The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 2, 1932, Page 2

Pare Two Dressmakers Will Vote on Strike at Meet Tomorrow Fur Workers Deminateate Against ee Sellout Plan | NEW YORK.—In line cision of the United Fi ference consisting of delegates, the United Preparation Committee he following call to the ws “The United Front Strike prep- aration committee which was au- thorized by the dressmakers to make all preparations for the com- ing dress strike, calls you, sisters and brothers, workers of the open shops, Negro and white, young and old, to come to the huge mass meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 3. “At this meeting you, the dress- makers, will have your final say on the coming united front strike. At this meeting you will answer the fake strike lockout conspiracies of the Schlesinger - Lovestone - bosses’ combination and ofganize your ranks in response to the strike call of the united front committee. “Take up the call of this meet- ing! Mobilize your shop! Mobilize every shop in your building! Let this mass neeine be a real dem- Sirovich Hides from Unemployed Demands inN. Y. 300 Toilers i in Militant! Parade March to U.S Congressman’s Home wit with ¢ the NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 1.—United tates Congressman Sirovich of New| York was hiding some place in the city today, afraid to meet a dele: tion of work backed by a pa! of 300 who came to present demands relief for the work- Sirovich was notified last that the workers of hi coming but gathering b, Monday district w tried to avoid the mass ddenly sending a mes- t he couldn't be The delegation was met by a solid front of cops lining the two streets and sidewalks along the 6th street nd avenues A and B. The police were there to keep everyone from en- tering a, where Sirovich’s| house is located ag weather 300 Despite the { y rs were in line, carrying pla-} cards and shouting their demands of | Unemployment Insurance, Free Rent and Ges for the Unemployed, Free | Feed for the children of the unem- loyed, ete parade made its way thruj Side, ers joined their ranks from open air meetings | heid along the line of march. A squad of over 50 cops were on hand to in- timidate the workers, but the work- ers were not terrorized and conducted he march with great militancy. The workers marched to ‘th St. and Avenue A to the headquarters of the Downtown Unemployed Coun- cil where about a thousand more workers joined a demonstration that took place there and heard speak- | ers from the unemployed council who | pointed out to them the lesson of to- | day’s struggle showing them that this congressman who was supposed to represent them and obey their voice, sent a squad of police when they de- manded to be heard. The workers cheered when a speak- | er shouted: “If a thousand workers aren't strong enough to force Sir vich to see us, then we will turn out in thousands on February 4th and the whole capitalist class will hear =” What’s On— TUESDAY “February 4th, Befor: d After will be the topic of a e of the Night Workers’ Open Forum at 105 14th St. at 2 p Admission fr: The Tremont Clinton Ave. dolin clas vanced every Worke' Unit 10, Section 6, ve an open meeting at & o'Clo 46 ‘Ton Eyck St. Brooklyn. All neighbor hoodworkers are invited. There will be an important discussion on the | role of the Communist Party in the struggle for unemployment insur- | ance and immediate relief, | ‘The Alteratio: Fetate: k Seetion, will hold sular f | at 10 am. at 13 ern Blvd. Many important ions will be! discussed, Admission fre the LW.O: Youth Dramatic Grosp | will meet at 32 Un on oot at 8 p.m. | adn “Danhen: with “epeak on “New | Russia's Literature” at the Amertean | Youth Club, 78 Thatford Ave. cornet Pitkin, Brooklyn, at § p.m. All work tre are invited, : | The F.8.U. Study Class of Brighton Beach will meet at 8:30 p.m. at 211] Brighton Beach Ave. All those who have signed up for the class are| asked to attend | WEDNESDAY The dress strike, Trade Union Unity Leaue and the A, F. of L. will be discussed ern’ Club, 1157 at 8:30 p.m. at Proxpect Work- , Bronx, ‘The Brighton Beach Branch, F.S, will have an important membe meeting at 211 Brighton Beach Ave. at 8:30 p.m, All members are re- quested to ‘attend and bring their) membership books | n open forum will be held at the | ‘Tremont Workers’ Club, 2075 Clinton Bronx, at 8:30 p.m. All work ers are urged to attend: A meeting of the ik icagnion Paint- | exe of Willinmsburgh wil) be he 80 Cook St, Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. | ie Bast “Bronx Branch of the | rs U. will ricet at Ambassador Hz M, | aia Claremo mt Parkway, at § p.m | tlement committee of the dressmak- | ers | orial Hall, 344 W. 36th St., | mediate | called to this meeting. | onstration of the united power of the dressmakers who are ready to go on with the struggle against sweat shop conditions, long hours, low wages. “Forward to the Mecca Temple mass meeting, Wednesday, Feb- ruary 3! Forward to a united front strike for union conditions! “Long live the united front the dressmakers! “Dressmakers United Front Com- mittee, Needle Trades Workers’ In- dustrial Union.” Demonstration of Dressmakers Today. The United Front Strike Prepara- | tion Committee of the dressmakers has arranged a demonstration in the market today at noon hour. A series of open air meetings has been arranged at the following cor- of ners: 36th St. and 8th Ave., 37th St and 8th Ave., 38th St. and 8th Ave. and h St. and 8th Ave. Workers» will gather at the particular points nd march through the garment cen- ter with slogans for a united strike. All dressmakers are called upon to leave their shops on time to parti- cipate in this demonstration. Fur Workers Demonstrate. mass demonstration in which dreds of workers participated took place yesterday afternoon at the of- ¢ of H. Scheidlinger, 146 W. 30th A committee elected by the A St | workers came up to Scheidlinger with the resolution adopted by the Cooper Union mass meeting in which the| workers declared that they will not | recognize any agreement signed by Kaufman. When Scheidlinger learned the purpose for which the committee came to see him he refused to meet them and they were told to go. The workers came to the office of the union where the committee reported and a decision was made that an- other demonstration be carried through next Monday to show the bo that the furriers will not recognize the agreements concluded in their name by Kaufman who has been repudiated by the mass of the fur workers and that only agree- ments concluded in their name by Kaufman who has been repudiated | by the mass of the fur workers and | that only agreements concluded by the United Front Committee will be | recognized by the workers. The organization drive in the dress and fur ades is continuing to spread daily. A large number of shops came down on strike. The set- is proceeding with settlements on the basis of immediate improve- | ments in the conditions of the work- | ers until the mass strike for the gen- eral demands. | Left Wing Groups Call Mass Meeting. Tuesday night, right after work, all dressmakers of the I. L. G. W. U. are called to a mass meeting at Mem- by the left wing groups. At this meeting the workers will discuss the present | situation in the trade, the plans for the fake strike that is being prepared by the Schlesinger-Lovestone com- bination jointly with the bosses and Dudley Field Malone, and ‘will adopt a program of action for a real united front strike. Tuesday night,.right after work, all dressmakers of the I. L. G. W. U. are called to a mass meeting at Mem- orial Hall, 344 W. 36th St., by the left wing groups. At this meeting the workers will discuss the present | situation in the trade, the plans for | the fake strike that is being prepared by the Schlesinger-Lovestone com- bination jointly with the bosses and Dudley Field Malone, and will adopt a program of action for a real united front strike. All dressmakers, members of the | | I. L. G. W. U. are called to come to} this meeting. The Unemployed Council of the cloakmakers which two weeks ago| worked out definite demands for im- | relief for the unemployed workers and elected a committee to present these demands to the offi- cials of the locals and Joint Board where they were refused a hearing, has arranged this meeting where the committee will give its report, and further plans for organizing the cloakmakers to secure immediate re- lief will be discussed. All unemployed cloakmakers are A resolution for the endorsement of the Feb. 4th unemployment dem- onstration was greeted enthusias- tically by the hundreds of delegates who gathered at the conference on Saturday, Jan. 30th. They decided to call on all needle | trades workers to participate in this demonstration |Painters to Have Meet |Nizht on February 4th NEW YORK.—The Alteration | Painters of the Bronx Section are | preparing to have a mass eens | the night of Feb. 4. During the day the Bronx Section, whose headquarters are at 1325) Southern Blvd., will participate in a | body with big placards and signs to | Union Square, to show the workers | that at least the painters are waking | | up and becoming militant At this mass meeting, which will | take place at 8 p.m. at the Prospect | Workers’ Club, 1157 Southern Blvd., | get off at Freeman St, Station, | | Prominent labor leaders will discuss the problems of the Alteration Paint- ers, P. Yuditch will speak in Jewish, G. Siskind will speak in English. Bring your fellow-workers with you. Free admission. [the 25,000 textile weavers | place in New York, and showing the | this country must take note of this DAIL Y _WORKER, |! NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,1 1932 \“Reserves” to Club, | | | Shoot Down Workers NEW YORK.—' That are organizing “resery the police | ” to shoot | down unemployed workers, is the| | information sent to the Daily| | Worker by a sympathizer. This} A short while ago | a friend of mine was called by the |police department to register. |'There he received a shield and | revolver for duty in what they call ‘emergency cases’ to do ser- vice in the police reserves. _He| showed me a card which was headed ‘Police Reserve Associa- | tion” The name Dawkins was signed as president and Cann as secretary. Cann is known as a police captain, 1] | worker writes | | || “He informed me that his duty | would be to assist the police in breaking up radical demonstra- | tions and to use his ‘billy’ freely. “They will receive $5 pay for every ‘job’ performed and they | | will be paid by their employers | while away from work.” | FLOOR SCRAPERS WIN ALL DEMANDS Terro r Methods of | Boss Fails NEW YORK. “Friday morning the floor scrapers strikers of the Self Mechanics Flooring Co. at 125th St. succeeded in taking down one more scab after the boss broke the agree- ment. The pickets immediately put out signs again and started picketing | the building The boss called police and the po- | lice tried to drive the pickets off the street, intimidating and terrorizing | them, and finally arrested the organ- fzer and one picket. ‘The boss also managed to summon 4 strikers to court in a suit for $1,000 each in damages. The picketing went on in spite of this. The boss seeing that he could not terrorize the strikers, called upon the strike committee of the shop and $igned an agreement grant- ing all the demands of the strikers. scams is | British Weavers Vote for Immediate Strike | MANCHESTER, England.— 80% of in the Burnley mill district here have voted in favor of an immediate strike against the bosses who have broken | the agreements on wages and hours | of work. The strike will start on Saturday if the bosses do not agree to abide by the agreements.’ |ants of El Salvador, NEW YORK —In calling on the, American workers to support the | struggles of the workers and peas- the Anti-Im-| perialist League has issued the fol-| lowing statement: ‘The Anti-Imperialist League of | the United States calls on all anti- to give full support to the struggle of the masses of workers and peas- | ants of Salvador against the oppres- sion by the imperialist powers and) their native agents. Raise the cry| of “HANDS OFF SALVADOR.” De- | ;mand the immediate withdrawal of | the United States destroyers “Philip” and “Wickes” and the cruiser | “Rochester” and all other imperialist | battleships and marines. | While American and British im- perialism engage in struggles against |one another, making and unmaking | the local governments to suit the) purposes of each against the other, | the masses of workers and peasants are being reduced to greater misery | and starvation. The workers fight | for life, against unemployment and} against wage-cuts, the peasants | yearning for land—these explain the | present uprising of the masses | | against imperialism. At the same time that the im-| mass meeting at Manhattan Lyceum jot anmimunition to the Japanese war) perialist powers proceed to dismem-|a demonstration for the complete in-| forces and the rushing of additional ber China, and to prepare to attack | the Soviet Union and crush the Chi- nese Soviet Republic, they are in-} tensifying their terror in the colonies | | order, | tions send resolutions | [Police 0: rgan ize) zel| HAND OFF SALVADOR, SAYS and semi-colonies, determined to suppress in blood the upward surge | of the revolutionary movement. United States imperialism has al-| ready murdered hundreds of the best worker and peasant fighters in| EL Salvador. COME TO THE AID| |OF THE WORKERS AND PEAS- | imperialists and their organizations | ANTS STRUGGLING AGAINST | OPPRESSION, Demand the withdrawal of Amer- ican warships! Support the struggle of the masses of El Salvador. dg resolutions of protest immediately in| your organizations, in your factory, unemployed council, union, fraternal | etc, and at mass meetings. | Send them to President Hoover and} to Congress. Give full publicity to/ your action. Have your organiza- demanding “Hands off China! Protest against sending warships to China! Defend the Soviet Union! ,Defend Soviet China! Elect anti-war committees in the shops! let us assist the struggle of our fel- low-workers in the Latin-American countries, and particularly now in El Salvador. Raise this issue at every Feb demonstration in the United States. | the Martinez government | Send a copy of the resolutions you | | gives the lie to Stimson’s correspond- | and against British and American) adopt to 799 Broadway, Room 536 ence which is an attempt to mask the Make the Feb. 5 Anti-Imperialist | dependence of Salvador. Elect dele- fates to the Anti-Imperialist Con- ference, to be held Feb. 21 at 11 a.m at Irving ors Hall. ‘TAILORS TO ORGANIZE MARCH TO FEB. 4th JOBLESS DEMONSTRATIO! (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | and Graham Aye. to protest eel the terror organized by the landlord | and the rclice against the tenants of 166 Scholes St., who are now strik- ing against the high rents. A com-| | Mittee cr the striking tenants and/ hungry families were elected to go to} see Mr. Breitenbach to protest against the miserable conditions in his dis- | trict and to demand a stop to evic- tions imraediately; to demand free | rent, gas and electricity for the un-| demonstration. The workers of Wil-| this fascist war base in the Far East 7 answer was, “Nothing, and if don’t like it go to Russia.” But the delegation told him that we were born here and we are going | to fight right here to better the; conditions of the workers and fight for Unemployment Insurance. ‘We appealed to all workers in Williamsburg to demonstrate on February 4th in the National Demon- stration for Unemloyment Insurance. you The Williamsburg Council is mob- iia through the massacre of millions | tory Theatre of the W. I. R., a Jew- ilizing the workers to join in the | Close With ith $2, 000,000 ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE, But at the same time | 4 ae invasion of Soviet Russia. wo Kansas Banks | KANSAS CITY.—Two more banks} Ves in Kansas today, the First Na- tional Bank of Pittsburgh wiping out | deposits of $1,373,725 and the Citi- zen's Bank of posits listed at ema tnie de 3,785. CALL FIGHT 0 IMPERTALIST WAR, (ON CHINA, U.S.S.R: \Friends Soviet Union| Hits War Moves NEW YORK.—The National Com- mittee of the Friends of the Soviet Union holds the United States Gov- ernment responsible, together with Japan, for the invasion and forceful annexation of Manchuria and th seizure of China to establish a fas- cist dictatorship and to prepare for Hutchinson with de-| The Friends of the Soviet Union | |direct help given through shipments | troops and battleships. | The full statement | lows: | “Imperialist war is on in China! | This war is not a war of Japan alone, |It is the war of the capitalist rulers ia the world directed against the volutionary struggles of the Chinese | lee It is the war of world im- | perialists moving faster in their plans |for the invasion and looting of the | Soviet Union. “American troops, French troopa, | english troops, Japanese troops, aero- planes, battleships and war tanks are lin China to conquer the markets of China and Manchuria. World im- |perialism, through *Japan, seizes | |Shanghai and Harbin, to direct the} | murderous fire against the Red Army jot the Chinese Soviet Republic — to establish a fascist military dictator- reads as fol- lof Chinese people. Then to utilize | Wednesday at 9:30 a. m. in the heart | ; agencies. eld on Wednesdays at 0 p. m. at the union headquarters, 5 East 19th ; Street. The Food Workers’ Unemployed | evening, February 4th, at Manhattan ensployed; for immediate cash relief | liamsburg will gather at the Unem-/|to invade the Soviet Union in order to be given to all unemployed; and) | ployed Council headquarters, 61 Gra- jto loot and partition the Workers’ to stop the terror of the police and | ham Ave., at 10 a. m. and will march | Republic in the same manner as has landlords against the worker$. lina body to the Grand St. Extension, | been done in China. Mr. Breitenbach, assemblyman of| to join the rest of the workers of | “Japan moves forward, with the the 13th District, tried to run away | from the committee, but we found him a block away from the demon- stration on the sidewalk. When we asked him what he would do for the starving families in his district, his U.S. Bosses to Dine Ambassador ()f Japanese Imperialists Feb. 3 NEW YORK.—Ambassador Debu-, chi, representative of the Japanese government which is in the front ranks in the attack upon the Chinese people, will be given a reception and! dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria by the leading imperialists of this coun- | | try. This will take place at the 25th anniversary of the Japan Society which occurs on Wednesday. The president of this organization | is the “liberal”, sham, who recently at the Round Ta- | ble Conference, declared, “That the light of Soviet Russia would never | shine upon the U. S.”, at the same time that he praised American capi- talist institutions, with their hunger | program and lynch terror against the | workers. The other officers and di- rectors who will be present are:| Thomas W. Lamont, Myron C. Tay- | lor, General J. G. Harbord, Jerome J. Hanuer, Charles C. Burlingham, How- ard Mansfield, Gerard Swope, Arthur M. Anderson and Lynde Selden. At a time when U. S. imperialism is pretending to disapprove of the| actions of the Japanese government in China in burning Shanghai, in murderiity the Chinese masses end / ying on war moves in Harbin to! embroil the Soviet government, it is noteworthy that these festivities take George W. Wicker- | agreement of the U. S. and Japanese! governments against the Chinese people. The movement cf gun boats and marines from Manila to China is not only to offset the Japanese opera- tion, but together with the Japanese and British forces, to move against | the Chinese Soviet Republic and the Soviet Union. The workers of New York and of reception for the Japanese ambassa- dor, which is an act of solidarity of the Wall Street bankers with the Japanese imperialists and an act of hostility against the Chinese workers and peasants and the Soviet Union. These same bankers and imperial- ists are those who are forcing the 12 million unemployed in this country and are cutting wages all over feos | workers, and in their war upon the | relief and insurance at full wages at | the expense of the bosses and the | government! | | without reduction in pay! All power | Hoover-Wall Street secret pacts and |employment Insurance Day against country. They are the enemies not | only of the Chinese workers and| peasants, but also of the American Chinese masses, they are warring also | upon the American workers. Hands off Soviet China! Down with Japanese and American invasion of China! Defend the Chinese Soviets! Demand and fight for unemployment | Organize and fight) against wage cuts, for the 7-hour day | to the Chinese Soviets! Demand the withdrawal of all U. S. war ships and | marines from China! Down with the looting of China and war against the Soviet Union! Down with Hoo- ver’s Hunger Program which is in Preparation for war on the Soviet Union. Demonstrate February 4, Un- Hunger and Imperialist War! JEANNETTE VREELAND SOLOIST WITH PHILHARMONIC Jeannette Vreeland, soprano, will | be soloist this week at the Philhar- monic-Symphony concerts at Car- negie Hall on Thursday evening, Fri- day afternoon and Saturday evening, | singing the Mozart aria, “L’amero saro costante” from “Tl Re Pastore” and in the first performance here of the Krenek suite, “The Triumph of Sensitiveness.” Bruno Walter's program for these three concerts also includes the Schumann Fourth Sym- phony in D minor, Wagner's Steg- fried Idyll and the first performance in America of Schmidt's Variations on a Hussar Song. Sunday at Carnegie Hall Bruno Walter will devote the second half of his program to Wagner. The first part includes Weber's “Freischut Overture and Beethoven's Piano Con- certo in G major with Harold Bauer as soloist. The Children’s Concert at Carnegie | Hall, Saturday morning, under the direction of Ernest Schelling, will feature the “symphonic poem.” Screened from the Famous Book by Dostoyevsky WEDNESDAY COMIN LAST TWO DAYS! Dostoyeysky’s Great Novel Comes to Life! |} KARAMAZOV | And Directed by Fyodor Ozep ACME THEATRE “CAIN” THE STORY OF A MAN WHO Featuring | Anne Sten 14th Street & Union Square RUB ED AGAINST sO New York at Union Square at 1:30 p. m John Reed Club To Join March. The John Reed Club of revolution- ary artists and writers has passed a resolution endorsing the February 4th demonstrations and calling on all its members and sympathizers to join in| the demand for unemployment in- | Surance and to rally the masses for struggle on February 4th. All members of the club will meet | at the headquarters Thursday at 12 noon and march in a body to Union Square where the main demonstra- | tion will be held. “KARAMAZOV” IN LAST DAY— “CAIN” OPENS WEDNESDAY “Karamazov,” at the Acme The- atre, will close with today's showing. | The picture, which is screened from the novel by Dostoyevsky by Fyodor Ozep, has drawn well at the Acme. ‘The story has been much condensed, but the director has not satisfied | anything which is essential to the story. In fact, Ozep has here cre- ated a dramatic tale that holds your | shortening. The | interest by this ideas of the author are more clear to the onlooker, Beginning Wednesday the Acme) will present “Cain,” the story of an! English stoker who rebels against Siciety. \consent of the American Wall Street |government. The League of Nations, \ the Kellogg Peace Pact and the Nine- | Power Treaty are exposed as the hoax | }of the bloody rulers who hide their murrerous deeds behind peace con- ferences while they spend billions on armaments.” “Japan has seized Harbin and the {Chinese Eastern Railway as a direct | | provocation against the Soviet Union. In Mongolia the White Guard Gen- \eral, Semonoff, sworn enemy of the | | First Workers’ Republic, stands ready | | with his White Guard army of 50,000 to invade the Soviet Union.” “Fight to stop the bloody invasion and division of China by the capital- ists of the world. “Demand immediate removal of all American and other foreign battle- ships and troops from China, “Support the revolutionary struggle of the Chinese workers and peasants \ for freedom led by the Chinese Soviet Republic. “Organize in every shop, in every | Trade Union and on every street, committees of Friends of Soviet China and Soviet Russi: of the Soviet Union. “Join the Friends of the Soviet Union for the support and defense lof the Chinese Soviet Republic and jof the Union of Socialist Soviet tical publics.” AMUSEMENTS Critics Praise First “Proved to be of the events of the cinema s ion.” —HERALD TRIB, | ROAD 10 LIFE DRAMA OF THE HOMELESS WAIFS (TITLES IN ENGLISH) 42nd Street and B’way «CAMEO NOW PLAYING Soviet Sound Film! [“Vital, vigorous production tech- jmically superh and enthralling.” —AMERICAN, All Seats to1 P.M. 25¢ THE THEATRE GUILD presents EUGENE O'NWILL’S Triloxy Mourning Becomes Electra’ Composed of 3 playz presented on I\day HOMECOMING, THE HUNTED THE HAUNTED | Commencing at 5:30 sharp. Dinner In- termission of one hour at 7, No Matas GUILD THEA, S24 St, W. of Bway ‘The Vheaire Guild Prenents REUNION IN VIENNA A Comedy _ By ROBERT ©, SHERWOOD Martin Beck TH™ 2, {uh Bye. $:49 Mats, Thurg.Sat 2:40 Workers’ Correspondence is the backbone of the revolutionary press. Build your press by writing for it about your day-to-day struggte, in QUEENIE SMITH A LITTLE RACKETEER The New Musical Comedy Hit! :BEST DANCING SHOW IN TOWN! 44th St, THEATRE, Went of Bin Pivgs. §:30. Mats. Wed. & Sat, 2:30 JOBLESS FIGHT | GYP AGENCIES) Food Workers Union Builds Council NEW YORK. — Intensive activity | among the unemployed food workers by the Unemployed Committee of the Food Workers’ Industrial Union is | rallying hundreds of unemployed | food workers to the program of the newly organized Food Workers’ Un- | employed Council. In preparation for drawing in the employed and un- employed food workers to the Feb- ruary 4th demonstration the Council is holding open air meetings every! of the district where the food em-| ployment agencies are found, 6th} Ave. and 40th St. Every Monday at 10 a, m. the Council holds open cir meetings at 11th St. and 4th Ave. close to some hotel employment Indoor open forums are Council has already shown itself to be a stalwart supporter of the un- employed food workers in their grievances against the gypping of the | employment agencies. In several in- stances the Council has successfully | secured the return of exorbitant fees to workers who have been sent to jobs which last only a few days. The Food Workers Unemployed | Council is organizing to resist robber | employment agencies and their allies, | the police and the bosses. The Coun- cil meets every Tuesday and Friday j at 2:30 p. m. New Plays Presented For the Benefit of Striking Ky. Miners A Workers Theatre Night for min- ers’ relief will be held on Thursday | Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., N. ¥. C. An unusually fine program will be given, including the Artef, the | Prolet-Buehne, the Workers Labora- ish workers dram-section, and the Ukrainian Workers Dramatic Circle will present workers’ plays. The Red Dancers will perform the W. I. R. Brass Band will play. Labor Defense Dance in Brooklyn Sat. to Aid Class Prisoners NEW YORK.—The Brooklyn Sec tion of the International Labor De- fense is arranging a concert and ball for the support of the political pris- oners on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Temple Home, No. 101 Grand St, near Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, A splendid program has been are ranged for this occasion, among which is a group from the Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra, the Workers’ Laboratory Theatre, Lithuanian Chorus and Sextette, Ukrainian Bal- let and various other entertainment, fellowed by a jazz band for dancing. J. Louis Engdahl, national secretary of the L.L.D., will speak. Admission only 50 cents. All workers are urged to attend and support the I.L.D. Workers Picket Durable Tool Co. Halts Strike Action Production NEW YORK.—The strike at the Durable Tool and Dye Co. is still on with militant picketing continuous and the workers in an excellent fighting mood, determined to stick to the end. ‘The strike was declared last Sat- urday against the lockout which the boss resorted to in order to break up the organization in the shop and beat down the conditions won by the workers after a victorious strike 2 months ago led by the Metal Work- ers’ Industrial League. A few scabs went up to work; nevertheless production was at a standstill since the key departments such as the tool room, and so forth are completely paralyzed. These | scabs were :pokca to by the strikers after work yesterday evening and said that they were convinced not to come to work this morning but in- stead join the rest of the strikers. The boss does not yenture to leave the shop without an escort of at least 2 dicks. 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