Court Enjoins Electricians' Union Heads

...ADDING MACHINE" AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYHOUSE Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine" will be presented April 9th and 10th by the Young Circle Dramatic Studio at the former Neighborhood Playhouse, 466 Grand s t r e et Norman Miller Is directing the production...

...New York c i t y Is the most important print Ing e n t e r In the United States...

...Edward P. Clarke and A. C. Welnfeld of the Western Queens Un employed League, Louis Sadoff of the Brownsville Unemployed Union, Charles Sunaaky, George Baron, Julius . Shurman and Aaron Levenstein Poeketbook Union Raises Strike Fund The memherahlp of the .International Pocketbook Workers' Union ban voted a tax of tan per cent to build up a fund In preparation for a general strike on June 1, If the Industrial Council of the Associated Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association refuses to renew the present agreement...

...It would be, he said, "a futile gesture to compel him to resort to and exhaust his remedies within the precincts of the union and tbe international...

...Jimmy Walker's attempt at a wisecrack that this would result In hi' creasing the breadlines brought the reply t h a t Thomas would soon er see them there than the workers, and t h a t in any event tbe politicians had money in the savings banks, etc...

...He holds a similar office in the fur trade and until recently waa Impartial chair man In the hosiery industry...

...An attempt will be made to organise an Unemployed League in Glen Cove, L. L This evening, Saturday, at College Point, the second meeting of the Unemployed League of that district will be held a t Moose Hall, 122nd street and 15th avenue...

...The compositors organized In the Typographical Union have very emphatically answered that they would not consider any modifies tlon of the wage scale despite the employers' plea of poverty and their threats to move out of town or go on an open shop basis Mailers Union No...

...A report, checked and verified by tbe Civil Liberties Union, Maurice Schneirov of Pittsburgh, Tom Conner* of the I. W. W. and Norman Thomas has been published...

...8 is now officially asked to accept a wage re ductlon of about seven per cent and to equalize work on the basis of a four day week...

...The L. I. D. has printed many thousands of an attractive red tag which can be worn in coat lapels or button holes...

...Plans have been made to organize more Leagues and for meetings to discuss unemployment, noonday and night...

...Norman Thomas, co-director of the League for Industrial Democracy has sent a letter to hundreds of student groups urging immediate action...

...When the Mayor tried to blame the bankers for the city's failure to aid the jobless, Thomas condemned the bankers, but said that 82,500,000 could be saved the city If the salaries of higher officials would be cut, and as a result the city's credit would be improved In addition, the Socialist spokesman urged the consolidation ' of certain departments and the elimination of useless sinecures...

...Amicus Most, Socialist organizer in West Virginia, has collected for the L. I. D. the facts of the strike relief and defense situations...

...Cleaners and Dyers Strike Is Postponed Following the consummation of an agreement designed to eliminate racketeering from the clean Ing and dyeing Industry In New York City, the union postponed its threatened strike until April 16 The agreement brought about through the influence of Judge Jacob Panken aeta up a conference board In the Industry to settle disputes and establish standards of sanitation and perform ance...

...Bronx Forum to Hear Of Columbia Battle Howard C. West wood and Charlotte Tut tie, of the Columbia University Law School, will discuss tbe expulsion of Reed Harris, the recently expelled editor of the Columbia "Spectator", at the Bronx Labor Forum, Hollywood Garden, 894 Prospect avenue, Bronx, this Friday evening, April 8th...

...Copies can be had at the L. I. D., 112 East 19th street, New York City...

...Three have been tried at Ml...

...The speakers are James Oneal, Samuel A. De Witt and Gilbert R. Sackman...

...Thomas told Mayor Walker and the Board that exhaustion of city and relief funds will leave 200,000 families In desperate straits on June 1st, t h a t "block-aid" at best will raise only $1,500,000, a mere drop in the bucket, and that unless a program for dealing with the emergency ia developed riots are being invited...

...The Justice had already expressed his opposition in court to the rule prevailing in most unions t h a t members must first exhaust the means of redress in their own organization before going Into court...

...The collective agreement established the closed shop, provided for tbe forty-two hour week at first and the forty hour week after February 1, 1933, if the union had organized eighty per cent of the shops by that time, and required equal division of work for em ployeea...

...Suggestions Available I n Brownsville another meeting of the jobless will t a k e place next Wednesday evening in the Brownsville Labor Lyceum, and next Friday at P. S. 44, Throop aad Putnam avenues, an Unemployed League will be organized under the direction of the Unemployed Committee of Kings County, Emil Bromberg, Loins Sadoff and Charles Sunasky...

...The cut la to last until September 80, 1932...

...Abelson formerly occupied the same position in the Industry under the old contract...

...On Friday Henry Rosner and James Oneal addressed a large gathering of the jobless a t P. S. 8, Hudson and Christopher streets...

...Such a discount cannot be pulled out of a silk hat—it must be taken out of labor...

...He called tbe practice "ridiculous" and stated that "it is assuming governmental authority which would not be tolerated by the government...

...This means that the enure remaining forty-oae coal miners facing the extreme penalty la this Instance are again s c h e d u l e d for trial In Ihelr home county...

...Tbe new suit revealed the fact that Frank P. Walsh has been substituted as counsel for the union officials In place of Smith who had served for the last five or six years Two Printing Unions Firm on Wage Cut Having Induced all but two of the printing trades unions with whom it had contractual relations to accept a temporary wage cut, existing agreements to the contrary, the employers represented In the Printers* League Section of the New York Employing Print era' Association are now concentrating upon the two locals affill ated with the International Typographical'Union to win them also over to a voluntary reduction...

...Paul Abelson has been elected impartial chairman under the collective agrement between the Millinery Workers' Union and the Women's Head wear Group...

...The defense of the officials through their attorney, James E. Smith, Sr., had been that the plaintiffs had not utilized to the full the machinery for settling grievances that the union provided...

...In his decision Justice Schmuck declared that the rule regulating the member's conduct would work an injustice...

...Two Meetings Thursday Thursday of this week saw another Unemployed League formed at the Workmen's Circle headquarters, 218 Van Slclen avenue, in the 22nd A, D., Kings, with Samuel Beardsley and Leonard Bright as speakers, and the third gathering of the Mornlngslde Heights Unemployed League which meets every Thursday evening at 3109 Broadway...

...N. Y. Jobless Organize at Four Rallies 3 More Meetings Scheduled but Lack of Funds Endangers Important Work FACED with the possibility of in connection with unemployment when each week brings into existence new Unemployed Leagues, regarded aa tbe most promising development the Socialist Party of New York baa seen in y e a n , the Finance Committee of Local New York haa sanctioned a campaign for funds by the Unemployed Drive Committee consisting of Julius Gertoer, James Oneal and Leonard Bright Booklets containing 10 cent and 25 cent slips have been forwarded to party branches with the suggestion that active members in each branch dispose of them...

...This action was made on motion of tbe defease counsel and la heralded aa an Important victory by the General Defense Committee In charge of defending these workers...

...6. The mailers generally follow the lesd of "Blx Six...

...The third meeting of the Western Queens Unemployed League waa held the same evening at P. S. 125, Woodalde, L. I., addressed by Henry Jager...

...Fichandler to Lecture All comrades Interested in edu cation, as well aa teachers and prospective teachers in the Social 1st Sunday Schools, are Invited to attend the final lecture by Alexander Fichandler on teaching methods this Sunday at 8:80 at One Perry a t r e et NEW HISTORY SOCIETY SPONSORS PEACE BALL There have been "Victory" Balls and "Armistice" Balls but/the first "Peace" Ball in entertainment's history will be held this evening (Saturday) In the ballroom of Essex House, 160 Central Park South...

...During the past two weeks seven open air meetings were held, while 80 canvassers from the Chelsea branch visited homes, distributed leaflets and served aa sandwich men...

...Court Enjoins Electricians' Union Heads Suspended Members Win First Tilt in Internal Controversy THE first victory in the litigation between the officials of New York Electrical Worker*' Union No...

...Sterling, the results being that William Burnett was acquitted and W. B. Jones and William Hlghtower were convicted and sentenced t o Imprisonment for life...

...It carries the legend, "I have helped the Kentucky Miners...

...M. Abrahamson of the United Hebrew' Trades...

...The raising of the necessary funds will assure energetic activity "to or- . ganlze the workers, employed and unemployed, for a campaign for adequate relief from city, state and federal governmental agencies, for unemployment insurance, for the six hour day, five day week and for Socialist planned production," as the committee points out...

...66 of the "International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the Pleaters and Stitchers Association, representing the employers, has set out to stabilize conditions in the industry on the basis of uniform labor costs...

...3 and H. H. Broach, President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, on the one hand and the group of suspended and fined members on tbe other has been won hy the latter...

...The board will be made up of ten persona connected with the industry but the chairmanship will be a revolving office to which persons who have been impartial chairman under collective agree menta or who have bad experience In settling Industrial disputes will be elected, lhe agreement has been signed by the Cleaners and Dyers Board <f Trade, the clean era and dyeri unions, and the United Hebrev Trades...

...Present besides Thomas were Leonard Bright and Henry J. Rosner of tbe Emergency Conference on Unemployment...

...Henry Fruchter, the director of tbe Forum, will briefly discuss current events...

...West wood and Miss Tuttle will discuss not only tbe expulsion of Reed Harris, but the evils and abuses existing a t Columbia University which the "Spectator" sought to correct in Its articles of protest The Bronx Labor Forum Is conducted under the auspices of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Socialist Party of the Bronx...

...The unions agreeing to lowering of the acale have doho ao only for a pc rlod of three months...

...In order to facilitate the unionization of the industry, the employers agreed to submit to the union on September 1, 1982, a list of all the firms In the business and tbe union agreed to organize at least eighty per cent of such shops...

...Supreme Court Justice Peter Schmuck, having taken the matter under advisement, granted a temporary injunction restraining the officials from persecuting tbe complaining members "to tbe full extent requested...

...In a full page advertisement In tbe trade paper the Association has declared that certain garment manufacturers have been demanding from pleaters an excessive discount...

...Call Students To Aid Miners In Kentucky Thomas Sends Out AppealMost Makes Defense Survey for the L.I.D COLLEGE students of the nation are summoned to start a concerted campaign to help the Kentucky miners with funds and through arousing public opinion...

...Thomas suggests protest meetings with the best vailable speakers in every college center, educational work through posters and parades, editorials and stories in ollege papers, sale of "Tbe Shame That Ia Kentucky," published by the General Defense Committee, a ' t ag dav" to collect funds, discussion of clothing for the miners and their families...

...The Young Circle Dramatic Studio is composed of members ot the Young Circle League, the youth sect Ion Of the Workmen's Circle, located at 176 Bast Broadway, New York City...

...N. Y. Rescinds 3 Miffion Voted For J o b l e ss Thomas Protest to Estimate Board Falls on Deaf Ears FLANKED by representatives of several Unemployed Leagues, the Emergency Conference on Unemployment and the United Hebrew Trades, Norman Thomas appeared before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment at City Hall last Friday and protested against the suspension of $180,000,000 of public works and the reclsion of $3,400,000 of unemployment relief...

...Ten Ky, Defendants Go Back to Harlan For Murder Trials WINCHESTER, Ky.—The remaining tea defendants la the Harlan County strike murder eases were ordered back to Harlan for trial from Winchester, (lark County, Monday when their cases were called for trial...

...It haa been arranged by the New Hlatory Society In oele bratlon of the third anniversary of its founding...

...This last allusion, clearly to "tin boxes" brought burst of applause from the people in the Board of Estimate room, much to the Mayor's discomfiture...

...These meetings have been attended by both white and colored unemployed workers, a number of whom cooperate with Ralph Gray, chairman of the local league in bringing in additional members...

...Pleaters Working to Stabilize the Trade Following the signing of agreement with Local Union No...

...These will be sup plied...

...Copies of a suggested plan of procedure to he followed In forming Unemployed Leagues, baaed on an outline prepared by James Oneal and upon experience In organizing Jobless leagues in New York City are now available for committees in charge of such activity, and may be obtained from Leonard Bright, executive secret a r y of the Emergency Conference on Unemployment at 7 East 15th street...

...Abelson Chairman In Military Trade Dr...

...The Pleaters and Stitchers Association claims that its mem' hers handle over ninety per cent of all the garments upon which pleating, stitching, tucking novelty work are done...

...Last faU Judge D. C Jones ordered forty-four coal miners charged with first degree murder to face trial In agricultural communities almost ZOO miles from the scene of the alleged crime...

...The largest, strongest and most strategically Situated union In the printing Industry Is Typographical Union No...

...Following the granting of the Injunction, the members took legal steps In accordance with the court order to have themselves reinstated to membership, to have their fines of 8300 rescinded, to have their unemployment benefits paid them, to be permitted to attend union meetings and union headquarters, to prevent tbe officials from bringing them to trial for the present and to inaugurate an audit of the union books...

...It then states that the members of the association will hereafter give a maximum dis count of two per cent and "there will be no exceptions...