The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-25
KNELL OF
SIGMANISM IN
NEEDLE union
Members Pledge Money
to Garry Fight Thru
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the cloak and dress shops was as ex
peeted would be mistake. No, il
apears that nobody expected such .
successful and enthusiastic gathering
Chairmen of the cloak and dress
shops, just as the widest masses OF
the cloak and dressmakers, have
lately indicated one thing, and that is
whenever they are called they i'm
mediately respond. They come in
time and at the indicated places. And
what is more, important, they do not
come to hear nice speeches.; the
cloak and dressmakers want action
They have shown that they can carry
out everything demanded of them
They are ready to throw all then
strength into this struggle against
the corrupt machine of the reaction.
aries
Several thousand chairmen of cloak
and dress shops filled up Cooper
Union right after work. In a few
minutes the big hall was overfiowing
and the police closed the doors, while
| great masses were still streaming
from all sides. Representatives of
the Joint Action Committee immedi-
ately secured Manhattan Lyceum, and
that was quickly filed.
1t was not for nothing that the
chairmen came from all the shops.
They did not come to sit quietly;
fhau CANA with oOrsoio,snoao - IL
eide plans of action, to mobilize all
their forces in order to end Sigman.
ism in the International.
The first one who spoke in Cooper
Union was Abe Goldberg, the chair
man Of Local g. After a few intro.
ductory words from him, the gather.
ing heard very interesting report
from Boruchovich, manager of Local
2. This report showed clearly the
watchfulness of the Joint Action Com
mittee in defending the interests ~
the cloak and dressmakers agai .
the terror of the Sigman machine
and from their friends the bosses
The report also showed how far the
masses are supporting the Joint Ac
stion Committee in carrying out their
decisions and ignoring the machine
heroes, who have nearly excluded
themselves from the union.
i In the period of the last two weeks
the report said, the Joint Action Com
mittee had held 200 shop meetings Of
the cloak department. Action was
taken on AZ complaints and 10 dis
charge cases.
In the dress department, rs shoI
meetings were held; $50 complaints
were attended to, and 200 shops were
visited.
Three shops are now on strike. be
cause certain active members of the
union were, on orders from the ma
chine, discharged from their Jobs
The shops are picketed, and mass
demonstrations are carried thru ever,
morning
Mirror of siemans Gangsterism.
On the platform appeared a mirror
of the gangsterism with which Sigman
machine hopes to defeat the cloal
and dressmakers. A member of Lo
cal 2, by name of Stubakewich, who is
one Of the active union members who
were discharged from Frederick
cloak shop, was attacked yesterday
morning by band of gangsters, ant
badly hurt. With his bandageC
= wounds on head and face he an
peared on the platform to tell a few
facts of his own experience, which he
had at the strong-arms Of the ma
chine agents.
His appearance made a deem i'm
preston on the gathering, and the
faces of the masses lit up with anger
# chairmen Call for Action.
u After that a great number of chair
men spoke, among whom were Kano
vich, Barnstein, Kessler, Arankratz
Radich, Feinberg, and others.
Their speeches were Noteworthy
There was no doubt expressed in an,
of their words. Now is the time tC
make an end of the rule of the hooli
gan-machine in the union. We car
and will carry it thru. This was tho
tone of all of their speeches. Ever,
one of them called for action. Each
one made an additional proposition
and proposed further plans to carr,
this thru--and when one yelled out
that the best means is to make a stop
page in the shops, there was storm,
and continued applause.
Ammunition is Needed.
| II is understood that among the diff
ferent proposals the question of am
munition was also not forgotten
The Joint Action Committee needs
large sums of money in the struggle
against the gang. They cannot move
without money And one of the chair
men proposed to collect voluntar,
tax of So per member. Another one
proposed that this should be collected
at the time the workers receive their
| WaRpg Roth propooaI. $500.