The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 19, 1933, Page 2

Page Two MAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1933 William Patterson in Stirring Call for Scottsboro Unity Harlem Address Stresses the Fight Against Local Lynchers NEW YORK Two thousand workers, Negro and white, roared their approval time after time as Willi Patterson, National Secretary of ripped ing to be in the fight for these boys but we know how to fight. (Thunder- ous ovation), If any of you get out of line, we will whip you back into line, (cheers). MANY SCOTTSBORO MEETS IN | CITY AS NEGRO AND WHITE MASS | FOR PROTEST MARCH TO CAPITAL NEW YORK.—Preparations for the | meeting. William Patterson, Nation- Scottsboro March on Washington |<! Secretary of the International La- | are going ahead full speed as New | bor Defense, and Joseph Brandt, sec- York workers are. answering the|tion organizer of the Communist lyneh challenge of the ruling class. | Perty, will speak. John Adams, Har- The New York District of the In-| lem reporier of the Daily Worker, ternational Labor De fe reports | will preside. that it being literally deluged with| Scottsboro meets will take place to- requests from churches, fraternal or-| night at 8 p. m. in the following “The Best That the South ‘ .Can Produce” the capitalist world prepares to forget the Scottsboro lynch ver-! persistent note is discernible in all the accounts of the case. From -nost rabid lynch papers of the South to the liberal New Republic, is heard praise and adsairation for the “fair and humane” Judge Horton, who presided at the trial. The current issue of the New Republic contains & particularly ob- noxious example of this adulation of the suave lynch Judge. “The judge’s charge, made so gravely, so earnestly, was a moving exhortation to fair- ness....the feeling which had been kept down by the fair and humane judge ... the honorable and compassionate judge . . . . Victoria Price's head comes in direct line with that of Judge Horton—a strange contrast. ~ International Labor Defense ) ; : Gabel aay pl eiecen: ae ers | the mask from misleaders who are “Thousands Will March” ones oe ad ee ee ee Tiny \Bouthers “Boulevard: | Between them they compass the best and worst this part of the country shouting “united front” in the Scotts- “Thousands of Negro and white|7 oe ioe one Scottsboro pro-| MANHATTAN: Manhattan Lyceum,| 8" Produce.” Such is the language of Mary Heaton Vorte's article on boro case. Patterson's speech workers are going to march on Wash-| (“2 x 66 East 4th Street; LONG ISLAND:| the Scottsboro case in the New Republic. axed the Scottsboro that filled the Abyssi Harlem, Monday ni ington on April 28. Recruiting sta- tions will be opened in Harlem and as far west as Chicago. We're going | test. meetings. Form Haywood Patterson I H Branch .D. Pythian Temple, Rockaway Beach. | Mrs. Patte at Needle Meet To- | presidente of North Hariém orean- | Mt Patterson ‘at Needle This is not only the note of the liberal New Republic. It is the cal- culated note of the whole capitalist world, no longer able to conceal the hideous features of the legal lynching, and striving to conceal the true ‘i 1 he ILD. za ‘onal ‘see eee wal aba te eee ed an ILD. branch named aficr | : apie Mee function of capitalist courts as the “legal” arm of the capitalist class rule, ‘Walter White of the N. A. A. C. P. enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th| H8ywood Patterson, scntenced to the| The Needle ste bbs oe ee “The jury was cruel. But what a wonderfully kind and fair man was jood Broun, Reade of the Na-| amendments to the constitution. We | electric chair by the Alabama lynch- | trial aos aieeting for tomorrow, | ®e Judge.” This is the line which is required by the present status of ague, Benjamin J.| want those demands enforced and we ¢'s. % Thinsday ab 1:80 es at Bryant| the case. It is the strategy of preserving the {lluston that the capitalist ey with John Geer are going to have them enforced., IMPORTANT SCOTTSBORO | oo sivin avenue corner of 42nd| Courts and capitalist judges are the true haven of refuge from the “pre- News and upon two points, action to save the First however, I I wa tempestuous These are what our forefathers slaved for and our fathers fought for. “Mr. Reade says that they could have freed the Scottsboro Boys and taken the wind out of our sails. This isn’t so. The wind in our sails is that of slavery and we are going to blow it out with the wind of freedom for the Negro nation in America. I have to conclude now (Shouts of ‘Keep on, we'll sit here all night—give him more | MEETS THROUGHOUT CITY | street, where Mrs. Janie Patterson The LL.D. issued an appeal to ali | Will speak. The main speaker will | workers, Negro and white, to rally their friends and organizations t } the Scottsboro protest meets being | : is wt i st s | 1.U. and the Communist Party, Sec st s it ae Hie ween te Ril secelons, ote tion 2. Signature petition lsts wil fs bo, circ! d at the meeting as wel as registration lists for the march to Washington. | retary of the LL.D. Other speak- | Meetings Tonight Section One of the Communist | Party has called a mass Scottsboro | be William Patierson, National Sec- | rs Will include leaders of the N.T.W. | judice” of the lynchers. Only @ fool or a capitalist tool will deny that the only wall between the boys and execution is the might of world protest. It is this protest which stayed the hand of the executioner two years ago. The basic strategy of the capitalist class is to dissipate this wave of mass actions by allaying the fears of the masses, by getting the masses to place their trust in the justice of the courts. To exalt the “fairness” of the judge is nothing more nor less than an insidious blow against the campaign of world protest. We can say more, We can say that to contrast the “fairness” of the judge with the time’). No comrades it isn’t time. It) protest meeting for tonight at Man- On the same night meetings will | is other work I have yet to do today. hattan Lyceum, 66 EB. 4th St., at 8| be held in St. Lukes Hall, 125 West | “prejudice” of the jury is to become, unwittingly or not, part and parcel e of Haiti in terrupted nd cheers and ight re goi 3 to have that will They told hete to was no mination the 21 A. D. t butcher shop al? about the ext 2 have to pay? What ‘ants and hotels can’t ente eros NEWS BRIKFS TAMMANY POLICE TRY 10 FRAME. Don’t Fight—Wait and Hope! VIEN , April 18—At a timer the Aust: government is r g “emerg ecree” and speeding on the road to , the Austrian social-democ: party ders, like their treachery who helped power in Ger- many, are e mash the work- ing class struggle nst reaction+ and terror. Dr. Robert Dannberg, parliamentary leader of the socialist grtoup, says the working class is eager to be led into battle, but that it would ni be folly. “We can only wait and hope that the government wii return to a constitutional regime Party leaders tell the rank and file t@ refuse to fight and to “practice patience” in regard to fascism in Altria. Fish Wants Intervention. | Fis! h Machado is unable to crush sing gles of the Cuban mi against imperialism, hunger and terror. The democratic leader, | Byrns, of Tennessee, blocked Fish’s attempt to bring the question on the} si¢ ers floor of the house with the an-| nouncement that it was a matter, not for congress, but for the state department. Enough was brought out to partly expose the reign of, terror in Cuba, the shooting down of workers in cold blood and the sup- pression of every attempt at press triticiem of the Machado regime, More Taxes for Bankers, NEW YORK, April 18—Members of New York clearing house banks aré to begin meetings today to de- yise means of getting $144,000,000 of short-term debts which will mature @ week from today Some of them may be renewed pending tax collec- tions and raising of the tax rate in the city so that the bankers can get dividends on the city bonds. Formal decision on what action to take will be made Monday or Tuesday . ‘ 200 Routed In Floods, PHILADELPHIA, April 18—More than 200 families have been driven from their homes by a flood in Darby a suburb of this city, caused by breaks in the dykes of Darby creek and Delaware river. The victims are destitute and pleas for aid to Goy- ernor Pinchot have gone unheeded Drys Appeal to Court. | ALBANY, April 18.-The Anti-Sa- loon League outfit and the Protes- tant preachers, who have obtained their principal financial support from | the bootleggers, have carried their) fight against repeal of the Bighteenth Amendment to the state supreme court. Notice was served on Rdward | J, Flynn, secretary of state in New! York, demanding that he appear in court at Troy on Friday to answer) a sult by a preacher attempting to stop the repeal movement in this/ state. | Shoot Into Spanish Strikers, BARCELONA, April 18.—Police to- | day fired a volley of revolver shots | into & group of building trades strik- | ers, wounding one. The building) trades strike against wage-cuts, which | began yesterday, is rapidly spreading. | “The Chicago Mooney } Congress, April 30 to May 2, will be a big step| teward my freedom.”’—Tom Mooney. I WILLIAM PATTERSON, SECR TIONAL LABOR DEFENSE you who are not in Alabama. (cheer- ing) These must be fought if the ttsboro Boys are to be saved. ing to divert the hite and we're let~ t now. (cheering). iing them kno “No More Betray Davis ‘ou Mr r of the two years the D. has led the struggle for the innocent Scotisboro Boys. Op- n of the ro people, of the workers, Jim-crowism, lynching all these mus into the Scottsboro ca not going to the I teli j Amsterdam N LL ini I. L. D. is a united lynchers of America (shouts of “SCOTTSBORO” Free the 9 | Scottsboro Boys! ETARY OF THE INTERNA- | no-no). Only the I. L. D. is authorized to collect funds for the Scottsboro case. (Davis is collecting funds for a march” on Washington that has al- ready dwindled down in his state- ments from 50,000 to a group of re- | presentative citizens of Harlem) bet- term see that it gets into the right not to the I. L. D, but to these 2,000 channels or they will have to answer, and all the Negro and white rkers of New York. (Right, right, cheers). “I know that you (the Negro peo- ple and white workers) are tired of yals know you want to fight. t want to fight anyone claim-| SUBWAY BOMBING » Old Trick of Provocation to Try to Stop Mass Defense of Frame-Up Victims NEW YORK, April 18. ‘ome gunpowder, parrafin, celluloid and other | Herndon, If it were only time, I would stay here all night.” The audience rose in tribute when Mother Patterson entered the me ing. She spoke briefly as follows: am not well. My mind is in the bal- ance. You mothers know how heavy my load is. I want you to support the I. L. D, and free my boy and those other children.” The audience rose in tribute, A collection of over $120 was taken for the Scottsboro Defense. Benjamin Davis received an ovation when he said “the fight for Angelo is inseparable from the fight of the Scottsboro Boys, Tom Mooney, the fight of the Negro people and white workers for freedom. Frank Palmer, representing the Those who are collecting money | American Civil Liberties Union Pro-/| class of the South, to place respon- posed that the Free Tom Mooney meeting at Bronx Coliseum Thursday, April 27 be changed into a Scotts- boro-Mooney mass meet. Wm. Pat- terson nodded his head in agreement and the audience cheered. Democratic Demagogy Mrs. Bushnell was interrupted in her praise of President Roosevelt by a shout of “no democratic propag- anda, speak on Scottsboro or shut up.” The audience cheered this de- mand and she closed her remarks among which was the hypocritical statement that “there is no discrim- ination in the 21 A. D. I would not | stand for it. I am your co-leader for ten years and know your problems.” Irvin Klein, I. L. D. attorney, and member of the Scottsboro staff, told how not only one lawyer had served without pay but that more of them had done that for the past two years. He called for clear support of the I. L. D, The audience cheered him, Prof. Joshua Kunitz, gave an eye- witness’ report of the Decatur trial. Two telegrams were sent. to Presi- dent Roosevelt and Gov. Miller of Alabama demanding freedom of the material exploded yesterday evening in the 34th Street subway station of the | ?YS and equal political, social and B. M. T. The poli and the capitalist press announced that it must have sorne- thing to do with the Scottsboro case because the inflammable material was | wrapped in newspapers stories of the case. They did not stop to consider all papers contained such stories. Old Time-Worn Stunt. Damage from the explosion was slight, being confined to bursting open a locker in which the bundle was placed. Similar occurrences were frequently reported during the course of containing ¢--——-——— abled the McCormick Harvester com- pany to railroad to the gallows four | | workers, the San Francisco prepared- | ness parade bomb for which Mooney | and Billings were accused and are| still in prison although their inno-} cence has long ago been proved, An- other frame-up attempt that failed to/ economic rights for Negroes. Walter White merely said that the N. A. A. ©. P. members could give money to either the I. L. D. or their own organization and explained how the N. A. A. C. P. had arranged to account to the I.L. D. He received a lukewarm reception and stated twice, “I am not here to defend the Na- tional Association. It stands on its record.” The audience showed their appraisal of that record by their silence. Heywood Broun admitted he was the | yield a victim was the so-called Wall| coming into the fight late. He said agitation in 1927-27 to save from the Street bomb plot, which was hatched | that “some people are avoiding the WASHINGTON, April 18—J. Ham electric chair Sacco and Vanzetti.One by the police and government stool! United Front because they are afraid notorious red baiter, is now| such happening was reported as hav-| pigeons after a Du Pont powder ing for armed intervention in) ing occurred in & New York subway, wagon exploded, killing a number of Cuba becatise the sugar trust con-| station under circumstances identical! people during the rush hour, with that of yesterday. It is an old trick of provocation to plant “bombs” that explode with much noise but slight damage in an effort to frighten people away from support of mass movements against the anti-working class frame-ups of the police, the courts and other branches of the government. On some occasions these explosions do considerable damage, but without exception all such cases were proved to have been instigated and carried out by police and agents of capitalist interests. Among the most famous of this type of frame-up were the Hay- market affair in Chicago which en- DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 Bristol Street (Bet. Pitkin & Satter Aves.) B’kiyo PRONE: DICKENS 2-3012 Office Hourst 8-10 A.M., 1-2, | tntern'] Workers Order DENTAL DEPARTMENT 80 FIFTH AVENUB 1sth FLOOR AD Work Done Under Versona! Care of Dr. C. WEISSMAN | Hospital and Oculist Proseri | ¢ One-Half Pri White Gold Filled Framee. $1.50 | ZYL Shell Frames —_— $1.00 | Lenses not included COHEN’S, 117 Orchard St. Door Off Delancey St. ORchard 4-450 Telep! Dr. WILLIAM BELL OrpromMErTRIs? 166 E. 14th St., near 4th Av. | South you send him to the electric of being stepped on. We can all unite to save these boys.” Rey. Powell pre- sided as chairman, 66 (With this article we begin a | series of feature articles by John L. Spivak on the Decatur trial of Hay- wood Patterson, one of the nine Scottsboro boys.) ae DECATUR, Ala.—Haywood Patter- con’s mother is in the colored wit- ness room, The door is open, for the | first of the famous Scottsboro cases | is drawing to a close. Only the | summations of the prosecution and | the defense are left and then twelve | white men will tell her whether her | son is to live or die. } The afternoon sun beats upon her blue dress and tear-stained face through a screened window. She peers hopefully, wonderingly at the immobile faces of the jurors. These | are the men who will give her son back to her—alive, or a blackened, | | charred body. | The perspiration shows on her fore- | | head. The white handkerchief im | | her hands is rumpled nervously. { The judge's voice, soft and meas- | | ured, instructs the attorneys to sum | up. Solicitor Bailey of Jackson Coun- | ty, who had first prosecuted the Scottsboro boys and sent them into the shadow of the electric chair, rises to his full, dignified height. The | mother listens as in a trance. She | | does not grasp what he is saying and | leans forward, as though her hearing is at fault. “This nigger is guilty of the foul- est of crimes.” | She looks hungrily into the faces of the twelve white men but they | tell her nothing. They are cold, | solemn faces with not a flicker of | emotion upon any of them, | “The State demands that for the | safety of white womanhood in the | chair!” | She bites her lips and tears at | the pathetic, soiled little handke: | chiet in her hands, Her bosom rises }and fails heavily and she leans | against the window weakly. When the Jackson County prose- cutor finishes she looks at him won- Geringly. There is no hatred in her eyes; only the look of one terribly | hurt, and whose does not know why, | p. m. Mrs. Janie Patterson, mother of | Haywood Patterson, will speak at theist Party 130th Street in Harlem under the auspices of the I.L.D., the Commun- | Section 4, and the Y.C.L. | International Labor Defense | Challenges Judge’s Statement | Horton Compelled to Continue Cases Because NEW YORK.—The effort of Judge | James E. Horton of Decatur, Ala., as | | representative of the white ruling | sibility for the impossibility of ob- | taining a “fair trial” for the Scotts- boro boys in Alabama upon the de- | fense was challenged in statements | issued today by William L. Patter- | son, national secretary of the Inter- | | national Labor Defense, and by Sam- | | uel 8. Leibowitz, chief trial attorney | in the case for the LL.D. At the samme time, Patterson took exception to the statement attributed to Mr. Leibowitz in which he was quoted as | lumping together of the rulers and H the white workers of Alabama in a} sweeping and derogatory character- | | zation, as “bigots.” | He pointed to Ruby Bates. the | white girl who courageously took the | stand to repudiate her former framed | testimony of “rape,” and to Lester | | Carter, the white boy who also testi- | fied truthfully on behalfsof nine in- | nocent, boys, as proof of the awaken- / | ing consciousness of the poor white | workers of the South. “The millstone around the necks of the Scottsboro boys is that Ala- | bama attitude which made twelve | Decatur jurors guffaw as they pushed | Haywood Patterson toward the chair | last Palm Sunday morn,” Leibowitz said. “It is a piece with the action | of Attorney General Knight gleefully | clapping his hands during the trial | and in calling a defendant ‘that | thing’ “Impaling me on @ cross of fancied insult to the citizens of Alabama | county will avail the partisans of | weird Morgan County justice noth- | ing. Nor will it divert me or my as- | Sociates for one moment from the is- | sue which the sovereign state of Ala- | bama must face in this case—equal | justice for the colored race.” Points to Ruby Bates. Judge Horton, in an effort to get | out from under the fact that mass pressure forced him to adjourn the | Scottsboro trials, laid the blame for | the lynch hysteria of Alabama on | of Mass Pressure Leibowita’s Characterization of the | jurors and citizens of Decatur &s | “Jantern-jawed morons,” and “big- | ots.” “The unfortunate statement at- tributed to Mr. Leibowitz with which the Southern ruling class now wishes to shield its bloody legal lynch sys- tem, was an unjust characterization of the Southern working class,” Pat- terson said, in answer to both. “The miserably oppressed and exploited white workers cannot be lumped to- gether with that sleek and bloated ruling class whose slogan of white supremacy and whose system of eco- nomic and political bribery has been the means of dividing the Negro and white workers at the bottom, and thus perpetuating the misery and de- humanization of both. Not Bigots. “The white workers of the South are misguided. The white workers of the South are not bigots. Proof of. their tremendous revolutionary will to resist the most deeply em- bedded traditions of hatred and bi- gotry of the South was given at the trial by the heroic testimony of Ruby Bates, who found the true road to womanhood in Scottsboro, and of Lester Carter. These white workers took the first step toward the smash- ing of the ruling class myth of the Negro as a ‘rapist.’ Their testimony helped to expose the economic char- acter of lynching. Their testimony is one of the greatest advances to- ward the unity of Negro and white workers, “Judge Horton is seeking to hide the fundamental issues raised by the International Labor Defense in the Scottsboro case. He is trying to block the exposure of the bloody oppres- sion of the Negro people and white workers in the South. The rulers | of Alabama, whose mouthpiece he is, think they can allay the protest of the. masses against the Decatur lyneh-verdict by ‘waiting a while’ before proceeding with their further moves to burn the boys. They are mistaken.” JOHN L, SPIVAK of one dazed by this vindictive bit- terness on the part of the white man who for two years has tried to burn her son in the electric chair. Solicitor Wright of Morgan Coun- tices to his full bulk, towering, ty tremendous, a strapping, hulking man of the South with a roaring voice that thunders through the courtroom. “I don't know much about this ease,” he begins. The mother’s eyes follow him. Here at least is a white man who does not know much about this case, a man not from the county where in- flamed passions and prejudices of ae are demanding her son's life. But the man who doss not know much about this cace bellows of other and almost as deep prejudices com- mon throughout the South, “These northern lawyers...these Jews from New York defending nig- gers....these niggers who commit (he infamous and horrible erime of yape...” “L don't kriow much about this ‘ Pere ase) | But he does know a great deal of Southern prejudices against the black man. He does not talk of the case at all. He talks of “niggers” who want to show their independ- ence and sit on juries. He talks of | black men who want to rise from) their bondage. He telks of Jews and | Jew money from New York and the | buying of Alabama justice | His voice bellows furiously. The | saliva drips from his mouth onto! his chin and he wipes it with the palm of a hand. The mother stares at him in horror, her hands clasping and unclasping. She realized that this man is making an appeal that will be hard for the white ju ors to forget and because of that her boy's life may be taken — not, | on evidence of guilt, not on facts, but | | because his skin is black. | Leibowitz rises. He ts the big | northern lawyer she has heard about | who was going to help the Inter- | national Labor Defense save her boy. | His voice is soft, restrained, She leans forward, anxious not to miss a word, He is appealing to “men of reason,” pleading that they forget her son’s skin is black and give him a fair trial, Her hands are clasped together. The knuckles of her hands show the intensity cf her emotion. | The handkerchief is buried between her palms. Leibowitz’s arms are upraised. His jong, four-hour summation is end- ing. He is making a Jast plea to the jury to forget race and color and religious prejudices aroused by the prosecution. “For Jew and for Gentile. For white man and for black man——" | ‘The words fall upon hushed spec- | tators. Fyen some of the hardened | whites who have been lusting for the blood of this boy on trial for his life are wiping their tears. ‘The tears are running down her | face, She is crying despairingly. This white lawyer would soon fin- ish. And then there would be noth- ing more to say. The jurors would go into the very room where sho now stood and decide whether she | was to have her son alive—or dead, | THAT BLACK THING”--Attorney General Knight: A tense silence hangs over the courtroom when Leibowitz finishes. The mother slumps into a chair, The jury's faces ere immobile. If their hearts have been touched they do not show it. Attorney General Knight rises to conclude for the State. He harps on the clothes of Ruby Bates and Lester Carter. Clothes. That is all he talks of in his sharp, bitter voice. | He peints a finger at Patterson. | “T am not a murderer! I would let him loose in two minutes if T were not convinced that he is guilty’ That is why I ask that you look at this black thing——" The Attotney General is shrewd. He does not nt these white jurors to forget that Patterson is after all a “nigger.” The mother rises at this contampt- uots phrase that carries with it all the prejudices of the South against the black man. “Black thing.” The words echo and re-echo through the courtroom. “Stand up!” Knight shouts, The “black thing” stands up, look- ing helplessly and despairingly at the prosecutor who is venting his hatred upon him as the symbol of a race protesting its oppression. The mother's tears are no longer running now. Her face is suffused with anger. Her firsts clench. This white man demanding her son's life is using every meens possible to pre- judice theses jurors against him, “Black thing!” There is little said about the boy's guilt or innocence. There is little said about evidence. There is little ssid except appeals to sectional, state, reciel and religious prejudices deeply engtained in the hearts of those sitting in judgment on thi boy's life. “Black thing!” Over everything the prosecutio: has said, these two words stand ow. with all their implications. The little white handkerchief crumpled in fury. Forever and ehe will understand what the bic man is to the white rulers of the South: “Black r of the lynch machinery which gapes for the bodies of the nine Scotts- boro boys, Judge Horton was the chief lyncher at the Scottsboro trial. This is an accurate statement of fact. Read the interview with Attorney Brodsky of the LL.D. printed in the ‘Daily’ of Saturday, April 15. Here is the truth about Judge Horton. One of the basic issues at stake in the trial was the right of Negroes to sit on the jury. The defense attorneys proved to the hilt that Negroes were systematically kept off the juries. not abuse. he did not know of any Negro fit for for mistrial. | white juries? By “peace and tranquility,” the our peace and tranquility.” Judge Horton is defending this system of national oppression of the Negroes. challenge to this lynch system. Judge Horton, speaking calmly and po- litely, but none the less grimly, utters the conviction of the Southern slaveocracy when he declared at the trial, “We are prepared to defend This is The Jury Commissioner said that jury duty. Leibowitz made a motion He had the whole weight of capitalist law on his side. The issue was clear—would the court support the Southern policy of Iily- “Motion denied,” said Judge Horton. Was this the “compassionate” judge? Or was it not the “legal” voice of the Southern lynchers affirming the contemptible arrogance of “white supremacy”? Southern masters mean the whole The Scottsboro case is a “peace and tranquility.” And his “earnestness and politeness” make him all the more deadly. But Are NEW YORK.—Three and the sergeant 794. Tammany Cops Draw Guns to Stop Speech on Scottsboro from Harlem Liberator Office Balked by Workers | Tammany police with drawn guns attempted to | Stop the broadcasting of Scottsboro speeches from the office of the Har- Jem Liberator at 2149 Seventh Avenue last night, but failed when crowds | of Negro and white workers demanded the speeches continue. The policemen, one a sergeant, all obviously drunk, threatened to shoot if the loud speaker were not removed, but replaced their pistols when the mass of workers began to surge around them. 600 workers continued to, hear the speeches. The numbers on the shields of the police, all white, were 1817, 17075 ‘RECOGNITION DEMONS- TRATION IN WEST BRONX NEW YORK. — Swinging into ac- tion, in the campaign for Recogni- tion of the Soviet Union, Mt. Bden branch of the Friends of the Soviet Union, has arranged for a demons- tration to take place tonight at 8:15 pn. at 170th St. and Walton Ave. The Mt. Eden Branch calls upon all Workers and sympathizers to be present. Recognition of the Soviet Union at this time is a matter of vital importance to all. A vigorous protest will be made at this demon- Stration against the N.B.C. studios, who are to broadcast an anti-Soviet program this week. MONTEVIDEO DELEGATE REPORTS TONIGHT; GEISER, HENDERSON TO SPEAK NEW YORK.—Karl Geiser, who has just returned from the Montevideo anti-war congress where he was sent as a delegate, will speak on the re- sults of the congress and the wars in South America at Irving Plaza, 15 St_and Irving Place tonight, 8 p. m. Donald Henderson recently expelled from Columbia University for his | working-class activity will algo speak. William Simons will be the chairman. Strikers Beat Back — Thugs and Landlord NEW YORK. — Thugs hired by Kunter landlord of 1566 Washington Avenue, Bronx, to smash a rent strike got @ taste of workers’ defense when their attempts to ‘attack a Picket line was repulsed by workers of the neighborhood, who routed and Severely beat the thugs and landlord. The workers of the neighborhood demanded the arrest of the landlord, Tomorrow at 2 p. m, the picket line will form again supported and de. fended as today by neighbors from further attacks. Other workers are urged to assist picketing. The strike of 30 tenants started four weeks ago and is led by a House Committee and the Middle Bronx Unemployed Council, WEINSTEIN TAG DAY. To raise the necessary $2,000 for repped the conviction of Sam einstein, who was railroaded to Sing Sing, the Weinstein Defense | Committee will hold a Tag Day | this Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23. Contribute. Help fight for the release of Sam Weinstein, framed-up because he fought against wage cuts. Letters from | DISTRICT COMMITTEE AND LANGER FUNERAL A letter from a unit to the N. Y. Dietrict Committee | __ To District Committee Communist | Party. | New York City. | Deer Comrades: The unit membership of unit 5) | scetion 2 having carried out a dis- | cussion of the funeral of comrade Langer, resolved to categorically crit- icize the part played by the district committee for the following reasons: 1, Tailure to see the full poll- tical significance of a comrade who held such a high position in the union, also one who was practically a ohazter member of the ©. P. of the U.S.A. and who met death at the hands of the bosses in such an outrageous manner. 2, Insufficient preparation to mob-~ ilize the members of the C. P. and sympathizers of this district. The funeral march began after 1 o'clock when the workers in the market had tone beck to work. 3. The funeral throughout was permeated with a feeling of senti- mentalism and the pressure of the masses was lacking throughout. 4. There wes & conspicuous ab- sence of militant slogans with the posetiole exception of two ble plac- ards, 5. The role of the Dnily Worker ‘1 regard to mass demonstrations of the major character is conspicuously weak and particularly so in a mass uneral of this kind. ‘Theso criticisms were brought up nd thoroughly discussed by the unit | membership and unanimously passed upon. | Comradely yours, Unit 5 Seetion 2 Our Readers “DAILY” KEPT WORKERS SOLID IN BRIGGS STRIKE Detroit, Mich, Comrade Editor: Enclosed is a money order for $1. T cannot let my mind dwell too long on the harm the masses ‘vould suf- | fer if the Daily Worker was not here to protect our interest. We must not permit the “Daily” to suspend. Only the Daily Worker exposes the ra- pacious Wall Street Government. The “Daily” is indispensadle as ihe organizer and mobiliser of the work- ing class; a fountain of proletarian education. I am & member of Plumbers Union Local 98 AF.L., where we recently ousted our drunken strike-breaking business agent, Charles Gould, who tried to send his henchmen to scab on the Briggs strikers; but the rank and file would not tolerate his treachety. The “Datly” played no small part in inforining our rank and file of the nature of the strike and in eementing our solidarity; provok« ing such replies to the mislead, “It they are for the working class, we should be with them” (meaning the Communist Party). I congratulate you on the splendid improvement in Datly Worker, Forward, comrades. to the day. when the “Daily” will be the official organ of all our trade unions and the mouthpiece of the Soviet United States of America, OComradely yours, —M. B. —— Hitch-hike, drive, walk to the Cni- cago Mooney Congress, April 96 te May 2, nannies Elect delegates to the Chicago Mooney Congress, April 29 t= May 3, =m - een