The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-13
CANISTER THREAT
BY MATTHE " WOLL
Gets COLD REPLY

In reply to the announcement Of
Vice President Matthew Woll Of the
American Federation of Labor, that
he is writing every local union in
New York urging their members to
stage a picket demonstration in OPP
position to the picketing Of the fur
workers, Ben Gold, manager of the
Furriers' Joint Board, said:
1.-THE Jtint Board is confideat that
the answer Of organized labor in New
York to this letter of Matthew Vol
and Edward F. McGrady viii be an
absolute refusal to be used as strike
breakers and scabs against the stril-
ing New York fur workers.
viii Help Furriers.
''lf the workers OF New York do
come out On the picket line in the fur
market. they will come not to fight
the strikers hut to help them i'll their
struggle against the bosses and their
agents.
We are IN POSSESSION Of absolute
ly reliable information that, under
the cloak Of bringing so-called union
men to the picket line to fight the
alleged COMMUNISTS, Mr.. Woll and
Mr.. McGrady are going to bring the
Chopper and Frenchy gangs, some Of
whose members made the attack upon
aaron Gross, Joint Board business
agent last Thursday.
1--WE hope that Police Commissioner
Warren will not be fooled by this
camouflaged move to create further
trouble and disorder"
Give Warren the Affidavits.
The Furriers' Joint Board Saturday
turned over to Commissioner Warren
the affidavits and other data re-
quested by him in the interview with
Ben Gold, I. Shapiro, Louis Lyman
and c. S. Zimmerman this week.
Thirty members of the Joint Board
lett yesterday for Washington to at
tend the convention Of the Tnterna-
tional Fur Workers Union, which
opeLa today in the A. f. Of L. build
ing.
In statement issued yesterday,
Ben Gold says:
"The Joint Board is going to the
convention of the International to APP
peal direct to the members of the
union against the illegal expulsion
proceedings of the union officials.
Equipped With Facts.
"The delegates are going equipped
with facts and evidence to show that
the American Federation of Labor
violated the constitution, and that the
so-called investigation and reorgan-
ization committee acted toward the
uniHn in a manner absolutely unpre-
cedeDted in the history Of the Amer
lean labor movement. It is the hope
Of the delegates that they will be able
to show the union members the jus
tice Of their case, and their inno-
cence Of the unfounded charges that
have been made against them.
"The delegates from the Joirl
Board locals are going with the
intent Of bringing unity in the
teraationai union, and pressrvir
conditions won in the 1926
However, if this convention is
with delegates from paper loo
everything is pre-arranged
the A. r. Of L. to continu
premacy, and with the MANI
to hetray the organization,
Board delegates are deter
continue the present fight.
To Preserve Union.
"Since the workers Of the tr
manufacturers shops, and th
pendent shops, the retail stor
the majority Of the Associated
which ate at present on stri
we'll as unemployed workers.
standing with the Joint Board, e..
mandate has unquestionably been
given to the Joint Board for fighting
10 preserve the union.
at is rumored in labor circles that
very little hope is placed on the con-
vention as an instrument in solving
the internal struggle Of the union.
The Joint Board is prepared for
either possibility--unity or continued
fighting If necessary. 1t prefers the