The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-01
" Militant Office
Workers Expelled

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when he arrived for last nights meet
ing.
The rest of the group, whose names
were read off impressively by the
trial committee as worthy of expul-
sion, had 65 votes against them, 81
votes for them; and the chairman re-
fused to count the votes Of the 81
members being proposed for expulsion
although they We're still members of
the union.
Cops Out in Force.
Such a friendly, cooperative spirit
has developed lately between the right
wings of various locals and the police
force, that it was not surprising to
the 3. S. & A. u. members to find
18th Street lined with detectives and
police; official gangsters from the
International Ladies' Garment Work
crs' Union ard the Neckwear Work
ers; and a substantial delegation in
side the hall from the neckwear work.
ers which by voting with both hands
very greatly strengthened the admin
istration vote in the expulsion pro-
ceedings.
An attempt to seat the about-t be-
expelled members in one group where
they would be easy prey for the gang
sters was foiled when the members
insisted on sitting where they pleased
in various parts Of the hail. When
one member rose to ask whether
there was any rule Of the union which
determined the seating arrangements,
he was told by the chair:
Rough Stuff Ready.
"If we hear any more objections
from you we will not wait for the
regular procedure"-and his glance at
one of the strong arm attendants
made his meaning doubly clear.
The meeting opened with the read
ing of the last minutes in which it
was mentioned that an organizing
committee had been called for and 10
volunteers had responded.
Expel Real Militants.
These fifteen names were read, and
among them were IL who not ten
minutes later were read in the list
of those whom the union expelled for
their lack of adherence to trade union
principles. It was a clear example Of
the falsity of the unions charges. All
of these members have been among
the most active in all branches of the
unions work.
After the trial committee had read
its list of names, several Of the mem
bers tried to speak in their own de-
tense denying the right of the union
to expel them, and denying the
charges so falsely brought against
them.
When one of these speakers had the
floor, someone raised as a point of
order the fact that the member in
stead of addressing the chair was adj
dressing the members at the meeting
Later, when supporters of the ad
ministration had denounced several of
those expelled and made various ac-
cusations against them, the members
were denied the right to defend them
selves and their demands for the floor
we're so flagrantly ignored that sew
eral at the meeting objected and
finally cast their votes against the ex-
2ulsion.
The chairman, President Leonard
Bright, overruled the objection tina
it was unconstitutional to bring in
~''eh hlanlo+ --nvd'~' 'ame
should be voted upon separately.
He also overruled "a objections
that he had proved no crime against
any member. Each one had been
charged:
~ With membership in the Com
munist Party.
(2) With membership in the T. U.
E. L.
List of Expelled.
The complete list of those expelled
is Rose Rosen. Ray Helm, Soma
DreplIin, Anna Lyons, Frarces W'ld
horn, E. Jansen, D. Valskas, Jack
Samok Rea Clyman, Eve Bimba, Jer-
ONE Roman, H. Silverstein, Margaret
Cowel, Irwin Fralkin, Ray Rappaport,
Dot Gerjoy, Beatrice Collie, Ray Ben
nett, A. S. Negin, NJ. Weinblatt,
Florence Wortis, Al Schaap, H. Bleek-
err, Clara Saffron, Beatrice Scher, r.
Mattison, A. Abramowitz and Fanny