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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Dressmakers' Board
Attempt to Thwart
Decision for Strike

NEW YORK.-At the last member
ship meeting of Local %. dreSsmak-
ers, of the International Ladies Gar
ment Workers, the members voted
to prepare a general strike for better
conditions in the trade.
The executive board Of the local
now announces section meetings Of
the dressmakers, but says not word
about preparing a strike. Instead, it
announces that it is coming to the
membership with proposals that
have the approval of the officials Of
the International" 1t is plain that
the officials are trying to turn the
sentiment for strike and improve
ment of conditions into another So
called Organization drive
The Left Wing Group Of Local %
calls all members Of the union to
attend the section meetings, Thurs
day, and fight for the decision of the
membership (See Labor Union
Meetings" Page Of Daily Worker
for addresses of meetings.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
ROumanian Fascist
Society Helps Doak
Deportation Drive

One of the methods by which Sec
rotary of Labor Doak carries on his
deportation drive against foreign
born militant workers is to get the
aid of groups representing bosses
who are foreign born In line with
this policy, Doak recently held a con-
ference with a Roumanian fascist
society that calls itself the Sons of
Roumania" At this conference was
a certain person, Basil Alexandra,
who poses as a friend of the workers
but who, by his attendance at the
conference with Doak, has exposed
himself as enc of Doak's stool
pigeons.
This Basil Alexandra is the presi-
dent of the Sons of Roumania."
Through this organization, which
contains only nine members, Doak
addresses himself to the $4,000 work
ers and tries to fool them into think
ing that he is for them, and that
they can trust him by coming to the
Office of the Department of Labor or
the immigration department with
their problems
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
JOBLESS DEMAND
LOCAL "a. ACTION
Fight Discrimination
in Giving Jobs

NEW YORK-Unemployed mil
nnery workers will demonstrate to-
day at IL, noon, at Sixth Ave. and
37th st. and at 1890 before the Of
flee of the Millinery Workers Union
on 37th ST., in support Of the de-
mands served on the executive board
of Local "a by the Millinery Unem-
ployed Committee.
The Unemployed Committee says
in its letter to the board:
Our union up to now did not
make any effort to put the problem
of the millinery unemployed on the
order of business of the union. The
collective agreement, which provides
for an unemployment insurance fund,
was not carried into realization. The
crying need of the millinery unem-
ployed workers calls for immediate
action.
I'm the name of the Millinery I'm
employed Workers, we place before
you the following demands: The
executive of Local "a shall immedi-
ately call a special local meeting to
discuss the situation of the unem-
ployed-all unemployed to be per-
mitted to come to this meeting. The
following program shall be recon-
mended for adoption at the meeting.
IA committee of unemployed be
elected at this meeting to register all
unemployed millinery workers.
"2.-Jobs to be given out by this
committee, together with the COM
mittee from the executive.
"3--JobS to be given out to regis
tered workers in accordance with
the length. Of time one is out of work
"4.--No writing shall be refused be-
cause of arrears in dues and taxes
due to unemployment.
"5.-Strict enforcement of the 40
hour, 5-day week by the union.
"6.-The union shall establish an
insurance fund paid by the bosses
and managed by the workers.
1.-THE union shall not permit
overtime as long as there is unem-
ployment in the trade.
"8.-Strict economy shall be intro
duced into our local and the money
thus saved to be used for distribu-
ton among the most needy cases.
"9.-Mhe staff of organizers shall
be redn6ed to the average earnings of
the millinery workers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
MRS. MOONEY TO
SEE ROOSEVELT
Will Ask Him to State
Stand on Frame-Up

NEW YORK. Mrs. Mary Mooney,
84-year-old mother of Tom Mooney,
will go to Albany tomorrow, Thurs
day, to ask President-elect Roosevelt
what he intends to do about the con-
tinued Imprisonment of her son Tom
in San Quentin, on framed charges.
With Mrs. Mooney will be Richard
B. Moore, well-mown Negro orator,
who accompanied her on her Scots
boro- Mooney tour of the United
States earlier in the year, and who
will represent the International La
Dor Defense, and Louis B. Scott, east
ern representative Of Tom Mooney,
and member of the Tom Mooney
Molders' Defense Committee.
Mrs. Mooney yesterday wired Gov
ernor Roosevelt announcing her in
tention of calling upon him, and
asking that he set an hour on Thurs
day afternoon, to see her.
Before closing my world tour on
behalf of my son Tom Mooney" Mrs.
MONEYS wire said, IT shall be in
Albany next Thursday afternoon,
Dec. %, and will take the liberty Of
calling upon you in my sons inter-
est. Kindly advise me what hour
will be most convenient"
President Hoover has refused to
see me, and has refused to interfere
with the infamous persecution Of my
son Tom by the California authorit-
les" Mrs. Mooney said, in making
the announcement. Nov I'm going
to see what Roosevelt's answer is to
the demands of the workers not only
of the United States, but of the
world, for Toms freedom"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
START MOVE TO
PASS SALES TAX
Roosevelt Behind New
Attack on Masses

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 81
Workers who helped elect Governor
Roosevelt in the hope that he would
lead them out of the CHASTITY life OF
starvation and misery that has been
their lot for more than three years
we're today handed a Christmas
present from Roosevelt, only two
days late. The present came in the
form of a movement set on foot in
the House of Representatives, and
reported to be organized by Roose-
welt, for a. sales tax that viii in
crease the price on articles used by
millions Of poor people.
Budget Must Be Balanced"
With democrats and republicans
cooperating, everything is set to put
the measure through the present
"lame- duck" session of the House.
The announcement of democratic
leaders that they would support the
sales tax came after conference
with Vice President-elect Garner,
with Governor Roosevelt reported to
have instigated the move. THE
budget must be balanced" declared
Congressman James w. Collier,
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, who has become con-
verified from an opponent into a
champion of the sales tax. He for
got to add: "at the expense of the
workers"
Rich Get Millions.
While this new attack on the iv-
ing standards of the employed and
unemployed masses is being pre-
pared, the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation is continuing to give
huge sums to banks, railroads, etc.,
and millions are being turned back
to corporations in the form of over
assessed" taxes.
Workers and poor farmers through
out the country are urged to pro-
test against this new robber scheme.
Spread the slogan Not a cent of
taxation on articles of mass con-
sumption~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Police Frame Woman
in Eviction Fight; Beat
Up Young w Ork n

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Three hun
dred workers, mobilized by the IN
employed Council and the Progress
sive Workers Culture Club, fought
off vicious police terror and carried
back into the apartment at 899 De
Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, the furniture
of woman worker whose family had
been evicted for non-payment of
rent some days ago.
The police attacked viciously,
swinging their clubs indiscrinlin-
ately and arresting a young worker,
Nat Leroy, whom they subjected TO
merciless beating.
In the attempt to again throw
this family out on the street, the
landlord has framed the mother,
Mrs. Schneidelman, on charges of
"disorderly conduct"
She will be tried at the Gates Ave.
Court GATES and Marcy Ave-, Brook
lynn, today, Wednesday, at $50 am.
Workers are asked to crowd the
courtroom to protest the frame-up
of this woman worker and the brutal
arrest and beating Of Nat Leroy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Stage and Screen
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM" AND
VARIETY PROGRAM AT RKO
ROXY PREMIERE THURSDAY

1.-THE Animal Kingdom" the RKO
Radio picture adoption of the Philip
Barry stage play, will be the screen
feature at the opening of the new
RKO Roxy Theatre in Radio City
on Thursday. Ann Harding and Les
lie Howard are co-starred in this
comedy, Howard playing the part he
created on the stage. E. H. Grit
fifth directed the production. Myrna
10y, William Gargan, Mel Hamilton,
and Henry Stephenson are in the
supporting cast.
A new type of intimate stage pro-
gram will be introduced by Roxy
for the RKO Roxy Theatre, headed
by the following artists: Emil Boreo,
who will act as conferencier; Maria
Gambarelli, premiere danseuse; Eu-
gene Won Grona, interpreter of the
modern dance; and Dave Apollon
and his company. The program will
also include a unit of Roxyettes, a
ballet, chorus, and an orchestra Of
so.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
WHAT'S on

WEDNESDAY
Membership meeting scottsboro T. L. D.
Br at Workers Center, 26l Schenectady
Ave, Brooklyn.
Trial of q scab conducted by Shoe Work
ers' Industrial Union at Prospect Workers
Center, 1857 Southern Blvd, Bronx, at $50
p.m. All invited.
Lecture on rs Years of Workers Rule
in Soviet Union" at skillman Ave. and Attn
st. Auspices Sunnyside Br. F. s. U.
Speaker: a. G. Morris.
open Forum at 243 E. s4th st. Auspices
Yorkville Br. FS.U. Subject why I'm
employment Has Been Abolished in Soviet
Union" Speaker Leroy,
Question Box at Flatbush Workers Club,
1907 Kings Highway, at $50 pm. Also
discussion.
Meeting for the Scottsboro boys at 26i
Schenectady Ave, Brooklyn. Mrs. Moore
will speak.
Meeting of Nat Turner Br. Of LID at
400 E. hist St, Apt. A-G. Delegate from
Hunger March will report at pm.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Arrest Workers
Leaders in Haiti

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Several
workers leaders, of the General
League of Italian Workers, were ar
rested yesterday in Port Au Prince,
Haiti, according to word received by
the International Labor Defense ma
tional office here today. These work.
ers, who have been active in trade
union organizations, are being held
incommunicado. The charges against
them are not known.
Among those arrested is the Dom
inican worker, Benjamin Peguero La
Paix, who is in danger of deportation
to Santo Domingo, where he will. be
assassinated by the bloody govern
ment of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.
All revolutionary organizations in
the United States should send reso-
lutions and protests demanding the
unconditional freedom of the workers
arrested, to Stenio Vincent, Presi-
dental Palace, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
"KAMERADSCHAFT" ONE OF THE
BEST PICTURES OF YEAR, SAYS
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

The National Board of Review, In
its appraisal of the best films of the
year, both American and European,
has chosen "Kameradschaft" as one
Of the best ten pictures among the
continental films. Two Soviet pro-
auctions, 1.-THE Road To Life" and
Golden Mountains" were included
in the ten foreign films chosen by
the board for special mention. This
is the first list of its kind which
the organization has issued. The
Pabst film, "Kameradschaft" or
"Comradeship," which is now play
ing at the Acme Theatre, has re-
ceived unanimous praise from the
press and public both here and
abroad.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
RAILROADER HITS
LATEST SELL OUT
Return to Old
lie, AS PromisedP
By H. S.

~ H %
Under Whitney and the 20
r presidents of the Railroad IN
.ons are running true to form. Once
more in the period of little over a
year they turn their backs and run
before the attacks of the roads.
Last year they accepted a 10 per
cent cut from our pay. In return
they told the boys that the roads
would put the part timers ON full
time and take back thousands of fur
Laughed men They told us that the
cut was only for one year and that
it would bring back prosperity
But now they take the continual
ton of the cut refuse to hold the
roads to their promise of putting
thousands back to work, allow the
roads to make a laughing stock out
of us by throwing hundreds of thou
sands of fellows out on the streets.
Now they are waging a terrific sham
battle about nothing very important
and after the smoke of their expen-
Sive cigars bought from our money
cor maybe it is the roads money!
has cleared, we will find they have
given the roads the very shirt off
of our back.
Officials Don't Care
AS for conditions it seems as if
they haven't worked for so long they
don't know what it means to have
the living life rushed out Of you and
getting in return pay checks which
cannot get the family three squares
a day. They are blind to the vari-
Gus violations of the agreement be-
cause otherwise they would have to
night in order to protect us and the
only fighting they can do is against
the rank and filers who oppose their
two-faced policies and the unem-
pIoyed whom they drop from the
organization entirely with the excuse
that they cannot pay dues
To put the matter in simple lang
uage it has become below the dig
nifty Of these overfed gentlemen to
represent grease monkeys and CANDY
dancers. The fellows in the caboose,
nut splitters, etc. are just meal tick
cts for them.
Rand and File Action!
We rank and filers had better wake
up to the situation and raise a rack
ct that the railroads and our self
appointed negotiators will under
stand. Every lodge must go on rec
ord for a return of the wage cut as
promised last year and for all final
power being placed into the hands
Of ONLY the rank and file who have
everything to gain or lose from these
negotiations. The rails in England
and Ireland. Mexico and India have
taken a determined stand and have
been rewarded by making the roads
retreat on the questions Of either
disnissals or wage cuts. We've got
to follow their example and prepare
to strike otherwise the roads will
have no fear of us and will get just
what they want One thing is sure
we have no one representing us in
Chicago, so we have to represent
ourselves. For this purpose I have
Joined the Railroad Brotherhoods
Unity Movement in New York. They
are the growing rank and file oppo-
sition of the men to defeat the at
tacks of the railroads and the sell
outs Of our big hearted Grand Lodge
officials,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
PROTEST FIRING
OF FOREIGN BORN
Hospital Workers to
Demonstrate Thursday

NEW YORK. - Hospital workers
will gather in mass protest against
the wholesale firing of foreign born
workers from city hospitals. The
protest mass meeting will be tomor-
row at 3 p. m. at the Municipal
Building.
A committee of 25 was elected at
an enthusiastic well attended protest
meeting held at Irving Plaza, Dec.
81. 1t will go to Commissioner OF
Hospitals, Greet, with the declar-
alton of that meeting demanding:
/. Reinstatement of all dismissed
Hospital employees, without discrim-
ination.
2. Abolition of the last wage cut.
3. Immediate enactment of an
eight hour day rule for all hospital
workers.
The demands will be presented,
along with a petition signed by thou
sands of hospital workers TO the same
effect, while the mass meeting out
side Greef's Office backs up the COM
mittee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
LABOR UNION
MEETINGS

BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Regular membership meeting OF Building
Maintenance workers Union tonight at
pm. at Finnish workers Hall, is W. l2eth
St. Bring a friend or neighbor with you
DOMESTIC WORKERS
Membership meeting by Domestic Work
ers' Union on Thursday at pm at i5 W.
t26th st.
ALTERATION PAINTERS
Special meeting by Alteration Painters
Union this evening at pm. at headeuar-
tiers at AIS Third Ave, corner fremont
Ave. Election OF new executive.
DREssMAKERs
Meeting of unemployed dressmakers to-
day at / pm. at 1871 W. 2sth st. The
main question will be the coming strike
and how the unemployed are to assist SO
as to improve the conditions Of the dress
makers and provide more Jobs for the I'M
employed.
Section meetings Thursday of left wing
group of Local % at the following ad-
dresses:
Bronx: Ambassador Hall, Ss75 Third Ave,
corner Claremont Parkway.
Downtown: Stuyvesant Casino, $40 Sec
ond Ave. corner 9th st.
Brownsville: Skolncks Mansion, sos
FennSylVhLla ave. corner beNOIllh
Bensouhurst: sevoy Mansion, 1922 Twen-
tieth Ave.
On Wednesday right after work, meet
ing Of the organization and the commit
tee Of 100 will be held TO complete plans
for the drive in preparation for the COM
ing strike.
Section meeting Of all dressmakers Of
Brownsville tonight at pm. at 524 Ver-
mont Ave. At this meeting a report will
be given on the preparations for strikes
during the coming season, particularly the
work to be done in Brownsville.
DRESS PREsSERS
Meeting of dress pressers on Thursday.
right after work, at lao W. 36th st. Work
to be done by the pressers to organize the
trade during the coming season will be
discussed. Precsers Of union shops. open
shops and ter7ational shops, employed
and unemployed, are invited.
BAKERS
Celebration Of first issue Of the Baker
Worker, organ OF the United Front Com
mittee of bakers on Friday, Dec. 20, at Q
pm. at Manhattan Lyceum. Banquet and
entertainment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
JoDless Committee
Beats Way on Rapid.
Transit to Put Demand

NEW YORK.-The delegation of
eight from the Richmond (Staten
Island Unemployed Council hitched
its way on the Rapid Transit trains
to the Home Relief Bureau at Staple
ton. James O'Donnell chairman of
the unemployed council, acted as
spokesman, and presented demands
for relief for three cases of hungry
families not getting relief.
They also demanded an office of
the Home Relief Bureau nearer
Richmond than is Stapleton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
| Working Women Fight
Alabama Terror; Send
Protest to Governor

NEW YORK.-The United Coun-
Gil Of Workingclass Women, an or
ganization of 5000 members, yester-
day issued statement denouncing
the mrderous attack on Negro crop
pers by Alabama landlords and their
police. The statement declares, in
part:
THE U.CWC,W. calls upon all
working class women to protest a.
gainst this outrageous action on the
part of the boss class. Send tele-
grams Of protest to Gov. B. M. Mil
Ter of Alabama, at Montgomery, Ala.
We demand immediate unconditional
release of imprisoned share CROP
pers"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
ScOttsbOro Defense
Banquet on, Feb. y

The new trial granted through
mass pressure for the Scottsboro
boys begins in March. Sufficient
funds to secure a successful verdict
are necessary. This is the aim of
the bazaar, which will be held at
Manhattan Lyceum, sc E. Fourth
st. on Feb. %, %, "a, 25, &c, 1888.
Organizations are asked to organ
ize booths collect articles, greetings,
and sell rattle tickets. individuals
are asked to participate. Send dele
gates to the next bazaar meeting, on
Thursday, Dec. 20, at 1880 pm. at
799 Broadway, Room $685.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
BRUNO WALTER RETURNS TO
PHILHARMONIC THURSDAY

Bruno Walter will return to the
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
tomorrow night at Carnegie Hall.
His opening program, which will in
augurate regime of nine weeks, will
include Rogers Variations and Fugue
on a Theme of Beethoven, Mozart
Symphony in G minor, and Schulz
ert's Symphony No. in c major.
This program will be repeated on
Friday afternoon and Saturday even
ing at Carnegie Hall.
Next Sunday afternoon at the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Walter
will conduct the Roger Variations,
the Second Symphony of Beethoven,
the Overture and Ballet Music from
Schubert's "Rosamunde" and Tchai-
kovsky's Romeo and juliet"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
JOBLESS SHOE
MEETING TODAY
To Elect Delegates to
Present Demands

NEW YORK. - Unemployed shoe
and slipper workers will meet today
wednesday, Dec. %, at 1890 pm.
at SO Fifth Ave. The Shoe and Slip
per Workers Unemployed Council is
modifying the unemployed Shoe
workers with the immediate object
of obtaining relief from the Shoe
Manufacturers Board of Trade.
A delegation will be elected at to-
days meeting to present the de-
mands to the bosses Association.
The Shoe Workers Unemployed
Council is also preparing to lead de-
legations to the Taylor Commission
to demand relief for the starving
Shoe workers.
The Unemployed Council of the
Shoe Workers will carry on a fight
against blacklisting and for relief.
All unemployed and part-time Shoe
and Slipper workers are called upon
to attend this meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Downtown Unemployed
M e citing Wednesday

NEW YORK-A meeting is being
called for Wednesday evening Dec.
28 at 8 o'clock at the Uuainian
Workers Home, Is E. Third ST.,
Room 4, by the Downtown Unem-
ployed Council This meeting is
called for all delegates from block
committees, mass organizations, trade
unions, etc.
At the meeting Wednesday night
the council will formulate definite
plans for the development Of cam
paign for increased registration at
the home relief bureaus, relief for
single workers and an anti-eviction
struggle.
This meeting will form the basis Of
forming unemployed committees in
all mass organizations, trade unions,
and additional block committees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Court Seizes Control
of Movie Union and
Appoints DictatOrs

NEW YORK.-A court decision Of
possibly very far-reaching anti
worhng-claSs Importance was rem
dered by Supreme Court Justice
Salvatore Gothic of New York yes
terday, when he simply seized Mo-
ton Picture Operators Local Union
306 and placed it under the die
tatorship of three men appointed by
himself.
Certainly the members of the
union, looted first by Kaplan, dom
ineered over by the International Of
flee, never asked to become slaves
of court in addition!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
PLAN NEW EXHIBIT

NEW YORK. - The John Reed
Club is opening its new gallery on
January 10 with an exhibition built
around the working class scene in
America. They have invited many
prominent artists to participate.
Among those who have already ac-
cepted are: Thomas Benton, Jose
Clemente Orozco, Edward Lanning,
Charles Locke, Stephan Hirsch, Is
abel Bishop, I. Klein, and others.
The exhibition will continue thru
Feb. 8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Hunger March Film
to Be Shown Jan. z

Hunger" the long awaited film OF
the crisis and the victorious march
of the 5000 jobless delegates to
washington, win be shown for the
first time and for one day only on
Monday. Jan 2. from 10 am. to mid
night at the Fifth Ave. Theatre, 18th
st. and Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
ATTENTION ALLAN JAvIEs

Lyman Posner, 1875 Teller Avenue,
Apartment I'D, through a mistake,
has the coat of Allan Javies, which
he got at the Graduation dance at
Rockland Palace, Saturday night. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-12-28
Union Meeting Tomorrow

An important membership meet
ing of the union will be held tomor-
row, Thursday, at 7 pm. at Man
haitian Lyceum, Sc E. Fourth St.,
New York City. A report of the
Shop Committee Conference will be
given Also, their delegates will report
on the Washington Hunger March
All Shoe and Slipper workers are
urged to attend.