The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-21
SCAB'S WORD is
TAKEN AS TRUTH;
FURRIER SUFFERS
LET En- Starve" Jailer
of Nine Told

L ne court OF opGCldl CeSSlOnS yes
terday refused to change the six
months sentence of Oscar Mileaf who
was convicted on a charge of dis
orderly conduct made by right wing
scab who said he had threatened
with assault"
The unjust conviction and SEN
tence were upheld, and Mileaf must
serve the balance Of the six months.
There was no witness against him
except the man who made the COM
plant; yet on this flimsy charge he
is held in the workhouse on Welfare
Island. If it were not for this frame
up, he would now be released on bail
with the others who left Mineola
Thursday.
The proprietor Of restaurant at
Mineola who was supplying food to
the men in Jail ever since their con-
vietion three weeks ago gave the
Joint Board yesterday graphic ex-
ample of the attitude of the Inter
national officials toward these active
union men whom they framed-up.
The restaurant keeper had heard
that the men were to be released on
Wednesday and he did not know
whether or not he should prepare
food as usual. He tried to reach the
union by telephone, and by mistake
was connected with the scab Inter
national on 27th Street. When he
asked "shall l send food in to the
boys today?" the reply from Inter-
national headquarters was;
Let Them Starvc.
"No don't send them any food; let
them starve there. Let them all die
in their cells"
This is the group of union saviors
who yesterday distributed thru the
fur market a leaflet, signed by II.
Schlissel, manager, denouneing the
Joint Board for its betrayal of the
workers" The amusing part of this
warning to the fur workers." is that
the International officials threaten"
to stop Saturday work. They should
rather have said promise" to stop
Saturday work for it is they, the
right wingers, who have been per-
hitting their followers to break the
union rules and work on Saturdays;
it is they who have been attempting
to break down the forty hour week,
gained by the workers after long
and bitter struggle. The overtime
permitted by the agreement recently
signed with the fur trimming asso-
citation allows overtime only on five
days of the week-not on Saturdays
at any time.
Official BOuncer on Hand.
Announcement was made in the
capitalist press yesterday that "the
union" had named delegates TO the
convention at the meetings called in
the Rand School on Thursday night.
1t is reliably reported that before
this meeting began, burly individ-
ual came out of the building and an
nounced, 81 am the official bouncer
of this meeting" Those who met
with the bouncer's o. K. then went
in to hear Edward f. McGrady, head
of the furriers' reorganization COM
mittee give an impassioned speech
on democracy in the union. I'M
fortunately there were not very many
present to hear this novel address.
Three fur workers arrested on
Wednesday for defending themselves
against an attack launched by Inter-
national scabs were arraigned yester-
day morning in jefferson Market
Court and held for further examina-
ton next Wednesday, May %.
Trimmers Gaining.
According to a report published
yesterday in Women's Wear Daily s
new firms joined the Fur Trimming
| Manufacturers Association, Inc, at
its meeting on Wednesday evening.
Three of these were said to be for
mer members of the Associated Fur
Manufacturers, Inc. The president of
the trimming men, Maurice L. Stein
ig, refused to announce the names of
the firms involved.
Four nominees for impartial chair
man have been agreed upon by the
Joint Board Furriers' Union and the
Fur Trimming Manufacturers, Inc,
under their new agreement, So it was
announced yesterday. The names
have not been made public, and UNI
til the men suggested have been con-