THE LABOR FRONT

...The g i r l s a r e b e i n g assisted by the Photographic and Photo...

...Trade union councils, church groups, and several American legion posts drafted innumerable resolutions asking for the defendant's delease...

...Mei e a r s at Expense ©t R a i l, way W o r k e r s Opposed The railroad workers a r e vigor them victims of contemplated consolidations a n d mergers off railroad terminal facilities in elevfcn cities...

...The anti-crime bills defeated by the Assembly deserved to go down...

...Refusing to . g r a n t t he Allied an injunction a g a i n s t t he Terminal Theatre Corporation to r e s t r a i n t h e firm from employing members of Local 306, Motion Pict u r e O p e r a t o r s Union, affiliated with the A. F . o f L., Judge Ad el categorically and caustically stamped t h e Allied as a company onion...

...These weapons in the hands of the judge and the prosecutor would prove a real danger— not so much to the criminal as to ; innocent persons accused of crime...

...This t h i n g most be made an issue...

...Finally the parole board freed six of the Centralia .prisoners...

...Ray Becker, last of the group, and the son of a Lutheran minister, refused to be paroled and now demands an unconditional release...

...The Heavy Tell of Industrial Accidents The callousness of American employers are daily responsible for t h e deaths of workers by accidents or through industrial diseases which could have been prevented by the use of known s a f e t y devices and precautions...

...We know how many and most of those who signed the "loyalty pledge" and we can name them...

...But they were not allowed to take the stand...

...Questioned as to further legal moves, Mr...

...They are t r y i n g to prevent the workers' voice f r om being h e a r d in t h e government councils...

...Death freed another...

...He declared that earlier attempts at u n i t y h a d failed because t h e y were forced upon t h e locals...

...One by one, eleven of the jurors came forward and added their voices to the general clamor...

...With t h e ominous warning that "if t h i s thing...

...mentioned in t h i s column two wsriru ago, h a s finally ended in a victory for the workers...

...organiser, were forcibly ejected from t h e i r hotel rooms a nd hustled through a t h r e a t e n i n g mob of members of t h e L aw a n d Order Leagne i n Beaver Dam of which q u t a J a c i t y officials and t h e chief of police a r e also members...

...Marks and Coil e n were in Beaver D am a t t h e reaneet of t h e local molders' anion which is facing an attempted reduction of W T b e Milwaukee Federated Trades Council has recommended t h e w i t h drawal of the s t a t e federation's convention from Beaver Dam which i s scheduled to be held this euiiitai and t h a t the ergaatsad f a r m e r s be requested to withdraw their patronage from Beaver Dam merchants who belong to t h e L aw a n d Order League...

...T h e agreement, which runs until September 1, 1936, i s being hafled as t h e first written agreement between employers and emfloyes in t h e h i s t o r y of t h e city, t g u a r a n t e e s male workers a minimum of 40 cents an hour and "female workers 80 cents an hour for a 40-hour week...

...The Allied is a successor t o t h e Empire S t a t e Motion P i c t u r e Ope r a t o r s Union which was created several years ago b y t h e independent theatre owners association...

...They have won all requests with r e g a r d to wages, working hours, overtime p a y a n d s e n i o r i ty rights, although t h e y a r e .not directly recognised by t h e company...

...Has the Governor ascertained j how many criminals have escaped j conviction because the jury stood ten to two or eleven to one for conviction...

...The vigi...

...If he had, he would have found that the facts do not warrant his hasty conclusion that that measure is of great importance in righting crime...

...Lehman's statement characterizing legislators who opposed his anti-crime program as "having been influenced by 'powerful political groups' and by 'forces which apparently are much more interested in keeping crime safe for the criminal , than in protecting law-abiding citizens'," Louis Waldman, State Chairman of the Socialist Party and counsel for many labor unions In this city, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, condemned the Governor's statement as "unjustified and as an unwarranted invasion of the powers and duties of the Legislature...

...Waldman Hits Grime Program Of Governor A T T A C K I N G Gov...

...Four men, members of a mob armed with coils of rope, were shot and killed while raiding an I.W.W...

...Frank Raabach of tht Workers Alliance of N. J., Th» chairman...

...They retaliated by forming a union with the assistance of the National Match Workers' Council and t h e A.F.ofL...

...Becker's case is being handled by Irvin M. Goodman, Portland labor attorney...

...Liberals, progressives, labor, and those not ready to be carried away by hysteria will fight the , Governor's so - called anti - crime : program...

...The basis for his ruling was a purely technical one, namely, that certain of the affidavits attached to the petition were "contrary to the verdict as rendered by the jury...

...Did he consider the | cost, the time to be spent by hundreds of thousands of persons arraigned on this minor offense every 1 year...

...Conscious t h a t the elementary principles of democracy are involved, all C.C.F...

...On the other hand, it is of great importance to protect the innocent from conviction...

...Judge C. C. Canvah sustained a demurrer, filed against t h e Becker petition by the attorney general's office...

...I challenge them to give the figures by branches so that we can check their correctness...

...The winning o f t h i s s t r a g g l e will give t h e union a s t r o n g foothold in t h e organization of t h e industry since t h e Apeda Studio is one of t h e largest commercial houses in t h e industry...

...I regret to say that the GovI ernor is ill-advised to sponsor j many of the bills contained in his j anti-crime program...

...Without mincing words a t i d speaking both for t h e labor executives and the r a i l w a y workers...

...men, after mutilating him while still alive and riddling his body with bullets, were never brought to justice...

...Disclosure of the methods used in 1920 lo frame innocent workers and send them to prison would rock the State of Washington to its foundations The ''Loyalty" Brigade Oy Julius* Gerber I note that the so-called "Temporary State Committee" by the grace of an arrogant National Executive, claims in its publication that 1632 members of the party signed the "loyalty pledge...

...Active Socialist Die* in Plamheld...

...Similarly, with the case of per\ mitting prosecutor and judge to comment on the defendant's failure to take the stand, and of permittingthe judge to comment on the evidence...

...The august j u r i s t ' s decision is a p p a r e n t l y fn line with a previous decision of h i s a g a i n s t t h e bakery workers restraining them from picketing stores selling bread produced in a f a c t o r y where a strike was in progress and c a r r y i n g placa r d s u r g i n g customers t o b u y union bread only...

...The real criminal element have enough political friends through the powerful political machines operating in our cities to escape both detection and prosecution no matter how many of the Govern1 or's bills become law...

...Cloak Operators and Reefers Form Oae Union An occasion of historic import a n c e to t h e colorful history of t h e Jewish labor movement of t h i s eity took place a t t h e M a n h a t t a n Opera House Tuesday evening when t h r ee locals, 1, 3 and 17, w e r e amalgamated into one local 117, ending a b i t t e r , fratricidal, jurisdictional struggle t h a t had gone on f o r a l most 25 y e a r s. The cloak operators and the reefer makers marched together into t h e hall where t h e feeling of t r a d e unionism and brotherhood reflected in t h e fiery speeches made t h i s a memorable occasion...

...A Gold Brick "The Governor's statement yesterday was not only a condemnation of legislators who had the courage of their conviction, resisting hysteria and excessive pressure, but an affront to all de| cent people and organizations in the State who refuse to endorse I the Governor's unsound anti-crime program...

...Finishing Employees' Union, affiliated with t h e A . F . o f L. Already six workers from t he retouching department and employes of t h e p r i n t i n g department have walked out in a sympathy strike...

...is kept on t h e books, it will affect over 100 workingrmen who have been elected to councils throughout Canada," George Watson, vice-president of t h e Toronto Trades Council, declared...

...THE LABOR FRONT COVERED EY JACK BURKE Canadian Labor Fights Judkiai Decision •T*HE e n t i r e O n t a r i o labor rrove* merit has been stirred to t h e depths by a judciial decision dec l a r i n g illegal the election of a labor councilman, Arthur Williams, i n East York, Toronto, on t h e b a s i s of a law pushed through at the end of the last session of the provincial legislature disqualifying anybody f r om holding office who was more t h a n three months in arrears in the payment of rent...

...The opposition to the Governor's anti-crime program came from the labor unions, liberal and civic groups, the Committee on Criminal Courts of the New York County Lawyers Association, and others, who have no political ax to grind, but who are deeply concerned with the preservation of civil rights and guarantees against persecution and oppression proven by experience to be of importance to the people...

...They share with the Governor a deep desire to fight crime, but they differ from him on the method of fighting it...

...Becker and those of his comrades who tried to defend themselves were sent to prison after a trial which has been described as farcical and unfair not only by most of the jurors who sat on the ease but by one fo the state's prosecutors as well...

...A w a r chest fund was also voted to fight kindred law and order leagues and anti-labor forces which have reared their heads in other p a r t s of t he s t a t e . Mwvdi Workers Win Three* Month Strike That "last-ditch" struggle of several hundred match factory workers of B e r s t - F o r s t e r Dixfield Co...

...But they would not add up to half of the number claimed in this factional publication...

...President Dubinsky handed over the new c h a r t e r to t h e n ew officers and installed the executive board...

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...Milk Drivers Continue Fight Despite injunction Notwithstanding t h e injunction g r a n t e d to t h e G r a n d View Dairy Company of Brooklyn r e s t r a i n i ng picketing activities of Local 584 of t h e Milk Drivers* Union, affiliated with the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Teamsters' Union, t h e s t r i k e will go on—and with greater energy t h a n before...

...Becker has served fifteen years of a twenty-five to forty year sentence on a charge of second degree murder growing out of the bloody events which transpired in Centralia, Washington, on i t s first Armistice Day...

...lantes, who planned and accbm* plished the raid and subsequently lynched one of the I.W.W...

...And hag he thought of the j stigma that would be attached to persons no more guilty of the com- [ mission of crime than anybody else • when they are subjected to the in- j dignity of fingerprinting...

...a n d labor forces a r e being concentrated not merely to compel the repeal of this ugly piece of class legislation, b a t more immediately, to ensure the re-election of Williams on F e b r u a r y 29...

...organizations, George M. Harbison declared t h a t they a r e "opposed to these mergers, o r to a n y so-called economy move which is a t t h e expense of t h e w o r k e r s . " • • * • / V New York Sector A Victory tar Motion Picture Operators A smashing blow was dealt to the company-owned "Allied Motion P i c t u r e Operators * U n i o n " by a decision handed down by Supreme Court Judge Frank P . ^ d e l in Brooklyn...

...Somebody sold j him a gold brick...

...The widow of one of the slain raiders testified in a signed, sworn affidavit that her husband had known of the plot to attack the workers and that he had "expected to get hurt...

...A meetinf of the Ferrero-Saliitto Defend Conference of Philadelphia, set op to defend Ferrero and Sallitto, twt Italian anti-fascist workers, with long- residence in this country wht have been ordered deported, held S meeting on February 16...

...But why stop at 1400 or 1600...

...The decision is expected to complete t h e process of disintegration of t h i s scab organisation which attempted to substitute a wage scale of $80 for- a 50-hour week for tiw high scale of wages which Local 306 enforces, namely $75 for a 30-hour week...

...If they keep on losing at that ratio they will soon be left without any members...

...Waldman's statement read: "The Governor's strong language against those who opposed his anti-crime program is in striking contrast with his mild statements on the ratification of the Child Labor Amendment...

...AD workers and others in sympathy with this fight against fascism wht wish to aid the fight against tht deportation a r e urged to comrnsnicate with t h e secretary at the o l io of the committee, Room 200, 415 a 19th St., Philadelphia, P a...

...They are convinced that the Governor's anti-crime program, so-called, has no more vitality to fight crime than the recent Baumes Act had...

...The success of the present attempt was due to t h e fact that, while t he agreement reached took two years to obtain since t h e l a s t convention 'ordered action along these lines, t h e committee that brought the locals together patiently strove, and finally succeeded, in winning the voluntary consent and support of t h e locals...

...The rich and powerful with their high-priced lawyers and ample funds for defense, as recent experience has shown, will escape punishment no matter how many of the Governor's bills are adopted...

...Maiden' Union Officials Are Ejected by Vigilantes Charges of a widespread conspiracy throughout the s t a t e by vigilante and so-called " l aw and order" leagaes are made in a sharply worded l e t t e r to Governor La FeUetto by President Oh...

...Mr...

...Five of the original jurors were in t h e courtroom to t e s t i f y that t he ttfiti iti 1929 w a s conducted in an atmosphere of mob hysteria and that they were intimidated into bringing in a verdict of guilty...

...Continuing, Mr...

...The committee consists of the Socialist Party, Central Labor Union, aO locals of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Carpenters, Woriun Aliance, doakmakers Union, Weht and Dressmakers Union, IJLG.W...

...Otherwise we shall believe in the old adage, "Figures will not lie, but liars will figure...

...Financial aid has been pledftd by the organizations represented and plans are made for the fcsUing of a mass meeting on Friday, March 6. District meetings wifi he held before t h e mass meetinf, WW on Sunday, F e b r u a r y 23, 2 j u n , st the People's House, 1208 T a s te St., and the o t h e r hi the Northeast Section at the Hosiery WorkSrj Hall on the following Sunday...

...Three months ago t h e y were locked out f o r refusing t o submit tamely to a proposed wage reduction and increase in hours...

...Not merely Williams, b a t t h e i n t e r e s ts of mil t h e workers a r e a t stake...

...Judge A del declared that t he Allied, organized by t h e Theatre Owners Association, was n o t democratically controlled, had never elected a committee to deal with t h e owners, conducted no organisation work, never resorted t o a s t r i k e or t h e t h r e a t of one and, although a 10-year agreement w a s signed with certain independent t h e a t e r s , t h e Allied had never protested against violations...

...The courts and the newspapers have entered into a conspiracy of silence about the Centralia case...

...It is the poor, the helpless, the friendless, those without political influence and great wealth, that will'be the • victims of the Governor's program...

...They could just as well claim 14,000 or 16,000 which would be as false as the figures they claim...

...A new Chapter In t h e history of t h e cloak operators begins under t h e most auspicious circumstances Framed Victim In Centralia Loses in Court ^ T A l l LA WALLA, Wash.—Ray Becker, last of the victims of the Centralia frame-up to remain in custody, was back in the penitentiary after the failure of his habeas corpus proceedings in the U . S . District Court...

...John T. Aruffo, Chairman of tht Joint Board of A.C.W.A., is tat permanent chairman of the oarer en ce...

...E a r l Marks, Chicago vicepresident of the International Holders' Union, and L a r r y Cullen, nation...

...Even a d m i t t i n g t h at some accidents are inevitable in Industry, there is no sound reason why America, which is 26 years • h e a d of t h e e n t i r e world in t he knowledge of protective measures a n d devices, should be w a y behind Great Britain in t h e practical application of t h a t knowledge, according to W. H. Cameron, managerdirector of t h e National Safet y Council "The Gauiey Bridge t r a g e d y h as cost hundreds of lives, focusing a t t e n t i o n on t h e r a v a g i n g effects of dust diseases, and particularly afUebdhb The Congressional investigation should result less in pious expressions of maudlin sympathy t h a n in framing legislation which shall place heavy penalties on employers guilty of criminal negligence in t h e t r e a t m e n t of their workers...

...Murdock, who reached the age of nearly 70 years, was since 1892 an active member of the Socialist Party and an ardent sup• porter of the 'Socialist Press, particularly the S'cw Yorker VoUcaI zeitung...

...In the New York Times on Sunday they claim only 1400, a loss of over 200 between Tuesday when they gaveithe notice So their own publication and Saturday when it was sent to the Times...

...This is t h e answer of t h e u n i o n to Judge Mitchell May who, a s a former president of the Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities, is a p p a r e n t l y well schooled in t he practice of d i s t r i b u t i n g t h e crumbs of c h a r i t y to t h e workers with one hand, and t h e n soaking them for it with the other...

...Committee Maps Program To Defend Anti-Fascists PHILADELPHIA...

...U. Joint Boards, United Hebrew Trades, Workmen's Circle, Wooka and Worsted Workers, Hosiery Workers, Union Label Trade* Workers Aliance, etc...

...They were unsound, reactionary and oppressive...

...Photo Workers' Strike 'Eighteen girl colorists of t he Apeda Studio, 212 W. 48th St., New York, a r e picketing for t he second time in t w o weeks due to t h e failure of t h e management to discharge five scabs h i r e d during a recent strike which was settled on terms which included t h e closed shop...

...Has the Governor analyzed what it would mean to have all I those arrested on charges of dis- j orderly conduct fingerprinted in New York...

...Goodman said, "We may appeal...

...N. J. Johanna M. Murdock of Free Acres, N. J., dies after a short illness in Muhlenberg Hospital, j Plainfield, N. J. Mrs...

...One of the chief witnesses for the state repudiated her testimony...

...They don't want the truth to come out...

...of the Wisconsin Federation of Labor, following an investigation which showed t h a t t w o labor union lsniQU...

...Denny DiGiroiomo *f the Cloakmakers Joint Board, i treasurer, and Soma Tertehnan, Secretary of Local Philadelphia, Socialist Party, is secretary...

...Industrial Commissioner Andrews of New York r e p o r t s that 122 workers were killed in December, 1935, which was eight more t h a n occurred in t h e corresponding month of t he previous year...