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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17

"Now, Mr.. McGrady, taking for
granted that you, as an organizer of
the A. F. of L., were Serious in these
remarks, permit me, as an ordinary
worker, to put before you few ques-
tions.
Pleased With Work.
Don't forget, Mr.. McGrady, you
admitted you were pleased with the
work 1 was doing in helping to put
the facts about the I. r. T. before the
workers. l can therefore surely have
the privilege Of asking questions.
"The fur industry OF New York
City was organized almost 100 per
cent until lately. The fur workers
enjoyed the conditions of an organ
lied trade. More than that, as far as
1 know, they were the first in-.the
needle trades to bring in the 4g-heur
week, which was highly proclaimed
by the A. F. of L. as an important
step for the advancement of organized
| labor. 80 $50 -
Furriers Satisfied.
"The furriers were satisfied with
their accomplishments and their
leaders were greatly beloved because
of their capabilities and faithfulness
to the workers. The fur workers also
succeeded in getting rid of the gang
sters and the leaders who brought
these gangsters into the union and
who ruled there with an iron fist and
blackjack.
"Of course, these leaders could not
soon become accustomed to the idea
of leaving the union and their we'll
paid jobs. They came to you, Mr.
McGrady, for aid, and you made q
united front with them, helping them
to get back into the union. How coulC
you make a united front with these
gangsters and at the same time tel
me you were ready to make united
front with the left wing?
Allied With Police.
But, this is not all. A united front
merely with the gangsters would moi
put them back into the union. YOU
also made a united front with the ful
manufacturers, police and the courts
"And still you wanted to give me
the impression you were serious il
stating that you wanted to make {
united front with the left wing.
II would like to ask you, Mr.. Nc
Grady, who paid those gunner whc
attempted to kill one of the leader.
of the furriers' union? And who's,
lawyer helped them to escape punish
ment? Who paid the gunner whc
drove around the furriers' district an
beat up the workers with blackjack
land iron bars? And what would yol
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Robert W. Dunn, Author of Company Unionism,
Praises "The Belt New Mass Production Play

'ums, "employe education thrift,
hypocrisy. stock ownership, own
your-own-garage, mass production,
gunner, profit-sharing, police, stool
pigeons, and suckers. The belt does
turn out suckers-470 a shift, on
schedule.
Don't take it too esthetically, you
professional reviewers. It's hard pro-
paganda with a terrible bite in it.
And when it's produced in Detroit
the cops permitting-it should wind
up with a union song and an oath,
instead of the Hairy Ape. 18th cen
fury Observation-Disclosures stuff.
1t should drop the curtain with a
shout for organization.
What can the workers do through
the A. F. of L. to jimmy their way
out of this privately-owned machine
hell? Can the workers be organized
to tear the CUTS out of the system :?
These are questions you will ask
when you have seen "The Belt" See
it yourself and tell your cousin in
Detroit to take week off and come
to see it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17

Edward F. McGrady, American
Federation of Labor representative,
who helped break the Fur Workers
Union for the A. F. of L. and for the
unions international officers, en-
gagged in a chance conversation with
a DAILY WORKER distributor at a
recent mass meeting of traction
workers. The distributor in the fol-
lowing letter, received yesterday by
The DAILY WORKER, describes the
interview and his own reaction to it:
"While reading The DAILY WORK
Err Of Nov. II, noticed that meet
ing of the subway workers was to
be held at the Lyceum on Seth St.,
where President William Green and
organizers of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor were to speak.
Is Hours a Day.
II was greatly Interested in this
meeting because l knew that the sub
way workers were shaving from IL
to Is hours day, underpaid and
forced to belong to company union
l knew that at this meeting an at
tempt would be made to organize
them into a real union.
"At the meeting l helped distribute
The DAILY WORKER, which is
fighting for the interests of the work
ers and which helped make this meet
ing successes. While distributing my
papers man in the audience whom
had never seen before approached
me and asked me if had sold many
copies and whether l had reached
every man in the hall.
Interest In WORKER"
He seemed to be greatly interested
in having The DAILY WORKER dis
tributed amongst the subway work.
ers. At the same time he made thu
following remark: GO back to YOU
comrades and tell them that the gang
ster, McGrady, helped you to dis
tribute The DAILY WORKER
81 had heard and read SO much
about Edward F. McGrady in connec
ton with the Furriers' Union that fol
the moment l was quite taken back
1t seemed to me that McGrady fell
hurt to be called a 'gangster' by tn,
left wing workers.
McGrady Says More.
"McGrady made a few other inter
esting remarks. He said: we are al
ways ready to form a united from
with you when you are in the right
meaning, 1 suppose, the left wing
ers. He said then: The time is no
far off when we will be able to reacl
an understanding if we will only star
to reason He made several othe
remarks of the same nature.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
BY ROBERT w. DUNN.

This is not review of 1.-THE Belt"
which is now playing its final week
at the New Playwrights' Theater, 40
Commerce ST., but recommendation.
Sec it quick-you readers-before
it closes up. It's worth couple
dozen volumes about the perils of
the company union and the gilded
welfare plans. Take your shop mate
to see the show and won't ask you
to read my books on these subjects.
This play digs the raw meat of the
argument and throws it in your face.
Readers who never saw belt and
don't know what speed-up is and
never hear the hokum that the per-
sonnet boys are throwing these days
should hail this chance to applaud
one of the realest mass plays that
has come along. It's not Russia or
Hungary or China. The same strug-
gle but 100 per cent American from
the service pins to the chewing gum
and the unforgetable slang. The
American Plan with all its group
insurance, pensions, bonuses, premi-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Striking N, Y.Uni0n
Appeals for Funds
Plan Play Benefit

The Window Cleaners Protective
Union, Local 8, has concluded ar
rangements with the New PAY
wrights' Theatre for the striking
union to take over the theatre for
the two days Of Dec. and IA. ac-
cording TO an announcement from the
union headquarters yesterday. The
play in December will be "The Gen.
turtles" by En- 10 Basshe. The drama
deals with the needle strikes on the
east side during the last two decades.
With the windows cleaners strike
in it's sixth week the need for funds
moved the executive board Of Local
s to send an appeal to all officers and
members of labor unions in this city.
It read in part:
"Our union has now been on strike
for six weeks against the employers
Of our trade, who have formed dual
company union and have broken their
agreement with Us. We have this far
not taken advantage of the offer
made by the Central Trades and La
Dor Council of New York in the mat
ter Of raising funds to fight this COM
pany union menace.
"Our men. however, are now in
need of relief and we ask you to con-
tribute as much as your resources
will allow. Our strike has the en-
dorsement Of our international Union
and of the Central Trades and Labor
Council. 1t is part Of the live strug-
gle against the menace of company
unionism."
The appeal closes with direct APP
peal for funds to help the striking
window cleaners and their families
continue their struggle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17

cali the man VIII saw tldL tiASJ NCLS
paid for this? And why, Mr.. Nc
Grady, do you feel hart when you are
called a gangster by the left wing
ers?
Protest l. r. T. Methods.
"At the meeting of the subway
workers the speakers protested
against the brutal methods adopted
by the marlborough Rapid Transit
Co. against those who wished to be-
long to the workers and not to the
company union. Why it is you have
used the same methods against the
fur workers who refused to belong
to company union, which consisted
Of the bosses, the gangsters and the
corrupt leaders who had been thrown
ont of the real union?
s"In one of your remarks to me you
said: we would be able to reach an
understanding if we would only rea-
SON. If, for the sake of argument,
will admit that those who are at the
head of the Furriers' Union were
wrong, did you make any attempt to
reason with them or the fur workers
! themselves
/ Questions McGrady.
| "Did you ever address meeting of
fur workers to attempt to convince
them that their leaders were wrong
The only argument you did make was
thru your lawyer, Mr.. Markewitch
He successfully argued before the
Judge that those workers who refused
to be forced into a company union
should be put in Jail. Is this youI
idea of reasoning?
"You and your associates went to a
meeting of subway workers to help
them get out of the company union
and enter real workers union bet
ter able to look after their interests
Yet you have succeeded in smashing
well-organized furriers' union anc
deprived the workers of the few bene-
fits they had.
Sees Contradictions.
There seems to be great contra
diction in all this. Can you, Mr.. Nc
Grady, explain this contradiction On
shall / draw my own conclusions, that
you have greater capabilities Of
breaking unions than organizing
them and that all the above-men
toned remarks were merely made il
jest?
But, perhaps am wrong in m!
conclusion. Perhaps your remarks
came as a result of a guilty con
science. If this is the case, | thinl
there still is way in which matter
can be remedied."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
SUBWAY KILLS WORKER AND
AGED WOMAN.

insufficient protection in the sub
ways caused two to go to their death
in front of subway trains on Sat
urday.
Mike Kusturvech, an ironworker
was struck by Brooklyn bound B. M
T. train while he was walking through
the tunnel near the Bedford avenue
station, Brooklyn. He is survived by
wife and child
Mrs. A. Wilhert, of No. 100 St
Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, woman Of
about sixty years, fell in front of a
train from the platform of the Ninety.
sixth street station of the Broadway
line. She was killed instantly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
yellow Dog" Move
Of Hosiery Bosses
Told at Club Meet

Efforts of the Full Fashioned Hos
iery Workers Union to organize the
Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc, of In
dianapolis, in the face Of a we'll
financed company union and yellow
dog contract" campaign, were de-
scribed at the Civic Club last night.
Louis F. Budenz, editor of Labor Age,
and Gustave Geigas, president of the
union, told of the struggle, in which
Budenz has been Swallowed constantly
by an agent of Macdonald Brothers,
Inc, New York labor spy organiza-
ton, hired by the mill owners.
Socks For Marie.
1t was the Real Silk Hosiery Mills
Inc, that presented Queen Marie OF
Roumania with $500 pair of pure
gold stockings when she visited In.
dianapolis in the course of her re-
cent tour in the United States.
Macdonald Brothers, Inc, recon-
mended the yellow dog contract" and
a company union to the mill owners
as a means of preventing the organ
ization of their employees by the Full
Fashioned Hosiery Workers. Union
Budenz said. Budenz is a special or.
ganizer for the union in Indianapolis
Several workers who refused to sigr
the yellow dog" pledge were dis.
charged, he said.
Threaten Dismissal.
When the Federal Council Of
Churches undertook recently to com.
pare the effects of company unionism
according to Geigas, the Real Silk
Hosiery Mills threatened their EN-.
ployes with summary dismissal il
they submitted to questioning by the
councils Investigators.
The Full Fashioned Hosiery Work.
ers' Union, with headquarters in Phil
adelphia, is affiliated with the United
Textile Workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Explosion and Fire
Destroy Warehouse

Two men were reported missing,
1000 automobiles were destroyed and
damage estimated at 100000 was
done here yesterday by a series of
explosions and fire which destroyed
"a three-story warehouse, covering the
block bounded by 59th and Goth SITS.
and 18th and West End AYES.
There were seven explosions in all,
the last one hurting the entire north
wall of the burning structure into
Goth St., where the falling bricks and
timbers injured number of persons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Protest Enslavement
Of Young Native Boys
In Australian Mandate

A report describing the wholesale
enslavement of native children and
their brutal treatment on plantations
III the territory which was formerly
German New Guinea and which is
now under Australian mandate has
been presented to the Australian Gov
eminent by group of missionaries.
Young Boys are recruited for labor
on plantations and herded into I'M
sanitary barracks. They are beaten
for INSTRUMENTATION"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Unemployment Growing
In New York; Lodgers
In City House Double

More than twice as many dodgers
have come to the municipal lodging
house than at this time last year,
states Commissioner of Public 'Wel4
fare Bird S. Coler.
There are 4S9 residents this year,
and quarter Of the increase is in
women inmates. Coler finds a 25 per
cent increase in the number Of pa
tents in city hospitals and remarks
that the figures indicate considerable
more unemployment this early winter
than last.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
DEMPSEY FALLS 9 FLOORS.

NEWARK, N. j.. Nov. 16.-Trying
to evade crowd at the trial of Jack
kearns' suit against Dempsey today,
Tex Richard, boxing promoter,
Dempsey and Arthur Driscoll, his at
torney, had narrow escape from
injury. The elevator in which they
were riding dropped nine floors and
was barely stopped from crashing
into the basement. The trio were
badly shaken but uninjured.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
BAPTIST PROPAGANDA.

. At recent meeting of Baptist lay
men including John D. Rockefeller
and j. C. Colgate, multi-millionairo
perfume manufacturer, it was dis
closed that the Baptists spend more
than 100000 annually for religious
propaganda.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
KREsGE LOSES $4,000. 600.

S. S. kresge, ten cent store mag
nate and employer of hundreds of
miserably paid clerks, is suing in the
supreme court to recover part of
stock market losses totalling 100000
900 in 1928. w. E. Hutton & Co.,
brokers, are defendants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
IGOR" TO HOLD BAZAAR.

The city committee Of ,Icor." (Jew-
ish colonizationfor Soviet Russian
organization TO found farm colonies
of Jewish people, is sune''-.' tee
rangements for bazaar to be held
Nov. % to 26 at lnIan.l. Al.... IS
Lexington Axe. Music, dancing and
a concert will be offered every day
and night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
NITTT TO LECTURE
Federated Press).

Vincenzo Nitti, son of former
Premier francesca Nitti of Italy, has
come to the United States to deliver
a series of lectures. The Nittis do not
attack fascism from the socialist and
radical angle but from that Of liber-
ais and democrats. The senior Nitti
heads the democratic anti-fascist
movement and edits an Italian paper
for that purpose in France.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
ANOTHER PROHIBTTIONIST.

Fred hummer, of 1879 Hudson St.,
Hoboken, N. j., former prohibition
agent, was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Carrot Cotter
here yesterday and held in $4,000 for
hearing Dec. 7. hummer is one of
AZ defendants under indictment on
charges of operating a still in Florida,
N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Workers Party Meet at
Manhattan Lyceum Next
Tuesday at 5 o'clock

A general membership meeting
of the Workers (Communist)
Party will be held next Tuesday at
8 p. M, at Manhattan Lyceum, &C
East Fourth st. Jay Lovestone,
executive secretary of the Party,
will report on the Party
drive. All members should bring
their membership books.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
FAITH. HOPE AND.-.WAR.

The Salvation Army has comemo-
rated forty-seven years of charity to
victims of capitalism and of aid in
the prosecution of imperialist wars
by placing tablet at the spot on the
Battery where the first Salvation
Army meeting was held in this coun-
try.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
ANTHEM BOOK RECALLED.

Henry Ford has written Theodore
Fritsch, Leipzig. Germany, his Euro
pean distributor, revoking Fritsch's
right TO "The International jew"
which was published serially in Ford's
Dearborn Independent in his anti
Semitic campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17

BATON ROUGE, La, Nov. IA.
Edward Payton, leper, was found
guilty today of murder.
Judge Louis Burns Immediately
sentenced the man to, serve ten years
Imprisonment in an institution des-
ignated by the Attorney General of
the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Perth Amhoy Lectures.

The Perth Amboy IN. J.) Open
Forum will begin Sunday at 2 p. M,
at Workers Hall, 308 Elm St., with
a lecture by Juliet Stuart Poyntz on
'The World Situation"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Yonkers Celebration sunday.

The 10th anniversary of the Rus
sian revolution will be celebrated
Sunday at p. m. at Labor Lyceum,
20 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, N. Y.
Pat Devine win be the principal
speaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Jersey City Glass.

The Jersey City Branch viii con-
duct an English class at Ukrainian
Hall, 100 Mercer St, every Tuesday
and Saturday, at 8 p. m. -....
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17

A general membership meeting Of
SIS. "a will be held Monday at 6
p. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
SIS. "a Meetings.

All agitprop and literature agents
of Subsection "a are urged to at
tend a meeting Saturday at l p. m,
at 108 East 14th St., Room Al.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Mohegan School.

A general membership meeting Of
the Mohegan Modern School Associa-
ton to arrive at decision on school
bond problems will be held tonight
at $50 p. M, at the Civic Club, IS
East 10th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Bosses Victors in New
Agreement, Union Says
Continued from, Page One)

Continued from, Page One)
agreemnt were never elected to the
positions they claim to hold.
The resolution also instructs the
executive board of the local to make
arrangements to protect the interests
of the members and to take measures
necessary to an agreement agreeable
to the workers.
The speakers at the meeting were:
Louis Hyman, manager of the Cloak
and Dressmakers' Joint Board; NJ. E..
Taft, manager Of the local; A. Weiss,
business agent of the Joint Board;
David Fishbein; Sam Rosenzweig and
Gertrude Osdellar, shop chairman at
the Harrison Floating Co., 315 w.
35th St., whose workers are on strike.
Louis Rubin, chairman of the local,
presided.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Dance Saturday Evening

Sections and viii give ball
Saturday at Harlem Casino, 10th st.
and Lenox Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Inter-racial Dance.

An inter-racial dance is being plan
ned by the Harlem Street Nucleus of
the Young Workers Community
League for Dec. 10 in the Imperial
Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
International Branch SIS. &C.

The international Branch Of SIS.
&C will meet tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Fruit Ker-mess Dance.

The worker cooperative branch Of
the International Labor Defense will
give a Fruit Ker-mess dance next
Saturday night in the gymnasium Of
the Bronx Cooperative Colony, 200
Bronx Park East.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Section l Meets Tonight.

Al agitprop directors Of Section /
will meet tonight at p, m. at 10S
E. 1dth St, Room SO.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Protest Greenberg Terrorism.

A well attended meeting of MEM
bers Of Local 81, l. l.. G. W., Tuesday
evening at Bryant Hall, Sixth Ave.
and 43rd ST., protested against union
wrecking tactics of the right wing.
The assembled workers adopted
resolution demanding that expelled
members of the local, including Becky
Levy, be reinstated; that the officials
of the local start campaign to or
ganize the unorganized; that the min
imum wage scale of the local become
living reality; that Harry Green
berg, manager of the local, stop fur
nishing scabs TO break shop strikes
being conducted by Local Al and that
a recent $40 increase in Greenberg's
wages be rescinded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Clerical Help Needed.

Volunteer clerical help is wanted at
the local office of the Workers Com
munist) Party, 108 East 18th St, sew
eral evenings a week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Workers Party Activities
NEW YORK NEW JERSEY
SIS. "a Meets Tonight.

An educational meeting Of Sub
section PA will be held tonight at
6 p. n. al 108 E. 14th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Looking For Work?

Here is chance to make a few
dollars while looking for work. Call
at the office of the Joint Defense
Committee, Al Union Square, Room
Tia, any morning.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Twenty -four Workers Discharged.


Twenty-four cloakmakers employed
by Davis and Son, 240 w. 18th St.
were discharged yesterday at the
command of the right wing for par
ticipating in Mecca Temple meet
ing Monday night in which the Amer
lean Federation of Labor was re-
quested to intervene in the difficult
ties in the International Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union. At the meet
ing the anti-working class tactics of
Morris Sigman, president of the l.
L. G. w, were attacked.
Among the workers discharged
were Samuel Shelley, head of the
committee of so, which arranged the
meeting, and L. Weinberg, secretary
of the shop chairmen's council Of the
Cloak and Dressmakers' Union. Tbs
discharged workers are picketing the
shop.
Half Were Registered.
Up to the present time half of the
shop has been registered with the
right wing, the other half supportins
the Joint Board.
Picketing is also being continued at
the Louis Margulies shop, SIS Seventh
Ave-, where three workers were dis
charged at the beginning of the week.
Forty other wokers walked out.
Margulies in an interview said that
it was better to be registered with
the International than TO run an open
shop"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
LABOR AND FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Housewives Dance.

Working Class Housewives Branch
No. 2 will give a concert and dance
next Saturday at p. m. at 1347 Bos-
ton st. The proceeds will aid labor
prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17
Minor lectures Sunday.

Robert Minor, editor of The DAILY
WORKER, will discuss the role of
America in the next war at the first
Of a series of open forums to be held
by the Bronx Workers School at 2075
Clinton Ave, the Bronx, Sunday at
$50 p. m.
DR.. William Picken, field secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, will
speak on "The American Race Prob
lem" at the monthly meeting of the
Association for Culture Sunday at
2.30 p. m. at the Washington Irving
High School, 40 Irving Place.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-17

call the man who saw that they were
paid for this? And why, Mr.. Nc
Grady, do you feel hart when you are
called a gangster by the left wing