The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-12
Police AID TO
right WINGERS:.
HALT Meeting
Help for CloakmQkers'
Strike Stopped

The right wing In the Chicago labor
movement united Thursday night to
break up a meeting called to assist
the locked out cIoakmskers of New
York in winning their struggle.
Sam Levin, Sidney Rissman and
Abe WeinsteIn of the AmsIeamatsd
Clothing Workers, President John
Fitzpatrick and Secretary Edward NJ.
Noekeis of the Chicago Federation Of
Labor, led the forces which succeeded
In preventing some 1000 needle
trades workers from hearing the Is
sues Of the New York struggle out
lined by Ben Gold, chairman Of the
Furriers' Union joint board OF New
York. and Sascha Zimmerman, one Of
the leaders of the New York union Of
the international Ladies' Garment
Workers Union.
Called under the auspices of the
national needle trades section Of the
Trade Union Educational League. the
meeting was to have made the issue
of amalgamation Of the needle trades
unions the central point Of the fight
to insure victory for the cloakmakers
and raise financial relief for the
locked-out workers.
A. C. w. ohicialdom Leads.
The oficialdom of the Amalga
mated, alarmed by the rapidly de-
yeloping mass sentiment for central
lied organization in the needle trades
unions, and evidently In accord with
national policy OF war on the LEFT
wing in all the needle trades unions
led by A. c. w. oficialdom, mobil
lied their shop chairman and gang
ster elements.
That the odicialdom OF other unions
participated in what is in effect sab
otage Of the cloakmakers' strike IL
evidenced by the presence Of shock
troops from other sections Of the
Chicago right wing labor movement.
Fitzpatrick and noekels Speak.
The presence of Fitzpatrick and
Nockels gave official sanction to the
proceedings. Both spoke to the As.
semblage Of right wingers which the
meeting in Temple Han became At
ter 3 ,. m
The right wing had prepared their
plan of action carefully.
They had advertised a rival meet
ing in the Streetcarmen's Auditorium
One block away from Temple Hall.
knowing that the right wingers would
try to break up The Temple Hail
meeting, the committee in charge
tried to prevent the entrance of dis
turbing elements but were unsuccess-
full
The two meetings created much
confusion and large numbers of work
ers, unable to tell which was which
and probably not wanting to get mix.
ed up in the trouble which threatened
10 break out any minute went home.
Right wingers succeeded in gettinc
large numbers of their shock troops
into Temple Hall thru the back door
ana several fights took place. I'M.
formed policemen and squad from
The detective bureau were present
and were not concerned in preserv.
ing order until il was apparent that
'he flsht wing had decisive major
lty in the meeting. Then they be-
came very busy indeed.
Levin Speaks with Protection.
With the meeting under police con
troll Levin OF the Amalgamated. Fitz
patrick and Nockels made speeches
attacking the left wing. Levin ap
pealed to Chicago patriotism by say.
ing that the labor movement did moi
aeed anyone from New York (refer
ring to Gold, Gitlow and zimmerman)
to advise it.
Fitzpatrick, after naming the repub-
llcan and democrat parties as the
only ones necessary, stated that the
interference Of a political party in
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