The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 26, 1933, Page 3

{ \ -NEEDLE TRADE WORKERS; DEMONS aparaeeae DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY APRIL 26, 19 29 33 N. Y. Trade Union News TOILERS CALLED TO SCOTTSBORO- MOONEY MEETING NEW YORK.—The Needle Trades Workers. Industrial Union has issued @ call to all the workers to come in mass to’ the Tom Mooney-Scottsboro mass meeting at the Bronx Coliseum Thursday, 8 o'clock, and to see that all locals and departments are rep- resented at the Mooney Congress in Chicago on April 30, May 1 and 2. In the call the union ponts to the| splendid record of activity of Tom} Mooney, the fact that he is kept be- hind prison bars because he fought loyally in the cause of the workers,| and that only through the united struggle of the workers can the jail) bars be pried open to bring Mooney) back into, the active ranks of the mi-| litant workers of the U. S. This meeting which is called to de-| mand the freedom of Mooney and to protest the murder verdict of the} Scottsboro boys is not merely a meet- ing. It must express the protest and indignation of the workers of New} York against these vicious attacks on the working class and to demand the| immediate freedom ‘of all. a A series of open air meetings were| arranged in connection with May Day.| These’ meetings will take place today | at the’following corners: 29th St. and Seventh Aye.; 36th St. and Eight Ave.; 36th St. and Sixth Ave. St. and Madison Ave., at 12 o'clock) noon. All workers are urged to at-| tend these meetings and to mobilize for May First. HEEL WORKERS STRIKE IN B’KLYN NEW, YORK.—A walk-out of workers of the New York Progr Wood Heel Co. in Brooklyn occur Nearly 40 per cent of Ss came out demanding wage increases. Picketing started to- day. A sirike commitiee was elected at a) following doz flat 50 per cent 44 hour week and reco; shop com | tory has fallen to the low level of $8) a week for a full week's work. | Soon ‘after the sirike was called the| bosses conceded a 10 per cent wage| increase to the workers who remained) in the shop in the hope of preventing them from joining th strike. The! workers | join the struggle to win the full demands, The workers are showing a determined and militant spirit. Strike headquarters are at 142 Flat- bush Ave., Brooklyn. METAL WORKERS— MOBILIZE FOR MAY Ist: NEW YORK.—The metal workers lot New York and Brooklyn, under| ‘the leadership of the Steel and ond Workers Ipdusirial Union, will par-/ ticipate im the celebration of May| First in. greater numbers this year/ than ever hefore, | A flag will be given by the Trade| Union Unity Council to the Silver and Holloware Section of the union at the | meeting to be held today, Wednesday, | at 6.30 p,m, at 35 East 19th Stree A general membership meeting will | be held on Friday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m,, ab 35: Bast 19th Street, for the final mobilization of the members of the union. i The workers in a number of fac-| tories will stop work and participate | in the march. All metal workers will} gather at,9:0’clock in the morning at the headquarters of the union, 35 East 19th Street, on Monday, May 1. A special’ May First issue of “The Metal Worker,” the official organ of | the New York District of the Steel) and Metal Workers Industrial Union, | will be sold in front of the factories in thousands of copies, thus helping | to mobilize the workers for May First. SHOE WORKERS— MOBILIZE FOR MAY 1st jx YORK.—All shoe workers are ed upon by the Shoe and Leather forkers Industrial Union to stop work on May First. The last mem- bership meeting of the Union has indorsed’ the call of the United Front May Day Committee to rally to dem- onstration on this International Day of Struggle against wage cuts, un- employment and war. The Shoe Workers will meet at Bryant Park, 40th Street and Sixth Avenue, New York, at 10 a. m. All active workers are called by the Union to be at union headquarters on Thursday-evening for final prep- arations. The May, Day Committee meets on Wednesday, evening at union head- quarters. ». A special membership meeting of slipper workers will also be held on Wednesday, April 26, at union head- quarters, 96 Fifth Avenue, New York. DOLL WORKERS LAUNCH DRIVE NEW YORK.—The Doll and Toy Workers = Union has recently gone through “2° very serious struggle against the former leaders of the Union, who have squandered the Union's funds and work side by side with the bosses against the interest of the workers. The Union is now beginning a ¢am- paign to revive the union and activi- ve it membership after getting rid of these racketeering officials who were slnbye supported by the A, F. L. and the Labor Committee of the So- slalist Party, who stole the union documents and left without finances | wt the close of the season, | ’ Needle aeons Mesihers a Held As Witnesses Are Released on $1,000 Bail| NEW YORK.—Kight members of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial | Union were rel 1d on $1000 bail yesterday, provided by the union and the | Infernational Labor Defense; to be called as material witnesses in the trial of the gangsters arrested for the attack on the wnion center, Monday. Two more workers are held as witnesses but cannot be bailed until they | re neers are released from the hospital. One,| Abe Goitfried, was operated on Mon- P ‘d from} ted to re- | , Charles} Kolstein was cut in the abdomen, He| | is recoverin | | Gangsters Have Records | Yesterday six gangsters were ar- raigned in the homicide court, where Jacques Buitenkant, I. L. D. attorney, represented the union. They are | charged with homicide, felonious as-| ult, violation of 1897 penal act (for | Carrying weapons) and malicious mis- chief, Magistrate Van Ameringe| | bound them over without bail. They | | are to be charged togethet with three | more men who are in the hospital at | present, Barney Shaw, Green and| y Katz, | Among t ix arraigned yesterday) were Benjamin Levine who has three aliases and eight arrests for felonious| charges, Max Goldstein who has a! record, Louis Tashman alias, Gold alias Silver, etc. Anthony Bendetto and Sam Cohen. All of these men have records that charge them with} -~ carrying lead pipes, ete. This would indicate that they are regular slug-| ers of the Needle Trade bosses, most | arrests being in strike areas and on} Ben Gold, Nationa! Secretary of the Needle Trades Workers In- dustrial Union. UNION TO EXPOSE GANGSTER ATTACK Seago wounds sustained in the raid on the center and which the workers repelled. Yesterday's issue of the Daily For. L RECO RDS O . y Katz, gangster is expected to NEW YORK.—The Needle Trades 3 Industrial Union gathered | evidence to prove without any doubt who hired the gang of murderers who raided the union of- on the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union: ward, Socialist Party organ, used the| “4% GOLDSTEIN Alias: Max Stein, Max Gold. aiaaki ae enim Of airing the 7-2-25—Max Goldstein, New York City, felonious assoult. workers who heroically defended their | Judge Koenig, Off. Cohen 4th Pct. 131 West 28th St, on Mon-| union, “Ii is rumored that the gang-| 3-5-30—Max Goldstein, Mantattan, Robbery. ng, April 24th and shot at/ sters came to collect money owed|7th Pet. men and women) them by the union,” lied the For-| 12-13-32—Max Stein, Newark, N. J. ng two of their own| ward. Read the editorial in another! og set. Ki . 7 section of today's DAILY WORKER. )0) . Sgt. Kinney and Savad D. B. d wounding 22 old and ed worke: | nt that appeared in the Wear Daily the same| when the attack was made union, that the A. F. of L.} ped into the fur i 2-16-33—Max Gold, Bronx County Violation, 1897 Penal Law |DeLuca, 6th-Court. Officers Killoran and Gillhooley,44th Squad. 4-24-33—Max Goldstein, New York City, Homi ous Mischief. Pt. Kelly, 6th Pct. BENJAMIN LEVINE—Alias: Benjamin Katz and Benjamin Kaplin. | 6-22-28—As Benjamin Kaplin. ton and Fox, 47th Sad. 8-8-28—As Benjamin Levin, Brooklyn, Burglary pended and probation, Judge Nova, County Ct., Det. W fur-workers and the leaders of the Industrial Union proved to be no empty threat. | Fi 50th Sqd. Cotter, Ptl. Kierman, Traffic A. | 3-12-30—As Benjamin Levine, N. ¥. C. Poss, counterfeit money. lanta, Ga. No, 33126. Off. Gruber and Haubner., 8-10- 1th Squad. 12-13-32—As Benjamin Katz, Newark, N. J. the leaders of the Associated Fur Manufacturers Association, Inc., the indivdual members of the as a on for the purpose of fig] g the union is another link in the chain Rack ring at the point of a gun On 3 “Congratulations on the Job” On 10-20-25 indefinite term, B. 1. Loitering. - On 12-16-32 sentence suspended. (Lead Pipe). al Charge /Uniawful Entry). Investigation (Holdzp). No disposition at present. Page Three TRATE M AY 1! Daily Forward —By Gropper GANGSTERS ried sanaens woes | WHO RAIDED NEEDLE TRADE UNION NEW YORK.—The following is the police record vf the gangsters who participated in the raid Monday Penitentiary On 3-31-30 discharged Mag. Goodman, 3rd Court. Officer Artico Judge Albano, 3rd Court; On 2-16-33 discharged. Mag. ide (Gun), Felonious Assault and 1897 Penal Law and Malici- Brooklyn Dis. Con, On 6-23-28 fined $10, Mag. Healy, 6th Ct. Det. Farring- On 10-5-28, sentence sus- 5-21-29—As Benjamin Levine, N. ¥. C. Attempting lo pass counterfeit money. On 5-22-29 discharged. Judge 30 2 years U. S. penitentiary, At- 32—As Benjamin Katz, N. ¥Y. C. Felonious asseult. On 8-24-32 dismissed, grand jury, Det. Rosenfeld, Sgt. Kinney. Loar Spreearsebay pear fiona oun 4-24-33—As Benjamin Levine, N. ¥. C erous Weapon (Iron Pipe). Case pending, Ptl. Uhiman, 20th Pet. violence against vorkers 4-24-33—As Benjamin Levine, N. Y. C. de, Fok Ascault, 1897 P, L. and Malicious Mischief, Pt, Uhl- and even against eee : .., |man, 20th, Pet. ployers who refus> to do the bidding “tose Wortis, Assistant District | sant COHEN. f the racketeers: ‘are close!y:icon-. /°cretary of Necille Trades. Workers | 2 ‘abot ‘ = ; ¢ o 4-24-33—As Sam Cohen, Manhattan No. 1; Homicide (Gun); No. 2; Felonious Assault; No, 3; 1897 PB. L. nected with this murderous attacy ‘74ustrial Union, upon the union. Weapon; No. 4; Malicious Mischief; Off. Greiten, Lith P ct. LOUIS KATZ—Alias: Louis Tashman. “Let Bneni It’s Hard es Learn” to Crush Needle Workers’ Union By JOHN NEW YORK.—The defense of the Needle ADAMS. headquarters in the fur boss gangsters’ attack Monday marked another epoch in the heroic fighting resistanc | headquarters in t | sters’ attack Mon ma }epoch in the heroic fighting re jance of the workers against }enemies who would try and |them out of their unions so as t | better be able to slash their w | and keep them in more miserable } Slavery. | The New York boss press showed | Pictures of five men lying on the} |sidewalks in front of the headqus jters. The press shows whom it serves} | by labeling the picture, “victims of red riot waiting for the ambulance.”| | These were the thugs who thought |that they could smash a union bi |cause they carried smoking guns in their hands and slugged a few old | workers who couldn’t get up quick| {enough to strike back. The workers| |taught them a lesson. When the fight was over the gangsters were | thoroughly defeated. One was dead jand five were wounded. | A union with militant leadership is | not to be smashed so easily. Work- ers fight today because they have learned how to fight. We are not |slaves without spirit. We never have been! We will fight until we win jour final victory. Let our enemies jlearn that right now! | Yesterday the Needle Trades In-| |dustrial Union center was function-| |ing as usual. Workers kept coming | jin to pay their shop dues, to discuss | |problems. Unemployed needle trade} |} workers came right in and reported} to their unemployed council, Men} and women, Negro and white work-| ers, undaunted, stronger in their Louis Hyman, President of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial | Union. fighting spirit than ever. | It wasn’t hard to catch the mean-| | asking if this were true. | leader been hurt by the thugs? Never | ket. pe of the workers against their ene= mies who would try and drive them out of their unions so as to better be able to slash their wages and keep them in more miserable slavery. Irving Potash, District Secretary of the Needle Trades Workers In- dustrial Union. THOUSANDS JOIN IN SPONTANEOUS RAID PROTEST NEW YORK.—Thousands of needle trade workers flooded into the head- quarters of the Needle Trade Work- ers Industrial Union Monday as soon after the attack as the police would permit. While the attack was being repulsed in the office hundreds of workers tried to rush the police lines and come to the assistance of their comrades. Some succeeded, and it was due to their vigilance that some of the gangsters were caught. Rumors flew over the dress and fur market. -“Ben Gold has been knifed.” Thousangs came to the headquarters Had their before in the history of the union had workers come to the center in such numbers, according to union officials. Angry groups met all over the mar- ‘They came from shops as soon as they could. The furriers had re- ceived a bulletin, issued last Friday. The Industrial Union had warned in advance that_a pogrom would be at- tempted. “The furriers will give them the answer they justly deserve. They will pay for every drop of “Forward” Chps in ing of the groups that were pointing | workers’ blood spilled by their gang- The bourgeoisie has torn away rom the family its sentimental eil, and has reduced the family The tens of thousands of doltars contributed by the Jewish Daily For- ward Association and other controlled by the Jewish “Fo: relation to a mere money. rela- to’ the leaders of the defunct Fur ‘ion—Communist Manifesto: | Workers Internatidnal Joint Council | went for the very same purpose, - “it The lawyers and politicians, who) conferences. | for the past few years employed; The jeaders of the Union were| every method to shield and white-! threatened several times during the h dozens of murderers with police i deers weeks with hekrue’ “put. on ecords when caught red handed and| the spot” ris Langer, leader| who furnished them with legal ad-| of the rabbit di cand idvers whol vice, on the i and behind the m de of the clique! was bombed and killed. | } lerers and rack-| ‘The Union is aware of the fact that eteers. — 5 | high police authorities were informed | Union To Expose Murderers | by employers aboutthe racketeering | The Union is in possession of facts} and gangsters prevalent in the fur} to prove that a few individuals, well | industry, but no steps have been known in the fur ndustry, have been| taken by these authorities against it, in constant conferences for the past | The Union is informedthat Mon-)| several weeks with the leaders of the| day’s murderous attack is but the be-| gangsters and racketeers, planning! ginning of a series of similar attacks} this attack. In due time the union} contemplated by the leaders of vari- will expose the names of the parti-| ous organizations who are hiring the cipants, the dates and places of these’ gangsters for action. } 2-19-27—Louis Tashman, N, Y. C. 3 months workhouse; Mag. Rosenbluth, Off. Tracy and Wallace 25th Sqd. 9-23-27—Louis Tashman, N. Y. C. Robbery. Off. Connelly, 3. Av Pet. 8-28-29—Louis Silver Manhattan. lith Pet. On 2 Disorderly condast. to the bullet holes in the walls and| ceiling. It was easy to distinguish | |who hag been there at the time and) those who had not. The latter lis- tened and chuckled appreciatively at! telling points. A Negro woman was| On 11-18-27, discharged on own recognizance Judge Mulqueen. Felonious Assault, On 9-19-29 discharged. Mag. Rosenbluth. Off. Baker, there. She didn’t have a clear stor 10-30-29—Louis Gold, N. Y. C. Felonious assault. On 11-15-29 discharged. Mag. Simpson, Ist Ct. Off. Creash, | to tell, but “I know I hit one of road 5th Pet. devils so hard he'll never want to come back here again,” she stated to 12-2-32—Louis Tashman, N. Y. C. Violation 1897 P. L. (gun). On 3-21-33 dismissed. Special Sessions Ct. Off. Arnold, O’Nei! and Kirwan, M. 0. D. Sqd. ‘ an approving group. 4-24-33—Louis Katz, N. ¥. C. Homicide, Felonious As‘ult, 1897 P. L. (gun) and Malicious Mischief. Officer A Typical Example: O'Neill, 32nd Pet. In the office of f ANTHONY BENEDETTO— ment the telephone switc s I 10-27-19—Anthony Benedetto, N. ¥. C., disorderly conduct. On 10-30-19 six months probation. Magistrate C2td. T went ie bo See ane Teens Sweetser, 5th Court. Officer Carroll, 39th Pet. teatified th the® barrage of bullets 1-6-26—Anthony Benedetto, N. Y. C. Burglary. On 2-17-26 six months County Jail, Judge Barrett. Officer that had been poured into the office Caputo, 13th Squad. ‘ in an effort to stop the operator 4-24-33—Anthony Benedetto, N. Y. C. Homicide (gun); Feloniows Asseult, 1897 Penal Law and Malicious Shirley, eee ate ene Mischief. St. Patrick McGuire, Traffic B seen Paitenttre auitley at r pected to be told Following is the complaint against all of these defcndanis: set by her e while acting together and in consort they told me t On April 24, 1933, about the hour of i0 ». m. these six defend. with each other and with (Barney Shaw, Sam Green and Hatry latter three now under arrest in the pris- oners ward in Bellevue Hospital, did enter the second flocr of the premises 131-155 West 28th Street, where they did willfully and feloniously point, aim and discharge several shots from revolvers then and there held in the ands of these defendants, at a group of men who were on the second floor *- the boar’ ha: g the board dues books, was Shirley. | Right in line with her head, was} the street window and the pane had} girl >| future in the office and meeting rooms of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union of the U.S.A.; that as a result of the aforesaid, an unknown man | about 35 years of age was struck under the right eye with a bullet from | which he was pronounced dead by Doctor Kennedy of St. Vincents Hos- pital who arrived at the scene of the aforesaid about twenty minutes later, © that the aforesaid was committed without any justification on the part of | these defendants. Magistrate Guy Van Amringe, Officer Fred H. Sorger, 14th Sqd. Detective. U.S. A----U.S.S.R. se BULLETIN NEW YORK—The dead. man found on the steps of the Needle Trade Center in the attack Mon- day was identified yesterday as Manny Burdy, of 41 Essex St. Iden- tifieation was reported to have been made by his family who stated he was a gangster who had never been caught, explaining the absence of fingerprints in the police files. FUR AND DRESS WORKERS VOTE NEW YORK — At a fur point- ers membership meeting tomorrow, ‘Thursday, at 5.30 p. m. at the Needle | | they decided to send a committee in| | order to plead with Dubinsky to come} prearranged plan, Dubinsky The fake manguever of the Love-, come to install them. The installa- stonites at the installation meeting! tion meeting will take place tonight, of Local 22 called for last week where! wednesday, at Memorial Hall. The Left Wing Group calls on the and install them has now been car-| workers to come to this installation ried through. In accordance with the! meeting and to show their opposition has| to the splitting tactics of Dubinsky | showed his generosity by agreeing to| and his allies, the Lovestonites, and | forgive his naughty children and to! to give their support to the left wing Trades Workers Industrial Union| ~ Headquarters, 131 West 28th Street, elections will be held for the trade board, executive council members and representatives to the Trade Union Unity Council. Also those who will act in the organization drives now being conducted in the fur pointing branch of the trade. | * . NEW YORK.—The Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union announced today that elections for paid and un- paid officers of the dress department will be carried through all day today from the following polling places: 181 West 28th St. 3882 Third Avenue, Bronx,and 1813 Pitkin Ave., Browns- ville. All workers are called upon to participate in these elections and to choose the officers who will be best fit to carry out the decisions of the union. The furriers will vote Wednesday and Thursday. The Fur Department of the N, T, W. I. U. announced that the elections will go on for two con- secutive days, from 8 in the morning till 8 o'clock at night. The polling place will be in the office of the In- dustrial Union, 131 West 28th Street. woman In the upper left hand picture a under the low paid sweat shop conditions typical of the New York needl trades which the bosses are desperately trying to preserve by any means even to the extent of murder, The larger picture was takep in the Soviet Union where the work- ers have won their final victory over the bosses of Czarist Russia. Wages of needle trades workers in the U.S.S.R. are constantly rising. worker Is shown toiling They work in large, well lighted, airy factories. The picture shows an attractive restaurant attached to the factory where the workers get good food at low pri Fur Bosses Tried It Before Le Thugs attacked these three workers in the last far strike, But the heroic workers were made only more determined by the cowardly at- tacks of the paid hoodiuims and continued the strike to victory, |been pocked in several places by fly- | ling pieces of glass that had been| \hurled by the impact of the gang- sters’ bullets across the room. j I asked her to tell me just what} happened. j “There’s nothing I did that is | worth telling. When they rushed on | |the floor, they started shooting. I} | plugged in for upstairs and dodged |under the table with the receiver in| | my hand!” “Didn't asked. She didn’t admit being in any! special danger, but the marks on the window told the story of another) worker who remained at her post in time of danger. Thug Threatens Phone Girl. She continued, when I insisted |that the workers did want to hear |some details of the fight: “A fellow |ran in with a big knife in his hand. He told me to pull out the plugs and kept demanding, ‘Where is Gold?’ He slashed at the wire of the phone) right behind the board, thinking that | it was the outside wire. I plugged} in as quickly as he left me and he} |kept running around slashing and loursing for about three minutes. |They continued shooting and I stood | | behind the open safe door. It was all over in about five minutes. workers had them on the run and held five of them, forcing the police to arrest them.” In the attack many workers played similar parts. The gangsters and their manufacturer bosses thought to start a campaign of terror that would smash the fighting union of the needle trades. The first attack was a defeat. They will be wise to take heed. You can’t stop men and women who are fighting for the right to live and who know why they are fighting. It took years to build & mass union under correct leadership in the needle trades. Shirley Korell }and the other workers are but a jsample of what forces are ready to ‘keep that unin olin= you risk being hit?” I The | sters.” This wasn’t prophecy; this was a fact that a union worthy of the mass support of the furriers knew for truth. Thousands in Demonstration Monday the workers did meet the gangsters and they did make them will make them answer future! In the fur market, y morning, a tremendous dem- took place. This demon- unusual. It had not the union. There were No slogans were groups of workers v ig, discussing the attack. Ev e is agreed that they will close the ranks and strengthen their union. Police Cannot Disperse Workers Dicks of the so-called industrial squad, who knew of the plans of the attack and know of the plans of attacks, were uneasy, They ke the ses disperse. cop came shoving and “Beat it.” But they stayed. The furriers have accepted the challenge of the Manufacturer-Social- ist Party leaders financed terror com~ bine. Never again will they submit to pogroms and dictatorship that the right-wing leaders would force upon them. d by carried. Just Union Refuses To Betray! Seven thousand furriers are in the Industrial Union. They are there to stay, gentlemen! Ask them, if you do not think so! It is their union and their leadership. ‘The leadership that refused to turn the victorious strike of last year into a betrayal. The capitalist press mentions that |the union “dropped negotiations with the Associated.” Yes, it did. It re- fused to accept the check-off in re- turn for selling the workers to the bosses, It refused to maneuver and carry on conferences. Its demands are unchanged, and clear, “Full pro- tection to the workers. Ours is a class union; you are our enemies. We do not beg, but fight!” The Industrial Union cannot be bought. It has a fighting leadership and every member is a fighter. Today thousands of fur workers and other workers of the needle trades will flood the streets at the noon hour meetings called in protest against this attack. Monday was meant to be a pogrom. It was a defeat for the bo: . The furriers show that they stand ready to fight every inch of the >LENUM ON MAY 12th NEW YORK.—On Friday evening, May 12th, the opening of the Gen- eral Executive Board Plenum of the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union will be held with a mass meet~ ing and concert, in Webster Hall, 11th St. and Third Ave. This plenum will review the pre- sent situation in the fur industry and the situation in the cloak and dress industries; how to meet the attacks of the bosses and their henchmen, ‘This plenum will take up the ques- tion of the United Front and the pre- parations for struggles tans at Trades Industrial Onion s