The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-16
AMALGAMATED
LOCAL HOLDS
Big Meeting
Anniversary of Union Is
Celebrated

ne L9I1Ln dHntNSF SdI VI Lie
organization of the AmaIga-
mated Clothing Workers of
America was celebrated by
Local 80 of the AmaIgamated
at Douglas Park Auditorium
Tuesday night. Several humid
red members of the local heard
their officers and those who
took part in the formation of
the Amalgamated tell of the
militant spirit with which the
AmaIgamated Clothing Work.
ers was formed.
But just as there we're two
elements in the United Garment
Workers of America, the old
organization of the A. F. of L.
which refused to organize the
unorganized garment workers,
Tuesday nights meeting de-
monstrated that there is the
same element of reaction with
in the Amalgamated which
caused the split in 1914.
Schneid Rang the Bell.
Hyman Schneid, who woke the au-
dience up after the LaFoleltte fol
lowers had put them to sleep, spoke
as one Of the original members of the
Amalgamated who has retained his
militant spirit. I'VE still face a great
task" Schneid told the garment work
ers. THE war is now over and the
manufacturers want to take back what
we have gained by our sweat and
blood Let the elements that started
the tight-the notwithstanding to
lead the fight against the entire cap.
italist class"
Judge Jacob Panken was the man
who engineered the legal end of the
split from the corrupt U. g. w. of A.,
Schneid declared AS Schneid spoke
of the former aggressive spirit of Pan
ken, militants in the audience recall.
ed how at the present time Panken,
now a Judge, has formed an alliance
with the Gompers' crowd in support.
ing the middle class representative,
LaFollette, for president. Panken has
fallen by the wayside and is now in
the same political camp with those
very corrupt elements within the A.
f. Of L. which he fought in 1914.
The Young MiIltants.
"The real force m founding the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers was
the younger element. We did not care
to give any more of that blood to the
master class because of the neglect
of a few of our officials" Schneid con.
tinued. "The old officials of the U. G.
w. of A. belonged to a school that be-
trayed the workers and sold them out
to the capitalist class. We youngsters
IN spirit, with the same spirit as that
manifested in the revolution of 1905
In Russia, in which some of us took
part, are the ones who formed the
Amalgamated."
Samuel Levine, general manager of
the Amalgamated for Chicago, who
has been charged with not fighting
aggressively to keep up the standard
Of wages and hours established by the
Amalagmated, spoke of the Nashville
convention. Levine has also declared
for LaFollette, as have Gompers and
the corrupt officials Of the United Gar
ment Workers against whose tyranny
Levine fought ten years ago. Levine
told how the tailors Of Chicago were
organized by the Chicago Amalgamat-
I'd.
Good and Bad.
Speakers told of the great days of
the Amalgamated, when meetings at
tended by thousands of garment work
ers we're held, when the labor bank
was established, and when the agree.
ment was signed with the manufacs
furers. But they also spoke of enter.
Ing the political field with LaFollette,
who has drawn into his camp the cor.
rupt labor takers as well as several
millionaires who are paying the ex.
penses Of his campaign.
Poison Secret Service Agent.
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 15.-Police