The New York herald., 1921-04-13
LABOR HERE PLANS
Big RECALL FIGHT
Direct Attack in Injunc-
tiOns in Teamsters and
Garment Strikes.
100000 WORKERS TO AID
Campaign of Education Will
Be Carried OH Through
Mass Meetings.
PICKETING ALSO ISSUE
Central Trades and Labor
Council to Wage War All
Over the State.
PICKETING ALSO ISSUE

The Central Trades and Labor Coun-
cil. the largest organization Of the
sort In the United States and repre-
senting 100000 union workers, issued
q statement last night announcing 1t
had prepared plans for Statewide
campaign against the "abuse of the
injunctory powers Of our courts by
the issuance Of unfair and confiscatory
injunctions by judges who have shown
by their acts they are opposed to or
ganized labor"
The first definite action Of the cam
paign. which will be waged under the
direction Of the councils executive
committee, will be mass meeting in
Madison Square Garden within the
next three weeks, which every union
man in New York will be asked to
attend.
$1.OOO,OOO Damage Suit.
Almost simultaneously with the an
nouncement that the Central Trades and
Labor Council would campaign against
the issuance Of injunctions by justices.
the :. Amalgamated Clothing Workers
served papers and applied for an in
junction in a suit for $1.0O0,o00 dam
ages against the Clothing Manufacture
ers' Association of New York and sew
eral of its individual members. The
complaint, served on Irving Crane. sec
retary of the association. charged the
manufacturers with violence, with boy
cotting labor and with compelling all
other manufacturers in the city of New
York to do likewise, "and with making
false and defamatory statements"
against the union. The complaint will
be filed with the Supreme Court as soon
~ copies have been served on all of
the defendants.
The injunction. application for which
was made before Justice Delehanty, in
the Supreme Court. while he was hear
Ing brief arguments in the action brought
by clothing manufacturers to dissolve
the Amalgamated, Is asked to restrain
the manufacturers from alleged as
saults on members Of the union, from
publishing false and defamatory state
nents, from seeking to dissolve the
union, from falsely arresting members
and seeking to have them indicted. and
from doing various other things unfair
to the union" The application was
signed by Sidney Hillman. president of
the Amalgamated.
Charges Sovietism.
Harry A Gordon, counsel for the
Clothing Manufacturers Association,
said last night that the purpose of the
unions suit Is to obtain the courts
cooperation in the Amalgamated Cloth
ing Workers of America movement to
establish Sovietism in industry" He
said that the manufacturers are ready
10 proceed to trial at once in the case.
If the Amaigamated will consent to go
to immediate trial in the dissolution
suit pending against 1t. From Roches-
ter. Sidney Hillman, president OF the
union, issued statement in which he
declared that the action of the union
in bringing the suit speaks for itself"
TT is time," he said. "that organized
labor sought through court proceedings
to protect its rights under the law. They
have been too long neglected"
The statement Of the council said that
Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor. would coop
crate with the organization In the fight.
and that the New York State Fedora
ton of Labor also will be asked to aid.
The statement said the decision which
viii engage the first efforts of the cam
paign Will be directed against the deci-
s.ons recently handed down by Justice
CaIlaghan In the coastwise strike case,
Justice Faber in the teamsters' case and
Justices Newberger. Erlanger and Van
Siclen In the garment workers cases
The council proposes to take at least two
Of these cases to the higher courts.
The plans formulated by the councils
executive committee provide for a cam
paign of education among the various
local unions of all classes of workers
Special committees will be formed to
take the question into the unions and
educate the members to the dangers
that surround the abuse OF the injunc-
ton" Committees will also go into the
various Assembly districts throughout
the greater city to hold mass meetings
and ito bring home the truth to the
public at large"
"A general movement for the adop-
ton Of the initiative and referendum
and the recall viii be urged at all
times" the statement said.
support by Labor Group.
The Garden mass meeting viii be
addressed by national and State labor
leaders and by jurists who have dis
agreed with the actions OF the courts
in issuing injunctions against strikes
aud picketing. The labor groups af-
filiated with the council were said last
night to have placed virtually their en-
tire resources at the disposal OF the
executive committee, and have given
permission to use them In the campaign
against the decisions.
The executive committee OF the coun-
cil hopes to obtain to-day the approval
ana cooperation OF the state Federation
OF Labor. which win meet in Albany this
morning and afternoon. A committee
from the council will attend the meeting
and present resolutions which the State
Federation will be asked to adopt. The
details OF the campaign are being
worked out by special committee COM
posed Of William #. kehoe. J. r. Cough
lin. James J. Costello. Thomas j. Curtis.
Joseph McDonagh. Joseph p. Ryan,
Ralph Bchling and Jerome d. Heating.