The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
Local 9 Members Defeat
Attempt to Put Thru
Elections by Battle

NEW YORK.-With more than a
thousand workers Storming the doors
Of Beethoven Hall demanding admis-
sion and hundreds within demon
5trating against the barring Of their
fellow workers from the meeting.
International Ladies Garment Work
ers' Union officials were compelled
o adjourn the meeting without
carrying through the election of new
officials to replace the ousted left
wing administration.
Members Of Local started gather
ing at the hall as early as $50 o. m.
and with union cards held high in
their hands and shouted their de-
mands for admission to the hall.
LL.G.WU. officials stationed at the
door scanned every face admitting
only their supporters from other
locals and hired guerrillas but bar
ring members of Local 9. Inside. the
hall was filed with strong arm men
ready to help the clique ram down
the Threats Of the workers new Of
1cials suitable to the boss controlled
officialdom.
As the crowd of members Of Local
8 grew in numbers and the shouts
for admission to the hall became
ouder, IL.G.WU. officials telephoned
The police station and reinforcementS
of police were sent together with
radio cars and police wagons. The
doors of the hall were threatened by
the infatuated workers. Police started
clubbing right and left, driving the
workers from the hall Shouts Of
we members of Local 9 demand to
get in the hall" was heard through
out the block.
When the cloak finishers refused
TO retreat, police drove them to the
end of the block and later barred
anyone from entering the street be-
tween End and 3rd Avenues. The
workers then gathered their forces
and held an open air meeting at the
corner Of Second Ave, later adjourn
ing to Manhattan Lyceum.
At the same time, II storming
demonstration outside had forced Of
iicials to admit some members Of the
local who carried on the fight inside
the hall for the admission Of their
fellow workers. AS Julius HICKMAN,
surrounded by his clique and police,
opened the meeting calling for nomi-
nations, Barnet Cooper, manager Of
Local 9. rose and declared that there
would be no nominations until the
members Of the union were admitted.
Two workers protesting the rail-
reading of nominations were beaten
up, Leon AIargoAn was showed into a
side exit and beaten over the head
with lead pipe, zirlin was dragged
out OF the meeting but after loud
protest was permitted to return.
Cooper was consistently refused the
6oor en- the pretext that the hall
was too crowded. No more than $50
were III the hail. While workers were
standing on chairs and shouting and
the gavel was pounding away Hoch-
man called for written nominations
and then hastily adjourned the meet
ing at 1880.
About GOO cloak f1nishers attended
the meeting at Manhattan Lyceum
later. Many members turned away
from the hall had already gone home.
AT the meeting Lorber, Cooper, Zirlin.
Kaplan and Silverstein spoke.
The resolution prepared for the
meeting was adopted unanimously. Tt
called for a referendum on the C,-es-
ton Of BUSTING the Local 9 lee - S.
TO be conducted by committee Sc
lected from the labor movement
agreed upon by the left wing ad-
nlnistration and the Executive Board.
The workers pledged to continue the
light against the expulsion policies
Of the International clique for the
right to democratic control Of their
union