The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 15, 1933, Page 2

BARRICADES Printed by Special Permis —by Burck DEFEND 57 ARRESTED SEAMEN IN DEMONSTRATION AT NOON TODAY sats aes nem NEWS BRIEFS ? SATION, - a eee is x ; 3 WASHINGTON, May 14.—Gaston | ww Rg E PR L i | jon ot INTERNATIONAL | ati NEW YORK.—The Marine Workers Industrial Union, International gp Means, former depariment of Tat: ] PUBLISHERS, 381 Fourth oe Labor Defense, and the National Committee for the Defense of Political ico agent, and professional red baiter ° Avenue, New York City Prisoners are calling a demonstration today at West and 18th Sts. at noon| formerly in the employ of the Na- — i today in behalf of the 57 seamen, jailed for defending themselves with bar-| tional Civic Federation of which BY KLAUS NEUKRANTZ Ail Workers ore urged to | ricates last week against eviction from the Jane St. Ralph M. Easley is, chairman and WALTER ILLUSTRATED BY QUIRT read this book and spread it among their friends. HIGHER PRICg IM The demonstration call was pre- ceded by a mass meeting yester afternoon on the downtown wate front where several hundred seamen mission, last week. | Jobless Unity Matthew Woll, acting president, may | involve those two worthies in his |present trial for swindling in con- nection with the Lindbergh baby kid- napping. Mean’s job for the Civic Fe- THE STORY THUS FAR: The workers of the projetarian district ON COMMODITIES protested the Tammany police terror ope Wedding, in Berlin, demonstrate May Day, 1929, despite the ban issued by against jobless seamen and harbor Report Am lified a= consisted in hatching lies the Socialist Police Chief, Zeer; The workers’ demonstration is at- workers. about “red plots” and then frighten- tacked by the police pie? ghnie \ Bt) Misston) awhile {icc hee ae ing women of wealth to get them to + Defense preparations on, sir,” Captain von Malz Haight Emergency officials. tried is still seamen eep there due to the to By JOE PORPER Th port appearing in the Daily Worke: ing the united front action proposed | "| by the Downtown Unemployed Coun- ‘Thursday, May 11, concern- s contribute money to Easley and Woil. nt Means is on trial for ng a rich Washington female on the pre e that he would trap the kidnappers of the Lindbergh baby. changed. ned, “I believe the man | en now in jail Tonight it was 1 nerve completely. He doen’, | The trial of these seamen will take Paeaati ade Mremnienuant Neate The name: Basley has been: brought: Schlopsnies who was st ga what he. is sayin place in Jefferson Market Court, | amplification, atic moe aaiae rane Bas Hueontagalh a $ he epee eae Sixth Ave. and 9th Si., next Thurs- |" Max Kolikofsk, chairman of the |p "ace seen on ede uedk window of across a gesture. He we to Wullner who pRrosPERITY day. Workers and working class or- ganizations are asked to pack the grievance committee of local 2 and 3 “anti-red” campaign. Wallner. gazing oo ener tren 1S comine! Me spe dala ed ce berage pe ie eas on the proposal r 7 D: motion as if roo —- o idors f ol e Unemployed Council to mass wn “ ” —— court. at the bureaus and remain there until) wagithGwon Ney tae Harold Send protests to Magistrate Far- rent is paid, said, “What good are i Tokens gaeRaah ie Fevenyte & tel, Jefferson Market Court, demand- demonstrations at’ the Home Relief |b. Jokes, secretary of, the deen, 4s : a ing their release, and funds to aid| Bureau; they can’t do anything (re-) SoCrevcivs Cabinel. has Gecided to d e 2 4 joint defense of the ILD. and ferting to local officials). We have) fminate the name Hoover” from i ehiaito mere Get out AS the M.W.LU. to the headquarters of 0 80 to the higher-ups. peels oO BaE Sigs ia Megibe ds —get out, quickly!” he roare ‘ L he latter at 140 Broad St In answer to this, our delegation | ject. it was named Hoover Dam in ¢ ial paic 4 IP the latter at ‘Oa: it. Fa Ss, “ ‘s . Ye: } he barricade | fficers rose from their seats fi RRM AM pointed out that on the contrary we| September, 1930, by Ray Lyman Wil- nad eye oo : ae lorkenrael| Behind dood tie Doumeraticn of ey am! | must fix our fire exactly on the local| bur, secretary of the interior in Hoo- shortly before the attack. When sail oe sity re wit cot ” *h ie ali bureaus where the ers feel the| Ver’s cabinet. Henceforth or until it ht from the other si shone oc eta which be gan teen bipe a ee iey * direct blows of Tammany’s hunger/ is changed again, possibly to “Roose- behind the white patch, Wull-; Wulner went into the major's room ‘eS: y, and where, be-/ velt Dam” it will resume its old name d aimed carefully and fired.) suddenly broke off. intense resentment it| of Boulder Dam. He had been excited, frightened, like It took some time for Wullner to i ROOSEVELT NTO HOSPITAL; would be possible to draw these work- all the others, at this dark uncanny | grasp how he was being humiliated by : (4 4 " ers into action under the leadership! Revive Trotsky Propaganda 2 strect, and in that state of mind he| the officer. He only knew that if he! alllaac (4 aot oblaf RU | - 4) (of, unemployed organizations in a| PARIS, May 14.—~ ead tn P| had fired now opened his mouth he would burst 2 eae Te : (By a Marine Worker Correspondent) | struggle for their homes and lives.” | white guard and other renegade and | Perhaps it was merely a fixed idea| out. He could not control himself BROOKLYN, N. ¥.—A Norwegian) This does not mean, however, our | counter-revolutionary papers have re- See oe ead But the| any longer. A | Seaman was recently paid off a Nor-' speaker stressed, that we do not in-| viyed the yarn that Trotsky is “ of his overstrained brain. fos ; if | wogian ship here and carried to Hllis|tend to engage in action on a wider | heroen wre ae Thotsky Is “nego~ 5 moment he flashed his torch into the | murder, you are committing, 15 ARRESTED AT BORO PK BURE AU POLICE BRUTALLY istana for “examination” although he! seate and direct our demands at the | @2tns” with Soviet authorities to re- white young face the thought settled 2 der, it ee no coward. I've i i . ic BEAT WORKERS IN protested there was nothing wrong |higher-ups. In fact, we said, a bor- bate beta tay eg catgee puilct which mm Ta. t e vat S f . hen the examination was over he Friday, May 19, | ~ OUR un a vate ceer the left eye. Police Ser-|me—no more, no more!” |Mass Defense Meeting Wednesday, 8 P.M. UNION SQUA eee A ERSTE, BUN CORRE AR: | Ta Heettac: tcttleeh bul. Geab ib. 9] CAP TEVOUNRIORMEY 8 eRe CE the gana i si ~Tullmer—himself father of/ Before the officers could prevent| ne When Aes other man in his place. The captain| customary for the local supervisors to|! the Trotskyist apostles of inter- ij 2 chila"*n—was a murderer... -|him, he grasped the carbine leaning} NEW YORK.—Eleven more unem- | “disorderly conduct” and “second peut Treliae tin] Bunton anes - had used the hospital ruse to get rid) meet with the heads of relief from | Vention to boost the declining stock of i i hear his colleagues| against the wall and crashed it at the | Ployed workers were arrested at the | gree assault,” after they were brutally 9°" ine if ae Sun eauate Path of a militant seaman. As in the case| Commissioner Taylor’s office and re- | Trotskyism. i heir brave deeds in| major’s feet. | Home Relief Bureau, Gravesend Ave-| beaten by the cops. ates este they sbllibantly -resieead of Knut Knutson, deported to pre-'port the reactions of the workers to} cee SE a 5 n m trying to drown That night he was taken to the! ook oe Rene tases be nes The Borough Park Unempioyed “ef 's to clear the park and stop pice Mie baersee Ss areas ae Saat Maat ae tine f | pee Bea i: alge rs = | ia ~e “ars that beset) i oiice presidium under arrest. ; te { , fOUr | Council and the Ella May Branch of| their diccussions, So mad that he i iit Kast sch gage A ae PRAY 18 ER ey i pol pre * workers arrested April 28. They were the 1. b. D, have :¢alled w imasn de- foamed “Ab. tea vanoitih he | SS: Cesior, the Norwegian Consul ap-| action, proposed by the Unemployed; machine that makes the wheels’ of From another station in Wedding, | attacked by police when they came to| po..." meeting Wednesday, 1 fay 17, ‘ sry ithe ik aoe | peared to have a hand in this hos- Councils, which the workers’ locals 2|the state administration go round is 3 | three other policemen of the emer-/ demand rent and food tickets | gency detachment who had been| All the cases, which are being de- | taken from the Maikafer barracks in| fended by the International Labor | Defense, will come up for trial Thurs- ; the Chausseestrasse were arrested and taken away. |day, May 18, 9 am., at Snyder and 8 pm, at Finnish Hall, 764 40th Street, Brooklyn, to rally workers to the courtroom the next da; worker named Koll; Two hundred end fifty workers in | Union Square Park were listening to a discussion when cops came from all | Ditalization case and 3 unanimously endorsed. CONFERENCE PLAN 5 ACTIONS FOR without its governor again. This time Lehman is loafing in Boca Grande, Florida. After he gets through down there he will spend a few days in | Albany and then take a rest for five he leased for the summer months. pestle Flatbush Avenues, Brooklyn, Those! Five thousand new YEARLZ sub- Side gis Pe te Frage as re teres | months at the old Peabody mansion (To Be Continued.) arrested April 28 are charged with scrtbers by September 1. ‘Army meeting cons the street, heat ft | on an island on Lake George, which | Chrbach’s department store. One worker said, “I'm going to talk right here. If I can’t talk in one place, I'll talk at another.” At this Electrification.” Some day in the | near future Europe will be electrified. | | Jobless Sleep in Williamsburgh Bureau All | MELLON GRABBED Night, Get Relief Next Day NEW YORK.—Plans for a number of immediate city-wide actions to the cops started swinging their clubs, | picking on workers separated from | the rest, hitting them on the head, | Capitalism clutches at fascism to save itself from Communism. Ger- - BOOK NOTES TAX MILLIONS of the East Prussi their on. Some- , powerful d itis col com=edes he door bel and attempted to stand at attention. At the tabie in front of him were four officers, Major Beil, Captain von Malzahn, Major vy. d. Branitz who had been wounded by his own men in the ati. and a young lieutenant whom Wuliner did not know. The youn policemen from Brande: that he w m the Reic: they did not know for certain. floor under with cigaret “Come a little closer. manded the major need not hear everything. 2 Now, Wuliner, you are the most re- table here. We have a special order But The ered for you.” At this moment a complete change came over Wuliner. “I am the mos reliable because I haye killed a human beir he was thinking and now they had a new job for him . he was to do something like that again No. . He would refuse . he was not reliable! A wild disgust po: ed him. He felt his kyees trembling with excitement. “What is the matter with you?” The major looked at him in astonishment One Who Rebelled. “Watch your nerves, man!—You will now run through the district in (he Spat car and report all you see! Sheet at everything that crosses your path. Understand! If you need any extra men select a few reliable fellows yourself. Do this thing properly — Now go!” But Wullner did not go. He still stood on the same spot and looked at the major. “Did you hear my command?” the majer asked softly with a dangerous note in his voice. “Yes, sir!” “Then what are you waiting for?” >| own ADVANCING SCIENCE IN THE SOVIET UNION N. BUCHARIN:—Socialist Reconstruction and-the Struggle for Tech= nique—10 cents. M. RUBINSTEIN :—Science, Technology and Economics under Capit- alism and in the Soviet Union—10 cents. G. M. KRZHIZHANOVSKY :—T! ‘he Basis of the Technological Econo- mic Plan of Reconstruction of the U.S.S.R.—10 cents. Reviewed by WALLACE PHELPS Revolutionary improvements in When the of the Chelyabinsk coal basin heard of this, they set up the motto i s must have their the of the now famous inventions at the Donetz Basin). It worked. The Che- ines did not long remain ans are part of the pro- life of the Soviet workers. duetive And their productive life is the cause To invent, the To of their cultural life. ers must learn technique. m technique, illiteracy is ab technical aid and cultural edu- m are provided for all, and en- thusia: practice is gotten at the facto! Inventions and other ra- tiona tion in technique in turn raise material and cultural levels. The “kingdom of freedom” is being created. As Bucharin says, “the problem of the cultural revolution turns out to be a problem of technical culture.” The study of the humanities which is so important in bourgeois univer- sities, the real cultural needs. Schools, the- atres, radio, etc. are all harmonized to teach the mas: of technique. The new woth is a scien- tist. speeding the wheels of industry and rationeli the processes of life Capitalism Uses Science to Destroy In capitalist countries “though the technical skill is still moving forward it wears iron fetters.” (Bucharin). (This explains the objections of some scientists to Marxism, who say science is still flourishing under capitalism). Science is flourishing at the top, but it is becoming increasingly removed from technology. Hence, except for war purposes, capitalism is losing its use for science. Engineers and re search scientists are joining the un employed. As the German economist, Professor Bonn, admits, “The suc- cess of the Five Year Plan is im- pressing upon the workers and scien- tists throughout the world that the Russians...have caught up with the Americans engineering, while in the delib 1 control of so- ciety, th ripped the Am- cricans, r success proves. If the capitalist system does not suc- ceed in re-enlisting its millions of unemployed into its productive pro- gress, the psychological influence of such a development will be far- | reaching.” Yes, what was Wullner waiting for? | He stared at the face of his superior. Gradually his fingers tightened, He pressed the nails into the palms of his hands. Now, now he had made up his mind; now he had to speak. He wanted to scream, to shout, but he could only stammer softly and) helplessly : “Sir, it is—impossible for me.” ‘The major’s face went purple. ‘“Im- possibie?’ he shouted. These pamphlets show how in practice the contradictions of the old society give way to the creations of the new one, Socialism. Seience Grows With Industry Science is once more co-ordinated | with industry. Education is related to the scientific needs of the people. Scientists call our age the age of energy or power. But capitalism can- not utilize the possibilities of this power. Expansion of the forces of production requires a network of power stations. Such a network throughout Europe would be a source of great economy and power. But national barriers prevent it. It is impossible even in individual coun- “Yes,” Wullner replied. “it is impos-| tries, because industry, while it pays sible. I haye-—murdered a human for the power is creating far below coal mining in the Donetz Basin were | effected by a wave of inventions by | (Kartashev is one | is subordinated and related to | | capac The Soviet Union, how- ever, is erecting a vast network of | power stations. Lenin said, “Com- munism is Soviet Government plus By M. KAMMAN — ASHINGTON.—For more tue week representatives of the In- ternational Labor Defense, the Na- tional Scoitsboro Action Committee {to arrange an interview between President Roosevelt and a delegation of the Scottsboro marchers on the Scottsboro case. Colonel Howe, the President's secretary, promised to take up the matter with Roosevelt and let the delegation know the president's decision, Several days before the marchers arrived, a group of 25 Negroes came unheraided to Washington. At their head was William Davis, editor of the | many and the | bilitiesthe rule of the bourgeoisie | “The President Says | and sympathetic organizations fought | New York Amsterdam News, a Har- | | lem Negro paper. Colonel Howe. An interview with him had been arranged secretly with the help of a congressman. A Social Call. For more than half an hour thi delegation, composed of Negro busi- ness men and politicians exchanged banal chatter with Howe. These bour- geois Negroes thanked Howe for his patience, affability and told him he would make a good president. They | did not insist on seeing Roosevelt. | They did not propose definite steps to be taken by Roosevelt to free the | Scottsboro boys. They left without having received any definite promise from Howe. ‘The details of thei conduct leaked out the same afternoon. Honest Ne- groes residing in Washington were isgusted with the scraping, bowing | Harlem delegation which claimed to | represent the Negro race. They felt |the humiliation Davis and his group | had imposed on the Negro race, They | understood the treacherous, disruptive character of the step taken by Davis and his self Jim-crowed crowd. The ame night the Washington Scotts- | horo Action Committee, composed of | a majority of Negro workers, attor- neys, teachers, adopted a resolution condemning Davis and his delegation as cowardly and his conduct as | treacherous to the Scottsboro boys, | and to the Negro race. THREE days Inter. May 8, 1933. This | & time Negro and white workers, 25 |of them, walked determinedly into | Howe's office. Among them were Ruby Bates, L Carter, Mother Patterson. Thousands of Negro and white | marchers outside chanted, “The Scottsboro Boys Shall Not Die! The Scottsboro Boys Shall Not Die!” Like the tide of a sea the sound of this chant penetrated the thick walls of the White House. “Do you hear it, Mr. Howe?” Wil- liam L. Patterson, national secretary of the International Labor Defense, asked after Howe said Roosevelt could not see the delegation. “It’s the voice of the masses, Mr. Howe! We who are in here speak for them. egation. Carrying a bundle | of petitions they hastened to see) Soviet Union are striking examples of the two possi- the testic! A baldheaded man with glasses was severely huri. One work- er exchanged blows with one cop and was getting the best of the fight when two other cops came running up. This is a climax to a number of empts to break up the discussions Unien Square. Let's get together,” the workers | shouted, surrounding the cop. Tam- |many’s bulldog grew white with fear }and ran from the park “to call a riot squad,” said the bosses’ hero. or the rule of the workers. many, books are burned, closed, scientists thrown out of w (not only Jewish scientists). Scien is being Aryonized, which means that science is being given the air. In the Soviet Union, life and cuiture are developing because the productive forces are expanding. More schools, more factories, more engineers and now scientists are being created He Cannot During the march the moioi They outside are speaking for mil- | rectly. lions of Negro and white workers. Mr.| His words are like a sweetened gas Howe, I believe the president hears | poured in the hope of paralyzing the them, too. Mr. Howe—” determination of the Scottsboro del- Howe holds up his hands, almost | qops had purposely blown. out thick helplessly. The grim faces of the| fumes to gas and discourage the delegates, the chant of the masses, | marchers. The cops failed to ac- pounding, pounding on the walls of | complish their end. the White House makes him uncom- Now Howe, suave and polished fortable. The presence of his lackeys, | Howe, tries a sweeter sort of gas on some of them doubtless armed, does | the marchers’ delegation. He wants not altogether reassure him. Nor do | ji to stop demanding to see Presi the pictures of battleships and an| gent Roosevelt. He fails, and for- exaggerated self-confident portrait of | getting himself shows impatience. Roosevelt on the walls of his office william L. Patterson presses closer. assure him against the chanting mas-| His yoice is sharp, sharp with the Res outside. class struggle, at another time it is Sweetened Gas. deep with the voices of the workers. He takes on a painted expression. | He demands that Howe get in touch He can wear such an expression, for | with the president, to tell him that he is slight, almost dwarfish, his | the delegation must see him. Pat- weasel face heavily lined and thin. | terson’s tone is not pleading. It de- He talks softly, No direct statements. | mands. Only intimations. He wants the del- Howe bites his lips. egation to think he believes the] While Howe stands thus, undecided Scottsboro verdict outrageous; but he ; Ruby Bates is fighting with herself. only intimates, he does not say so. For the first time she is in the White He wants the delegation to believe | House. It is not easy for her to that some executive action will be overcome the awe drilled into her taken to set aside the Decatur lynch , for federal authority. But this work- Ruby Bates, southern white girl and chief defense witness in the Haywood Patterson trial. led the Scottshoro march in Washington last Monday, A delegation elected by the Marchers presented the Bill of Civil Rights to the Roosevelt government, calling for the enforcement of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U. 8. Constitution. Ruby Bates is second from the left. At her side is L, Thompson, secretary of the National Action Committec. On the extreme right is William L. Patter- son, national secretary of the I. L. D., who headed the Marchers dele- gation, and in some cases kicking workers in| combat the Tammany “no rent-cut relief order” were adopted at an Emer- \gency Jobless Conference at the Irvin | ‘employed Couficils of New York. | Delegates from local councils, trade unions, fraternal organizations | workers’ clubs were present who iscussed the desperate conditions of | | unemployed in their section and| | pledged to co-operate in the actions jplanned to fight for rents and against relief cuts. | | The conference decided that the | forceful actions of unemployed and| See You” | , Verdict; but he does not say so di- ing class girl has the innate fighting | facing eviction for a demonstration epirit éfSth¢ Svorking clacs. | She stéps forward. She pauses for | {a moment. Then in a firm, clear} | voice she says: | | “Mr, Howe, the boys are innocent. | Tam Ruby Bates. I know the boys — | are innocent, Mr. Howe!” | | Mr. Howe smiles, as if the matter) | in its entirety were a little spectacle | | staged for his entertainment. | 7 delegation presses closer, closer | 4 eround Howe. - Anger brews in| | the hearts of this working class del- egation. Roosevelt is closeted with | the representatives of murderous fas- | | cist Germany and Italy. And he has | | no time to see a delegation of Amer- | ican workers! His lackey smiles when | the innocence of nine Negro boys who | are facing the electric chair is proven | to him. | Patterson: “Mr. Howe, do you still | refuse to get in touch with the presi dent and tell him he must see us | Patterson points to the window thru | ‘which can be seen a poriion of the | Se tsboro marchers, with their ban- | ners, placards. The sound of their chant beats on the White House walls, | Howe crumples. He takes the phone, cails the president in his Te- | treat. Howe holds the receiver some~ what away from his ear, turning it | towards the delegation. | “I have told the Scottsboro delega- | tion you cannot see it, Mr. President, but still they insist.” Roosevelt's yoice sounds impatient, Most of us cannot hear his reply. Howe hangs up. “The President says he cannot see you.” IN the silence that follows, there.is a sob. Mother Patterson steps for- ward. Deep, deep into her has sunk the realization that the president | who has the power to send millions | of youths to the slaughter of war| does not want to see her, let alone) save the nine boys. Vainly she tries to control her tears. She stands in front of Howe, her body bent as in pain. She weeps. “Please tell the president to give me back my boy. He’s innocent.” The Voice of the Masses keeps pounding, pounding on the White House walls. “They Shall Not Die! ‘They Shall Not Die!" Boe $e k S the delegation marches out of the White House, the 6,000 marchers raise tremendous cheers, Told by Patterson that Roosevelt refused to see the delegation, the marchers booed, but soon the chant is taken up again, stronger, more grimly, “The Scottsboro Boys Shall Not Die! | The Scottsboro Boys Shall Not Die!” All Washington heard this chant. ¢ Plaza, Saturday, called by the Un- their families at Home Relief Bu- reeus all over the city last Friday should continue unabated daily in each locality culminating in a smash- | ing blow at Tammany’s hunger order with demonstrations at every Bor- ough Relief office in the city, Thurs- day and Friday. | Meet in Harlem A mass meeting will be held Wednesday night, 8 p.m. in Commu- nity Baptist Church, 2125 Fifth Ave., called by the Upper Harlem Unem- ployed Council to mobilize workers at the Home Relief Bureau Friday. 33 Get Rent Checks Victories have already been regis- tered and more are being reported as the result of Friday’s actions. Thirty- three workers in Coney Island re- ceived rent checks following the demonstration at the Coney Island Bureau. Sleep in Bureau After sleeping in the Williams- burgh Bureau all night six unem- ployed were given rent the next day. Fifty-two workers received food, Got Refund for Him- self and Companies WASHINGTON, May 12—Charges against former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon and other Treasury officials for illegally grant- ing tax refunds amounting to $100,- 000,000 have been preferred in a Dis- trict of Columbia Court by David Olson, a former economist employed by the Senate Banking Committee. ‘These enormous tax refunds were made to certain steamship companies. The Department of Justice says that, it is investigating the case, although it has not decided yet what machinery it will set in motion in its investiga- tion, The Department has not dis- closed whether Mellon owned any shares in these companies. During Mellon’s term as Secretary |of the Treasury, almost. $3,000,000,000 |was refunded to large corporations and millionaires. Mellon personally collected $405,000 in income tax refunds, while com- panies in which he was interested | collected $14,500,000 in tax refunds. victory by the action downtown. Investigators in the Bronx bureau were told by the supervisor to report all urgent remt cases after unem- gas and electric checks in a partial ployed battled police there. A Student Wri tes the “Daily” of Socialist Misleadership Denounces Claessens for Refusing to Join in Fight for Henderson NEW YORK, May 13. Daily Worker, Comrades: Recent I was assigned by the General Committee for the Reap- pointment of Donald Henderson to request a speaker from the Socialist party for a Henderson protest meet- ing to be held at Columbia University on May 9. The results of my inter- lview with August Claessens, New York District Organizer of the Social- ist Party, proved that the Socialist Party leadership is playing a definite counter-revolutionary role even in the student movement and that their at- titude toward the Henderson case is vile and cowardly. The content of his remarks brought out the following: 1) Communists have control of this fight and it is against our policy to mix with them. 2) It may or may not be a case of academic freedom, | 3) Henderson does not believe in academic freedom. 4) If Communists had control they would throw everyone out who didn’t agree with them. ‘These excerpts are almost exact quotations of August Claessens and give the true meaning of his remarks. | Tt goes without saying that we did | not get a speaker. Maybe the Socialist Party leader- ship is too pure and holy to mix with the Communists, and if this is so then August Claessens should be secretary to Pope vig in Rome in- been attested to by the Association of University Teachers and many similar organizations and the facts of the case speak for themselves, although August Claessens was not interested ‘The Negro spectators heard it and repeated it with the marchers, White workers applauded the chant, “Black sand White Unite and Fight!” in hearing them. That Donald Hen- derson does not believe in academic freedom is an atrocious lie and his ieadership in many struggles for aca- demic freedom not involving Commu. nists proves it. (Signed) CLYDE JOHNSON. N. Y. District Secretary of N.S. L STUDENTS STRIKE AT COLUMBIA U. To Burn Dr. Butler in Effigy Today NEW YORK.—Columbia students are on strike today for the reappoint- ment of Donald Henderson, dismissed economics instructor of Columbia University. A strike program has been ar- ranged and the following speakers will address the mecting: Clarence Hathaway, Communist Party, Joseph Freeman, Editor of New Masses; Diego Rivera, Artist; Alfred Bingham, Editor, Common Sense; Dr. Walter E. Peck, League for Independent Pol- itical Action; Paul Blanchard, City Affairs Committee; McAllister Cole- man, Journalist: William Browder and Donald Henderson. Student speakers from Henderson's classes, the National Student League and the League for Industrial Democracy will emic Freeedom” will be burned. A telegram has been sent to Dr. Butler demanding an interview the day of the strike with a delegation of stud- ents to present the strike demands, The opposition to the strike 1s small but rowdyish, consisting of students under the influence of the reactionary administration. A strikers’ defense squad has been organized, a lla i aad