The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-28
PHILADELPHIA
Ii. C. W. HAVE
A new WRINKLE
Amadur-R eisbergIars In
vent Hold-Up
BY JOSEPH MANLEY.

Alu0IlCdu tIdu6 uu4Ou Acdu6IH Oh
the reactionary sort show real Amer
lean inventive ability in devising
schemes to retain their crumbling for
tunes and leadership. Amongst these
latest schemes are those Of labor CD
banking and cooperative housing.
But the very latest scheme Of exploit
tation of union workers, by those who
are supported to fight against exploit
tation, comes from staid old Philadal-
phia. This scheme originated in the
fertile CD imagination of Comrades
CD Amadur and Reisberg, as soon as
the details become public no doubt
Brothers (?) Hutcheson, Lewis, ct al,
viii gladly and with profit follow suit
The Amadur-Reisberg scheme has
not yet been patented, neither have
papers Of Incorporation been filed in
Delaware to exploit it nationally for
the benefit of the brilliant discover
ers. The scheme is such that every
other labor faker of the caliber of
Amadur and Reisberg can apply 1t to
those he has expelled from his (?)
union.
Anything not Nailed Down
Following the method adopted by
Amadur and Reisberg, other labor
takers can now in addition to expel-
ling the militants, rob them not alone
Of their hard earned cash, but when
that is exhausted can take their
watch and perhaps their clothes.
The CaporaI l,voo,,4fxro Door5 - a.
International Ladies' Garment Work
erS recently ruled that the expelled
members of the organization in Phil
adelphia were to be reinstated in the
organization. The action of Amadur
end Reisberg in expelling the mill
tants-the very life and soul of the
Philadelphia union-has brought the
Philadelphia organization to ruin and
almost virtual destruction.
The industry in this great city is
in a frightful condition for the work
ers. Dressmakers who once earned
over $50 week when the union was
in its prime. are now forced to slave
long hours to earn bare S12 or S14
per week.
Open Shop Followed Explosions.
Open shops are everywhere and the
workers are being ruthlessly exploit
ed by the the bosses who are trium-
plant because of the criminally stu
pid and reactionary methods of Am
adur and Reisberg against the left
Z wing.
Following the action of the G. E. B.
in relation to the expelled, Amadur
and Reisberg proceeded to put it into
effect in their own sweet way. 1t is
Of this that we write
Following the ruling Of the G. E. B.,
Amadur and Reisberg announced that
the expelled could come back in the
organization provided that the cloak
makers paid $40 and the dressmakers
$50. Many other provisions were at
tached to the conditions.
Out on Parole.
For some of the most militant
cloakmakers the conditions amounted
to a parole, that they would not be
allowed to participate in union meet
ings for two or three years, and if, in
the meantime, they misbehaved CD
and broke their parole, then they
would be automatically suspended. |
Herein lies the secret of this new
money making scheme of Amadur and |
Reisberg.
In spite of the Objectionable feat
ures of the whole business the mill
tants prepared to pay the money de- |
manded. Now we discover the rot
tenness of the entire scheme One of |
the expelled named Salzey, having |
been out of work for a long time, |
partly caused by the persecution of |
Amadur and Reisberg, paid his lin
stalment" of $40 on the total amount,
$40 being all that he could scrape up.
Last week Salzer appeared at the |
joint board Office; he offered to pay
the remainder just as soon as he went |
to work. The worthy Amadur re-
fused to accept the $40 saying that
unless the full amount was paid Sal |
ger could not get work
Highwaymen at Work.
A few days following, the shop in |
which Salzer worked again started |
up. No sooner had Salzer begun to |
work than the chairman of the shop
stopped him, saying he was doing so |
on the instruction of Amadur. An
argument ensued. Salzer again Of |