The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 8, 1931, Page 3

D AILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 1931 ORGANIZE RED SUN DAYS IN “DAILY” SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN! Daily Worker Subscription Drive Conference to Be Held in Detroit on Dec. District Number 7, the Michigan district, announces that the Daily Worker Com- mittee of that district has called a conference of all working class organizations to discuss the campaign for 5,000 Daily Worker 12-month subscriptions. This confer- ence will be held next Wed- nesday evening, Dec. 9, ai 7:30 p. m., at Ferry Hall, 1343 _E. Ferry Ave., Detroit. What About Other Districts? The Detroit district is so far the only district that has sent in detailed, satisfactory reports on the plans and pro- gress in the Daily Worker subscription drive. But we must hear plans from [ALL districts. We must hear from all districts so that we ean unify the drive all over the country, conduct social- ist competitions lfor filling quotas, exchange methods, and let the workers know that they are not isolated in the drive for subscriptions but are in a vast workers’ army. What About Other Districts? What about the readers’ conferences in other dis- tricts? What about the quo- tas for each unit, section and mass organization? What about plans for issuing Daily Worker leaflets ex- posing the role of the capi- talist press and showing the importance of the Daily Worker? What about spread- ing the movement for the Friends of the Daily Worker Groups? What work has been done on organizing neighborhood squads and house to house canvassing? Are you advertising the premiums offered with sub- scriptions ? Friends of the Daily Worker Again we repeat, what about spreading the move- ment for Friends of the Daily Worker Groups? These groups are big factors in spreading the influence of the Daily Worker and in helping in the subscription drives. They are informal. Members can meet in work- ers’ homes. No dues need be paid. News items in the Daily Worker can be dis- cussed. We have worked out a program for a first meet- ing of a group which we will send you if you ask for it. Workers’ correspondence can be organized. Entertain- ments can be given now and then. And regular carrier routes for the Daily Worker can be built up by the mem- bers. These carrier routes can be latter turned into sub- scriptions. BUILD FRIENDS OF THE DAILY WORKER GROUPS! LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THE DAILY WORKER! GET 5,0C0 12-MONTH SUBSCRIPTIONS! MASS FIGHT AGAINST IMPERIALISTS SPREADS ALL OVER CHINA COONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) might see in the Chinese debacle her chance to recoup. And France, already in possession of territory torn from South China, would not be’ averse to acquiring a little more.” Sees huge exploitation of China After peddling the bunk that Am~- erican imperialisin which has ground Haiti, ‘the Philipines and other col- onial countries under its iron heel, would be too alutruistic to “join in peking prostrate China’s bones,” 3imms says: “Trade experts in this country and Europe recognize in China the world’s greatest market opportunity. With upward of 450,000,000 popula-, tion, her requirements will be end- less as soon as improved living standards permit her people to buy something besides the barest neces- sities.” ‘The imperialists continue their sec- ret conferences in Paris, striving to subordinate their conflicts of inter- ests to the main task of crushing the Chinese Revolution and war on the Soviet Union. The Paris secret con- ferences are being supplemented with secret talks betwen the French pup- pet states on the western border of the &viet Union. A dispatch to the New York Times from Tamisiora re~ ports w secret conference in that city Betwegn King Carol of Rumania, and Count Stephen Bethlen de Bethlen, former Hungarian Premier, and the French and Italian ministers to Rumania. ‘The ‘var in Manchuria is proceed- » mg, with the Chinese workers and -peasants rallying in increasing num- bers to the fight against the Japanese invaders and the Kuomintang be- trayers of China. Figuring broke out yesterday in the vicinity of Kung- taipu, southwest of Mukden, and at Tieningtai, near Hsinintun, between Japanese and Chinese workers, pea- ants and soldiers. Japanese airplanes were used to bomb the Chinese of whom 300 are reported killed. A Japanese force attacking the walled city of Changtu was repulsed ‘by a force of 5,000 Chinese workers and soldiers. A Japanese detach~ ment is marching on the village of Tsallopu, between Sinmin and Chiu- liuho. The village is held by Chinese irregulars, made up of peasants and disbanded soldiers. Nanking Troops Attack Workers $ and Students Fighting between Nanking troops and Chinese workers and students _ occurred yesterday in Nanking, fol- lowing an attempt by the Nanking | Fedeneg to suppress the anti- perialist, anti-Nanking demonstra- of workers and students in that city. The students beat up the secretary of the National Central Universiy, and wrecked the offices of the university. Dr. Chu Chia-hua, president of the university has been forced to resign. Nanking government officials in- duced the students to began making wholesale arrests of workers and students. Martial law was de~ clared in Nanking by the Nanking government which unced that it has “discovered evidence that the student invasion of the capital had ben inspired by Communists.” Chinese Paper Scores League, Praises Soviet Unton In the meantime, mass resentment is flaming up throughout China, and even the Chinese bourgeois press is being forced to take a more militant stand against the imperialist moves for the partition of China. The Chinese newspaper, “‘Tungpac” de- clares: “Recent events have completely exposed the League of Nations as far as China is concerned. It is becoming more and more clear to the Chinese people who are their friends and who their foes. Japan- ese imperialism is spreading un- truthful reports concerning an al- leged interference on the part of the Soviet Union, in order to cover up its own tracks. The fact is, however, we can observe the troops of almost all the powers in the world on our soil, only not the troops of the Sviet Union.” In Japan, polite raided a meeting of the League against imperialism in the suburb of Suginaimgsi and ar- rested 20 persons. ‘The police report declares that this organization aims at wrestling the Japanese colonies away from Japan. All the arrested are reported to be members of. hte Tokio organization and to have plan- ned to undertake joint action against, the Manchurian operations together with other revolutionary organiza- tions. Woo Yu-tsin, the leader of the Press Department of the Central*Commit- tee of the Chinese Communist Party, who was arrested a short time ago, has been murdered by the Nanking authorities, Chinchow Attack Held Up By Fear of Revolutionary Movement. The imperialists continue their maneuvers and secret meetings over the question of the so-called neutral Chinchow zone. Pending the out~ come of these manouvers, the Jap- anese are reported to have held up their proposed attack on Chinchow. Back of these manouvers and the Japanese insistence on their right to invade the Chinchow zone is the spector of the growing revolutionary movement in China. The imperialists openly express the fear that Japanese success in driving the Chinese troops of the Chinchow zone would result in the further spread of the revolutionary movement in China, and might even throw the dislodged troops into the arms of the Chinese Revolution. In t!> meantime, the Japanese have eyparently agreed to mark time in the expectation that the Nanking authorities will be able to give fur- ther aid to the plans of the im- perialists for the division of China. A Tokio dispatch to the New York Times indicates that the Japanese may help the Nanking authorities by creating a situation which would per- mit them to further betray the Chinese mases under the excuse of |DELEGATION Is EJECTED FROM CAPITOL BLDG. {CONTING CED | FROM PAGE ONRD thundered. “at the doors of the White House, Still later, they marched on A. F. of L. headquarters, where William Green, ‘president of the American Federation of Labor, let in a dele~ gation of the A. F. of L. members in the Hunger March, They denounced Green to his face for opposing insur- ance, daring him to a debate or to come out and repeat his slanders to the 1,500 delegates massec outside. Voice of the Masses. Never Washington has there been such a scene! ‘The National Hunger Marchers, representatives of the 12,000,000 job- less, lined up in a huge semi-circle before the U. S. capitol, after a pa- rade with banners through the streets of Washington, They shouted their demands until the walls of the chief government building of Amer- ican capitalism seemed to quiver in the vibrations of the echoes. The enormous masses who gathered to watch and participate in this de- mand stood fast, unawed by the dis- play of police armed force. It was the class struggle symbolized, capi- talism unwilling to feed the masses, and the masses there in huge strength, demanding bread. It was the culmination, for the moment, of the march of delegates elected by or- ganized and unorganized unem- ployed, from the Pacific to the At- lantic Coasts, elected by militant unions and American Federation of Labor unions in refolt against the A. F, of L. policy of no insurance and of starvation and wage-cuts. This march had proceeded with military precision and in spite of every pos- sible hardship and provocation, in spite of police attack and government trickery, to the gates of the capital- ist government of the richest capi- talist country—and it demanded to be heard. Delegation _ Up. While senators were slinking, cring- ingly into their senate room, not feeling safe in their minds though machine guns and bayonets fenced them off from the masses, two dele- gations of 12 each went up, walked through the sworm of police at the entrance and started for the doors of the senate and house of represen- tatives. Chairman of the house dele- gation was Herbert Benjamin, field organizer of the Washington Ar- rangements Committee for the Na- tional Huger March. Others on the delegation were: John Parks, Phila- delphia; Pete Chapa, Pittsburgh; John Vrabel, Canton, Ohio; Robert Lealess, New York; Fred Siders, Pittsburgh; Albert Minor, Minneap- olis; Jacob Flanner, Cincinnati; Jane Roberts, Terre Haute; Charles Brad- ley, Pontiac; H. A. Rolph, Salt Lake City; John Marshall, North Caro- lina; Silvia Shieves, Boston; Ike Hawkins (Negro), of Pittsburgh; C. K. Alexander (Negro), of Barberton; Tom Harrison, Rhode Island; G. Grant, Detroit; W. L. Bonney, Colo- rado; Jack Lewis, Delaware. A quar- ter of the delegates were Negroes. Sergeant-at-Arms David Barry asked Benjamin for his “petition.” “We're not handing in a petition. We are making demands in the name of 12,000,000 starving, unemployed workers. We demand to enter. ‘The hungry masses of America are star- ving. They can’t wait any longer.” ‘The sergeant, backed by plenty of Police, refused. ‘The committee per- sisted, and the police then forcibly shoved them out of the building, in spite of their struggles to enter. Sub- staftially the same procedure took Place at both the senate and house chambers. Shortly afterwards, another dele- gation of three—Bill Dunne, Benja~ min and Ike Hawkins—attempted to enter, and were refused. While the arguments were going on, Senator King, of Utah, a pro- yielding to force. The dispatch states: “The Japanese say the situation is now similar to that of 1915, when the .Peking Government asked Japan to send an ultimatum so it could plead that it had yielded to force.” A Moscow dispatch to the New York Times reports the fraternization of Japanese and Chinese workers at the International Congress of the Red International of Trade Unions in the Soviet capital. The dispatch says: “At the eight session of the Red International Congress of Trade Unions here a Japanese delegation followed a Chinese representative on the speakers’ rostrum, both ex- pressing the common viewpoint that China was the victim of ‘im- perialistic plots’ and that the Man- churian conflict was the beginning of a world war. “The speeches of the Japanese. and Chinese delesates were fre- quently interrupted by applause from the Russian members and from representatives from the Un'ted States, France, “England and other countries. “The session ended last night with the adoption of a resolution appealing to the workers of France, England and the United States to ‘follow the example of the Japanese workers’ and organize mass protest against the ‘imperialists division’ of China and to demand the with- drawal of all foreign troops from China.” | before in the history of Led Mooney Frame-up Former District Attorney of San Francisco, Charles M. Fickert, who acted for the California bosses in railroading Tom Mooney and War- ren J, Billings to prison. Following Walker's scheme te whitewash California capitalists, he said Mooney ought to be freed. Later he said he still believed Mooney guilty and that both Mooney and Billings should stay in jail. silver man and a publicity ~ <2, of- fered to read the statement of the committee on the floor of the sen- ate. The delegation promptly re- fused this offer. To Congress—Not Individuals. “We didn’t come all the way here to see an individual,” the commit- tee declared. “We came to present the demands of the unemployed workers to the congress that is sup- posed to represent the people of the United States.” The committee of three returned to the vast crowd before the capitol, and Bill Dunne, raised on the shoulders of unemployed workers, reported to them, while senators and congress- men stood on the great white steps and looked on. Dunne’s Report. “Your committee was refused ad- mission to congress,” stated Dunne. “They would deal with the repre- sentatives of the Unemployed Councils speaking in the name of 12,000,000 jobless only through po- lice forces, We were not allowed to enter, or even to present our de- mands for the Workers’ Unemploy- ment Insurance Bill. .Vice-Presi- dent Curtis, who presides_here to- day, has by his refusal to listen to what we have to say, expressed the attitude of the entire Hoover hun- ger administration! This admin- istration is causing suffering to millions of unemployed.” Then, in a shouting column of fours, with the band playing at their head, the National Hunger March- ers, followed by thousands of other workers, swept up the avenue toward the White House. Hoover Hides. At the gates of the white house, Richard Jarvis, head of the white house secret service, met the march- ers. He spoke to Benjamin: “You cannot see the president—all you can do is present whatever petition you have.” Benjamin refused here, as in the capitol, to deal with the police. He declared that if they were barred from the white house by force, they would go to Lafayette Park, nearby, and make known the attitude of Hoover to the masses and the rep~ resentatives of the jobless. While this was going on, Hoover was feasting Mark Requa, his old associate in the days of the Hoover food administration, when between them they helped starve millions to win a capitalist war, and undoubt- edly making plans for th enext war. Requa is a mining engineer, hooked up with both the copper and petro- leum trust, and adviser of Hoover when the man who is now president ran mines with forced labor given him by the empress of China, and 1,200 BOO GREEN; DELEGATES TELL HIM HE'S FAKER) (CONTINUED FROM PAGH ONE) luxurious quarters, | m thugs, and | ainst the hun- | ated his old found Green in surrounded by strong full of imprecations ger marche, Green rer lies “Your agents are Moscow agents who thrive on misery and do not} want to relieve unemployment, but the committee cut him short. They demanded to know why the A. F. L. leadership was on record op- posing unemployment insurance when 95 per cent of the membership of the A. ¥. of L, demands insurance While Green was trying to say the workers were against unemployment insurance, he was booed by the dele- gates. They dared him to come out- side and tell that to the workers. When Green launched his attack on the Soviet Union, the delegates shouted, ‘You and the A. F. of L. leaders are fakers! We demand that the rank and file be heard! The committee then walked out on | Green, leaving him talking. 1,500 Jeer. Fifteen hundred marchers ete. stood outside the A, F. of L. headquarters| Jeering the high salaried dictators of the A. F. of L. and then marched on} to a huge mass meeting in Washing- ton Auditorium, The delegation left with Green’ the | resolution of protest against the stand of the A. F, of L. Vancouver conven- tion against unemployment insur- ance, and demanding the freedom of Tom Mooney and Warren K. Bil- lings, framed up by California capi- talists and A. F .of L. fakers in com- bination. BOSSES’ PRESS ADMITS HORROR OF HOOVER CREW NEW YORK—Yesterday, New York papers give under capitalist press services’, names quite full accounts of the embarrassment of the Hoover ad- mininstration officials. Hoover and his gang never intended the National Hunger March to reache Washington. They are dismayed at its size and militancy, and at the enthusiastic support it receiven in Washington and all along the way from the mil- lions of workers and jobless. The capitalist newspapers empha- size the military preparations, the large number of marines and police mobilized. One says: “Alarmed at the size and belliger- ency of the march, officials, led by Secretary of War Pat Hurley, began their action, and the marchers faced the fixed bayonets of the marines as they paraded past the capitol grounds today.” (yesterday) Another refers to the White House being “guarded more than in time of war.” Another, telling of the scene just before the presnetation of demands states: “Every precaution has been taken to prevent the Hunger Marchers from disturbing the legislators, but they were visible from the Capitol windows as they paraded and massed in the area set apart for them by Vice-Pre- sident Curtis by suspending the rules governing the Capitol grounds, Under penalty of arrest they have been or- dered to conceal their banners de- manding ‘Food’ and ‘Down With the Hoover-Wall St. Starvation Program.” It is clearly against the capitalist law to demand food in front of the capitol of the country with the rich- est millionaires in the world. ‘The first edition of the Hearst afternoon paper here had a big streamer head line: “HUNGER MARCHERS STORM CAPITOL.” ‘The story under the headline tells of “Congress opening with Hunger Marchers virtually surrounding the the Czar of Russia. Capitol Building. NEW YORK.—Today new emer- y decrees will be issued against German workers in an effort to off complete collapse of Ger. the stave man capitalism. The Bruening fas- cist measures will cut wages whole- sale | At the same time, the Bank of | International Settlements is now *|meeting in Basle, Switzerland, to | devise plans for keeping the Young | Plan from breaking down. In preparation for all these | measures, Adolf Hitler, the fascist | leader, has been given a great amount of space and attention in | the American capitalist press. Hit- | ler’s program of open fascist attack against the German workers be- comes more important to the Am- erican capitalists than the actions of the Bruening government. | Hitler's Interview | On Sunday, Hitler again gave an| interview to foreign correspondents | telling them what he would do when | the fascists got into power. Hitler | spoke with confidence when he said that the fascists would soon be in| power. He said they would not nec- je: y do so by @ “March on Berlin,” Hitler said that many things made this unnecessary. Chancellor Bruening, head of the | |German government, made no reply | | whatever to Hitler's statement of | policy. “If Dr, Bruening did not speak jup,” his friends said, the New York Times reports from Berlin, “foreign- ers might get the wrong impression | of Herr Hitler’s place and prospects.” But Bruening did not speak up be- cause the fascist roles of both Bruen- ing and Hitler are merging in a common policy, All appearances indicate that | Bruening, who has an agreement | with the: Socialists, is now preparing the road for Hitler's assumption of |power. It is even reported that Bruening will remain in the Hitler government. The support of Bruening to Hitler is recognized by the French imper- iali: According to the Associated Press: “The Paris newspaper Le Temps devoted its leading article yesterday (Sunday) to the Hitlerite agitation in Germany, finding it dis- concerting that the Bruening govern- ment no longer reacted, it said, against the fascist campaign.” It is significant to note that Hit- ler’s demagogic program, by which he hopes to win mass support, is being rapidly modified to suit both German and foreign capitalists. Hit- ler no longer speaks about an attack against capital, or about introducing “Socialist” measures. He Jays stress on the “hour of Germany.” When asked what his economic measures would be, he replied, in his interview on Sunday: “Our economic ideas are something we do not propose to uncover now. They are, if you please, patented.” This shows that Hitler does not want to reveal to petty bourgeois masses who follow him because of his phrases about attacking the “money interests” that the fascist program will be directed against the working-class and the lower middle class in the interest of German cap- italism and world imperialism, That the fascist program will be similar to the present decree of Bruening—only more drastic and with the bloody fist of open fascist. terror behind them—is clearly shown in Hitler's interview when he said: “We saw what happened in connec- tion with the present government’s emergency decrees: The government took our ideas for three-fourths of them, but changed and falsified them and you see for yourself what the result is. Hence we do not propose to divulge our economic ideas here- after until we are in control of the situation and can give effect to them.” Fascist Note Growing In the meantime, Hitler’s support is growing as shown by the latest election. In Stuttgart the Hitlerites Call Rail Union Rank and File to Prepare Strike Against Wage Cuts NEW YORK.—Around 1,500 local chairmen of the railroad brother- hoods are now meeting in Chicago to consider the most drastic wage cuts ever proposed to the 1,200,000 em- ployed railroad workers of the coun- try. The National Railroad Industrial League, 702 East 63rd Street, Chicago, has issued @ call to all railroad work- ers to prepare for a strike against wage cuts. The complete call will be published soon in the Daily Worker. Th2 appeal calls for the organizing of local and district conferences in the railroad industry. to form united front committees to fight wage cuts. A Rank and File Conference of the Chicago Switching District will take place Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Peo- ple's Auditorium, 2457 West Chicago Ave., at 10 a. m., as the first step in rallying the railroad workers against wage cuts, The railroad bosses expect the union officials to turn back to the rich parasites who own the $33,000,- 000,000 stocks and hends comprising the value of the rwlroads in the United States at least $250,000,000. In order to do this, the railroad union officials have to aid in put~ ting over a 10 per cent wage cut. ‘The Chicago & Northwestern R. R., as well as many other roads, have announced that they intend to cut wages. The capitalist press has stated on more than one occasion that the big union officials favor wage cuts, but fear the action of the men. In Canada the Board of Concilia- tion has declared in favor of a 10 per cent wage cut for Canadian rail- roed workers. Most of the Canadian railroads are owned by the same Wall Street, interests who seek a wage cut against the American railroad work- ers; and they are going to use the Canadian action against the Amer- ican workers. Besides getting $1,000,000,000 from the United States government, which Hoover soon proposes to hand over to the railroads, the bosses tnsist on & wage cut. The latest report in the Journal of Commerce states that the 1,500 local chairmen are expected to come across “Belief that the convention of railroad union chairmen meeting in Chicago next Monday will find it advisable to take a wage cut of 10 per cent for one year beginning December 1 was expressed yester- day by J. M. Kurn, president of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. “I have this opinion,” Mr. Kurn added, “because in the case of a re- duction under the Transnortation | Act the roads wou'd ask for a | greater cut. Also, the results under | such proceedinys would not be for only a year, but would be for an indefinite open-end period, with the poss'bility that. the men will never get the old wage scale back. “I believe the reduction in Can- ada will have some effect on the action to be taken at the labor meeting in Chicago.” ‘To fight against this drive of the bosses, in which they expect to get assistance from the union misleaders, all railroad union men must now gather their forces. Prepare to strike Hitler now ¢laims 15,000,000 supporter: that he ha Germ | stronger attack ag |The sceia ning put over |his fascist decrees by preventing the | Reichstag from being called into session. In Wall Street the ur and Bruening, and the « tion of power by Hith a fact. The Am an of Hitler bankers, fur of | worker: gained 23,329 votes total to 44,599. The Socialists lost | 8,792 votes, getting a total vote 46,810. ‘The Communist Party gained 5,721 votes, bringing its total up to | 48,840. |that he will take over power very shortly. The action of the Bruehing government emphasizes the fact that the fascists have some ré of ar agreement with Bruening. At th same time, the Socialists unite with Bruening, maintaining the present government in power and permitting | it to nurture the fascists for a st the workers. , is taken as} ther, approve of this step as they | Breuning Backs Hitler Driv? for Bloody Suppressi sion i Workers recognize directed now The (Dec. 7, 1931), est statements, said: “Considerable interest was at- tached to Friday’s statement of Adolf Hitler, leader of the German Nazis. Comment frequently heard that Hitler's remarks are growing steadily less firey as he approaches possible admission to power leading to the belief that if his party gains a hand in the government it will find it necessary to follow the pro- gram already laid down. Local banking circles (in Wall Street) hold it is now but a matter of time before the Nazis ~-ke a sue- cessful bid for power but this, it is said, will not neecssarily mean the overthrow of Chancellor Bruening. On the contrary, it is felt Chancel- lor Bruening will remain in power as the head of the government, but that the Nazis will be given some seats in the cabinet.” main ¢ against Germar. Wall Street Journal reviewing Hitler's I Boss Press Admits Police Aid In Maryland Lynching e (OONTINUED FROM I co-operating. The lynching last Friday occurred in the tov. 1 of Salisbury, on the eastern shore. It was one of the most brutal and open lynch mur- ders staged anywhere in this coun- try. The victim, Matthew Williams, @ 35-year old Negro worker, was first shot down in the office of his em- ployer, where he went to demand his wages and to protest against the starvation pay of 15 cents an hour in the factory of Daniel J. Ellicott where he was employed. Williams was shot in the head and the chest by Daniel J. Ellicott, Jr., son of his employer. The elder Ellicott was killed during the firing. The boss press claims he was killed by Wil- liams. Williams was placed under arrest and taken to the Peninsula General Hospital where he was held under police guard. The younger Elliott was not even arrested, Police Stand By, The police guard was there simply to see that Williams did not escape. When six prominent business men entered the Jim Crowd ward and dragged Williams out of bed, the po- lice made no pretense of protecting him. Outside, the six leaders of the lynch gang, was met by some 300 merchants, rich farmers and hood- lums who dragged’ Williams to the court house square, in the exact cen- ter of the city. There they lynched him, raising and lowering his body several times to add to the torture. After half an hour of this, they burnet the body. During all that time the police offered no interfer- ence. The boss press admits this. The Baltimore Sun in its article on the lynching, says: “There were two policemen at the front door of the hospital when the mob delegates entered by a side door. They made no attempt to prevent the lynching, nor did any citizen protest against it, witnesses said.” The Baltimore heads its story “Salisbury Negro, who shot em- ployer, hanged on the courthouse green.” Speaks of Negroes “Wronging Whites In its news story, the Baltimore Sun dares to prattle of the wrongs inflicted on the white boss oppres- sors by the brutally oppressed Negro workers. Referring to the frame-up charges against Orphan. Jones and George Davis, both of whom are in hourly danger of lynching on the eastern shore, this boss paper speaks of “the third crime in the last few weeks in which Negroes have been charged with wronging whites,” Rejecting the petition of the LL.D. for a change of venue to Baltimore for the trial of Orphan Jones, the judge of Worcester County and the State's attorney have insisted on bringing Jones to trial in the lynch atmosphere on the eastern shore. Following the advice of Attorney General Lane that the trial would Sun gloatingly night | ) not be lega legal if it was necessary tc call out militia to “protect” the de- fendant, the judges decided to go ahead with the trial without any pre- tense of protection for Jones. In the face of the lynch gang activities cul- minating in the Inching Friday nicht of Matthew Williams, the boss court decided there “was no danger of mob violence.” Rich farmers and merchants of Worcester County have presented a demand on the court that Jones be brought to trial on the eastern shore. Their demand declares that they “respectfully request and exnect the Honorable Judges to see that the trial is held in the Judicial Circuit wherein the crime was ¢ommitted. and that without further delay.” Jones Victim of Vilé Frame-up. Orphan Joes is accused of killing a white farmer and his family. The accusation is based on no other rea~ son that that Jones once worked for the dead farmer, and protested against the robbery of one day’s wages at 10 cents an hour. The National Office of the Inter- national Labor Defense last night sent the following protest telegram to Goy. Ritchie of Maryland: “We again protest the murderous activities of Maryland gangs com- posed of business men, rich farmers and eastern shore officials. Today's papers report hanging and burning of Matthew Williams by a gang of prominent Salisbury citizens and offi- cials in answer to his refusal to work for 15 cents an hour. This is part of the bosses savage campaign of rob- bery and terror against the working class and especially against the Ne- gro masses. Your encouragement to mobs in Orphan Jones and George Davis cases has borne fruit. We held you and all eastern shore officials equally responsible for this beastly outrage, and denounce your attempt to virtually lynch Jones and Davis by trial on eastern shore. We denounce the court’s refusal to remove Jones's cases from eastern shore. We demand cessation of this terror against the Negroes. We de- mand the right of Negro workers and poor farmers to arm and defend themselves against these boss-ine spired attacks. We demand the im- mediate safe release of Orphan Jones, George Davis and all other workers framed by the employers and their courts in Maryland.” CHICAGO, ILL. Protest Meeting Against the Pogroms in Poland and Against War Preparations Against the Soviet Union WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 951 East 55th Street Auspices:—Br. 59, LW.O. Get DAILY WORKER Subscriptions In your shop, in your factory, in your mass orgatiization SUBSCRIBE NOW! Put the drive for 5,000 Daily Worker 12-month subs over the top PREMIUMS GIVEN FREE WITH ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION “Bruski” (The Soil Redeemed), By Panferov. Sells for $1.50 Or any $1.50 or $1.00 book put out by International Publishers, WITH SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIPTION “Red Villages,” which sells for 50 cents. and Industry series, which sells for $1, Or any of the Labor or the Labor Fact Bool, which sells for 85 cents GET A TOTAL OF 12 MONTHS SUBS WIN ANY PREMIU for the railroad bosses, This Wall Street sheet says; against wage cuts! 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