INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID APPEALS TO NEW YORK LABOR TO HELP THE PASSAIC TEXTILE WORKERS WIN THEIR STRIKE

The DAILY WORKER Raises This Issue Consists of Two the Standard f a Workers’ Sections.

' and Farmers' R -*nt SECTION ONE. THE EnteredPAILYat Becond-clasa matter September 21. 1921, at the Poet OfficeWORKER.at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 1. 1*79.

* In Chicago, by per year. > P/.t/,,. mall, *B.OO 290 Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER * IvUlvS • by Vol. 111. No. o Outside Chicago, mall, *B.OO per year. SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1926 to^*> PUBLISHING CO.. 1113 W. Washington Blvd.. Chicago, UL Price 5 Cents ‘FREE WEISBORD!’ CAMPAIGN ON GREEN FAILS IN Union Drive in the Dress industry Starts LI. 0. GATHERS MOVETOBREAK MASS COMMITTEE OF 500 INSTALLED ALL RESOURCES AT I. L. G. W. U. MEETING OPENING NATIONAL W N.Y. FUR STRIKE BIG CAMPAIGN; ZIMMERMAN SPEAKS Defend Weisbord! FOR BIG FIGHT

The — _ first gun of the big organization barrage that will sweep DRIVE ATTRACTS . . Furrier’s Rank and File Chicago’s cloak and dress industry was fired last night at a mass Cannon Goes to Passaic meeting of more than 1,000 members of the International Ladies' Appeal to the Workers of America by the Defends Leadership Garment Workers' Union at Schoenhofen Hall. BIG to Organize Drive The meeting marked the opening of a well prepared cam- pin International Labor Defense (Special to The Daily Worker) paign of organization initiated by the new administration of the International Labor Defense has NEW YORK, April 16—Seven thous- Chicago Joint Board of the I. L. G. W. U. First Moscow Candidate come forth as the champion of Albert in- to desperation by the stubborn and heroic resistance Weisbord, Passaic Textile and striking fur workers, crowding The feature of the occasion was the installation of a mass strike +lßll, DRIVEN mill Passaic leader, who together with side and out of Carnegie demand- committee of 500 members of the chosen by Announces Himself of the striking textile workers, the owners of Norman be per- union the various Thomas, Esther Lowell and others Ben Gold, strike leader — last ed that organized shops to carry on the * a— $ have played their desperate card. mitted to speak at a meeting called Operating thru their political henchmen they have arrested has been attacked by the minions of campaign. York a reconstruction period has Before the small foroe of The by the international officials of the. set the mill barons, thrown in jail and re- The main speaker was Sascha Zim- in. We have gotten rid so- DAILY WORKER has been able to Albert Weisbord, the courageous and inspiring leader of the strike Furriers’ Union. Hugh Frayne, New of all the leased only on an exhor’bitant bail. merman, manager of the organization called “professional organizers” put completely into the mails some and have openly announced their intention to railroad him to the the A. F. of L., who who James P. Cannon, national secre ' York organizer of committee of the New York joint call, "East 20,000 subscription drive announce- by the Interna- we Side gentlemen with penitentiary. tary of International Labor Defense had been invited here board. He given fancy ments, the first returns are rolling in. the crowd was an enthusiastic names.” We decided to dispense Together with Weisbord they have also arrested Robert said today, “I. L. embarking tional, was howled down by welcome D. is on by the Chicago member*. Ho with all outsiders and put the work On To Moscow! of the American Civil Union, Norman of great because Gold was not permitted to Dunn, Liberties Thomas, a nation-wide campaign of pro- conveyed the greetings of the New of building the union the Helndlckson, one come into the hall. The cry of those on shoulders John of-Chicago, the Socialist Party, Esther Lowell of the Federated Press, and a test against the arrest of Weisbord. York brothers and pledged the "sup- of the mass of our own membership.” of leading pub-getters Daily in he hall, “Let Gold speak, we want the and number of others. Norman Thomas, Robert Dunne. port of the New York joint board to N. Y. Campaign. equals, to Gold” was echoed by the Worker Builder iwith few brot The who even flinched from beating Esther Lowell and others who have hear the present Organization drive In "We found that the dressmakers textile police have-not swarming about the front In five new yearly subscriptions to been arrested in Passaic. This act thousand Chicago. were not well organized. We imme- women and children have shown no discrimination in their per- could not gain entry. After ten earn the first hwst of Lenin, by the is plainly the last resort of the mill who New Methods. diately started a campaign. We set up secutions. Representatives of all shades of opinion who have of this storm, Frayne gave up. noted sculptor, G. Piccoll, in the Na- owners who have been unable to minutes “.We in New York,” Zimmerman committees of one thousand taken part in the strike and given aid and comfort to the embat- was disbanded. It was a to take tional Sub Drive for The DAILY break the strikers’ resistance by one The meeting said, “Are now trying to put into prac- care of certain territories each. When workers are for penitentiary. There are only two the New York joint WIORKOH just opened. tled slated the of the worst reigns of terror and po great victory for tice certain fundamental principles these committees met there al- leading the present were This is the opening gun,” was sides in Passaic; the side of the workers and those who stand ’lice brutality that has board which is that we have been fighting for years'. ways 1.600 or 2,000 present. Instead characterized 12,000 workers. John’s statement. “Give me that bust with them in their fight for the right to live, and the mill barons a strike in this country.” •trike of fur We have always said that in order to of the former paid outside organizers meeting had been called by ’or my first jo>. 1 got those at my and their political tools. Goes to N. Y. The organize the large masses into the the shop committees sent to the organ and other offi- union meeting last night—and give The the officials is a challenge “I am leaving for New York President Schachtman unions we must throw into the work ization committee of the union one czaristic actions of Passaic and administration of ue competition! There is none In entire class of be taken up most Passaic to attempt to cers of the national the whole body of the membership. representative each who was full time to the working America. It must gather together union opening Chicago (?) I’m going to Moscow in united effort the furriers’ as an The former officers of the New York on the job and paid by the workers and energetically and without delay. Just as the inspiring example one all elements in the leadership of the with a record dt subs that no other the labor movement, wedge to take joint hoard co«ld this. They ii* his shop to carry on the campaign.” of the Passaic struggle has put new hope and courage and as- radical and pro- of the hands of the progres- in the country will equal. Broadcast gressive, to fight'against this strike out attempted to alienee the best fighters 4,000 New Members. piration into the hearts of the most oppressed workers thruout vicious York joint Gold, the Ihis challenge, he added, “I’m persecution. The sive board. and expelled them from the “During this organization campaign police, acting for members of even started!” The competition Is America, so does this attempt to smash the strike and to send its manager, and the other union. we declared strikes in no less than 600 now the mill owners, made no discrimina had to go to to beaMlphn Ileindrickson of best leacters to prison menace their interests as well. tion about the joint board decided “But now It Since (he shops. W§ organized 275 dress ojjen political or other opinion make it a demonstra- is different. new Chicago. Every one of those arrested regardless of his political or when the meeting and new administration took office in New (Continued on page 2.) they arrested Weisbord. Thomas tion for the strike and to demand sup- Pennsylvania! First Under Way. philosophical standpoint is entitled to the unreserved support of and the others, and the workers should port from the International. has been prepared the working class of America. They have been taken prisoner make no discrimination in the fight Police. This fact, this fact is to them from the Gangsters and SORKIN AND AIDS LAUNCH ATTACK most systematically. The Agitprop on the battle front for labor. and alone, save brutal conse- At nine in the morning, the fur committee of tfie Pittsburgh district important at the moment. quences awaiting them unless by workers began to gather at the hall. ON NEW YORK LEADERS AT EASTERN from news jusC>Tecelved from A. Ja- With especial warmth and devotion the workers must rally sheer might of a nation-wide protest By twelve noon there were four thou- kira, district osganlzer, has made pro- the the one most hated and feared by the bosses, the workers are able to set them the to defense of free.” sand present and at one thirty in visions to cover all Communist units the leader and organizer of the strike. For he swollen seven CONFERENCE OF FURRIERS’ LOCALS Albert Weisbord, afternoon this had to at once. City agent, Bill Scarville, Is the best modern labor Weisbord Good Type. large force of police was is a representative of type of militant thousand. A Daily Workar) to secure the co-operation of the “Weisbord is the best type of work- Beckerman of the (Special to The leader. He is young, intelligent, fearless and devoted to the work- on hand. Abraham April International Young Workers League, the whole ers’ leader. He has performed a great Clothing had NEW YORK. 16.—The officers of the Furriers' Union, ers. For that reason the bosses are determined at all costs to Amalgamated Workers city thru the unions and shop cam- work in his present leadership of this Only a unable any longer to contain themselves over the splendid showing being railroad the penitentiary, to get of his gangsters on hand. small paigns is to b« put into motion. A “get” him, to him to rid him strike. Young and intrepid, with the get by New York joint board in the present New York strike, called part of the crowd could into the made the good number of subscriptions accom- and all that he represents, by any means, no matter how brutal solid confidence of the 16,000 mill pretense helping hall. The rest swarmed about the a Conference of the eastern locals under the of the strike. panied the plans. and illegal. workers behind him. he has thrown joint board who there as delegates doors in front. The members of the New York went Philadelphia Young Workers Join. The greatest need of the hour is the immediate organization fear into the hearts of the exploiting When Gold and attempted to out an attack came were not surprised to find that the conference turned to be N upon of a gigantic, united, nation-wide campaign of agitation and labor-hating mill owners. His arrest hall, refused ad- In Philadelphia, three leading com- get into the he was New York joint board—a vicious" wake up the labor movement and throw it into is their last effort to break strike. Gross, a vice-presi- the rades in the Y. W. L. have been en- protest to action. mission. Aaron attack, at the worst possible time— which frat- They have tried to isolate the leader union was also not allowed thusiastically received as a commit- The International Labor Defense, has for its aim to dent of the the New York fur workers are of the strike and have persecuted started the demonstra- when tee to serve with the Philadelphia ernally unite all forces on the platform of labor defense, is tak- to go in. This at grips sympathetic elements coming from all around came the de with the manufacturers. FUR STRIKERS DAILY WORKER Builders, coming as ing the initiative to organize such a movement and will put all of tion. From Benjamin Gold, chairman of the they outside to help the mill workers. mand to allow the two officials into did with a plelge of wholeheart- its resources, down to the last dollar and the last man, into the New York joint board, made an hour’s ed youth support. Nation-wide Support. the hall. strug- fight. “The whole working speech In which he told of the HOLD 3 HUGE Chicago began its with a class of the Frayne Gives Up. campaign tendencies in the movement and all gle against New York bosses. He All elements and labor country must thwart this dastardly When the meeting was opened, the the drive on all sections, planned distri- also took occasion to show the dele- who believe in free speech and the rights of labor must unite in attack. The whole working class demand for Gold picked up momentum.. bution of 20,000 copies of the May gates how the international office of MASS MEETINGS Day one tremendous protest movement. movement, all sections of it. as well The introduction of Organizer Frayne Issue of The DAILY WORKER the union had been giving as little (self The Passaic strikers are heroically defending the elementary as those who still respect the right* only served to enhance the protests (Special to The Daily Worker) and announces admission) the help as possible to New York stand today the vanguard the of free speech and free assemblage the crowd. lie could make no head- the NEW YORK, April first candidate to Moscow. rights of labor. They in very of of strike. 16—Two strik- must rally behind this drive of Inter- way against the constant cries from ing furriers, Irving Tettlngbaum and Hundred Thousand for May Pay. labor movement. Vice-President Sorkin, leader of the national Labor Defense to stay the the audience and finally gave up the Thomas Arvani, were brot to Jeffer- Thousands of copies of The DAILY The arrested leaders are the standard bearers of the fight (Con on page 2) treacherous hand or the Passaic tex- ♦ Continued on page *.* tin see son Market Court today and fined WORKER ordered for May reaction. us a of them. against Let build wall defense around tile barons working thru their min- $lO each because of a disorderly con Day meetings lhruout the country. All together for heroic Passaic! ions, the municipal government* of made them New York, Chicago, Francisco, duct charge against by San All together for united, nation-wide defense of the arrested the small mill towns." RALLY TO THE a former active member of the union, Los Angeles and a few other cities NEW YORK WORKERS! leaders! International Labor Defense reports Frank Stout, who has now become a have run the total of Initial orders International Labor Defense, that all of its branches thruout the OF PASSAIC MILL STRIKE manufacturer at 125 Weat 25th close to the hundred thousand mark AID THE atreet. James country are being notified to concen Stout only set up with most of country still to be P. Cannon, National Secretary. business for him- the trate on this campaign and Secretary self in January, when strike prepara- heard from. has read In New Jersey. Deputies are to patrol the Cannon hopes to create a great The riot law been tions were being made and all the All indications are that the Third united movement thruout the east for ' streets with sawed-off shot guns. Leaders are jailed and held on exorbitant members of the union getting Annual Sub Drive is going to develop WORKERS’ DELEGATION were AUSTRIAN the release, unconditionally of Weis- ready most yet bail, picketing and meetings are forbidden. But still the spirit of the strikers for this great struggle to gain into the remarkable one held bord, Dunne, for any American'working Thomas. Lowell and all better conditions for all the workers. class news IN THE SOVIET UNION REFUTES others arrested In the strike remains undaunted and their determination to win is stronger than ever. paper the zone. Socialist Boss. and future months will see * * • “Daily” The International Workers' Aid calls on all unions, all fraternal organ- In line with all the other bosses a betteT able to battle for LIES OF COUNTER-REVOLUTIONISTS who have been fighting the workers labor. Weisbord Is Released; isations, all sympathizers to support the strikers in this crisis. They must be in this great fur strike, Stout, who is MOSCOW. U. S. S. R. (Tass.)—(by Mail).—"Izvestia” publishes the fol- Gives $30,000 led and clothed that they may continue the fight until won. "■ member of the socialist party. Bail lowing statement written by the delegation of Austrian workers visiting Tj,, 6th assembly (Special to Dally Worker) WHAt WILL YOU GIVE TODAY? The Bronx bakers offer several district, had the two Old Parties Repudiate Soviet Russia in which they point out the progress made by Soviet Russia: union members arrested and arraign- PASSAIC, N. J., April 16.—Albert a week, being given by the “The Austrian workers’ delegation is leaving Moscow to visi* Georgia via trucks of bread the flour bosses. The Russian ed in court. He charged they had Weisbord, organizer and leader of the Election Promises Ekterinoslav. The delegation has taken advantage of its stay in Dramatic Club will give a play Bunday, April 16, at 1347 Boston Road, and annoyed him by picketing, and S2O Kiev and •trike of 16,000 textile worker* that It Moscow to visit factories and see how work is conducted there and also to (Continued on page 2) give April of the union's money had to be used (Special to Tile Deily Worker) the Williamsburg Jewish Club will a concert and dance 24 at close with the to pay the two workers’ fines. ALBANY. N. Y.. April 16.—The final come into contact or- 16 Manhattan Ave.. Brooklyn, the proceeds of both to for go the Passaic Knife Attack. test vote on the;4(l-hour week bill for ganizations of the Russian Trade strikers. The Comrades 3oclal Club of 1400 Clinton Ave., Bronx, donated Wielding a fur knife, Jacob Lipton, women and minors in industry will be Union Movement. Impetus for the Class Struggle! $25.00. Many shops are making collections, Individuals are donating and from a fur manufacturer of 123 West 28th tak6n this week in the senate on a “The impression we have obtained street, made a vicious attack upon a motion to discharge the rules com- completely one of the big colleges comes a request for advice as to the best way for of all that we have seen THE present drive for The DAILY WORKER is part of fur worker this afternoon • them to aid the strikers. and cut him mittee from further consideration of refutes the lies and calumnies circu- the program of our Party to give a new impetus in severely on the face, hands and body. the measure. The majority of the lated abroad about Soviet Russia. We The ball held Saturday night at the Central Opera House was s big suc- the direction of the class struggle to the labor movement An ambulance had to be called to committee is opposed to the bill, but see a country engaged in socialis toon- cess, and this means that thousands of pounds of sugar, cans of food and give Weiss first aid treatment and he have opposed reporting it because of of the country. The DAILY WORKER has lived two years struction, a countury In which the the other necessltlee will go to encourage our fellow worker* In Passaic. Hun- was later attended by a physician. their knowledge that a majority of the toilers bound by the at cost of great sacrifice and struggle. It will be able masseu of are continue to live dreds of pairs of shoes and several truck loads of clothing have been sent With his head swathed In bandages, the senate Is in Its favor. ties common labor and together are to and serve the American labor move- he was brot to the West of it can thru this office to the strikers. But now, at their critical time, they must 30th street A motion in the assembly where a forging new forms of social life. ment if create a broader base for its existence thru ‘station under arrest, with another similar parliamentary, pre- reaching a larger be shown that the workers are solidly behind them and DOLLARS will prove situation "The information and statistics circle of readers. Success in achiev- striker Abraham Reiter, and Lipton vailed for the discharge of the rules this end, which is the aim It. DOLLARB will give them encouragement. DOLLARS will keep them which received here from the of- ing of the present campaign, who Is charged with felonious assault. committee from further consideration we from starving. ficial organizations we tested in per- will not only aid The DAILY WORKER, it will be a power- The two fur workers had gone to of the Shonk bill, Identical with the many you today? many and convertation ful factor in pushing the labor movement forward. How DOLLARS will send How pair* of SHOES, fnvostlguto Lipton’s shop and the senate proposal, failed last week by sonal observations CLOTHING? manufacturer Immediately picked up seven votes. Even if passed in the with workers, both Communist and EVERY FRIEND OF THE DAILY WORKER MUST Have you a Hat? If not, send for one. his knife and attacked Weiss. There upper house the proposal is sure to non-Communist and we found that all AID IN THIS CAMPAIGN. EVERY PARTY MEMBER scarcely an that wo had been told was Send all contributions to the International Workers’ Aid, Looal New York. was Inch of his sac« that be killed In the aasembly. correct." MUST DO HIS UTMOST TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS. remalued visible after hts wounds Both the democratic and republican Room 237, 799 Broadway, New York City., Telephone Stuyvssant 9964,-f hud C. E. men dressed, and he was greatly parties were pledged copy RUTHENBERG. Emerson, Secretary. to establish a 48- Take thin of the DAILY Marlon E. weakened from loss of blood. hour week by theit election platforms. WORKER with yoo to the shop General Secretary Workers (Communist) Party.