The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 18, 1931, Page 2

ss Page Two 200 ORGANIZATIONS JOIN FIGHT TO SAVE 9 SCOTTSBORO BOYS AT N. Y. UNITED FRONT CONFERENCE) $25 Delegates Cheer Mrs. Ada Wright, Mother Of 2 Of The Boys; Unanimously Adopt Resolu-| tions; Denounce Frame-up; Demand New Trial) Denounce Treachery of NAACP Leadership, Elects Class War Prisoners to Defense Com- mittee; Organizes Action Committee NEW YORK.—Greeting the City ed Front Defense Committee ence called together yesterday re League of Struggle for Negro and the International Labor e, Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two the Scottsboro Negro boys,, told the delegates, that all the boys now framed-for murder were “good boys who had‘left their homes to try to find work,” because their folks were starving. Mrs, Wright explained that Eugene Williams’ father gets only two days work a week, that in her own case she has been both father and mother to her children, since her husband died seven years ago, that her earn- ings amount to $6 a week, out of which she must pay l4c a day for carfare and $2.50 a week for rent, which leaves exactly $2.50 a week for the family to live on. Mrs. Wright's moving appeal to Save the nine Scottsboro young work- ers from the hands of the legal lynchers, ended with the remark, “the International Labor Defense and the League of Struggle for Ne- gro Rights—they call them Reds at home, down South—I don’t care what they call them—they are the only ones who are trying to save our boys, and I am going to live with them and die with them.” 200 Organizations Represented. Three hundred and twenty-three delegates representing 200 organiza- tions attended the Conference held at the Finnish Workers’ Hall, 15 W. 126th St., and unanimously declared in favor of a fight to the finish to save the Scottsboro 9 from the elec- tric chair. Wm. Patterson @hairman of the conference, won the enthusiastic ap- proval of the delegates for the pro- posal to elect an Honorary Commit- tee of the Conference of working class fighters now in the jails of the capitalist class to include: Mooney and Billings, the nine Scottsboro boys, the five jailed Paterson Textile strikers framed for murder, the Cen- tralia victims, Turner and Stopes, the Red Builders now in the workhouse for selling the Daily Worker in the subways, Sam Brown and Dan’l War- field, two Negro ‘workers, and the 33 revolutionary fighters of Meerut, In- dis, imprisoned for participating in the struggle against British imperial- ism. Elect Committee of Action. A Committee of Action composed of A. B. Amis, Alice Lewis, E. A. Wilshire, Frank Capaldo, W. Duff, Carl Hacker and A. Yokinin, was also elected. Greetings were extended to the Conference ‘by ‘C: Edwards, for the Young Communist~ League, who pledged the support of National Youth Day, May 30 and 31, to mobil- ization of the Youth, Negro and White young workers, for a united front in defense of the Scottsboro nine. Sam Nessin for the. Trade Union Unity League Unemployed Councils assured the support of the militant ranks of labor for a united struggle in this fight to wrest the nine young. workers from the’ hands of the lynchers.. The son of Comrade Lieb, one of the Paterson five still in jail, stressed the need for solidarity of the workers on all fronts. Tom Johnson, brought greetings from the Southern workers. Walter Wilson, representing the Southern students, declared this attempt to lynch nine young Negro workers at Scottsboro, Ala., an attempt of the ruling class to terrorize the Negro and white workers from uniting their forces in the common struggle against the boss PASSAIC INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY COMMITTEE PLEDGES AID TO SCOTTSBORO NEGRO BOYS NEW YORK.—On May 10, nine- teen delegates, representing eleven organizations, with a total member- ship of 638, responded enthusiastic- ally to the conference call of the Pro- vision National Youth Day Commit- tee, in preparation for this day. Delegate after delegate (including two Negro workers representing Ma- sonic and athletic clubs) took the floor and pledged full support of the membership of their organizations in this mass youth rally against war, speed-up and wage-cuts, unemploy- ment, persecution and race discrimi- nation. The role.of the Commissioner of Parks Johnsonjin refusing the use of the First Ward Park to the young workers at the same time that the Board of Commissioners was voting $750 for the fascist Legion and V.F.W. Memorial Day parade was exposed. 2 Preparations are now in full swing for the parade, monster boxing tour- nament (American finals for the In- ternational Sp: jad held in Ber- Jin. in July) ¢nd dance to be held in eld, N. J., on the lige Sim of .22% canvassing. ‘on, en intense was -oudlined— of | conference by Dr. Reed, representing we.shbo: hood! boro boy ! ri | Comrade Hsu, speaking in| behalf of the colonial and medioneh minorities declared our struggle here } is a world wide struggle to end all) oppression, JimCrowing and exploita- tion of the workers and to unite the working class to wipe this out. I. Amter in bringing the greetings | of the Communist Party, declared, “Scottsboro, must be the high signal for the working class all over this country in order to save the nine boys.” Amter called on the delegates to build broad organizations, the broad United Fro:t proposed by the Communist. Pa~.y | Wm. Z. Foster, addressing the con- ference in the name of the Trade| Union Unity League, pointed to the) fact that millions of Negro workers in the South are watching this case. Greetings were also brought to the | class. the Hope Relief Society, a “social/ benevolent society,” and Dr. Lee who Pledged to “rally with the defense} Committee and to do everything we| possibly can for the boys.” The Action Committee report pre- sented by Amis included the follow- ing proposals adopted: 1) The or- ganization of the widest possible United Front; 2) That the confer- ence elect a United Front Commit- tee of 35 to be known as the Scotts- boro United Front Defense Commit- tee of the LS.N.R. and the ILD.; 3) That each organization represent- ed elect a small committee at its next meeting to carry on the work;; 4) ‘That each organization adopt a pro- test resolution against lynching ‘de- manding a new trial before a jury of workers and poor farmers with one half composed of Negroes; 5) That the organizations conduct a house-to-house canvas’ and set up Scottsboro street and neighborhood committees; 6) That each organiza- tion assign a number of speakers to visit the trade unions, A. F. of L., churches, etc.; 7) That each organ- ization take the case into the fac- tories and win support for the Scotts- boro nine and against Jim Crowism; 8) That each organization order a bundle of Liberators and Labor De- fenders and organize to sell and dis- tribute them; 9) The fullest par- ticipation of the entire membership of all organizations present in con- ducting the neighborhood organiza- tion and open air meetings, etc.; 10) Finances—each organization to raise funds through (a) Contribution from their treasuries, (b) Voluntary Dona- tions and assessments of members, (c) Collections in shops, (d) Special affairs arranged, (e) Tag days and other methods. Condemn Treachery of N. A. A.C.P. Leaders. Resolutions were adopted demand- ing a new trial free from the athos- phere of mob terror with a workers jury composed of at least half Negro workers, calling for solidarity of Ne- gro and white workers against the prosecution of the foreign as well as native born, for joint struggle against lynching, Jim Crowism, segregation and discrimination against Negroes and condemning unqualifiedly the atitutde of the leadership of the N. A. A.C. P. A resolution was also adopted on the Paterson murder. frame-up, and @ telegram to be sent to the Scotts- boro boys at Kilby Prison, Kilby, Ala., declaring the conference was pledged to “fight on till you are re- leased.” ‘The appeal for funds mate by Sa- die Van Veen brought $214 in cash and $185 in pledges. A banquet fol- lowed the close of the conference. stores for the sales of greeting cards and advertising on spare tires of auto&, It was also proposed that we popularize National Youth Day through advertisements in the buses. Many novel events will be held to get ‘all of the young workers ac- quainted with this mass rally—sand- witch-sign parades, relay running and bike races with participants car- rying sandwitch signs, tag-days for collections, huge balloon floats and many other interesting features. The National Youth Day celebra- tion will not only be the largest workers rally ever held in Passaic but will surpass by far the most costly and largest mobilization ever held by the bosses. At this National Youth Day rally we will deal a mighty blow to the bosses preparations for war and against wage cuts and speed-up, unemployment, 4&1ce discrimination 1 and “illegal.” We call upor. all young workers to rally in this struggle. All down to National Youth Day, First Ward Park, Passaic, N. J.) May 30—3 p.m. Down wi ---*> wars! All war funds to Der int» “0 Scotts- _ DAILY WORKER EW YORK, SATURDAY , MAY-16, 1931 ceensemmaoninte THE ADVENTURES OF BILL WORKER bs (coming ) GERLAS my THIS FLAG SPEAKS To THE WORKERS try ALL Einrduades THIS FLAG SPEAKS To THE Wi fr Ae ~ LAAGQUA' RANG GES Cea (comm) BOIGLA WD —He Sure Will Be— : 5 FLAG CAN Ever PEAK EAGLISH Ag Mon 7 sta IN ITALY, fi STARTS 10 Wad HERE." TM Woke maine TK (Coming) TRYING TO FORCE PIECE WORK ON LOCAL 4 CUTTERS Suspend Man Showing Enormous Graft NEW YORK.—After a week of in- timidation and by use of the most outrageous methods of vote “count- ing,” the Orlofsky clique in Local 4 of the Amalgamated was able to get about 50 votes out of the 500 pres- ent, in favor of suspending Max Lesser, an old time member, and for- mer president in the local. The meeting was Friday night. And then the clique declared the vote to suspend him was carried! Much more will be heard of this case. Before the vote was taken, the clique had to listen to discussion, in which Lesser and one other rank and filer only got ‘the floor. This was Rubin Sklar. Exposes Graft. Lesser told of the misuse of the more than $100,000 collected by the officials through the 10 per cent tax for unemployment relief. The offi- cials have been saying that only $79,- 000 has been taken in, and that $66,- 000 has been given out as relief al- ready. In this meeting the Orlof- sky clique was forced to admit that the most that could have been paid out was $25,000, probably less. It was brought out that henchmen of the clique. who were not even unem- ployed have got $250 to $300 each from the fund, while long unem- ployed cutters got pnly $10, payments as far apart as four weeks, and nothing at all unless they would promise to have nothing to do with the meetings of the unemployed cut- ters, These meetings are all that have forced any relief at all to be given. It was also brought put that Orlofsky used the unemployment fund to try and bribe some of the jobless cutters and to thus break up the movement of the unemployed, Challenge to Real Vote. Sklar, who is a man with a family, day that if he took part in the move- ment he would be taken off his job. Sklar has a family, but that doesn’t bother Orlofsky. Sklar challenged Orlofsky’s gang to take a secret yote on the suspension of Lesser. consisted in a call for all those in favor to stand up, by which he meant to count all standing who could not get seats. This, even by the queer count, brought only 50 votes for suspension. A previous vote by “Aye and No,” showed an overwhelm- ing majority against suspension. Then the clique refused to count the votes officially, and declared. the motion to suspend Lesser carried. Try to Force Picce Work. Then about midnight, the clique proposed and tried to put through with the help of the fake progres- sive Abe Silverman, a proposition for the 36-hour week, but with “standards of production” by which the cutters do as much in the 36 hours as in 44 before. ‘This trick failed, this time. Now the executive of Local 4 will put out a ballot which contains only the questions: “Are you in favor of help- ing the unemployed? Do you want to continue the 10 per cent assess- ment? Do you want the 36-hour week—with standards of production.” There is no other way to vote on the ballot, and any way you vote the last two questions, you lose. To continue the assessment means to continue the rich graft of the bu- reaucracy, and to vote for the 36- hour week on this ballot means vot- ing for piece work (in fact). It is clear that the reign of terror and suspension in Local 4 is part of the plot of the Orlofsky clique and Hillman to force piece work and make as big a racket of Local 4 as is possible, Cutters are called to attend in masses the meeting right after work ‘Wednesday, May 20, where these propositions will come up. Stop piece work and the scheme to extort more money from the rank and file! Kaveaz Restaurant (Wormerly Poltava 257 E. 10ch St.) 334 EAST 14TH STREET Between Ist and 2nd Ayes. Phone: Tompkins Square 6-915% told how Orlofsky told him last Tues- | But the vote taken by Orlotsky | NEW YORK.—As a result of mass pressure and protest, a writ of ha- bea$ corpus has been secured by the I, L, D. for Comrade T. H. Li, a mili- tant Chinese student held for de- portation to China by the immigra- tion authorities, The I. L. D. expects to bail him out next Tuesday. It is 2 NEGROWORKERS FRAMED IN COURT NEW YORK.—When it comes to frame-ups against Negroes, the boss- es in the north are just as adept as tHose in the south, About sixx weeks ago two Negro workers in Harlem were framed-up om charges of. rob- bery; now two more Negro workers have been framed and arrested on the same charge, with three addi- tional charges thrown in for good measure. The two workers are David War- field and and Sam Brown. The charges against them are robbery, "grand larceny, receiving stolen goods and felonious assault. Bail was set for them at the exorbitant figure of $10,000 each. At a late hour Saturday the New York District of the Inter- national Labor Defense was trying to secure their release on @ writ of ha- beas corpus. About six weeks ago the notorious “General” Grant, Garvey national reformist, appeared with a policeman at the headquarters of the Harlem Unemployed Council, 353 Lenox Ave., and arrested two Negro workers, Ar- thur Williams and William Campbell, on a fake charge of having broken into Grant’s room and robbed him. Grant decided to frame up the two workers as an act of revenge for the series of defeats administered to the Garvey misleaders by the Negro revo- lutionary workers, who in the last few months have tremendously in- creased their influence among the Negro masses of Harlem, The two workers were released on $1,000 bail { each, provided by the New York Dis- trict of the International Labor De- fense, and were to appear for hear- ing in General Sessions court last | Monday. On the day they were to appear, at 9:30 a.m., Williams and Campbell were re-arrested, while Warfield and Brown were also arrested. Warfield had at one time been the right-hand ;man of the faker, Grant, but re- cently realized the treacherous char- acter of the U.N.LA, broke com- pletely with them and came over to the L.S.N.R. Williams and Camp- bell were released, but Warfield and Brown were taken to the Tombs and held under four charges. All work- ers, Negro and white, are urged to support the fight of the LL.D. to smash this shameless frameup which has revealed the unity between the white bosses and the Negro betray- ers of the Garvey movement. Mass Protests Stay Immediate Deportation of Comrade T. Li doubtless that the immigration of- fice will ask a high bail. In order to furnish the bail it is imperative that every worker must do his or her share by contributing to the Defense Fund for Comrade Li to the Inter- national Labor Defense, New York Branch, Room 410, 80 E. 11th St. The I. L. D. has also provided collection lists for Li’s defense. Workers are urged to volunteer for collection. Besides many revolutionar yunions and mass organizations in New York have protested against the de- portation of Comrade Li, protest telegrams have been continuously sent to the Labor Department. Many students in the University of New York and the Chinese Students Al- liance in America have sent tele- grams to Washington protesting the murder of Li and demanding his voluntary departure. The telegram from the stutlents of the N.Y.U. reads in part, “We...protest against the deportation to China of Mr. T. H. Li and suggest he may be allowed to depart to any country he wishes at his own expenses.” Among the signers of the telegram were profes- sors H. H. Horne, W. L. Cox, A. D. Whiteman and others. The Chinese workers in Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Cuba have also helped the defense of Comrade Li by contributing to his defense and by sending protest tele- While the War Policies Commis- sion sitting in Washington, is finish- ing up its task of preparing for imperialist war, sham war manuev- ers and gearing up of the war ma- chine proceed with unprecedented speed, Although the regular army now stands at 124,083 enlisted personnel and the officer strength the 113,523 officers in the Reserve Corps permit an immediate mobilization of seven field armies totaling 4,000,000 men. 'The Reserve Officer Training Corps graduated more than 100,000 reserve officers last year, enough officer personnel to man another army of 4,000,000. This year a like number will be graduated, making officer framework enough for 3 armies of 4,000,000 million men each. Gov- ernment facilities for graduating of- ficers is growing all the time. Overshadows Prussian Militarism German iimperialism at the out- break of the first world war in 1914 only had 36,000 regular commission- “NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRES EAST SIDE—BRONS MONDAY— Oo MRS W. Bronx Eng, Speaking Br., 1.W.0. will hold a meeting and lecture on the “Crisis and Preparations for War” at 9 p.m. at 1645 Grand Con- course (entrance on Mt. Eden Ave), gee Attention! Special meeting: of the Barbers and Hairdressers will be held at 8:30 50 E, 13th St, ce important. second floor. BUSINESS SCHOOL DAY AND EVENING Commercial—Secretarial Courses Individual Instraetion Open the entire year 14th St., at 2nd Ave., 'N.Y.C. TOmpkins Square 6-6584 JADE MOUNTAIN American and Chinese Restaurant Open 11 a. m. to 2 a, m, 197 SECOND AVENUE Between 12th and 13th Street Gottlieb’s Hardware 9 THIRD 4VENUB Near 14tb St. Stuyvesant 6974 All winds ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES —-NoWw-— RKO 8 kcrs & Doors Open Dally 45 A. M. Except Sun.. Hol. FRANKLIN Prospects reise Princess Wah Le.ka Callahan & Cook Reynolds & White “Edith J, E ALBRIGHT & CO. ADDING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS Sold, Rented, Repaired, and Bought Agents for all makes portables 825 BROADWAY, NEW YORK (Between 12th and 13th Sts.) ALgonquin 4828 We Invite Workers to the BLUE BIRD . CARETERTA GOOD WHOLESOME FOOD Fair Prices A Comfortable Place to Eat ' 827 BROADWAY Cutlery Our Specialty ¥ Slipper Workers Hit Back with Strike When Shop Comm. Is Fired NEW YORK.—The Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial Union after discussing with the crew of the Amtonoff Novelty Slipper Company, 71 Green St., New York, the condi- tions in the shop, presented their demands to the firm on Thursday, May 14, to sign up with the union. In answer,the boss locked out the Shop Committee. The crew answered with a 100 per cent walk-out Friday. They are picketing the place and there is no one in the shop. 10,000 Of 1,500,000 Get Jobs Thru State NEW YORK.—A report issued to- day by the state department of la- bor says that in April 29,270 appli- cants at the ten free employment of- fices and three branches maintained by the state have been “interviewed” and “over a third placed in jobs” in April. The report does not say how long these jobs lasted, nor whether those “interviewed” were all who asked for jobs or only part of them. A considerable number of summer hotel keepers have agreed to get all their help through the state service. The report announces that it will give jobs to “college students in need of summer work.” There are over a million and a half of jobless in the state. Wall St. Builds Greatest War Machine in the History of U.S. ed officers in the army. Compared with this Wall Street’s war machine 10 years after the war that was sup- posed to “end all wars” far over- shadows the German militarist ap- paratus. American imperialism has a present officer strength of over one quarter of a million! The National Guard is now up’ to its full strength of some 191,000 officers and men. The recent step to eliminate many Army posts is for the purpose of better use and rationalization of the modern forts. The greatest military air fleet ever to be assembled will start. war maneuvers in Dayton, Ohio, this Thursday. Army and Navy war manuevers will also be held in the Chesapeake Bay region., The Citizens Military Training Camps report record enrollment for the summer camps. The National Guard is preparing for intensive manuevers this sum- mer. By RYAN WALKER WAY RATTL IM GOING To PUT THIS FLAG | UP IN THe Us AND Youre” OUT oF ees | - Sidelights on Saturday’s Scottsboro Demonstration Started at 128th St. and Lenox Ave. 2,000 in line at 140th St. Line broken at 139th St. by the police who did everything in their power to discourage Negro workers from joining the parade. Fifty Negro children from 7 to 10 years of age joined spontaneously, shouting their own slogans: “Save the Scottsboro boys.". Another group of 400 joined at 135th St. and Sev- enth Ave. One Negro woman of 67, a candy worker, joined the parade. She said she “never knew of this organiza- tion, but if anyone will attempt to Many Register for Summer Courses Given By the Workers School With the opening o fthe summer term of the Workers School drawing near, many workers have registered for the important courses offered. Heavy registrations are recorded in Fundamentals of Communism, Poli- tical Economy, Leninism. Russian is again proved to be a popular course. The term will open on May 25. Workers who have not registered should do so during this week as number of students in each class will .be limited, Registration will close on May 23. The present headquarters of the Workers School is 50 E. 13th St., see- ond floor. However, the summer term will be conducted on the third floor, the permanent headquarters of the school. The third floor has been completed with entirely new floor, airy, cool, and sound-proof rooms. Besides the summer term, the school also conducts Correspondence Courses this year to benefit, hundreds of workers in New York City and in various parts of the country, who are unable to attend the Workers School. Further information and registration cards are obtainable by writing to the Workers School. Only the organized power of the working class can save the politica] prisoners! 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L. turned out in great numbers as did the Young Defenders, youth branch of the I. L. D. All along the line of march thou- sands of sympathetic workers lined the sidewalks and crowded the roofs and windows of houses, clapping and cheering as the parade was passizip. ‘Thousands of Latin American workers cheered and waved red flags as the parade passed through 116th St. and down Fifth Ave. Many shouts of “Long Live the Communist Party were heard from the crowds on the sidewalks, at windows and on the roof. At 120th St. and Seventh Ave., the parade had swelled to 3,000 in line, with thousands eccompanying it oa the sidewalks. At 5:30, the parade reached 116th St. and Fifth Ave., where specches were made in English and Spanish. When Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of teh Scottsboro boys, ascended the platform, it was fully five min- utes before she. could begin to speak so great was the enthusiastic greet- ing given her by the workers. 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