The New York herald., 1921-01-21
CLOTHING MAKERS
SUE WORKERS AND
CHARGE RED PLOT
Dissolution of Amalgamat-
ed Union and $500,000
Damages Sought.
ALLEGE SOVIET PERIL
Papers Filed in Supreme
Court Reveal Plan to
Seize Property.
OVERT ACTS MENTIONED
Manufacturers Association Sees
Menace to Nation-War
on Picketine.
OVERT ACTS MENTIONED

A suit for The dissolution OF the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America, for an injunction restraining
the workers from picketing and for
$500, 900 damages was filed yesterday
in the Supreme Court by ]. Friedman
& Co.. acting in behalf of the members
of the New York Clothing Manufac-
turers Association.
The complaint charges the clothing
workers with conducting their strike
for the avowed purpose of destroying
the property of the manufacturers, for
obtaining control Of the means of pro-
duction for themselves, and that to ac-
ccmplish this purpose they already
Are resorting to direct action" In
short. the Amalgamated. which has
ITO, 900 members in this city, is charged
with "sovietism.' The suit is similar
to the one brought recently in Roch-
ester against the clothing workers
and to the Danbury hatters case, each
of which resulted in victory for tha
manufacturers.
Sees Peril to Industry.
William A. Bandler, president of the
New York Clothing Manufacturers AS
sociation, issued statement last night
exnlaining the reasons for bringing the
suit.
Dissolution OF the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America is sought,
said Mr.. Bandler, ION the ground that
+, Is an unlawful combination and con-
spiracy. organized solely for the purpose
OF destroying the existing industrial
structure in the clothing industry in the
United States OF America, and for the
purpose of wrestling and seizing from
the employers in the clothing Industry
all private property, machinery, goods,
wares and merchandise and other means
for the production of clothing and sub
stitutinx in place OF the existing indus
trial structure the control, ownership
and management of all present means of
production by the members of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers generally in
all industries in the United States OF
America and substituting in it's place the
control by and rule OF the proletariat
ALSO upon. the further ground that
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Of
America Is committing acts injurious
to the public welfare. public morals and
to trade and commerce. and for the per-
version and obstruction of justice and the
due administration of the laws of the
State of New York.
With the papers fled in the suit is a
formal notice that on February 7 plain
tiff will make motion in the Supreme
Court for an order restraining the de-
PENDANTS from picketing or congregating
about the factories owned by the plain
tiff
The complaint in effect charges the
workers with Communism. 1t quotes the
following from what is said TO be the
preamble OF the constitution OF the
Amslgamated Clothing Workers:
THE industrial and interindustrial
organization. built upon the solid rock
Of clear knowledge and class conscious
ness. will put the organized working
class in actual control of the system of
production. and the working class will
then be ready to take possession OF it,"
The complaint. which is voluminous
one. then enumerntes scores OF covert
acts" which. Il is claimed. uphold the
Communlstic doctrine set forth in the
preamble.
Menace 70 Social Structure