Teachers and Unionists Pay Honor to Linville
Teachers and Unionists Pay Honor to Linville NeW YORK.—An doquent ^'defense of academic freedom jgj an uncompromising attack on teachers oath raws were de•jrered by Henry R. Linville ifflli...
...Should this world-shaking event take place it will be announced in due time...
...Oneal Is Exposed And World Rocks With Tremendous Excitement...
...The present adimciatrmtien has never prevented any meetbar from e^presssag Ida views...
...The local has about 2.240 members...
...They rushed to the doors only to find them locked...
...The testimonial luncheon held 2|(V Saturday at the Hotel Aator jSksd the completion by Dr...
...But we shall not rest until the workers shall be strongly united in both the economic and political fields to make another Triangle tragedy impossible...
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...Watts chartered a bus, got the union to round up witnesses and slipped them out of town on the I bus...
...They recommended stricter factory legislation...
...to she officers wbo, ia their turn, tosm never failed to adjust all matters as far ae possible to the heat satisfaction of the membership...
...before the company or its official agents knew what was happening...
...Rand Playhouse Presents 1 - Act Plays This Saturday The Experimental Players of the Rand Playhouse present a varied and interesting dramatic bill of faze on Sunday, April 6, with the presentation of their opening performances of three one-act plays under- the direction of Mrs...
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...Teachers and Unionists Pay Honor to Linville NeW YORK.—An doquent ^'defense of academic freedom jgj an uncompromising attack on teachers oath raws were de•jrered by Henry R. Linville ifflli ?f the Teachers Guild...
...Watts to Warren...
...Almost the same proportion was maintained for delegates to the convention...
...Zion aad Greenwood Cemeteries (Brooklyn...
...Matthew Levy , Assails Alien Un lis life I.lien e I Registration "Shall Aliens Be Required to Register with the PoliceT" was the subject of a recent debate over Station WEVD between Matthew M. Levy of the Socialist Party and Alderman Charles E. Keegan who is the author of a bill requiring such registration...
...With clenched fists they resolved that these 146 unprotected human beings, sacrificed to greed, should not have perished in vain...
...They held a mass meeting and the company discharged every union officer...
...The NLRB has not passed'on the Bradley case yet, but the workers in Arkansas have hopes...
...These workers, who followed the burned and maimed bodies, knew that there was only one way to prevent a repetition of such tragedies—a union strong enough to defend them in their daily struggles and to protect their very lives...
...The leading section of the bill states that an "emergency exists" that requires this legislation and Levy declared that this was demonstrably false...
...f|efeBsional patrioteers, operatsJSirongh state legislature, have 25 compulsory loyalty oath re3fehnr.ts for teachers in nearly STout states," said Dr...
...The Bradley Lumbar Co., at Warren, Axle, increased the working time of its men last June by 50 per cent, and raised the weekly wages only 18 per cent...
...But with strong voices they proclaim: "We kept our faith...
...Those who tried to ¦ escape the holocaust by throwing' themselves out the window were found smashed to pieces on the ! sidewalks...
...A Federal conciliator came to town and company officials refused to see him...
...Linville declared that "the Mhoois must become effective so-1 satt institutions ' and therefore taae&ers mast understand democracy's . needs and problems...
...biennial convention of tee Amalgamated Saturday, March 88...
...Consolidation of papers, syndicating, the flooding of the field with youngsters from the many schools of journalism, have pressed unemployment and other problems upon the "gentlemen of the press.'* What the pemic get* in the nation's "news" papers is also of some concern* Hence Richard Rohman's I "The Power of the Press...
...After years of struggle with left-wing minority groups that : rested chaos and dissetrtion within the union, Linville and the constructive elements in the union resigned and founded the Teachers Guild which he now heads and which, freed of the disruptionlsts, is making steady progress...
...The community was roused by this tragedy and this led to an investigation by the New York State Factory Commission...
...Railroad freight agents, who could testify to interstate shipments by the Bradley concern, were intimidated...
...It is a harrowing tale of perfidy which shocks the Christian ethics for which the "militants" are noted...
...at his suggestion, transferred the hearing to New Orleans, two days later...
...the election is a hearty endorsement by...
...Watts drove 60 miles to Pine Bluff and from there telephoned to Washington and the NLRB...
...company went to Federal Judge Wayiie G. Borah, at New Orleans, asking for an injunction, which he refused...
...The largest vote for an administration candidate to the Executive Board was 1,480, and the largest vote for an oppoaithm candidate was 626...
...The result ai...
...The contest was f*r delegates to the Executive Board and delegates to the convention...
...I •"' B&fcfEa ElectwnHm ??iPi »'¦" *Harf~M ¦ m. r Cutters THE Clothing Cutters' Local 4. A. C. W. of A., bad sleetioSi for officers and delegates to the 1Kb...
...Of tins number 2,107 cast their ballots in the election A ftatemem issued by the union said : "A few days before the election a amati group of members, who are always in opposition either by instructions from outside agencies or ae the result of leaflets calling upon the meatrbeis to vote for the opposition candidate* for the sake of so-eeHed demtocraey...
...For many weeks busy preparations and advance notices have heralded the opening performance of these plays winch was unfortunately postponed owing to the Socialist primary contest from April 2 to April 5. The plays will be presented to a host of friends of the playhouse and the school in the Debs Auditorium, 7 East 15th St., at 8:45 P. M. Admission is 50 cents...
...Then they shut down the plant, throwing 700 or 880 men out of work...
...The story is told by the "militants" in a four-page circular' entitled "Confidential Information...
...He stressed the seed for the closest cooperation with the labor movement...
...NLRB Complaint Issued After three months idleness, the pUnLt&perjooV hut Tctsg, St men...
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...Abraham Lefkowitz, legisat?ve representative of the TeachM-s Guild...
...The waist and dressmakers, together with all the members of the International, at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Triangle tragedy, bow their heads before these working-class victims, who are buried at Mt...
...The program includes "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, "Close the Book" by Susan Glas pell and "The Beggar and the King" by Winthrop Parkhurst...
...Inch legislation, be continued,] frras to establish a reign of •ur" among teachers which] tarott es independent thinking...
...Who can forget the scene of the thousands of waistmakers, dressmakers and other members of the International, who marched in a procession of mourning and protest...
...The NLRB, after a preliminary investigation, issued a complaint against the company and set the hearing for December 16, at Warren...
...the membership of the cor.straetrre policies and the work of the-organiaation as well ae a vote of confidence in the present administration...
...Dewey paid tribute to Linmjtfor bringing the teachers and tlfffcrablic to a realization of "the sodai forces that have kept the schools in virtual -subjection, and have in consequence failed to turn out a quality of' citizenship that would be capable of dealing with the economic and politicai problems of actual socia...
...Grave injustices were committed by Federal officers in charge of deportations," said Levy...
...Company employes who talked with the investigators were fired the next morning...
...The company officials and attorneys refused to take part, saying that they were...
...When they got it, a delegation headed by the mayor, who was an ex-lawyer for the company, came with a petition asking them to get out of town...
...The workers knew from bitter experience that factory laws amount to little unless there is a strong union to compel their enforcement...
...That the members are eppredative of this fact was demonstrated by the results of the election...
...Ini ¦prttsa, the schools must "get away from pedagogical formalism lata life itself...
...Our strong dressmakers' union of today, backed by ? powerful International, k an impressive workingdass memorial to the victims of the Triangle fire and to the many others who dedicated their lives in building our union and its inspiring tradition...
...The company tried the Circuit Court of Appeals and got the same answer...
...John L. Tildsley, assistant superintendent of the New York City Department of Education, and Dr...
...Sacri* Sorves Writ When the hearingbegan, the sheriff appeared and served on Watte and the others an injunction issued by a county judge, forbidding the investigation...
...RohmoVs Press Play Here This Sunday at the Civic Repertory Theatre, Richard Rohman's play, "The Power of the Press," will be presented, in a benefit performance for the Milwaukee newspapermen striking against Hearst, ^he play, which Richard Rohman wrote on the suggestion of Heywood Broun, is the first theatrical picture of the reporter, not as a care-dree, dare-devil booze-hound, but as a worker, with responsibilities and worries and need of organization similar to those of other workers everywhere...
...education...
...Witnesses in Labor HearingltashedOirt Of State by Bus WASHINGTON, D. C—The bus " has become an emblem of in dust rial liberty in Arkansas...
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...Watts and his assistants could scarcely get a place to stay in the town...
...No member in the last four years had any difficulty in bringing bis complaints or grievance...
...The manager of the local, Murray Weinstem, as well as the business agents, 8. Kate, Abe Silverman and M. Levy, were unopposed and were -re-elected unanimously...
...In two weeks, the men had formed a union and affiliated themselves with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners...
...Linapfaf twenty years of service in fa organization of teachers into M?s unions and the advancement *pHJBjressiv...
...It informs readers that Oneal placed a "plant" in the Lovestone Communist group and then double-crossed his own plant...
...Levy warned his audience of the dangers of the proposal and re...
...They had no choice—either to ibe swallowed by the raging flames or find death on the pavements below...
...The fact that about W per cent of the members participated in the voting is ansala oridance that they are taking aa active interest in the activities of the organisation...
...He referred to the fact that Linville had founded the Teachers' Union and for three years, between 1981 and 1934, was president of the American Federation of Teachers...
...trade unionists and Socialisti...
...More than that, our members are now helping to create, through an effective and purposeful workers' education program, a new environment,' new social and cultural valaes, in the hope that this will help to build a real workers* classless world.' With this spirit hundreds of thousands of our members througout the land, including Canada and Puerto Rico, s mg "One battle is won, but the fight's just begun...
...Robert B. Warts, examiner for the NLBJB, when a hearing wis blocked in Arkansas loaded the witnesses into a bus and took them •-¦ New Orleans for the hearing...
...The hearing was held in a Federal courtroom in New Orleans...
...called the official terrorism following the end of the World War...
...Among the dead were young workers of fifteen and sixteen years of age...
...When the fire was extinguished, 146 bodies were found—many burned beyond recognition...
...The innocent victim of Oneal's black magic lives in that city and Oneal is foolhardy enough to promise the party members an evening of" entertainment if the noble "militants" accept his challenge...
...The health of the wnistmakers and dressmakers was considered only in terms of profit...
...As a matter of feet, there is as much democracy in the Cutters' Local No...
...The smallest vote for an administration Executive Board candidate was 1,1*4 and for an opposition candidate 271...
...But the employers were haunted by the ghosts of union organizers and by the "fear" that someone might carry out a piece of ribbon...
...In reality, no sues question was involved in the election...
...Levy declared that the Alderman cited no authorities or statistics to support his view and that his bill would "enhance the opportunities of the meddler, the blackmailer, the spy, the agent-provocateur, this officious policeman, and the laborbaiting employers...
...An army of detectives and secret service agents, always under the necessity of 'doing something' to earn pay and promotion, seised hundreds of aliens, tore them fresa their homes, held them in prison, subjected them to inquisitorial processes, and hustled some on ships bound to their native or other landa...
...Schoont Need Labor's Aid I Dr...
...Others who spoke were Selma M. Borchardt, legislative rep reien tat hre of the American Federation of Teachers, Edward P. Mc3rady, assistant secretary of the United States Department of Labor, Magistrate Charles Solomon, Dr...
...John Dewey, nationally.-known ¦Mattonai leader and philosopher, iflped that in 1921 Linville had s}pli*d to the Board of Superjattadents for a leave of absence •jfisat pay in order to devote Bjpejif to the study of conditions iad|fp schools relating to admin#2B?f*m soureeToT the morir, the nfTlt the civic and profesnen?U?pration of our teachers ; ujaj?y of these conditions in r?f?MTtO the product as shown ia?ffflotput of our schools and ij tie jaefity of our citizenship.' Aftef the Board denied his applicaSrJS...
...The Editor of The New Leader has finally been "exposed" as the "author of the dirtiest frameup in the annals of American politics...
...The employers as well as the victims knew that by locking the doors even the scanty factory laws [Were violated...
...4 today as in any democratie labor otgauisation...
...Then the NLRB set a new date of hearing, March 16, and sent Mr...
...TrwtngteFire Held in Mind For 25 iears By Fannia M. Cohn Secretary, Educational Department International Ladies' Garment Worker** Union TWENTY-FTVE years ago, ou 1 Saturday, March 25,1911, late in the afternoon, the Triangle factory on Washington Place and Green Streets went up in flames...
...bound by the injunction of their tame county Judge...
...A desperate struggle between life and death went on inside, among the hundreds of young workers who were trapped by the flames...
...S addressing a luncheon in his gPgkttended by more than.70C riBcators...
...Henry B. Harris...
...Undaunted by this "exposure," Oneal has challenged the "militants" to arrange for a party meeting of Socialist and "militant" members in Newark, N. J., where he wants to face any one who is an accomplice in circulating this story...
...Lmville resigned from school system to devote him*d?*to the organization of teachfrfwey Honors Linvltte $f...
...They resolved that they would not rest until they built a strong waist and dressmakers' union, backed by a powerful International as a monument to these victims...
Vol. 19 • April 1936 • No. 14
