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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
New England Conference
Aids Lawrence St, ikers
SO Delegates, From 10 Mills, and Others Plan
to Spread Strike, Collect Relief, Form
United Front Committees

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 23.-The
Lawrence strike took precedence at
eht New England textile conference,
held here yesterday at the call of
the National Textile Workers Union.
This conference was called three
months ago, to develop a strike
movement in New England against
the wage cuts and speed-up. The
Lawrence strike, starting before the
delegates could assemble, was a con-
crete evidence of the need for the
conference.
There were so delegates, including
organizers. Forty-one accredited del
sfates came from groups In mills,
and one from a United Textile Work
ers' Union local of loom fixers. The
cities represented were: Lawrence,
New Bedford, Pawtucket, Providence,
Maynard CMass.), webster CMass.),
Fall River and Endover. Thirteen
mills. with total of working force
of $4,000 had Representatives. Be-
tween 5000 and 1000 organized work.
ers we're represented.
IS a Week
The conference bore the character
OF real preparation for struggle. Con-
ditions reported were such as these:
Webster, with $4,000 population. has
1000 unemployed, and weavers get
So to 81 week. The city welfare
commission offered relief, and gave
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
BOSSES GRATEFUL
TO LABOR FAKERS.
BY WALTER WILSON.

NEW YORKs-How the bosses are
beginning to acknowledge their graft
tude to the leaders of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers for helping
force through wage cuts on the rank
and file is shown in an article of
particular interest to union members
in the Daily News Record, textile
trade paper, for February 9, 1881,
written by one George j. Hexter. The
Daily News Record said:
Revision Of rates is II not
exactly a pleasant process for union
officials, at least practicable one.
1t has been the union which
has taken the initiative and encour-
aged firms to rescale rates so
as to put direct labor costs on basis
comfortable to the new selling price"
The article goes on to say that the
process of rescaling always involves
some diminution of work, which is to
say of earnings TO rsome workers. ;.
Either their operations are entirely
eliminated or else their work
+. is curtailed. Which means
The weekly earnings suffer by
diminution and the worker feels ag-
grieved and vents his grievance on
his officials"
This leaves out of account the
likewise very frequent cases where
the new rate fails to yield equiva-
lent hourly earnings which greatly
intensity the workers dissatisfac-
ton"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
9, RYAN wALkRR

Go to the strike halls, TO the picket
lines. See the valiant spirit Of the
strikers. Their fight Is your light.
The misery under which they slave
Is the one you are subjected to.
The enemy they are fighting is your
enemy. The bosses and the I. Z.
G. w. company unionj are against
you. They Will reduce your stand
ard of living still more If you don't
fight. The very fact that the pres
ent strike has already succeeded
in putting q stop TO the contem=
plated wage cuts in the shops where
you are employed. should be proof
enough to persuade you that only
by nanifesting your strength can
you enforce your just demands'.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
ZAUSNER READY
TO EXPEL THREE
Angered by Exposure
Of His Sell-Outs

NEW YORK.-Philip Zausner, the
secretary Of Painters Union District
Council No. 8, is framing three pain
ters for expulsion as part of his
campaign to ruthlessly wipe out all
honest elements from the union.
zausner was once driven from Of
flee in the union for atrocious graft
scandals. He miscled his way back,
using gangster chief imported from
Chicago.
Sells Paint and Painters.
Zausner's present victims are Max
Rosen and S. Bogorad, both of Local
Union 905, and S. Rosenthal of Local
Union l0ll. The real reason for their
attempted expulsion is that on the
floor of local meetings they exposed
zausner's selout of the workers.
zausner has ben secretly for some
time a part owner of a paint manu-
featuring company. Employers to
whom Zausner sells paint can set up
the worst possible bconditions, pay
under the scale, do anything they
Like and the zausner gang prevents
any action by the workers.
The charges against the three
workers are based on clauses in the
constitution, SANDER, etc. Rosenthal
is charged with acting as chairman
at an open forum arranged by the
Trade Union Unity League.
zausner himself makes the charges
against Rosen and Bogorad, which is
an unusual circumstance.
All progressive painters should
come to all their union meetings and
organize protests and resistance there
to the zausner campaign of expul-
sions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
STRIKE in
LAWRENCE; MASS
PlCKETING ON
Delegates Plan Spread
of Strike

LAWRENCE, Mass. Feb. 23.-To-
morrow is a key day in the strike of
the Lawrence textile workers in the
American Wooden Company mills here.
The company declares it will try to
reopen The mill officials (agents they
are caRed here) say that "at first"
they will rely on the city police to
prevent picketing. A huge mass
meeting addressed by Edith Berkman,
National Textile Union district organ
izer here declared that there would
be mass picketing, and made all pre-
parations.
The strike started a week ago with
a walkout in the Wood mill of the
American Wooden Co. AMONG =" Che
combers, one of the smaller depart
ments. The National Textile Work
crs Union had been quietly organizing
for weeks. and the workers we're in
verolt against a demand from the en-
rloyer that they work nine combs i'm
stead of five.
The movement spread rapidly; $500
in the Wood, Ayre and washington
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
RIGGERS STRIKE SOLD
OUT; MEMBERS NEVER
AGREED; VERY ANGRY
Business Agent With Record of Treachery In
Box Makers Strike Puts 1t Over
Bosses Given All They Could Ask; Be Ready
to Fight Discrimination Against Strikers!

and fire as he pleases, and all he
hires to get cards in the union, Not
word about discrimination.
One Of the large companies Is
changing IS trucks from hard tires
to pneumatic tires. They make this
an excuse for demanding the right
to fire the chauffeurs and hire new
men.
The meeting where these %. tegms
we're read were small, only about 60
there, and no vote was taken.
The agreement" has not been
agreed to by the men, they don't like
it, it violates all their demands voted
on at the Saturday morning meet
ing, and they cannot be expected to
respect it. They will look to the T.
U. U. L. to give leadership in the
struggle which is sure to develop
when the employers begin to discrim-
mate against the militants in the
strike. Wherever cases of such dis
elimination appear they should be
reported at once to the Transport
Workers Industrial League of the T.
U. U. l.. at l6 w. 21st st.
Expose Treachery.
The Daily Worker will have before
long a more detailed exposure Of this
frankie Lamby and his activities in
the boxn1akers' strike.
Another treacherous character
seems to be the one named Smelly.
1t was he unanswered to have a COM
nittee of seven appointed to work
out the strike demands in such a
way that even the president of the
local and many of the best rank and
file elements were excluded. All were
excluded who had not been in this
line of work for five years,
The Transportation Workers In
dustrial League of the T. U. U. \.
calls upon the men to show solidar-
ity. If one man is taken off job
all should walk out Stick together.
The league will give full support and
assistance in a fight fos return of
union conditions.
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MUST HAVE RELIEF TO KEEP
UP STRIKE SPIRIT IN HARLEnI
Bosses Try to Bride Workers to Come Back to
Work Under Slave Conditions; Pay So
Low Must Have Relief to Strike

Plans are being made to feed the
strikers children, whose plight is the
reason for the wavering of some of
the strikers.
On their meagre wages, many of
the women workers were supporting
three or four children. One striker,
among the most militant, is the
mother Of four. ''How could you ex-
pect us to keep OH at s13 week2"
she said. "We worked like pigs-and
when the union called us to strike,
I thought my people is my people,
and I'm going to fight in this strike
with them!" Threatening this mill
fancy, is the bosses tactics and hun
ger.
Food must be supplied every day
of the strike. The strikers children
must be fed. Send food and cash
Immediately to the Workers Interna-
tional Relief, 131 West 18th Street,
New York City.
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RALLY ALL TO
UNION SQUARE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

the dress strikers. After their DEM
onstration, and joined by the job
less from the vicinity, they will
start marching at p. m. down 4th
Ave. to Union Square.
There will be a demonstration at
1:3o at Rutgers Square. Here will
mobilize: Sections l, 6, 7 and of
the Communist Party. Part of the
Down Town Council of the Unem-
ployed will gather here too, along
with all the jobless Of that vicinity.
The unemployed councils of Will
amsburg. South Brooklyn and Boro
Hall section, Brownsville and East
New York will meet at Rutgers So.
They will start marching at $3.50. go
west on Canal TO Forsyth, north on
Forsyth to Delaney, west on Delan-
cey to Christie. along Christie and
Second Ave. to nth st. and west on
18th st. to Union Square.
The Down Town Council of the
Unemployed will hold its usual noon
day meeting on Leonard ST. before
the Tammany fake employment
agency, and when the meeting is
over, will march down Lafayette and
Third Ave. to Cooper Square. Here
it will be joined by the Marine
Workers Industrial Union and the
Marine Workers Unemployed Coun-
Gil.
The marine workers will arrive
from mass meeting before the Sea-
mems Institute, which will take place
at noon.
From Cooper Square, this combined
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
GERMAN JOBLES
RALLY TO FIGHT
Prepare for Union
Square Demonstration

NEW YoRK.--Rallying the Ger.
man speaking workers aud joblees for
the mass struggle for unemployment
insurance, a mass meeting win be
held Tuesday. February a. at the
New York Labor Temple. 24s East
saith Street, 8 pm, with Max Bedacht
as chief speaker.
A mass meeting In Brooklyn was
held last evening, where Fred Bieden-
kapp spoke.
In leaf1et issued 70 German
speaking unemployed by the Unem-
ployed Councils the need for greater
struggle against hunger. wage redue-
lions and n1tIrderous speed-up Is
stressed.
The meeting tonight win serve to
mobilize the German workers for the
Union Square demonstration on IN
ternational Unemployment Day on
the 25th.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24

NEW YoRK.-The situation of the
needle trades workers on strike in
Harlem Is very serious. These work.
ers, the worst paid in the industry,
Cuban. Porto Rican, Negro, Italian
and Spanish. are already facing hum
ger, the first days of the strike.
In an. effort to break the strike,
the bosses are approaching the most
militant workers with brides of a S.
or $40 weekly increase in wages, urg-
ing them to use their influence with
the other strikers, to induce them to
return to work at the old rate.
Relief is the key to the situation.
A joint relief committee of the Work
ers International Relief and the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union has been formed.
The Workers International Relief,
will open today kitchen for the
picketers, in strike headquarters in
Harlem, at 2o11 Third Avenue.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24

NEW YORK.-The Riggers and
Safe Movers, Of whom some 300 were
locked out Feb. 10 because the en-
ployers' association wanted to cut the
wages, have been sold out through
the trickery of one FRANKIE Lamny,
the business agent of the local,
AS soon as this fellow, who was
one of the enemies of the box strik-
ers in 1927, heard that the workers
on strike were beginning to listen to
the militant program of the Trade
Union Unity League, he began his
intrigue with the employers. He
conferred with them Friday and Fri
day night, succeeding at times in
drawing in and fooling members of
the executive of the local.
Misleader In Action.
Through Lamby scheming a gen.
eral meeting was called for Saturday
morning, at which the employers
we're present, and Lamby made him
self an errand boy for them. The
bosses were demanding an open shop,
the 10-hour day. $3.50 day for
chauffeurs and $3.50 for helpers.
About so of those present finally
voted, 81 for and 10 against, to COM
promise on 9-hour day and SO
day for chauffeurs, and 81a hours,
$3.50 day for helpers. The original
agreement signed four weeks ago was
for the 8-hour day, SO day for
ciauffeurs and $3.50 for helpers.
Bosses Terms.
When the meeting adjourned,
frankie and others of the executive
committee went to the employers, and
frankie took charge of the matter,
though he was one of those too drunk
to report back to the evening meet
ing He seems to have fooled those
who were not drunk, because two of
them came back with signed con-
tract for 10 hours for chauffeurs and
9 for helpers, the wage scale the
bosses demanded; two who we're ac-
tive on the picket lines to be fired.
the boss to have the right to hire
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the jobless to the mills instead
naturally replacing those who would
otherwise work there.
Women workers get "a and SIS a
week in Royal weaving, Rhode
Island. The employers tried to in
troduce the six loom system in silk
weaving, and announced a one-third
cut in wages. When the workers or
gained into the National Textile
Workers Union and showed fight,
the cut and six loom system were
withdrawn. There are dozen cases
in New England where mere organ
ization into the NTW stopped wage
cuts.
The conference decided to mob
ilize all textile workers to give finan-
cial support to the strike and to
spread 1t. Spreading the strike is
more than phrase, as is proven by
100 workers in the American Wooden
Co. mill at Maynard joining the N.
T. w. The workers also now openly
accept and read leaflets of the N.
T w. before the eyes Of the bosses
and come to the union meetings
openly and fearlessly.
The conference decided to build a
united front committee, "NeW Eng
land Organizer For Strike Commit
tee" drawing into it the rank and
file representatives of the u. T. W.,
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been arresting on the average of 25
picketers day since the strike began,
and yesterday broke UP a parade of
striking dressmakers and their chill
dren, arresting two of the latter and
two dres5makers.
The dressmakers we're attacked
while they were marching from the
needle trades market to their strike
headquarters. A police station was
in the line of march, and when the
paraders grew abreast of it, the cops
streamed out and launched a typic-
ally brutal assault against the strikers
and their children.
Two hours later the same dress
makers staged demonstration in
the market. They will hold another
one today on the same place.
Because of the slowing up Of strike
activity here yesterday, only pick
eters were arrested. They were de-
Tended by Jacques Buitenkampt.
The attitude of the striking dress
makers both here and in Philadelphia
toward the police is well exemplified
by the refrain which issuing so often
by the Harlem strikers. 1t runs like
this: THE cops are having a hell Of
time trying to chase us off the
picket line"
Strikers Children Crowd Meeting hall
The militancy of these valiant
strikers has been communicated to
their children, who, after all, suffer
as much as their parents from the
merciless exploitation Of the parasites
who run the industry. The Union held
a meeting for the strikers children
yesterday in Irving Plaza which was
SO crowded that even standing room
in the balcony was at premium. The
program included addresses by labor
leaders, mass singing, and puppet
show by that excellent puppet-player.
Yosel Cutler.
The children in the audience con-
tributed $40 to the Dress Strike Fund
and pledged $50 more.
Two mass meetings will be held to-
morrow, one at Bryant Hall, Sixth
Ave-, near AZ Street. and the other at
Irving Plaza. Irving Place and is st.
Strikers will be addressed by strike
leaders, John Reed Club artists will
draw on the stage, a New Masses
poet will recite revolutionary poetry
and singer will present revolution
airy songs. Both meetings will start
at 2 pm.
The Workers International Relief
has announced that 1t will open two
food kitchens today for the benefit
Of the striking dressmakers, one in
the Harlem headquarters, 20l1 Third
Ave. and the other in Brooklyn at
799 Flushing Ave.
A further list Of contributors to the
$4,000 Dress Strike Fund follows:
Bronx Workers School Two, So;
Bronx School No. 3, 50: Workers
School No. l, IS; Bronx School No. 3
Two, IS; Harlem School Two, 81;
School 4 Two, "a; School is TWO,
So; School 10 Two, S.; Bill Hay
wood Branch l27. tlo; Branch Is.
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demonstration will march along
Fourth Avenue to Union Square.
Assemble In Bronx

DEMONSTRATION VIII marcn along
Fourth Avenue to Union Square.
Assemble In Bronx
Communist Party Sections 4 and
5, and the Unemployed Councils of
Harlem and the Bronx will hold an
outdoor mass meeting at 1874 Street
and Lenox Ave, at pm. They will
march down Lenox to 10th Street,
where the demonstrators will go by
subway to 14th Street and Seventh
Avenue. They will then march east
on i4th st. to Union Square.
The Labor Sports Union, the work
ers' youth organizations, including the
Young Communist League, will mob
ilize on West % Street, near Eighth
Ave, and march south on Eiohth
Ave, to 14th ST., and east to Union
Square.
At the main demonstration, in
Union Square. which starts at 4:30
pm, there will be speakers represent
ing the unemployed councils, the
Trade Union Unity Council, and the
unions of the T.U.UL., the Commun-
list Party, the League of Struggle for
Negro Rights. and the Youth and
Pioneer organizations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
500 Parade in Phila. Needle
Strike; Mass Picketing Tues.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. %. -- Five
hundred rstkiing dressmakers par
AIDED through the garment center
here, to the strike headquarters. Many
of the strikers children marched
with them. When the parade passed
a police station, the cops attacked
the march, dispersed the children, ar
resting two. -Four strikers were joiI-
ed. AT 200 p. m. mass open air
meeting of strikers was held where
plans were laid down for future
strike activity. There will be a large
open air meeting Tuesday.
Tuesday morning there will be
mass picketing to extend the enthus-
ship of the Needle Trades Workers
now going on here under the leader
iastic needle trades strike that is
Industrial Union. The Philadelphia
needle workers are carrying on a
splendid battle against sweat-srop
conditions, horrible speed up and
wage cuts. They are forging q strong
union through fight.
Several victories have already been
gained, few shops having signed
up with the industrial union. Open
air demonstrations and mass meet
ings have been held every day. The
strikers have shown a fine spirit
throughout the strike and many
workers are expected to turn out on
the mass picket lines Tuesday. The
strike committee has issued the fol.
lowing call for mass picketing:
"Dressmakers, join the strike!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24

Two, IS; G. Krinker Branch Two,
IS; Branch 4 TWO, IS; Branch 10
Two, S.; Branch 20 TWO, SOS;
Branch 277 TWO, $40; Branch 1I6
Two, S.; Tafner Branch 8, IS;
Branch 1873 TWO, So; John Reed
Branch TWO, IS; Branch So Two,
IS: Dress Strike Collection, 1881.
School 10 TWO, $40; Women's Coun-
Gil No. IL, SIS; Joe Fissano, 50; Egidis
Consoh, s6.75; E. Royce. $40; Bessie
Siegel, 81; Helen Eisenstein. $1.80;
Bertha Letachy, $l.35; Esther Klein.
$3.50; Harlem School & Cloakmakers
Council, S.; Sylvia Grenzer, $500;
Joseph Levy, 81.
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Attention

Return at once collection boxes
for the Hunger March!
Mems shoes are urgently needed
for the six-day march to Albany
Collect shoes in your neighbour
hood, from your shopmates, from
repair shops!
Send at once! International
Relief, I31 w. 2Sth ST., N. Y. C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24

Use your Red Shock Troop list
every day TN your job. The worker
next to You will help save che Daily
Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24

Fight Iynching. Fight deporta-
ton of foreign born. Elect dele
gates to your city conference for
protection Of foreign born.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-24
Attention! WO m e n
Council M e m b e r s !

Council members are called upon
to report at the strike halls of their
sections to help with the following
work: To distribute the strike bull
letin, to visit the homes Of strikers,
etc., to help with investigating shops.
On Monday afternoon all council
members with their children should
come to Irving Plaza, 18th st. and
Irving Pl. This means Feb. %, at
Q p. m.
On Tuesday morning council men,
bers are to report at the headquar-
tiers of the needle trades union. 131
w. 18th ST., at a. m. to hci, - :,
the distribution in the garment CEN
ter Of special leaflets. etc.
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What's On
TUESDAY

TUESDAY,
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OF the Boro Park ELLA May Br.
Of the LID takes place at 1873 4srd
ton Problems Of the LID" Admits
MON free. ..--.
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PICKET TODAY;
OPEN KITCHEN

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26

copper and silver decreased substan-
TALLY, while prices of cotton and silk
advanced. In the first half OF February
The price of cotton continued to rise and
in the middle Of the month copper
also advanced while the price OF silver
declined to new low levels and prices
Of live stock continued to decrease.
Bank Credit.
Volume Of credit at member banks
in leading cities showed little change
from January IA to February II.
further declines of 5000 00O, 900 in loans
on securities and of Sis ZOO, 900 in all
other loans being largely offset by an
holdings of investments.
In the first three weeks OF February
bank suspensions declined sharply and
number of banks previously suspended
resumed operations.
Volume of reserve bank credit out
standing decreased by SITS 900 900 be-
tween the weeks ending January II and
February IA, rejecting a reduction of
$70,000,000 in member bank balances
and $80,OO0,O00 in money in circulation
together with an increase Of SOS. 900 900
In the stock of monetary gold The
principal reduction has been in accept
ance holdings of the reserve banks
Money rates in the open market con-
tinued to decline after the middle of
January and by the middle of February
were at new low levels. The prevailing
rate on prime commercial paper de-
clined to range of ~ to ga per
cent and the rate on bankers accept
ances was reduced to IL per cent, but
subsequently advanced to liz per cent.