The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-14
NEEDLE TRADES
LABOR HERE AIDS
new YORK STRIKE
Big Meeting Is Held in
Spite of Reaction


needle trades tollers massed inside
and outside of Workers Lyceum,
2733 Hirseh Blvd, on Sunday after
noon to give support to the strike Of
the New York cIoakmakers and show
the right wing bureauerats that the
progressive forces and the left wing
In the unions cannot be stopped by
intimidation and ganesterism.
Demand Extortlonate Rental.
Ths meeting had been scheduled
for Hertzl Hall. two blocks away
from Workers Lyceum, but when the
committee from the Trade Union Ed
ucational League that sponsored the
meeting went to the hall to start the
meeting they were notified by the
owner that they would have to pay
$1,000 for the use Of the hall.
1t was obvious that the owner had
been reached by the right wingers
who, under the leadership of Man
.ager Sam Levin of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Union, hired gang
steers and sluggers to break up a SINH
lar meeting scheduled for last Thurs.
day.
Once removed to the new hall, the
hundreds OF needle trades workers
jammed inside and crowded around
the doors to listen to speeches by
Ben Gold, manager OF the joint board
of the New York Furriers' Union. Ida
Rothstein Of the Chicago dressmak-
ers, Henry SAFER Of the Cap and Nh.
ltnery Workers, and 8. Potash OF the
the Furriers. b. Goldberg, business
agent Of the Chicago Furriers, was
chairman.
Ganssters Hit and Run.
The usual contingent of gangsters
was brought to Hertzls Hall bv tho
Levin-Rissman outfit and by the
right wingers in the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union.
Two workers were beaten up by thugs
at Hert1I's Fall after the workers had
gone to Ike new hall. The things i'm
mediately ran away. There was no
other dSStsrbs-ca
When 3oEs New FORK gsid Ben
Gold, II uz7 TOD ~ In Yssat wine
er5 there, tkzt world neyer return
from Caicago olive Tat is enc o.
the rcas5rG cas,e.
Tsile Rlcht Winaers.
i have visA.3 Catsago three
times. Tho first time was during the
Furriers' convention ~her ore lone
left winger challenged the right wing
leadership and was thrown out Of the
hail. The second time was when I
came here to debate with President
kaufman of the Furriers on equal
ground. come now for the third
time to tell the right wingers that
they cannot defeat the left wing.
The big danger in the needle
trades unions especially is from the
open shop and the contracting system
which spreads the industry thruout
the small towns. The right wingers
have demonstrated their incapacity to
deal with these dangers and lead the
workers out OF the swamps.
Win 4o-Hour Week.
I'm New York, under the leader
ship Of the left wing, the furriers'
union was able to win the 4O-hour
week. The right wing bureaucrats
from President Green to sigman OF
the cloakmakers, do a lot OF talking
about the 4O-hour week. But that is
all. 1t took the left wing leadership
to actually win the 40-hour week.
zone of the reasons for the success
Of the left wing leadership is its re-
lance upon the might OF the rank
and file instead of upon paid agents
and sluggers.
Urges AmalgamatIon.
"One Of the greatest needs OF the
needle trades workers at this time is
amalgamation. The right wingers are
opposed 70 this The Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Union used to be
an advocate OF amalgamation at ..
time when they we're not kosher to
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