The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-25

t are still left Of the season, we
nit the bosses to carry through
further steps to unite our ranks
Gin the struggle against the present
conditions in many of the dress
shops. The United Front Committee
is calling this shop conference to
review the happenings of the past
few weeks and see whether way
can be found to wipe out the division
that still exists in the ranks of the
dressmakers and work out sscommon
program of action.
We appeal to the members of the
International, especially, to partici-
pate in this conference. The hopes
that many of you entertained that
the strike of the International would
result in better conditions have
proven to be false hopes. The leaders
Of the International have proven that
they viii not and cannot improve the
conditions of the dressmakerS.
1t is then high time that we, the
workers from the shops, get together
and see how we, the dressmakers who
are suffering in the shops, who are
bled in the interests of the bosses,
can come to some understanding how
to take the situation into our own
hands and through our united action
do away with the present evils in the
dress trade.
We call on you workers of the In
ternational, on the workers in the
open shops, to come TO the conference
to discuss these vital problems with
us. You are not obliged to accept our
proposals. You can come to present
proposals of your own. The workers
who are supporting the united front
movement belieY in the earnestnesS
and desire of the members of the In
ternational to have a real uniol in
the dress trade to defend their in
tereSts.
Let us make this conference a real
conference that will express the needs,
the hopes and the desires OF the
dressnakers. Let us forget our diff
ferences; let us remember but one
thing-tha5 we are all workers in the
dress trade and all want to earn
living for ourselves and our families,
If you work in an open shop and
cannot go through a regular t---...--
of delegates, get together with the
workers that are sympathetic and see
that delegate is elected If you
work in an International shop and
cannot get the entire shop to elect
delegates, send a representative from
those workers who want to see some
: action in the dress trade that will
wipe out the sweatshop conditions.
We appeal to you dressmakers OF
the International shops, Industrial
Union shops, open shops, to come tC
this conference and to help spread
the movement for united struggle in
the interests of the workers.
DREssMAKERS UNITED
FRONT COMMITTEE
Final Day to Elect Delegates.
Today is the final day when the
delegates are to be elected. In those
of the open or International shops
where not all the workers as yet
understand the Importance of this
conference, the more class conscious
elements are asked to get together
and elect delegates in tn nam of the
shop committee.
The left wing group of the Interna-
tional has also issued a leaflet to the
dressmakers yesterday telling the
members Of the International to par
ticipate in this conference. It is
expected that this conference will
lay the basis for broad united front
movement of the dressmakers which
will include all sections of the work
ers in the dress trade.
Frameup Against Ben Gold ExpIodes
The hearing on the case of Ben
Gold was thrown out of court yester-
day. The clumsy frameup in which
Miller and Weinstein figured as the
star witnesses. stating that Gold had
threatened "to take their heads off, p
exploded like bubble, and the judge
was compelled to dismiss the case.
The strikes for better conditions in
the fur and dress shops are continu-
ing. The attempt of Kaufman to
build up his bankrupt racketeer union
through the working card system is
ridiculed by the furriers, who say that
kaufman will be no more successful
with this scheme than was Stetsky
The Industrial Union calls on the
dressmakerS, fur workers, and all
other needle trades workers to unite
thehir ranks and through this unity
to fight against wage cuts and the
miserable conditions brought about
in the industry by the bosses and