The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-12

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governors commission, the manu-
-%facturers and-Iast but not least
the reactionary officialdom of
the |. L. G. w. U. itself.
Only those with their union
books were admitted, and thou
sands who for one reason or
another, had forgotten or mis-
laid their union books massed
in great crowds around the
microphone outside to hear the
speeches.
Inside, the full thirty thousand who
had their books and were admitted
cheered and applauded the speakers
who flung the demands Of the garment
workers into the teeth Of the crooked
and crafty reactionary gang of cap
fitalist politicians, bosses and labor
takers.
Throngs Cheer the Speakers.
With Sascha Zimmerman in the
chair, the enthusiastic rank and file of
the /. L. G. w. U. gave fitting roars Of
the demands upon which the lives of
the workers in the shops depend.
They demanded enforcement of the
agreement; the 4O-hour week; wage
increases; the control of sub-manufac-
turers thru union agreement with the
manufacturers, and the guarantee of
So weeks work per year for every
/ member of the I. L. G. w. U.
The tremendous throng swept aside
with the power of a. mass movement
the chicanery of the governors com
mission, which tried to aid the bosses
and the Sigman-P erlstein-Feinberg re-
dictionary gang of officials by setting
forth rumors of the commission grant
ing a wage raise, denying it only at
the last moment on the eve Of the
vast meeting which the united enemies
of the garment workers tried to break
up with this subversive propaganda.
Socialists" Get Their Rebuke.
The yellow socialist reactionary
crew, with the Shiny Forward leading
the pack, had its rebuke from the
needle trades workers of New York
City The lies that the Forward had
circulated in order to undermine the
morale of the garment workers, that
the attorney for the suspended exc
cutives Of Locals 2, 3 and %, L. B.
Boudin, had intended once to secure
an Injunction for boss in time of
strike was given its answer by the
mass of union members, besides the
suit being brought by Boudin for GRIM
inal libel and punitive damages OF
100000.
Demand offieIaI Heads.
Cheering and applauding, the thirty
thousand cloakmakers and dressmak-
ers unanimously voted TO demand the
resignation of Morris Sigman, Fem
berg and Perlstein, as betrayers OF
their interests in coliusion with the
bosses and disrupters OF the ]. L.
G. w. u.
The speakers, who were continual
Iy and wildly applauded. especially
Louis Hyman, of Local 3, were, be-
sides Hyman, Rose Wortis, Portnoy,
Bourcovich and Rubin.
In addition to demanding the resig-
nations Of the Sigman gang, the meet.
ing shouted its roar Of approval for
the resolution expressing full con.
idence in the joint committee of ac-
ton Of Locals 2. and 22.
Denomination For Hyman.
The speech of Louis Hyman brought
forth such demonstration lasting for
many minutes that Chairman thinner
man had to quiet it to read the resolu.
tions. ~
For five hours, from the time when
the doors opened at five o'clock to
the hour OF closing at ten o'clock. the
10000 in the stadium and the packed
crowds outside around the micro
phones gave the most remarkable
demonstration of left wing power yet
shown in the needle trades unions.
And all the while in the ideally cool
weather, the flares OF flashlights OF
the camera men and the crowded press
tables gave proof to the emissaries OF
the capitalist press that their tools in
the Offices at the head Of the /. l.. G..
w. U. do not have the leadership of
the members of the garment unions in
the city of New York.