The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-23
TEEN, VICTIM OF
ASSAULT, TELLS
or GANGSTERIsM
Rank and File Assail
1 Corruption


500 people attended the mass pro
test meeting against Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Union gangster-
ism Tuesday night at Polvino Hall,
corner Niagara Street and Central
Park. Carlo TrescZ was the main
speaker of the evening. Other
speakers were Peter Teen, former
President of Pressers Local POP,
and local TUEL secretary, who was
slugged by Amalgamated gangsters
about two weeks ago, Anthony
Capraro, Secretary of the rank and
file committee of the Amalgamated
and Louis Panetta, Chairman of the
Rank and File Committee of the
Amalgamated who presided at the
meeting.
Peter TEEN gave a description of
the attack on him. He also told Of
man by the name of Sam Farrara,
Chairman lackey and one who is
rumored about to be the local Chat
man individual in charge of gang
sterism here. A moment before
TEEN was slugged, this same Sam
Farrara was seen waving his hand
to the gangsters pointing out TEEN
to them. A few seconds later Com
rade Teen was slugged from the
back. TEEN had seen Farrara wave
his hand, but did not know the
meaning of that until after the
smuggling.
Refuses to Jail Siugger.
Sam Farraro had been subpoenaed
by the captain of the detectives
Macdonald and questioned as to his
whereabouts on the morning of the
smuggling. Despite the fact that he
couldn't give satisfactory answers,
Sam Farrara was defended at the
police headquarters by no less a
person than John MacMann, presi-
dent of the Rochester Joint Board
of the Amalgamated. The police,
however, refused to arrest Farrara
on the testimony of Comrade Teen,
and instead of giving Farrara the
third-degree as should be the case.
: Teen was given a thorough quiz
zing. Captain Macdonald asked
Comrade Teen whether he was a
Communist, what kind of Party it
is, whether he liked this govern
ment, whether he was in sympathy
with the Gastonia victims, whether
he worked for Saeco and Vanzetti,
etc.
Despite the obvious lack of con-
nection between the assault and
these questions, Macdonald insisted
that TEEN answer those questions.
Jonas Freedman, business agent
Of the Amalgamated, who had
threatened Sol Horowitz with being
the next one to be slugged was also
subpoenaed by Macdonald. However,
as in the previous case, so too here,
Horowitz was asked the same ques-
tipns as to his connections with the
Communist movement, Gastonia,
Sacco-Vanzetti, ETC., and the cor
rupt business agent who had made
these threats to Horowitz was
hardly questioned.
aCapraro at the Tuesday meeting
gave a history of Amalgamated cor
Tuption and gangsterism and urging
the workers to continue their strug-
gfes until they have freed them
selves of these bosses agents-the
Hillnan- Chairman group. Louis
Panetta, who presided at the meet
ing also attacked the local Chat
man gang and explained the new as
sessment that is to be checked off
from the pay-envelopes by the
bosses. He said that this new check
off assessment is prelude to a new
check-off dues system because the
local Chairman gang no longer has
the confidence of the workers and
has suspended a majority of the
membership of the union-the entire
Local POP.
The following resolution was
adopted unanimously:
/. No assessments collected by
the bosses.
2. No dues until all expelled ant
suspended members and the sus-
pended Local 202 be restored tc
their former status.
3. The end OF gangster rule in
the Amalgamated.
a. Direct representation from
the shop-the Shop-Delegate Sys.
TEN.
5. Immediate preparations foi
the struggle for the abolition of the
Arbitration Machinery.
s. Immediate abolition of the
piece-work, speed-up system and the
establishment of week work at pre-.
vailing piece-rate earnings.
z. Struggle for the 40-hour 5.
day week.
s. That this mass m t i n g
pledges to support the Rank anc
File Committee of the Amalgamatee
in the struggles for the above de.
mands.
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