The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-25
n. Y. COUNCIL
SUPPORTS FUR
UNION DEMAND
Refer Action on SGccO
and VGnzetti
Especial to Tho paIIy worklrl

Especial TO The Daily Worktr)
NEW YORK CITY, May 23-The
Central Trades and Labor Council has
elected a committee Of three to visit
Mayor James J. Walker and Chief
Magistrate MeAdoo, to lodge protests
against the way Magistrate Harry A.
Gordon and other municipal court
judges have treated the cases Of Strik-
ing furrlers brot before them for trial.
After hearing plea by Leibowitz OF
the joint board of the Furriers' Union,
1t also called upon all the members OF
the New York labor movement to at
tend Saturdays 4o-hour week mass
meeting at Madison Square Garden, ar
ranged by the general strike commit
tee Of the Furriers' Union, and com
missioned State President John Sulli-
van and Secretary John P. Coughlin
to speak at the meeting.
Refer saeco-VanzettI Motion.
A motion by Steiglitz, of the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, to endorse the move for new
trial for Sacco and Vanzetti, was re-
ferred by a substitute motion Of John
Mulholland, to the executive board,
which Ia to review the case and take
action accordingly.
Coughlin pointed out that four years
ago the Central Trades and Labor
Council took favorable action on the
question and contributed to the de-
tense fund.
Lefkowltz Attacks Smith.
Abraham Lefkowitz, Of the Teachers
Union, in reporting on the vote Of the
Ricca bill to increase the salary of
school teachers by Governor Smith,
declared that the only opposition to
the bill came from the real estate
group and Mayor Walker of New York
City.
He poined out that the New York
City budget was padded to make it
appear that it could not afford the
raise in pay. "No consideration was
taken of the facts that there is a
growth in the city. Since 1900" con-
tinued Lefkowitz, "the teachers have
received only one general increase, in
1920. Since then they have received
no increase. We have been promised
an investigation which does not mean
anything. They have told us that we
have friendly board of education but
we will not obtain anything unless we
go out and fight for it.
with all respect to the governor,
he has not given us a square deal.
For the teachers l want to state: We
are going to fight! There will be
reaction this coming fall"
Wanted Labor Day Parade.
| Delegate Thomas Johnson opposed
the usual Labor Day celebration at
Fort Hamilton with a proposition to
have parade on Labor Day. Refer
ring to the Tammany Hall politicians,
Johnson said We've got to step
these fellows kidding u.s. During the
last campaign heard them all speak,
Walker, Mckee and Berry. We have
to tell them that we want the prevail
| ing rate of wages We must come out
and show them where they get of at"
Coughlin spoke against parade,
stating that no one would show up. In
his opinion, most Of the trade union
lists would prefer to go bathing or to
the races.
State President John Sullivan said:
Labor is dead in this state. The pol
iticians don't take us seriously. We
are too satisfied. We want morel"
Defkowitz opposed the Fort Hamilton
celebration, poipting out that at last
years celebration there was "a glori-
fication Of the United States Army
and this year he would not be pres
emit.
The Labor Day committee announc-
ed that it would report further on
progress at future meeting.