branch of the Cloak |PARAGUAY PURLISHES ARGU-| Membership meetings in all bor- oughs and a big mass meeting are having already been done at several i Tankee i iali jroly of oil sales there. Stewart, af- . lanned for the near future, ti Bae, free Las of the “National mote settlements. Lanterns, clubs, |S" of Riaegien Soa ony pte Ca tid Mae Gi struggle | {ep ccming into control of the Pan |and Dressmakeds’ Union meets Fi- q ae i announced later. nee Textile Worker,” the union organ |“nd even poison were being used to| Confronting this treacherous | Against the bosses and their scab| \Worican Oil Co, negotiated a con-|day nicht at union headquarters,) ASUNCION, Pa prog ane 14 ERIE, are passed out. Special circulars (rive off the animals. murder of our leader, we call upon Se eee tea have Beaver venet with the Primo de Rivera gov- | i¢ W. 2ist St. hated hue: office today is-| you will aires that to promt vhi ; re tn the working cl of the United ‘y and heroically waged a defensive ; sued a “while freedom to the workers nnd at t! are also used, both of which the! ferlin and Athens were suffering Se a. re ase hatte aginst tha: unioninphetabes ernment of Spain to supply most of | Meet Today. | previous statem kame time to leave the workers eagerly take and read. Bulgar White Terror 5 se freedom of the Cuban people and energetic offensive against the =] jthe first district meeting where have been named delegates to Mae mathing to do with Uberty Jails 7 Work fi of the disease was spreading rap- ae “ihe great loss ae Se have | bosses and their agents—for union Hae freee habe oe sen strike preparations are discussed commission at Washingtor ii!) Gees Wearchwaras: ee aus orxers f0Fr idly. | suffered will only steel us in our de. | Conditions, jdard of Indiana for the ousting of 44 reported on. The meting be-|will investigate the clashes. Gen. Workw haa a rieht to enjoy “d Receiving Letters (Red Aid Press Service.) SOFIA, Bulgaria (By Mail).— Seven workers were arrested in Sliwen because they had received @ letter from the independent trade unions whjth dealt with the Bul- fan tévror and demanded a fight r ammésty of proletarian political cisoners. The independent trade unions are |from grippe epidemics. In Berlin, |there were more than 100,000 cases. |Athens reported that a mild form \Solidarity Dance in | Harlem to Be Most Colorful of the Year. The preparations under way at present indicate that the Harlem Revels Solidarity Demonstration dance on Jan. 22 at the Renaissance Casino will be one of the biggest, merriest affairs ever held in Har-| that crimes and persecutions will not deter us from fighting for the \termination and speed the hour of ‘revolutionary j ice «that will avenge the murder of this courage- ous fighter. Appeal For Solidarity. | We ask the solidarity and assist- ance of workers and revolutionary and ahti-imperialist organizations of all countries to continue the struggle to which Mella devoted his life and for which he died. Long live the social revolutionary its ol. | This, say the financial experts here and in Chicago, is back of the | the leaders of the company union. Now the time has come to begin an We know that the bosses together | Stewart. with the company unions will unite | ngainst the workers. This must) not stand in our way. The fake| ao agreements and treacherous deals| | concluded by the company unions | | with the bosses will not be recog-| nized by us. We are determined! \thru struggle to force the bosses to! recognize the organized power of the workers. The 40-hour week |must be re-established. The earn- ings of the workers must be in- eae awe Stewart Following Solid. CHICAGO, Jan. 14. (UP).—Presi-| dard Oil Company of Indiana in aj} statement tonight came out openly; poration. Today—all dressinakers working on 35th and 36th Sts. will attend ant Hall, 42d St. and Sixth Ave. The other meetings already an- nt Edward G. Seubert of the Stan-|ounced by the union are to be held | for workers on 39th and 40th St: on Thursday evening at 6 o’cloc! hk on the side of Col. Robert W. Stew-|in the market union headquarters, |—Heavy overnight rain art in the latter’s fight with John |!80 Sevent Ave. and those employed | the Rhonda River to overflow, |D. Rockefeller, Jr, for contro! of on 37th and 38th Sts., next Tuesday | many workers’ families hom ithe $750,000,000 Indiana Oil Cor-'night, right after work in-Bryant|the Trehafod district. The workers | Hall. Chaco border con useboi Ayala ar | gins immediately after work in Bry- | eral Escorbar, chief of the general of jstaff, started demobilization | military reserves this morning. FLOODS THREATEN MINE | PONTYPRIDD, Wales, (By Ma‘ affected were mostly miners. Hi land, the factories and and land-holders—athat th! xaod things of Hfe. Idlers, par: Siten, thowe who auck out the blood of the tolling manses, mast be de= priv these blensings. And our speceh by 1. in Moscow, ing. January 1 Garden. “Our theory must give an ans awer to the problems that practice puts to us."—Lenin, Lenin memor- int meeti unry 19, in Madison Square Garden. egal organizations and cannot be tem Under the joint auspices cf forbidden to carry on correspon- the Negro Champion and the Ameri- dence. At least legally, a worker joan Negro Labor Congress, no pains eannot be arrested when he receives |are being spared to make this one @ letter from them. But in Bulgaria of the most colorful affairs ever labor begun by Mella against Yan- kee imperialism! Down with the fascist murderers of Machado! For a united struggle to free the Cuban piece-work, forced upon the workers | by the bosses with the aid of the} company unions, must be done away | with, jereased. The speed-up system and | the white terror knows of no such Jaws. Party Membership of Lake County Votes for held in the community. | A statement issued yesterday by the committee in charge of arrange- ments declares: | “This Solidarity’ Demonstration people! —New York Section of the Cuban Revolutionary Emi- grees Association. Carlos Clindor, General Secretary. LESS WAGES, MORE SLAVERY. Decent working conditions— | must be estab- | jlished in our industry. | | Workers of our industry! You | cannot improve your conditions, you | will not secure any gains without ja determined struggle against the | | union conditions—1 . sys Dance will give concrete expression bosses and their agents. 0; 8 Thesis of Opposition to ‘the breaking down of racial, WASHINGTON (By Mail) —The cose’ cur victors’ con ay he |barriers by the workers. While the | productivity of workers in blast gchieved when all workers of our HAMMOND, Ind. (By. Mail).— At a Party pre-convention discus- sion meeting of the membership of Take Ccunty, Ind., held in Gary on Dec. 31, 1928, the voting on the conventior theses (of the CEC and the Opposition, whose representa- tives introduced the discussion, the voting was as follows: For the CEC, 4, for the Opposition, 29. ARBLE DEPOSITS IN ARMENIA -MOSCOW, (By —An expe- dition of the Mining Department of race-baiting, labor-grinding op- pressors form their fake inter-racial | committees through which they scheme to blind and bind their slaves of all races, the enlightened mili- tant class-conscious workers are ac- tually realizing inter-racial labor solidarity through their common struggle for better conditions and | \for complete emancipation.” AIR SHAFT BLOWS UP. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Jan. 14) (U.P).—A spectacular explosion of) suth force that it hurled window | furnaces was over twice as great in 1926 as in 1912, according to the Bureau of Labor Statis This was due to the increased speedup. Wages declined. “The war ix in its fifth year and everyone now understands for whom the war meant any advan- tage. He who was rich became richer he who was poor hax now been pressed under the yoke of capitalism In the literal sense of the word. This war cost bloody sacrifices to the poor people and, in return, they obtained only hun- ger, unemployment, and a tighter noose about their necks than eve? industry will immediately join our industrial union, unite their ranks as in 1926, and raise a powerful fist against all enemies. The dressmakers’ strike will be § | the first struggle under the leader ship of our new union. The work- ers of the cloak and fur trade realize that the victory of the dress- makers’ strike will be the victory of all workers. The call for the dress | strike, that will be issued by our in | dustrial union, must meet with re- | sponse of all workers who must | soli : ‘the Armenian’ Economic Council | before.” From xpeeetr*by Lenin at | solidify their ranks in our fighting thas discovered in the region of Zet- | Shades half a block away wre social aa Tanta. memorial larmy that will help lead the dress Kadzorer large deposits of marble.|@1 apartment in the business dis-) Snir. traen. | workers to victory. Workers! The ‘The expedition states that the de- yellow, red and pink and are contain marble of 4 colors,| \trict here today. One man was in- jured by the blast and two women, | were rescued in a fire that followed. | | Spontaneous combustion in an air) shaft was believed the cause. “The Party is the highest form of the cinsn organization of the Proletariat.”—Lenin. Lenin memorial m 19, in the Madison Formed; Intellect: tralism EDITION 75 ible for every Com How the Bolshevik Party Was viks and Liquidation; Bourgeois Party Unity; Democratic Cen- Historical Materialism vs. Bour- geois Idealism. Shop Nuclei; Menshe- uals; Opportunism; and Party Discipline: Aapeeee Ga CENT‘ munist. Every Worker— Every Party Member and Sympathizer SHOULD WEAR A Lenin Memorial Button Sold through all Workers These buttons carry a go “FIGHT IMPER: “DEFEND THE Leain ldemoria Protest Against Imperialist War Preparaitons! Giant Protest Against Murder of Mella! Sat, Ev., Jan. 19 | Organizations ~~ slogans: BEN (Communist Party District 1905” od picture of Lenin and the IALIST WAR” SOVIET UNION” SPEAKER‘: : GITLOW and OTHERS Madison Square Garden JAY LOVESTONE, W.W. WEINSTONE, W.Z. FOSTER ( JASCHA FISCHERMANN, Soviet Pianist, will be heard in 1917” “INSURRECTION” FREIHEIT GESANGS VEREIN ... 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