The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-18
Picks Out
Three MOreFOr
Arrest
Gold Holds Green Guilty For
Stool Pigeon Work

Three more fur workers, marked by
the reactiOnary International officials
for persecution, were arrested yester-
day, on John Doe warrants, upon
Identification" of Bernard BassO, the
right wing tool who has so far caused
the arrest of 5 other workers in con-
nectiOn with the well-known MineOla
strike case.
Victims of Right Wing.
Oscar Mileaf, Joseph Katz and Mar
tin Rosenberg were those taken into
custody today, and with Ben Gold,
manager of the Joint Board, l
Shapiro, S. Mencher, Jack Schneider,
and Otto Lenhard, they will be called
for a hearing at Mineola today.
That this wholesale arrest of in
nocent workers is being instigated by
the international officers is evident
from the fact that those whom Basoff
is identifying" have absolutely no
connection with the Mineola case,
which was pressed originally by a
Rockville Center contractor who de-
clared his shop had been damaged
during the strike by members of the
union.
The workers now being arrested on
Basoff's charge are among the most
active union members and are those
whom the international is anxious to
put behind prison bars in order to
carry on its understanding campaign.
Basoff, with two detectives, is seen
constantly in the fur market now
adays, waiting to take into custody
the next worker whom the Interna-
tional wants to make its victim.
Gold Protests.
Protest against this outrageous and
Illegal procedure was made yesterday
in letter sent to President Green of
the American Federation of Labor by
Ben Gold, general manager of the
Furriers Joint Board.
Holds Green Guilty.
This communication holds Green
directly responsible for this campaign
Of persecution and provocation and
for the resultant criminal brutalities
of the police who beat Jack Schneider
after his arrest on Tuesday; and also
beat Philip Klapberg. an operator who
was arrested on Wednesday after he
had been attacked by the right wing
thugs. Klapberg was left uncon-
scious, lying in pool of blood in the
police station for several hours.
Green Doesn't Care.
Brother Green, honorable president
Of the American Federation of La
bor," says Colds letter, "the blood of
the fur workers whose only crime is
that they have dared to choose a Com
munist leadership, may be worthless
to you. These fur workers, because
they have the courage to support 10y
ally their leaders, who happen to dis
agree with your methods and your
policies, apparently may, according to
you, be bounded by the police and
slaughtered by thugs and gangsters.
Don't Expect Green's Help.
"Please don't misunderstood me. l
am not writing to you about the cruel
ties suffered by the fur workers be-
cause expect you to use your office
and authority to stop these outrages.
After all is said and done, what does
it matter to you and Brother Matthew
Vol and your other appointees if sew
eral fur workers become crippled for
life, as long as this helps you to
achieve your. purpose?
Remember Green's Treachery.
"But the Joint Board, and l, as its
manager-we do concern ourselves
with the lives and welfare of the fur
workers. Permit US to assure you
that this whole procedure, initiated
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