DECISION NEAR ON VACIRCA APPEAL
Todd, Laurence
DECISION NEAR ON VACIRCA APPEAL Deportation oflltalian ; Socialist: IWould I Throw Int&MutsoI Kni's Ciutches% 1^ By Laurence Todd • wlTASHIKOTON. — Vwcanxc - Uf1 Vacfe-oa. former deputy...
...Yon...
...Maybe...
...Flnklesteln's return...
...The American fonsnl at Zurich gave them temporary ••pars "of Identification, and ' Vacirca tune to New, York in May, 1925...
...Nothing'to do...
...In the editorship of a Social - IS newspaper in Italy, has invoked ' sks right of refuse In free America...
...A large bar* room with two chairs...
...An assessment of $16 per member *** also been passed for the local -B9Uf to place it in a position where ,WvUl be prepared to meet any emer-'Jacy that may come up with the emIfyors in th* near future...
...s • Vacirca filed with the review board ¦ a statement of his struggle for Italian liberty...
...In 1921 the Fascisti i began their attempts to kill him...
...denttol Dairy, the Sfnyfort PraSwSSh Co, the Walker Gordo* Laboratory, tha Dairymen's Le*gu* Oo-upst*Mv...
...regular .eataMfa***, to th* New Leader...
...The strike began 19 months ago...
...B-r-r...
...and it strengthens the whole movement by uniting old and young in a repudiation of war...
...1 Since he has no passport and no JRisenship, the Italian Socialist deputy' jjrwiot travel...
...The Youth Section has its clientele largely in the colleges...
...break up there...
...i PACIFIST GROUPS MERGE Youtfa Organization Joins Fellowship of Reconciliation THE FcUowsfalp of Youth for Peace...
...The lan-, - gas** used in denouncing the Socialist deputy In this Mussolini editorial Is JNe vile To* translation into English...
...being there, which was true...
...Gustav Desk, chairman of the strike committee of Passaic Local 1003, U. T. W., in which the Passaic textile strikers are now organised, urged the delegate* to back th* new local to the limit of their ability...
...aad Haock * SehnUdt ' Ths unionised firms to Bmoklga aaf Oneens are: tb* Ferndals Farms, IsaJ th* Bastor* Milk- dk Cream Co-, th* Jacob Smith Dairy, tb* Ed*totoht Dairy, tb* Whlt*h*us* MUX and CreeaU OS, th* H*germ*n Milk...
...I turned to him with what I hoped was hauteur and asked, "To ' whom are you speaking, to whom...
...The pickets, in turn, were mst by some at tb* firm's fancy gentlemen who treated them rough...
...former secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom...
...J. Kevin Sayre...
...President AI Gr**ab*rg preatdad aad tb* principal speakers were Artzrro Gievanttti and Meaegei Fr*d Oelotewrsiara E. KArftn...
...B to ohtoUlns uatoa coadlttoa* aa# insure ah* distrlbutlo* of good prodacto...
...John Hanley, Lowell...
...This being the first time I was ever arrested, yon will pardon a few personal details...
...After three delegates from Willimantic, Conn., had told the convention of the prevailing situation In the American Thread Co...
...Jail...
...Carl Holderman, Passaic...
...Its slimiflc anjTjaja, iB, Mbe» movement, and calling upon all local unions to aid at once...
...a this effort ^o nnloato* the indaabrp...
...B*oantly th* A. F. of L cesmnttto* *a education sent out to Its local commit* teas aad to th* American Library Association a list of books prepare* for k by tb* Workers' Education Bureau...
...The receipt of the following telegram from Henry F. M&fers was announced: "Convention of Stats Federation of Labor pledged Passaic strikers moral and financial support...
...Gooseflesh...
...Th* conference at Watch...
...the** who da...
...Abraham Weingart points out rBI.*"* prospect* of aa early victory jP^waMlent few public libraries have standard book on labor ---0 est hi fc|S| ¦ ers DcaoKS WASHINGTON.—Oa'amap of the United States hung on the wall in tha headquarter* of - tha American Federation of Labor to registered th* steady growth of the .number of educational committee* among th* labor unionists • in this . oountry...
...It describes Vacirca aa a ••resident of New York," and declares ¦ afflicted upon him the loss of his • Italian citizenship and the confiscation Of hia property In Italy...
...Loretta Oatley...
...Ftnklestein returned from hi* -nervous prostration" vacation, tha *tctory *aa not peacefully at work, a* prophesied to him by hid chief foreman when he left...
...Alex McKeown, Philadelphia...
...NO, thank you...
...jtatteotl...
...A committee 'on' education . was created la 1903...
...Half an hour in Jail with five young women, two of them almost children, two of them -colored^all of them immediately and openly Interested in us...
...the Fascistl' to hang Vacirca to a lamp post as a traitor because of hut antl-Fascist activities In SwltserSSfahd the United States...
...TEXTILE UNION ENDS SESSION Appeal Issued for Funds to Aid Passaic Strikers A resolution calling upon all organized labor to assist the Passaic textile strike'was...
...On his return to Italy In 1919 he was immediately elected to Parliament for the . Bologna district and two years later from the Slracusa district...
...The symptoms were the same the family gets when I sing...
...The union succeeded In lifting an injuncfjpa that was secured last year by tho «^»ar Raincoat Company of Stated y*1"1 to prevent the organization carrying on any strike or orTOnln^tlon activities...
...Evmmng el Oct...
...Jl-U Par« ter avenue, Brooklyn, to Join the union, waa denounced la ecathlpg term...
...A| Tammany Judge...
...The action of Judge Puna* .hi Issuing this injunction, whloh aim* to stop organisation work bp wrjotntng the union from "endeavoring to persuade" the unorganised workers of fag Specialty paper Box Company...
...1 have no sympathy' with . strikes...
...Stow In what looked ilk* a hug* step palL Thi plates...
...oam «B...
...We waited half an hour...
...I'm toughing at all the "Governor Smith-Socialists," at all , the "good man" or "good woman" advocate...
...A- J. Muste, head of the Brookwood Labor College at Katonah, N. Y., waa elected . chairman of the combined movement to succeed Gilbert A. Beaver, who has been chairman since 191...
...Pauline, an ex-Ylpael, and I kept on...
...Flnktastete at th* railroad station...
...Of 2,800 who walk»d out, less than 800 returned to work...
...Solidarity forever, the union make* us strong...
...We had to wait in Jail until the ball waa raised...
...FlUkleeUln by on* of hi* foremen...
...exploitation and racial discrimination and in commitment to a way of life creative of fellowship and unity...
...Welt say so...
...And we hank* up and walk**' on...
...Maybe not...
...A long wait again while they entered our names and pedigrees...
...For -Christ's sak* get them out of bar...
...The detective with th* crooked no** wanted to get am la bad with th* Judge aad kept repeating- "She sang The Union Forever' all tha time...
...Born in Italy 40 years ago, | he lived in the United Btates from 1912 ' to 1919, marrying here In 1915...
...Company unionism w*s bftteryl assailed by Louis Budens, editor "Labor Age," in an address before the convention...
...thai Beak** Rtverdal* Dairy...
...I told him I didn't go riding with strange men...
...Philadelphia...
...Particularly, President Thomas F. 11cMahan said, they will point out that the American Thread Co., In 1925, cut wages 10 per cent, simultaneously with inordinate profit-taking...
...Including your reporter, bundled into a patrol wagon la relays, to appear before Judge Jean Norria on disorderly conduct and blocking traffic charges...
...passed by the convention of the United Textile Workers of America in New York...
...Go ahead," he aaid, innocently...
...Donated five hundred dollars...
...I was pointing out to her the scabs being brought to the factory in beautiful limousines, when all at once we found ourselves stopped and lined up against the wall...
...DECISION NEAR ON VACIRCA APPEAL Deportation oflltalian ; Socialist: IWould I Throw Int&MutsoI Kni's Ciutches% 1^ By Laurence Todd • wlTASHIKOTON...
...Joseph Bosek, Salem, and Joseph Pisses, New York Mills, N. Y. A wire from Manvllle, R. I. Informed the convention that the Noursa Mills, one of the- biggest concerned In the recent bitter strike there, had agreed to a 49-hour week instead of 64 hours...
...th* Executive Council' was directed by the convention of that year to "secure the introduction of textbooks that 'will be more in accord with modern thought, upon social aad political economy—books that, will teach the dignity of manual labor, give due Importance to th* service that tb* laborer renders to society and that will not teach the...
...She had insisted that you couldn't get arrested for what we were 'doing...
...WRh the rejJPtonVot this injunction th* union lmjj^w^riy organised the largest group j^wtorker* in .this shop and is now fanttaulng an active strike against Arm,, which is one of the last "•>•* shop strongholds in thactty...
...As a result, hundreds of workers from onion shops all ever the city cam* oa succeeding days to picket the Ftnklestein factory...
...This brings the Fellowship of Youth for Peace back to the position it occupied whan it was organized In 1924...
...Resolves Into Lone Battle ¦gaa^nw^nme^amj sm^^^^^^^w^^^^^ By Gertrude, W. Klein nprHaVSrst .of BsbumI Flnkto*tain A ¦ :CVi...
...PtaglagW^ raM...
...Wheat Mr...
...Five hundred dollars bait EACH...
...The delegates from Wllllmantlc were: Mrs...
...My dpSdren, two girls, 9 and 10 years old, - rarpectively, are native American cittsen...
...he retorted...
...Calvsrton...
...Few of the libraries outside the largest cities bad a majority of the** books, although not ons volume In the list could be considered in any sense radical.1' The effect of the canvass wa**to suggest to local librarians th* need for putting these books on their shelve...
...Trying to talk to the girls without appearing to* prying, trying to get across some Socialist propaganda without appear...
...The textile workers," the resolution reed, "must be assured of food until the strike ends...
...Third to wj*daffjUte promotion of the placing of beaks aaerul ta tb* worirers on the shelve*-of ,th* pubtte Or brarle...
...harmful doctrine that the wage-worker* should be contented with their lot because of th* opportunity that may be afforded a few of thennumber to rise out of their class, instead of teaching that th* wage-earners should baa* their hopes upon the elevation of the condition of the working people...
...Thirty pickets In each call...
...If necessary, to enforoe their rights...
...George Hayes, Peterson...
...The police became nervous...
...with counsel before the board of review of th...
...Thomas will speak on "Plain Talk on Church and State...
...Tb* most effectl v* method, tb* uato*^ daelaraa, of helping in thto work hj, far ooasumars ot d^lry products to« ask.drivers to preduee a anion'bea% aad button...
...Sunday evening, September 2t, at 9 o'clock...
...He held ¦ various local offices also...
...the board : an editorial published by the "Fopolo ' intallo," a Fascist organ founded by Mussolini and edited by hia brother, inciting...
...The new executive council comprises John H. Powers, Fawtucket...
...Th* .union, has in meantime advanced a check for .'••000 to the Joint Board while the ¦Saaunent is being collected...
...attorney, la handling th* Injunction case tor th* nntea...
...ins too obvious or blatant Five little cells with no direct ventilation- A long corridor fronting the, cells...
...T>* signtng *f thaaar flagm Brabsbt *site a assnber ef ***a...
...Yea...
...In a little while the patrol wagon appeared, but there were a great number of pickets and only one patrol wagon, so we had a long wait...
...CrsmaiasfB *ab>ot will be Tb* Brolstton, a* LhV...
...There are nearly J0d of thee*, and they follow In general Ska line of iiaiilisSoii of manufacturing and mining as against agricultural industry...
...Organized labor must not allow * curtailment of relief lest it weaken the strike and result in a settlement not as advantageous as would be if the strikers, assured .of the full support of organised labor, continue their struggle with lines unbroken...
...they* to still a picket •11** round the FtnsalpteiB factory...
...Lunch...
...Varaoa .Tiaaytos and Prof- Henry E Craptptati Mr...
...It's such a fine, grand day...
...Henry Raymond hfussey of Wellesley College...
...What a day for all th* little officials around th* courtbouse...
...fit was after' similar denunciations of EMatteotl and the liberal editor Amendola bad been published in the Fascist . press that those two leaders were de' Bherately murdered...
...Undeniably gooaeflesb...
...Thar* war* thirty-six books In the reading list...
...Walking Into darkness behind a grating...
...The Fellowship of Reconciliation has members and groups in all parts of the United State* aad to organized In 7( countries...
...I wondered why he didnt know that "Tha Union Farasar" to a Una from oa* of America's most popular patriotic songs...
...and Genevieve Kaufman will sinsPAIWBOXWOilBRS / At a monster mass meeting in Webster Halt Tuesday night final preparations were Munched for a general strike of paper bog workers, throughout, tha flv* boreughs of N*w York It waa announced that tha rssyunse of open shop workers to the union's organization campaign hag boa*, unexpectedly good, the chief obetecH being a sweeping ' Injunction egainet th* union handed out by Judge Jameo A. Dunn*, Justice of th* Supreme Court of New York State...
...SBb,'own statement of his sltua•*t'have no legal right to go anywtgaw, as I do not belong to any country* 'The United State* is considered tfMSM) as my second country...
...The poor fellow waa trying s* hard to be a hundred per cent American...
...Th* picket* took it up...
...John L. Campos, FslI River...
...The resolution aa given out by Thomas McMahon, re-elected president of the United Textile Workers, requested that all internal unions of the American Federation, of Labor circularise all their affiliations with a proclamation giving yva history ot th* strike...
...Aad according to th* sentences to sem* of tha International's picketing asanas thto to quit* possible—-our favorite fruit to grape...
...In Slracusa, Catania, BoJana, Casenza'and other cities he was forsued, menaced and insulted and * femeelled to flee...
...Good...
...The plainclothes men got nervous...
...He walked away, came back with a limousine and told us that the girls were to go with htm...
...Among the other firms in th* gis***> city whoa* drivers are oidsnl—d...
...Co., and th*t Oaeensbare Dairy- a Union headquarters what* tb* unloA, drive |* dtosetod to at EM Hudson street Manbattoa...
...All around us were policemen and plainclothes men We were arrested I (If only that Wellesley girl had stayed...
...His aunlb/ joined him later...
...In support of this fundamental policy, and in order to secure the adoption of better methods in the public schools and libraries, the A. F. of L. has promoted the formation of local committees on education,, which are chosen by mahVBa** of activity...
...In' four towns they shot at him, - and on one occasion killed some of bis friends...
...Lasstas will gi^e 1* lectato* cm Modern . Poetry...
...Nobody had ever heard ot such high ball in a picketing case before...
...So I taught .the men around me the chorus of "Solidarity Forever," and let them sing Instead...
...A large reception, however, was staged by said picket line around the factory on th* morning of Mr...
...Milk Cow tb* Trinity Dairy aad...
...not In this,country, and It had almost looked as though we wouldn't...
...If, deported by the ¦tatted States to Switzerland, the ' Be-isa may surrender him to Mussolini I* be murdered by the dictator's followers...
...Em fry "Greene Balch...
...Singing and cheering again...
...2 OarM ¦iBartai ahliia offered by th* Band School of Social Schmce to traSa najontote aad BnrnsHsrs- that, ft ha* 'baas foasd aeaeaaery to enlarge th* number of scholarships to 71...
...strike, the convention voted to send a delegation of women throughout the United States and Canada to tell the public the facts...
...The detention pen next...
...Roger'Baldwin of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Bishop Paul Jones...
...Tb* picket line had been snarching quietly up and down for about half aa hour, I walking with three college-girl friends whom I bad promised a demonstration In practical industrial economics...
...I knew they were getting nervous...
...j apWsvVwMwlft ¦ wJfcoaV .swajhuFw^ j^etejv ^fcOa^sJ IflT V. F. Oalvartea, editor of jtb* Modbrn Quailaito, and .a...
...When In January, 1924, he asked for a passport for' hlmtot and wife, Mussolini personally remaeaVtt, and they escaped to Switzerland without passports...
...At the 8 o'clock meeting Leon Rosser Land, leader of the Fellowship, will speak on "The Greatest Enemies of Organ tied Religion...
...No knives or forks...
...Tho** who wtoB to co-operate may telephone Chfltosa •114...
...Prof...
...Into th* -nmtoa...
...Hp- <• ana *f thaws wise phit. anthrapista who to a time ef fan~ ' in* would vat* far nothing bus a J aujrpfy *f toafripeslni...
...that I'd go in the patrol wagon or not at all...
...eibe, foOowtog are to Manhattan: tha Prw...
...They began with tb* A. F. of L. History aad included Atkins on Labor Attitudes and Problem*, Mary Beard's Short History of the American Labor Movement, Commons' Trade Unionism aad Labor Problems, Ely's Labor Movement m America, Fray's Labor Injunctions, four books by Goto per*, Lsldler*s Boycotts aad th* Labor Struggle, Helen Marefs American Labor Unions,' John Mitchell's Organized Labor, Carlton Parker's Casual Laborer, Rubin ow*s Social Insurance, F. B. Sayrs's Cases- and Authorities on Labor Law...
...With the original copy of this decree Vacirca preeented to...
...They and others discussed the .strike for two hours...
...The United Textile Workers reelected their three International officers: President McMahon, Vice-President James Starr of Peterson, and Secretary-Treasurer Sara Conboy...
...local has a membership of 1,000...
...In tb* courtroom at last- A woman Judg...
...trut* la tha a*curing of th* *etootte* of tans* uatoa bSa as ssembm* of boards of education la order that tabor** viewpoint may b* lOnroaontad in nil official flsutotoaa on school policy...
...He has lecjr*sd and edited the anti-Fascist dally...
...Instead of either of the** results, tb* situation shaped Ksetf for a prolonged fight...
...Th* settlement th* union hoped far a week **to did not nisiarialfts neither did the defeat tb* firm hopes for, tha surrender yrotntoed Mr...
...She largest open shop • * thythlPS djMBBjUlaima In New Ynrh Ctty aad nr*n*s)ty fam tha country, to ¦ Oilns" stts i rr*T-r 11 — its fight oa th* ATaastamatod Clothing Workor* effort* *t unlontoaUoa...
...Spared deported from New York beSsse his temporary permit to visit Sfg country has expired, Vacirca baa . Appeared...
...Breakfast banded to th* pickets through th* bars...
...From its Inception th* A. F. of L. bag demanded universal free and compulsory education in every State...
...tbei public fa general aad> beaaswiv— la parti cuter, to asaja...
...Our bail had been obtained...
...former deputy In the gV " » Italian Parliament and friend ; and associate of the murdered deputy...
...you earn walk four abreast...
...Wilbur K. | Thomas of the American Friends' Service Committee, Prof...
...Stephen 8. Wise, speaking for a group of prominent people who have pledged their support to the Passaic strikers until victory, endorsed th* Passaic strike, and coramepded the delegates at tho convention ¦ for their support of the strikers...
...t*f *-»iU"5»tj* nr ti BasjasSp- th* uatoa ahjgsaf am BBB* BharBUs Dairy...
...Wafc* means that the total will veutount to »5,000...
...You had to stand...
...I sought to have Pa aim* tot off by for her...
...About sixty of our pickets were already there and let out a cheer as ws walked in...
...wh*s...
...devol enter adavers on hiltan Fiiht of A. ;C- W. Affainst 3* Fmkeisteh...
...I answered...
...at the i oMers of Mussolini If he is sent back -°ear...
...Tb* application* received thu* far hav* been received from members of 14 different trade union...
...Oh, is that all...
...but that didn't prevent "five hundred dollars ball...
...The convention instructed the executive council to arrange for financial assistance so that the workers' fight for a living wage in Wllllmantlc may continue indefinitely...
...tb* Bronx Farms, tBw*****E* A Bsshman...
...It may not- b* pcaadMa.to handle all who are Making to take tb* aouraa...
...A lot of young policemen who looked as though they might be quite nice If they weren't policemen...
...or words to that effect, stupidly forgetting that that was the only way of speaking the poor old thing had...
...not hav* them BaaaadaateBj know that th* consumer to later sated bit helping th* uatoa man...
...also that she waa Just 17 years old...
...Officials of tb* aehoeiar* now considering tha advisability of- aagJag interested trade anion ' to provide SO additional . Ta the meantime, the Band School Fellowship ia re-organising to us* its membership to further tha-work at tha iatotaV*^^ at isgaaJST'iuajito...
...The' Wellesley girl, by this time, thought she had had enough and dropped out, taking her friend with her...
...MBk Oa...
...This action was taken at the annual conference of the two fellowships at Watch Hilt Rhode Island, on September 11...
...If if* the Jail or the workhouse...
...No place to go...
...Second, i* tb* getting of trad* unionists into tb* rnembersedp of peuMto library board*, .these ttk* mason...
...He declared 'that in no in-, stance has company unionism, although it has one million members enrolled, increased the workers' wages one cent or reduced the hours of work on* minute...
...We were out until Friday morning when wa appear for a hearing...
...What a life...
...I'm speaking to you...
...beginning rYlBgal Ootober I. win give five weakly •¦¦ail ah "Contemporary Writer* aBwr Baotoi Thought...
...Bis house was ransacked, his •-Wife beaten, < and they both were ' ordered to leave the town under pain '¦ *f" death...
...mooting* at Concord, Mass-, last Juns were severely attacked by rowdies, bss now become a part ef the Fellowship of Reconciliation as Its Youth Section...
...Among the speakers, and leaders present were Norman Thomas of the League for Industrial Democracy...
...and tost Monday morning saw 200 of them...
...Tha majority of the skilled worker* la key position* were still out...
...Bvwn Sat that ngure...
...Ha, Ha...
...After complaining to the police around us about the poor service—only one patrol wagon, can you Imagine?—I started to sing...
...I said to one of the policemen, "do you mind If I sins...
...One of them almost got apoplexy...
...NORMAlf THOMAS SPEAKS ON "CHURCH AND STATE" What premises to be an address of unusual interest, In view of the unsettled retetlohs between Church and State In Moxleo and elsewhere, will be given, by Norman Thomas' at the Open Forum of th* Bronx Free Fellowship...
...1901 Boston road...
...Hill waa attended by about 160 people, and It worked out to careful discussion methods of waging peace through publicity, through education, through personal action In situations of conflict and by working through the established • organisations such as churches, schools, clubs, etc...
...Dyed hair on a cold, hard face...
...A' WkbMnent by the secretary of the ?fan...
...Waovo Mundo," in New York City...
...In the name of the right that any man has to live somewhere, I ask to be granted the privilege to stay here with my wife and children until ' a* change will eliminate the present •.persecution* and a new, government i will rector* my rights as an Italian jertlzeni" I - In the Official Gazette of the Italian ¦Government of April 7,' 1020, la published a solemn decree signed by King ' Victor Emmanuel and' Mussolini and - Federxoni, denouncing Vacirca as a detainer and slanderer of Italy and the | existing government, and as conductjt tog "poisonous propaganda among the 'working classes, in particular among . our colonies of emigrants," against s the institutions of which Mussolini is |be head...
...Eight dlfsarapt natjonailUo* *r* roprsesatod sAsSB 4* students will be several Crept tha newly formed Brotherhood of, fflpsjihuj Car Porters...
...Th* unlo* mm hav* lbaas evidences of organisation and...
...Veblen's the Engineer and the Price System', and Wolman's Outline ef the American Labor Movement...
...The workers unanimously aad . enthusiastically *gpr**ssd their determination to Ignore Judge Dunne's Injunction—to carry on th* organisation work, and to .go to Jail en masse...
...We're too nervous to eat" " ; • ¦ A key 1a the lock...
...Association, th* Smith Brothers, thai SnSta Dairy Co, tb* Dels ware Amity...
...Tobias Hall...
...But a uniform came along and said he was solas, too, that It was all right...
...Immigration bnreau in Washington and has shown *$s£ he Is now a man without citizen-) - mip in his native land and likely to a* murdered by th* Fascist...
...Suddenly, a stocky, red-faced gent with a crooked nose barked at us, "Get out of here, get out of here...
...In fact tha picket line had with difficulty been restrained from meeting Mr...
...Tb* police station had enough of us...
...the salon |a ataklqg s aaacdal sppeajk 9* aU tha otaanlgsd workers of that etty...
...Nothing to sea...
...So we went First, to the police station...
...aa^S^SSBjBe Bfaa* tBa asaaoaa .tSap ausB) Bad...
...Mollis Parent and James Casey...
...tifficoat Makers Vote ?5 Tax for Cloak Strikers Th* members Of the Raincoat Makers' Union, Local 20, of the International Ladies' Garment 'Workers' Union, have decided to assess them•flves 95 to aid the 40,000 cloakmakers ¦ow on strike for the twelfth week...
...Bach local eommltt** aad public librarian was asked to check off pa thi* hurt the books actually contained In that local library...
...Th* union firm* to th* Bronx ar*t tb* Mertoanl* Stock Farm*, tb* PubUg...
Vol. 3 • September 1926 • No. 37
