Court Denies Injunction, Upholding Union's Right to Strike and to Picket
Court Denies Injunction, Upholding Union's Right to Strike and to Picket THERE will be little sympathy in the courts for employers ol labor who arbitrarily reject the efforts of organised...
...The leaders of the nation are striving to move the slow and inert from the morass of depression into the activity and processes of the high road to prosperity and success...
...The strike as a last resort in self-protection wss inevitable...
...Some Socialists and trade union leaders bowed the head snd professed to go along with Hitlerism ia the false and futile hops that by so doing they would soften blows raining upon them snd somehow be able to preserve the machinery of the party and unions and their, property for future use...
...Many of the branches snd Y.P.S.L...
...at least one, Toni Pfuf, solved the dilemma by suicide...
...Cross-Currents Among The German Socialists GUARDEDLY and between the lines oas can read in the Neuir VorwarU, Socialist weekly published ia Karlsbad by German Socialist* in exile, something of the situation that exists between the Social Democrats who remained in Germany and those who left the country to carry on underground work from abroad...
...PARTY'S ENROLiJViENT IN NEW YORK 51,456 A LB A NY.—Figures made public by the Secretary of Bute show that Socialist party's enrollment is 51,465, the largest in the party's history except for 1920...
...With the exception of one thinly populated county, Clinton, where there was a decrease of one enrolled Socialist, every county in the state showed heavy increases...
...The decision was rendered in declining to grant an injunction against Local 505, Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union, requested by Samuel Engelman, who sought heavy damages and to restrain his employees from striking snd, picketingThe union was represented by Matthew M. Levy, partner of Jacob Panken, who called many witnesses to give a picture of the situation that led to the strike...
...From these hints one may gather that little by little the foes of Hitlerism are building up not only their organization for their struggle but also are rapidly learning methods of keeping in touch without exposing each other to arrest and torture at the hands of the National Sadists...
...The only way to stop poverty is to stop manufacturing it by privilege and covetousness...
...Whatever is done for the comfort and advancement of the working man must be done by himself.— Charles Dickens...
...These men and women are technically members of the party and are entitled to vote in the primaries of 1933 for candidates to run on the Socialist ticket...
...But those in Germany are unable to say more...
...The official Party Executive moved to Prague...
...There ia no criticism of those In Germany, except the guarded remark in an article by Friedrich Stampfer, editor of Vorw&rts before the terror, that conditions in Germany sre so terrible that even Paul L9be cannot speak what he really feels...
...An enlightened view, such as expressed by Judge Hammer in this case, will go a long way to make j possible collective bargaining agreements between employers and employees, eliminate disturbances in industry and make for con-, tinuance of peaceful relationship " SOCIALISTS CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY The Socialist July 4th meeting at Union Square was in the nature of an experiment and its remarkable success will undoubtedly lead to regular meetings of this sort every year...
...He spoke on the significance of Independence Day and said that the forefathers would turn over in their graves if they could hear the Interpretations of their revolutionary ideas by Mayor O'Brien and other leaders of Tammany Hall, August Claessens followed and read the old and the new Declaration of Independence...
...There is no doubt that there are various cross-currents among party members hi Germany...
...circles brought their banners snd red flags...
...There appears, however, a definite split between the Socialists in exile and those still hi Germany...
...Then Judge Hammer goes on to say: "These are times for cooperation and conciliation between employer and employee, capital and labor...
...The meeting wss colorful snd enthusiastic snd wound up with cheers for the Socialist Party and the singing of the Internationals...
...snd thst attempted compromise exposes them to contempt as well as to terror...
...Outside New York city the enrollment was 16,720 as compared with 6,016 a year before...
...That is as far as they can go...
...Our meeting was opened by Jack Altman who acted as chairman...
...Justice Hammer declared categorically that "Courts of Equity will not interfere between labor and capital...
...There is so evidence, however, thst more then a small fraction of the party ever felt that way...
...Those Reichstag deputies who attended the May 17th session knew that those who did not attend had been threatened with torture and death...
...In commenting upon the decision Panken said: "The courts cannot shut their eyes to what is happening in our midst...
...Ernest Crosby...
...Most of them realize by now the magnitude of the enemy they face and that there can be no compromise with it...
...About 1500 Socialists and sympathizers were present...
...Court Denies Injunction, Upholding Union's Right to Strike and to Picket THERE will be little sympathy in the courts for employers ol labor who arbitrarily reject the efforts of organised workers to adjust differences with them, according to a recent decision of Supreme Court Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer of New York...
...After hearing both sides Justice Hammer decided: "The union here faced with great provocation seems to have acted with a commendable dignity and restraint...
...The meeting attracted considerable attention as it followed closely on the adjournment of the one held in Tammany Hall at which Tammany notables expounded their philosophy...
...If the Re, covery Act is to be of value to the I community, injunctions such as ' have heretofore been issued by the courts will serve to prevent the proper workings of the Act...
...A large percentage of its members were out of work, snd those working were sharing their time and even their wages in an attempt to alleviate hardship...
...Reasonable adjustment attempted by the union was refused...
...Court do not and should not take sides in the ceaseless struggle between capital and labor, but where every effort has been exerted by the workmen to reasonably adjust their differences with their employer, and every proper offer hss been made and is still open, and is arbitrarily rejected by he latter, he may expect little sympathy and no aid from a court ' of equity, moved as it .K and should ' be by the general condition of the j times, the necessity for change ' and improvement and the welfare [of those whose only means of sustenance and support ia derived i from toil and employment...
...The Neuer Vorw&rU thereupon carries an item to the effect that the comrades abroad speak for ne one but themselves...
...Splendid speeches were made by William Karlin, Jacob Panken, Tyroll Wilson and Aaron Levenstein...
...and immediately after that step wss announced s meeting wss held in the Prussian Landtag building, at which another executive was chosen, and announcement made that no one in exile had the mandate to speak for the Socialists who chose to remain in Germany...
Vol. 16 • July 1933 • No. 2
