(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Large numbers of Jewish workers in the garment industry are greatly interested in the outcome of the nineteenth annual convention of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union which opens its sessions at Convention Hall here today. Two hundred and five delegates representing nearly 100,000 workers, the majority of whom are Jewish are here to attend the sessions.
Union officials, it is learned, have obtained police protection from Superintendent Crowley to guard the convention against the expected attempt of Left Wing agitators to seat certain New York delegates.
The industry is now living through a grave crisis due to continuous troubles which hav arisen between the workers and employers. The workers have suffered greatly in the loss of the wage and working hours standard as a result of the split which has occurred between the Right and Left wings. The Right wing is also divided on the issue of the new leadership, many seeking to substitute Morris Sigman with a new union leader. The issue will be fought on the question of whether the union leader is to be elected by a referendum with all union members participating or at the convention.
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