The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 29, 1931, Page 5

¥ ; DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931 DAILY* The task of the hotr-in-conjunc- tion with the campaign for $35,000 must be the development of initiative of workers everywhet®, in building and supporting the Daily Worker. To make possible this voluntary mass support ‘of the “Daily” means inten- sified, activity on thezpartof com- rades in the work Of™establishing Daily Worker Clubs. Comrades in the field, however, are n_tosufficiently aware of the possibilities of Daily Worker Clubs in the campaign. Reports from Districts and Sections that have come in during the past week seem to emphasize every activity but the one of organizing lodse ‘groups of readers. and sympathizers who de- sire to help in the drive and to build the Daily Worker. Voluntary initiative of workers, acting through Daily Worker Clubs, in support of the “Daily,” must be stimulated. This is ‘afi® important point in the campaign for $35,000 and must not be neglected. e To thh question: “Wlio can belong to these clubs? can be answered: Any one who wants to help the Daily Worker in any way.. Workers in shops or unemployed” wofkers who want to seel the Daily ‘on streets, from house to house, or at factory gates, for example; worker's in unions or fraternal organizations, who wish to organize collections for the Daily; worker correspondents, who wish to write for the Daily; workers who get out, or want to get out, factory Papers and who want to co-operate with the Daily Worker; any one who wishes to contribute small or large sums regularly to the Daily Worker; all who read the Dailf Worker and who wish to meet otcasionally to discuss the contents of the paper, and to make suggestions for its bet- terment All the work in these clubs is voluntary. No membership dues or cards. No constitution or by-laws. The Daiiy Worker Club is com- DEVELOP INITIATIVE OF MW ORKERS BY FORMING WORKER CLUBS pletely’ the workers’ own organ- ization; it is not affiliated with any other organization. “ It is up to Red Builders, Worker Correspondents, D. W. Agents, to utilize every bolt in their club or unit apparatus to find members for these clubs and to activize them in the campaign. Renewals and Subs Will Help Save “Daily.” Renewals and subseriptions are coming in faster than usual. Com- trades, this is also a means of saving the Daily Worker from suspension. Send your renewal or subscription in at once! Don’t hesitate a moment! Send Stories! Order Bundles! Mrs. A. S., Dugesne, Pa., whose husband, active in the labor move- ment, was fired from his job as chip- per on the pretext of being a slow worker, writes she “wants 30 copies of the issue containing the story en- closed, for distribution in Duquesne.” This is an excellent way to broadcast to workers the conditions in their own shops. Worker correspondents everywhere should send stories to the Daily Worker of situations arising in their factories and shops, and should order bundles of the issue containing the article for wide distribution among the workers involved. Let’s hear from Worker correspondents on this point! Right and Wrong Attitude. “It is hard to make people see just what it means to them to read the Daily Worker,” writes J. M., Beacon, N. Y. “But I won't give up. Will keep on trying and see if I can make them see.” This is the right atti- tude to take. We re@®inmend it to B. K., Johnstown, Pa. “Cancel my bundle,” he writes. “I don’t have a chance to sell the paper on acqgunt of organizational work.” The “Daily” is the surest way of drawing workers into the movement. It should not be excluded from Party work. This is the wront attitude to take. $35,000 Enclosed find We pledge to do all,in our power to save our Daily by raising $35,000 by July 1. . Name Address Cut out and mail at once to the-Daily Worker, 50 E. 13th St., New York SAVE THE DAILY ; ye-The-Daily Worker Fund MUST HAVE $1,000 A DAY! . dollars City NOTICE. Due to technical reasons, the list of contributors to the “Daily” drive had to be omitted. The list will be given up to date in Sat- urday’s issue. PUSH SCOTTSBORO DEFENSE WORK IN BUFFALO, N. Y. Must Build Block and Neighborhood Comm. BUFFALO, May 28.—Intense ac- tivity is being shown in this city in carrying out the deceisions of the recent Scottsboro United Front De- fense Conference which was held at the Michigan Ave. “Y,” with over 100 delegates present. Among the de- cisions of the conference aimed at building a huge mass movement in the struggle to save the lives of the Mooney Urges Militant Actio Class War Prisoners; Greets U.S. S. R.| Page Five n to Free | NEW YORK, May 27.—Leo_ Gal- lJagher, International Labor Defense attorney of California, who is now in New York on his way to the So- viet Union, carries greetings from Tom Mooney, class war prisoner, to the workers of the first Socialist Republic. Gallagher comes directly from San Quentin where he talked wiih Mooney, Billings and the Im- perial Valley prisoners. Tom Mooney in his message to the workers of the world which he gave through Gallagher, empha- sized the fact, that the only way to gain his release as well as the other political prisoners is “through the workers putting mass pressure to bear upon the ruling class.” Mooney asked Gallagher to tell the workers throughout the world, “especially in the Soviet Union” of the class jus- tice in California that has been keeping him in prison fer the past i} nine innocent Scottsboro children} 45 years. we Gallagher left San Quentin with 1. The setting aside of the week), “Geeply ingrained impression of of June 7 to 14 for an intensive agi- Mooney’s sincerity and militancy. tational and organizational drive for Scottsboror defense. Speakers are to be sent to all the organizations that had delegates at the conference. Scores of Negro churches and other organizations have pledged for Scotts- boro defense all collections taken in during that week. 2, The holding of city-wide tag) days on the 13th and 14th of June. 3. Arranging of money-raising af- fairs by all the organizations in the conference. 4. Each organization to elect a special Scottsboro squad of 3 to take the message of Scottsboro defense to oeher organizations. 5. Mass distribution of Scottsboro leaflets issued by the International Labor Defense. : Here again, however, there will be grave shortcomings in the work of mobilizing the masses and sympa- thetic elements for the defense of the nine boys unless the important task of building block and neigh- borhood committees is taken up and pushed with the utmost en- ergy. Z Failure to build these important committees limited the Buffalo conference to delegzses from only 33 organizations, including churches. It is absolutely necessary to buil these committees in order to estab- lish a sound mass base, a united front FROM BELOW, and to in- sure a favorabie reception in the organizations not yet drawn into the struggle to stop the legal lynch- ing of the nine innocent colored youths. “He who has the youth has the For the short time that he spent with this fighter behind the prison bars, the I. L. D. attorney felt that he now understood why the ruling class of California was anxious tl Mooney should remain in prison for the rest of his life. Mooney w: resolute in his stand that only me pressure could free him from the California bastille Gallagher also visited Billings at Folsom who sends his greetings to the workers through the I. L. D. at- torn The eight Imperial Valley workers were resolute in their revo- lutionary position and were all an- xious for news from the outside world and the various activities in the working cla: movement. The eight militants sent r greetings and urged workers the world over to continue their struggle in the de- fense of the Soviet Union and for a workers’ republic the world over Gallagher who is leaving on the S. S. Bremen for Europe and the Soviet Union told of the militant fight the International Labor De- fense and other workers’ organiza- tions are. making in California for the ‘freeing of all class war prison- e ne Amnesty Campaign in- gurated by the I. L. D now in full and petitions are being} circ for the repeal of the Sy dical law of California The I. L. D. attorney reports that the petition for the repeal of that |law is about to be filed with the | Sec: e in California and a general c n is to be started | for the 111,000 signatures necessary to put the repeal of that law on the ballot. When the necsesary amount | of signatures is secured initia- | tive measure to repJal the Syndi- calist law goes on the t to be | voted upon and if ¢ it is | automatically repealed | Galle who ¥ a | Mooney and other mess Soviet Union, will there visit few countries to study the class war prisoners and the pez tion of worker He will immed: y after retu to the U. S. A. to continue his for the Interna- | tion: Against Defense (By Telegraph to Daily Worker.) CHATTANOOGA, May 27.—How the A. F. of L. bureaucrats and those workers still under’ their influence lend themselves to the poisonous race hatred propaganda of the bosses and thereby contribute to the splitting and weakening of the working class in its struggle against starvation and boss terror, is vividly illustrated in a vicious letter from the Southern Broker Division of Commercial Tele- graphers, an organization affiliated with the A. F. of L. and having head- quarters in New Orleans, La The letter is addressed to the Southern headquarters of the Inter- national Labor Defense in Chatta~ nooga. It contains all the poisonous hatred against the Negro workers of the boss class, whose murderous frame-up and attempt to legally lynch nine innocent Negro children in Alabama it brazenly defends. It viciously attacks the I. L. D. for its defense of the youths, eight of whom have been sentenced to burn in the electric chair on the lying frame-up of having raped two notorious white prostitutes. The letter is dated May 23 and is evidently in answer to one of the appeals sent out by the I. L. D. It declares: Bosses Spur Efforts to Divide Workers -|: of Scottsboro Nine} “This organization is composed of and for white men and women who are American. “We gather from your circulars that your organization is composed of Negroes and poor white trash, the latter being un-American, Commu- nists as it were. “We feel that the Negroes you mention received a fair and impar- tial trial. There apparently is no doubt but what they committed the crime. It matters not what the mor- als of the white wom: might have been. White women. are sacred to white men and forbidden uit of Negroes. These Negroes knew they vith could expect a lynching party themselves as the honored guests when they committed the crime. “If you aren't satisfied with the way your tar babies are treated do South, there is nothing to prevent you taking them North of the Mason and Dixon line. We will contribute to a fund to rid the South of both yourselves and the Negroes.” Boss Papers Continue Attack On LL. D. In the meantime the boss papers and spokesmen whose poison these misled workers, maintaining them- selves as an aristocracy of labor, have imbibed. continue their attacks on the Scottsboro defense. Yester: MAX. BEDACHT of Central Exee. Committee of Communist Party, USA al Labor Defense. + | day the Chattanooga News carried a | i on the I. L. D. and the | white and Negro work and North, who have | e fight to save the lives the nin ‘Discuss Defense of Scottsboro At LL.D. Plenum! | | CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 28—A} sion. the Scotts- of Negro youths teok place at the dis- trict plenum last Sunday of the In ternational Labor Defense. The plenum was one of the 1 successful held in this district | 60 delekates ent from a | parts of Ob were Reports from branches in various cities indicated that the I. L. D. in t is becoming agreal ma with increasing mass the npaign to stop the murderous legal lynching of the nine Scottsboro boys and to ex- I the police lynching in B ton. O. of Louis Alexander, a n tant Negro worker and leader in the Unemployed Councils. One hundred thousand leaflets on the Scottsboro case will be distributed in the dis- trict. A special leaflet is being pre- pared exposing the murder of Com- fade Alexander and the police terrer. | PROGRAM OF EVENTS FOR NATIONAL YOUTH DAY 1) Yo consin, Illinois, Indi to Milwaukee; Chicago youth at 8 a.m. from Peoples Auditorium, 2457 W. Chicago Av All youth report at 1207 N. 6th St., Milwaukee before p.m. Saturday. Saturday 1 p.m. Long distance run from West Allis to Milwaukee. 3 p.m, Gather at N. to Court House Square. 7:30 p.m. Large ir lin Frei Hall, N. Sunday Bs 2) Duluth, Minn. onsin and Upper Michiga In evenin: aftern at Ca indoor rally a events. nels Hall. 3 3) Youngstown, Ohio. sylvania, Ohio, Lower Mich Detroit Youth report at I on Friday, May 29th, 8 p.m. for All delegations report at town, at 1 p.m ic, N. J. Youth Pas 4) Island, Lower New York and Philadelphia. 1. Trains leave from Er ferry at 12 2 p.m. Saturday. open mass meeting. 4, At 6 p.m. starting of mont Park, Garfield, N. J.; a Park, N. J. 5, 6 in Ult NG 5) Fresno, Cal Incomplete information—get sched- ule at 15 4th St., San Francisco. ana, and from St. Louis, 6th St. and V oor rally, program and dance at 12th St. and North Sports events and games Youth Saturday, May 30th—Report at Superior St., Duluth, at 10 a.m. for pa Full information can be gotten gan and Western New York. 30 from New York. Parade starting at Ist Ward Park, Pas: . At 5 p.m. ending of parade at Ist Ward Park with . At 11:30 p.m. return of trains to New York. . Opening of Spartakiad events with grand parade mer Park, New York, at 10 a.m. Sunday Concert and cance at Ulmer Park Sunday evening. uth from cities in So. Wis- Mo., will go Saturde leave on iet St., and parade Ave. at Lake Park. from Minnesota, Upper E n. Jamels Hall, 12 E. rade line up. nd on Saturday and Sunday Youth from Western Penn- srry Hall, 1843 E. Ferry St., nd off. Leave 10 p.m. 834 E. Federal St., Youngs- from Massachusetts, Rhode ie Station on other side of aic, at 3 Boxing Tournament at Bel- t 8 p.m. dancing at Belmont in this district The plenum sent telegrams of reeting and solidarity to the Scotts- Kilby Prison, Ala- bama. A telegram was also sent to the governor of Alabama and to Judge J. A. Hawkins demanding the release of these innocent boys. A two months’ plan of work was adozied on the basis of the 4 months’ worked out by the national com- mittee of the I. L. D. The plenum decided to challenge the Detroit district in the Scottsboro campaign and the signatures for the Amnesty Driv g boro youths in Plan Conference for Scottsboro Defense A United Front Conference for the defense of the ‘nine Negro boys in Scottsboro, Alabama, to make plans to prevent their being burned, will be held on May 28, Committees have been sent out to visit organizations and churches, to secure delegates for the conference and to bring this question before the workers of Cin- OPENING OF THE FIRST CONVENTION OF CHILDREN CHORUS OF I. W. 0. SCHOOLS , WM. 7. FOSTER General Secretary of T.U.U. Le Program FREIHEIT GESANGS- VEREIN J. SCHAEFER, CONDUCTOR SPEA R, SALTZMAN General Secretary of I. W. 0. ternational Workers Order MADISON SQUARE — 50 th Street and Eigth Avenue: ow a yy ww Vy ty a a a MASS PAGEANT IN THREE PARTS—BY ARTEF KERS J. SULTAN Secretary of Jewish of C. P.. U.S. A. (. MARMOR Educational Director of Buro I. W. 0. A. SCHILLER President of I. W. 0. 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