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Page Two JOHN REED CLUB | DS ME) MORIA, | Robert Minor Speaks! On Reed’s Work ert y of the death meri h anni Reed who died in the Soviet | ober, 1920, fighting | nt of the first work- lic, will be commemorated the John Reed Club, Friday eve-| October 30, at Webster's Hall A special program me oustanding American per- appear in Negro work and cartoons will ures. A new Soviet who was @ co-work- ed’s both in the United | es and in the Soviet Union, will the significance of Reed’s| to the revolutionary | Reed gave his life to the and died in harn while | , and is now buried in the ‘don Taylor, outstanding Negro performer, will give a program of Negro work songs and Margaret Lar- kin, whose book “Cowboy Songs” has just been published, will sing with Tex Ritter. A dance recital as well as cartoons by members of the John/ Reed Club is part of the evening's | entertainment. The name of the new Seviet movie to be shown for the first time will be shortly announced | as well as the rest of the program which is in preparation by a com- mitee of revolutionary writers and artists. Tickets are now on sale at the Worker's Book Shop, 50 E. 13th St. and the New Masses, 63 W. 15th St. Fur Workers Will Hear Report On Unity Conference | A meeting of registered fur workers will be held tonight at Webster Hall. ‘This meeting is called by the rank and file opposition of the Joint Coun- cil of Furriers Union. At this meet- ing, the registered fur workers will report on the unity conference, and | take steps to mobilize the registered fur workers for an active movement for unity by the organization of unity shop committees.and active partici- pation in the hnity shop conference. | All registered fur workers are called upon to come to this feeting. What’s On— THURSDAY TUUL, Plumbers Branch Will hold a special membership meeting at 108 H, 14th St, October 22, at § p.m. New plans of work will | be presented. Members must attend | without fail, . | FRIDAY Leeture ChinaJapan be held at the Harlem Youth 1492 Madison All Ave. Admission | nvited. | 8 | * Vern Smith on “The Present Crisis” | Lecture will be held at 2921 W. 82nd St. 8.90 p. m. There will be a| sm. mission eharge, Workers F d to attend Kern Industrial League workers are called d a very important ut the Manhattan Ly- st, at 8 p.m, . Workers Ex-Servieemen’s League | Branch 1 a regular membership 8 p.m. Impor- taken up. Mem- ted to attend, Will hold meeting ton tant quest bers Sport Sec, Bath Noack Workers Club Meets tonight at 48 Bay 28th St. at $:20 p.m, Young workers and | students invited, ead | Workers Ex-Servicemen’s Lengue, | Rranch 2 | larger headquar- | th St. Will meet at & p.m. Members requested Hi ters tonight to attend. Important. TUUL, Painters Group | Will hold a meeting today at 1610 Boston Rd., at 8 p.m, Members re nd. ve Katovis B quested to Big Election Rally and March For the ratification of Communist Party Candidates wil Ibe held to night. Will mareh through 100th St and 2nd Ave. at 7 p.m., led by the| Red Pront Band to 187th St. and 7th | Ave. where the main meeting will | be held, Browder will speak. eee Ce FRIDAY Bronx Park Youth Club Will hold an important meeting and enterta nt in the Gymnasium of the Workers Cooperati Bronx Park East. All work, vited. ee De Rehearsal for November 7th Pageant Will be held at the Workers Cen- ter, 85 BE, 12th St., at 8:80 p.m. All workers invited to participate. Ti es: Friends of the Soviet Union Invites workers of Harlem to see the latest pletures of the Five-Year Plan to- morrow night at the Finnish Labor Temple, 15 W. 126th St, ew OWina-Japan Leeture will be held under the auspices of the Red Sparks Athletic Club. Aaa alan Vern Smith Lecture Called off To have been held 8 pm, to- morrow night, was called off due to conflicting arrangements bis aha’ Mapleton Workers Cleb Will hold a lecture on the British situation at 1884 66th St. All in- vited. So a ILD, Bilt Haywood Rr. Comrade Taub will lecture on “Workers Defense in Court” at 140 Neptune Avenue, Brighton Bench, Brooklyn, at 8:30 p.m ‘ ee NEW JERSEY Blection Campatgn Dance Given by_Unit 3, Communist Party Iny, October at Hungarian : Home, 16th Ave, Ad ’ ton B5e, oe Ellzabeth sanuneoe Campaign Da age ue of Struggle for N tights Nizabeth, N. J..at Wor Cent “Salen AN uuu 87 | Wright, mother of two of the framed-| 7" .omise for relief from a charity | | city Sunday, October 25, at 7:30 p.m. | | Speakers who took part in the dis- | of this conference as a step in the all Custom Tailors and Bushelmen toa Mass Mceiing Mon | 5W YORK.— Urging organized n to wage struggle agains in custom lor shops, irneymen Tailors Union of America, Local 1 has called a mass meeting of custom tailors and bushel- Monday, Oct. 26, 6.30 p. m. Bry- ant Hall, 1087 Sixth Ave., between 4lst and 42nd Sts. Ben Gold and Oswaldo Eusepi of Needle Trades Indusirial Union men, tt | the and Luigi Quintilliano are among the | *peakers, at this meeting. | aie | MRS. WRIGHT IN | PATERSON SUN. On Tour for Scottsboro Boys PATERSON, Oct. 21.—Mrs. Ada up Scottsboro boys, will speak in this at 205 Paterson Street. ‘This is one of many meetings Mrs. Wright will address in New Jersey in connection with her tour for the release of the eight boys now held in the death cells at Kilby Prison, and of 14-year old Roy Wright, who was not convicted in the original farcical “trial” at Scottsboro, but is still held in jail by the Alabama boss lynchers. Dressmakers Discuss / Conditions at Forum) A very well attended open forum of dressmakers was held yesterday | afternoon at Memorial Hall, 344 W. | 36th St. Leaders of the United Front | | Committee explained the program of unity in the shops, and pointed out that only through united struggle of | all workers can the dressmakers wipe out the present sweat shop conditions | and re-establish a union that will | serve the interests of the workers. One of the outstanding points in the discussion was the shop unity con- ference called by the United Front Committee for November 14. The cussion emphasized the importance | direction of uniting the ranks of the workers, calling on the employed as | well as the unemployed workers to |’ |see that this conference is represen- | tative of all workers, organized and | | unorganized, of the Industrial Union | and the company union. | DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURS D: AY, OC TOBE aR 22, 108 : \TORCE REL IEF FOR! onty 9 DAYS LEFT RIPPLEDWORKER: | FOR NOV: 7 EDITION | Unemploved Arouse Only nine are Neighbors to Act | which to get greetings and 2 | - |for the Noy. 7 edition of the Daily | A. Kavyulchuk, an unemployed! | Worker. The special page in this, worker, 626 East 6th St., a member | | edition, which will contain gteet-| of the Downtown Unemployed Coun-| | ings from American workers to the | cil yesterday appealed to the Council | | 14th Anniversary of the Bolshevik | for aid. The worker, crippled several! | Revolution, must be ready on Oct. years ago in an accident, had not re-| | 31, The publication dates for the ceived his compensation and was] | different districts of the special! | without food, his electric and gas| | edition for the different districts GREETINGS, dyes ELECTION RALLY ! | ilize a small army of Red Watchers | who intend to vote for the Com- EXPOSE TAMMANY RACKETEERING AT (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) end on Election Day but will con- tinue through the year. The immediate task now is to mob- 1 fer Election Day to safecuard the in- terests of the revolutionary workers A. F. of L. Members! Reject the Vancouver Convention Starvation Policy! A. F. of L. cimibere are not remaining quiet over the action of the Vancouver Convention of the A. F. of L. where the officials voted full support to the Hoover hunger program and against unemployment insur- ance. But there shoujd be more action. The Minneapolis A, F. of L. members in the building trades council showed the way. Three thousand met Oct. 20 and unanimously adopted a resolution, presented by a worker in the name of the Unemployed Council, condemning and repudiating the Vancouver A. F. of L, oppos’ tion to unemployment insurance. Every A. F. of L. member should present such a resolution in his local. Force a discussion on this action of the A. F. of L. bureaucrats in aid- ing the bosses against the hungry masses. Send us copies of the resolutions. A, F. of L. members write us about your views on the action at Vancouver. shut off and was threatened with immediate eviction. So. great was Kavulchuk’s misery that he contem- plated suicide for several days before appealing to the Council. The Downtown Council organized | | @ neig hood meeting at 6th St.| and Ave. C. and elected @ delegation | to make demands upon Alderman | Fassler at democratic headquarters, | | 7th St. and Ave. C. The delegation | saw Fassler and forced Fassler to} | give $5 to Kavulchuk together with | agency the next day. | Reporting back to the negihbor- | hood meeting members of the down- | town unemployed council exposed the | role of Tammany in starving the un-| employed. Several Tammany poli- ticians sent by Fassler tried to ix rupt and speak on behalf of the Tammany candidate for re-elec’i when they were shouted down. T> ‘Tammany men slunk away to their headquarters. Rronx Jobless Will Mareh on Boro Hall With Demands Noy. 2 NEW YORK.—More and more cases |, of starvation, of eviction, of lack of necessities are presenting themselves daily in the Bronx. At present the Bronx has an unemployed army of almost 400,000. In vain have many of these cases presented themselves | before the charity and relief com- mittes. Nothing was done. ‘These hungry families must be fed. And the boro administration which | has enough money for every sort of employed Councils and the Commu- | graft and yet refuses to spend any money on the destitute cases must be forced to do so. Only the Une nist Party can and will lead the workers in this struggle. To this leadership thousands of workers must | rally. When the unemployed delega- | tion presents the immediate demand: of the unemployed and employed | workers to the Boro Hall administra- | BRONX MEET FOR © DRESSMAKERS | ISituation tn Trade to| Be Discussed | A branch meeting of dressmakers | living and working in the Bronx will| be held tonight at 8 p.m. at Ambas- | sador Hall, 3875 Third Ave., Bronx. At this meeting, the dressmakers will discuss the present situation in the | will address the workers at the affair |2'Y of the United Power Laundries | chain and the Golden White, of an- | | Trades Workers Industrial Union to- | tection of Foreign Born, Tuesday | other chain, recently cut the wages trade and the policy of the Needle ward the expiration of the agree- ment. “ The Industrial Union has taken the initiative in calling the dress- | makers to unite, At a mass meeting | held at Cooper Union, some time | ago, the United Front movement was initiated and the United Front Com- mittee organized. The Industrial Union now points out that it is the task of the members of the company union to raise the question of unity at their shop and local meetings, and | to take steps to organize a rank and | file committee which will work to- gether with the United Front Com- mittee and the Industrial Union in| mobilizing the workers to meet the challenge of the bosses and organize a real struggle under the leadership | of the United Front Rank and File Strike Committee. YONDER BOY” OPENS AT ALVIN THEATRE TONIGHT “Winder Boy” will have its pre-/ miere at the Alvin Theatre this even- ing. Thi scomedy by Edward Chod- orov and Arthur Barton, opens Ted Harris’ season, Principal members | of cast are Gregory Ratoff, William Challee, Hazel Dawn, and Jeanne Green, Mac West will appear as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s drama, at the Royale Theatre on Friday efter- noon, November 6. Arthur Vinton will appear as Macbeth, George Givot as Banquo, and Russell Hardie as MacDuff, Henry Bernstein’s melodrama, “Melo,” began a return engagement at Maxine Ellictt’s Theatre last night. The three leading roles are played by Sebastian Shaw, Helen Flint and Walter Armitage, Rose Lerner, who plays in “The Left Bank,” at the Little Theatre, has just been made understudy to Katherine Alexander, who has the leading role in this play about the Elmer Rice Comedy of Americans in Paris. Miss Lerner was last seen in “Street Scene.” Elmer Rice, whose “The Left Bank” is housed at the Little Theatre, has leased the Plymouth Theatre, and will bring his second production, “Counsellor-at-Law” into that the- etre in November, with Paul Muni in the featured role, tion, there should be a solid phalanx | | of thousands of workers backing this | | | delegation. Every unemployed worker in the| Fronx, should meet in front of 348 | ™. 149th Street on Monday, Nov. 2. 1.a. m. From there they will march to the Boro Hall. Yokinen to Speak at Protection of the Foreign Born Affair We August Yokinen, the Finnish work- | | er who is held for deportation be- | jcause he believes in race equality, | arranged by the Committe for Pro- levening, November 3 (Election | Night), at the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St. The Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra, the German Prolet Buhne, the Lith- uanian Chorus, and the famous Ukrainian soloist, M. Dmitryshin, are sical program. The Red Star Band will play for the dancing. Tickets at the door 50c—in advance for organizations, 35c. RIEGGER, KRENEK PREMIERES ON KLEIBER’S PROGRAM phony program for next Thursday | evening and Friday afternoon at | Carnegie Hall will introduce Walling- | | ford Riegger’s “Rhapsody” and Kre- | nek’s variations for orchestra, and) will offer excerpts from Beethoven's gana as soprano soloist, in memory of the centenary of Goethe's death. Schubert’s Minuet with Cods for String Orchestra and Weber's First Symphony in C complete the pro- gram. This Sunday afternoon at Carnegie Hall Kleiber will offer the following program: Andante from a Posthum- ous Symphony, Bruckner; Three Ex~- tracts from Lyric Suite, Berg; Minuet Antiqne, Ravel; and Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Schumann, Pietro Yon, organist and composer, will give his recital at Carnegie Hall, Monday evening, October 26. Sylvia Lent, violinist, anpears in recital at Town-Hall, Tuesday even- ing, October 27. Clara Rabinovitch, pianist, will eive her recital at Town Hall, Sat- urday efterncon. ‘The first appearance of Rudolph Ganz’s new National Chamber Or- chestra is scheduled for Town Hall this Sunday afternoon. Tom Johnson Sneaks Class Strugg'e In South At Forum “The Developing Class Struggle In the South” will be the topic of lec- ture and discussion at the Workers’ Forum, conducted by the Workers’ School at 35 EF. 12th St., second floor, this Sunday night at 8 pm. The Soviet “Forced Labor”—Bedacht’ serles in pamphlet form at 10 cents Per copy. Read it~Spread it! speaker will be Comrade Tom John- son, who recently returned from the South ‘The historical role of the southern | | munist Party, but aevinst whom the | |are as follows: | reactionary parties will be lined up participating in an artistic and mu- | Erich Kleiber’s Philharmonic-Sym- | musie to “Egmont,” with Nina Mor- | Distriets Far West, Oct. 31.......1213 1819 Mid West, wep, 3 “7891011 1617 | Eastern, i. 1345615 IN, ¥. ORT ER hes seeedel z Greetings are 25 cents and up for individuals and $1 and up for organizations, Get your greetings in at once, comrades. You can use the form on page three to col- llect greetings if you haven't got | the regular form. Also send in the money for [bundles of the special edition as ‘soon as you can, The special’ page on Noy, 7 will contain ar-| ticles by Soviet workers on their conditions, and we must be pre- pared for the big demand. But we can’t publish enough copies if | e haven't the cash at hand, We end on all agents and readers the Daily for quick action to | make the Noy. 7 special edition | a success, Picket Furniture Shop to Maintain’ All Conditions | The strike against the State Up- olstery Co. at 411 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, for the enforcement of the union agreement and union econdi- tions in that shop is going on. The workers of this shop are picketing the |place and are determined to fight! the attempt of the bosses to put) a back on the piece-work sys-| tem, The Furniture Workers Industrial Union calls upon all furnitufe work- ers to report to the union headquar- ters at 795 Flushing Avenue (near Broadway) Brooklyn, to help these workers in their fight agianst the lowering of conditions and to make the bosses live up to the union agree- ment. The mass meeting called by the Furniture Workers Industrial Union onight at the Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St. N.Y.C., is of utmost importance to each and every fur- niture worker. Vital problems of the furniture workers will be discussed at this meeting. All furniture workers are urged to come, LAUNDRY UNION TO WAGE FIGHT age CutsThruout the | | Laundry Shops NEW YORK.—Both the Sun laun- | of the delivery drivers. The wages of the inside drivers hove also been cut. Laundry workers see in this move @ general wage cutting campaign in the industries, especially in those laundries where no organization of the workers exists. In those shops | where one form or another of or- | ganization exists the bosses are more cautious in extending their wage cuts. Union Takes Up Fight. ‘The Laundry Workers Union, re- cently organized after the rackéeteer | organization came to grief, is prepar- ing to wage ah intensive campaign against the wage cuts and other con- | ditions imposed by the employers as- |sociation. A shop delegate confer- jence is being arranged in the near |future to further the organization \of the union. ‘The regular meetings of the union are held Thursday nights in Am- bassador Hall, Third Ave. and Clare- mont Parkway. The saundry Work- ers Union has opened an office at 260 E. 138th St. Youth Conference Is Called In Harlem ‘The Young Communist League unit of Harlem is calling a conference of young workers’ organizations, young workers and students of Harlem, at the St. Lukes Hall, 125 W. 130th St., on Thursday, Oct, 22, 8 p. m. The purpose of this conference ts the getting of the support of the and the Young Communist League, and get these organizations to help | mobilize support for the Soraeiiniat Party on Election Day. Many organizations have atzendy | elected their delegates, others will do so this week. All organizations that cannot meet before the conference should send down a representative that will report back what took place to their organization, workers and peasants, both white and Negro, in the revolutionary struggles will be systematically outlined and analyzed. The Gastonia Strike, the New Orleans Strike, and particularly the recent struggles expressed in the Scottsboro and Camp Hill cases, the Harlan miners’ strike, etc. will be specially stressed. The tasks of the Party growing out of the economic crisis in the South and the radical- ization of the workers and peasants will be pointed out. young workers of Harlem for the platform of the Communist Party | |to either steal the vote or prevent | | workers from vote for. We must be | better prepared this year than ever, before and teach the gangsters of | Tammany, the Renublicans, and So- | cialists thet we are not standin= for |the tactics from them on Election | Day any more than we stand with their tactics in breaking up meet- ings. Every class conscious worker “hould immediately register at the | ~earest section of the Communist | Party where he lives in order to help | with this revolutionary task on Elec- tion Day. Go to the nearest Sec- tion where you live and register at} onee to act as Red Watcher on No- vember 8, Section 1—142 E. 3rd St., N.Y.C.; Sec. 2—301 W. 29th St. N.Y.C. Sec. |3.—85 E. 12th St, N.¥.C.; Sec. 4— 19 W. 129th St. N.¥.C.; Sec. 5— 569 Prospect Ave. Bronx; Sect. 6.— | 61 Graham Ave., Brooklyn; Sec. §.—| 136 15th St., Brooklyn; Sect. 8—118 | Bristol St., Brooklyn; Sect. 9—109 26 Union Haj! St., Jamaica. ‘Communist Election | Campaign Rally and March, Bronx, Oct. 31 NEW YORK.—A Communist Elec- | tion Campaign toreh-light parade with a band will take place on Sat-/ urday, October 31. The starting point will be 149th Street and Prospect Ave. | All mass organizations of the Bronx, all fraternal organiaations, are to participate in this march. Each organization is to bring its | own banner and placards. Come to the starting point at 4 p. m. where definite places in the march will be assigned, | Those workers who do not belong | to organizations should come individ- | ually to show their sympathy and | solidarity with the only party which | | ean lead the workers in their strug-{ gle for better living conditions—the | Communist Party. ‘There will also be a big mass meet- ing, Oct. 80, at Ambassador Hall, Claremont Parkway and Third Ave, Register Now As a | Watcher at the Polls On Day of | Election ! NEW YORK.—Do not forget to lregister mew to act as a Red | Watcher at the polls on Election | Day. Every elass conscious worker must be on hand Election Day to fight in the interests of the working class. Go to the nearest Section Headquarters in your neighborhood and sign up: 1) 142 E. 3d St. N.Y.C. 2) 301 W. 29th St., N.¥.C, 8) 35 E. 12th St., N. 4)19 W. 29th St. N.¥.C. 5) 569 Prospect Ave., Bronx. 6) 61 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, 7) 136 15th St., Brooklyn. 8) 118 Bristol S8t., Brooklyn. 9) 109-26 Union Hall, Jamaica, LL. . Show‘ Her Way of Love’ By Williamsburg WIR The Williamsburgh Branch of the Workers International Relief will show “Her Way of Love”, a Soviet film, Thursday, October 22, 8 p.m. at 795 Flushing Ave. near Broadway, Brooklyn. The branch has also arranged a tea and pancake party for Sunday, October 25, at 61 Graham Aye, Pro- ceeds to go for miners’ relief. Workers’ Correspondence is the backbone of the revolutionary press. Build your press by writing for it | mittee, about your day-to-day struggle. St. Louis Job! Hunger Marchers Oct. 24 Aitensify Fight for Immediate Relief from Charity Agencies ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 21—A de- | monstration before the city hall will | send off one hundred hunger march- ers from here Saturday, October 24, to unite with hunger marchers from other sections of the state for the| march on Jefferson City to present relief demands to Governor Caul-/| field. The local demonstration will also send a delegation to make immediate relief demands for the unemployed upon the mayor and to demand en- dorsement of the state demands. , Branches of the Unemployed Councils are making preparations in their neighborhoods for the Saturday demonstration. While final prepatations for the Hunger March and demonstration are being completed, the branches of the council are intensifying the struggle for relief for starving unem- | ployed workers from the Provident Association and Citizens Relief Com- Committees of workers have ess Send Off in the City | | | | } | Succeeded in getting relief and rent | from these institution for workers who have been refused time ahd | stitutions individually. Bosses Fear Council Fearing the growing influence and activity of the Unemployed Council the bosses and city officials have started a campaign to block the growing effectiveness of the Council. demonstration of January 16, 1931, for unemployment relief have been | jailed. The bosses have sought to counter and head off the movement for cash unemployment relief by starting a $3,000,000 campaign, most of which will be mulcted from the workers | still in the factories. However, thru their bitter experience the unemploy- ed here know that very little of the money that is colleeted will ever reach them, Liberator Plans Drive for 10,000 New Subscriptions | NEW YORK.—For six weeks be- sinning Noy. 1, the Liberator, | | weekly organ of the League of | | | Struggle for Negro Rights, will en- | gage in an intensive campaign to | attain a 10,000 added circulation— | 5000 new subscriptions, and 5000 | |in new bundle orders. ‘The drive, involving L. 8. N. R.| groups, trade unions, language and fraternal organizations, and unem- ployed councils, comes in the midst of the latest brutal attacks upon the Negro workers. In Cleveland recently, two unemployed Negro workers demonstrating against an eviction, were murdered by the po- lice; in Warren, another jobless Negro worker was shot down; the latest frame-up ease that of Willie Peterson in Birmingham, Ala., is being hatched by the Southern white bosses; the Camp Hill and Scottsboro cases are being fought | by masses of Negro and white | workers thruout the country and | the whole world. Quotas by districts, as well as eharts showing the progress of the drive, will be published weekly in | the Liberator. One of the chief aims of the campaign is to root the Liberator in the South, and in such industrial centers as Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Bal- timore, Philadelphia and New York. DEPOSITORS PLAN | SYMPOSIUM SAT. NEW YORK.—The United Deposi- tors Committee of the Bank of the United States has arranged a syn- péSum to which the following can- didates for president of Manhattan Borough have been Invited; Samuel Levy, democratic nominee, Edward C. Carrington, republican nominee, Norman Thomas, socialist nominee and Israel Amter, Communist nom- inee. The symposium which will be held at Public ‘School 65, Eldridge A Theatre Guild Proaietion 4 “ 99 By ALTRED SAVOIR Afsnted by Cheater Stakia SU LY Laas | Theatre Presents bd Connelly ‘the Group v Martin Bock se. a's Ave, Mat. Thurs & Sat, Penn 6-610 MAE WEST ‘The Constant Sinner’ '—The Nation. Sth W. B'wy, ves ts. Wed. & Sat, 2°30 PPODROME::,475:. BIGGEST SHOW IN NW VorkK AMUSEMENTS IS GRANOWSKY'S “SONG of LIFE” EVERYBODY'S WELCOME ‘The new leal comedy hit, with FRANCES WILTIAMS ANY PENNINGTON ALDER: RASCH GIRLS & uae Ty OTHERS SHUBERT Vhen., 44th St, W. of B'w'y Hiven, 8:30, Matinee Wed. & Sat., 2:30 20 YEARS JAIL FOR 2 BOY REDS, Sentence Colo. Youths for Anti-War Work Sol eres Gea and Michael Shant- sek, 19-year-old members of the | Young Communist League in Den- | ver, Colorado, haye been sentenced to 20 years’ prison on the charge of having distributed anti-war leaflets at the Citizens’ Military Camp in Fort Logan. ‘When the boys were caught they were severely beaten by the army officers and then turned over to American Legionites for further tor- ture. Then they were held ineom- municado for two days in the guard house and seyen days in the county jail. The conviction is based on the Colorado Anarch-Sedition Act, which was passed in 1921 during the post- war hysteria and only used now for the first time, At the first hearing, Oct. 15, Green-, | berg pleaded his own case. They will be brought up again in February be- fore the jury. Meanwhile the In- ternational Labor Defense has se- cured their release on $2,000 bail each. The Young Communist League and the International Labor Defense are beginning a nation-wide cam- paign to save these boys from a liv- ing death. This most vicious sen- tence compares favorably with those | that were handed out by the Rus- san czar, and Canal St., Saturday, Oct. 24 at | 8 p. m., will hear the respective views of the candidates for borough presi- dent in regards to aid to the deposi- | tors of the Bank of the United States and other banks. has also arranged two open air meetings to discuss the latest de- velopment in the Bank of the United Stats affair. The following meetings will be held: Thursday, Oct, 22, Ave A and 10th St; Friday, Second Ave and 10th St. The latter meeting will be held between 7 and 8.30 p. m. Soviet Movie and NEWSREEL “Her Way of Love” Workers International Relief Branch No, 1 (Williamsburg) At Williamshutg Workers Club 195. Flushing Ave., Brookjyn Thurs., Oct. 22, 8 PM, SUBSCRIPTION 25 CENTS xy Benolit: Starving Children of Striking | Al | Coal Miners SOLLIN’S RESTAURANT ~ 216 EAST 14TH STREET 6-Course Launch 55 Cents Regular Dinner 65 Cents Y. Becker and J. Peer, leaders of the | The United Depositors Committee | | again when they went to these in- | bo | ae ete |} ane &, 12th St —— Tobless Fur Workers Plan Demonstration For Saturday An open forum of furriers was hela in the Industrial Union quarters this afternoon. Many of the rank and file workers as well as leaders of the Ine dustrial Union discussed the effect of the last week’s demonstration; it was decided to continue the came paign of the unemployed workers against the excessive hours of over- |time. The importance of mobilizing the unemployed as well as the eme ployed workers in support of the | movement for one union against the bosses and the Kaufman-MeGrady fascist dictatorship was stressed. A detailed plan for next Saturday’s demonstrations was decided upon, ‘MOONEY DEFENSE FUNDS SLACKEN Organizations Should Send In. Pledges The campaign to free Tom Mooney, tl Harlan miners, the Scottsboro » the, five Paterson silk workers and all other class war prisoners, | Which was launched at an enthusias- |tie mass conference on October 11, is being seriously threatened by the failure of most of the organizations that pledged funds to the campaign to pay their pledges, The New York District of the In- ternational Labor Defense, which called the conference, points out that of the more than $300 pledged, very little has thus far been receive, The LL.D. statement declares: “The united front eampaign led by the LL.D. to foree the release of Mooney, the Harlan miners and all other militants now in jail, is to be & eampaigh not of words and paper resolutions, but of deeds. This wes the spirit of the October 11 confer- ence, at which 450 delegates, repre- senting 189 organizations were pres- ent. The fake campaign started by the ‘®ocialists”, A. F. of L. bureau- crats and so-called progressives at a eonferehee September 24, which exeluded all I.L.D. delegates, has al- ready come to an end. As we stated at the time, the sole purpose of this fake campaign was to confuse the workers with a lot of noisé and to |eripple the mass movement for Moo- ney and the other class warprisoners. “But the real united front Mooney- | Harlan-Scottsboro campaign must gc on! It cannet go on unless the or- ganizatfons fulfill their pledges and enable the machinery to function properly. We appéal to these organi- zations and to their membership to send in their pledges at oncé to the district LL.D. office, 799 Broadway, Room 410, New York. Join the move- ment to free our imprisoned comrades in deeds as well as in words!” — = Patronize the Hygrade Dairy & Vegetarian Restaurant A PLEASANT PLACE TO EAT Special prices from 5 to 9 p. m. 149 West 28th St, near 7th Avenue iret eaenee Tel. Stuyvesant 9-5557 If no answer call Stu. 9-1500 (24 hour service) CARL BRODSKY “ANY KIND OF INSURANCE” 799 Broadway New York City ————— Dr. MORRIS LEVITT SURGEON DENTIST Southern Blvd, cor, 176th St. N. Ys Phone: Tremont 3-1258 Special low prices for workers Intern’] Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 1 UNION SQUARE 8TH FLOOR AU Work Done Under Personal Care at DR. JOSEPASON Cooperators’ SEROY CHEMIST 657 Allerten Avenue BRONX, Ne ¥. ol Phone Siuyyesant 3816 Joba's Restaurant (ANJA DisiTEE Here rider New York Sheusauny A plaee with ator where all ridicule Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 199 SECOND AVENUE Bet. 18th and 18th Bte. Strictly Vegetarian food i heag i the Ame yr ntre tn Bent, “Atkinson, Y. Times THE LEFT BANK RRO, LEO CARRILLO ACTS in Incl. Homi cid Sq wad wa Nelson By ELMER RICE “A Heiter Play ee ‘Street Scene!” Ruhl, Herald bune. Mile ae a Advertise Your Union Meetings Here. For Information Write to Advertising Departinent The DAILY WORKER 50 East 13th 6t New York City MELR DAIRY { rades Will piven Pe a Pieatant to Dine at ‘Out Pinee, SE AUER EE 1787 SOUTHERN BL reePl Stier

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