The New York herald., 1921-08-03
OPEN SHOP TALORS
GET union WARNING
The Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Orders Registra-
tiOn of Contractors.
THREAT OF SHUTDOWN
Alderman Shiplacoff's Let
ter Denounced as 'InsOlent
and Cold Blooded.'
CALLED .UNAMERICAN
Independents Will Ignore
Warning and Are Prepared
for Legal Action.
CALLED 'UNAMERICAN

Alderman Abraham I. Shiplacoff. as
general manager Of the New York
joint board of the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America, has sent a
letter to every clothing manufactures
in the city, whether operating under
the recent settlement" with the union
or conducting an open or "indepen-
dent" shop, in which he threatens to
shut down all work done in the shops
of tailoring contractors for manufac-
turers who do not register" both their
work and the names of their con-
tractors with the union officials.
The letter demands that such action
be taken "by August !, 1921, and In
dicates that the union now purposes
to carry the strike war directly into
the camp of the contractors who make
up in their own shops In large quanti-
ties and at fixed price goods that
have been designed and cut ready for
tailoring. A deal seems to have been
made by the union officials with the
manufacturers who settled" with the
union and with the contractors who
have agreed to employ only Amalga-
mated tailors to put a complete stop
to all open shop work.
Terse and Emphatic.
Coming as It does so shortly after
the speech of Alderman Shiplacoff, who
is Socialist, to the shop chairmen of
the union, urging them to make drive
for dues in every shop in order that
there might be funds enough In the de-
pleted treasury Of the union to enable
Shiplacoff and other neads of the organ
ization to keep out Of j1il' all Anal
gamated pickets arrested for violence
and assaults on non-union workers, the
latest Shiplacoff declaration was said by
clothing manufacturers yesterday 10 be
extremely significant,
The Shiplacon warning Is terse and
emphatic. 1t calls upon all manufac-
turers, independent or otherwise, TO
file with the union d list of the con-
tractors working for them" All con-
tractors. likewise. are ito do the same
with regard to the manufacturers they
work for
"If we are TO have any sort of order
In the market" the letter notifies the
entire manufacturing trade. and not
permit any of the partie, to take ad-
vantage Of the others at different sea-
sons OF the year, this arrangement must
be made universal to cover all the manu-
facturers and all their contractors. re-
gardless OF whether or not they are
affiliated with any association"
This means that even manufacturers
such as Arnheim, Rogers. Peet & Co.,
Heidelberg. Wolf g. Co, Fruhauf Bros.
Berger. Raphael & Vile and many other
large manufacturers who have not par
ticipated in the settlement made by
the present members of the Clothing
Manufacturers Association with the
Amalgamated must. II they wish to deal
with any tailoring contractors at any
time. conform to the registration" rul-
ings OF Alderman Shiplacoff and the
Amalgamated.
Here Is the "Thrent."
The consequences for failure to obey
these der nds are set forth clearly in
Shiplacofl letter as follows:
You are, therefore. urgently request
ed to send a list of all the contractors
working for you in the various branches
OF the trade not later than August !.
1921.
RieaSe 10 NOT uttdy TIE dS ~
is Of the utmost Importance for all con-
tractors to establish such a registration.
ALSO in the future should you desire
t. add or change any of your contrac-
tors you will please consult this office.
Failure to comply with this request
may entail unnecessary stoppages.
Work found with contractors not
registered will be stopped"
The letter Is signed very truly yours"
by Alderman Shplacoff in his capacity
as general manager of the New York
Joint Board of the Amalgamated.
The letter was denounced yesterday
by an independent open shop manufac-
turer who only recently obtained a SUI
preme Court Injunction to prevent inter-
ference with his business and his en-
ployees by the Amalgamated leaders and
their pickets. as "the most insolent. cold
blooded threat ever sent out by the
Amalgamsted over the signature OF one
OF its leaders,"