The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 21, 1933, Page 2

a PAGE TWO ‘BARRICADES IN BERLIN’ Powerful Proletarian Novel Throws Light on | Present Situation in Germany | | | ( “BARRICADES IN BERLI by, the om which to resist the| Klaus Neukranz new novel just/™u DDR HSB UDORE GC eemtDe by Int ional Publishers ae avaa conimitten a penetrating light on the} ojec: a delegation to the So-| in Germany today. When | cia]-Democra police-president to may again appear on the| as m to withdraw the police, and| s of Berlin at any time now a8} how a social-democratic worke on} le attacks) this committee became disillusioned. | nan workers, erican work- into the present! and help them} work. | he foremost novels in arian literature, deals| T r for the streets on Day, 1929, against the ban of the nt and the Socialist police- I es, step by step, how 2d the vicious at-| ce, refreating when| the armored cars weapons of the “Schup-| inally erected barricades on super and f | the shows how the Social-Democrats | paved the way for Hitler and how the whole working class district was| aroused and rose as one to resist the | attack | The author takes his material from sworn affidavits of those who participated in the struggle and from the accounts of the eye-witnesses. He has woven this material into novel that is undoubtedly the most| powerful proletarian novel now in the| English language | A board bound edition of this book sells at 75 cents and may be obtained direct from International Publishers, | 381 Fourth Avenue, New York or at workers’ bookshops. eee | ‘MOB FORMED IN CHURCH | | | Sermon Halted to Seek Georgia Negro TLANTA, Ga. March 20.—Churches as centers for the organization of | mob violence against unarmed Negroes! This is the most recent achievement on the part of the Southern ruling class as illustrated last Sunday when Rev. a passionate sermon on “Brother midst of A. C. Peacock stopped in the Love” at the Central Chris- tian Church of which he is pastor and told his congregation to arm them- selves and follow him. Quickly organizing an armed posse from among his parishioners, a man-hunt began for Rader Davis, who had been “seen” with a shotgun, A short time afterward Davis was of Atlanta. Without attempting to encountered in the west end section place him under arrest, one of the church deacons opened fire and wounded the Negro in the leg. Investigation later revealed the fact that Davis had previously loaned | the gun to a friend who had been hunting, and was returning it to his own home when attacked. To complete the ironic picture, Rev, returned to his church to finish his sermon on “Brotherly Lov. sending Davis- not to a hospital for eriff | rst treatment—but to the police station. Peacock, who is a deputy s HAIL PARIS COMMUNE WITH VOW TO FIGHT FOR SCOTTSBORO BOYS Tag Days to Collect Urgently Needed Funds for Defense, March 25 to April 1 NEW YORK.—Roused by aided by a large portion of the press, are stirring up against the nine in- nocent Scottsboro boys, handigaps put by the authorities in the way of the defense in its efforts to secure a fair trial, an audience of 2,500 at the Paris Commune cele- bration at St. Nicholas Arena Sat- urday night nimously adopted a proposal to fittingly commemorate the achievements of the Commune by intensifying the mass struggle for the release of the nine boys and all class w prisoners, including Tom Sam Weinstein, Angelo to a call by John J. secretary New York District, national Labor Defense, which ngec the celebration, the audi- to send a telegram to ler of Alabama demand- n and release of the ys. Resolutions were also demanding the release of Weinstein and all class war . A resolution was adopted ning the fascist terror in sed many. To raise funds for carrying on the defense of the Scottsboro boys the N: ork District, L.L.D., will hold from March 25 to April 2, Funds for their defense are needed. All workers, re- Bardless of their race, creed or color, are urged to contribute and help save the Scottsboro boys. GERMAN-SCOTTSBORO PROTEST MEET IN CONEY ISLA’®) NEW YORK.—The Frank Little Branch will hold an open air dem- onstration this Wednesday night at 24th St. and Mermaid Ave. Coney Island, in protest against the fascist irst- | hand descriptions of the lynch fren- | zy Which the Alabama authorities, | terror in Germany and against the attempt by the Alabama authorities to railroad the nine Scottsboro boys to death in the electric chair. Speak- ers will include E. Breslaw, Hazel | Goldberg and M, Corney. and of the| Call Negro People to Unity Meeting NEW YORK —The Provisional Committee for United Scottsboro Ac- tion, composed of outstanding Negro men and women of different creeds and political beliefs, and supported by white organizations sympathetic to the Scottsboro Defense, today issued a call, directed especially to Negro people and organizations, but includ- ing also sympathetic white organiza- tions, for a Scottsboro Unity Con- ference to be held this Friday, March 24th, 8 p. m., at St. Lukes Hall, 125 W. 130th St. The call is endorsed by the follow- ing Negro men and women: William Jones, editor Afro-American; Langs- ton Hughes, poet; Augusta Savage, sculptress; Loren Miller, Eugene Gor- don, writers; Louise Thompson, Na- tional Committee for Defense of Po- litical Prisoners. Organizations endorsing this call} inciude the International Labor De- fense, Mechanics Association, Unique Colony Circle, and the Trade Union Unity Council. The call reads in part as follows: “We address this appeal particu- larTy to the Negro people because we Teel that we are not sufficiently aroused to the danger of death that still faces the Scottsboro boys. We believe that the indignation of the| Negro people should be roused to the} highest pitch in this case, AMUSE MENTS “SHAME is a gripping account of life in the Soviet Union, with its new security for the toiling masses, whote enthusiasm, consciousness of power, collective initiative and sense of own- ership and responsibility pervade the story.” -DAILY WORKER “The New Soviet Film at the Cameo pro- vides the most complete, intimate and convincing picture in present-day Russia that hax yet beon revealed in the cinema. Alive, human and real, N. ¥. HERALD-TRIBUNE ENGLISH TITLES ND BIG WEEK The New Soviet § Morality! 4 FIRST FILM OF THE SECOND s- YEAR PLAN FAM. PM BES EO JUFFARSC) Mh st @|NOW SPENCER TRACY ond Barr AVIS in “20,000 Years in Sing Sing”, Added Featuro—“DANGEROUSLY YOURS" with Warner Baxter and Miriam Jo: FRANCIS LEDERER & DOROTHY GISH in AUTUMN CROCUS The New York and London Success MOROSCO THEATRE, 45th St. W. Bway Eve 1 » Wed., Thurs, & Sat, 2:40 Edith Berkman, who contracted tuberculosis as a result of the per- seention of the bosses for her mili- tant leadership of striking textile workers, still faces danger of de- portation to fascist Poland. Only mass pressure of the working class van save her, CLASSIFIED WANTED TO BUY—Cash paid for old gold, teeth. 945 E. 163rd St., Davis, Dept, sore, STARTING TOMORROW=—— This Stupendous Master- piece Is Banned in Germany! “DANTON” The Revolutionist wire FRITZ KORTNER (ENGLISH TITLES) Acme Theatre WITH ST. AND UNION SQUARE | stop to all police brutality and terror, DATLY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 193 TRANSLATED’ Building a Mas: Movement to Win Freedom for Angelo Herndon Organization of Provisional Comm ‘ttee Is First Step Taken; Prepara- tions Now Being Made for Mass Conference inApril By SYD BENSON The tasks before us in building a defense moyement around Angelo Herndon in Atlanta must be accom- plished quickty. Front. In this united front the Inter We must draw into this case elements never before reached by us, on the basis of the United ional Labor Defense should take the leadership, by the correctness of | its propesals, and by the ability of our comrades to bring together and activize the new elements. We inust win to us those liberals who haye an honest sympathy for Herndon, but who hesitate in the face COPS TERRORIZE CARLOCK WITNESS isappearance | Report D After Police Visit MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Police Commis- sioner Cliff Davis has, after great effort, been able to score one under-| handed success in his frantic struggle to keep the International Labor De- fense from getting the death penalty for his six officers who lynched Levon Carlock, 19 year old Negro, here two weeks ago. Mayor Watkins Overton is sched- uled to speak over the radio to “tell the truth” about the murders com- mitted lately by his officers, prin- cipally that of Levon Carlock, 19 year old Negro lad, and of Lloyd Lowe, white “suspect” who was beaten to death in the third degree room. “The' truth is murder and lynching by Memphis police,” the International Labor Defense today wired the Mayor from its New York office, “We chal- lenge you to allow the International Labor Defense to present sworn affi- davits of eye witnesses to the killing of Levon Carlock over the radio. We demand the death penalty for the uniformed lynchers and an immediate People of Memphis, Negro and white, demand this truth whether you give {t or not.” the terror of the Southern class Bourbons. We must combat their waverings, and at the same time win their confidence. We must win the workers in the reformist organizations by proving to them our sincerity, our ability to lead, and by the concrete exposure of their misleaders. This must be done at once, because one of the first conditions upon which we can build a mass movement is to show that the terror can be} broken, that we can force our rights to organize, our rights to free speech, our rights to struggle for better con- | ditions, i Issues Down Clearly This can be done because, at the present time, as a result of the won- derful legal defense put up in the court by the two young Negro attor- neys, Gear and Davis, and of the militant action of Herndon himself, all the issues in the case have been clearly raised, and have penetrated among the Negro workers, white workers, and Negro and white intellectuals. First Step Taken The first step has been taken, the organization of a Provisional Com- mittee for the Freedom of Angelo Herndon. For many reasons, among which was the fact that the city of Atlanta is an educational center, with a larger proportion of liberals than is usual in the South, we at- Fight for Him Grows ‘Daily’ Banquet ‘Puts | N. Y. Quota Over Top; Prospect Club in Lead NEW YORK.—Despite rain, sleet | and wintry weather, 450 delegates, | representing various workers’ organ- izations, proved their solidarity and| loyalty to the Daily Worker by pack- | ing the Daily Worker banquet Sun- day night at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth St. The highest pitch of the evening was reached when the workers’ clubs, engaged in a socialist competition, came forward with their donations. | The Prospect Workers Club, whose | original quota had been $475 (and which had until then contributed $229) surprised the entire assemblage by donating an additional $143. This added contribution means that the Prospect Workers Club has more than doubled its quota, It places it far in the lead for the banner to be awarded to the club which raises the highest per centage of its quota. Total collections, excluding pledges, reached $984. This enabled the New York district to go above its $12,000 drive quota, whereupon the City Com- mittee yoluntarity increased the quota to $15,000, to be raised within the next ten days. “DANTON” OPENS AT ACME THEATRE WEDNESDAY “Danton,” a stirring film story of the French Revolution, will begin its engagement at the Acme Theatre, 14th St, and Union Sq., on Wednes- day. Here is the story of the stirring events of the French Revolution, showing the thrilling chapters in the life of George Jacques Danton, the revolutionist. Beginning with the ear- ly days of January, 1793, when Dan- ton became president of the Jacobins. The film reveals the leading events of the revolution and its principal characters, including Robespierre, Marat, St. Just, etc, Fritz Kortner, the noted German star plays, the leading role, He is sup- ported by many famous stage and fdreen stars of Germany, The pie- ture has complete English titles. “Shame,” the new Soviet talkie di- rected by Ermler and Yutkevitch, is now in its second week at the Cameo Theatre. Vladimir Gardin, called “the Emil Jannings of the Soviet screen, plays the leading role. The scenario was written by N. Zarkhi, who wrote the scenario of Pudowkin's “Mother,” Dmitri Shostakovitch, composed an original score for this film. WHAT’S ON IMPORTA NOTE: In view of the critical financial situation in the Daily Worker, organizations are urgently asked to enclose money, at the| rate of one cent a word per in- sertion, with announcements, Tuesday LIBRARY CENTER CLUB, 101 wW. Aist Bt., corner Sixth Ave., invites all workers to friendly meetings at this Midtown Center Open every afternoon and evening for ine teresting discussions and debates. No ad- mission charge. Pree instruction by Come Cummings in chess and checkers, Very nable rent for union meetings, Pro- letarian atmosphere, CTURE—"Agricultural Revolution in the Soviet Union” by Dr. Leroy at tonight, auditorium, 2700 Bronx Park East, Auspices Cooperative Branch, Friends of Soviet Union. REORGANIZATION OF DRAMATIC GROUP—Ne? members wanted. No talent needed. Meets 8:30 p.m, Concourse Work= ers Club, 1349 Jerome Ave., near 170th Bt, DRAMATIC AND SINGING GROUP meets tonight at Brighton Progressive Club, 129 Brighton Beach Avi CHORUS of PI $:15 p.m, tonight Wednesday ©, HATHAWAY will speak at mass mobs ization meeting to launch recruiting eam- paign of Office Workers Union, Wednesda March 22nd at Stuyvesant Casino, Ninth St, and Second Ave., at 8 p.m, PROF. SCOTT NEARING will speak Wed- nesday, March 22nd on “The Organisation of Production” at Burnside Manor, 8 W. Burnside Ave., Bronx (near University Ave.) Admission 25¢. Auspices FBU,, and N. ¥. District. ie er Club meets 19th Bt. ANNOUNCEMENT. PLAYWRIGHTING class for beginner Friday sterte evening, Moreh Sst at t Werkers Laboratory Theatre, of WIR, “2 East 12th Bt, Rogister now, United Front Committees are be- ing formed in various parts of the country to save Angelo Herndon, young Negro worker, from an 18- 20 year sentence on the Georgia chain-gang to whidh he was re- cently sentenced for organising among the unemployed. Atlanta, where he was arrested for his ac- tivity, is the latest city to organize a united front “Save Herndon Committee.” tained a wider united front than ever before in the South. On the Provisional Committee are delegates elected by the Atlanta local of the Socialist Party, by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Ministers Union, and by four other organizations, ruling @- I n the Sunny South or Sieoks ie Prison guards holding bloodhounds in readiness for pursuit against an es- eaped prisoner from a Georgia chain- gang.—Copyright by John L. Spivak. From “Georgia Nigge: CONN. WORKERS DEFEAT MEASURE TO REGISTER STATE'S FOREIGN BORN HARTFORD, Conn.—Following a prolonged fight waged by numerous labor organizations, a bill calling for the registration of all aliens in Con- necticut was defeated at the hearing before the State Judiciary Commit- tee, held in Hartford on March 8th, When this strike breaking measure was first introduced by Mrs. Anna Tillinghast, Immigration Inspector, notorious for her jailing of Edith Berkman, a United Front Commit- tee of labor organizations was imme- diately formed to fight this bill. “The struggle against militarism must not be postponed until the moment when war breaks out. Then it will be teo late. The etraggle against war must be car. ried on new, daily, hourly.” LENIN. | SAVE THE SCOTTSBORO | BOYS! NEW YORK.—All organizations, churches, lodges, political parties, clubs., etc., are urged to elect dele~ gates to the SCOTTSBORO UNITY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 24, Jat ST, LUKES HALL, 153 | 180th St,, in Harlem, at 8 p.m. w. Harlem Mobilizes to Demand Relief Meet at 2 Places for Demonstration NEW YORK. — Under the leader- ship of the Upper and Lower Har- Jem Unemployed Councils, workers of Harlem, Negro and white, will de- monstrate Thursday their demand that the city administration provide adequate cash relief to all unem- ployed workers, single or married. ‘Two mobilization points have been arranged for that morning, March 23, at 11 a.m,, at 126th Street and Lenox Avenue (north east corner) and at 22 West 114th Street. The demands the workers are struggling for are in part as follows: $10 a week for each couple, $3 per week for each dependent and $1 a day for single men and women with no discrimination against Negro or foreign born workers. The workers also demand an end to red tape in the relief bureaus and the removal of all nolice from these places. “STUDENT REVIEW” FEATURES MARX, AND LATIN AMERICA NEW YORK.— “Karl Marx: Fifty Years After,” by Harry Magdoff, fea- tures the March issue of Student Review, of which he is editor. Other leading articles include “Light and Leading in the Univer- sity,’ by Corliss Lamont; “Latin American Wars,” by Waldo Frank, and “The Cuban Bloodbath,” by Paul Chibas, an exiled Cuban student. Student Review is the official pub- lication of the National Student League, 13 West 17th Street, a nation- wide organization which fights for academic freedom and _ students’ rights. “FAR AWAY HORSES” OPENS TONIGHT AT THE MARTIN BECK THEATRE “Rar Away Horses,” a comedy by Michael Birmingham, and Gilbert Emery, will have its premiere this evening at the Martin Beck Theatre. The cast is headed by Leona Ho- garth, Bruce Macfarlane, Marion Barney and Thomas Chalmers. Party Held in Midst of Quake Area Raises $15 for “Daily” Hundreds of Letters Show Sacrifices Being Made to Save Paper The many methods which can be used in raising funds for the Daily Worker are amply illustrated in the letters that come in every day from ail parts of the country. Tony Marko, treasurer of an Unemployed Council in Cleveland, sends a $10 money order, raised at a meeting of the council. Jennie Pyvarun writes from Baltimore, Maryland: the Daily Worker by Unit 4 of the@—— Communist Party, and I am sending the receipts, $9.” A worker in San Pedro, Calif., in the recent quake area, sends a money order for $15, saying that “this was collected at Comrade Mrs. Kanasters birthday party. We would have collected more, but it is shaking too much our way and so just a few came to the party. Better success next time.” The Finnish Workers Club of Then, among the individuals on the Provisional Committee are rank and file members of the A. F, of L., Negro and white college instructors, and other people connected with impor- tant sections of the population. All in all, there are about 20, about evenly divided as to Negro and white, Must Activize Members This Provisional Committee has the task of activizing its members and the organizations of these mem- bers in some concrete ways to gain the organized sympathy of the peo- plpe of Atlanta, and to raise finances for the carrying out of the defense, At the first meeting, it was decided to hold a mass conference, inviting all religious, fraternal and civic or- ganizations to send delegates. Then it was decided that each organization and individual on the Provisional Committee should take at least one step in the raising of funds. April 9 Tentative Date It was further decided to hold the mass conference tentatively on April 9, at one of the several white churches in Atlanta with a liberal following. A sub-commitiee was elected to carry on the work between meetings of the full Provisional Com- mittee, on which we have @ member of the S. P. and a white college in- structor, and we are activizing these elements to the full in formulating the policy of this committee, without. giving way to their vacillations, At the same time, the I. L. D, is continuing along in an independent manner on its main task of winning the masses of Negro and white work- ers in the struggle against the terror on a class struggle basis. We are building new branches, strengthening our old branches, and we are prepar- ing to issue thousands of leaflets independently for the purpose of .| bringing the masses to the confer- ence, and insuring a mass base to the whole activity besides the masses we are reaching through the organi- zations, and through the Provisiona] Committee, Careful Preparation Needed ‘The Conference for the Freedom of Angelo Herndon, to be held next month, must be prepared with the utmost of care. Every step must be worked out; all the new elements must be activized. We must work with the view of showing without the shadow of a doubt to any honest worker or intellectual that the I. L. D. is sincerely interested in forming a real united front, and not in dom- inating the whole action merely be- cause we are the International Labor Defense, At the same time, keeping step with the growth of this movement ‘ov Herndon, we must systematically, bub very carefully, unfold the whole Berkeley, Calif, sends $7 as a con- tribution . . . And from Karlo Stakorich, Centerville, Iowa, comes the following: “Please find enclosed the sum of $1 to support the Daily Worker in this day of crisis. My last two weeks’ pay in coal mines here ‘was check for $1.35, By this you can tell in what position we are, but we will donate for our ‘Daily’ even when not able to read it. I do read ‘Rad- nik,’ the Croatian weekly.” There are hundreds of additional letters like these. They prove not only the deep regard in which the Daily Worker is held by workers throughout the country, not only the sacrifices that are being made for it, but also that funds CAN be raised, if only sufficient workers follow the methods described in these letters. Hold house parties, birthday par- ties. Get your branch or club or unit to raise @ collection and send it without the slightest delay to the Daily Worker. An earthquake did not keep workers from raising $15 for the Daily Worker. Surely work- ers in the rest of the United States must do their bit too, to raise the $35,000 essential to keep the ‘Daily’ alive, SPEED ALL FUNDS! CONCERT & THEATRE Sunday, March 26, 8 P. M. it al Spartacus Workers Club 269 West 25th Street ~PROGRAM— SKIT—"BROADWAY, 1995” by Th Collective JACK SHAFFRON—BASSO JOBEPH HABERGRITZ—VIOLINIST JULIA HABERGRITZ AT THE PIANO CHALK TALK—BILL SIEGEL OF THE JOHN REED CLUB Admission 25¢-—For the Benefit of Section %, Communist Party COMRADES MEET AT ROYAL CAFETERIA 8% BROADWAY, NEAR 18TH 8T. Best Yood—Proletarian Prices, Watek Our Daily Specials f 100% Food Workers’ Union oP program of the I, L. D., bringing in Scottsboro, Mooney, with special em- phasis on the Mooney Congress, and its universal appeal, and the whole struggle for Negro rights. We must bring in the question of the chain- gangs, and the repeal of the Anti- Law. “An affair was held for Received Satu: lay $3 403.72 Previously Received 320,081.64 $20,435.36 TOTAL TO DATE DISTRICT 1 (Boston) American Workers Chorus Colection $4.00 Total to date Correction:—4.25 wi Schwartz by mistake. Ihave been credited t the American Worl ers Chorus, collectio; DISTRICT Kantor New York Kane Women's Couneil Chong Dak No. 22 $25.00 | T. Choi pW 50] C. Mon Lee F Weiss 1.00 | Chong Loon Shulle 10 IWO .80| Chong Pay Kee Rubinowitz col. .40| Chong Suey Unit 1-8 See. 10 1.78 Unit Section 5 Unit 9 Section 2 collected Unit 17 See. 1 Tag Day F, Alexander a 2.10 Group of Shoe A. Marquet Workers 50 Edna Berlin Robert Nelson 20.00 | F, Raskin ‘Unit 2 Sec, 6 1.00| 8. MeGill A Friend 001 P. Ler Phil Olmsted 00 Collected at Win- chevisky 3.00 Progressive Wkrs oline Drew 1.50 Culture Club 4.85] S. Horowitz Karl Marx Me- D Bas: G Polk 105 | Gilbert Rhade E. Konenitz -05 | Helen H. Ringe Sylvia Kosinitz 95 LL. Kozinitz 20! ‘Totat $213.99 SPLENDID LARGE Hall and Meeting Rooms To SIRE Perfect for BALLS, DANCES, LECTURES, MEETINGS, Ete, | IN THE | New ESTONIAN | WORKERS HOME 27-29 W.115th St., N.Y. Phone UNiversity 4-0185 BROOKLYN For Brownsville Proletarians SOKAL CAFETERIA 1689 PITKIN AVENUE AVALON Cafeteria 1610 KINGS HIGHWAY OPEN DAY AND NIGHT DEWEY 9-9512 “RENDEZVOUS" BRONX DAYTON 9-4000 D, BACKER INTERVALE Moving & Storage Co., Inc. BRONX, N.Y, 902 WESTCHESTER AVE. Mott mn 9-849 DR. JULIUS JAFFE Surgeon Dentist 401 EAST 140th STREET (Cor. Willis Ave.) Vic tory in First of 6 ‘ Chicago Shoe Strikes. \ Cheers 500 Still Out % Wage Raises Up to 40 Per Cent; Six Month Agreement Signed; Recognize Shop Comm. CHICAGO, IIL, March 21.—A decisive victory was won by the striking shoe workers of the Metropolitan Shoemakers* Incorporated, on Saturday, when the bosses, after negotiating with the shop committee for two days, conceded all the demands of the strikers, including recognition of the shop committee and wage increases up to 40 per cent, This is the first of six shoe shops on strike here for the-- past three weeks to have settled with the strikers. Recognition of the shop committee is equivalent to recogni- tion of the union as all the workers in the shop have joined the Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial Union under whose leadership the strikes are being conducted. The bosses have signed an agreement with the work- ers covering a period of six months. By this vistory, substantial wage in- creases will be given to workers on all operations in the shops. Those receiving wages below $8 a week will receive a 20 per cent increase; cut- ters have been granted an increase of 35 per cent. A minimum wage of $7 has been established which rep- resents an enormous increase over the previous wage of $5 paid to most of the women workers before the strike, Other gains as a result of the strike and which were indluded in the agreement are; no discrimination against any striker or active member of the union, a price committee to be established in every department, prices of new work to be fixed by the management in conference with the shop and department committee and all workers in the shop to become members of the union. By action of the shop committee five girls who scabbed for 3 days have been fined $10 each. News of the victory raised the spir- it of militancy and enthusiasm to a high pitch among the 500 shoe work- ers who are still out on strike Plans of the Fashion Bilt Shoe Co. to move its plant to Pontiac, Mlinois, were frustrated by quick action of the strike committee which sent a com- mittee to the shop and organized the workers to carry on a fight against this move. Resort to injunctions by the Irving shop was defeated when the. strike committee appeared in court NORMAN THOMAS HOLDS JIM CROW MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Lauded by K.K.K. Leaders; Declares Against Self-Determination in Black Belt By CAROLINE DREW BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 19.—Norman Thomas is again touring the South, Coming at a time when the Scottsboro trial is about to take place when the masses are suffering more than ever from hunger and starvation, when the terror against the Negroes is sharpening (shooting of Carlock tp Memphis, share croppers in T..llapoosa Co.), when local strikes are develop- ing (textile, coal), Norman Thomas. with his socialism, which in his own words “does not criticise capitalism, but has a constructive program” (for capitalism) finds a warm reception from the city officials, Ku Klux Klan, and southern land owners. The City Commission of Birming- ham, Ala. gave the Socialist Party local the big city auditorium free of charge for the Thomas meeting. The president of this outfit was one of the KKK leaders in its heyday, who vi- ciously attempts to break up all un- employed meetings and all Com- munist meetings and demonstrations. Police Tyrant Praises Thomas Arlie Barber, who was «> former police commissioner of E...aingham, and whose son is one of the Demo- cratic state legislators, opened the meeting with broad praise for Mr. Thomas for having “denounced no one in his campaign,” and “having been praised by all parties,” referring of course to the Republican and De- mocratic Parties. Mr. Thomas opened with a eulogy for the audience, which consisted of over half petty-bourgeois store keep- ers, professionals, etc., and three Ne~ groes who were, so high near the cei- ling that they did not offend the eye of the lily-white audience. He was asked his position on the Negro question and answered that he believed in “equality,” but not the Communist position of Self-de- termination in the Black Belt, Mr. Thomas's equality is a jim-crow equality, segregating the Negroes at his meetings. He contented himself with a pass- s|ing remark about the Scottsboro case, but was forced to admit that reactionary bourbonism sentenced Comrade Mac Harris is making a tour now for the Daily Worker. He will take up the organ- ization of the financial drive as well as problems of circulation. The com- rades are requested to make all arrangements to make the tour of Comrade Harris a success. Comrade Harris will visit the following cities: Gloversville—March 21 Yonkers—March 22. Angelo Herndon to 18-20 years on the chain gang. He was forced to admit that the Communists had the eourage of their convictions and fought for their position, which was more than the Socialists do, John Reed Club Calls Meet Today ‘Against Fascism The John Reed Club has called 2 conference of representatives of all cultural organizations and workers’ clubs for today (Tuesday) at five o'clock at the club headquarters, 450 Sixth Ave. to work out a unified program of action In the campaign against “erman fascism. Members of all such organizations are urged to come to this conference whether or not they have been dés- ignated by their organizations, Every group must be represented, officially or unofficially, so that each can re- port back to his organization, and all can begin at once to work to- gether on a unified program, ANNOUNCEMENT Dr. Louis L. Schwartz | SURGEON DENTIST | Announces ‘The removal of bis office te larger quarters af 1 Union Square (8th Floor) Suite 903 ‘Tel. ALgonguin 4-9805 DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 Bristol Street (Bet. Pitkin & Sutter Aves.) B’ktyp PHONE: DICKENS 2-3013 Office Hours: 8-10. A.M., 1-2, 6-8. P.M. fatern’] Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT $0 FIFTH AVENUE th FLOOR AD Work Done Under Persona) Caré @ DR JONEPHRON ‘ow 1 Do You Know of the Reduction in Rates at CAMP NITGEDAIGET BEACON, N. Y. Special Program Every Week-End $12.50 Includes Tax $10.50 per week to members of I. W. O. and Co-operative with a letter from your organization OPEN ALL YEAR—HEALTHFUL FOOD, REST, RECREATION SPORT AND CULTURE All Winter Comforts—Steam Heat—Hot and Cold Running Water in Every Koom . 1400 Camp Phene--Beacon 731 Workers organizations write for Special Excursions and Rates AUTOMOBILES LEAVE DAILY FROM CO-OPERATIVE REQTAURANT, 2700 BRONX ATTENTION PARK EAST, BRONX, N, Y, COMRADES ! TODAY GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW HEALTH CENTER CAFETERIA “N THE WORKERS CENTER at 50 EAST 13TH STREET { The Cafeteria is now remodeled so OUR MOTTO: 00D RESH as to betier satisfy our iain} patronising ROLETARIAN | at Pricus LTT TR PO TIE