The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-14
Big Meeting in
Needle Trades
Defense
Joint Campaign by Furriers
And CIOakmakers Opens

That the imprisoned cIoakmakers
and fur wokers are not to be forgot
ten by their fellow workers was
shown Enthusiastically by the thousands
who crowded Cooper Union on Satur-
day afternoon for the official open
ing of the Joint Defense Committee
of Furriers and Cloakmakers which
is undertaking to raise huge fund
TO bring about the release of those
in Jail, and to care for their families
until this is accomplished.
Betrayed By Sigman.
These men, who for their strike
activities, were given such unprece-
denied sentences by Judge Otto Ro-
salsky, and other representatives of
the law, are undoubtedly the victims
of the right wings union smashing
policy in the needle trades. Accord
ing to Isidore Shapiro of the Fur
riers Joint Board, who was a speaker
on Saturday.
"Sigman could have saved the
cloal1makers from Jail if he had not
wanted to use them as pawns in his
attack on the left wing. He let them
be railroaded to prison for such long
terms hoping that this would brighten
other workers and prevent them from
supporting the Joint Board But the
result has been just the opposite"
Di MoIa Back.
The failure of the terrorist tactics
of the reactionary officials was
proven even more wildly by the APP
pearance of Joseph Di Mola on the
speakers platform.
Di Mola had just returned from his
weeks of convalescence in the country
following the attack upon him by
right wing gangsters who nearly
killed him by fracturing his skull Di
Mola was attacked in his shop for
refusing to register with the Interna-
tional officials of the I. L. G. w. u,
and for days his life was despaired Of.
He celebrates his recovery by re-
turning to the fight once more, and
to the workers who greeted him so
enthusiastically at Cooper Union Sat
urday he pledged his continued sup
port of the Joint Board and the
struggle against the reactionary foes
in the International.
!. L. ID. Defends.
Patrick Devine, who spoke as a
representative of the International
Labor Defense, said the I. L. D. is
behind the Defense Committee, and
he urged all workers to become MEM
bers Of the l. L. ID. so that 1--WE can
prepare in advance to fight the
Rosalskys and and others who help
to put class war prisoners behind the
bars"
The chairman Of the mass meeting,
I. Brauner, chairman of the Cloak
makers Shop Chairman Committee,
announced that on March 9th, the
motion picture Breaking Chains"
will be shown at the New Star
Casino, 10th street and Park ave
nue., for the benefit of the Defense
Fund. He also announced a bazaar
for the benefit of the Defense Fund
to be held on May IL, 10, IA and 18th.
Tears Off Medal.
One speaker, Sam Ginsberg. who
is a shop chairman, stated that he
had medal awarded to him for dis
tinguished service in Palestine but
the actions of Judge Rosalsky, who
is a noted Zionist, made him ashamed
to belong to this order and he dis
carded his medal as an indication of
his disgust.
The chairman urged others who
were members Of this order to visit
Judge Rosalsky and follow Ginsberg's
example if the judge refused to do
all in his power to release the i'm
prisoned workers.
Gangsters Known.
Louis Hyman, general manager Of
the Cloak and Dressmakers' Joint
Board, spoke of the notorious gang
sters who are being employed by the
right wing Of the cloakmakers' and
/Coutjngfcd ~, Pane Final