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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18

them the third degree about the
charges made by the Forward"
But they are fighting us too. The
new progressive leadership in New
York has been too successful to suit
the Forward. 1t is supporting the
former officers whom. we displaced.
When We took office these gentlemen
turned everything over to us with
the hope and the words, Wait and see.
you will break your necks.' But we
didn't We have made a success of
our organization drive. We are begin
ming to build a much larger and
sounder organization Now they are
Jealous. They had hoped to come
back after we broke our necks. But
now the New York membership has
confidence only in the new leader
ship"
You here in this present campaign
must be soldiers every disciplined
and willing to perform your every
assigned task New York will give
Chicago every support. Every clothing
center must be organized 100 per cent.
That Is our common aim. After our
present struggles are over, we will
call convention OF all needle trades
unions and build one united union for
all needle trades workers"
The chairman of the meeting was
3. Soil, also chairman OF the Chicago
Joint board. The Freiheit Singing So
clety gave four excellent numbers dur
Ing one Of which, The International,
everyone remained standing. The Fret.
heit Mandolin Orchestra and the Pol.
ish Mans Chorus rounded out the
program.
An organization meeting of the com
mittee OF 500 win be held next Thurs
day night. The spirit OF the members
present was enthusiastic. They res.
pended well to the addresses and a
organization campaign In the
cloak and dress Industry In Chicago
seems assured when these hundreds
get busy In tho market place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
Sorkin and His Aids
Launch Attack on the
Furrier Strike Leaders
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reactionary forces IN the union, then
arose and began to tell Of many COM
plants" he had received from mem
bers Of New York locals who said
they were dissatisfied with the man.
ner in which the strike was being
conducted. New York delegates chal-
lenged Sorkin to give the names of
these members. Sorkin refused.
He then went on to question the use
Of strike funds by the New York Joint
board. This caused great indignation
among the New York delegates but
was far surpassed by Sorkin's trail
torous charge that the New York joint
board was using hired gangsters in
the strike-the same charge being
made by the bosses and the New
York district attorney.
This was too much. The New York
members arose in body and walked
out Of the hall. Outside they were
greeted by a large number of rank
and file members Of New York who
had not been permitted into the meet
ing.
After the New York representatives
had left, A. Schachtman, the president
Of the union and chairman Of the
meeting, took the floor and definitely
aligned himself with the Sorkin group
by saying he had made the mistake
of his life by associating himself with
the New York Joint board but that
now he was thru with them.
With nothing but the picked repre-
sentatives OF the small eastern locals
left in the conference it was not at
all diflcult for Sorkfn to get a mo-
ton passed turning the leadership of
the New York strike over to the In
ternational Union "at such a time as
may be necessary"
But passing a motion and taking
the leadership out OF the hands of
the New York joint board are two
entirely different thif IS. The fur
strikers OF New York have demon
strated on more than one occasion
their confidence In the leaders of the
New York Joint board. Now in the
midst Of one Of their worst struggles
and at a time when the yellow reac-
tionary leaders Of the International
attempt to stab the New York Joint
board-and the strike-in the back,
the fighting fur workers of New York
will once again declare their loyalty
to and confidence in the militant lead
ership of Gold and his associates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
April Issue of The
Mercury Cannot Be
Sent Thru the Mails

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 16. -
Solicitor DonneIly Of the postofice de.
partment reiterated the ruling of
Postmaster-General New that the
April issue of the Aemrican Mercury
was to be barred from the mails for
carrying an alleged salacious story
called "Hatrack."
II. L. Mencken and his counsel
tried 10 prove that the article was not
obscene and that It was an effective
literary work. They pointed out that
the barring Of the magazine from the
mails had placed It in the category
as other magazines dealing exclusive.
ly IN racy sex stories.
They also asked the solicitor why
the newspapers that carried the de-
tails OF the Rhinelander divorce case
were not barred from the mails. In
the Rhinelander case many Of the in.
timacies of the couple were given
first page publicity in the metropol.
itan dailies. The postmaster's lackey
merely declared the department was
carrying out the law"
Besides restraining the Watch and
Ward Society from interfering with
the circulation of the Mercury in
Massachusetts, Judge Morton also re-
fused 10 dismiss Menckens suit for
$4,000 damages against that organi.
zation becaue OF its Interference with
HIS magazine.
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merly of New York and now q mem
Der Of Local 100, Chicago, spoke. "Chi-
cago is going to set an example to the
rest Of the country In this present
drive" she said, There are 5000 or
5000 workers in the dress industry
alone that we must and that with the
right spirit we will organize"
"Tonight's meeting shows that the
workers present did not come here
only to listen to the speakers. 1t is
plain that every one here is imbued
with determination, that each came
here to pledge himself to be one of
the organizers in the drive we are
initiating tonight"
1--WE have our differences OF opinion,
politically and otherwise, but the UNI
ion is not a political party. It "a a
common protector and champion of
all exploited workers. When It comes
to fighting the bosses, we must drop
our differences and fight as one man.
We must march unitedly into the mar.
ket place and show the bosses that
we mean business and that we will
stand together"
italian Speaker.
]. Candida spoke in Italian. He ex.
tended greetings to the members pres.
ent and their campaign OF organization
from the Italian workers newspaper,
II Lavoratore. He appealed for con.
solidated ranks in the present strug-
gle and warned the members OF the
dangers that capitalism will attempt
to set In their path. Fascism is spread.
ing to America and has as It's purpose
only the crushing of the workers
movement. The workers must organize
not only industrially but. in order to
cope with tho enormous power OF the
bosses, must unite under the banner
Of powerful labor party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
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shops and rs new cloak shops. In all,
during this campaign, we increased
our membership by 1000. The new
system OF organization was therefore
conclusively yindicated. You here are
embarking on a similar campaign. /
predict its success and pledge the un-
divided support Of your New York
brothers who viii help you in every
way they can"
Manager Levine.
]. Levine, the new manager Of the
Chicago Joint Board elected in the re-
cent contest in which the progressive
forces of the union were victorious,
made his first appearance before a
large gathering Of the membership. He
was greeted by vigorous applause.
I'm the old days." Levine said, I'VE
used TO hire one or two or several
organizers, pay them salaries and turn
them loose with the expectation that
they would organize the industry. To
night we are starting a new system
We are installing q committee OF 500
rank and file members who will put
their shoulders TO the wheel and with
the support of the entire membership
we will organize the entire cloak and
dress industry in Chicago"
II want to say on behalf Of myself
and my brother officers that we are
prepared to 60 the limit to make this
campaign a success. We will give
every ounce Of our energy and ability
to the services of our union.p
Ida Rothsteln Speaks.
Anton Johannsen, chairman Of the
organization committee of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, was scheduled to
speak but due to illness was unable to
appear. In his stead, Ida Rothstein.
well known member of tho union, for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
WILL TEST RIGHT or
GITIOW TO SPEAK IN
PHILADELPHIA MONDAY

PHILADELPHIA, Pa April 10.
"A free speech meeting will be
held In Philadelphia on Monday
night April 10, at the Labor lnstI-
tute, Eighth and Locust ST. This
meeting will test the right Of the
police 20 prohibit Benjamin cItlow
from speaking. Benjamin Gltlow
will speak for The Workers (com-
munlst) Party, Forest Bailey for the
Civil Liberties Union; J, o. 5entalI
for The international Labor Defense.
Admission free.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
Raps AsweII Bill.

'The most vicious of these bills Is
the one introduced by. Representative
Aswell, proposing to hnger-print, reg
lister and photograph all foreign-born
residents of the United States. The
aim is clearly to prevent such work
ers from Joining unions and from par
ticipating in strikes. The bills have
been condemned by the last American
Federation Of Labor convention.
"A committee selected by the Ma
chinists Locals Nos. 81 and S37 ap-
peared before our joint board, stating
that they had been selected by their
unions authorized to act in q similar
manner. We have since been in.
formed by this Joint committee that
they have already issued call to all
Chicago local trade unions and work
ers' organizations inviting them to
participate in a conference called for
Sunday, April IS, at 10 a. m. TO take
place at $50 w. Washington St., room
300.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
send Delegates to Conference.

I'VE assume that this Joint commit
tee representing the two Machinists'
Local Unions mentioned have already
communicated with your organization
asking you to select delegates for this
conference. In view of the fact that
these anti-foreign-born bills are now
being considered in committee and apt
to be reported for action to congress
at any time. we urge that your local
union takes action upon the invita-
ton of the Machinists' Local Unions
toward selecting delegates for this
conference.
''If you have not received the COM
munication from the Machinists' Lo-
calls we urge that you consider this an
invitation to send delegates. II this
letter does not reach your local union
until April Is we urge that you never
theless select your delegates and mo-
tify our joint board, which will then
take care that your delegates are In
formed of future meetings Of this con-
ference.
"Fraternally yours,
"a. L. Davidson, Secy.
"B. Soil, Chairman.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
WEISBORD out
Of PRISON ON
$4,000 Bail
Picketing Is Resumed
at Once
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NEHA@N@~@NN1
now closing the twelfth week Of strug-
gle, was released on $4,000 bond
after a writ Of habsas corpus had
been obtained for him by attorneys
for the United Front Committee which
Is conducting the strike.
Weisbord was arrested Saturday and
had been held until Thursday in the
Hackensack jail.
He win Immediately resume active
leadership of the strike and prepare
tions have already been made to make
the fight more aggressive.
To Resume PIeketIna.
The strike committee has issued a
call for the 5000 strikers TO report
for mass picketing at all the mills to-
day and It Is expected that there will
be further sharp struggles to test the
right of workers peacefully to picket
struck mills.
Sheriff Nimmo of Bergen county
and the police officials Of Passaic and
Clifton are quoted in the reptile press
as declaring they will use all power
at their disposal to break up any picket
line that is established. These lackeys
Of the mill owners are still laboring
under the impression that once the
riot act is read 1t prohibits any future
demonstrations until they decide the
critical situation has passed.
Armed Camp.
Garfield today presents the appear
ance of a town in a state of siege.
Some 400 questionable characters who
have been sworn in as deputy sheriffs
by Nimmo patrol the streets with
sawed-off shot guns in their hands, In
timidating the population by dispers-
ing even small groups of three and
four that congregate on the public
thorofares.
Norman Thomas Arrested.
The Rev. Norman Thomas, former
socialist candidate for governor Of
New York, was arrested Wednesday
for addressing a meeting in Garfield
and criticiZing the authorities for ar
resting Weisbord. He was held over
night in one of the foul jails here and
when arraigned yesterday before
Louis Hergreaves, judge of the police
court, was held in $4,000 bail, which
was furnished. So anxious were the
deputies from the sheriff's ONCE to
keep Thomas in jail that one of them
insisted upon taking him to the coun-
ty jail even after bail was furnished
on the pretext that the first bail only
covered the arraignment and that
additional bail would be required to
release him pending action by the
grand jury Energetic action by the
attorneys for the defense resulted in
his release on the original bail.
Mills Not Operating.
If the authorities expected that the
launching Of reign OF terror would
intimidate the strikers and force them
back into the mills, they have been
badly disappointed as the workers,
tho prohibited from meeting, are re-
fusing to be driven back and are still
continuing the strike.
The mills are not operating and only
the few office workers, some foremen
and other stoolpigeons Of the bosses
are entering the mills. The police and
the mill owners are learning that
reading Of riot acts and the brutal use
Of policemen's clubs viii not produce
woolens.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18

(Get one from your Daily Work.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
Forest Fires In Northwest.

BRAINBRD, Mimi. April 1e.-The
countryside was a waste of charred
ruin in three townships near here
after forest fires swept over an area
Of several thousand acres, destroying
a school, farmhouses, barns, several
granaries, and hundreds of tons Of
hay and straw.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18

A member OF the Polish local, 104,
spoke in Polish. He. pointed to the
huge number of Polish workers in Chi
cago and said that his local was pre-
pared to take the lead during
the present campaign to organize this
great section of Chicago's workers.
Union Difficulties.
Zimmerman, in his speech, told OF
some Of the difficulties confronting the
New York union. 1The bosses are
building large structures called cloth
ing centers with 20 or more floors.
There are guards on each floor and the
doormen and elevator starters act as
lookouts. You can see how difficult
1t would be, for example, to organize a
shop on the nineteenth floor. AS soon
as union organizers get busy they are
Immediately surrounded by thugs and
police"
Building Committees.
but we got around this by organ
izing building committees and shop
committees that have strict control
of every union shop in their sections
and have constant watch over the
non-union shops. This method has
allowed us 10 organize many shops
that under the old system we're I'M
touchable."
AmaigamatIon.
I'VE have taken lesson also from
the present strike OF the furriers in
New York which we are supporting.
We have been talking amalgamation
for years. We we're told that II was
good In theory but that It wouldn't
work in practice. But recent happen
ings have shown that Amalgamation is
no longer a theory--it is an absolute
necessity for the needle trades indus
try"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
Herrin Riot Inquest
Starts Today, But Is
Postponed for Funeral

HERRIN, ILL.,, April 16-only two
witnesses were heard today at the In
quest into the death of six men dur
ing the khan and anti-klan shooting
last Tuesday. The inquest was post
poned to allow some Of the witnesses
to attend the funeral which is being
held today for the three dead klans-
men.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
Move to Gust the
Left Wing Leaders in
New York Strike Fails
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Job. After the meeting had been dis
solved the workers formed into lines
and went marching and singing thru
the fur market. They crowded in and
around the joint board headquarters
in great masses showing In which
direction they look for leadership.
Another large detachment Of strik-
ers moved In the direction Of the For
ward building where a demonstration
was staged against the paper for its
treachery to the strike. The demons
traitors were dispersed by the police.
Joint Board Victory.
The Carnegie Hall meeting was but
ruse Of the International officers to
make a break in the successful ad-
ministration OF the New York joint
board progressive leadership that they
are opposing. Frayne was brought in
to aid in breaking down the confidence
Of the members in their strike leader
ship. But the trick was q dismal fail
ure. The tables were completely turn
ed around.
From beginning TO end the meeting
and the ensuing demonstrations were
clearly in favor of the joint board and
against Schachtman and Sorkin. It
was a tremendous, victory for the
strikers and ended IN completely dis
crediting the International officers.
Council Withdraws Support.
1t was Hugh Frayne who last Satur-
day presented the furriers' strike
situation to the Central Trades Coun-
ell Of New York in such way that
that body withdrew its previous en-.
dorsement of the strike. He said
that a referendum Of the New York
members of the furriers' union would
turn the leadership of the strike over
to the International officers, who
would then negotiate and settle the
strike In real A. F. of L. fashion. "
He said the A F. Of L. gives support
to the international and not to the
Joint board. But today's demonstra-
ton. From all around came the de-
would win a referendum Of the men,
bers.
Frayne's Proposal.
Frayne presented the following as
basis for settlement with the fur
bosses: /. Use old agreement as basis
for settlement. 2. Eliminate overtime
''as far as possible" 3. A three year
agreement. 4. No apprenticeship from
February LIST 1926 to February 10,
1928. 5. No sub-contracting 6. Pres
ent wage minimum increased ten per
cent. Z. At the end Of two years only
one minimum instead Of two. s. Agree
to work forty-two hour, flve-day per
week with four hours on Saturday. {:
The demands made by the Joint
board are, among others, /. A forty.
hour week. Equal division of work
and no discharge. 3. Unemployment
insurance fund to be paid by the
manufacturers. A comparison Of the
Two easily shows that the latter de-
mands of the joint board as against
those submitted by Frayne leave the
union a strong hand in the affairs of
the industry and call for a shorter
work day commensurate with the hard
labor in the fur shops and the seasonal
nature Of the trade.
1t is understood that Samuel N.
Samuels, for the fur manufacturers
has accepted Hugh FI'aynes proposals
as final understanding. But the last
word on the settlement or the strike
will be said by the New York mem
bership under the leadership of the
Joint board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18

Send us Items about your class In
Worker Correspondents for the
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-18
IL. C. VII. URGES
LABOR TO fight
ANTI-ALIEN Law
Chicago Joint Board
Backs MachinistS

The Chicago Joint board Of the In
ternatIonal Ladies' Garment Workers
is sending out letter to all local un-
ions In Chicago endorsing the call Of
MaohInlsts locals "a and ss7 for = een-
ference for tho protection Of foreign
born workers that will be held on SUM-
day morning, Room 800, 1870 w. Wash
ington st.
In this letter the joint board calls on
the various unions to send delegates
to this conference where ways and
means Of resisting the bills that have
been introduced in congress against
alien workers will be discussed. The
letter follows:
':.The local Joint board Of the Inter
national Ladies' Garment Workers
have had under consideration the mat
ter Of the anti-alien bills introduced in
the United States congress, and
elected a committee authorized to
bring this matter before the Chicago
labor organizations with view of pro.
posing a conference of delegates Sc
lected from the various unions to dis
cuss ways and means of effectively op-
posing the passage of these bills.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-03-18

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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-03-18


WILL OFFER for sale at public
auction at my residence, on the farm
known as the Gregg farm, one
fourth mile east of Triadelphia, on
Tuesday, March %, commencing at
lO O'Clock, a. m.,, the following
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-03-18

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