The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-22
.CLOAKMAKERS IN
1T ALLAN LOCAL
MOVE ON SICMAN
Show Up Antonini at
Progressive Rally
BY ANTHONY RAMIGLiA.
Especial to The Daily Worker)

especial TO ne Daily Worker)
NEW YORK, Dec, 2O.-The progress
sive members of Local SO, Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union, issued call for a meeting of
the members of Local SO on Friday
evening, December II, at the Italian
Progressive Center The circular call
ing the meeting pointed out the fact
that Luigi Antonini, manager of Local
80, had among other things deliberate
ly and fraudulently misrepresented
the membership of Local SO in com
munication to the press, in which
communication it was said that Local
SO at a meeting had decided to stand
in back of Morris Sigman in the lat
ter's actions against the General
Strike Committee.
To Expose Fraud.
The fact was that Local SO did not
meet regularly and express itself upon
The present situation in the interna-
.ional. This meeting was called for
the purpose of exposing this fraud
ulent act as we'll as the whole treach-
erous conduct of Sigman and his
Italian cohorts to the Italian members.
The meeting was called for six
O'Clock. At six precisely, Antoniii,
Crivello, with some members of Local
80 executive board-and some I'M
known, ugly looking gents, marched
into the hall. They felt for the mo-
ment that they we're in their own
element, and proceeded to elect
chairman and secretary of the meet
ing. But just as they had saddled
themselves the progressive element
began to arrive.
Taken Down.
Mr.. Antonini, in a peacock fashion,
was holding forth, announcing to the
universe, that he was ready to an
swer not only the charges against
him, but would go into the whole
left and right side situation in the
l. L. G. w. q. and establish who
was responsible for the confusion and
Generalization in the cloakmakers'
organization.
AMIGO, business agent for Local SO,
arose thereupon, and made the point
that Antonini had deliberately lied
when in the communication to the
"Giustizia," the official Italian organ
Of the /. L. G. w. u, he had caused
70 be stated that the membership of
Local SO had at meeting endorsed
Sigman and his traitorous conduct.
Fake Meeting.
AMIGO further stated that Local 80
was not regularly convened to pass
upon the situation, that meeting
of 80 men and one woman, some of
these members of Local AS, had been
secretly called at the headquarters
of the Women's Trade Union League,
and there between these 81 flunkeys
the resolution supporting Sigman had
been adopted. Antonini then arose
to explain away this lampid proof Of
his perfltdy. He admitted that the
meeting, at which Sigman's policies"
were adopted, was not free and
regular meeting of members, but
meeting Of active spirits"
At this juncture, Frank Coco arose
and stated, Luigi Antonini has come
here and offered to go into a thoro
discussion of the situation. / pro-
pose that we proceed with discus.
sion based on the following theme:
that we progressives are ready to
sustain in debate, namely, Resolved,
that Sigman, Antonini, and the whole
shebbang of the rights, have DELHI
erately betrayed the cloakmakers,
and in consequence, the whole mem.
bership of the International, and in
further consequence, the whole labor
movement. Come on, then, and let US
proceed with the discussion" For d
full minute not word peeped out
of the otherwise vociferous Antonini
or Crivello.
Leave Meeting.
1t was a long spell of silence. Fin
ally Mr.. Antonini arose. "Come on
friends, follow me out, we will go to
the Local 4S building and have our
own meeting" This was Antonini's
answer to the specific charge hurled
in his face that he and his sowship
Sigman are traitors to the labor
movement. About IA people followed
him out. The meeting went on and
adopted a resolution eondemning the
strikebreaking crew as they should
be condemned.
AS the meeting OF the progressives
was going on, few OF those that
had walked out with Antonini trick
led back into our meeting. This Is
the result OF the first move yet made
to expose the funkeys in the Italian
Locals OF the /. L. G. w. U.