The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
FURRIERS SHOW JOINT BOARD LOYALTY
IN THREE BIG RALLIES; COLD CHEERED
(CoMtinNed ION Paee &c }

internal union dispute, and to make
plans for meeting the lockout of
workers who refused TO register.
But no pledges or resolutions we're
needed to prove that Gold was right
in saying.
There are 1000 locked out work
ers who would rather lose their jobs
than register with the scab union of
the International" This was re-
ceived with the utmost enthusiasm,
as was every mention of defying the
bosses, the disrupting forces of the
A. F. Of l.. and the reactionary lead
ers Of the International. The work
ers pledged themselves to a Eight to
the finish"
Gold told the workers that it is
certain that dissention had arisen
within the ranks of the Reorganiza-
ton Committee. The A. F. Of L. Of
ficials do not understand the Jewish
workers; they cannot understand
their devotion to the Joint Board.
"There is no doubt we want peace"
said Gold. eve want peace so that
our members may have chance to
work without interference; so that
union conditions may be enforced in
the shops. But we will not have
peace unless the traitors are cleared
out of our union and it is freed from
all outside interference and left to
the workers to run for themselves"
Rosses Want Sorkiu
Louis LYMAN, manager of the
Cloak and Dressmakers' Joint Board.
who was one of the speakers, brought
q laugh from the crowd by saying
that the bosses, who are forcing
workers to register with the Interna-
tional, are becoming such good union
men that eve do not need a union"
"But they are afraid that with Gold
they will not get July raises, so they
want Sorkin." Zone Of the vice pres
idents)
Henry Uterhardt, the Unions law
yer, said he had never seen such an
enthusiastic meeting; and in his brief |
speech he asserted:
81 have rarely had a case that has
touched me like the one Of the boys /
at Mineola. 1t was because l dealt |
with men sincere, who believed in
what they said and were readv to lay |
down their life and liberty for their !
comrades. We are going to leave no
stone unturned until justice has been
done to all of them"
Other speakers included l. Shapiro,
1. Potash, S. Liebowitz, S. BRO.
Hearings Adjourned.
The hearings concerning alleged
bribery of the police during the fur
strike last year, which have been go
ing on before Magistrate Corrigan in
the Criminal Courts Building, were
yesterday adjourned to be resumed I
next Tuesday, May 3rd.
Assistant District Attorney Broth /
ers stated that he had certain mat /
tiers to investigate further before pro- /
ceeding with the hearings.
The trial Of A. Antonofsky, NJ.
Rosenberg and A. Wortuns which I
ended yesterday with their acquittal
in the Bronx County Court, was en-
livened by description of the duties
of a unions executive council, as
given by Morris Katz, the stool
pigeon accused the workers of as
sault.
Katz has been appointed a mem
Der of the Executive Council of Sig
mans new Local So, but the only ac-
count he could give the Joint Boards
lawyer as to the duties of a member
Of the Executive Council was chat
one went to meetings and one came
away"
katz' Record.
Katz is a worker in the Reisman,
Rothman and Bieber shop where An
tonofsky and Rosenberg were also
employed. Workers were discharged
from this shop for not registering,
and the shop was declared on strike.
During the month Of February, Katz
claimed that he had been attacked,
and he accused Aaron Wortuns,
who had made a charge
against two right wing gangsters.
Kaiz stated that two other men
had also taken part in the attack, and
two weeks later he had Antonofslly
and Rosenberg arrested. He had
worked with them for six months and
it is inconceivable that he would not
have recognized them Immediately if
they had taken any part in assaulting
him.
It was on Katz' charge Of assault