The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-19
'HILLQUIT STILL
HAS BANK STOCK,
UNION WANTS IT
No Restraining Order;
Real Fight Next

| by the New York Joint Board of
the cloak and dressmakers to pre-
vent Morris Hillquit, acting in behalf
of the reactionary officials of the
International, from carrying on any
more slight of hand tricks with the
stock Of the International Union
Bank, was denied yesterday by JUS
tice Nathan BLUR, in the state su-
preme court.
Wanted Bank Stock Back.
The Joint Board has asked the re-
turn of their bank stock and other
stock which had been put into the
hands of one of Mr.. Hilquit's law
clerks in the role Of trustee, and
which was later discovered to have
been transferred to his name. Justice
BLUR, in denying the Joint Boards
application, stated that:
Regardless of any other consid-
Grafton, / find that no substantial
rights of the plaintiff has been for
feited by the acts complained of.
Emergency Measure.
According to Louis Hyman, man.
ager Of the Joint Board:
"The restraining order which the
Joint Board asked to prevent further
transfer of its property until the
case can be adjudicated in court was
merely an emergency measure"
"That Judge BLUR has denied the
restraining order simply means that
/ in his opinion there is no immediate
danger to the Joint Board of loss of
/ its property. HIS decision does not
mean that the case which will come
up in court has been decided on its
merits. Judge BLUR did not go into
/ the merits of the case, so the Joint
Board still has an opportunity to-
show in court how the property and
stock that were offered as security
for the loan were misused by Fed
erick F. Umhey, clerk in Morris Hill
quits office who was made trustee
Of the security at Mr.. Hillquit's sug-
gestion, and has transferred it to his
own name in spite Of Hillquit's
agreement that no such action would
be taken.
viii Not Be Hindered.
CAS- for the statement Of the In
ternational that this decision will
prevent the Joint Board from collec-
ting funds with which to carry on
its fight against the Sigman machine,
it is clearly ridiculous. If an adverse
decision were to be given even on the
main action, which is not the case
now, That would not prevent the
membership from paying dues and
giving money to support the Joint
Board"
international Kidnaps.
Hyman also condemned the action
of the international in continuing its
policy of forcing workers by intimi-
dation and the use of gangsters TO
register at the International. "The
workers Of two shops were forced to
go to the international today by
gangsters who threatened them with
iron bars for weapons" he said. "In
the Holland and Fleckner snop at
/ 575 Eighth avenue, a veritable riot
was created so that women workers
/ tainted with fright, and at the r and
+ Garment shop, at % West 18th
street, workers We're forced into taxis
and driven to the International office
to register. By such methods Sig
man hopes TO establish his authority
over workers who have repudiated
his leadership. 1t is my experience
that workers who are forced to regis
ter with Sigman by terror or by fear
of losing their jobs are all the more
loyal to the Joint Board, which they
consider the real representative of
the workers.
Workers Held On Bail.
Joe Dimond and S. Anshor, pickets
before the Airline Dress shop at 352
Seventh avenue were arrested yes
terday morning upon complaint of
Phillip Feinberg and Benny Margo-
las, who charged them with assault
They were held for March 20 under
bail of $1,000.
The cases of Aaron Wortuns, Nor
ris Rosenberg, and Louis Antonof-
sky, who were charged by Morris
Katz with assaulting him on Febru-
airy "a was heard in 9th district court
and were held for the grand jury.
These men were identified" by Katz
although Woltuns was under care of
physician at the time of his assault
having been assaulted on February
% by gangsters as he was entering
his shop. The other men were equal
| ly innocent.
lnformer katZ.
Although witnesses Of the incident
failed to identify the three men, Katz
maintained in court that they were
his assailants, and upon his state
ment the three were held.
The cases of Joseph Goretzky,
manager of Local SO, Albert Castig-
liza, |. Cohen, Jack Braff, Sam Gross
man, Anton Romsnchuk, and Joseph
pprlrnan who xve,a eatlad IN orova,-o1