The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 17, 1933, Page 3

—] | i ; DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1933 UNITED FRONT A United Front Actions Break Through Sabotage of the Socialist Party Leadership Norman Thomas Tells Workers to Wait With United Front for “Particular Objects” (AN EDITORIAL.) The call of the Communist International and the Communist Party of the U. 8. A. for united actions against the employers’ offensive and capitalist reaction has stirred large sections of the workers for united struggles. Locals of the Socialist Party throughout the country participated in united front actions against Germa n Fascism, against Roosevelt’s hunger program, for the release of Tom Mooney and in many May First prepara- tory actions. The leadership of itic Socialist Party has in each case attempted desperately to disrupt se unity actions. In New York City, they re- fused the invitations joint actions against German Fascism. When the Rand School Association, composed of Socialist Party and Young People's Socialist League members, took the initiative in calling a con- ference to organize a joint demonstration against fascism in which many members of the Communist Party and other working class organizations participated, the initiators of the call were threatened h expulsion, and the Socialist Party leadership disrupted this united action. In Chicago, where leaders of the Young People’s Socialist League and members of the Socialist Party have favorably answered the call for united actions for May First, the Chicago leadership of the Socialist Party expelled four of its members for the crime of uniting with other working Class organizations in united front actions for May First. In Minnesota, the Socialist leadership attempted to disrupt the United Front May Day Conference; but in spite of the disruptive tactics oe CTIONS GROW ING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Page Three Scene as 20,000 Socialist and New York Workers Unite Against Fascism local banner and the Workers Club banner alongside of it. Communist workers demonstrate in unity against fascism. Note the 8. P. The Jewish sign reads “The International Work- WAF.LLOCALS Commerce Chamber Agent Opposes New Trial for Mooney IN UNITED FRONT TO FREE MOONEY 500 Delegates Gather at Denver; Baltimore A.F.L. for Release DENVER, Col.—More than 500| workers were present at a confer- ence held here to demand the re- lease of Tom Mooney. Fifteen or- ganizations were represented, in- cluding ten A. F. of L. locals. Thirty-five workers were elected to a Free Tom Mooney Commit- | tee. * . * ROCKPORT, Mass.—By major- ity referendum, the membership of the Paving Cutters Union of the U.S.A. and Canada, an A. F. of L. International, it was decided to send a delegate to the Free Tom Mooney Conference in Chicago, April 30 to May 2. oy 8 BALTIMORE, Md.—The central body of the Baltimore Federation | of Labor has gone on record as O'Gara, Former Assistant District Attorney, Amazingly Hypoe Fights Mooney’s Chance for Freedom With ritical Argument SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 16.—John O’Gara, ex-as- | sistant district attorney here and at present unofficial spokes- man for the District Attorney’s office, Saturday argued for two hours before Superior Judge Louis B. Ward here against the granting of a new trial for Tom Mooney, workingclass |martyr who is | seventeenth year in jail as a) jresult of a ruling-class frame- } up. | O'Gara based his hypocritical argu- ment on the ground that Mooney’s “guilt” had already been decided and that if he were placed on trial again he would be facing double jeopardy | and might be hanged for a crime for | which he is now “only” serving life imprisonment. serving his ¢— | court's ternational Labor Defense called the attention to the fact that Weinberg and Rena Mooney weére held for trial eight months after ac- quittal on the other indictment, and that this afforded sufficient legal precedent for the new trial which Mooney demande. The judge silenced Gallagher a few minutes after he started Alking on the ground that Gallagher was not addressing a jury, and then an- nounced that he would issue a state- ment on Monday, April 17, in which a . | In presenting this argument, | “favoring the release of Tom/oGara is voicing the sentiments of | Mooney, and as requesting the) the local chamber of commerce and ers Order is for a united front against pogroms and facism in Germany.” he would define the limitations on mn — > a 2 of the Socialist Party leadership, delegates from the Socialist Party re- mained with the conference and pledged their support to it. ‘The most brazen, disruptive action on the part of the Socialist Party is the attempt to prevent Socialist locals and members of the Socialist Party from participating in the M¢ looney Congress. This, in spite of the direct appeal of Mooney to the Socialist Party to participate in this Con- gress. Reports from all over the co Socialist Party and many locals of the American Federation < untry show that various locals of the Labor are anxiously participating in the local United Front Mooney Conic. >:7es. . + Norman Thomas denounces the members of his own Party for united front actions with other working-class organizations. In the April 15 issue of the “New Leader,” he writes: “The last way to get a true united front is for individual Socialists on their own hook to rush off and speak at Communist meetings where Socialists are indiscriminately denounced. “Ideally the general basis for united front action should be laid by our respective Internationals. In the front fox particular objects should loval and state organizations and th to the Party.” meantime, experiments on the united be carefully considered by Socialist fe results of such experiments reported Norman Thomas hypoeritically speaks of united front; but whenever united front action is actually undertaken, he condemns it as “an experi- ment.” Many members of the Sociali list Party do not look upon the United Front as an experiment, but as a vital need in repulsing the attacks of the bosses. Why does Norman Thomas insist upon such caution and “care” in “considering” united fronts on “particular objects’? Because the test for united action comes precisely on the basis of the immediate needs of the workers. The release against German Fascism, the stru: “particular objects” which call unhi of Mooney, May First, the struggle ele against war are precisely those esitatingly for immediate action. What is the ideal which Norman Thomas put forward for united action? Me says that “ideally the general basis of united front action should be laid by our respective Internationals,” This meneuver of creating united fronts from the top by the respec- tive Internationals is for the purpose of avoiding any immiédiate strug- gles against the capitalists at home. . The workers feel the need of imme- diate united action against the program of hunger and war of their “own” capitalist country. Through the proposal to wait for united action until the Internationals meet, the social-fascist leadership hopes to stop the growing movement for unity on proposals for a “non-aggression” pai the complete surrender to Fascism. can Socialist Party leadership is, si the united struggles of the workers of the Roosevelt administration. the part of their own membership. The surrender of the leaders of the German Social-Democracy to Hitler was based on all sorts of maneuvers. From the “lesser evil,” to the et as @ basis for the united front, to The present maneuver of the Ameri- imilarly, for the purpose of breaking against the hunger and war program \Socialis | | AJ. Must Speaks; Criticizes S.P. Leadership’s Front Offer of C. P. NEW workers YORK.—Twenty thousand) banners of their locals. Several hun- a united demonstration the square under the banner of the inst fascism. The meeting was, Marine Workers’ Industrial Union. called by the Socialist Party leaders They took a position directly facing | after they had refused the united ac-| the speakers’ stand. Side by side tion call of the Communist Party) with the seamen was the Italian Left and tried to create a barrier between) Wing 8. P. group, who carried a ban- their followers and the revolutionary| ner stating “We Demand Unity of workers. At the call of the Com-: Action.” The National Students’ Party, over 10,000 workers Leauge rallied hundreds of students. der the banners of their organiza-| the auspices of their clubs, tions. Hundreds of International Worke Order members were there with the, © Socialist and Communist banners were mixed s’| in about equal proportion. The work- vs of New York were proving by POLICE BREAK UP TSU BOXING MEET iNew Law A gainst smashing the barriers of the Socialist leaders. Children Receive Ovation. The entire mass united in giving a tremendous ovation to 1,000 chil- dren who marched into the demon- | stration under the banners of the Young Pioneers of America. Speaker after speaker slandered the call of | the workers for united struggle. They did not mention in their speeches Labor Athletes that thousands of Communist w NEW YORK.—Led by a captain of | ers were there with the other work- police, 15 cops arriving in three squad ers, showing their comradeship, their cars swooped down on the Spartacus| working-class unity. August Clas. Athletic Club at 642 Southern Boule-| sens, Heywood Broun and others vard, Bronx, and broke up a boxing! spoke, yet all voiced their hypocrit- tournament there arranged by the} ical statements that unity could not Eastern District of the Labor Sports! be achieved because of the Commu- N.Y. Workers Turn S.P. United Front Against Fascism Meet Into Repudiation of U nited | Roosevelt Aid in Pact! of ler and Goering, called upon the jammed Union Square, Sat-| dred marine workers marched into} workers not to protest the Nazi reign | of terror. Thomas Slanders Workers, Between speakers, thousands of} chine, are listed as “fugitives from | orkers, shouted: “We want a united| justice” and are reported to be in| w | front—long live the unity of work- ers.” Norman Thomas used this demand of the workers as a spring- board from which to attack the work- ers who proved their sincerity of pur-| three of Sam Koenig's republican | marched into the demonstration un-| Thousands of workers came under! pose by coming to the demonstra-| machine which works with tion. “I hear a call for a united front,” {said Thomas. “One way not to get a united front is to interrupt anti- their presence how deeply rooted is! fascist meetings.” Thomas went into tain of the 17th Assembly District the desire for united struggle and) a harrangue as to why fascism had|is one of the most prominent of| come to power. Instead of admitting the betrayal of the German socialist leaders, Thomas spoke about “we ac- cepted the burdens that were put upon the German people. by and extolled Mussolini,” etc. Thomas lumped the actions of our imperialist rulers as acts of the workers. S. P. Workers Accept Unity. A German speaker, who also spoke in English, said “Hitler had violated the human soul and outraged de- cency.” He kept on raving about “the soul” and had no w about the robbing of worl achs. Heywood Broun, August Clas- sens and others spoke in like vein.) A. J. Muste of the C.P.L.A. spoke and iticized the Socialist leaders for re- BRITISH LABOR PARTY LEADERS AGAINST UNITED FRONT ACTION BULLETIN. DERBY, England, April 16.—The Independent Labor Party Easter conference here today voted to sever its connections with the Second (Soctalist) International and in favor of affiliating with the Communist eInternational. The National Executive was instructed to approach the Communist International and ascertain how the British Independent Labor Party might co-operate in effecting a “socialist” revolution. Rank and file delegates in numbers denounced the Second Inter- national for Pc bhioea tn of the cause of the workers and helping to pave the way for s e * LONDON, April 16.—That the Communist Party united front activities aré meeting with deep and enthusiastic response is evident from the in- creasingly militant demonstrations being held everywhere. In London and other centers there have been big mass demonstra by the Communist Party and the Independent Lal support of the German and Austrian: workers in their struggle against the fascist dictatorship. Social-Fascist Sabotage Always serving the interests of the blackest imperialist reaction and aid- tg the growth of fascism in every way, the leaders of the Labor Party and of the Trades Union congress have come out with statements re- jecting the united front proposals. These agents of British imperialism at the head of the Labor Party and the Trade Union Congress follow the lead of the social-fascist Second In- ternational ty restating the position of Vandervelde & Co., to the effect that national sections of the Second International should aot dea] with the Communist Partie:' of the differ- ent countries, but tha: there should be held conferences between the Communist International and the Second International. This is clear- ly an attempt to postpone and cripple action that is imperatively b; the onrush of fascist terror today. Mass Pressure From Below ‘The question of solidarity with the German masses, the struggle against the Means ‘! in Britain, the fight against wacc-cuts end hunger, the determination to combat the against the Soviet Inion, the anti-imperialist war cam- poign, the defense of the colonial and “semi-colonial masses—all these meet ith enthusiastic response on the rt of ever-growing numbers of British workers. This results in ter- rifle pressure upon the officials of the Labor Party and the Trade Union Council, so they are forced to more deceptive moves, to resort to more sia and lies. | tions organized jointly bor Party in solidarity oo ——_.. elena the masses and as a result of the insistent demands of their own mem- bership, the leaders of the Indepen- dent Labor Party are being forced into more definite action. The Na- tional Administrative Council~of the Union. The police came down at) nists. Thousands of Socialist work- noon while the boxers were being| ers saw for themselves who is guilty weighed in, of dividing the ranks. The unity was Ordering all the worker boxers to \Jeave, the cops stated that “this is ‘against the Blue Law,” although there | | is no such statute on the New York State books. The cops claimed, fur- | ther, that by virtue of a law recently passed by the State Legislature, all| |amateur boxing has to be licensed, | though it is known that the Amateur Athletic Union, colleges, high schools | and National Guard outfits are ex- | |empted from this ruling. The only national body to be affected by this | is the Labor Sports Union. | The L. S. U. Will protest this action | of the police and will fight,to have | amateur boxing free of state control. | The boxing tournament will be held} at a date to be announced shortly. |The legal side of the case will be handled by the International Labor | Defense. | unity, the National Council of the |1. L, P, says: “To make this possible requires on Independent Labor Party, in its an-| the one hand the abandonment by nual report, which it will submit to| the Labor and Socialist International the conference to ne held shorily | Of its present futile ‘gradualigt’ pol- recommends ‘to the party that iig|icies, and on the other hand the affiliation with the Labor and Socia}-| abandonment by the Comintern of ist International (2d International) | the rigidity and sectarianism which should be terminated.” | have rendered its international activ- pletely ineffectve.” “Has Maintained Fascism" ie se Keon Wi The report goes on to say of the| Try To Continue Old Line recommendation of the National Council: to engage in united front actions by Thus these I. L. P. leaders, forced | led | tained “It takes the view that “there is now no hope of the Labor and Social- ist International bec»ming an effec- tive instrument of revolutionary so- cialism. By the compromising policy of its leading parties it has main- capitalism and imperialisin and fascism. Affiliation with the Labor and Socialist Internat’l com- promises the I. L. P. in its work abroad as seriously as affiliation with the Labor Party compromised the I. L. P. at home.” Carry on “Left” Deceptions While making proposals for with- drawing from the Second Interna- tional, the leaders of the I, L. P. iry in every way to continue to carry out their special demagogic role, which aims at retarding and stopping the swing of the tolling masses toward the revolutionary standard of class against class, While speaking of the necessity for international However, in spite of these officials ‘he Communists disdain t * throwing their whole influence and ° rhe; organizational ceal their views and aims. They openly (declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all exis! social con- the pressure of their membership, still try to prevent complete accept- ance on a Class struggle basis of uni- ted action. Of this stand the British Daily Worker says: “In other words, the National Administrative Council of the I. L. P. are out for ‘complete international unity in outlook and organization of all the workers, not on the basis of Marxism-Leninism, but on the basis of some new ‘revo- utionary’ socialist philosophy whose details are not disclosed.” But on the hard facts of the class struggle such maneuvering will lead only to disaster for political leaders who are responsible for it. The mass demand for united action forces them to abandon in words their former position as the open left wing of the Labor Party, but they still try to sow confusion in the ranks of the workers by trying to make it appear that the Comintern has heretofore been in error and that the I, L. P, leadership) was justified in its long and disgrace- | ful support to the Labor Party of, British imperialism. | The drive for unity of action will sweep over all such obstacles and already the achievements record a distinct gain for the united front fusing to accept the united action offer of the Communist Party in the struggle against fascism. “This action of the Communists in | coming here shows that they really want unity in action,” said one So- trayal of Wels, Braun and other lead-| cialist worker to another, voicing the ers of the German Social-Democratic | oft’ repeated sentiment in hundreds Party, who, upon the demand of Hit-' of conversations that took place. demonstrated in action, destroying the hopes of the Socialist leadership to break the unity of the workers. Every speaker concealed the he- us individual. Turned up in St. Louis during sum- STRUGGLE AGAINST ,° PROVOCATION jinto the Party, and then transferred | ‘ to Boston, where he aroused sus- 7 n | picions by his attempts to get hold | W orkers Enemies | of membership lists, and by other Exposed | actions corroborated information re- All workers and workers’ organiza-| | ceived from Seattle. Description: About 5 ft. 5 in. tall, tions are warned against the follow-| Slim, Jewish, blond, light complexed, ing individuals: | sharp nose, bragadocio talk and be- Isadore A. Bigelman of Minne-| havior, tries to speak at public meet- |apolis, Minn., has been expelled and ings, wears overalls, | exposed by the Minnesota district! be a4 organization of the Communist Party| Carl Summers (Szomash) of Wash- as an agent of the government (Im-| ington, Pa., has been exposed and | migration Dept.), who claimed to be | expelled by the Pittsburgh district | an, engraver and a draughtsman, later| organization of the Communist) claimed to be a postal worker; then | Party, as a stool pigeon. took a job in a dress shop in St He came to the Pittsburgh district | Paul, yet was conclusively proved during the 1931 strike and succeeded | having been and still remaining an in gaining the position of section or-| agent of the Immigration Depart-| ganizer of the Party in the Canncns-| | ment; while, on the other hand, he} burg-Washington section, only ‘o dis-| himself has been constantly raising | Tupt the Party work and organization. | | suspicions against other comrades of| When arrested in Cannonsburg, he| | their being stool pigeons. | was released after showing some) Description: About 36 years of age; | “documents” to the police, although Jewish; 5 ft. 5% in. tall; stocky built;! another comrade arrested with him heavy face of dark complexion;/ was given 60 days “for vagrancy”. partially bald in front; speaks with| When workers began to distrust @ slight Jewish brogue; has an inch-/ him, and after considerable delay, wide scar on the right hand below) (for which the District Committee the wrist- |of the Party accepts criticism) he | was brought under investigation, he first claimed to be a salesman (a good Wash., then in Denver, Colo,, and in| shield to cover up his stool pigeon St. Louis, Mo., now in Boston, Mass.,| activities), but when this was dis- has been expelled from the Commu-| proved, then he stated that he was nist Party and exposed as a stool making his living by gambling, sel- pigeon. | ling booze and exploiting prostitutes. In Seattle, in 1931, he had associ-| He plied disruptive activities also ated himself with the stool pigeon| in the Workers’ Ex-Servicemen’s Lea- Harris, and had been seen riding | gue, organizing jim-crow affairs and around with the head of the “red turning a W. E. 8. L. center into a squad”; also made provocative state-' jim-crow booze joint. ‘ ments at street meetings. | Description: About 5 ft. 6 in, tall, In Denver, later, after unsuccess-| slight built, black hair, blue eyes, ful attempts to join the Party, he| large mouth. Was in the army for was exposed in the Unemployed|6 years, speaks Hungarian, Slavic, Council as a disruptive and suspici-! Polish and English. 50 Negroes Defend ‘Daily’ Newsboy Ousted By Storekeeper, Force Latter to Apologize * Harry Marcus, formerly of Seattle, members of the delegate body to urge their organizations to take part in the local conference which will take place on Sunday, April 23, at 19 W. Chase St., under the auspices of the Tom Mooney Mold- ers’ Committee. t Speakers Silent on Betrayals in Germany; 1,000 Children 25 IN ELECTION March Into Square for Protest STEALS ABSENT | to Shield Tammany W YORK, April 16.—Twen- | ty-five election-day workevs, part of the Tammany vote-stealing ma- | NE | Canada, although many of them |are still “under cover” in New | York. Among the twenty-ave are Protect Roosevelt Backers Samuel Kantor, democratic | man | cap- pene missing indicted election offi- | cials, | The the election probe into We stood| graft was started by people oper-| | ating out of the office of George |Z. Medalie, republican United | States district attorney. This re- | sulted in the Roosevelt attorney- general. Homer S. Cummings, vi iting New York and conferring | with Medalie. After the confer- | ence Cummings announced that | Medalie would remain in office in | spite of the fact that he is a re- | publican. Immediately after that | thé principal election officials un- | der indictment are permitted to dis- appear, that is, to become tech- nical “fugitives from justice,” so that the trials cannot be held. The chain of events makes it quite clear that Medalie stays in office not to prosecute sueh cases, | | of the bankers, all of whom are des- | berately trying to prevent a new trial |for Mooney through fear that his | innocence will once more be proved evidence which could be presented at a new trial. This statement will un- questionably be of the utmast impor- tance, because it will probably try to Tam- | | before all the world. limit the evidence so that the original Attorney Leo Gallagher of the In-! frame-up cannot be exposed. ‘DANISH TRANSPORT UNION ACCEPTS __ OFFER OF UNITY AGAINST FASCISM COPENHAGEN, March 18 (By Mail) —The International amen and Harbor Workers has issued an appeal to ali water transport workers and transport workers’ unions to form an international fighting front against fascism and to join with other trade union internationals in forming a common | basis of struggle at the European Anti-Fascist Unity Confer- | ence to be held in Copenhagen this month. The Danish section of the reformist International Trans- port Workers’ Federation has already accepted this proposal and will send a delegation to the conference to join in issuing a call to other workers’ organizations to the Conference. TALLAPOOSA SHERIFF THREATENS 10 HAVE DEFENSE LAWYER FLOGGED y, gro Sharecroppers Cases Set for April 25; No Negroes Ever Served on Jury There MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 14—Sheriff Kyle of Tallapoosa County ia reported to have threatened to have Irving Schwab, International Labor | Defense Attorney whipped if he returns te Tallapoosa County to defend | five Negro Share Croppers to be tried April 25 on the framed up charge | of “assault with intent to murder.” i Open threats are being made that no Negroes will be admitted in |court, Armed deputies wil patrol Load SRUEQNERDNERRIRE |fimtine and” prevent scare” ree S(OTTSBORO ¢ ASE IN COURT TODAY | coming to the trial. In this atmosphére of martial law | and terror the white landlords of the, South hope to railroad the croppers to a maximum sentence of 85 years. * DADEVILLE, Ala.—Trials of five, Negro share-croppers indicted on framed charges of “assault with in- | tent to murder,” following the mur-| |croppers aroused by the case from (CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE) “Post,” a vicious lynch-organ whieh carried only distorted accounts of the trial of Haywecd Patterson, minimiz- ing the absolute proofs of the inno- but to shield from eiiposure the|derous attack of a gang, which in-| cence of the boys, and of the frame- | Tammany Hall, the organization of graft and corruption in which Roosevelt was politicallw *orn and to which he owes his political ca- reer. Stole Communist Votes | cluded deputy-sheriffs on the home of Cliff James, Negro farmer, last | | December 19, have been set for April | 26 by Judge W. B. Bowling in Talla-| | poosa County Circuit Court. |, Nineteen were indicted jointly on| | four similar charges, carrying 20 years Evidence: at previous trials of | each, but only the five who have been | held in jail since January have so far election officials proved that thou-| teen amested. though poses mane sands of Communist votes were | been scouring this and neighboring stolen in the presidential election | counties for two weeks, searching for but no official change in tabula-| them. tion of the votes has he*n made.| A motion to quash the indictments There were also a large number of | *84inst the croppers on the ground Socialist votes stolen according to | st igh igh illegally excluded id + the earlier triais | from the tand Jury which indicted svicsnce & sis them, in violation of the Fourteenth rr Fcainiets kite ie ahr braid | Schwab, Internation: or Defense 'Old Schoolmates of reatnting the creppen Mooney Rally to | attorney representing the croppers, { | | was over-ruled. | up of the state's evidence, was forced to admit in an editorial Saturday that the boys are innocent. “We believe a jury sworn to give the defendant the benefit of every reasonable doubt should not Mave convicted Heywood Patterson,” the editorial says. “We feel that due weight should be given to the fact that a dozen responsible newspaper- men, four of them representing Southern newspapers, felt there was ® reasonable doubt of the Negroes’ guilt.” This last statement is in direct con- tradiction to the expression of the Southern ‘spepermen as expressed at the trial to your correspondént, and indicates the tremendous power of the mass protest against the lynch-verdict. The Southern news- His Defense Now MT. HOLYOKE, Mass., April ML —Old schoolmates who knew Tom | Mooney as a boy and during the time when he was first learning | the irén molding trade here, are_ busy organizing a group here to) send a delogation to the “Free Tom Mooney” Congress to be held | in Chicago April 30-May 2. | One of the prime movers in this activity is a local fireman who has followed developments in the Moo- hey case with intense interest ev- er since the day Tom Mooney was framed up in San Francisco. FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE NEW YORK.—Inspiring examples of how working class organizations alarmed by the “Daily's” serious fin- ancial plight rally to its aid was given by two organizations in this city last week. The Upper Bronx Section of the United Council of Working Class Women, although in need of funds for their own organization said “our working class press comes first, it must be kept up, it is our best champ- ion.” They sald it with more than words, they raised $50. The Harry Sims Branch of the In- ternational Labor Defense in the same Negro farmers called to support papermén, and especially those from this motion testified boldly, but Nunn,| Birmingham, spent most of their local Negro preacher, and Darnell, time and energy during the trial try- | Negro ltigh school principal, refused! ing to influence the Nortliérn néws- to testify when they were summoned, papermen to minimize the import- | to court ance of defense testimony and to sup- Negroes Never on Jury press the news of the activities of Ku An old white resident testified that; Klux Klan mobs which were repéat- to his knowledge no Negroes had ever | edly formed to lynch the boys, their been called for jury service in the witnesses, and lawyers. ; Past fifty years, | Judson Simpson, Sam Moss, Clin- Pelkey Pr shrik Paka prt of unity of action cal and fasciom. ditions. Let the ling classes tremble T™ this growing united action of at 2 Communist revolu- tion.—Comunist Manifesto. policy of the Communist Party of Great Britain, NEW YORK.—The sympathy the | Harlem workers haye for the Daily Worker was again revealed last Sat- urday when 50 Negroes wanted to beat up a butcher store owner at 132d St. and Lenox Ave., for chasing a “Daily” newsboy out of his store. The Negro newsboy had entered merely to ask for change and was told to “get the hell out of the store with them papers.” The boy reported the incident to a group of Negro workers standing outside the store. They were so incensed they wanted 1 spirit arranged a party and raised $19 ‘or the Daily Worker. to demolish the place. A The owner was forced to apologize, ‘uy a paper and contributed 50 cents (o the International Labor Defense. | ton Moss. Ned Cobb and Alfred White | | are the five croppers under arrest. A change of venue from Dadeville to Montgomery will be asked by the I. L. D. when the cases come up. Four Negro farmers and croppers! were murdered in the attack upon, Cliff James home. Three deputies were wounded by the croppers, who defended themselves, At the preliminary hearing on the case, a deputy sheriff boasted that when the gang came within range of James’ cabin, they “just went down on their bellies and started shooting” until their ammunition was exhausted. | White croppers shielded their Negro fellows in the reign of terror which followed this raid, preventing the murder of many more of them. Sher- iffs’ gangs had to be recruited outside the county, because the white crop- pers in Tallapoosa refused to join in the murderous hunt. | Protests against the persecution of the eroppers and the reign of terror against Negroes in Tallapoosa County should be sent to Governor B. M. Miller, Montgomery, Ala, and to Judge W. B. Bowling and Shoyriff | Kyle Young, at Dadeville, Ala. “The Chicago Mooney Congress, | speech in court in place of a summa- tion of the evidence, and called for a lynch-verdict or @ lynching to show that “Alabama justice could not be bought with Jew money from New York,” these correspondents referred to here sat in the court-room nodding vigorous approval to every word, while spectators, incited by the speech to lynch-hysteria answered fervidly “Yes!” of “No!” to Wright's demands, ite Negro Students Hear Mrs, Patterson. NEW YORK.—Mrs. Janie Patter- son, mother of Heywood Patterson, and Dr. Kenneth Barnhart, ousted Sociology Professor of Birmingham Southern College, were the main speakers at Sunday's session of-the Conference on Negro Students Brob- lems held at International House. Because he has been sympathetic with the defense of the innocent Scortsboro boys, and has refused to | confine his teaching in the college to the spreading ef the Southern rul- | ing class myth of “white superiérity” | but has exposed the facts and éco- nomic basis of the oppression of the Negro people, Dr. Barnhart has been droppec from the staff of Birming- April 30 to May 2, will be a big step toward my freedom.”"—Tom Mooney, ham Southern College. ith ad