The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 20, 1934, Page 2

Page Two TLY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1934 Anti-Racket Confab 8. 8. Bosses ToPlan Fight Against AFL Union Grafters Delegates Meet in Irving Plaza Tomorrow NEW YORK.—A confer- ence against racketeering in A. F. of L. trade unions will held on March 21, at Irving za Hall, Irving Place and st 8 p.m. The conference e the complete support of tee for Un- Relief, and of L. to send dele- e call of the Anti-Racketeering Committee reads as follows of system unions and. enecked, the trade union movement be confronted with the menace Side control racketeering has used the nds in general, and ment funds in par- ( enrichment of some labor racketeers at the expense of the general membership and in hose members that are nploved. Such a conditions de- mands the supervision of the finances by the general member- ship as well as periodic and co! plete financial accounting. This question directly involves the tem of labor racketeering and its elimination.” Taxi Strike Makes BigGains as Owners Sign Up With Union (Continued from Page 1) labor organizations throughout the cite “If the Commu S are with us, m,”” we are with t said Shop Chairman Riely of the 23rd St. Par- | melce Garage. Ricly’s garage is the bect picketed in the city. The strikers cheered lustily. Re- ports given at the strike hall that the Steel and Metal Workers’ In- dustrial Union, the Furniture Work- ers’ Union and A. F. of L. locals have given funds to support the fight against company unions. “The best forces of organized labor in New York are with us now. we are bound to win,” said a hack- man in the 16th St. strike hall yes- terday. Hts remarks received pro- Jonged applause and cheering. Still on the job, but considerably weakened, is the Parmelee Company Union. Irving Robbins, President of the so-called brotherhood, hurled lying charges of graft at officials of the Taxi Drivers Union, but his ac- cusetions were ridiculed by thé men In a move of desperation. Mr. Rob- bins jumped into a Parmelee cab and drove it around the block as an open strike-breaker. Levin Rank, treasurer of the Par- melee System, lied yesterday that Sam Orner said that he was in conference with the Parmelee of- ficials. Orner said that he had had no conference with Parmelee offi- cials, but that he had refused to meet with company union men. “We are ready to meet with with com- pany officials when they are ready to recognize our union,” said Orner. “The fact that Mrs. Herrick has tried to arrange for a meeting to- dey between the operators and union men, shows the effectiveness of the strike. She has seen that all her talk about returning to work and then taking a vote on the union will never do as far as the drivers are concerned. We will continue our fight until we foree the big com- panies to recognize our union.” Mr. Rank, in an attempt to make it appear that he has no connection | with the company union, sent a let- ter yesterday to the drivers stating that he would have nothing to do| with either the Brotherhood or the Taxi Drivers Union. “Parmelee of- ficials will continue to meet only with individual employees.” he said. “Rank will meet with out union before this strike is over,” declared Joseph Gilbert, organizer of the Union. Answering the accusations of Mr. Robbins, head of the company union, charging leaders of the Taxi Cab Drivers with gangsterism, Sam- uel Orner, president of the union, sent the following telegram to Dis- trict Attorney Dodge of New York City, and the State Attorney-Gen- eral, Bennett: “Libelist statements of a criminal nature accusing the Taxi Cab Drivers Union of Greater New York of racketeering, are appearing in the press. These statements are purported to emanate from Mr. Robbins. the head of the Parmelee System Compeny Unicn. These un- | supported statements are made without foundation and solely for the purpose of discrediting this or- | ganization in the eyes of the pub- | lic. We would welcome an investi- gation of our organizations’ finance, as well as the charge of gangster- isn.” Th an attempt to break up the strike, Willian Gandell, ex-organizer cf the ution, and one of those re- sponsible for the sell-out agree- ments of the first strike, came to the union headquarters this after- noon with a gang of hoodlums, de- manding to see Samuel Orner. Or- ner, hearing that Mr. Gandell was in the union headquarters, imme- diately went into the room, and pointing his finger at Gandell, said point-blankly: “Gandell, you are being used by the bosses in an at- tempt to break up this strike.” Gandell had come to the union headquarters, demanding to know why his name was not on the ballot during the recent elections. Tt was revealed by union officials. however, that Gandel, shortly before the elections, made a written statement And | N. Y. Distriet Opens Convention Fri. With Speakers, Program NEW YORK.—The District Convention of the Communist Party opens Friday night at the Bronx Coliseum, 177th St. and White Plains Road, with a most prominent array of speakers and entertainment. Earl Browder, general secre- tary of the Communist Party nd James W. Ford, member of the Central Committee will speak on the role of the Communist Party Charles Krumbein, dis- rict organizer, will be chairman. Entertainment consists of a mass pageant, based on the high lights of struggles led by the Communist Party, a symphony concert by International the Workers Order orchestra, a mass chorus of 500 voices in revolu- tionary songs presented by the Workers Music League and others. Browder to Discuss. ‘Towards Workers Govt.’ at YCL Meet Yipsels Invited to Thursday Night | Open Meeting NEW YORK—Ear! Browder, Gen- eral Secretary of the Communist Party, will be the main speaker at the open general membership meet- ing of the Young Communist League, to be held at Irving Plaza, Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. Browder will speak on “The Road Towards a Revolutionary Workers’ Government In America.” The Y. ©, L. has invited all young workers, | particularly members of the Young | People’s Socialist League, to attend | this mee‘ing. John Little, District | Organizer of the Y. C. L., will also | speak on the problems facing the | Y. C. L. in the New York District at the present time. Agreement Signed With 30 Small NY, Taxi Fleet Owners (Continued from Page 1) ing conditions in the garage and to ascertain whether this agree- | ment is fully complied with. 6. All disputes that may arise be- tween the employers and a mem- ber of the union, shall be settled between the employer and shop| ; chairman subject to ratification by the Union. |. 7. No member of the Union shall | be discharged by the employer if he has been employed for a period of one week, except for a cause. The | Union shall determine whether a cause existed for the discharge. 8. Sufficient cause will exist for discharge | a) Only on account of accidents |due to the gross negligence of | drivers. | b) Failure to report to work for three days in succession without | notice, except in case of illness, | Where illness made it impossible to report. | 9 The employer agrees to pay to the members of the Union the pre- vailing rate in the City of New York |for services rendered by them, or such other rates as may be hereafter | fixed by agreement or otherwise by | the Union and Taxi Cab Operators. 10. The employer further agrees follows: a) To reemploy all union men that have been discharged for union | activities. b) Not to discriminate against race, creed or color. ¢) To abolish and destroy the black list system or “reference” system. 11. This. agreement shall become effective as of this date and con- tinue for a period of one year. 12. In the event that the Union decides to change, alter, or modify its name, or become affiliated with another organization, the employer | agrees to recognize the said change | | as | when asked for comment on the | mers’ offer to “defer” another re- Threaten 15 P.C. Pay Cut, Whitney Silent on Rise of Strike Sentiment Among Rank and File By SEYMOUR WALDMAN (Daily Worker Washington Bureau) | WASHINGTON, March 19.—“T| don't know anything about it,” Alex- ander F. Whitney, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives’ Associa- tion, told the Daily Worker today, rank and file strike sentiment which is rising against the announced de- termination of the owners to keep the railway workers on a coolic status. W. F. Thiehoff, chairman of the Conference Committee of Managers, this morning issued a blast per- emptorily warning Whitney and his “Jabor” associates to either accept continuation of the 10 per cent wage cut for ten months after its expira- tion on June 30, 1934, or to consider the “conference” closed, with a 15 per cent basic wage cut in the offing, under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act. It significant that Thiehoff rubbed the noses of the Whitney delegation in the sand of President | Roosevelt's Feb, 14 letter which pro- | posed the continuation of the 10 per | cent cut for another six months. Roosevelt's letter, released simulta- | neously with the owners’ proposal | for a 15 per cent wage cut, was gen- | erally interpreted as a maneuver to| forestall the expected demands for | wage increases to meet the great rise | in the workers’ cost of living. It is| quite obvious that the Roosevelt Ad- | ministration is following the lead of the railroad management. In fact, | the owners consider their refusal to increase wages part of the NRA. | program. | The labor executives, said wWhit-| ney, at his headquarters at the Wil-| lard Hotel, the Ritz Carlton of} Washington, will reply tomorrow morning to today's blast from W. F.| Thiehoff, secorning Whitney's request | for the restoration on July 1, 1934, of the basic rates of pay. Whitney's! organization last Saturday rejected | the request of the 200 Class I rail- roads for the continuation of the 10 per cent wage cut for ten months after its expiration on June 30, 1934. To Proceed With Cuts Thiehoff, for the owners, warned Whitney and his associates that if they persisted in refusing the for- duction of 5 per cent (making the total 15 per cent) in the basic rate of pay, “your continued declination” leaves “before us for consideration only our notice of a 15 per cent re- duction in basic rates of pay to be- come effective on July 1, 1934.” In short, says the owners’ ulti- matum, we'll “proceed” in our plan} of cutting wages further under the terms of the Railway Labor Act. Thiehoff arrogantly dismissed the Railway Labor Executives’ Associa- tion figures on the great increase in 1933 railroad profits, declaring, “Your statement. deals at great length with certain statistical data of a highly Little purpose would be served in undertaking to reply thereto in any | detailed way at this time in the light of your declination of our compro- mise offer (to ‘defer’ another cut), your complete disregard of the let- ter of the President of Feb. 14 upon which our compromise offer was based, as well as your unqualified re- jection of the reduction in basic rates of pay of which we have given you notice pursuant to our agree- ment with you and the provisions of the Railway Labor Act.” Thiehoff insisted today that the | roads are operating at a “deficit” de- | spite the fact that nearly all of the | systems show very substantial net | operating profits for 1933, The latest | announcement, released on March 9 | by the Bureau of Railway Econom- ics, the statistical organ of the man- | agements, declared that the Class I | railroads’ net operating income for | January, 1934, showed an increase | of 127.7 per cent over the corre- sponding month of 1932. Im addi- | tion, their taxes decreased 45 per |; cent, from $21,40,201 in January, | 1933 to $20.770,833 in January, 1934. Mussolini Speech Sharpens Conflicts AmongImperialists (Continued from Page 1) plained, to discourage the migra- tion of farm workers to the cities in search of work which is not to be | or any successors of assignees and| found. | that this agreement shall be binding | upon the employer with the same | force and effect for the period here- in mentioned. Hagopa to Be Given Sentence March 27 on Assault Charge NEW YORK.—Michael Hagopa, a furrier convicted of felonious as- | sault in the third degree, will be | sentenced oy Judge Corrigan, Part | II, General Sessions, Center and Franklin Sts., on March 27, | Hagopa was arrested on July 5, 1933, at a demonstration calléd by Section 2 of the Communist Party and the furriers’ section of the Needle Trades Industrial Union to protest the scabbing activities of the Socialist Party heads in the fur in- dustry. Workers are urged to pack the court on this day and to send tele- grams and letters of protest to Judge Corrigan demanding that Ha- gopa be released. nomination. Gandell asked why the Communists were in the strike. A large group of strikers were in the union headquarters at the time of Gandell’s arrival. After he made his few statements. the strikers Promptly ushered him out of the Stating that he would not accept ( headquarters, é \ Only a few days before he made his speech, several hundred peas- | ants of the Benistari district of Ca- |labria marched on the town hall, | demonstrating against intolerable | taxes, and burned a portrait of Mussolini in the public square. When a fascist deputy addressed | them, they became so enraged that) they set the town on fire. The ar- | rest of many peasants by troops | sent in from elsewhere has greatly | inereased the discontent. “The fascist corporate state will | find a remedy for the ills of the | world,” he boasted. Especially in recent months, the Italian fascist State has carried out measure after measure to place industry in the control of the biggest monopolies, to turn the state into the direct ap- paratus of oppression of the big- gest capitalists, This is the corpo- rate state of which Mussolini boasts. Under this “corporate state,” the crisis has struck Italy with the same deadly force with which it has struck all other capitalist coun- tries. The “corporate state” appa- ratus merely helps the capitalists unload the burdens of the crisis more readily onto the shoulders of the masses. NOTICE In sending in new subs to the “Daily” please write the name and address of the new sub- 4 seriber clearly. controversial nature. | GUTTERS OF NEW YORK The mask Detroit Auto Men Vote for Strike To Begin on Wed. (Continued from Page 1) ing conditions or pay increases, but for the enforcement of Section 7-a of the N. R. A.” No questions were allowed from the floor, on the pretext that it was @ general meeting, though the over- whelming majority were Hudson workers. Silencing of discussion is obviously to prevent workers from expressing themselves on the strike and protesting against the leaders’ acts. While Collins poses as favoring strike his real game was shown| in the statement in today’s press, in contradiction to the spirit of the meeting: “We have given the automobile employers until Wednesday to guarantee the right of elected rep- resentatives to all workers. But the contemplated strike will be called off only in the event of the auto- mobile employers agreeing at the conference today in New York to} grant the workers the privilege of selecting their own representatives | by secret vote.” | | In this statement Collins again dumps overboard the demands on wages and speed-up, and again/ tried to carry through the tactics | used in the Weirton and Budd auto body strikes, when struggle was called off on the promise of “real elections,” which gave the com- |paniés a chance to put over com- | | pany unions and victimize the most | militant strikers. Detroit papers are playing up Roosevelt as the savior of the situ- ation, trying to capitalize illusions they have spread that Roosevelt will give the workers a “square deal.” Strikes and stoppages continue at Dodge, Ternstedt, Ford and other plants through action of the Auto Workers’ Union members, as well as through spontaneous action of the workers. Workers in the Penin- sular Metal Products Co., auto parts manufacturers, struck this morn- ing. Auto Bosses Prepare The auto manufacturers are pre- |paring their strike-breaking ma- chinery, hiring more men than they need, and at the same time they are trying to ferret out militant trade unionists. They are hoping to intimidate workers through pre- paring for widespread terror by the appointment of Col. Pickert, notori- ous strike-breaker of the National Guard, as police chief of Detroit. Ballyhoo Not Working Reports from auto shop workers are that they are not at all affected by the much-ballyhooed 36-hour week, with adjusted wages, or by the Ford increase to $5 a day mini- mum, Workers have eagerly taken Auto Workers’ Union leaflets, and them in groups, agreeing that the manufacturers’ action meant no in- crease in weekly wages and in some cases meant a cut as well as more speed-up. Ford workers, at a meeting of the Auto Workers’ Union local yester- day, were the first to elect dele- gates to the March 25 Conference. Elections are going forward in de- partments and at meetings of work- ers in other plants. “Auto Workers’ News,” official organ of the Auto Workers’ Union, tion, is being distributed at all auto plants today. The decision of the Mechanics’ Educational Society | executive regarding this appeal for ference is not yet. known, but strike sentiment is strong among the mem- bership. The Communist Partf, at its |membership meeting on Friday night. pledged assistance to the | Auto Workers’ Union and is mo- | bilizing all members to help carry seeds the fighting policy for vic- | tory. — MASS PAGEANT REHEARSALS ARE ON Workers, members of cultural or- ganizations are imvited to take part in the mass pageant which will be presented at the opening of the District Gonvention of the Commu- nist Party on Friday, March 23, at the Bronx Coliseum. The last two rehearsals will take place at Irving |Plaza Hall on Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. What is your Unit, trade union, mass organization doing to get new subscribers for the Daily Worker? Help put the sub drive over the top! \of their clubbing and black-jack- in many departments discussed | containing the call for united ac- | delegates to the united front con- | wears thin OrderProbe Pledge Stop Police Attacks | (Continued from Page 1) for the delegation, elected by 3,000 workers at the Paris Commune celebration: Sunday which was night, pointed out the farcical nature of an investigation of the police by the police. LaGuardia then agreed to include an attorney of the International Labor Defense The spokesmen of the delegation, Mother Wright, Gallagher, Bruce, Herman McKawain and Clarina Michelson, told the Mayor that the workers of New York will not toler- ate the fascist attacks by the po- | lice, and consider these attacks as a blow deliberately aimed at the growing unity of Negro and white | workers as expressed in the world- wide Scottsboro fight and the mass campaign to force the Fifth Avenue Bus Co. to employ Negro conduc- tors and motormen. The delegation denounced the police attack as endangering the lives not only of women and men but of hundreds of little children who joined the mass welcome to} the Scottsbcro Mother after dem-| onstrating against Harlem’s fire trap tenements which have taken the lives of several workers and| children in the past few weeks. La- | Guardia declared he “deplored the use of tear gas bombs,” but still refused to condemn the action of the police, and evidently approved | ing the demonstrators. | Asked for his position on the Scottsboro frame-up, he refused to send a protest telegram to Gov. Miller and Judge Callahan of Ala- bama, although stating that in his opinion the case was a “gross mis- carriage of justice,” thus attempt- ing to hide the deliberate frame-up nature of the case. He refused to suspend, pending the investiga- tion, several policemen named by the delegation as being the most vicious in Saturday’s attack. | The delegation consisted of 25, and represented many organiza- | tions, including the International | Labor Defense, the League of | Struggle for Negro Rights, Abys- | sinia Baptist Church, the C. W. A. | Workers, the Knights of Pythias, the | | Unemployed Councils, Workers Ex- | Servicemen’s League, and the Paris Commune mass meeting. LaGuardia at first attempted to bar all but five of the delegation from the | hearing, but on the insistent de- mands of the workers finally agreed to see the full delegation. Follow- | ing the hearing, hundreds of work- ers attended a demonstration in | front of the City Hall. | A protest mass meeting will be| | held at St. Luke's Hall, 125 W. 130th | | St., tomorrow night at which Mrs, Wright and Gallagher will speak, it | is reported. NEW YORK. — Chief Inspector Valentine, named by LaGuardia to head the “investigation” of police clubbing and gassing of the Scotts- boro protest meeting in Harlem last Saturday, announced yesterday that a hearing would be held this morn- ing at 10 o'clock at the police sta- tion at 229 W. 123rd St. Victims and witnesses of the brutal police attack on Negro and white workers last Saturday as well as all sympathetic workers are urged to pack the police station | and the entire block in a militant | demonstration against the present | attempts to whitewash the unpro- | |voked police attack on workers | peacefully welcoming the Scotts- | boro Mother and protesting the \frame-up of the nine Scottsboro | boys, ‘Paris Commune Meet | in Boston Tomorrow | BOSTON, March 19.—Mrs. Ada! Wright, fighting Scottsboro Mother, | and Leo Gallagher, Labor Defense attorney just re- turned from participating in the successful defense of A. E. Smith, general secretary of the Canadian Labor Defense, will be the main speakers at a Paris Commune celebration and Scottsboro Rally at Repertory Hall, Huntington Ave., this Wednesday evening. Gallagher also speaks Tuesday | Hall, Montello, and Thursday after- noon, under the auspices of the National Students League, at Mass- achusetts Institute of Technology. Both Mrs. Wright and Gallagher will be guests of honor at an I. L. D. banquet Priday night in Reper- | Pues LaGuardia to! International a night, March 20, at the Lithuanian’ By PEL Disabled Vets Plan’ Another March on City Hall Friday | Will Demand Immedi- ate Relief from City Administration NEW YORK.—Following the fail- at City Hali last Friday to hear a committee of disabled and jobless | veterans, Emmanuel Levin, chair- man of the delegation, of the Work- | ers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League, Post 1, | informing him that veterans would | march on City Hall to demand ac-} tidn again next Friday. The letter) | follows: “A committee of rank and file veterans, under the auspices of the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s League, Post 1, and many hundreds of ex- servicemen, with specific cases of | blind veterans, sick and disabled | veterans, waited for over two and one-half hours. Telegram an- nouncing our coming to see you was delivered on March 14, 1934. “We resent the fact that the ap- | pointment was not filed. We con- | sider this an attempt to sidetrack | | the issue of the distressed ex-ser- |vicemen. Our people are suffering | daily. “We are again informing the Mayor of the City of New York that | our committee and the rank and} file ex-servicemen will again call at | | the City Hall with our petitions and | Specific cases on Friday, March 23, jat 2:30 p.m. “In the meantime we call upon the Mayor to instruct the Home Re- lief Bureaus and the Department of |Public Welfare to give immediate | aid and assistance to all needy ex- servicemen. That the present de- mands for certification by the | American Legion and other similar | | organizations be eliminated as well | as all other forms of red tape. | | “This should be attended to im- | | mediately, as many of our veterans | are forced to report to hospitals, | | and it will serve in the interest of | | the distressed veterans as a whole.” Gen. Johnson Meets. In Secret Confab. With Auto Bosses | | (Continued from Page 1) of increased wages and abolition of the terrific speed-up. General Johnson refused to be in- | terviewed by reporters when he went into secret conference with the au- tomobile bosses. “It became evident, however,” declared the New York Sun, “that the conferees must be making plans for war.” Not even the list of auto bosses meeting was handed out to ithe press. It was not stated, either, whether Edward McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, was meeting with the auto magnates, helping them Plan their strategy against the workers. It is known, however, that McGrady, with his experience in breaking the first coal strike, is working very closely with General Johnson in an effort to stem the auto strike. * Two statements have been issued by the National Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce. One was released in Detroit, a vicious attack against the workers, containing all sorts of dire threats in the event they go on strike. It also declares that the company union, fully guaranteed by the “merit clause” in the auto code, is here to stay. It does not add, however, that the “merit clause” was signed and approved by A. F. of L. officials last August when the N.R.A. auto code was signed by President Roosevelt. , An earlier statement very sharply declares that the auto bosses will not deal with the A. F. of L, statement is purposely made belli- gerent in order to lay the ground for more favorable conciliation. “The industry does not intend to recognize the A. F. of L. as such,” says the statement, “nor to enter into any contract with it on behalf of its employers.” The words “as such” leayes the opening to the recognition of Green & Co., but not the recognition of the workers’ rights to a genuine union. Besides, the statement adds, “The automobile manufacturers have complied with the N.R.A. in letter and spirit.” They go on to praise what President Roosevelt has done | ver-toned voice of Humphries or the! This | | Introducing--Red Gloves! T THE American Youth Club last Saturday a crowd ment. Club and the Spartacus A. C. ; 100 workers gathered round a fight ring to watch some ure of Mayor LaGuardia to show up| Worker athletes go through their paces in a boxing tourna- The clubs participating were the American Youth . These boys performed remarkably well considering that dispatched a letter to LaGuardia, they worked without ae “pe of medieval bugles. Arthur’s trumpeters, know, used to blow before each fighter was announced. | out nicknames like the Green Knight or the obnoxious Lancelot, | nor were they fighting for some queen’s hand. There wasn’t the} strained hush before each bout so that everyone could hear the sil- rauncuous one of Ted Canty; nor| were there a three-toned system of red, white and blue lights shower- ing upon them. ' The glamor in a big professional or golden glove fight was missing; | but the glamor of competitive spirit, of fighting because this sport event was enjoyed was there. * . iE boys went to it without the cumbersome thoughts of “com- ing” amateurs of “how good do I look? . . . Wonder if some big Promoter or fight manager is in the audience ... How much dough will I knock down after I turn pro.” Nor did they have the pro- fessional’s attitude of coasting a round here and stalling a round there and jumping around and doing somersaults and biffing a litle to please the crowd for a few seconds. Instead they just fought. In the first bout, Irving Shaeffer ran from his corner to the waiting fists of Harry Horowitz and the battle started. It was a sort of nip and tuck affair, without fancy back slaps and kidney and rabbit | punches, with gloves flying until the: judges had a terrific time telling the winner. Finally, both young- sters won the prize of winning when the judges declared the match a} draw, Everybody was happy. These were | worker sportsmen, showing real labor sportsmanship. . IN THE second fight, Frank Russo of the American Youth Club proved to have too much fists and shoulders in his repertoire and he kayoed Jack Friggs in one minute and 20 seconds in the second round. Another lightweight team got to- gether in the third feature of the grand steeplechase (these light- weights are fast alright) and Milton Breitman won a decision over Sol Korostoff after three hard rounds | of ducking and weaving, punching and walking back to their corners. | Ancther decision followed in the next bout when Red Speigal beat) Marty Goldstein at 148 pounds. These decisions were the lull points | in the evening in preparation for} the last bout when two 160 pound- ers got together. It wasn’t long before Sol Weiss got the measure of j a couple of stiff jabs and swingin’ hooks, one of the Sols, Axelrc this time, was floored in the secor, |The jousts were fought with-| round after 1 minute and 50 se onds of fighting. liked this exhibition. After thd meet, a delegation of American} Youth Club members jostled me } into issuing a challenge to all work- } ers clubs for boxing tournaments. } Don't get me wrong. I’m not the challenger. But I'll be there to see these worker athletes doing their stuff, providing their challengers are grabbed. ND while I'm on this topic of boxing, let me fall in line with the erstwhile columnist of “Sports” as the second introducer of the Red Gloves tournament. If Golden Gloves tournaments can be staged with huge successes, why can’t we have a good hardy Red Glove tournament that'll boom workers’ sports to the skies? With clubs like the Amer- ican Youth Club issuing chal- lenges and the Spartacus cutting in on those magnanimous offers and more worker athletes getting into the fun, we ought to see Topes and arenas and fans stir- ring. There’s going to be a boxing tour- nament under the auspices of the Labor Sports Union on the 2ist of April, That's going to be a prelim- inary, we hope, to our Red Gloves tourney. And this commentator’ll be there with a jangling type- writer on that night and I know he won't be disappointed. N. Y. Cage Teams Play Preliminary Rounds NEW YORK.—In the preliminary play-off of the Labor Sports Union district basketball tourney, the Kay Tee Club displayed the greatest power by overwhelming the Lindon L. D. S., 28 to 13. In the other games, the Kay Tee second team won a closely contested battle over the Newark bL. D. S., 22 to 21. The Calverts, leaders of the Met- ropolitan Workers Basketball League, showed their strength and speed when they trimmed the Build- ers 38 to 5. The Brownsville Y.C.1 beat the Young Workers A. C. i another hot game, 26 to 24, and th Cliffside L. D. 8S. beat the Elizabet L, D. S., 43 to 27. Four other teams drew byes which will be played off this week. The winners of each preliminary game will meet in the semi-finals at a near date where the finalists will be decided for the district champion- his opponent, Sol Axelrod, and with ship. 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