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

PAGE CWO DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1933 BUILD “We'll “March!” ” Shout EF 000 NEWS BRIEFS. Chicago South THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE! in Scottsboro Mass Meeting ATLANTIC CITY, April 20.—“W eu march! We'll march!” shouted 3000 Negro and white workers at a Scottsboro protest meeting in the Box- ing Arena here last night as they rose to a talk by William L, Petterson, Defense. greeted nd have work- white vict- ist frame-up he freedom of applauded and count of Ruby 5 s, the poor spite hat o lie in the the awa Away. officials of are not here, They are part ainery which accident tt Patterson de and parcel of t to their feet and cheered in response national secretary of the International atterson’s appeal that Negroes take an active part in the fight to free by «#———. uses lynch and legal terror against | workers here as well as in the South.” When he called upon the audience to fight for the Scottsboro boys in their daily local struggles against discrimination and jim-crowing, Pat- terson was greeted with a roar of ap- proval. He declared that the barring of Negroes from restaurants, hotels, and amusement places in Atlantic City, the playground of the white ruling class, was of as much political importance as the Scottsboro case. He called for a struggle against these bars, telling of the march on Wash- | ington to demand of Roosevelt the freedom of the Scottsboro Boys and congress a bill guaranteeing the con- stitutional rights of Negroes. It was at this point that the audi- ence shouted: “We'll march! We'll march!” ‘The meeting was called by the Cit- izens Committee.. Among the speak- ers were Father Jackson of the Epi: copal Church; Isaac J. Nutter, well- known attorney, and ©. Barr, a pol- ician. “Kuhle Wampe” Opens At Cameo Saturday he only picture dealing with the German unem- will be shown at the Cameo Theatre | April 22. announced to commence on April 15.) “KUHLE WAMPE ployment crisis which w: on 42nd St., commencing error, this picture was ever made, Saturday, (Through an unfortunate Held up for a solid year by Hugenberg and the sound monopoly, and then attacked by a vicious ship, “Kuhle Wampe” will be the last anti-Fascist film to come out of Ger- many. Word has just been received that the Nazis have burned all re- maining copies of this picture, along with those of “All Quiet on the West- em Front”. On the Cameo screen, “Kuhle Wampe” will open with an introduc- | tory and explanatory address by Mal- com Cowley, editor of the New Re- public, who is taking an active part in the United Front opposition to German fascism. Mr. Cowley sounds the keynote, whe “Today the ruling p: persecut- ing the Jews; it is also fighting what is practically a civil German workers.” “Kuhle Wampe” is a triumph for | proletarian cinematic art. Featuring | Hertha Thiele, star of “Maedchen in | Uniform”, and Ernst Busch, who Will | be remembered for his fine work in | “Kameradschaft”, this picture pre- | sents two of the finest artists of the | German screen in a story y that will war against censor- @ live as a document of the workers’ | struggle. Bert Brecht, the author, was one of the revolutionary figures whom the Nazis have driven out. “Kuhle Wampe” is a Garrison re- lease, distributed by Kinematrade, | | Inc. Daily Worker Advisory Committee Meet Tomorrow) NEW YORK. — To assist the Daily Worker in its problems, an Advisory Committee of workers to sit with the editorial department becomes a vital necessity. In order to achieve this purpose, the Daily Worker calls upon all members of past and present City Committees, Borough Committees and Red Press Groups of organi- zations to elect an Advisory Com- mittee tomorrow, April 22, at the meeting called for at 2 p. m. on the second floor of the Workers Center, 35 East 12th St. m AMUSE MENTS The German Proletariat Speaks! | The Truth of the Communist Struggle in Germany "KUHLE WAMPE” (“WHITHER GERMANY”) EXTRA! SYMPOSIUM HITLER With HERTHE THIELE, Star of ‘“Maedchen COMPLETE ENGLISH DIALOGUE TITLES =" § CAME In Uniform’ BROADWAY | Starting & 424 STREET | Tomortow 7 MADISON SO, CARDEN RINSLING | BAR CIRCUS Celebrating FONGLING with 1000 Amazing World-Wide Attractions Including The DURBAR, Colossal Spectacle ASTOUNDING NEW FEATURE! GIRAFFE - NECK WOMEN from BURMA ‘Tickets Admitting to E. img (mck. Sets) 7410250 Fs sooo Risers te $3.00, including tar Rvery Att’ Hse. 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Ko JEFFERSON % he Os INOW | “Island of Lost Souls,” wi Chas Reughion sn¢-the- Panther Wom aadet 390 “The Chicago Mooney Rompe April 30 to May 2, will be a big step toward my freedom.”—Tom Mooney. ON THE APARTMENTS Take Advantage of Workers Cooperative Colony 2700-2800 BRONX PARK EAST (OPPOSITE BRONX PARK) has now REDUCED THE RENT AND SINGLE ROOMS CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Kindergarden; Classes for Adults and Children; Library; Gymnasiam; Clubs and Other Privileges NO INVESTMENTS REQUIRED SEVERAL GOOD APARTMENTS & SINGLE ROOMS AVAILABLE the Opportunity. Lexington Avenue train to White ' Plains Road. i Station, Tel. Estabrook %-1400—1401 Office open daily Stop at Allerton Avenue| Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. . to 5 p.m. 18 a.m, to 3 pm. Sunday Argentine ‘natas’ Corkniuniate: ROSARIO, Argentine, April 20. In an effort to head off the growing struggles against hunger police yesterday raided the res of two Communist member City Council. of The police had on hand a supply of forged documents which |they reported to the press showed that the arrested Communists were operating “under secret | from Moscow.” Ask Abolition of 5-Cent Fare. WASHINGTON, April 20.—In argu- receivership of the vated Companies of New York City, Harold McCollum, counsel 5-cent fare. All the get dividends on their investments. eee ie Reports Steel Production Rise. NEW YORK, April. 20,—For fourth consecutive week there the instructions ing before the supreme court over the Interborough Rapid Transit and Manhattan Ele- for the |Hanover Bank and Trust Company, ‘gued against a continuation of the bondholders want the fare increased so they can the has been an increase in steel production, according to the current summary of “Iron Age.” From the low point for all time of 13 per cent, production last week rose to 23 per cent of capa- chairman of an- |nual meeting, pointed out that sim- ilar increases once or twice before had resulted in a more drastic drop. The all-time low of 13 per cent of capacity was irreducible minimum jand meant the maintenance staff Uity. H. S. Wilkinson, the Crucible Steel Co, at the since the “depression” |evidently the | alone was on the Job. * Plot 35 Per Cent Cut for Miners. PHILADELPHIA, April 20.—John L. Lewis and officials of the United} Mine Workers of America are in con- ference here with anthracite owners, plotting to impose a 35 per cent wage- cut upon the mine workers under the plea that they are trying phase the industry.” ing | Black Bill, saying that it will com- | pel his friends, the bosses, to cut | Wages. | eos D. A. R. Still Protesting. WASHINGTON, April Lewis is try- e to hide his crimes behind the tified in their defense, Side Demonstration for the Scottdboro Boys Mrs. OVINGTON, N.A.A.CP., TREASURER, VILLIFIES THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS Praises Lynch Judge Hon Horton, Assails Ruby Bates, During Speech at Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga., April 20. Highest praise for Judge James A. Horton, “tO who presided over ihe lynch-trial ef Haywood Patterson in Decat vilification for the Scottsboro boys and Ruby Bates, who couragecu: was handed out by Mrs. Mary White Ovington, na- tional treasurer of the N. A. A. C. P., at a meeting in Bethel Church heve ‘under the auspices of that organ- e—— | ization. 20.—That | for an Mrs, Ovington, who is white, spoke} Nounced that the N. A. A. hour on past and present | raising funds for the boy: |comic organization of old women! cases handled by the N. A. A.C. P., | that calls itself Daughters of the; making her biggest point that she American Revolution protests again.| once had a quarrel |This time the ladies say there must| about letting Negroes visit her in Ne be no cuts in army and navy appro-| York, and then sat down without | | priations. They seem to think Roose- | having said a word about the Scotts- | | velt proposes to cut down the mili- boro boys, tary power of the country when, as 2. matter of fact, the administration is| amazed strengthening that power. Daughters will withdraw their ob-) jections when they learn that only workers are being cut. ke Plot New Milk Price Boost. ALBANY, April 20.—The Milk Con-| in outside lawy The audience sat back silent and until someone. called out: The|“What about the Scottsboro boys?” Mrs. Ovington rose again. “Well,” she said, “the Communists | wanted their way and they got it.| We would have handled the case dif- | :ferently. We would not have brought We would have trol Board, after a conference with haq Southern lawyers only.” | big dairy interests, | third consecutive increase in price: of milk to consumers. ers have been trying to get some of the benefits of this increase in price, but the middle men, the railroads j snd the get it all. . Flood Toll In Massachusetts. e+ of floods along the Merrimac and| ibility of Ruby Bates, in which she| death because they | Connecticut rivers and their smaller) repeated all over again in her own] choe and textile workers, These floods are due to; name the questions asked of this girl the fact that the prevention systems | by | tributaries. is preparing : Dairy fannie ~ | She did not mention the funda- mental questions of democratic rights murder of Niccola Sacco and Bartholomeo Vanzetti, when the walls of a blocd vecsel in his de for Negroes raised in the Decatur | | | trial by the International Labor De- | fense, nor that no Southern lawyer) milk distributing agencies) would have raised these points. Calls Them “Riff Raff.” . Her next point was that the Scotts- chairman later an- P. was nd would funds. The collect at another meeting. W. E. G. DuBois, another N. A. A. with her landlord | ©. P. luminary, is scheduled to speak w | here ni next Sunday. LOCAL STRUGGLES LEAD TO MARCH ON CAPITAL (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | to 25 because they could not find the real criminal. . oP + NEW YORK.—An attempt to split the united front movement develop- ing around the mass fight for the | Scottsboro boys met with a smashing ack Wednet night, with oniy persons attending the so-called Scottsboro conference called by Wil- | nN. Davis, owner of the New York | Amsterdam News, in opposition to the front conferences being held by the National Emergency Scotisboro Action Committee. ‘The latter or- ganizatiot werking in clos: c operation h the Interhational La- bor Defense, the organization inj charge cf the defense of the nine nnocent Scottsboro boys. Sneak for Unity. A delegation from the Scottsboro | Action Commitiee, headed by Miss Thompson, was accorded the to revort cn the work done by | the committee and its pians for the | ~¢ March on Washington mn made the report, pre- ceding it with an urgent invitation to those present to join in the broad united front movement led by her committee. Miss Thompson was fol- lowed by Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., At- janta attorney defending Angelo Hernden, who backed her appeai for united front action and questioned the unauthorized collection of funds by various organizations and indi- uals in the nai of the Scotis- boro boys. M>. Dayis emphasized ly the I. L, D. and such or- as it authorized, had the rity of the boys and their par- to collect funds. He declared all such monies must be turned | r to the defense organization. Support I. L. D, the report of Miss Thompson and My. Davis’ speech most of the delegates present agreed that they had been misiead as to the | purpose of the conference calied by Mr. Davis. (A more detailed and analytical t of the conference will be pu lished in tomorrow's Daily Workei ) ations Followin, JUDGE WERSTER THAYER, MURDERER OF SACCO AND VANZETTH, DIES | Openly Expressed Hatred of Working Class. Martyrs in Railroading Them to Chair BOSTON, April 20.—Jndge Webster Thayer, the chief tool of the shoe | and textile magnates and the Back Bay aristocracy, in the frame-up and died Tuesday night | ying brain geve way. | Rememered Only As Crim:nai Thayer was all his life the most codfish aristocracy of Massachusetts. He began life as a butcher of pigs and cows in the wholesale meat ou: boro boys were “riff-raff and semi-| ness of his fathes in Worcester, Mass. BOSTON, April 20.—Five are dead criminal types, anwyay.” and thousands homeless as a result} Her next an attack upon the cred- | Attorney-General Knight, which | are built only with a view to graft| she had heard in the hour and a half} and not to protect the poor dwell-| she spent in Decatur courtroom, ers in the river valleys from floods.| seeking to undermine her testimony} o 8 8 Fascist Thug Visits Dern. WASHINGTON, April 20.—Major) General Frederich | they discussed forced labor camps,| | engaged in such ventures. |imasmuch as both governments are | of the innocence of the Scottsboro | boys by pointing to her “new clothes.” “Judge Horton is extremely fair,” von Boetticher, | Mrs. Ovington said of the jurist who | (fascist hooligan, who was sent by|made no move to halt the legal} | Hitler as military attache to the Ger-| iynching of the boys. man embassy, paid a visit yesterday | friendly. | to Secretary of War Dern. Perhaps | sulted him by sending him telegrams But the Communists in-| of protest demanding that he protect | sentenced to the electric chair on e the defendants and their lawyers.” She closed without any appeal for Tom Mooney and the Scottsboro boy | | and ended it as the chief butcl two innocent worke’ er of railroaded to ried to organize He will only be remembered in con- nection with his sa actions against Sacco and Vanzetti; actions characterized by the vilest lies and slanders from the bench and through the public press. Tortured Victims Seven Years Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested “He is very | on the framed-up charge of having | shot a paymaster at South Bra Mass., on April 15, 1920. ree, They wer e dence as flimsy as that used agai! mediocre pup; in the hands of the ing at the trial used st methods in order to preju- 2 case of the victims. In spite of the fact that he had | announced with great glee that he to see “those Italian bast- * the authorities of the sachusetts, under Calvin { Coolidge ernor and under Cool- | idge’s successor, Alvin T. Fuller, re- fused to take the case out of Thayer's court. On five occasions over a period of | seven years Thayer denied motions to set aside the convictions, in spite of | the fact that state troopers testified that the bullet that killed the pay- | er could not have been fired from | the weapon alleged to have been | | found in the possession of Sacco, and | in spite of unimpeachable proof that | |neither Sacco or Vanzetti were any~ tate of Ma | By JOHN L. SPIVAK | I | trial, talk of “court justice” defending nine “niggers.” | weak: only the word of a woman, | The end of the second week of the | Scottsboro trial had seen the State |"eWspaper correspondents. Tension | of Alabama shoot its bolt and it was | increases, There were only a few soldiers in the court room in the first DECATUR, Ala.—Something has | days of the trial, but now wherever lcrept over Decatur’s outwardly tran- | one looks there are soldiers. Soldiers |quil air. There is talk that was not| ear Haywood Patterson. heard in the first few days of the |near the Judge. | being | too slow, talk of “northern Jews,” Soldiers Soldiers ail around | the jury. Soldiers allotted to Negro spectators, and the soldiers at the door, Everywhere—soldiers. Captain Burleson is frank with the is rising. Leibowitz hammers inexorably at a | who. feared arrest on a charge of | State witness, a dull-looking, illiter- | Hoboing, that she had been raped. * | That was the State's case, and now | the prosecution was presenting in- | disputable proof that the woman was ja liar and a prostitute. Witness af- | ter witness showed that she had lied. | Eyen medical testimony showed that |she had lied, | The grim spectators. in the court | room did not like it, A southern | white woman, though she be the low- lest of creatures, had said she had | been raped and her word must not | be questioned, Even the Attorney General of the State of Alabama made a racial appeal to the jury, “I don’t care how many men this | woman slept with,” he had shouted, | slapping one hand against the other | emphatically, “this white woman had Terabe before submitted to the em- braces of a nigger!” So the tranquility vanished. Captain Joe Burleson, in charge of the national guard, feels it. He has a soldier in plain clothes circulating | among the whites, and he knows of the chafhging sentiments. That is why spectators are no longer per- mitted to loll on the lawn of the court building or stand crushed to- room where the dramatic trial is go- ing on. Entrance to the court room is difficult. entrance to the court house, With each telling question asked by Samuel Leibowitz, chief of the International Labor Defense counsel, the grimness of the white spectators gether in the corridor outside the | Two soldiers with fixed | bayonets on their rifles stand at cach | ate farmer. With every question the farmer becomes more confused. His story is shattered. Suddenly a white spectator in the rear of the court room turns to a companion and snaps: “Tm sick of this. Jew bastard!” Let’s get that Two soldiers pounce upon them | immediately, The men are hustled out of the court room and examined for arms. They have none and are permitted to return to their seats. “If They're Acquitted...” The restaurant on Second Street where most of the upper middle class whites eat is a hangout for visiting farmers, Where the proprietor used to greet everyone with smiles his eyes are somber now. “I don’t figger on no trouble right away,” he says with a shrug. “Hit’s | when the verdict comes in—if them boys is acquitted.” Wherever one goes the tension has increased. A “Jew lawyer” Js defend- ing “niggers;” a “Jew lawyer,” in the defense of “niggers” is crumbling the story told by a white prostitute. And the whites do not like it. The Attorney General of the State ef Alabama and four of the out-of-| town newspapermen covering the trial ave in a correspondent’s apart- ment in Cornelian Court where the | defense, prosecution and most of the newspapermen live. The newspaper- men are kidding the Attorney Gen- eral who takes it good-naturedly, re- turniag badinage with badinage “No, sir,” the says, “there won’t be any trouble.” Something In the Air The screen d opens. The bell to the apartment is not even rung. The natty figure of Captain Burleson | appears. He snaps a sharp salute. “General, may I see you right away?” ‘They leave, For half an hour the newspapermen stand on the Corne- lian Court lawn waiting for them, Captain Burleson has never been here before. Something is in the air, ‘The phone rings. It is a newspa- perman who had gone to attend a wrestling match, “what's up?” he asks, “The bout was stopped and two Kilby Prison guards who are in town, paged. The Assistant Attorney General, Tom Lawson and Jackson County's Soli- | citor Bailey were told to report to the Attorney General immediately.” In the Attorney General's rooms | the state officials are conferring. | Outside Sheriff “Bud” Davis of Mor- | gan County and two of his deputies wait in an automobile. “What's up?” the attorney Gen- | eral is asked. “Not a thing,” he laughs, But something is up. Something is in the air. . In the morning a few scattered | facts are gleaned from privates on guard outside the court room, A mob of 200 Morgan and Jackson County whites had started to march on the jail to lynch.the boys, An- other small group were about to go to Cornelian Court to “get” Leibow- itz. Soldiers had been thrown about | the jail. The Sheriff had addressed the mob, threatening to shoot if they proceeded with their plan. The mob finally dispersed. The State officials did not want this to come up. It would be a black eye to the State of Alabama, Tt would cause a mistrial, When the newspapermen learn of it they scribble hastily. Two south- “There Ain’t No Trouble Here? | Washington, , Congress in Chicago and to the In- | ternational Youth Conference to be | enjoy.” | of Massachusetts. Conference Maps Fight for Rights of Negro Students | Protest Against Discrimination Adopted | by 200 Delegates; Plan Gathering in South NEW YORK —About 200 Negro and white students and fraternal dele- gates. representing schools and colleges from the North and South, con- versity, April 15-17. League. The conference | vened at the Conference on Negro Student Problems held in Columbia Uni- was called by the National Students’ NEGRO-WRHITE UNITY. The delegates, “brought to the realization of the necessity for inmmedil- | ate joint action by Negro and whites- students for the solution of their problems,” adopted a program of mili- tant action. National Committee Formed. Resolutions were academic freedom, unemployment among students and graduates. A firm pledge was adopted “To support all movements and conferences that struggle against oppression of the Negro people by bringing Negro and vhite together in the fight for Negro iberation.” The National Students’ League pledged its full and untiring co-operation with the committe: in carrying out this program of action. Protest for Scotisxore Boys. Pledging themseives “to carry on a, militant struggle against lynching,| Jim-Crowism and similar vicious at- tacks jon Negro workers and stu- dents,” the delegates “demanded the immediate and unconditional release of che innocent Scotisboro boys.” The Southern delegation from vir- | ginia, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, etc., organized a South- ern committee to work for the call-| ing of a conference later this year in the heart of the South. Elect Delegates to March. Delegates were elected to partici- pate to the Tom Mooney held in €S:icago June 20-23. Hit Y.M.C.A. Jim-Crowism. A vigorous protest was adopted) against discrimination against Ne-| groes in the Y. M. C. A’s, demand- ing “that Negro students be admit- ted on the basis of full equality to all facilities which white students A copy of the resolution was) sent to the Board of Managers of; the Central Y. M. C. A. College, 19 | South La Salle, Chicago, Ill. The | conference urged that other groups | send similar protests. A Negro delegate from Birmingham | denounced his city as the “hell-hole | | of the South” and pointed out the enormous number of murders and lynchings which occurred there, now exceeded only by Memphis, Tenn. Reinstatement of Expelled Demanded Special resolutions were adopted demanding the reinstatement of Don- ald Henderson, expelled from Colum- bia University, and Prof. Barnhardt, expelled in Birmingham, and various where near the scene of the crime. A storm of protest against this in- famous frame-up swept the world. Great mass demonstrations were held in the principal cities of the world, | especielly in front of American em- bassies and consulates. Telegrams flooded the state department at Washington and the state authorities Sirikes occurred in a number of South American coun- tries. In spite of all this, on April 9, 1927, ‘Thayer passed the death sentence and on August 22, after seven years’ tor- ture, Sacco and Vanzetti were burned to death in the electric chair. Vanzetti Denounced Thayer When he was before Thayer for sentence, Vanzetti said to the old buz- | 2ard who could not even look his j victim in the eye: “There could not, be another judge more prejudiced | than you. We know, you know, we | Attorney General, who have been | very busy during the trial pointing | out to visiting reporters. points in| favor of the prosecution and dis- | paraging the defense, immediately inform the Assistant Attorney Gen- | eral Tom Lawson. In the white witness room, behind | the closed lavatory door, the Sheriff and Lawson assure a reporter that | there was absolutely nothing to the | report of a mob, but the reporter in- sists that there was and that he has telegraphed it; other newspapermen | have sent it. To forestall the effect upon na-_| tional public opinion that news of | the mob would have, Knight, Bur- | | lesan and Judge Hovion confer hastily, Telegrams are pouring in. \ Suddenly the Judge leans forward. | |“The gentlemen of the jury will | please leave the room.” None of the spectators nor the at- -torneys at the defense table know what has happened. An electric shock_ sweeps through the |voom. In silence, with everyone's | eyes upon them, the jurors are es- | corted out. The tension in the court room is | sharp, All eyes are now upon the | Judge. | In_ his slow measured draw) he verifies the reports of mobs gather~ ing to attack the defense counsel and the Scottsboro boys. His words sweep through the room in a deathly silence. Newspapermen | Seribble, trying desperately to keep | pace with his words. “This court intends to protect the defendants and those engaged in | defending them. If any mobs of men form to take the lives of any | |of these, death will be their reward. |The national guardsmen will pro- | tect. them with thelr own lives!” (Tomoerowi-—The second part of ; { this story of the Decatur Trial by John L. Spivak, one of the reporters present.) Attorney General|ern newspapermen, friends of the | are not guilty. You know in your {heart you have been against us from the beginning. You knew we were radicals, underdogs. You spoke of your despisement of us in your Uni- versity Club in Worcester. passed against | | discrimination, retrenchment in edu- | cational expenditures, suppression of A permanent National! | Committee for this Defense of Negro} | Students’ Rights was established for | that purpose. in the Scottsboro March to) | students dismissed from colleges and | high schools, | The pledge in full adopted by the ; Conference follows: We Pledge Ourselves: A. To carry on a vigorous fight to destroy all illusions of racial su- premacy as fostered by our schools and other educational agencies. ° | B. To carry on a militant struggle against lynching, jim-crowism ‘and similar vicious attacks on Negro workers and students. Cc. To popularize the achieve- | ments, the life and culture of the Negro people and make clear the proper role of the Negro people in | the history of the world. D. To serve untiringly in the p pro- | motion of the unity of Negro and white students in meeting their com- | mon problems. Resolutions On Immediate Action | 1 to bold meetings in eich school in order to popularize and publicize the program of action adopted by this J contereues. 2, To establish clubs where none exist and to utilize existing ones for | the furtherance of this program. 3. To spread and distribute | throughout the country and through | all available agencies of publicity the | bulletins of the resolutions adopted and such other factual material as shall be prepared by the National | Student Committee for the Defense of Negro Students’ Rights, | 4. That we send a delegate to the International Negro Youth Confer- | ence, to be held in Chicago, Til., June 20-23, 1933, as the official delegate from this conference, and to make every effort to elect delegates from our respective schools to this con- ference. 5. To elect three official delegates to the Scottsboro March on Wash- ington initiated by the Amsterdam | News, and to work for the election of a maximum number of delegates upon returning to our respective schools, 6, That all efforts be made to fur- ther the work of the conference by | taking another step forward by call- ing another conference in the South, Resolution On ¥. M. C, A. WHEREAS the Central Young Men's Christian Association College has barred from gym and swimming pool privileges Negro students; and whereas this conference has pledged itself to fight against such practices of discrimination ; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED | that we offer vigorous protest to such | discriminatory acts and furthermore we demand that Negro students be admitted on the basis of full equal- ity to all facilities which white stu- |dents enjoy. Be it further resolved \that this conference send a copy of this resolution to the Board of Man- agers of the Central ¥. M. C. A. Col- lege, 19 South La Salle St., Chicago, and urge all other groups to send similar protests. MEETING of all members of past and present City Committees, Bore Committees, Red Press Committees of Organiza- tions, for the purpose of electing an Advisory Committee to the Editorial Department of the Dally Worker. Sat., April 22, at 2 p.m. Second floor 35 E. 12th St. TODAY! TODAY! DEBATE At PROSPECT WORKERS CENTER | 1157 Southern Boulevard “Is the League of Nations An. 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