The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-30
SHOEWORNERS OF
new YORK TALK
AMALGAMAT|ON
Educational Meeting
Packs Big Hall
Especial TO The DalIy wOrker)

Especial 20 The Daily Worker)
BROOKLYN, NJ. ", Jan. 3D.
That the workers must organ
ize themselves as class even
as the bosses are organized as
a class of expIoiters was the
subject of an address delivered
to a packed hall of members Of
the Protective Shoe Workers
Union at their headquarters, S45
Washington street, by J. o.
Bentall, at the educational
meeting held Monday night.
Why AmaIaamation?
P. P. Cosgrove, organizer, intro
duced the speaker by showing that
the Protective Shoe Workers Union
had for its object the comp'.ss am.
lalgamation of the entire industry into
one solid phalanx Of workers to fight
for their rights and to gain power over
the present exploiting class. He
pointed out that the shoe workers are
among the most exploited in the en-.
tire country. That only yesterday one
Of the brothers had dropped dead at
his last while working, the verdict Of
the doctor afterward being that he
had been suffering from malnutrition,
too weak to perform his task, bun
hanging on in. order to get bread for
his wife and babies.
How Bosses Are Organized.
In the course of the address, Ben.
tall showed how the master class has
many organizations, such as the rotary
club, kiwanis club, citizens alliance
civic federation, local and commercial
clubs, and all the smaller organise.
tios both among the business men and
among the well to do farmers, but that
all these clubs are tied into the great
central body Of the capitalist class
the all-embracing chamber Of com.
merce which is the great capitalist
International.
mot strike can be pulled, not a
wage adjusted or a grievance settled
not a town clerk In an obscure town.
ship elected, not sheriff get into Of
ice, not legislature chosen, not
governor or congressman, not Judge
or president placed in government,
without the dictation and approval OF
the chamber Of commerce." said tae
speaker Banking, business in every
lldetail, politics in every phase, policies
Iof international intercourse, tariffs.
foreign loans, imperialistic expansion,
education, religion, the press, peace
and war, life and death-all is under
the dictatorship Of the chamber Of
commerce capitalist International"
Workers Are the Stronger
The speaker complimented the capt.
talists on their shrewdness and wis.
dom in protecting themselves as
class, and showed that while this tire.
mendous organization which has all
the power thru army and navy and
the whole system of armed force, that
they would be weak and helpless in
the face Of an organized working class
who Joined hands for the purpose OF
dictatorship and their own industrial
and governmental system.
The Protective Shoe Workers On
Ion is based on the Industrial princi.
pie and all workers in the industry
are eligible to membership. 1t is in
the shoe industry what the United
Mine Workers are in the mining in.
dustry. Every other week the meet
ing Is devoted to short session OF
business and the remainder to edu.
cation. The membership is aggressive
and wide awake under the leadership
OF their giant organizer, Brother Cos
grove.