The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 1, 1933, Page 2

PAGE TWO RACKETEERS AND JOBBERS AIDED BY I. L. G. W. U. OFFICIALS AS WORKERS REVOLT AGAINST THEM NEW YORK.—The latest develop-| nents the dress industry are of| ortance to the dressmakers. | ‘ges and counter-charges and ed maneuvers and legal) declarations issued by the Metropoli- tan Dress Contractors Association | and by Mr. Hochman of the Inter-} national Ladies Garment Workers) Union are all cleverly designed to be- fog the real situation. It is import- ant to bear in mind several facts. ver e the LL.G.W.U. with the of the dress jobbers and Gover- Lehman concluded a fictitious} eement in the dress trade in 1930,| the conditions of the dressmakers have been declining so rapidly that) today it is conceded by every one! that even those workers who are em- ployed and who toil 50 and 60 hours) a week are not able to earn enough| y their barest needs. | dition has resulted in a/ discontent among the widespread dressmakers expressing itself in a re-| nst the International leaders p rooted desire on the part essmakers to fight the job- bers for decent conditions. Along with the dissatisfaction of the workers, there has also developed | discontent among the contractors, whom the jobbers have been pressing more and more to the wall. LLG.v Works With Jobbers The Association of Dress Manufac- turers, the organization of contrac-| tors that was a part of the agree- ment with the LL.G.W.U., although professing to represent the con-/| tractors against the jobbers, is work-| ing hand in glove with the leaders of| e of the the opportunity to take advar widespread discontent among workers as well as the contractors. | 1 These racketeers have formed what is called the Metropolitan Dress Con- tractors Association. Among the ini- tiators of this racketeering organ- ization were also designated agents of the LL.G.W.U. leade: This fact is generally known in the dress d The establishment of this organ tion with the secret backing of the| I.L.G.W.U. leaders constituted but another attempt on the part of the leaders of the International together with a group of well known racket- eers to put over in a different form} the same arrangement for fleecing} both the workers and the contracto and to inveigle many dressmakers| back into the defunct dress section} of the LL.G.W.U, Many contractors alligned selves with the Metropolitan knowing the nature of the organ tion and really hoping that this or-| ganization would secure for them higher prices from the jobbers. Many more, however, have been intimidated | into joining through the well known) racketeering methods. LL.G.W.U. Leaders with Racket ‘The Needle Trades Workers In- dustrial Union had exposed the rack- eteering nature of the Metropolitan Dress Contractors Association, the) notorious characters behind it and) their connections with the leaders of | the LL.G.W.U. at a time when this} association was yet in the process of | formation. For the past several} months, the Industrial Union has| been pointing out this situation to them- not .| Slipper »| Shoe (A. F, L. union), was a blo’ NEW YORK. — The Shoe and| Leather Workers Industrial Union| had hree important strikes r Co. at mall shop, per bo ‘The Labor Department intervened in an attempt to break up conferences between the firm and the unic bosses aimed to bi strike to stop the union's or tion drive in the trade. for organization is going on in the big slipper factories. ments are expected trade. The strike at the Franklin Shoe Co., formerly under the Boot and w to the Boot and Shoe scab agency, which consented to the lockout and was ready to replace the crew with other workers, so as to give to the boss a chance to cut wages to his heart's, content. The firm intended with the help of the Boot and Shoe, | to put through a 30 per cent re- duction, as they did 17 months ago, Real Victory The result of the strike is that all the workers go back to work, that the shop committee is recognized and that the Boot and Shoe is out of the shop. The drastic wage cut withdrawn. Prices were readjusted on the basis of a small reduction. Another Strike he strike at the Naumoff and| Bragg, 235 Powell St., Brooklyn, | which had been going on for several} days, started with the firing of a} laster. The worker demanded his th Important develop- | was DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1983 The Naumoff and Bragg strike was won Monday, The fitm agrees to take back all workers without dis- crimination, including the fired work- | ers It agrees to immediately pay | break the strike by sending up scabs} The shop committee is to} and by keeping the bosses from a} d the workers as a decisive struggle.| be recognized and there is to be no| settlement. The strikers go back with | ers. the wages. firing. Diana Strike Over firm agreed to take back the strikers with the exception of a few mem- ‘Shoe Strikes Won Against Boss, Department and the Company Union ». The! After 15 weeks of struggle against | the Diana Shoe Company, which had | dustrial Union calls upon the Shoe,! an injunction against the union, the| Slipper and Stitechdown workers to A movement| strike finally came to an end. The! join | in the slipper bers of the Strike Committee. The/| shops is going on. Labor workers go back to work on the old prides, The Italian Federation, try- ing to pose as a union of shoe work~ at the Andrew Geller, helped a feeling of loyalty to the Industrial Union. | ‘The Shoe and Leather Workers In- | the Organization Committees and to intensify the organization Drive. Ooncentration at definite By L. J. BRAVERMAN (Educational Director, Alteration Painters Union) NEW YORK—The membership of the Alteration Painters Union has on Several occasions voiced its dematids for affiliation with the T.U.0L. This demand increased and came to a cli+ max at the general membership meeting held on Dec. 18, at’ which over 500 members were present, when @ motion was made and cartied unanimously for affiliation. The leadership of the Alteration Painters Union acted correctly ahd in line with class struggle union poli- ALTERATION PAINTERS MOVE THRU DAILY STRUGGLES TO AFFILIATION Already Give T.U.U:L. Vote of Confidence; Militant Class Struggle Policy Is Guide | luctant in joining our union due to past experiéncés they had with al- teration paintets unions, when fakers under the guise of organizing work- ers, established all sorts of rackets, and disbanded after having collected enough money of the workers. It was | therefore natural that many workers | should be reluctant to join, and only | gles, and in most cases win better conditions for the workers, that the painters began to understand that our union was really ah organiza- tion with whom they should join up. = The members of our Union know ert after our union began to lead strug- | DEMAND RELIEF IN STATEN ISLE. Denounce Seizure of} Workers’ Homes NEW YORK.—Hundreds of work- ers in Port Richmond, Staten Island, | Saturday, forced Alderman Dalton to) see their delegation and hear their | demands for a Home Reli¢f Bureau | in their section of the borough and | earefares to the one at Stapleton un- til the new one was opened. The | Staten Island Uneniployed Council of | 249 Clove Road, West Brighton Br., led the demonstration. The Alderman tried to avoid a di- rect answer saying that he “as one | member could de nothing”, but final- | ly admitted through implication that | he would do nothing about it. He) stated that as long as he was Aldéi- man he would “live up to the laws of New York City” even if all the | single men and women starved. | The Staten Island Unemployed | Council is preparing for a more mil- {tant struggle to force relief from) the city. ‘They dethand together | with immediate relief for unemployed | families and single workers without discrimination against Negro or for- | tax sales on small homes, and that the city paés a one-year moratorium law on taxes and fofeclosures of | workers’ homes. Harlem Youth Holding | ‘Conference Today to ‘Plan Anti-War Action NEW YORK.—The Latin-Amer- ican youth of Harlem have issued a) |dneommunieado; the “identification” | | | The Motion argument for a trial will Int.LaborDefense Calls for Fight on NY Lynch Terror By JOHN BALLAM. (District Secretary LL.D.) NEW YORK.—The capitalist p: of New York, particularly the |. Negro hating Mirror and New: now trying to stir up a lynch atmes- phere against the Negro people @round the recent murder of a wi child in Brooklyn. The International Labor Defense calls upon the workers in Brooklyn tO denourice and expose the labor hat- ing boss piss. The age-old lynch charge of rape is being used against | innocefit Negro workers and farmers by the white ruling class in order to} create prejudice and suspicion and/ to Keep the white and Negro workers divided. All the so-called evidence in the| Price cage: the “cotifession” procured | by third degree torture; the holding) of Lioyd Price and his aged mother of a pencil as the only “clue;” tos; gether with the campaign of lynch terror; all are convincing evidence that we may again be face to face with another frame-up similar to that | eign-born, an end to foreclosures or | of the Scottsboro boys, the Orphan} Jones cas, the Mooney case, ¢tc. The International Labor Defense is prepared to defend Lloyd Price or any one élse azaihést such lynch terfor as is now being organized by the boss press, The ILD calls upon all white work- | ets to fight against the lynchers. to: unité together with our Negro fellow workers in the struggle for equal) tights for the Negro people. N. ¥. Dist, Intl. Labor Defence, DEMONSTRATION FEB. 10 FOR NEW TRIAL OF MOONEY Union Square Meeting to Demand Re-opening of Case, Release NEW YORK.—A mass demonstra- tion will be held by the New York District, International Labor Defense, Friday, February 10, at 5 o'clock in Union Sq. in connection with a se- ries of similar mass meetings to be held at about the same time through- out the United States in a new came paign to bring the case of Tom Moo- ney into the Califronia courts, The Friday mass meetings will bring pressure to bear on Judge Louis H. Ward, of the Superior Court of San Francisco County, to grant Moo- ney « trial on the remaining indict- ment growing out of the explosion in San Francisco on July 22, 1916. be made in San Francisco Feb. 11. Mooney was indicted in August, 1916, on 10 counts, one count for each of the ten victims of the explosion. He was convicted and sentenced on one of these indictments, after which the district atiorney, Fickert, tried his utmost to have the other nine indictments dismissed so that there would never be any further chance of Mooney’s lawyers re-opening the case. The present district attorney in San Francisco has intimated that he will move for a dismissal of this one remaining indictment when the héar- ing takes place in San Francisco Sat- urday, Feb. 11, before Judge Ward. To Mass In Union Sq. the IL.G.W.U.; in reality served as/ the dressmakers, and are mobilizing|P8Y and the firm refused with the| cies ‘They pointed out that while | that these victories were Fetiehietenrg Aiko ope haben hrs edb i an agency for forcing workers into| the LL.G.W.U. and extorting from/ the workers dues and taxes. In return) for these important considerations, | the LL.G.W.U. leaders were co-oper-| beth the members of the Needle | ©Xcuse that he spoiled shoes. The| ‘Trades Workers Industrial Union and | the members of the I.L.G.W.U. for) struggle against the racketeers. On| the other hand, the leaders of the) whole crew walked out. The boss) withholds wages from the entire crew. | The firm atempted to split the ranks| by offering pay to some of the work-| ating with the leaders of this con-} International have at no time until) rs. The few refused to accept pay| traeting association seeking to force) today told the workers the racketeer-| Unless everybody is paid. other contractors into the associa-| tion and help the latter to collect) dues from the contractors. As a re-| sult of this situation, there has also) developed a dissatisfaction among| the contractors with this association | which has transformed the organiza- tion into a mere skeleton. Thus both the workers and the contractors are now seeing very clearly that the leaders of the Inter- national, as well as the leaders of the so-called Association of Dress Manufacturers have been serving the! interests of the jobbers and the chain stores at the expense of the workers) and the contractors. The dressmakers have been turning) in ever greater numbers to the Needle | ‘Trades Workers Industrial Union and to the Unity Committee, which unites the latter with the dissatisfied mem- bers of the ILGWU and have sought to prepare a successful struggle against the jobbers for humane con- ditions. Enter the Racketeers In the midst of this situation, a group of racketeers have seen their WHAT’S ON-- Wednesday (Manhattan) HALF cf today's intake at the Acme ‘Theatre will be donated to the East Side Now showing—“Woman's World” h Anniversary of the Soviet’ in ing nature of the Metropolitan. In-| Stead of that, some of them, as for) example, Mr. Wasilevsky, have even | declared that through the Metropoli- | tan they would build up their union! | However, as a result of the persis- | tent exposures of the Metropolitan as a racketeering organization and as a} result of the ever increasing pressure on the part of the dressmakers, re- sulting in a delegation of LL.G.W.U. members appearing before the Dress Joint Board of the IL.G.W.U. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, demanding their public repudiation of the racketeers, Hochman together with the other) leaders of the L.L.G.W.U., have finally | been compelled to resort to a new! method of concealing their racketeer- ing activities. Seeing that their at- tempt to achieve their shady pur- poses through the Metropolitan has been exposed, these burocrats are | now resorting to the building up of a new combination of forces, which would serve the interests of the real bosses in the dress trade just as ef- fectively as the Metropolitan racket.: ‘The ‘conference of representatives of the Jobbers Association, the Asso- | ciation of Dress Manufacturers and Hochman which took place, had as its :| purpose to revive the defunct associa- ,| tion of Dress Manufacturers as well as the defunct dress department of the IL.G.W.U. NT.W.1U. Will Fight In a statement appearing in the “Women’s Wear Daily’ of Jan. 26 Hochman declares that the Interna- tional “would take the present con-| Stage and Screen DOVEZENKO’S: SHOWN AT CAMEO SATURDAY “EVAN” TO BE “Ivan,” directed by the brilliant Russian producer Alexander Dovh- zenko, will be shown at a midnight performance on Saturday at the Cameo Theatre. The picture deals with the building of the giant Dnie- prostroy and with the transforma- tion of a peasant folk into an in- dustrial people. The film will be shown at this one performance to decide whether the Russian critics in Moscow were right in calling “Ivan” a “motion picture too aes- thetic for public showing.” On this occasion, an American audience will have an opportunity to judge whe- ther the Moscow critics were cor- rect. Dovhzenko will be remembered here for his splendid direction of | “Soil and “Arsenal.” “Woman's World,” the Soviet pic- ture of the woman’s work in the 5- Year Plan, is now in its last three days at the Acme Theatre. The same program includes the latest newsreel, pictures of the mass demonstration in honor of the 15th Anniversary Ce- lebration in Moscow, first time in sound, and Lenin’s funeral and mass | demonstration. |_ “With Williamson Beneath The | Sea,” presenting pictorial records of life filmed hundreds of feet beneath the sea, is now being shown at the ‘ 6 © (Bronx) LECTURE by Carl Winters tonight at 3 m. at 808 Aidee Ave. Subject: Present gles in Conjunction with Rent Strikes.” its. Admission free. Auspices— ‘Womens Council 37. DEBATE tonight at Ambassagor Hall, 3875 ‘Third Ave., near Claremont Parkway. Sub- fect: “Why the Soviet Union Shonld be Recownived by the U. 6.” Auspices ¥.8.U. LECTURE on the United Pront tonight at 792 Tremont Ave. Auspices Upper Bronx ILD. Admission free. All members must attend, EN FORUM at Prospect Workers Cen- ter, 1187 So. Boulevard tonight. Subject: “Strueeles in Needle Industry.” AM invited. OPEN FORUM at Tremont Workers Club, 2075 Clinton Ave. tonight at 8:30 p.m. Par- Sry Rules Class Thursday night at CLASS in Social Systems tonigh' at Concourse Workers Club, 13 Ave. 8 p.m. Jerome MEETING—discussion at Sacco-Vanzett! Branch TLD tonight at 702 ‘Tremont Ave., p.m. ek © (Brooklyn) LECTURE by Israel Amter tonight at 8 D.m. at Colonial Mansion, Bath Ave. and Bay 22nd St. Auspices ILD. Admission 18¢, QUESTION BOX at Flatbush Workers Club, 1207 Kings Highway tonight at 8:30 pan. MEETING of Seottsboro ILD Branch to- night at Workers Center, 261 Schenectady Ave., at 8 p.m. MEETING of Boto Park Shoe Workers Center, at 1109 48th Bt., at 8 p.m. sherp. All shoe workers should attend. * SATURDAY THE JOHN REED CLUB, whieh hae just opened its bingest and most successful art exhibition, will célebrate its third anniver- sary with @ dance and enterteinment on Saturday night at its headquarters, 450 Sixth Ave. * SUNDAY DEBATE Suiiday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Webster Hall, 119 B. llth St. Subject: “Shall the United States Government Rec- ognize the Soviet Union?” aAffirmative— Donald Henderson. Negative — Hamilton Fish. Auspices Friends of Soviet Union, Broadway, room 330. Admission 58¢ and 750. LABOR UNION c 3 MEETINGS Metal Workers general membership meet~ ing Peb. 3 at 8 p. m. in Manhattan Ly- ceum, 66 East 4th St. District Organizer Lustig of the Metal Workers Industrial Union to make detailed report, LAUNDRY WORKERS Laundry Workers Union membership meet- ing ab 8 p.m., Feb. 2 at 260 East 138th Gt. to discuss policy of union and plan of ac- tion, ui nae KNITGOODS WORKERS Delegates from shop organisations of initgoods workers or groups of unorganized workers in the shops, meet in conference at noon, Feb. 5 at Irving Plaga Hall to organize struggle against hunger wages, dis+ charges and isertrains jon. NEEDLE TRADES FORUM “The present Situation in the Dress ‘Trade’ will be topic of discussion at 8 p.m. tonight at Open Forum, Brownaville Culture Club, 1440 Bast New York Ave., Browns- . Lous Wise of the NIWIU will open the discussion, i ditions into account.” This has only one meaning, namely, that the In- ternational would perpetuate the prevailing miserable conditions of the workers in the dress trade, as a re- turn for which the jobless shall as- sist the leaders of the LL.G.W.U. to force the workers to belong to their organization, The Needle Trades Workers Indus- trial Union will continue to expose racketeering, no matter under what form it parades. We will continue to Mobilize the dressmakers and all other needle trades workers to fight the jobbers for better conditions in the shops and to unite the ranks of all dressmakers irrespective of their union affiliations for a joint strug- gle for better conditions in the trade. 200 Knitting Strikers Picket Atlanta Mills; 12 Arrested by Police NEW YORK.—The 200 strikers of the Atlanta Knitting Mills, 2897 At- lantic Ave., Brooklyn, through ‘their militant mass picketing completely paralized the shop. Fifty more work- ers joined their ranks, including ‘all the cutters. ‘The police riot squad arrested 12 workers but they did not succeed in stopping the mass picketing. The strike headquarters are at 608 Cleve- land St., Brooklyn. All workers of East New York and Brownsville are called upon to support the young and militant strikers in their fight against @ wage cut. The strike is under the leadership of the Knitgoods Depart- ment of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. MOSCOW ART THEATRE TO TRAIN YOUNG WORKERS IN STAGE TECHNIQUE The Moscow Art Theatre, one of | the greatest and most remarkable | stage groups in all Europe and Am- erica, is planning an Academy of Theatrical Technique. The purpose of this new institution is to perpe- tuate its work and technique by training the growing generation, Part of this program is already in full swing and much progress has already been made to further the ideas and eae traditions of the Moscow rt. This academy, according to its or- ganizers, will not only train actors and directors, but also technical workers reared in the methods of the Moscow Art Theatre. The new or- ganization will also have shops and laboratories where, problems connect~ ed with the presentations of a play —such as light effects, costumes, scenery, noise effects, etc. will be dealt with. Rush funds to save the “Daily.” Yon can't do without it ' Trans Lux Theatre. Other items on the screen include pictures of the ereat demonstration in Moscow in celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the 1917 Revolution, “The Bears and Bees” and a cartoon short. The Jefferson Theatre Wednesday | to Friday will present two features: “Congo,” with Walter Huston and Lupe Velez and “The Speed Demon,” with William Collier, Jr., and John Marsh, GIESEKING SOLOIST WITH PHILHARMONIC THURSDAY Walter Gieseking, pianist, will be the soloist at Carnegie Hall on | Thursday evening and Friday after- noon, at the Philharmonic concert under the direction of Brurio Walter. | The program: “Enigma” Variations, Elgar; Symphony in D major (K. | 385), Mozart; Concertino, Honegger; | “Burleske,” Strauss; and Till Eulen- | spiegel. Strauss. On Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at Carnegie, Nathan Mil- stein, Russian violinist, will be sol- oist. The program includes: Gold- mark’s Concerto, Mozart Symphony in D major; Debussy’s “Iberia,” and Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel EAST SIDE UNEMPLOYED COUN- | CIL GIVE BENEFIT OF “WOMAN'S WORLD” AT ACME THEATRE ‘The Acme Theatre, 14th Street and |Union Square, where “Woman's World” is now being shown, will run a benefit for the East Side Unem- ployed Council turning over 50 per cent of all receipts after 1 o'clock on Wednesday and Thursday, “Woman's World” is one of the most engrossing and thrilling films to come from Soviet Russia. It gives a graphic picture of the work and struggle of women in her effort and in her success of the development of they are not opposed to the affilia- tion, nevertheless, before suth action is taken, and in order to avoid me- chanical affiliation, it is necessary to develop a very serious discussion on the role and policies of the T.U. L., in order to convince every one of the members of our union of the important step that our union is taking through the affiliation. Our membership is new to the trade union movement. Most of them had their first trade union experi-+ ence when they joined our union and it is for this reason, because of the lack of training on the part of our membership, that the relations be- tween the leaders and the member- ship must be a very clear one and the workers must be informed very clearly to every move the union makes in order to avoid any mis- understanding that may arise dur- ing the process of struggle in the life of the union. It thus follows thet this question of affiliation must be brought home to our membership not just as a matter of organizational affiliation, per capita, dues, etc. but ag a very serious task in the life of our organization, and if we view this question from the above mentioned point of view, it will mean that we are going over to greater and better organized struggles under the leader- $hip and guidance ofthe T.U.U.L.) Born In Straggle The Alteration Painters Union was not established immediately as a unfon. Tt functioned as an organisa- tion committee Yor many months; it led and organized strikes and only after the completion of many vic- torious struggles did the membership decide to establish offitially an Al- teration Painters Union. The organization was established by workers, members of the T.U,UL. and other left wing organizations who felt the necessity for an Altera- tion Painters Union based on the principles of left wing unionism. The program and policy of this organisa- tion were in line with the class strug- gle unions, namely, organization of the unorganized, rank and file lead- ership, improvement of the condi+ tions of the workers, as against the reactionary class collaboration poli- cies of the Brotherhood of the A. F. of L. ‘The workers who became members of the union were patiently trained and coached in the policies of our union, and out of the apathy that existed amongst them for years, due to the state of disorganization, that they found themselves in because the A. F. of L. never tried to organize them, they were finally convinced that the painters, like other cate- tories of workers are ready and can be organized. For All Workers "The union started as an independ- ent union that embraces all workers regardless of race, color, affiliations, etc., that has one aim in view and that is to organize the thousands of unorganized painters, whose working conditions kept going down gradu- ally, and having this aim in mind and a militant class struggle policy as a guide, the organization began taking root amongst the painters. ‘The workers in the trade stood by and watched the growth and develop- ment of our Union. To many it meant that a real alteration painters’ union has come into existence, that for the first time the alteration paint- ers were taking matters into their own hands to put a stop to the mis- erable conditions imposed upon them by the bosses. Especially have those workers realized the meaning of the union, who have directly and in- directly benefitted out of -the union. On the other hand there were many the 5-Year Plan. thousands of painters who were re- | (OPPOSITE BI has now REDUC CULTURAL | Clubs and Ot! SEVERAL GOOD APARTMENTS | Lexington Avenue train to White | Plains Road. Stop at Allerton Aven| Station. Tel. Estabrook 8-1400—1401 || Workers Cooperative Colony 2700-2800 BRONX PARK EAST RONX PARK) ED THE RENT ON THE APARTMENTS AND SINGLE ROOMS ACTIVITIES || Kindergarden; Classes for Adults and Children; Library; Gymnasiam; her Privileges NO INVESTMENTS REQUIRED & SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE Take Advantage of the Opportunity, Office open datly Friday & Satutday Sunday possible | only because of the policies and pro- | gram of our Union. They were con- vineed of this because it was they | the membership of the Union, side by side with the leadership that or- ganized, led, and finally won these struggles, and were instrumental in Shaping the policies of the Union. It was the membership who put forth as their leaders, rank and file worl- | ers who have became known to the | workers in the trade as a result of | strike struggles, and likewise gained | the confidence of the membership of the union and were therefore placed | in leading positions. Our member- | ship also learned the meaning of left- | wing leadership and know whenever our union meets the problems it can | not solve that we turn to the TUUL for guidance and leadership and to help us generally in our work. It | was therefore a very healthy and se- | rlous move on the part of the mem- | bership at the general meeting to call for affiliation. For Mass Organization The affiliation to the T.U.UL. places upon the leadership and mem- | bership alike a very responsible task, | To affiliate without changing the narrow base of our union will not mean much to us, and it therefore | Calls upon us to view the affiliation to the T.U.U.L. as a mesng of going over to real mass organization .of painters. One very important problem along with concentration on big shops, ho- tels, office buildings, etc., is the poli- cy of the building of the untted front movement of our union with the rank and file of the reactionary Brotherhood. We find as we go along we will dafly confront problems of Joint action on jobs and shops and unless we begin to seriously develop the United Front we will unwillingly put a wall between ourselves and the rank and file of the Brotherhood who must be considered by us as workers who are up seine a@ reactionary gangster leadership and are looking for a way to solve their grievances. The membership of our union knows the good and bad sides of the union, In many oases they are much more alert to detect mistakes of the union than the leadership, and their desire to affillate with the T.U.U.L, flows from the same sotirce, namely, to ‘safeguard the existence of the union and to broaden its base of activity by involving the rank and file of the union in the every day activities of the union. Vote of Confidence The vote of confidence given to the T.U.U.L. by our union signals to the leadership of the union that we have but began, true a good begin- ning, but that the real task is yet be- fore us; that we have but organized @ small number of workers in com- parison to the many thousands who are still unorganized: that we have not as yet learned how to develop and apply the United Front tactics that becomes most important at the Present time, due to the demoralized |1 at the Porto Rican Anti-Imperialtt | |the conférence and will send dele- | right by the Relief Bureau. The Peo- | ple’s Insurance Go. at W. 123d St, was in our organigatiowal campaign that | clubs and organizations to join in the fight against imperialist war which is now raging in South America. They | are urged to send delegates to a con- | ference to be held Wednesday, Feb.! Association, 22 W. 114th 8t., will lay) the plans for a broad anti-war mass) meeting to take place on Sunday) afternoon, Feb. 26. The conference calls for united struggle of work- ers in Harlem against war. Many clubs have already joined the prep-| aratory committee. The YPSL Circle | in Harlem hag promiséd to send three | delegates to the conference. The Young Comintinist League éndorses gates. East Harlem Jobless Council Wins Relief; Forces Ins. Payment NEW YORK —During the _post| week, the East Harlem Unemployed Council won relief for a dozen cases, | two of which were single workers, | who had been hitherto refused out- forced to pay $40 to Manuel Torres for his child's burial. The company had previously refused to pay the death benefit, with the excuse that the child died from too many dis- eases. ‘The Public Welfare Association at 345 E. 116th St. gave instant atte: tion to two single women, when they | appeared at the office accompanied | by a delegation from the unemployed council last Triday; one woman re- ceived a food ticket and payment of | | 8s and electric bills, while the other, | @ new case, got $2 cash pending the arrival of an investigator early Mon- day morning. hand the willingness on the part of the rank and file to struggle over the heads of the misleaders. Fakers Still Try It must be likewise remembered that we havé not passed the ¢risis as yet, and we still have many re- actionary forces to contend with. We must remember that the fakers of the Brotherhood will not rest and will use all sorts of means to try to disrupt our work, as they are trying to do now and will increase as we grow and develop, unless we ptt a stop to them by the militant organ~- ization of our membership in affille- tion with the T.U.U.L. In conclusion it must be urged, while our union is at present dis- cussing the problems of affiliation with the T.U.U.L. that during this period we get busy in organization, establishment of more and bigger unton shops, increase the member- ship, involve more workers in the general daily activities of the union and when we actually do affiliate, our union will be stronger, greater numbers of workers’ organized, a mass union worthy of its place in the state of the reactionary leadership of the:Brotherhood and on the other T.U.U.L. alongside of the other class Depicting the struggles of worl Feb. 3— Proeressive Workers Cult.Club 199 Sumner Ave., Brooklyn, Feb. 4~— Flatbush Workers Club Kings Highway & E, 1th st, * Brookiyn, Feb. 5— Section 2, C. P. Teving Plaze, $ showings, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Feb. 11— Kast New York Workers Club on UJ ein “The Struggle for Bread” specially prepared for the DAILY WORKBER, is ready for showing. — Organizations desiring to have this picture shown should make arrangements immediately through the District Office of the Daily Worker, 35 East 12th Street. The following organizations have already booked this picture: struggle unions of the T.U.U.L. (A NEW FILM) ‘kers and farmers of America, Feb. 12— Harlem Progr. Youth Club 1388 Madison Ate, N. ¥. © Feb. 14— Bridge Plava Workers Club 285 Rodney St., Brooklyn, N.Y, Feb: 18 Boro Park Workers Clad 1878-4rd St. Brooklyn. Feb, 22— Bath Beach Workers Club 1818-86th 6%., Brooklyn, JOHN J, BALLAM, Dist. Secy. Brooklyn Paint Shop| NEW YORK.—A strike of painters is in full swing against the S. & K,! shop in Brooklyn under the leader- | ship of the militant Alteration Paint- | ets Union for wage incréases and bet- | ter working conditions. | hey are confident and urge Brownsville workets to report at the | union loca), 428 Saratoga Ave., io as- sist in picketing. { The mass demonstration in Union Sq. on Feb. 10 will exert a powerful mass pressure against the dismissal of the indictment, and against the robbing of Tom Mooney of his only chance to ceopen his case in the Cali- ifornia courts. Speakers at the demonstration in Union £9. will include Ben Gold, fighting leader of the Needle Trade Workers; Louis Scott, personal repre- sentative of Tom Mooney; John Bal- jam (chairman), secretary of the New York District, L.L.D., and others prominent in the class struggle. AMUS EMENTS Last 3 Days! AMKINO presents “Victory March of the Seviets” SEE AND HEAR SEE INTIMATE VIEWS OF STALIN, MOLOTOF, VoRSHILOYY, GORKI, YENUKIDZE, KALENIN, BUDENNY | Daily, 10 a.m. to Midnite ON AT ALL TuMES EMBASSY NEWS REEL THEA. 1509 Broadway, bet. 466h & 471b Sts, dy by S. N, BERMAN id St., West of Bw: Thurs, & Bat. at 2: ELMER RICE’S », THE PEOPLE A NEW PLAY IN TWENTY SCENES EMPIRE, Biwiy & 40 St, Tél. PE. 6-2670 Evs., 8:80 Sharp. Mats, Wed. & Sat., 2:20 A GUILD TREA’ Bre. 8:30. Mi 1,000,000 Soviet sol sailors | EAST SIDE Anuwersary of wotshevin rue in fg ||UNBMPLOYED COUNCIL Lontn Square. —PROGRAM— 4 | V A N” Today and Tomorrow! From 1 p.m. to Closing TAE - worsees Acme Theatre 1th Strect and Union Square Will Contribute 50 Per Cent of the Gross Receipts to the WOMAN'S WORLD 15th Anniversary Celebration in Moscow Lenin’s Funeral and Mass Demonstration “HUNGER"—THE AMERICAN WORK- ING CLASS ON THE MARCH Comrades—Fill the Acme Theatre and help build the Unemployed Couneils. Benefit from 1 p.m.—-REGULAR PRICES Midntgnt Performance Sat. Feb, 4th Ist Sound Film Directed by Dovzhenko, Creator of “Soil” and “Arsenal” —Now Playing— | “MAEDCHEN IN UNIFORM” RKO CAMEO THEA., 42nd St, & Broadway FRANCIS LRORRER & DOROTHY GIsH IN AUTUMN crocus ‘The New York ahd London Suece: MOROSCO THEATRE, 45th St, W. of Bway “ with WALTER Added ‘8KO JEFFERSON ee iNOW HUSTON and LUPE VELEZ Eves, 8:40, Mats, Wed., Thurs. @ Sat, 2:40 pechendtate ni SPEED DEMON" Festure with WILLIAM COLLIER, JR | PATRON ADVERTISERS IZE OUR Attention Comrades! OPEN SUNDAYS Health Center Cafeteria Workers Center — 50 EK. 13th St. Quality Food Reasonable Prices —— ————EEEE== == JADE MOUNTAIN American & Chinese Restaurant 197 SECOND AVENUE Bet, 12 & 13 Welcome to Our Comrades ' Vhone Tombins tig. 6-96n4 John’s Restaurant GPROIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where alt 302 EB. 12th St endicain meet New York |! 28 BAST 4TH STREKT NEW YORK Yel. Algonquin 3356-8843 We Carry @ Fall Line of | STATIONERY AT SPECTAL PRICES for Organizations | A crime against the working class) to permit thé Daily Worker to sus- nee Co-operative BARBER SHOP 483 EAST 9th STREET (Between Ist Ave. & Ave, A) | | p | 50% Reduction For Unemployed with Unemployed Card | pe | DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 Bristol Street (Bet. Pitkin & Sutter Aves.) Balm PHONE! DICKENS 2.3012 Office Hours: 8-10 AM. 16%, 6-8 Pa Hospital und Ooulist Preseri Filled At One-Half tie t White Gold Filled Pram e EYL Shell Prates no 9308 Lenses sot included .COHEN’S 117 Orchard St. Fitst Dir Off Delance; a Telephone: ORchard 44520 bees {ntecn’l Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 80 FIFTH AVENUB 15th FLOOR Ab Work Donw Under Vernound Cave at DR, JOSEPESON Dr. WILLIAM BELL pend, Rush funds today. , OPTOMETRIST 106 KE. 14th St., near 4th Av.