The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-05

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for the improvement Of the condi-
tons in the trade, an appeal to al.
millinery blockers was issued Sat
urday by the Millinery United Front
Committee, So West Thirty-eighth
Street.
The appeal. which follows, was
issued in protest against the pro-
ceedings of the meeting of local
AZ, held last week at Webster Hall
at which the present administra-
ton forced through the approval
Of the suspension and declared itself
elected" as a result of election OF
officers that was scheduled to take
place at the meeting;
One of the most shameful and
outrageous betrayals of our rights
as union men that ever happened
in Local AZ, took place at the last
meeting Of the Blockers' Local at
Webster Hall. The whole order OF
business was stearn-rollered through
under the most vicious circum-
stances, under the widest tumult
and disorder, deliberately prepared
by the corrupt and interruptions
of1cialdom, bent on having their
way at all costs.
Every attempt of the rank and
file to express itself was howled
down by a small organized clique
Of shouters who were scattered
in front of the platform, who ter
rorized the entire meeting and made
the expression Of the rank and file
and orderly procedure impossible.
THE suspension Of the 10 block
ers, was railroaded through without
giving the blockers in question even
a semblance Of a proper chance to
defend themselves. First, a limited
time of 10 minutes was set, which
in a case where a workers most
vital rights are concerned, is to say
the least, an unconstitutional pro-
cedure.
abe Schenck, one of the 10, who
was suspended from the union fol
four years, was entirely deprived Of
the right and opportunity to defend
himself.
This was done not only by the
prepared howlings from the floor
but was encouraged by Mr.. Gross
organizer, and chairman at the
meeting, who suggested that thi.
blocker should be asked to leave tht
platform.
"The nominations and elections
were railroaded through in precisely
the same manner as the suspen-
sions. Whatever came from the
small group Of organized disturbert
was recognized by the chairman
Any voice, any expression, any mo.
ton from the rank and file was
unanimously shouted down anc
was not recognized by the chairman
who listened only to those of his
own organized crowd. With the
result that the slate which was
prepared during the preceding
week by the so-called Organization
Committee, was eam-rollerec
through in a most treacherous and
unconstitutional manner.
mo blocker who is honest, who is
not terrorized and mislead, will &C.
cept the results Of this meeting as
the free and orderly expression Of
an orderly meeting under demo.
cratic conditions. 1t was a shame.
less, bureaucratic maneuver to place
a legal stamp on the same bureau
cracy, on the same clique rule. or
the same hated appointments that
we had until now.
1T was maneuver to prevent the
exposure Of the whole policy Of be-
trayal and treachery of these Off.
Gals toward the millinery workers
No blocker will believe that under
a delnocratically conducted secret
ballot, and an honest rank anc
flle-controlled election, the result!
would have been the same.
Brothers! We must not allow
ourselves to be thus stampeded anc
inundated against our own in.
terests! To fight for our rights ir
the union means to fight for better
conditions in the shops and against
the zaritsky terror, against 'elec.
tions' of the sort that. were JUS
shamefully put over in Webster
Hall! For the reinstatement of tn,
10 suspended blockers! For a uniteC
struggle of all blockers for on
rights in the union and for better
conditions in the shops"