The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-25
Loo. NO. 5, A.C.W.
" HIP OFFICIAL
SLUGC|NG CREW
Strong Arm Men Flee
from Membership

NEW YORK CITY Union ofilclals
came to the Amalgamated Temple in
Brooklyn, NJ. ", with an army Of
guards to accomplish the union
smashing tactics Of the Wolf-Blum-
berg Hillman alliance.
Active members were beaten up.
Wolf and Blumberg escaped with
their forces. Meeting decides unan-
imously not to allow the union bu-
reaucrats to reorganize the local for
their own purposes.
Wednesday evening at the meeting
of Local No. 5, operators, the present
leadership Of the Amalgamated saw
something which ought to teach them
lesson for the future. They could
see whether the members Of Local
No. want another local or mott
They could see whether the members
agree with the union smashing tao
tics or not. They could see whether
they could go on ruling the rank and
file by strong-arm methods in order
to crush the determination of the
membership to have one strong union
in the trade.
Guards Can't Stop Left Wing.
At the meeting they could see the
old revolutionary spirit of the tailors,
the same spirit that prevailed at the
time when the tailors freed them
selves of the Richard machine. Two
messengers of the general office, d.
Wolf and Lyman Blumberg, came to
Wednesdays meeting all prepared to
do their destructive work.
At the entrance to the hall they
had their guards on both sides to
watch out that active members are
not admitted. Mainly they were after
Sam Lipzin, William Abrams and Mel
son-three of the most active mem
bers Of the local that the general
officers decided to suspend. But,
when these three came to the place,
they proved that an army of guards
is not enough to keep them out.
The Guards Escape.
No sooner did the membership
make way for the three active mem
bers to enter than the sluggers began
their Job. While these members were
being attacked, the operators who
were insiderand outside the hall rush
ed to their assistance and finally got
into the hail., and the guards were
compelled to escape.
When Iipzin came into the hall he
was carriedsto the platform as he
| tainted from the beating received for
his long record of union activity. An
other well-known member was also
beaten up. The membership was en-
ragged against such methods. The
leaders of the local declared from the
platform that the two messengers
from the general officials will be Civ.
en- an opportunity to speak at the
meeting provided they order their
army out of the hall.
Blumberg and Wolf, realizing that
thousands at the meeting are opposed
to their union policy or organizing an
other local, left the meeting together
with their army Of guards.
TWO Badly Injured.
A doctor was called in. He ex
amined Lipzin and Polak and declar
ed that they were badly beaten up.
Later, the chairman of the local
opened the meeting. Speeches were
made by zutkoff, Wiener, Nelson
Abrams, Lifshitz, Manschel, Jacobs
and others. All pointed out that th'
union bureaucracy wants to break VI
the local because it stands against re
auctions of wages, standards Of pro
duction and because it wants a unior
without corruption. A union, which
is able to protect the interests of Its
members. re
A Big Demonstration.
In conclusion, a unanimous resolu
ton was adopted which stands against
the union smashing tactics of the gen
eral officers. I. A committee Of the 10
cal with a committee of shop chair
men, shall demand from the genera
office to stop Immediately all such
tactics and policies.
The meeting from the beginning tC
end showed itself to be one great
demonstration of operators deter
mined to preserve their union.