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(DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 15. A.C. W. Machine, hearing Rank and File Revolt, Start “Fight on Workers’ POCKET MAKERS, Communist Activities REVEALNATURE LONG TERMS FOR Fraternal Organizations YOUT! OPERATORS HOLD MEETING TODAY Workers i in “Friedman Shop Win Victory Clothing workers are now discuss- ing the curious meeting held the other night between the Executive Boards of Locals 2 and 5 of the Amalgamated. Officially, the meet- ing was called to take up the ques- tion of amalgamating the two lo- cals. But out of the 50 members who compose the Executive Boards » of the two locals, exactly 14 came to the meeting. Hollander, manager of the local, insisted, however, that) the meeting proceed, so a number of the “strong boys” were recruited | to enlarge the gathering. Instead, however, of discussing the amalgamation of the two locals the “boys” took up the question o: destroying the workers’ clubs, which| he intimated, menace the efficiency } of the Amalgamated as a company union loyally of the bosses, The’ rank and file clubs, how are going ahead with the organiza- tion of the workers to fight the Hiilman company union, with its ap- proval of speed-up, wage cuts and reorganization schemes. The pocket makers and operators are calling a meeting today at 108 E. 14th St. to register all operators and to take up a number of impor-| tant questions, Pressers Club Calls Conference. The militant Pressers Club, which is in the forefront of the struggle for better conditions and against the Amalgamated company union is call- ing a conference of all progressive clubs and groups in the industry. The date and place will be an- nounced next week, The pocket workers of the J, Friedman shop yesterday won a vic- tory over the bosses following a fight lasting several days, The struggle followed a situation aris- ing out of the last settlement where- by the workers were saddled with extra work, for which previously ‘ they would have earned $6-$10 a/ week. The agents of the corrupt Hill- man machine in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America did their worst to break the fighting spirit of the workers, but. finally | were forced to bow to the will of the rank and file. * * * All tailors are urged to meet to- day at 1 o’clock at the Workers} Center to attend the Freiheit excur- sion, REVEALS RICH POWER LOBBY. WASHINGTON, June 14.—Joseph | Newcomb, its manager, admitted today that the joint lobby of the power companies is very active in Washington this year. He was tes- tifying today before the federal trade commission. He revealed that the lobby is well paid, and that Mar- | tin J. Insull, brother of Sam Insull, is a member of it. (a renee anor Hotel and Restaurant Workers Branch of the Amalgamated Food Workers 133 W. 5ist St, Phone Circle 7330 [Fr BUSINESS MEETINGS] held on the first Monday of the month at-$ p. m, One Industry—One Union—Join and Fight the Common Enemy! Office Open from 9 a, m. to 6 p. m, AMALGAMATED YOOD WORKERS Meets Ist Saturday in the month at 8861 ‘Third Avenue Bronx, N. Tel, deems Toon Ask Baker's Tacal 168 Union Label Bread! | rving the interests | | RIGHT WINGERS. | cussed a a meeting of Negro Sec- ors in Roon 2 Wo! rkers Thursday, 7 1 ne 20 * MAN Eatian Moore Talks on Hest Laws. Party Address will be discussed. stone a band will provide danc nd the Freiheit Gesangs Verein will sing, | [BRON A cies International Brane A meeting will night at 101 W. 27th § . m. | to Staten Island tomor- Section 5. active program of games,| Discussion on the C. I. Address will music and dancing will be provided. |take place in all units of the The “Il Lavatore” wil benefit from | tion be ning Monday, June | proceeds. Representatives will lead discussion - kis * * * * | Negro Worker Directors. Lower Bronx Unit, C, Y, L. The question of mobilizing the| Meet at 715 MB, 138th’ St. at 9 a, m. egro workers under the leadership | tomorrow for the hike to Tibbett’s Jot the Communist Party will be dis- '! Brook Park. a group of militants outside of the jhall. For that reason, after they ran from the meeting place, they! hid until the police arrived, The police arrested several of the administration gang, and also two Breinski and Salar- chick, who were themselves badly beaten. The experiences at yester- day’s meetings again revealed to the | workers the absolute necessity for | taking teps to protect themselves from such attacks in the future, Although the organization has | over 3,000 members, no more than 200 came to the meeting because of BLOODY ATTACK ON BAKERS BY | | progressives, Militants Had Fought Machine at Meeting (Continued from Page One) | {nominated from the floor and the the disgust of the membership with |the anti-union tactics of the odmin- |secretary took a vote on only one | istration. or two of the “boys,” ignoring com- |pletely the others who were nom inated, Then, without further “= NITREDAICET AND mony, a right wing thug took the chair and began to rule. | The attack began when Dave Rose, | f , a progressive, who was most con-| spicuous among those protesting | jagainst this machine ae ee thrown bodily from the hall. ther es took up the protest and | CAMPS Again Show ck followed. The machine Labor Character boys were well equipped with clubs, | ‘brass knuckles and blackjacks. Camp Nitgedaiget and Unity Three in Hospital. |Camp, summer resorts where hun- About 15 of the progressives were | dreds of workers spend their vaca- brutally slugged, and three espe-|tions, have decided to tax all visit- lcially were beaten so viciously that |ors to the camp 50 cents and all they had to be taken to. Bellevue | week-enders 25 cents, the total sum Hospital. One worker, Isidore |to be given to the Communist Party |Okin, who is totally blind, was | Press. jamong the most brutally slugged. | This is not the first time that |He was blinded by thugs of the |these two workers’ camps have con-| \Kazamirsky machine in 1913,|tributed funds for the Communist Doctors at the hospital said that he|press. In past campaigns, the jis suffering from a broken leg and | workers in the camp have voluntar- internal injuries. Another worker,|ily taxed themselves a day’s pay | Alex, Weiss, who has one glass eye,|to help the Daily Worker and the was also savagely beaten. A third | Jewish “Freiheit,” worker, Aaron Mintz, who was| They have arranged many a badly beaten, is just now recovering | fairs, the proceeds of which went| jfrom a serious operation. Morris |to strengthen the “Daily.” The | Zlotnick, Nizinski and Dichter were | workers at the camp realize that |also badly beaten, and were treated |the Communist. press is the only one [beaten and slugged, and were treat-| in the interests of the workers. ed by doctors. As they carried on their butchery|and defense of workers in labor| \the thugs, who were equipped with | | struggles, this tax is an additional | |whistles, blew them continuously, | sign of the working class character | | They wanted the police because they | |of the workers’ summer resorts. |feared that they might be met by} Cooperators! Patronize DR. J: MINDEL S E R O Y | SURGECN DENTIST 1 UNION SQUARE CHEMIST Room 803—Phone: Algonquin 8183 | Not connected with any 657 Allerton Avenue other office Estabrook 3215 Bronx, N. Y. | Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST 249 BAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. Office hours: Mon, fel.: DRYdock 8880 FRED SPITZ, Inc. FLORIST NOW AT 31 SECOND AVENUE (Bet, 1st & 2nd Sts.) Flowers for All Occasions 15% REDUCTION TO READERS OF THE DAILY WORKER a, m, to 1 to 6 P. Tues., Thyrs, 9,30 a, m. to 12; 2 to § p, m, Sunday, 10: a.m. to 1 p. m. Please telephone for appointment. Telephone: Lehigh 6022 Advertise your Union Meetings here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 26-28 Union Sq., New York City Dr. M. Wolfson Surgeon Dentist 141 SECOND AVENUE, Cor. 9th St. Phone, Orchard 2333, In case of trouble with your teeth come to see you who has long experienc: d can assure you of car treatment, Unity Co-operatora Patronize SAM LESSER Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailor 1818 - 7th Ave. New York Between 110th and 111th Sts. Next to Unity Co-operative House INTERNATIONAL = Red Picnic = | LABOR SPORTS DANCING REFRESHMENTS at PLEASANT BAY PARK Tickets on Sale at 26-28 Union Square, N. Y. City. s oun. June 23" g Communist Party, New York Dist. Auspices: N “celebration ana | Aisha e Meoe an | t ichard B, Moore, president of the house-warming will be held by the | Harlem ‘Tenants League, will discuss tion at its new headquarters at|the rent laws at anvopem aires 2 4th St, at 8 p. m, today.ling tonight at the corner of 13 A onette show by the Pioneers] st and Seventh Ave. a Pioneer orchestr: ance music, Pie aaa games and a food val will be mcctioe'e Gansert: features on the prog A concert and dance to celebrate ache the conclusion of the membership is » held at the F hee t 6.30 pam veld at, th ae Monday at 850 K. Sist St. The C. I Following their aid to the relief | MUSIC GAMES —Room 202 OF “STOPPAGE Fur Strike Committee n| Meets Monday I Stcontaiies rok Page One) ers know that the clique had per- |mitted the bosses to have fifty and sixty hours work a week. “The scab agents are eager to persuade the workers that they must call a strike to force higher wages, |when it is known to all that with |the help of the clique the bosses cut |wages, established piece work and the most disgraceful open shop con- - | ditions. Monstrous Joke. | “Thus, it is the most monstrous joke that the agents of the com- pany union, who are hated by the cloakmakers, who are unable to make a move without the aid of the § bosses—it is a joke that this gang is attempting to act as tho they were genuine leaders of workers, and even have the gall to talk about ja strike. | “It is clear to all cloakmakers |that the Dubinskys, the Breslaus, jand their entire outfit, who provided scabs during the last strike, who destroyed the union and retain nese |offices only with the aid of the |bosses—it is clear that this gang is {unable to call a genuine strike and| |lead a fight for better conditions. To Wreck Conspiracy. “No, the clique will not call a strike, only a fake stoppage—a man-| euver worked out with the aid. ot |the bosses. ‘The bosses who did fea e to force the workers into | he scab outfit of Schlesinger and) | Dubinaky, hope thru this stoppage to fill the SeoEty, coffers of the company unio “The cloaleaneare: héwever, will {wreck this conspiracy. The cloak- makers will transform the fake stop- |page into a genuine strike for week- |work, for a 40-hour week jreal union wonstans: ies ieegiianine! Cloak Open Shops. The Joint Board of the Industrial Union is proceeding with its planj |to register all cloak open shops, and | |urges all workers employed in these |shops to report the fact to the union office, 131 W. 28th St. | * eee Strike Committee Meets Monday, Monday, immediately after work, | |will be held a meeting of the Gen- eral Strike Committee and the Gen- jeral Organization Committee in |Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E, 4th St. All who have received special let-| ters from the union must without | he attend this meeting. Reap the benefits of the May Day demonstrations by getting | into the Communist Party work- | ers who participated. Comrade Frances Pilat MIDWIFE 351 E. 7/th St., New York, N. Y Tel, Rhinelander 3916 | | | The Eron Preparatory School, which holds a Regents Charter as a private high school and which was located for a period of thirty years at 187 East Broadway, has now moved and is now located in larger and more commodious quarters at 853 Broadway, Corner Mth Street, facing Union Square. The Eron Preparatory School runs courses in: (1) Regents and College Entrance preparatory for all colleges and universities, All Commercial and Secretarial Subjects. (3) Comptometry, Electric Book- keeping and Electric Billing. (4) All grades of English for intel- ligent foreigners, Registration for Our Summer Term Is Now Open. felephone: STUYVESANT 2387, . Eron, Principal. (2) and for |, 1929 Page Five FOOD STRIKERS 27 Workers Get 60-Day Jail Sentences ion (Continued from Page and capital. cour One) | Thruout the strike the s have wo’ teria owners to try strike, he A mass picketing demonstration ,,,! at the New Way Cafeteria v ducted erday. The own this cafeteria had closed his doors| for the past several weeks, and has just reopened with a sign in the window announcing that this is a “anion house.” The union card that is displayed was given him by~the reactionary bureaucrats of the A. *. of L. who have been playing a role thruout the hike 70 cen THO USANDS DUE AT RED PICNIC Seven More Warrants pate Forced by City Trust International Fete on Evidence; Names Hid June 23 The evidence of graft, complicity of the state baning superintendent's office and Tammany Hall politicians in the $4,000,000 bankruptcy of the The Annual Red Pienie to demon- strate mass solida' of the lef wing and revolutionary workers against capitalist exploitation was ferrari City Trust Company is so| announced recently by the Commu- overwhelming that Moses, the More-| nist Party, i land Act Commissioner has had to| Sunday, June | apply for seven more indictments, P: The names are being kept secret. Warder, banking superintendent of New York state, was arrested yes- terday on several bribery charges. 23 at ark. There will music and fun, dancing, but throughout the merrymaking will surge the spirit of the working class revolution and a be singing, challenge to Ami This year, more than in the prev ones, thousands of workers of the various industries and languages will join in the event that has be- ery , iby come a great Red institution, a sym- ligious problem were indefinite to-|ho1 of the awakening class. consci- night. Archbishop Ruiz, the Holy|ousness of the toiling 1 oP See's representative, issued a state-! Greater New York and its environs. Boot aecovines Te published in| ayn elaborate entertainment pro- a newspaper here asscrting to give pram is being arranged for the all- “details” of a purported settlement Gay outing. ‘Tentative plans include of the problem. He seems _confi- races, jumping and other athletic dent that Gil is surrendering Mexico contests, most of which will be to the church. staged by club members of the La- GIL YIELDING TO CHURCH. MEXICO CITY, June 14.—Details of future conferences between gov- ernment and church representatives on settlement of the Mexican re- Among all the classes that con- Protetartat tine is ne ae Airy, Large OMT Meeting Rooms and Hall TO HIRE Suitable for tings, Lectures and Dances in the Czechoslovak Workers House, Inc. 00M TO RENT FOR TWO (2) at Rockaway Beach, 37 minutes from Pennsylvania station. All im- provements, reasonable. Take train | to seaside station, 104-17 St. Marks Ave., corner 105th’ St. Luzansky Court, Bungelow No. 2 (one flight) 347 E. 72nd St. New York | up.) | Telephone: Rhinelander 6097 re) ; other attempt to salvage the f the All-America held to be who are ganizing ng workers in a choral festi r ter wages, ward and these c the tions by of various ight the during e furnished One of the fea will be a t ded to the progr: The Red Picnic, amor poses, will serve to give e r pur- ession tart a cam- wainat the reactionary A. of a era Sn Ate nd “socialis ade iC pau- 1% and ocialist” trade union burea tami to: win ones cracy. The call to attend the picnic has been sounded not only to alt revolutionary workers but to their shopmates and members of fraternal organizations. Live the Revolutionary Long Struggle of the Oppressed Colo- ITALY FAILS IN GOLD GRAB. BREST, June 14,—An- unken nial People: France, ‘For Any Kind of Insurance” hulk of the steamship Egypt and recover $4,000,000 in gold and $1,- ODSK 000,000 in silver w h went dowr with the ship in 1 has failed. Telephone: Murray Hil 5550 The Italian salvage tugs Artiglio and Rostro, which had been engaged in an attempt to locate the hull of the Egypt, were forced today to re- turn to Brest for repairs, East 42nd Street, New York MEET YOUR FRIENDS. at Messinger’s Vegetarian and Dairy Restaurant 1763 Southern Blvd., ™ onx, N.Y. 1S? FROM FACTORY TO You! HIGH-GRADE MEN'S and YOUNG MEN'S pal | Right off 174th St. Subway Station From $12.50 to $25.00 PARK CLOTHING STORE Phone: Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant 93 Ave, A, Cor, 6th St., N. ¥, ©. SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES Cooperators! PATRONIZE A place with atmosphere BERGMAN BROS. where all radicals meet 302 E, 12th St. Your Nearest Stationery Store New York Cigars, Cigarettes, Candy, Toys 649 Allerton Ave. BRONX, N. ¥. Telephone: Olinville 9681-2—9791-2 RATION re L Vegetarian —TWO BOATS— CLAREMONT ONTEORA will glide along the ocean and stop at the very beautiful ATLANTIC BEACH where there will be BATHING, BALL GAMES, SOCCER GAMES, ete,, and where we will spend a pleasant after- noon and evening together. TODAY!—=> Freiheit Excursion a day at one of the most picturesque sea shores in America Saturday, June 15 Boats Leave 2:00 p. m., Pier A, Battery yi™ in Advance $1.25 YP at the Pier $1.50 RESTAURANT 199 SECOND AVE1.UE Bet, 12th and 18th Sts. Strictly Vegetarian Food All Comrades Meet at BRONSTEIN’S Vegetarian Health Restaurant 558 Claremont Parkway, Bronx Meet your Friends at GREENBERG’S Bakery & Restaurant 939 E. 174th St., Right off 174th Station, Cor. Hoe Ave. Street Subway Coates ‘Will Always Find It Pleasant to Dine at Our Place. 1787 SOUTHERN BLYD., Bronx (near 174th St. Station) PHONE: INTERVALB 9149. For a Real Oriental Cooked Meal VISIT THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRESSIVE CENiCR 101 WEST 28TH STREET (Corner 6th Ave.) RESTAURANT, CAPRTERIA RECRE Open trum } HEALTH FOOD Vegetarian RESTAURANT 1600 MADISON AVE, Phone: UNIversity 5865 Patronize No-Tip Barber Shops 26-28 UNION SQUARE (1 flight up) 2700 BRONX P/ °K EAST (corner Allerton Ave.) IGH 6382 International Barber Shop M. W. SALA, Prop. 2016 Second Avenue, New York (bet, 10&rd & 104th Sts,) Ladies Bobs Our Specialty Private Beauty Parlor Price for Tickets COOPERATORS! PATRONIZE M. FORMAN Allerton Carriage, Bicycle and Toy Shop ALLERTON AVENUE (Near Allerton Theatre, Bronx) Phone, Olinville 2583 Children . . . 75c 736