The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 12, 1933, Page 2

Page Two Vi Cracthastey Least? Loses, bacid ey La. BARRI IN BERLIN CADES | NEWS. BRIEF: Mitchel jal Under Way Printed by Special Perntis- NEW YORK, M les ¥ sion of INTERNATIONAL Mitchell, forme PUBLISHERS, 381 Fourth ts af ; City trial Avenue, New. York City. ncome tax fitchell BY KLAUS NEWUKRANTX Ai Workers are urged to a cad this book and spread un « customer iLUUST! ek outrt a ; ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER OUI Same teiiende SANE Lee Rca: to con at $220, which THE STORY THUS FAR: The in Berlin, demonstrate May Police Chief, Zoergiebel. ociati tacked by the police moment the telephone rang | oom of the commander > by telephone atiack. Every- ble party functio- aged, in street work, parliamentary d gave—shots hort report ts of were 1d by the workers in the ades against the e police. He did police president rned down the de- fraction to withdraw onee from the be- quarters. Paul mvinced that his an isrespons- officers ch of the centr his repo. made a renewed attempt at night to a into touch with the pol presidii } in order to demand the withdrawal of the police REFUSES TO STOP BUTCHERY The deputy commander, Colonel Hellriegel, answered the telephone. “Are you aware of what is hap- pening at the present moment in the Koeslinerstrasse, colonel? Are you ¢ of the fact that there is no act of thi the knowledge f the inhabit- ants ve not seen since he time of the Anti-Socialist Laws? We demand that you give orders for of the immediate withdrawal your | troops!” | “T em exceedingly sorry, sir, but Commander Heimannsberg left a quarter of an hour ago to take pers- onal charge of the situation, and without his instructions I am power- less to do anything in this matter.” ‘In that case you must get into touch h the commander immedi- 19 I shall do so. n twenty minutes enty minutes Piease call again ! It was ghast- to think of what could happen in that space of time! How many people would still be shot ? The} police president had given the of- full power and everyone in in knew that for the present would not dream of giving up| power again. Now at last they thes ha had achieved their heart's desire. The | workers had the gro been chased, battered to shot down like mad dogs | ked, until they had begun back. The “putseh” was in And suddenly to stop every- just at this moment? Never! | journalist who desired | with his personal acquaint- | ajor L. over the telephone at idium, received the reply: jor is engaged at the front!” n police officers waiting in the room of the Police President | were full of the fighting spirit of| r-time. They were int spirit of the offensive. The Vice-| sident who “did not think at all,” E on leave. To préservé his/ science Ke had fled from the action minutes the telephone . colonel?” ion to inform you, have been with- Koslinerstrasse. in that street. the quiet rill you now please exert your influence to prevent any further at- tacks on the police? Colonel, rkers have not dis- turbed the pe once today or at- acxed the police of their own accord. We have merely demanded the right ‘ing on the Ist of May, have done for the pas othing more! The worl commenced hostile ac- the police once today— u will find that their patience it — 1ave Not n of the parliamentary verified a few minut later. They were informed by tele- phone that the police far from having withdrawn from the alley even for a few minutes, was raging in it as before. The police report had been pure deception linerstrasse ing areas (OWARDS two in the morning the comrades met in the “Red Room”. S*cay shots were still heard from time | to time in the neighborhood. Hang- ing from a nail on the cupboard, Hermann’s oil-lamp shone on the} tired dirty faces in the smoke-filled room. | Sitting in the shadow on the edge| of the bed, Anna watched Kurt who | was writing at the table. Now and| then he looked up thoughtfully and | then wrote down a new line in his| slow, uneven hand | In the “Red Room” only the| seratehing of the pen was to be heard. | Paul came in last. Otto repre-| sented the Young Communists, broad- shouldered, big and good-humored in | his calmness, as usual. He touched | the brown teddy bear hanging from the ceiling with his finger and smiled | when it began to swing with paws | stretched downward. Paul looked | furiously at him and stopped the nging of the bear. Thomas | ‘reuched on 2 stool smoking Be- | hind him stood three other workers uf the street cell. | Kurt broke the silence: “Comrades, Wve must dispatch a reliable courier. { have written a short report and ‘ompiled a list of the dead and wounded ... it must be sent at once!” Thomas raised his head and the amplight fell on his tired, relaxed ace. or stock no’ © $30 which de workers of the preletarian district, Day, 1929, despite the ban issucd by The workers’ demonstration is at- few fter cuted fo “How many?” till now pressed sound car I think we sho names at e! “Perhaps some of you know of others This is how I have put it (Virchow a ing each working 1 shot in the chest tion the p Hospital). 1 shot in the hand (Municipal Hospital). : p 1 shot in the hand (Virchow poh seama a Hospital. thought to p 1 shot in the chest (dead). mh Goud: be found ak builds 1 shot in the cheek (Virchow chat smi hold 109,000 Hospital) shot in the hand (at home) shot in the foot (at home) shot in the knee (at home woman shot in the stomach (Virchow Hospital). tors, or it w hold them: Old Bolshevik Dies in Moscow 1 shot in the head (dead) _ MOSCOW, May 11.—M. ©. Olmin- 1 shot in the ankle (Jewish ky, an Old Bo died Wednes- Hospital). day at the age of 70 years. All news- 1 shot through both legs (Fire papers printed his picture and the Station). story of his life on the front pages 1 shot in the chest (dead) today. He began his revolutionary ac- tivities in the 90: d served m shot in the foot (at home) After ‘The Party Must Take Lead in “Daily” Drive". oo Members| | itral Committee statement on the present circula-} tion drive, which appeared in these pages on May 8, pointed | that: “The present circylation of the Daily Worker is far below its infiu- cc. One of the main reasons for this is the lack of g the ‘Daily’ available to workers who know of the dreds of thowsands ef workers who are looking for a paper which will mirror their lives and conditions and show them a way ont of the ou “To build a populgr mass ‘Daily lation of the Party. The cireulation drive must be taken up by the en- tire Party as a major mass campaign. One of the main reasons why the cireulatien of the ‘Daily’ is so low is because the Party does not pry is to help break the sectarian iso- iy attention to the circulation of the ‘Daily’; because the Party is | not intimately connected with the problems of the ‘Daily’.” | Here, in a few sentences, is the situation. The remedy fol- lows logically. The Party must, in every district, TAKE THE | LEAD in securing 20,000 new readers—our goal by September } First! This must be done without delay. Party members cannot afford to lag behind the members of mass organizations, unions, workers’ clubs. Broad masses who feel the influence of the DAILY must | be shown that here is the paper—the DAILY WORKER, Cen- tral Organ of the Communist Party—which gives the great momentum to their struggles, which gives to their demands the power and direction which the situation requires. The | Daily Worker must be brought to them; it must become a conscious part of their lives and struggles. This is the duty of our Party from now until September | First! To fail in this drive for 20,000 new readers is impossible if every single district, every single member of the Communist Party, realizes clearly the importance of our paper in the struggles of the masses and how indispensable a mass circula- tion is to the sharpening struggles of the American working ful renegade that | cepting it as a concrete fact, 2 shot through the leg (at ok home). revolution he was ‘ominent writer 1 woman shot in the arm (at and historian, =. home). i pez 1 shot in the head (dead) | Cuban Police Spy Slain 1 badly wounded through the HAVANA, May 11—One of the bite of a police dog (at worst police spies, Alfonso de la Lla- home). ma, was assassinated and his chauf- The others I don’t know of . but | feur wounded by shotgun slugs fired I am sure there are more... . When she saw Kurt's changed face, Anna started. It had suddenly gone | grey! He held out his ist to the} others, but mo one took it. It seemed as if they were afraid to take the report in theit hands thereby ac- (TO BE CONTINUED) | Party Life | Unit Proposes United Front On Scottsboro To Socialist Youth | NEW YORK.—In connection with| the united front drive to free the| Scottsboro boys, Comrades —— and —— were assigned to visit Circle 8 of | the Young People’s Socialist League, which meets in the territory of Unit 12. On thé night this circle met, the two comrades enteréd the meeting room and asked the chairman to be allowed to speak for a few minutes on the question of Scottsboro. This, the chairman refused to do, but the mem- |bership insisted very emphatically |that they wanted to hear what the visitors had to say and the chairman was compelled to yield. —— began to address the meeting. He pointed out the class character Comrade | of the Scottsboro casé and the lynch verdict in the Haywood Patterson trial. He further indicated that only through the united action of the working class could the Scottsboro At this point the organizer of the| Y.P.3.L. circle interrupted Comrade | ——'s remarks and insisted that the united front question be postponed | until the educational feature of the/| meeting would be over. The educa-} tional period began with a socialist | lecturer as the dominant figure. It is very significant to note that during the question and discussion period| following the lecture many of the | Y.P.S.L. membership took the floor \and by their statements showed that | they doubted the soundness of the theoretical and organizational policies | of the Socialist Party leadership. | When the educational feature was) finally disposed with, the united | front question was again resumed. | Then Comrade —— took the floor and proposed that Circle 8 of the YPSL elect two delegates to repre- sent them at the next United Action | Conference. She showed the necessity for the immediate election of such delegates and she also read off a list of organizations which had already) sent committees to the initial con-| ference. One of the members moved | that the circle open nominations for delegates but he was ruled out of or- der by the chairman who stated that | it was impossible to entertain such a motion since that circle had already gotten orders from the city central} committee of the S. P. not to go into| @ united front on Scottsboro. The| rank and file voiced its displeasure | and disapproval of such orders and when one of their members made a motion to notify their central com- mittee that Circle 8 of the YPSL was in favor of a united front, it was passed by the majority of the mem- bership. This meeting shows clearly that the rank and file of the Socialist Party | are becoming more and more militant) and are also eager to enter into united | front campaigns, only to be held back by the leaders of the Socialist Party. | —E. —SS== The Daily Worker is arranging to send ® comrade on a western tour | of the country in connection with the present circulation drive. For this purpose we are very urgently in need of a car. We tequest any comrade who would be willing to aid our circulation drive by con- tributing a car to immediately com- municate with the Business Office; Daily Worker, 50 East 13th Street, New York City, { |Sregation Bnai d Muste of the Conference for Progres- seats at 600. All tickets are sold at |off the platform and thwarted the from an automobile as it speed past his own car in the front of his home: 7 * Farm Wages Show Decline NEW ORLEANS, May 11.—Farm labor in Louisiana is being paid one | half the wages paid in 1930 and th are 190 men for every 100 jobs, Lio- nel L. James, agricultural statisti- cian for the U. S. Department of Ag- riculture, said in a report. Letters from Our Readers White Chauvinism at Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs | Dear Comrade As a member of the ILD, I thought jit my place to write you to inform you of a dance that was given by |the Labor Council which discrim- |imated against the Negro. Now they | say it was given by outsiders. \if it was given by outsiders Colo, Should not use our leaflets and our | committees. We were just about to get a num- | ber of Negroes in the organization |after the May Day mass meeting, | but the dance was a bomb to the or- ganization. The organization put out the leaflets and stood all expense and |had a member's car with signs on} | it, so you can see it was not outsiders Many Negroes went to the dance Bl and were turned away and they had} xicated with | boys win their unconditional freedom.|» sign up (for white people only). Now I think you should give a write-up on this. You know our or- ganizer is in jail and the organiza- tion taking advantage of him. Our organizer is Comrade Festy, a won- derful man. Now please give a write- up in the Daily Worker about this. From a Comrade Columbia Students Strike Monday | | class. 7,000 New ‘Daily’ Readers in | The Central Committee, in a recent statement, emphasized | W8shington, D. C.” the necessity of getting 20,000 new readers for the Daily! Worker, and stressed the fact that without an efficient ap- paratus, it will not be possible | the ranks of the millions of workers who would be glad to read it if they could have the chance In line with the proposal of |the Central Committee, the | Organizational Department of Dis- trict 2 proposes the following steps to build the Daily Worker, pledging itself to get 5,000 new readers. The | following are its proposals for reach- ing our quota: 1. To make the members of the Communist Party and of mass or- ganizations realize that the Daily Worker is not a campaign in itself, or an organization in itself, but that it is part of every struggle carried on by the working class—strikes in the shops, rent strikes, hOuse-to- house canvassing, recruiting of all This understanding of the role of the Daily Worker is to be fostered through discussions and in branches of all mass or- ‘ons, trade unions, block com- mittees, et If we can onée and for all get workers to realize that the | Daily Worker is to be used as an _| organizer to build thé Party, we will |go a long way toward laying the foundation fot the building of an or- | ganizational apparatus. | 2 That the concentration of the | campaign be not only on the carrier routes, but also on newsstands. 3. Units to pick a certain territory jor group of houses, canvass and re- }canvass for readers of the Daily | Worker, on the basis of the eighteen- cent weekly subscription (later these | readers to be re-canvassed for mem~- | bership in organizations). These sub- | seriptions to be given to the route | carriers. The route carriers will re- port back to the unit every two to bring’ the Daily Worker into | ee : | weeks, not only as to the number of | of the movement. | readers, but also as to the condi- tions in the houses where they de- | liver, the carriers to be used as or-|! ganizers of the readers into the ranks 4. Units, in order to know how many workers in their territory read the Daily Worker, and in order to} | gauge the influence of the Party in} that territory, to visit stands: | (a) To find out how many Dailies they sell, to see that the Daily gets display space. to hang up small posters advertising the Daily. (b) To try to get in touch with | the readers who buy at the news- | stands. To make the standkeeper feel that there are many workers interested in the Daily Worker and that it is to the general better- | ment of his business if he pushes | | and sells more Dailies. | 5. At affairs, meetings, house par- | ties, week-end picnics, discussions, in fact, no matter what group of | workers get together, the Daily| Worker should be placed on the or- | der of business, and stressed. For Sections like 9, 12 and 13, be- | cause of their situation, the carri routes will be inipractical at the present time. Therefore, all efforts are to be turned in the direction of | getting yearly, half-yearly and monthly subscriptions in the Daily | Worker campaign for increased cir- culation. Get behind the Central Committee | of the Communist Party! | Build the circulation of the Daily | Worker! Militant Students picketing Columbia University and the home of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler protesting the dismissal of Donald Hender- son, economies instructor, for his activities in the working-class movement. The cathpaign for Henderson has won increasing support and a sttident's strike for his re-appointment and for Monday, COLUMBIA STUDENTS STRIKE MONDAY FOR HENDERSON “academic freedom” has been called J % a | NEW YORK.—A strike of Columbia University st udeats was for the Re-. day night protesting dismissal of Henderson for workin g-class activities, From the demonstration place the students pat aded around the home of Dr. and Dean Hawkes shouting “Reappoi aa Pa Hathaway, Henderson at Anti-Nazi Meet NEW YORK.—The rise of the ugly head of fascism throughout the world and the increasing menace of world war will be the subject of a May 14th at 8 p,m, The meeting is arranged by the New York Commit- tee for Struggle Against War The speakérs include Rabbi Israe] Goldstein, of the Con- Jeshhurtiin, A sive Labor Action. The chairman of int Henderson.” {under the reactionary influence of the administration unsuccessfully tried to disrupt the enthusiastic meeting |and parade. Their hoodlum tactics lof throwing eggs and tomatoes and bags of water at the speakers and students failed in their purpose. The jlege, J Struggle Against War. Admission is «5c, with 600 reserved the doos, i I called for Monday by the Joint Committee Appointment of Donald Henderson following a torchlight demonstration of 2,000 students Wednes- A small faction of students siillé mass | speakers among whom were Dr. Ads | meeting which will be addressed by | dison T. Cutler, economies instructor, | | prominent speakers at Cooper Union,| Prof, Bernhard Stern, instructor in} |8th St. and 4th Ave., this Sunday, | sociulogy, Irving Dichter of City Col- ph Cohen of Brooklyn Col- | Sity in the United States, | A statement by Dr. Addison T, Cut- | | |ler and Dr, Bernhard Stern branded Clarence | the meeting will be Donaid Hender-| 4s false the slander spread by various |Hathaway of the Communist Party,|son of the Amevican Committee for | capitalist papers that the shower of Nicholas Murray Butler lege, Nathaniel Wyle of Columbia continued to speak for Henderson and flail those responsible for his dismissal, A member of the committee said that “the activities at Columbia will force the administration to re-ap- point Donald Henderson or leave Col- | umbia University with the most re- | aciionaty reputation of any Univer- eggs and tomatoes from athletes and other student rowdies forced speakers parade, _L. and the Socialist Party which here- lin the fight for Mooney’s liberation. Vets’ National Liaison Committee Addresses The Veterans’ National Liaison Committee has sent an open letter to members of the Legion which is re- printed here: | “Open letter to the members of the | American Legion: “Hello Buddy :— | “How long ate you going to put up with the false front of your National Comthander, L. G. Johnson? | “What effort is he making to full- fil the pledges and promises that the rank and file of the Legion adopted | at the last National Convention? | “Why is he hiding behind an “in- ternational smoke-screen” placed him in the exalted position he | now holds? | “Why is he pussyfooting with the} new administration and asking you| and not} obeying the edict of the men who! Chic ago Veterans Ready to March to stand behind the “New Deal” that has already made you and your bud-! dies the scape-goat of big business? “The answer is obvious. He is @ traitor to the veterans. He is a “tool” | for the smart money in Wall Street.’ “This is the answer to an ungrate-| is asking us to stand behind @ program that spells ruin and damnation not oily for the| veterans but the nation as wel “The Veterans National Liaison) Committee, represéntitig the rank) and file of all veteran organizations, | asks you to adopt and support a pro- | gram as fdllows: “Immediate payment of adjusted | sefvice certificates. Restoration of | compensation and disability allow- ances, immediate and adequate relief | for the farmer and unemployed! | ::The énactment of these measures | will give immediate relief to more| people than any pieces of legislation | now pending in congress. “Be in Washington for May 12th! “May 12—National Assembly Day! “Msy 13—Nat'l Cofiference Day! “May 15—Vétérans’ Justice Da tition to Congress. | “VETERANS NATIONAL LIAISON | COMMITTEE, 220-11 Maryland Bidg., 1410 H. 8t., NW., P. O, Box 1212, Picture taken of part of, those ready to start from Chicago on the march to Washington to demand no cuts in disabled vets’ cOmipensation, and 16 demand their back pay (bonus). CUT IN COMPENSATION OF SICK VETS IS KILLING THEM OFF, WRITES PATIENT (By a Vet Worker Correspondent.) U. S. VETERAN'S HOSPITAL, OTEEN, N. C.—Before the election, when Roosevelt was doing his braying about the “forgotten man,” an appeal was broadcast over the radio, inviting the “forgotten man” to contribute to the Democratic Presidential Campaign Chest. A number of us T. B.’s here in the veteran's hospital were silly enough to swallow this bunk, hook, line and@. sinter. We foolishly donated our) the fate of their families, now that dollars, thereby depriving our fam-|Roosevelt’s economy slash will take files of money that they were sorely | away What little compensation they | take at least in need of. Vet with T. B. Thrown out of Hospital. One of the vets here who had con- tracted T. B. in active service and | Parade and mass presentation of Pe-) who had taken the cure for a num- ber of years, recently asked his ward |surgeon how long it would be before he could expect to get an atrested jeasé. The surgeon declared it would six months. “However, | within several days thereafter this | have been gétting. It is no exaggera- tion to say that Roosevelt in thus | obeying Wall St’s orders, is murdering these disabled veterans as certainly as if he had given orders to lock them | up in a lethal chamber and had the |gas turned on. Every physician | knows that a T. B. patient who is in |@ position where he must continually | worry over the fate of his children | hasn’t got a chance for rec6very. | Fellow Veterans! The time has MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 9—A'| veteran was notified by the hospital) come when we must join hands in contingent of 53 veterans, 30 from | officials that they had received orders | the United Front of the working class, Portland, Oregon, and 23 from Mifi-|io dismiss him ftom the hospital,|in the struggle for the overthrow of neapolis left here lest Thursday on | giving as a reason that his TB had| Another | reached the quiescent stage. their way to Washington. contingent of Minneapolis and St. Any number of veterans who are Patil veteratis for the bonus miarch | down in bed with T. B. are literally is being organized. worrying themselves to death over the cancerous capitalist system that |has thrown us on the junk-pile be-- \fore our time and that compels our children to starve in the midst of plenty —A Disabled Vet 4,500 Jam Hall to Hear Returned Scottsboro Marchers in New York NEW YORK—“The Nation al Scottsboro Action Cominittee is a united front Body supporting the fight of the International Labor De- | ferise fot the Seottsboro Boys and the enforcement of the civil rights of Negroes. We shall weléome all who honestly fight with us and brarid as traitors, those black or white, who tty to stop or confuse thé fight,” stated Richard B. Mooré, amid cheers and applause, in conclusion of his speech in Rockland Palace, Wednes- day night when over 4000 Negro work- ets and five hundred whites turned out to hear the returned Scottsboro marchers. “We Made History” Several marchers on the historic trip gave their owit reports of the mateh. Mrs. ©. J. West, elderly Negro woman worker, told how the women had suf- fered every form of hardship and didn’t “mind it because it was a joy for us to be there making history. I was botn in Washington afd I have lived to see the day when I could be part of 4 fight that will Ss semem- bered by unborn genérat Pe should touch the heart of every Ne- gro man, wotfan afid child. I say, we have eaten at a table and paved the way for you to do likewise.” The audience broke into cheering isters and Negro misleaders who hin- dered the fight, they booed. Men- | tion of Roosevelt as the “new deal” resident, was answered by hisses and jooes several times during the meet~ | ing. | ceived tremendous ovations. When | Ruby Bates left the hall, severa) hun- dred men and women tried to shake hands with her and the women threw Kisses at her. While she and Carter spoke, members of the audience waved their hands and hats at them. Samuel Patterson, chairman of the | National Scottsboro Action Commit- tee presented resolutions to the gov- | ernor of Georgia, Alabama and Pres- ident Roosevelt, which demanded the freedom of Angelo Herndon, the Scottsboro boys, enforcement of civil rights for Negfoes, the meeting went on = record, adopted by the N.S.A.0. condemning Davis, owner of the Amsterdam News, as a traitor to the Negro people. The resolutions passed unanimously. Story of Tallapoosa Irving Schwab, ILD attorney, just returned from the trial of the Talla- poosa County share-croppers told the first hand story of why the Scotts- boro boys revolted in the Birmingham jail. He told the audience, how the and When Mrs. West denounced min- boys had forced the warden to with- National Mooney Council of Action in to Members of AFL Unions Special Call CHICAGO, May 11—With the Na posed of representatives ftom the scores of labor, political and fraternal | organizations who elected the mote than 1,300 delegates to the “Free Tom | Mooney Congress” which ended recently in Chicago, efforts will now be con- | conirated to win the support of the | Unions affitiated, and of the Social-@- ——— | leans, La. ist. Party. | In the main résolution adopted by | the Congress, 4 call was issued to all! local unions, all organizations of the | unemployed and local branches of the | Socialist Party and of other workers’ | organizations, to affiliate themselvés | at once with the local Tom Mooney Councils of Action, Delegates Reporting Meetings afe now being held thru- out the U. 8. to hear reports of the returning delegates, and theit first task—as outlined by the Congress— will be to aid in the prepatation and carrying on of lo¢al united front con- ferences with the broadest possible representation, striving to draw in those organizations like the A. F. of tofore were insufficiently sented National Council of Action The National Mooney Couneil of Action as constituted by the Congress consists of John Werlik, A. F, of L. metal polishers’ local, Chicago; A. ‘Thorpe, Genéral Defense Committee, Chicago; Albert Renner, Proletatian Party, Detroit; George Smirkin, Young People’s Socialist League, Chi- cago; Joshua Kunitz, National Com- mittee for the Defense of Political Prisoners; James Egan, A. F. of L. Plasterers’ Local, Pittsburgh; Phili yan Gelder, Socialist Party local, Philadelphia; Robert Minor and C. A, Hathaway, Communist Party; Wil- liam L, Patterson, International La- bor Defense; Albert Hanson, Ken. tucky Miners’ Defense (I. W. W. National Miners Union; Frank Borich, Anthony Chuplis, General Mine Board, United Mine of Am- tional Mooney Council of Action com- A. F, of L. and of the International Roger N. Baldwin, American Civil Liberties Union, J. P. Cannon, Com- munist League Left Opposition; Ella Reeve Bloor, National Farmers mittee for Action, Sioux City, Ia. Charles Crone, A. F. of L. hod-catriers | F, of L. painters local, Cleveland; L. O, Puchot, A. F, of L. Building Trades Council, Des Moines, Robert Mores Lovett, Chicago. Ain- erican Civil Liberties Union; James Kodl, Irish-American Labor Chicago; Mrs. Salina Burrell, Prog- ressive Miners Ladies Auxiliary, Gil- lesple, Ill; Pat Ansboury, Progressive Miners of America, Benton, Ill.; Louis Weinstock, A. F. of L. painters local, New York; Alex Frazer, Progressive Miners of America, Gillespie, Ill. Jack Olark, LW.W., Chicago; Charles Biome, AFL. Conference Board of Molders Unions, St. Louis; Emil Ar- nold, A.F.L. painters local, Chicago; D. Poindexter, League of Struggle for Negro Rights, Chicago; Jesse Taylor, AFL, bricklayers local, Buffalo; M. Olay, Free Society Group (anar- chists), Chicago; Louis Hyman, Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, New York; Jack Kling, Communist Youth League, Chicago; Karl Lore, Unemployed Citizens League, Chi- cago; A. J. Musté, Conference for Progressive Labor Action, New York; Israel Amter, Natl. Unemployed Coun- cils, New York; L. B. Scott and Ar- thur Scott, Tom Mooney Molders De- fense Committee, San Francisco; J. B. Matthews, Fellowship of Reconcil- fation, New York; Joe Weber and Jack Johnstone, Pittsburgh, Trade Union Un! and Aline erica, Shenandoah, Pa.; John Mets- ser, Mariné Wotkers Union, New Ot- « Barnsdall, Los Angeles, Mleoted on re- quest of Tom Mooney, Ruby Bates and Lester Carter re-| endorsing « resolution) Com- | local, Minneapolis; Trent Longo, A.| League, | Of draw 25 prisoners armed with black- jacks and clubs and stayed in the common cell, formed with chair legs | and other pieces of cell furniture un- \tit the watden promised them that there would be no more brutal treat~ ment. The audience applauded time after time, as he described the boys’ militancy. Schwab conclided with @n appeal to “put the same energy into the fight for the Tallapoosa share-croppers and Angelo Herndon \that you are putting for the Scotts- boro boys.” “We will, brother,” shouted workers from every part of the house. Wil- liam Fitegerald, Hatlem organizer of the ILD called for the audience to join the ILD and many filled out applications. Fitagerald called upon them to support the Harlem Liberator as “a newspaper that not only tells what is happening but calls on us to fight.” The Liberator received a tremendous ovation. Louise Thompson, secretary of the National Scottsboro Action Commit- tee, explained that some misleaders who had been forced by the pressure of the masses into pretending to sup- port the committee which is behind the ILD on the Scottsboro case and for the enforcement of civil rights for Negroes, were really sabotaging the work. “You are the united front and not the misleaders. If you fight for it, then it will exist and do its work,” she told them, The audience voted to expel all memibers of Action committees who went with Mr. Davis, of the Amster- dam News in his attempted visit to |Roosevelt. The Amsterdam News printed Davis’ prepared speech which cringingly thanked the president for | the audience given them and did not |ask immediate unconditional release \of the Seottsboro Boys or enforce- ment of the civil rights bill.” The audience laughed because Davis did not get the audience for which his speech thanks the president! A Program of Action | Richard B. Moore gave the main address of the evening and proposed a program in which the National Scottsboro Action Committee calls | upon Negro and white workers to carry out. The program calls for intensive action to carry out the pro- visions of the civil rights bill in ac~ | tion by violating Jim Crow condi~ tions, ete. and at the same time to make public officials declare their position on the bill. Strikes for the enforcement of the bill and freedom the Scottsboro boys must be into existence, declared brought Moore. Evety worker must carry on an ins tensive agitational campaign for pop- ularizing the provisions of the civil rights bill and the Scottsboro case, Local action committees, which al~ ready number hundreds must be set up. Those committees ate asked to report to the National Committee, 119 W. 136th Bt. N. ¥. C, 60 that a check on the extent of the fight can be made. Marchers particularly are called upon to utilize the experience gained in the march to act as organizers in shops, neighborhoods, ete. de~ clared that “now as never before must. we ex] tie De Priests, Pickens, and other traitors of the Negro peo ple, isolating them from out ranks.” A most impressive part of the meet- ing was when Moore stated, “We kHiow who the rapists of America are.” ‘The audience broke into a tremen- dous ovation that lasted for over three minutes and women shouted, “Tell the truth. brother. You're on an oval ruling clase as i tino st the white womén workers, as +