The New York herald., 1921-05-28

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The term international solidarity Of
the workers." so frequently found In
the writings and speeches of radical
Socialists, Communists, &c, is also OF
frequent occurrence in the literature
emitted from the headquarters of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers or
America on the seventh tloor OF the
building at 81 Union square.
Previous to the summer of 1920 the
words international solidarity" meant
merely future hope to the Amalga-
mated leaders, hope that some day
all the clothing workers Of the world
would be united in one powerful union
which would act as unit whenever
these leaders so desired, regardless OF
national, patriotic or other affiliations.
To-day there is an international
solidarity among the clothing work.
ers of Europe and America, embrace
Ing about 100000 workers In various
branches Of the clothing trade Fur
thermore, there is federation or the
SO called needle trades" throughout
membership of almost 100000 workers
Despite the long drawn out strike in
the mems clothing industry, the con-
flict between the Amalgamated and the
New York city employers, 1t has not
been deemed a propitious moment yet
TO exert the influence of these two huge
organizations, the Federation on this
side Of the Atlantic or the international
here and In Europe. Both organizations
are still feeling their way and waiting
for q favorable opportunity to display
their united strength in the most I'M
pressive manner possible.
But they exist and have organized.
with headquarters and officers, execu-
tive boards and committees. All of this
has transplred since August last when
the first international congress OF the
tailoring trades was held in Copen-
hagen, Denmark.
schIossberg Sent to Denmark.
The invitation to the Amalgamated TO
attend the Copenhagen congress OF
Clothing Workers of the World was
brought to 81 Union Square by Ben
iamin Schlesinger, president of the In
ternational Ladies Garment Workers
Union. which. though affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor has al
WAYS been in close touch with tho
Amalgamated. Joseph Schlossberg.
general secretary of the Amalgamated,
and one of the brightest intellects In
the whole Industrial movement, was
delegated to attend the congress ana
to take the necessary steps to affiliate
the Amalgamated with the Clothing
Workers Of the World.
On his way to Copenhagen Schloss-
- lnre m l.
gamated members reviewing his thirty
two years as clothing worker. and
concluding:
For many years the clothing workers
have been coming to America from va
rious parts of Europe. disorganized and
helpless. To-day those former foreign
hordes constitute well organized army
of American workers, who are conscious
OF their collective purpose. Now they
send a representative to meet the work
ers' representatives from other lands
and deal on an international basis with
Some of the worlds problems.p
The delegates from practically every
country except Russia, whose clothing
workers are all busy toiling for the Boil
shevik Government, met on August 70 In
the Danish capital and laid the founda-
tions for what they described as "One
Big Union" of Clothing Workers Of the
World under the title of the Interna-
eional Clothing Workers Federation.
THE day of paper internationally Is
over" wrote Schlossberg In his des-
patches back home. "The clothing
workers hope to lead the way for all
other organizations in the movement to
unite the workers of all nations toward
the socialization of industries"
An international bureau, or secre-
tariat now established in Amsterdam.
was created to control the travels OF
clothing workers, to prevent immigra-
ton into countries where there are
strikes or great unemployment and to
unite the clothing workers of the world
IN support of strikes for the betterment
OF working conditions"