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_ Theygwere surprised by the strength ioe soliderity with the enormor i 5 Dr,‘L, Midy, agule -nch phy Ay ¥ i vii 5 : 4 lee hought — th k No sooner is the exploitation of | tion Executive Committees, all sec-|and anti-fascist organizations and) number of victims tortured e serge in Head publics MOSKOWITZ Ras no connection with iny of sich places ‘§ oever thought the strike, the laborer by the manufacturer, 7 | new: We k you to pl \f scist bastill We trust your druggists i r, |yetaries of Trade Union Fractions,|"¢wspapers. We ask you to please | fascist bastilles. We trust in your : xo far at an end, that he receives Soil: wad dateniination to: “pastels |i have = Page Twe SIDELIGHTS ON BIG DRESSMAKER WALK-OUT HERE De! AIL Y WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRU, ARY i: 192» WORLD CONGRESS AGAINSTFASCISM IN BERLIN SOON REVOLT IN SPAIN SHAKES FASCISM Jail? That’s a Workers in 1 Brooklyn Shoe - Factory Strike for Complete Recognition of Their Union SPREADING OF THE WILL BEGIN TD PICKET PLANT | THIS MORNING Big Struggle Spreads U. S. Anti- Fascists De Rivera 46 Resign, 5-Hour Strilce Succes to More Shops Meet Feb. 22 Reports State in Other Factory ees Pape One) (Continued from Page One) PARIS. Feb. 8. 8.—Persiste ont rumors Workers at the Schwartz and oe Sr epakabaeeab eS he “Labor Temple. 14th St. and Secend | declare that Benjamin Shoe Co., 132 Noll St., eee Ave., issued the following call: Spain is profoundly shaken by the Brooklyn, went on strike yesterday Dear Comrades and Brothers: revolt which. while it began in the | to force the open-shop employers to An important call comes from|2™™Y> Was led by reactionary of- recognize the Independent ‘Shoe Burope te every labor and progres. |ficers who are as great enemies of Workers’ Union, which the entire hehe eta of Be nd progres: | the Spanish masses as Primo de lcrew of the factory had recently they rotection of enter sive organization in this country. Picketing at the ? Rivera, ro 1 the masses to unmis- joined in a body. International Protest. takable evidence of deen hatred : factory begins this morning. Paris, where echoes the out-' against the dictatorshi siewanied i epues Pa Le Bata a as eae Somo of the garment strikere aa they left Jefferson Market Court |, The Schwartz and Benjamin plant The Navy Yard officials want to make some money out of pre- cist dictatorship—outcries that; Because of its threatening aspect, where they had been tried for “disorderly conduct.” Police, jails and jhad been. notoriously open shop for paring for imperialist war so they have offered to build two of the ‘are becoming more and more des- | ™&ss discontent has forced the mon-| j,agistrates are the bosses’ helpmates, But these workers are yoing years, and it was ony recently that cruisers at the me. Above is a scene in Navy Yard while the | perate from day to day, the Inter-|#rchy to demand that de Rivera re-) on with the “ t us ae much as you want, but we'll be ithe Independent Shoe Workers Eoeaete yank construction. national Committee Against Fas- tire as a plan to head off further’ jack on the picket line,” say these workers. | Union, during. its organizational cism. which, under the chairmanship revolutionary developments, de Ri- vera’s post to be filled by some other | drive, impressed the workers at the y of militant plant with the neces: of Henri Barbusse, ineludes many i Sane he Vetere ae trike. Some A Sh H srominent names in European reactionary genera. 7 he * aeRO : : ae th Letter from Iberta ells OU) Verence, literature and the labor |ored, though little likely to take his | (DQY [JEJENSE é 20s 1 In its other activities, the union they have: eee and knives movement, has taken the initiative | Place is La Cierva, a politician of the |reports that the strike at the Shirley pockets; Others are can Worker Values Bill H } d to organize a World Congress | ld constitutional regime. t hers in D St 1 Shoe Co., 18 E. 16th St., is still in are doing ay WOO | dcsinnt Waeclan, to be Had 18 Bert |. tthe feavolutionaryinesen of: Basia O if) Or Yess YURE | progress, with picketing going on scurry into Se = lin, Germany, the middle of March. | gives a definite idea, through their levery mee: ae Gas Beye th downeast eyes. Alberta, Canada, is a long way To the Anti-Fascist World Con- connection with the Spanish Com-} The New York Distelet oe. Ale dha tka’ tire lna Taecinsey fecceutedittice Ns Bia tadeet Has nee Patrol wagons, They even called, ftom New York ‘Gity, but strange IEERS gress will come sentatives of munist refugees from the fascist ter- ational Labor Defense last|handled by our attorney, Jacques | ctates that it will not settle the ® spec As the pairol wag- to say the Daily Worker ved pi and organizations all over | ror, of the deep going nature of the ued a statement pledging its | Buitenkant, icity eaiivall thetdemaniecot thie ons a rumble over the more letters in answer to i world ich are fighting the present turmoil in Spain. “L’ Vie/ > support to the dress strike and! “The striking dressmakers must sic pet sea ene mands t muddy tion to all workers who knew 5 st reg of Italy, Poland. Oviere,” organ of the Unitary Trade] yy¢; all class-c workers | not be intimidated by the police and ss ica eens oe joaded with y wood to write about him, from read- Snain, Yugoslavia, Lithuania and | Unions, the French section of wm get behind the new Needle Trades ; court terror. Keep up your fight, in-|,, 1” the Glenmore Shoe Co., 2 on the sidewalks cheered, The work- ers in Alberta than in New York other countries. Red International of Labor Unions,| Workers’ Industrial Union in its|tensify your mass picketing, fight | Power: St., Brooklyn, a strike of ers in the wagons cheered back, | City, Not that we think only work- Deniands. comments on the admission of ara fight to organize the workers and|on to victory!” only fi po de doretion one the waved and sang. This is the spirit ers of York should’ writ ren’s| The worki French reactionary paper “Journal establish otdittona: the bosses to sign up with the union. of a stvike in which the rank and their experiences with Hs wood hin Will Forn m 1 Children’ ke che WorsEe oo cas an des Debats” that de Rivera is a po-| statement, wane te “Boke Barak cathe Proletariat, the lowest atea- The entire crew of this shop han, 1 i aa s ; faba at my vanced opinion e world canno' : 3 i | tum of our present society, cannot | jiI<o se ts Gre en. file have placed their whole being. leadership of their struggles and) AUXiliary of Union yintin Gedifferent before the tas. litically discredited ruler. It says: | declares: stir, cannot raise ttxelt up without "Ke that of the Schwartz an Hen No amount ef cops and clubs and | their impressions of him as a prole- ~ leist menace.” Powerful arid univer-| “We Saree with the ‘Debats’ in| “The fight of the striking dress-| tH aynee suyerincesshent antrata an ele sch REL “Eh the fiery ants and bo: tarian fighter, on the cc we Urging all workers’ children to/sal opposition must be aroused, not Saving that the dictatorship 18) makers t of all workers| into the air—Karl Marx (Commu- |.” a Ee eee co ag is oP strice mi support the strike of the dressmak- for the purpose of platonic protest. wounded to death. There is proof! of eve: Ifis thes tight) olee meattes ten: {in a body. til it is won. Wierd! that will give the present and ers of New York, called by the but to realize the united action of that the dictatorship is profoundly) against “the same enemies who thru- eel ped eee : The strike halls are flooded with future gener: etter picsure Needle Tregee Workers’ Industrial | }] anti-fascists. This is the great hated.” jot che country, man eaepe to} AAAARABARADA REDDER EDD S are reco ig tt an le lass c gress. Its organizers must unite all payty of France, “Humanite,” also|@"¢ ensiave m sti r—the| Greet th id. Misticat iene come eine slehi ; 5 : aanite, . i e Sprin, at tke adherents. Strikers come and go, following e, deen $6 faabiliza) tor a ‘strong chil-|the working forces in obder fo launch onanane sie the admission of bosses, the police and the scab be-| Spring Season at either fresh from a picket line or off to another. The shop chairmen! “Tt happened in Holdingford, Min... “The Young Pioneers of Amer- obj 4 : , “Keep Up Your Fight!” _ | appened in Holdingford, Min objects in view: ‘ appdata Se yearn tl Keep Up Your Fight! meet to discuss the tactics and plans | nesota. At the time I was a member i¢@” says the statement, “is the! 4 i ‘ That great cat st eany ie oid,|. “The New York District of th 2 4 th $ 0 ce preteen . Struggle against the excep- . ressed itself as it did, ‘The New York District of the; for the day of the S, P. and the moving spirit Only children’s organization that | tional laws; struggle for the sup- | Tot Pave CaPresnel’ JC’ “tatorship| International Labor Defense pledges| Spring Carnival stories are told of how came along or would not come. One girl tells of the betrayal Alberta, Canada: of that. hamlet, though the preachers said I wes the moving devil. Com- rade Haywood was touring the state dren’s auxiliary of the union. carries on the struggle of the work- ers’ children. It has played leading! ¢, roles in many mentioned struggles, a vast agitation with the following pression of the special tribunal, the liberation of deportees, and for amnesty to all political “Debats,” say: were not the Spanish threatened, neither would the ‘Daily Mail’ of London, have advised Gen- eral Primo de Rivera that he should | | traye its utmost support to the striking needle workers in their fight against the boss courts and calls on all class- | «a AAA AABKRBEHRABABAAEABRAHRBABAABABABA BRD ED New Masses on FRIDAY — MARCH Ist w~yvyvvvvyvryyw ee of one of her friends. She was with | of y } s»atgy and has mobilized thousands of chil- ae y | the other strikers on the picket line St Minnéecis tor the Debw-cami pelea aetna thesaiene! king class | P™S°e retire, if his days were not already jconscious workers to do likewise. | «| TICKETS ON SALE;—New Masses, 39 Union Square (Phone hs worntnk She tells How ahe J. who aay mvt nee etar propagssda of the schools, B 2. Struggle for freedom of the numbered.” | We may point out that the cases of | 4) Algonquin 4445); Workers Bookshop, 28 Union Square; Wawsh- eee cia vs notified me it would cost $25 to get ProP® YR oh ry ope pres metens = | ington Square Bookshop, 27 W. 8th Street; Rand Book Store, saw her girl friend walking ahead. Haywood. Scouts, press, movies, ete. They date we regu tied) ae The Communist organ concludes| spanish Communists will regard it| 4) y. Bast 15th Street—$1.50 IN ADV! + $2.50 AT DOOR | This girl had always said she was «yz i91q Murphy, the postmaster "@¥* ized all the strikers’ |. class press in fascist coun. | PY S@Ying that only a united front) their task to gH eS A nes a left-winger. She read the Daily . 14 friend of mime about Haywood, ‘lildren and participated side by| | if class: -press in fascist COUD~ 1 3 the Spanish proletariat will -be| seainat any compromi Suw Ve Sew Ces SSS eww SSS r. acd be aids “Wap sistaeh hime tt tee ith the older workers in their & ‘Binipete’ tor eeuae Canton able to free Spain from the fascist | oigm which merely replaces de Ri walked ahead of yesterday morning when But the picket line she tried to avoid the eyes of her friend. The striker reached her just in front of the shop. sy fhe: 7 ss ig I notified Nash to the bosses. We understand that the| ties in fascist countries. meeting before Feb. 22. pate in the universal action thatthe “You're not going t6 bé“a°scab?7” Send Haywood. new union formed is not only a, 5. Struggle against the war Full Support Needed. workers. must. develop, against the OPENING “Nash forwarded letter to | Upon zequest our committee will |Viclence of fascism. she said. But the boss and the cops were there. Pointing to the girl striker, she said: “See that girl, she’s a trouble maker around this neighbor- hood.” and as I did not have $25, he said stand half. Then my in and said he was in he would brother cami my Haywood at Long Prairie, Minneso- ta, where he was speaking. Haywood wrote me a letter, saying he was sorry, but had to leave that night for Chicago to be there for the elec- “The Young Pioneers pledge sup- port to the new Needle Trades Union in its militant fight against union that will defend the interest of the older workers, but of the children as well. We pledge our- selves to organize the children of the needle trades workers into a strong children’s auxiliary of the freedom and freedom of associa- tion, Defense. of national minori- | preparations of fascism. 6. Struggle against deporta- tion of anti-fascists from foreign countries, 7. Struggle against fascist @ictatorship, thus indicating that the | your organization, or at a special | ihe glad to send a representative to the meeting of your organization in lorder to give orally all the infor- |mation you might desire. It is the |immediate object of our committee vera with another reactionary who| will carry out similar policies. | Send funds immediately to enable | us to send a widely representative delegation from the United States to the Anti-Fascist World Congress in Berlin. vvwvvvYw The Original And the striking girl's friend, tion the next day. He added, “Wel union, and to rally every worker’s| PToPaeanda in foreign countries. |4 organize meetings all over the| Long hve the world fighting front ° pale as a sheet, walked into the will meet in the near future.” But! child ‘to support the only workers’ Conference Feb, 22. |United States in shops, factories, |@gainst fascism! | : Moskowitz hall in front of the policeman to it chanced that we never met, yet union in the industry. We pledge, In order to initiate and co-or-|mines and schools, to mobilize the| For the Committee: International . be a scab. Will she be ene tomor- | though I never saw him, his prin- ourselves to raise relief for the dinate in the United States of | masses against Italian fascism, in Sonne Pree co iedee (ROUMANIAN RESTAURANT) row? We shall see. ciples will never leave my memory strikers, so that they will be able America the preparation and agita-| particular, and fascism in other * the Provisional Committee: ic : z . until I die. Although I am poor,’ ‘9 carry on their fight successfully.” tion for the Anti-Fascist World Con- {countries in general, not neglecting ano, Michael Gol MSA Ge aBAOHATIE Te Noon hour in the cloak center. Thirty-sixth Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, blocked off from traf- fie by the police, is a seething mass of excited work Cops in front ff I had that letter Comrade Hay- wood -wrote me, I would not take $10 for it. Fraternally—A. C BARRETT.” The Daily Worker calls attention Speakers Conference on Dress Strike Today a committee has been formed | ed of the Anti-Fascist Alli- ance, the International Labor De- | fense and the Workers Internationa! Relie’, which has been invited by | gres the fascist danger in America, which secretary-treasurer, funds and communications | All more or less openly threatens the anti-fascist refugees, furthers the |lynching of Negroes and encourages | \the organization of seab agencies, th: Room 604, should be address |1 Uni NEW RESTAURANT 219Second Ave. (Between 13th and 14th Streets) of eyery shop tt has not “yet to the effect that Haywood’s prin-) , the Paris Committee to help create a! injunctions and terror agains Tel.: Stuyvesant 0713 walked out. Pickets are not allowed | ciples had on such as Comrade Bar-| ‘A special Speakers’ Conference on|sympathetic movement in this coun- |foreign-born and native workers. Bladder Catarrh near ithe doors. Buf) there are plenty on the streets, talking and arguing of strikers When the socialist party in it expelled rett. 1912 expelled Haywood, and alienated tens of thousands of the present strike will be held at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St., this afternoon at 2 p.m. Wm. This Provisional Joint Com- mittee invites yon to participate in a conference, which wil) take place To launch this immense movemen’ we also ask for your moral support which should be manifested Best Treated by Age-Old Method GOOD FOOD! — A la Moskowitz International Ente Moskowitz himself at his Cymbalom, and his little orch with other workers and convincing | the workers who then followed it. bes eal : 3 Feb. 22, wep at 3 p. m. in the /support of the Ani PO Pa oe them’ that they are scabs if they Today it is no longer a party of the W- Weinstone will address the con- Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second | Congress, and of the Anti x v There is inde-| workers, but a peculiarly contemp- | ference. Ave., New York City. |American Conference of Fe Santal Midy capeules—India’s age-old relief REASONABLE PRICES FOR BY. ERY BOvy 3 S PURSE on many faces, tible part of the general capitalist} All speakers of the Party, all] At this conference a delegation | We ask your immediate financial 2} —act promptly with grateful soothingeffect PLENTY DANCING SPACE onvincing. And they were er. He had believed the Schlesinger lies, but the force of the strike was enough to dispel a mountain of lies. i aa like this!” said one work- Asithe end of the lunch hour ap-! hed, crowds remained on the There was a trickling line into the shops. “Well, are you going back to nvork?” asked one worker of an- other. “No. Where is the nearest strike | hall 8? roa ‘tre ~ os eo plications for settlement. At the headquarters of the union, | bosses bombard the office for ap-| They | political machinery. to fool the wor! ers with reformism and crush them with reaction. his wages in eash, then he iy set upon by the other portions of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the shop- keeper, the pawnbroker, ete—Karl Marx (Communist Manifesto). ;members of the D. E. C. of the Par- ty and D. E. C. of the Y. W. C. L,,; jall members of the different Seec-| jtural clubs, working class societies | of all secretaries and editors of Lan- guage Bureaus and Language Par- |ty Press must be present. In your spare hours during the strike see Latest Soviet motion picture Now playing at the Film Guild Cinema It will inspire you! TO THE STRIKING DRESSMAKERS ! ! “Two 9 to Berlin will be elected. This dele- | gation will represent trade unions, progressive political groups, cul- discuss this letter at a meeting of to make possible the sending c |numerous delegates to the Wo:' | Congress. 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