The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-19
MORE SHOPS OUT IN DRESS STRIKE;
EXTEND MASS PICKETING

"by the Communists for the purpose
of charging their treasury" Even
the supporters of this company union
are laughing at the absurdity of the
statement, for not only was this the
first charge hurled by the I. L. G. w
when the N. T. w. I. u. was formed
to lead dresSrnakers in a struggle
against the slavery imposed on them
by the needle trades bosses, but the
leaders Of the I. L. G. W., are notori-
ously wealthy from the taxes, dues,
etc, wrlmg by them from the pow
erty stricken workers who have been
misled into joining the I. T.. c. w. by
all sorts of hvpocritical promises or
who have been forced by their bosses
to join this company union.
1t is too much to expect the officers
of the I. L. G. w. to be seen in a
working class organization, but if one
of them by accident ever stepped into
the Offices Of the N. r. w. /. U. the
first thing he would see is a big sign
which roads: Join the Needle
Trades Unemployed Council. Initia-
ton five cents, dues two cents a
week"
The same capitalist press reports
which carried the statement of the
president of the I. L. G. w. that the
dressmakers' strike was called to Gin
crease the Communist treasury" car
ried the statement that the president
was about to leave for three months
vacation. The dues collected from
members of the N. T. w. I. U. do not
permit its officers to go on three
months vacations. However, it is
confidently expected that the mill
fancy of the strikers in the next few
days may force the president of the
I. L. G. w. to end his vacation rather
abruptly and come back to aid the
bosses who pay him so well for his
ke-breaking ability.
The funds that the Industrial C..v.I
obtains to fight the cases of the pick
cts who are arrested at the I. L. G.
WIS request are acquired in the fol-
lowing manner:
Bath Beach Workers Club, IS;
Brighton Beach Workers Club, $40;
Bronx Hungarian Workers Club,
$40; Bronx Workers Club, $44.05;
Brownsville Workers Club, SO; Coney
Island Workers Club, 1885; Cuban
Workers Club, s18: Down Town and
East Side Workers Club, s74.54; Fin
nish Federation, IS; Hungarian
Needle Trade Workers Club, So;
Hungarian Workers Home Society,
IS; Middle Bronx Workers Club, $50;
New Rochelle Workers Club, S.;
Prospect Workers Club, $50; Ukrain-
ian Workers Organization, IS; Har-
lem Progressive Youth Club, $40;
Brownsville Workers Youth Club, $50,
and East New York Workers Club,
$40.
The list will be continued tomorrow.
At press time it was impossible TO
determine just how many strikers
were arrested for picketing, but it is
reliably reported that at least "a we're
arrested in New York and Is in Phila-
delphia. The names of some Of the
New York dressmakers who we're ar
rested follow:
Sam johnson, A. Sitin, j. Slossberg,
Ethel Shore, Mary Siegil, Sophie
Rubin, Irving Mezlick and Herman
Blumberg. They are being defended
by lawyers retained by the rank and
file strike committee.
An important meeting of the Shop
Chairmen and the Shop Committees
will be held tomorrow in Bryant Hall
at p. m. A meeting of the General
Strike Committee will be held on
Saturday at 2 p. m. in Irving Plaza.
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