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| The, bold wnion tectices fnaily forced Lepke and Gurrah to look for other methods to control th? fur indurtry. It was i about at the time, that they qint bruited open acts of violence also as a face-saving gesture, fearful that the successful ticking: imposed by the fur workers would provide fruitfu. lessons to other gar- ment workers suffering ‘uneer the plague of the bos:-re Aseteor com- bination. But with the continued division among the workers, the two were back pgain. branchinz out to estAblish a monepoly in the fur There were Caily fizhts in the fur market between the workers and the rackeicers. Lepke and Gurrah establi:hed an elaborate machinery for prica fixing, keep- ing the union out, and making millions by offering borscs, anx- icus to pay Starvation wases “protection.” They saw their meat in the fur dressing industry. Morris Langer, was then conduc.nz an izing drive against thes shop conditions. A strike was in progress agains: the Houander firm, which only recently capitu- | ‘ated to the union. A sipker, Natalie Bolero, 24 | union voar3; old, was niurde, fd. The aw eneoreement anoeacio fdid noth. anzer refused ta five uvo tse racfereers, The strfze continued MURDER UNION LEADER anecr was bombed. kilicd on Milreh 22. His murderers has never oeen apprehended. A month Jaier, the union Gf fice was raided, by eo tins, iron ba menis used hy the obv.ai as tasted rackoicers, Whoa them were past masters of the am ALANS, : ying Uprocecucn ‘ ondinions, ing Harrs Guth meriper. Abtzv 30 per worded. itekn wo Epath 1 Werters Unon, CIO, ) vpio en leensitienal Fur voveal Bn Gold, now pres dent fof the | appeal to the public. exposing the yacketcers and their backers/ and we othe eynical disregard of the police. “Lepke and Gurrah are leaders of a gang of cut throats, boot- lezgers, opium = snfugelers, mur- derers and thieves," Geld charged in 1933. Gold's explanation then of the aims of the racketeers was sim- ilar to that made by the federal government in its case against Lephe and Gurran. “The aims of the racket," he said, “were: “I—To ferce all bosses to be- ¢eme members and pay ducs to the Fur Facters Dressing Corp., eontroled by the racketeers. “2-—The racketeers were jo pre- ent new shops from coming into qxisience, “3-—~To drive out of bubiness a number ef firms who refused to dsin the racket. “{—-The deaiers of the racket decided on haw many ‘units’ every shop was permitted to make. Of enuise, the Jeaders of the racket were coeigued ta mere work, which meant mere prefits for them- solves. Fhe uninrertint bosses, the rank and filers, had to be eontent with Iess business, Thoy had no other war. hoy knew jwhat revellicn against their rack- teer leaders would mean.’j COLD EXPOS Gold devwritis Hey ds De firms out f buriness ar fercips them into the racket, *Thev @estrovcd shops. threw bems-. took owerkers ont on ‘strikes threw acdoin the faces of the? camnetitors and used other such ‘ely pdometheds. “Jt all Cepensed on how se. ious the Treach was, wih ene or an- other mannfacturer commi'ted against the racket.” . and descriptions of how von jeader de.cribed how suiicred uncer the ination, ae Lepke QGarrah osproad out ta” ake meer See Protect.ve Fur Rabbit Decssimt NA SSOCTALION. Ww t mean that tev would be entrench their brutar their control trade, beeom- int the rulers over the workers. Bur here, Gold continued, murderers and rack the fur ow readership. under lef: Ae the trial the charses made earner by the unfon leaders were confirmed. The racketeers, tried to force Langer tw call strikes in three union plants in Glovers- ville. so that the Lepke-Gurrah “provection” could be offered Langer refused. Langer was murdered, Unatle to break the union or the will of the workers to main- tain decent working conditions the employers resorted to more open use of Lepke and Clurrah telling the union officials flatly that the racketeers represented the bosses, ; Po ash, S0iINS to meet an em- dos. r fora conference, was con- "ron ed with Gurra h and told Nai Gurrah represented the em- HMO Ors, Potash refused lo discuss unvon vonditions with Guey r. The fur unt fice was raidedse mos the the governmoen: Yas able to show tier the raid wane a ‘| by the Lepke-Gurrah sang, Yor has never been fol- sowed up. Potash Pointed out yesterday Mat Wate the then Police Com- nussioner Mulrooney ‘was desenb- ing fur union leader Jack Schnei- der as active in “industrial rack- eleering.” Sehne:der Was fichtins ihe Lepxe-Gurrah gang, the in- dustrial vackoteors who flourished u nder Mulrooney, Mulroones's ‘destry isn’ wa. recently revived Devuty’s office in the : : bpyat , tria f Schneider for allezed -_ coercion, GOLD ISSvES CHALLENAE From 1927 to 1934, the fu; rice Was hke oa “batilefield,” Potash Said. “Scores of strikers Were in the hospital but only ‘vorkers and uni ‘ nion leaders w arrested, nes Were dis- Alter the rafg. Geid Jssued his pubhic illenge to the author Hes civing names, activities date racket Worked. te A a result. the federal govern. ment stepped in and indicted the rackeicers and : plovers, Ba y, e indictment came After “e uAlon itself had licks the sacKke/eers. “Before the au'Aorities oes ed In, we licked the Lepke- »GUWITAR gane physically and prac- racketeering em-