The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 8, 1931, Page 2

el D! Alt. ¥W ORKER, Striking Dressmakers in Needleman and Bremer Call On ILGW Workers to Help NEW YORK—The 24 striking firessmakers at Needleman & Brem- mer, 263 W. 40th St. have issued a statement to the dressmakers and clodkmakers of the International La- dies’ Garment Workers, It says: “Sisters and Brothers: — Fourteen weeks ago we were locked out be- cause we insisted on having union conditions in our shop. Our crime was that we wanted to maintain decent prices and division of work, so as to make @ living, and that we did not want to work Saturdays. “The firm of Needleman and Brem- mer has tried for a long time to force on us lower prices and Saturday work. They first fried to get this by nego- tiating with the business agents of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union and by negotiating with us, but they failed. They then challenged us to a stoppage, which we, the work- ers of the shop, won against the firm. although they mede arrangements with the two Kitzes brothers and three others to scab on us. “Failing to force on us worse con- ditions in every other way, the firm finally began to maneuvre with the fe wscabs in the shop and with the International officials. These offi- cials promised them a set of scabs to work on lower prices and also on Saturday and also promised to give the firm gorilla protection against us. It naturally paid Needleman and Bremmer to break with the Industrial Union and to sign with the Interna- tional, Fight of All Workers. “Most of us worked for this firm several years. Throughout these years we maintained this shop as an ex- ample of a union shop. As workers and as union men we feel that we are doing our duty not only to ourselves but to all dressmakers and cloak- makers, when we strike and fight against professional scabbery to win back this shop for union conditions. “For 14 weeks we have been picket- ing this shop every day. On the pick- et line we face the scabs, gangster FORCE PROMISE T0 GIVE RELIEF IN AMALGAMATED Jobless Warn Against Any Discrimination NEW YORK.—As a result of the o-~cnization and determination of th. unemployed in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, the officials have started a rumor that they will dis- tribute probably $10 relief per man next Wednesday to the jobless, but will discriminate against the leaders of the protesting unemployed. This money will come out of the $134,000 collected through a ten per cent tax, theoretically for the unem- ployed, but $100,000 of which the of- ficials seem to be keeping for them- selves, along with other money col- lected for relief. Officials Held Responsible. The committee of the unemployed cutters who met Wednésday and placed demands on President Hill- man, after being refused recognition by thé Local 4 executive, announces that it demands relief for all job- less, and no discrimination. If there is discrimination, the officials will be held strictly responsible for it by both employed and unemployed~ at local meetings called by the unemployed in their struggle for relief and to better the conditions in the industry. The committee is planning further action to secure relief over the heads of the officials. Cutters, employed and unemployed, should join in the struggle. The fight is for relief, against the ten per cent tax which raises a fund for the officials to play around with instead of giving it to the jobless, and against the raise in dues from $2 a month to $4. The dues were raised to squeeze out of the trade the jobless who can not pay such dues, but who are not given work unless they do pay. Abolish Favoritism! The committee and the rest of the unemployed cutters demand also the abolition of the temporary ¢ard sys- tem, under which no member can be secure in his job, and is likély to be fired at any time to make room for some henchman of the officials. Such @ case came up yesterday. A ago for an official pet to take his job. His home is broken up because he can not pay rent; he is likely to be évicted even from the room in which he is living; his wife went up to the Local 4 office to plead for a job for him, and was turned down. At the same time some houses are working overtime, working on Satur- Many cutters in the Amalgamated have been out of work for two and three years. gorrillas, agency gorillas, detectives | and police, All these are sent and paid by the International. We are| attacked. We get arrested. Every Saturday scabs are brought to work| in machines, under protection of In-| ternational .gorrillas. The Interna-| tional called on workers to stop May | First, but the scabs of Needleman &| Bremmer were brought by Interna- | tional machines and with Interna-| tional gorrilla protection to work on| May Day. | “We know that the mass of| dressmakers and cloakmakers are against this professional scabbery and sympathize with us. We know that some workers of International shops were even fined $10 for pro- testing against this outrage. We know that the sentiment of the mass of workers is so strongly with us that the “new” Local 22 adntinistration were compelled to spread rumors that they were against the scabbery in the Needleman & Bremmer shop. This was done before election, but now the scabs are still going in and the gorrillas and detectives are still there. of Protest the Scabbing! makers: We are fighting for our bread. We will continue this strike until we win. In our fight we de- serve your fullest support and co- operation, because every fight for better conditions is also your fight. This kind of scabbing strengthens the bosses and helps them to keep you enslaved. “You are called upon to pay dues and taxes to the International. With this money they are paying the scabs, the gorrillas and detectives. We call upon you to help us stop this outrage. Raise your voice in protest! Stop paying dues that go to gorrillas and scabs. Protest in your shop! Protest in the street! Protest in your local! Join us on the picket line. Demand the withdrawal of the scabs! “We are fighting for union condi- tions. This is also your fight!” Use your Red Shock Troop List every day un your job. The worker next to you will help save the Daily Worker. What's FRIDAY Harlem Prog. Youth Club Membership meeting at & p. m. at 1492 Madison Ave, All members must atten On— hae Meta kere Ind. League Invites all metal workers to come to the méeting at § p.m. at 16 West 21st St. top floor. Strike report will be made at this meeting, Concert ané sieine Balt Given by Section §. Communist Party at_ Hoffman's Mansion, 142 Watkins St. Brownsville, Admission at door, 50c Sperry ae Workers Px-Servicemen'’x League Branch No. 1 membershin méetine at 8 p.m. at 79 KE. Tenth St. All et-servicemen aré invited t6 attend * Nicarnrea Meeting Mass protest meetine against US. war on the workers of Nicaragua and Honduras wil be held at Harlem Ca- sino, 116th St. and Lenox Ave. aus- pices New York Branch Anti-imper- jalist League of USA. Prominent speakers. * # * Japanese Affnir At Finnish Ciob To have been held Friday eve has been postponed, * * Concert aaa Ban At Manhattan Lyceum, 66 F. 4th St., under auspices of Communist Par- ty. Unit 1, Section 2. Interesting program. Tickets in advance, at the Fréiheit office, 35c. At door, 50, eee ‘Tremont Workers Clab At 749 Crotona Park North will hear a lecture on “The Revoutionary Unions.” * * InWor Youth ranch, TWO Meets 3.30 at 4211 New Utrecht Ave. Diseussion on proletarian lit- erature. Wie we noes Brownsville Youths Reranch TWO Meets at 1844 Pitkin Ave, Bklyn., at 8.49. Discussion on Natl Youth ay. ae So, Hastern Parkway Youth Branch TWO Meets at Brooklyn. 8.30 at 261 Utica Ave. * o* se Youth Branch TWO ects 8.30 at 1848 Grand Concourse, Diseussion on National Youth Day. ae ae Bath Beach Branck 402 TWO At 48 Ray 28th St. Brklyn, 8 9, m. Discussion on eurrent events, Régu lar meeting Sunday at 1 p.m ata seek: Ambasador Malt Group Youth Section TWO Meets at 2061 Bryant Ave. Px- ecutive comm. will five a détailed program of future activity. Chee GEC arts Youth Branch 408 TWO ort on installation and future activity. Pa apa Jamaicn Youth Branch 412 Package party and dance at 109-26 Unon Hall St., Jamaica. , Admission 25e, in advance. 8 & John Reed Club TWO, Jérsey City Discussion on proletarian literature by Lee Denin, wa ae 1 and Dance Given wt ‘Steve Katovis ‘ag tee ig ILD at 257 ©. Tenth St. at & Proceeds to ‘Tmperig Valley prisoners, Jerome Workers Cab Meets at 1645 Grand Concourse, entrance on Mt. Eden Ave, at 8 p. m. Discussion. . Worker Clap At 2iae: beh St., Brookyn, will give eture on “The Crisis and the Fu- p.m. Grand Concert and Ball + for the benefit of the “TL LAVORATORE” WORKERS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 45 EAST 12TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. SATURDAY MAY 9, 1931, 8 P. M. ‘Tlekets: 35 cents (in advance) At the deor 50 cente | A thee otinethVitsiin ned THE ADV NTURES OF BILL WwW ORKER ANY “THING BVT ILL MATCH MY Private L)fe Wit \ ; I Dow’ ng Know. We Never “ogi Pouce MANS ua E DIVIDED TLL Loot | Em IN TH zi —<, CANLY Timmie Pasangas, WALKER OFA A\AYOIR NEW YORK. FRID! a MAY ToLD WHO [GS Rapy WITH SRE GOP | /Fe ane Chgpiees 3 ¥ 27 awe MCLAUGLIN FRA Deserve Ye, Fetes Sgr oe peices oi r 5 3 >, 10 ' r ate i Ged AURA Nance wen SEL: ee “New Ye or rh's ne s eee Tp} sPepitay ees sonia MEARE f JUERE Te ffi a, PROTEC ee Ker FOAM TALIS ne oP ‘ , Carla nme fz aa Jer) {I Psy Them “To PROTECT ME FR THE WORKER[-TF > THEY Do Tar I Don't CARE Wit T THEY 'RIGHT WINGERS “Fellow Dressmakers and Cloak- | AID SHOE BOSS Help Get Injunction Against Picketing NEW YORK.—The workers of the Faleck and Seaman Shoe Co., 30 West 26th Street, who are still in the factory and who refused to stand by and support their fellow- workers who attempted to wage a fight against the bosses for the re- instatement of two that had been fired because of union activity now hang their heads in shame ani say: “We have served the ma: faithfully and betrayed our broth- ers.” The bosses, with the help of Joe Grasso, Jack Licht, Ben Backe Julius De Cesar, Anna Rosenber; Sally Levine, Jean Plashury, Alice Galiens, who signed affidavits, the statements of which the strikers brand as lies, have applied for an injunction to prevent five militant workers from striking and picketing the shop. By practicing working class solidarity, the shop crew had at two previous times forced the bosses to reinstate workers who had been told to get out. Employers’ Truck This time the bosses had a plan prepared (no doubt in collaboration with. the leading right wing ele- ment) to fire ome worker and any one else who might protest; and so, when the department chairman protested against the firing of one of the workers in the fitting room. the bosses also fired the depariment chairman. Whereupon the organized workers laid down their tools in protest. An attempt was made to call the rest of the workers to a meeting, in fact, efforts had been made in the past five weeks to get the work- ers to a shop meeting, but each at- tempt was met with vague and lame excuses; so the organized workers decided to take the bull by the horns by declaring a strike and sec if they could put some spirit into the workers, who seemed to be un- der the influence of a few right wing bosses’ suckers. For four days the pickets were in front of the shop, and some of the workers promised to take action in- side and demand that the bosses re-instate at least four of the work- ers and asked the strikers to ac- cept this compromise and stop pick- eting. The strikers decided to accept Two More Children Sentenced for May Day Activities NEW YORK. - - Fred Berland and Abraham Rosenberg, students at Public School 96, the Bronx, were yesterday convicted of disorderly conduct in Children’s Court, the} Bronx, and sentenced to a children’s | home until Monday. The “crime” these children were guilty of was hat they showed their workingclass solidarity by staying away from} school om May Day and trying to induce other children to do likewise. Only a few days ago Sol Malinofsky, another student in the same school, was also sentenced to a children’s home. Despite the efforts of the attorney of the New York District of the In- rnational Labor Defense, which de- | fended the children, the judge openly | showed his prejudice and sentenced them on the trumped up charge of | “disorderly conduct.” | To Organize New | ILD Branch in | Harlem Tonight NEW YORK— paeae new branch of the New York District of the In-| ternational Labor Defense will be or- | ganized at a meeting to be held to- night (Friday) at 8 o'clock at 149 W. 136th St. room 2. This branch | will haye as its special task the rally- ing of the white and Negro workers of Harlem to smash the frame-up of the nine Negro boys in Scottsboro, Ala., whom the Soutuhuern bosses are trying to burn in the electric chair.¥ In order to make this new branch | as large an dstrong as possible, all members of the former Nat Turner and Gonzalo Gonzalez branches of the ILD are asked to be present. Ne- gro and white workers living in Har- Jem, béth native and foreign-born, | should attend tonight's meeting which will also make plans for the big parade and demonstration in Harlem on Saturday, May 16, in pro- | test against the Scottsboro frame-up. | the proposals of the workers in the | shop and called off the pickets; | —— then the right wing element with | the help of the yellow socialist press, | the “Forward” got busy and instead of living up to the promise to de- mand of the bosses the re-instate- ment of the strikers, they helped the bosses to get an injunction. DEBATE WM. 7. FOSTER Trade Union vs. A. J MUSTE Unity League vs. Conference for Progressive Labor Action NEW STAR CASINO—Sunday, May 10th, at 2:00 P. M. Admission 50c. Reserved Section $1.00 Auspices of John Reed Club. — Tickets at Workers School, REVOLUTIONARY GREETINGS NEW YORK CITY Pedro Rivera L. Greenberg Aurelio Barreua | B. Lerman S. Seki B. Prince Z. Yamdomari Max Novick Chalis Ota Goldstein D. Hecrkman Hattie Valdrio Louis Levine H. Bessin M. Cooper - M. Honig Fr. Palensky S. Renetsky Mik Wiss L, Heiner Joe Miller H. Rivack John Schma] N. Mendelson Fannie Sendberg | B. Hoder Freldman Tillis Wenstein Greenstein S. Fein Emma Badie Jos. Zimberg Lillian Nelson Ida Steinberg Doris Greenwald | Sara Ratz Patrick O’Brien P. Sternberg Willie William S. Recka B. Gust S. Kurfwist Gregori Zomfir R. Schachter R. Kurulo Abe Bernstein. Sonia BH. Grossman Frida HH. Bornstein Wolff Ernest Rodinsky | M. Yaroshefsky Revolutionary Greetings from RUMANIAN WORKERS CLU $3.75 Revolutionary Greetings {from— WORKERS of the ALLO DRESS CO. $2.20 Revolutionary Greetings trom— | tar ne secazcrion'N 2 | REVOLUTIONARY GREETINGS NEW YORK CITY Freda Saphiro |G. R. Bertha Scholnik | Leon Painkin Eva Undell M. Weiner ‘Fanttie Moyis [Carl J. Bergen Philys Berg Bertha Seltzer Sillis Tulman \M. Colafsky Henry D. Levine | Karnes |S. Goldenberg | Harry Singer | Guisbond Philip Becker | J. Hoffman Eddy Schwerth | | D. Gostman John Krish 8. Sing H. Lange May Milled W. Oehring |B. Scholnik Hugo Herbst |Pauline Gressma" Toul Janitseher |S. Baumgarten | Mike Muller Elouise Collins J. Huelsbay |M. W. Fred Woll Sol Cohen | Sylvia Rancken Max Weitz Sigrid Riis Ida Sebetzer Ayda Widbom M. Lolker Eisner E. Tillie Alford Jean Beck MAY DAY GREETIN‘ DAILY WORKER | Revolutionary Greetings:— MUSIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE | of the CO-OPERATIVE HOUSE AND W.LR. | $5. | Workers of the ADELLE CAFETERIA Send their revolutionary greetings to the Worker on May 1st, 1931 Dally eon Cas FURRIERS REJECT KAUFMAN SCHEME Dressmakers s Again on Needleman Picket Line for @ supervisory committee and the other proposals coming from Kauf man and his cliques. The fur nailers also supported the United Front Rank and File Com- mittee and disregarded the fancy maneuvers of Sorkin. Enthusiasm Rises ‘These two meetings left no doubt in anybody's mind as to the temper NEW YORK. — Wednesday night} °f the furriers at this time. The fur the joint council of the Fur Workers International (company union) had two local meetings in New York, the operators Local 105 and the nailers Local 110. These meetings were at first called in the office of the com- | pany union but the workers who were prepared and organized by the United | Front rank and file committee re- fused to meet in the office of the company union and compelled the officials to call the meetings in larger halls. The operators local meeting took place in the Rand School and the nailers meeting at Star Casino, At both of these meetings the fur- riers demonstrated to the company union officials in the most unmis- takable manner, their resentment against the company union and against the miserable conditions in the shops, brought about by the joint council officials in alliance with the bosses. Demand Begun Removal At the operators local meeting the furriers withdrew their delegates from the joint council because the later did not carry out the Local's decision to remove Begun, one of Kaufman's paid agents, from the joint council. They also rejected entirely the rules and regulations presented by Kauf- | man for the coming elections. They | completely rejected Kaufman's pro- | posal that the elections should be supervised by a committee composed of members of the Socialist party, the Forward and the United Hebrew Trades, and they snowed under Kaufman's proposal that only good standing members could run for of- fice. Although Kaufman mobilized the gorillas, the furriers nevertheless en- thusiastically supported the Rank and File United Front Committee in its fight against the Kaufman ma- chine. At the nailers local meeting also the furriers rejected the proposa! NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRES EAST SIDE—BRONX | Entire Wee’: | EDNA FERBER’S Great Novel | it O45 ALM. Cimarron Bird’ price 252) {xcept Sun., Mol. Prospects iit Open Daily | BKO Radio Picture With | IRENE DUNNE ESTELLE TAYLOR \BDNA MAY OLIVER ALL Week— K. Vocker & Mall | and 45,000 others —8th Jubilee— Concert of the Freiheit Gesang Farein (300 Singers) WILL PERFORM THE ORATORIO “TWO BROTHERS” Social Poem of Music by J. L, PERETZ J. SCHAEFER with a SYMPHONY | FRANCES SEBEL ORCHESTRA Soprano Soloist JACOB SCHAEFER Conductor A group of exclusive new songs (For the first time) MISHA CEFKIN Conductor Saturday Eve. May 9 at 8:30 p, m. sharp Carnegie Hall 57th Street and 7th Avenue Tickets 75 cents, $1.00, $1.25—To be gotten from members of the chorus, “Morning Fretheit” office, 35 Hast 12th Street and on Saturday at the Carnegie Hall Box Office RICHARD DIX) market yesterday was astir with en- thusiasm for the rank and file move- ment. The Furriers’ United Front Rank and File Committee is running a ball at Webster Hall, on Saturday, May 16 Picket Again The strikers of Needleman and Bremmer renewed their picketing yesterday morning with many sym- pathetic workers joining the picket line. I. Weinberg, one of the strikers, was arrested and held on $250 bail on a framed up charge of simple as- sauld in connection with the mass Picketing demonstration the day be- fore. The workers of the Len-J dress shop decided to give to these strikers a contribution of $25 and to run a banquet for a greater contribution. The workers of this shop call upon the rest of the shops to take similar action as a demonstration of their solidarity with the Needleman and Bremmer strikers. Fight lynching. Fight deporta- tion of foreign born. Elect dele- gates to your city conference for balspaa: of foreign born. NEW JERSEY NYD (wocotowa’ Dance WELL UNDER WAY * CHINA EXPRESS” Reach Decisions the most stirring Soviet Film Dancing will follow a6 Successful Meets for | WEBSTER HALL—119-25 E. 11th | FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8—8 P. M. Admission 50 Cents MELROSE DAIRY S2onranzan NEWARK, N. J—On May 3rd a} conference was held in Elizabeth, N J., for National Youth Day. This was| a preliminary conference initiated by | the Young Communist League units| of Linden, Elizabetht and Newark. Comrades Will Always Find It eThere were several workers from Pleasant to Dine at Our Place. the factories, 3 youth organizations |] 1787 SOUTHERN BLVD. Bronx were represented and 3 YCL units. {acer 114th St. Station) reLI NI] INTERVALE The spirit was splendid and the fol- eacbzacad be lowing decisions made: 1. To call a united front Soofer | hone Stuyvesant 3816 ence for N¥D on May 15th in Newark bn’ and Elizabeth, At the Elizabeth con- Jobn’s Restaurant |ference Linden and Roselle to par- ticipate. 2. To print special NYD stickers | for the three cities. | 3. To have a tag day on May 17.! 4. To issue one general printed| }leaflet for all cities, and that each+ organization issue their own leaflets besides. f 5. That all mass organizations of | cers be approached for funds for NYD and have their children parti- cipate in NYD. 6. That all headquarters signs advertising NYD. 7, ‘That trucks, autos, ete;-be pro-,| cured through each, organization. Special committees were elected to look after each phase of work. 0149 302 E, 12th St, Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 199 SECOND AVENUE Bot, 12th and 13th Sts. Strictly Vegetarian Food have HEALTH FOOD Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 MADISON AVENUE Phone University 5865 AMUSEMENTS “SEROY | "Theatre Guild Production" LAST WEEK Getting Married By BERNARD SHAW. 1 Gur md, Even, 8:40 rae Mis. The & Sat. 2:4" A new play MELO =: SENKY BERN With Basil | le RATHBONE | ETHER BARRYMORE THEN 47th Street ¥ of Kvgs. 8:50. Matinoes Wo 687 Allerton Avenue Estabrook $215 ) CIVIC REPERTORY #% 8, «8 4. enings 8:31 S00, $1. $1.50. Mate Th & Bat. 2: EVA LE GALLIENNE, Director \Tonight .. “Romeo and Juliet Tom. Mat. . “peter Pan” | Intern’) Workers Order |Tom. Night “Camille” | Seats in advance at 3 ines tage DENTAL DEPARTMENT 0; | Town Hall, 113 W. ted Street 1 UNION SQUARE sTH FLOOR AM Work Done Under Personal Care of DR. JOSEPHSON | HIPPODROME °°“: & 434 St BIGGEST SHOW IN NEW YORK |) | Sins! : || Sscts LEW AYRES|! Gottieb’s Hardware with | 3 in “IRON od 119 THIRD AVENUE peaecbiacs'| ON MAN Near 14th St. Stuyvesant 8974 ind Havana| With JEAN HARLOW All kinds of Casino Orch 3 ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES Cutlery Our Specialty | ! LIONELL ATWILL * | HE SILENT WITNESS *"* KAY STROZZI-FORTUNIO BONANOVA MOROSCO TH ERE, 45th, W. of Biyay 8:50 Matinees Wed. Sat. 2 COCO & BASS INVITE YOU TO ——PATRONIZE—- A Comradely BARBER SHOP Revolutionary Greetings on May 1 from Sam Lazaarovich, Bronx, N. Y. Donated his day’s wages, ($5.00 THE WORKERS LEAGUE sends GREETINGS to Rolly aorker The Workers Ex-Servicemen, 3,200 of whom marched in ade in New York will continue their support Worker and will fight with the rest of class against the cap- italists, 1500 BOSTON ROAD Corner of Wilkins Avenue BRONX, N.Y. Our work will please the men, the women and the children EX-SERVICEMEN’S SOL-ART STUDIO 101 E. 14th Street (Around Corner of Klein's) Passport Photos $1.50 PER DOZEN MADE IN 10 MINUTES the Concert and Spring Ball given by Section No. 8 of the Communist Party FRIDAY, MAY 8TH at HOFFMAN’S MANSION 142 Watkins Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. A Negro Band, Refreshments and Many Concert Features. Admission 40 Cents in Advance. At the Door 50 Cents. the May Day Par- of the Daily the working- The DAILY WORKER Advertise Your Union Meetings Here. For information Write te Advertising Department po o