The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-01
.MlLLSTEIN or
FUR WORKERS IN
ROLE OF THUG
Breaks Up Meeting of
Local Union

and leading agent Of the Kaufman
machine in Chicago, broke up a meet
ing Of the union here last Friday
night when Brother lsraelson, point
eddy asked for information that would
expose the union representative who
voted with the manufacturers to dis
charge a member from his Job, at
conference held on the previous We'd
nesday evening bstween four union
representatives and four manufacture
ers. The vote was to 3yto fire the
brother, and one Of the union men at
the conference voted with the bosses.
The boss discharged the brother on
the ground that he was not a good
mechanic The contract between the
union and the employers provides that
no member Of the union can be dis.
charged after he is employed for two
weeks or more, except for good cause.
II the worker is inefficient, the boss
will certainly find out that fact at
the end of two weeks. The discharg-
ed member of Local As had worked
six weeks and is a capable workman.
When the question was asked on
the floor of the union meeting, which
one Of the labor representatives vot-
ed with the bosses, the Millstein
spokesman replied that it was a Sc
cret and the indemnity of the individ-
ual could not be divulged. There is
general suspicion that the individ-
ual is Millstein.
Threatened lsraelson.
1sraelson ran for business agent on
the progressive ticket in opposition
to Millstein, so when Israelson took
the floor to discuss the treachery OF
union representatives voting with the
employers to take the bread and but
ter out of the mouth of a brother,
Millstein went wild He advanced to-
wards Brother Israelson and said
You dirty skunk, you said all you
are going to say here" and appear
ed to be ready to. strike.
He withdrew however, when mem
bers of the progressive group showed
fight. He succeeded in smashing up
the meeting, however.
Early in the meeting Millstein's
brother objected to having the min
utes of the executive board acted on
seriatum. Usually they are voted on
a whole without the membership hav
ing a chance to discuss anything
But the objection of Millstein's broth
er was not sustained by the vice-presi
dent, who was in the chair The vice
president of Local As is a supporter
of the progressive group. He declar
ed that the progressives were not go
ing to stand for any more railroad
ing"
The real reason for the discharge
of the union member with the sup
port of one of the members of the
conference committee, is that the boss
wanted to employ a friend of Mill
STEMS. The furriers are wondering
who is the stool pigeon in the union
who is giving the bosses the names
of employees who are Communists. Re
Gently, a boss told one of his EN-
ployes who is a member of the Work
ers Party that he did not want any
Communists around here. He also
told him that Communists were not
wanted in the union and he would
be better off if he left the union be.
fore he got thrown out.
After a recent conference between
Millstein, a few other union repre-
sentatives and group of manufac,
turers, Milistein invited the crowd to
supper. One of the bosses asked who
was going to pay for the supper and
Millstein declared: I'VE will" The
members are wondering where did
get the money or is he draw
ing on the union treasury to treat
his friends among the manufacturers.
Millstein's friend is now working on
the job from which the other union
member was fired. This is an ex-
ample Of the way the Millstein-Kauf-
man gang works in Chicago.
MiIIstein a Hypocrit.
This man Millstein recently issued
an open letter to the progressive
group asking them to attend the
and express themselves, but
his conduct at the last meeting shows
that he isstill following the same ter
rorist tactics that Kaufman used in
New York, The progressive group in
New York defeated Kaufmanism be-
cause of his gangster methods and
his local tool Millstein will get the
same medicine, say the progressive
of the union.
The question before the members
Of Local as, now, declared Brother
Israelson, speaking for the progress
sive group, is: Whether the mem
bership are going to lie down and
to the Kaufman gangsters
Or whether they will fight and de-
'eat the gangster methods Of Mill
stein and Kaufman as their brothers
lid in New York"