The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-04
MILSTEIN AGAIN
INVITES P 0LICE
TO RUN MEETING
But Furriers Nominate
Progressive Slate

Under the watchful eyes of five uni
formed Chicago policemen and two
special detectives the postponed nom
nations meeting of the Furriers' I'M
ION took place Tuesday night. /.
The nominations were made and a
full progressive slate is in the field,
in spite of the fact that the police
acted on the orders of Milstein, the
present reactionary business repre-
sentative and financial secretary,
and barred from the hall about TWEEN
ty-fve of his prominent opponents.
The officers of the law were sum-
moned by Milstein as part Of his gem
eral policy of keeping control Of the
union by fair means or foul; this is
the second time within the week that
he has appealed to the strikebreaking
police Of Chicago to maintain his rule.
Always Brings Police
The nominations meeting of the
Furriers was broken UP last Friday
by police Milstein brought in when it
began to get out of his control, and
the later meeting was thus made nee
essary.
The proceedings started Tuesday
night with a discussion Of the execu-
tive boards recommendation that Mil
stein be given all his back pay, which
he had made a gesture of surrender
ing while the strike was going on to
make the members believe that he
was vitality interested in winning their
demands.
MiIstein Wants Money
Now. besides wanting his back pay,
Milstein asked for a chance to fur
Their deplete the treasury with a two
weeks vacation on full pay. And he
had his gang there to get all this for
him. They stamped, whistled and
made a continuous uproar, interior
ring with the speakers against Mil
stein and applauding those for him,
but the meeting finally voted to grant
the back pay and not the paid vaca-
ton.
A motion to admit to the session
Chas. Grosman, Mendle, Shemberg, M.
Mendelson, Silverman and the rest of
the progressives excluded ON various
technical charges would probably
have been carried. but after hot de-
bate 1t was declared out OF order on
a constitutional bubble. The scabs
who worked in the strike and then got
their cards back afterwards were all
allowed into the meeting and permit
ted to vote.
Proaressives Nominated
Nominated for president are E. Fin
kelstein, progressive, and among 9TH
ers, Jack Mouchin, machine candi-
date.
Several are running for the office
Of vice-president but the outstanding
machine candidate is Mike Nicholson.
The progressives nominated Robert
Goldstein. The Milstein machine pro-
tested on the grounds that he had
not been in the union long enough.
This protest is based on misinter-
probation of the union constitution,
and Goldstein will continue in the
race.
J. Sonnenschein is the progressive
nominee for Recording Secretary.
The reactionary machine is also try
ing to exclude him on technical objec-
tons similar to those againt Cold
stein, but he will continue to run.
His opponent from the right wing is
Mrs. Hunt.
MlIstein Accused
Milstein is nominated to succeed
himself in the office of Business Rep
resentative and Financial Secretary,
and the progressives have put up
against him l. Israelson.
Robert Goldstein was also nominat-
ed for this Office but he declined In a
sharp letter to the officers, in which
ne accused Milstein of misusing funds,
betraying the strike, breaking his
promise not to run for the ONCE again,
and slandering his opponents.
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