The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-19

inter- strike case OF last year.
These men are now in Jail, victims
of the right wing officials of the In
ternational Fur Workers Union and
the Special Committee of the A. F.
of L., which has evidently decided to
use this old case in order to carry
out their vicious plans for putting
the left wing leaders behind prison
bars.
Woll In Glee.
"Gold is in prison tonight, and we
hope to keep him there forever" said
the red-baiter, Matthew Vol, address
ing a meeting of Greek fur workers
in Bryant Hall last night. With him
on the platform were Schachtman,
Frayne and McGrady.
So the leader of the reactlonary
forces reveals the plot to frame up the
Joint Board leader, and the other
workers who spent last night in the
Mineola Jail. Vol was one of the
speakers at a meeting of the new
Creek local of the International Fur
Workers Unions, recently formed
from the scab Greek Brotherhood.
Get Active Men.
Workers who had absolutely no con-
nection with this strike case, who
could not conceivably have had any
connection with it, have been arrested
on "John Doe" warrants, upon the
identification" of the International's
tool, Bernard Basoff. It is obvious
chat men have been selected because
they are the active and valuable union
men whom the international wants
to "get." Doubtless the international
was, from the very beginning, instru-
mental in pressing this case against
the left wing workers who fought So
valiantly to Sin tl.a strike.
Helped International.
Basoff, the betrayer, together with
Leo Franklin and Morris Malkan
were arrested in Rockville Center dur
ing the strike on the complaint of a
boss, and they were convicted of as
sault in a trial at Mineola. After
the men were released on bail, Bas-
off, evidently hoping to gain his free
dom, gave the International sworr
statements that Ben Gold, I. Shapiro
and S. Mencher were implicated in
F; this case, and on his affidavits these
leaders were arrested several months
ago and released on bail. In the mean
time a new trial was granted ia
Franklin and Malkan.
Since then Basoff has willingly
stated anything the international
wanted, identified" anyone they
wanted, and they have made every
possible use of his lies. Within the
past few days, his identifying" &C.
tivities began anew, and he was seer
every day in the fur market and al
Joint Board headquarters with two
detectives looking for those whom the
international had marked as too use.
full to the left wing cause. 4
Hunting For Let's.
On Tuesday of this week, Jacl
I Schneider and Otto Lenhard were ar.
rested; on Wednesday Oscar Meiliff
Joseph Katz and Martin Rosenberg
were taken. These workers, together
with Franklin, Malkan, Gold, Shapiro
and Mencher, were called to appear
in Mineola this morning, on super
ceding indictments, to plead on the
charge of assault which has beer
lodged against each one of them.
Schachtman Frame.
Attic all ten of them pleaded moi
guilty, the court refused to fix bal
for them and they are still being helC
with no date set for their release
This is not due to Basoff's testimony
alone; it is not even because of the
complaint of boss. This is clearly
a frame-up planned by Oizer Schacht
man, president of the international
Fur Workers Union, A. F. of L. vice
president Woll and by Edward Nc
Grady the A. F. Of L. organizer who
announced two weeks ago that the
Joint Board leaders would soon be in
Jail, and by all the reactionary union
smashing forces which are trying tc
destroy the fur workers union anc
the cloak and dressmakers' union.
Hope to Jail Leaders.
They hope to put the left wing lead
ers out of the way for while, think
ing that they can then easily grail
the union and force their leadership
on the members. They do not care
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