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

Page Two SEVEN SCOTTSBORO BOYS FACE COURT IN DECATUR (Continued from Page 1) | their lives, are almost forgotten by the spectators in the} tenseness of sitting on a keg of dynamite waiting for it to explode. The seven Scottsboro boys were brought to Decatur under the utmost Secrecy, They left the Birmingham jail shortly after 4 o’clock in the morning in six cars escorted by Sheriff ‘Bud” | Davis, of Morgan County, Sheriff J. F. Hawkins of JeffersonCounty,and a total of 20 deputies armed with| automatic rifles, shotguns and one | sub-machine gun. They made th be on trial for night run without stopping and arrived at the Decatur jail at 6:15. No one except new: Ppapermen were around to see the! It contrasted greatly with the large| crowd of some 500 whites and about 150 Negroes who waited about when they were brought for the trial last | spring. Handcuffed Boys oys were handcuffed during | and divided up in| ong the deputies, one or two to each ca z, Brodsky The the t d Geo. Cham- | ck this mor after leaving | Birmingham at 6. They went directly | apartment in the} rtments, where | nsel had registered | night before. | mn County courthouse was | 2 comparison to} rat were there at the; Less than @ dozen men } bout ed men in overalls, which, | wore on was increased to} No Negroes were in evi-| er the courtroom doors | Then about half {ted in and sat in the sec- | ed for the Negroes. | hole atmosphere around the | peaceful—it was hard her it was natu ousiy so. There was lit m, though some Ki ted statements that n't the guts to show up| | Enter Court utes to nine the seven | sorted in by both sheriffs | i took their places in d for them behind es. Their hand- “Birmingha’ them by | to permit evosepn we"ked into court quietly. Leibowi by two ‘man mountains” 350 pounds and yet be as r feet as a bantamweight. e no one knew, though assumed that they light on Who they w it was genera. were bodyguards. Jadge Enters When place on the bench for the reopen- of internationally famous vial which has focused world at- tention on Decatur teday, the spec- tators’ seats were not filled as they were at the last trial. Spectators, dribbled in slowly after the ened. and slowly ordered Sheriff Davis to bring all the special depu- ties before him. When Sheriff Haw- kins lined up his men before the bench the court addressed them: “T'm appointing you special depu- ties at the order of the court. Dur- ing the trial of the State of Ala- bama against these seven defend- ants.” He swore them in and con- tinued: “Tye appointed you because of your reputation of being substantial citizens, I don’t have to go into @etails about whet your duties are, Under Court's “Protection” “Byery perty connecied with the trial cf this case is under the pro- fon of this court. That means not only in the courtroom, but any- whore so long as they are in Mor- gan County. See to it that they are protected. If anyone interferes with them in any way call my attention to it and they, wili be severely dealt with,” Prohibits Pictures ‘The deputies thereupon left and the court turned his attention to the photographers, who were in the courtroom or courthouse grounds. At 9:05 the third of the famous Scottsboro trials opened formally with Judge Callahan reading the in- a ents against the seven defend- who listened carefully, Though seven boys had obviously not much they seemed to be in : ent spirits now that the ordeal | of their being carried from Bir- ham to Decatur was over, The e-up both for the prosecution and defense was the same this time it wes during the spring trial, three attorneys already men- led represented the defendants for the prosecution Attorney { ral Thomas E, Knight, Jr., Dep- 4 Attorney General Tom Lawson, ¥ itor Bailey of Jackson County =, County. - Behind them sat a half dozen un- | identified persons who may be offi- | \. or merely spectators. "When Judge Callahan asked both “ides whether they were ready for Traignment of the cases, Leibowitz rose in the hushed silence of the gurtroom and quietly said: “Before the arraignment and plea ; the defense would like to present” ions before the court. General Wee will present them.” moved to quash the in- nts, adding that they are pre- to offer proof in substantia- of their motion. {change of venue on Wednesday, but on the courthouse |? Upstairs, where the trial} held, there & seore of | Las long as he is in Morgan Coun d murmur went through | ncé when they saw them, | er of admiration and won-/} 2 was flanked on| ed above everyone in the; |A.F.L. Painters Revolt Against Zausner Tax NEW YORK. yof AF Counc F p Zausner, sec- Painters’ Dis- jiated by the A conference was then held in the| white wiuess room between the} judge and the counsel for both sides. When they emerged Leibowitz en-| entire me! is 499 and tered a plea of “Not guil Judge | 848 at a y morning Callahan then announced that he/ when the union painters swept out would draw a regular jury of 50 and| of the hall as Za entered, @ special jury of 50 leaving him to talk to his bodyguard “This is the regular court pro- | of 20 ga: an 40 painters came to the| i voted unanimously to} y the 50 cent tax de- mber by the Zaus- up a big treasury, ed to refuse to register ordered by the corrupt e that they are | 50 cent tax had y the Zausner gang pretense of needing anization drive, were from each mem- ir strong arm ma-| rong arm men | been con-| r with 6 of gangsters | n with the murderous | he Needle Trade Workers’ | 1 Union j nd file painters in revolt s racketeering, on their | decided to call a meet- | to take immediate ac-| ceeding,” he explained, “which has to| be gone through. I am not yet ar- raigning the defendants.” refuse to 1 An agreement was made by coun-| manded of ¢ sel on both sides to offer from the} record evidence and testimony given | last spring in the defense motion to| quash the venire. Leibowitz asked to be given until Friday to prepare to argue the mo- tion to quash the venire, and of- fered to argue the motion for a meeting 4 They also de twice daily officialdon unemploye getting $2 ber to suport t chine. One of Judge Callahan said shortly: Wants Speed | “T want a little speed in this trial. We'll argue the change of venue this afternoon.” | “But I have not my papers here,” | Leibowitz protested. | “You should have had them here,” | the judge replied blandly. “If you | | A ripple of laughter went through | ing yester t the now crowded courtroom. “He'll| tion on the question. | show ’em where to get off at,”avoice| At the meeting Zausner’s strong | sitting behind the reporters said! arm squad was conspicuous in every | gleefully. | part of the hall, One of them,| “TI want this preliminary part of) the trial finighed this week,” Judge Callahan insisted firmly. During the discussions between counsel for the defense and the judge, ipples of laughter were evident each ime the judge returned sharply to} some of Leibowitz's re ts. A request made by Leibowitz to/ have Ruby Bates’ testimony taken through depositions was left hanging. As a result of Leibowitz and his associates not having certain papers with them, which they had left in| Birmingham since they did not think | | | 1, of local 905 tried “9 speak, | e members refused to” ar him. | Weins' secretary of the A.) of L. Co tee for Unemploy- | Insurance and Relief, and nan of the meeting proposed | ‘s stop paying the| Ritter, of Local 499, and ney, of Local 848, were among the speakers, supporting the | Just as the members had eir vote, and pledged that t at once, Zausner and | n arrived to break up Ke but t Louis FP. ment ti ment of the seven Scotts- boro boys would be turned into he: ings on various motions, Judge Calla- hed adjourned court at 10:30 this| 1 one o'clock this after-| 4 noon, at which time i tion of | the change of venue takefi| u | s then that a spontaneous demonstration of boos and denunci-| ations of Zausner by the membership and the membership turned | cks on him, | wing revolt taking place in} of L. local against the | ip will be ex-| . of L, rank and | ¢ to be held at Irving} A. F. of L. locals ates to the confer~- take up all the issues | and file must ke} p. “All spectators will keep th seats until the prisoners have been| removed.” Judge Callahan ordered | the courtroom. When the spectators hed gone and Leibowitz, B Chamlee were about to leave, the| court called Sheriff “Bud” Davis| h the ide and ordered him to appoint ts ht during the ooking | deputies to guard Leibowitz. winter. The conference is caled by “Not only in the courtroom,” he| the N. ¥. Committee for Unemploy~ | Insurgnce and Reliet, and will y for the establishment of a local center for tue A. F. of L. rank and file oppssition work. emphasized. “I want you to have deputies with him wherever he goes| So firm is Judge Callahan in efforts to avoid as much publi possible about this case that Picket,24 Hours a Day to Keep Scabs _ Out of Meat Plant (Continued from Page 1) “two | photographers, one from the New| York Daily News and another from Biiningham paper, who trie to ‘cake pictures across the street from the courthouse grounds, were hailed | before the bench. | Judge Callahan chided them and said that if it happened again they “would be severely dealt with.” Find Loaded Gun | | Apparently acting on a tip that Cudahy plants, whose workers will an attempt would be made to kill| gather at a mass meeting Mondey Leibowitz, Judge Oallahan issued or-| nicht to decide on what action to ders to “frisk” every man who en- | take, tered the courtroom this afternoon. | e Callahan took his| Callahan glanced at the| Solicitor Wade Wright of Mor-, One man was found with a loaded revolver on his person. The gun wa confiscated and the man placed in the county jail. His name has not yet been ascertained. Word that the “frisking” orders had been issued swept throughout the town. At the afternoon session the number of spectators in the au- dience was materially reduced, though it was balanced by a larger number of Negroes, who entered and took places on the section reserved for them, When the afternoon session re- opened at one o'clock this afternoon the ominous silence which had per- vaded the courtroom seemed to have grown tenser. Men no longer laugh- ed. Deputies assigned_by the court tered throughout the courtroom. No guard, however, has been placed to protect the other LL.D, attorneys Jos. Brodsky and his three associates from New York, Eli Schwarshard, Sol Oohen and David Schriftman, though it was Schriftman who gathered many of the affidavits quoting per- | bowite life as well as the lynching | of the Scottsboro boys. Shortly after court opened for the afternoon session, Judge Callahan said: | *I do not want any misunderstand- ing; on Thursday morning at 8:30 T will hear evidence on the motion to | quash the indictment.” Present Lynch Affidavits The defense submitted their array | of affidavits quoting about 500 Mor- gan county, and especially Decatur residents, who, the investigators Swore, had threatened to lynch the Scottsboro boys and their attorneys if they appeared in Decatur again. While the Attorney General was read- ing it to make his reply, about a halt hour passed. That half hour was probably the most tense so far in an already tense day. There was scarce- ly a ripple in the courtroom. Every- one walked on tiptoe. There seemed to be @ menacing air about the room that made everyone get the “jitters.” As the Attorney General turned page after page, the crackling of the Jegal foolseap sounded yery loud, One man in the audience cleared his throat and that seemed to relax the high tension. Almost everyone began to clear their throats and shift in their seats. After a half hour's read- ing the Attorney General rose and said emphatically, “The State of Alabama denies each and every one of the allegations.” “Have you anything to say, Mr. Leibowitz?” Judge Cailahan asked, “The defense rests on the denial,” Leibowitz replied, Knight fought bitterly aginst the change of venue motion. “These af- fidavits,” he insisted, “quote people as having seid certain things. I want a chance to call the people in court to testify whether they said that.” Judge Callahan gave him until to- morrow to round up his witnesses. | to watch over Leibowitz were scat- | sons in Decatur as threatening Lei- | § Farmer-Labor Congressman Shoe- maker, who participated in the sell- jout agreement during the recent Austin strike, appeared on the picket. jl to make a speech, but was| | heckled and booed by the strikers.| The strike is led by the Packing | House Workers’ Industrial Union, LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 20-— The packing house workers of Los Angeles went out on general strike wv days ago for higher wages and : hours and in militant sup- of the striking workers of the on Plant. The general strike was called last Thursday night at a meeting of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, A, F, of L, The mn for a general strike was ed upon the leadership by the ant rank and file, who demanded that all packing house workers should strike in support of the Wil- son workers, who have been out for three weeks. The demands of the strikers are a minimum wage of $25 common labor to $50 for the ed workers on the killing floor; 40 hours a week, and recognition of | the union. There are approximately 3,000 i 's in the packing plants of Los Angeles, and ebout 1,500 are on strike, The strike is especially strong in the smaller nacking houses in Ver- non. All of these houses are closed, and there are rumors that some of | the bosses are willing to come | through with the demands, The Ac- tion Committee of the T. U. U. L, ‘s active on the picket lines, and has issued many leaflets, showing the Pecessity of rank and file activity in the strike. | | | read the affidavits and the state- ments quoting people therein. Leib- owitz returned that it was in evidence and it was not necessary to read it, Callahan said “This is an open trial and the evidence should be read.” “But if you prefer it, I will read it myself.” He started running through the pages and then announced abruptly, ‘IT have changed my mind. I am soing to let you read it.” Brodsky rose, “If the court please,” he said solemnly, “I move that these names be not read in open court while the court room is crowded, because it would aggravate an already grave situation.” “Motion overruled,” the judge snapped, “Then I ask you to please note for the record that the courtroom is crowded while you order these names read.” “I decline to do that,” Callahan said sharply. “Then I must ask for an excep- | tion.” “Help yourself to a chair and reed) | them,” the court ordered and when | Brodeky began to read it a low, mod- ulated voice, the court said, “A little ‘The court suggested that some one ' louder, please.” STYLE NOTE Mrs, Adolph Spreckels, wife of the sugar millionaire, cre- ated a furor by appearing at a sumptous society ball, at the Waldorf-Astoria in shoes that exposed her toes— Dear del: Accept the contributions of a dozen well-wishers who are inter- ested in seeing the Daily Worker expand into an ever greater force in the struggle for working rlass However, Madame Spreck- els cannot claim to have in- vented this style trend be- cause hundreds among the 175,000 destitute women in New York have preceded her in this matter. power. 2 CELE COHEN. Cele Cohen and comrades... .$2.25 Previov-ly recorded ...... 20.05 Total » $22.30 DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1938 GUTTERS OF NEW YORK Central Committee Greets Bedacht on His 50th Birthday NEW YORK.—In a statement is- sued yesterday the Central Commit- tee of the Communist Party, U.S.A., greeted Max Bedacht on the cele- bration of his 50th birthday and 30th year in the revolutionary work- ers' movement. Bedacht, who is a member of the Central Committee and is national secretary of the International Work- ers Order, will be the guest of hon- or at a banquet arranged by the New York District of the Commu- nist Party and the I,W.O. this Sate urday evening at Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving PI. The noted Soviet singer, Andre Cibulski; Eugene Nigob, pianist, and Miss Gresser, violinist, will be among the entertainers. Speakers, besides Bedacht, include Earl Browder, Clarence Hathaway, James W. Ford, Wien Weiner and Charles Krum- in, Reservations, which are $1, may be obtained at the Workers Book Shop, 50 E. 13th St, Postpone Hearings on Fur Injunction Suit NEW YORK —The fur injunetion | suit of the Furriers’ Joint Council (A. F. of L.) against the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union has been Postponed until after the first of the year. Hearings were scheduled to re- open yesterday at the Supreme Court of New York County before Judge Shientag after Judge Gavegan had declared a mistrial in the case last week. At the Supreme Court yes- terday the case was place on the calendar, USSR., U.S. Take Stens for Exchange of Representatives (Continued from Page 1) Lovestoneites Call Cops to Break Up Shoe Workers Meet Got Too Hot for Them Is Exposed NEW YORK.—Lovestonite rene- gades attempting to “muscle into” the local strike situation in the shoe industry, called police to break up their own meeting, Wednesday in Ir- |ving Plaza, when it appeared as if some representatives of the Shoe and Leather Workers Industrial Union, leader of local struggles in the shoe industry, might get the floor and ex~- pose the maneuvers of the renegades. The meeting was called in the name of the “Nationed Shoe Workers Asso- ciation.” Signal for police interven- tion was given when the chairman shoved the delegate Lippa, an or- ganizer of the Philadelphia shoe workers, off the platform, despite the shouted demands of the workers in the hall that he be given a hearing. ‘In less than two minutes the room was filled with more than 50 bluecoats, assisted by plainclothsmen, who shoved and punched the 200-250 work- ers out of the hall, I. Zimmerman. Lovestoneite rene- gade, was overwhelmed with ques- tions from the floor when he finished speaking, Bessie Lewis, from a |Boston stitchers’ local, exposed him for expelling a member of the plan- ning “board of the Amalgamation Committee set up on demand of rank | and file workers there, because this worker insisted on a program of struggle and opposed the renegades’ plans for turning the shoe workers, after they have been united, over to the mercy of state arbitration boards. A shoe worker pointed out that Bixby, another Lovestoneite offi- cial of the union, who was present on the platform, was responsible for an injunction against the workers of the Cozzens shop, where he is. on strike. The climax of the meeting came when a delegate from a Philadelphia local of the “National” told how | Massida, a Socialist, came to Phila- |delphia as an organizer for the Na- |tional, got control of the funds of the local, and disappeared. Lippa, Industrial Union organizer, attempted to take the platform. When the Lovestonite leaders saw that the workers were demanding jthat he he given a chance to speak, cy prevaked the commotion which was the signal for the police to dis- rupt the meeting, oF Nazi Leader Forced from Harlem Hospital NEW YORK.—Mass_ pressure from Negro and white workers of Harlem and the city has forced the resignation from Harlem Hospital of Dr. Ignaz T. Greibl, leader of the Nazi activties in the U. 8. im the absence of Heinz Span- knoebel, and president of the “Friends of New Germany.” The hospital had no comment to make on the resignationfi which was ac- cepted Noy. 14, but thoreands of Harlem workers will understand that their protest demonstrations and resolutions demanding Gricbl’s expulsion, forced the Hitlerite to resign, ‘The news of his resignation was not publicized and was revealed only when a delegation from the Allied Professional Committee to Aid Vic- see Acting Commissioner of Hos- pitals Fay about the resolution sent him Nov, 3, demanding Grieb!’s ex- pulsion. Haye you contributed? organization donated? Have friends, your f{cllow shop workers the Daily Worker! drive over the top! Put the When Strikebreaking |; donated? Rush all funds today to|the court to defeat h r $40,000 | railroad Home Relief Clerks Strike In New York Walkout In 5 Precincts Against Long Hours NEW YORK. — In response to a tless speed up instituted by the ministration of the Home Relief Bureau, the workers of the Home Re- lief Staff have begun a spontaneous and determined fight against over- time and speed-up. In Home Relief Precinct 17 the ticket writers struck against the continued overtime. The Relief Workers provisional commit- tee states: “The workers of Precinct 17 are de- termined to walk out en masse if overtime is again required. In pre- cinct 23, there were two walkouts in the ticket writers department. Twice at 5 o'clock they quit cold. Their de- mand is no more overtime.” In precinct 28 the book-keeping department walked out at 5 o'clock in spite of orders to work overtime, In Precinct 75 the ticket writers also quit at 5 o'clock in spite of the of- ficial instructions. In precinct 81, after one girl fainted at work as a result of the speed-up, the ticket writers got up and left work in a body. In precinct 25 a staff meeting called by the precinct supervisor, was turned into a protest mecting against the supervisor and the H.R.B. administration by the spontaneous outburst of the staff. Leaflets calling for organization and organized resistance are being distributed by the Provisional Com- mittee in every precinct, and are be- ing eagerly received by the workers, Needle Union Members Pledge To Defeat Attacks at Arena Meet NEW YORK.—Determination to stand together and defeat the latest attacks against their union was ex- pressed by thousands of needle work- ers gathered at Lincoln Arena at the call of the Needle Trades Workers In, dustrial Union last Thursday night, The meeting was called to mobilize against the threat of an injunction against the fur department of the union and the framed-up federal in- dictment recently issued against 28 union leaders, inspired by the bosses, the officials of the defunct A. F. of L. union, and their Socialist allies. ‘The needle workers, many of whom have been unemployed for a long period, unhesitatingly dug down deep in their pockets to contribute to the union’s defense fund of $10,000 which is being raised to beat back the at- tempt to destroy the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. A sum of approximately $250 was collected. Bpeakers at the meeting included Irving Potash, who also served as chairman; Louis Hyman, J. Wino- gradsky, Mary Nigrelli, Fred Bieden- kapp, secretary of the Shoe Workers Industrial Union, and Ben Gold, the union's national secretary. Applause greeted Louis Hyman’s challenge that “injunctions or no in- junctions, we are not going to sub- mit, but will fight on.” Biedenkapp brought solidarity greetings from the shoe union and told of their struggles in the general shoe strike, Ben Gold struck the meeting's ke: when he declared that “we will organize to violate and break ay fig ott sued against us and we continue to fight for better conditions despite any federal indictments.” Oft-Postponed Trial of Geyser Today NEW YORK.—Fred Geyser, whose tims of German Fascism went to | trial has been postponed four times, will come up again for trial. this morning at 10 o'clock at the County Court, Part Two, Smith and Scher- merhorn St., Brooklyn. Geyser is being defended by Fanny Has your| Horowitz and David Freedman, In- your | ternational Labor Defense attorneys. | to pack Workers are jeset ie ee 9 fois anti-fascist fighter since the Commissar has indicated he wants to spend at least one day in New York. # ehad lunch today at the French Embassy again, emphasizing the new friendliness of the Soviet Union and France. Two very important mat- ters—a trade treaty and debt agree- ments-—are expected to be settled soon. Although it was assumed there was no Official discussion on them today, the meeting between Litvin- off and Andre De Laboulaye, the French Ambassador, is significant. Because of a misunderstanding as to the hour at which President Michael Kalinin of the USSR. broadcast a good will message last night. Litvinoff failed to hear him. He sat down before a radio an hour after Kalinin’s speech was received —and heard, instead, Will Rogers’ description of the Russian-Ameri- can conversations. “That,” Litvinoff commented, after listening through, “was very funny.” U. S.-Moscow Embassy The United States is preparing now to swiftly set up not only its embassy in Moscow, but a number of consulates throughout the U. 8S. S. R. The Soviet Union will take over the pre-revolutionary embassy here. It was officially handed over immediately after recognition was announced, Boris E. Skvirsky, who has been the “unofficial official” Soviet rep- resentative here for about 12 years, issued a brief statement today, in his new capacity as charge d'af- faires, He said: “I am highly gratified that American-Soviet relations have made such an excellent start. It will be my own aim to build up a lasting friendliness,” 5,000 Mass to Protest Fire Trial. (Continued from Page 1) don’t you wait till the trial is over?” When the delegation pointed out. that they intend to stop the murder and not wait until it was too late, the secretary said: “Well the consul does not want to see you anyway.” “You can’t slap the face of thous- ands of workers and get away with it,” answered James W. Ford, mili- tant Negro leader of the Communist Party, The delegation presented the sec- retary with a copy of a resolution passed by the workers below demand- ing the immediate release of Dimi- troff, Torgler and Taneff and the cessation of Nazi activities in this country. Besides Rogers and Ford, the delegates were H. J. Farmer, Marine Workers Industrial Union; P. Cacchione, Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League. Nazi Asks “No Delegation” The censul and his staff were genuinely annoyed by the commit~ tee, the fourth in the last two weeks, Saturday he sent a representative to the district headquarters of the Com- muniet Party and requested that no delegation be sent. “Nobody will be there to receive it,” he said, When the workers’ delegation re- ported to the thousands of workers downstairs that the consul had re- fused to see them a mighty roar of denunication went up. After the del- egates had reported, the meeting ad- journed with the singing of the “Internationa’e.” oo Hold Protest Meet Sunday Arthur Garfield Hays, liberal at- torney who recently returned from the trial court in Germany, * Hathaway, editor of the “Daily”, Dr. . Schlesinger of the German- American Societies, Richard Moore o! the L.8.N.R., Margaret Schlauch of N, Y. University and others will against Nazi Fascism at a mass meet~ ing to be held Sunday, Nov. 26th at the Bronx Coliseum, 1 West Farms Road. The meeting will protest the ed execution of Torgler, Dimitroft, Popott and Taneff and demand the release of the Scottsboro boys. ly your su; can Worker pace Mhig Ont: Dally the The United States Mail Dear Ed: Masury, Ohio, Please let me know if you ever made a reference in your column that Max Baer is sta: charity, rving and that he is receiving In the pool room where I hang out a fellow brought a: clipping which he claims was taken out of the Daily Worker, stating that Max Baer was starving. They use this as a means of ridiculing the “Daily” and give me the razz whenever the subject is brought up. Now, Ed, you know that Max is not starving and that he is not on the relief list. I am sure that such an article or statement did not appear in your column. However, in order to clear up the question I wish that you would write to me and either deny or prove that statement so that I can show your letter to the gang, proving that the clipping was not taken from the “Daily.” In this way the “Daily” would have more prestige with the guys that are convinced that this appeared in it. Comradely, Mickey Loncar. Dear Mickey: You can hand the berries right back to your friend. I did write that Max was a third rate pug and a ham actor and if ever you get around to seeing him from ringside or talking to him in the dressing room, you'll know what I mean. Of course nothing was said about starvation or charity. From a Workers’ Sports Club. Cis ele (This letter was brought to the office of the Daily ‘Worker by the manager of Red Sparks A. C.) Dear Comrades: I understand that I have to be at your meetings every week, which I can not, I ask you to do me a great favor and let me have my re- lease. I couldn’t play ball for the “ed Sparks any more. You see my boss knows that I played with you and he asked me not to, so it would be very hard for me to play ball for Red Sparks again. If I do I will lose my job. I am sure of this. So please do me this favor, and let me have my release. I would like to play with the Italia Sport Club. I have nothing against the Red Sparks. So please let the Italia Sport Club have my release. I knew the Red Sparks has one of the best teams in workers’ leagues. And I am sorry I cannot play for them anymore, I thank you once more. Gus Chaves. ae hae Misunderstanding. Dear Comrade Newhouse: Since you are the sports’ editor of the Daily Worker I assume that I would do best to make the following complaint to you. The Labor Sports’ Union advertised a race (road run) to be held today. ‘The notices told all athletes to be at the LS.U. office at 1:30 p. m. today. Well, I was there at 1:30 p.m. I waited and waited and waited. So did the other athletes who were there. Some time after 3 p. m. we left. Com~ rade Mac had charge of this race, He neither notified the people in the 1.8.U, office that the race would not be run, nor did he notify the clubs. He left no notice anywhere. He merely did not show up. Now I think that such conduct is stupid, There is no excuse for it. I wasted an entire afternoon there, lost the desire to compete and so did the other competitors. This is not the first time this hap- pened and I believe that there-should be a shake-up jn the Labor Sports’ Union executives. Better no L, S. U, than an incompetent and negligent cne. I don't wish to make this letter a bitter one—although I felt bitter enough this afternoon—I just wish to bring the facts to your attention, I want you to see what you can do about the matter. I, for one, consider the L. 8. U. a thorough failure and will continue to do so until I see a-change. Let’s see you get started. I am willing to work to make the L,S.U. a success. Are you? Comradely, Richard Kale. This letter was submitted to the Labor Sports Union office. Their answer follows: : “No race or tournament can be run off properly if participants do not enter in advance. In the past the L, S. U. has been too lax in this re- gard, permitting athletes who had not previously entered to compete if they showed up at the race or tourna~ ment. This has resulted in confusion and has brought complaints from competitors who are used to more effi- “= ciency. It also encouraged the habit among our own members so that we could not tell whether there would be sufficient competitors at a meet. “In order to overcome this, we de- cided that in the future no one will be permitted to participate in a meet or a tournament unless his or her entry blank is received before the event. Usually the blank states the date on which entries close. “Therefore, when on the day be- fore the run we had received only two entries, we decided to call it off and so notified the two entries and the police, Certainly, it was far bet- ter to do that than make these entries come down and find no one to run against. In the future the rule concerning filing of entries will be strictly enforced. “Concerning the comrade'’s offer to help to make the L. S. U. @ success, we invite him to come up to the LS. U. office and talk it over. We assure ae v ip. Mae Gordon. ee Hollywood Postmark. Dear Mr. Newhouse: I read your column on wres#ling to three members of the University of Southern California football team and they thought it was a scream. One of them now buys the Daily ‘Worker almost every day from a man in Los Angeles. As soon as he gradu- ates he will subscribe and write you of his experiences. I am sure you are interested to hear this, I will give you a hint. He’s very famous and his name starts with a W. Sincerely yours, Genevieve Arthur. Helping the Daily Worker Through Ed Newhouse Contributions received to the credit of Edward Newhouse in the Socialist competition with Michael Gold, Dr. Luttinger, Helen Luke and Jacob Burck to raise $1,000 in the $40,000 Daily Worker Drive: i Nature Friends, Syracuse N.Y. $ 5.00 Previous total .. + 148.76 Total to date . ++ $153.76 City Events Meeting to Aid Fascist Victim| A meeting of the N. Y. Committe] to Aid Victims of German Fasc’ will take place tomorrow, 8:30 p. m| at Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. an Irving Place, to make final arrange ments for the-mass meeting at th Bronx Coliseum at which Arthu Garfield Hayes will speak. * ° * Celebration of Recognition The Trade Union Unity Counce will celebrate recognition of the Sor ict Union at Manhattan Lyceum, D, cember 1. > F Speakers will be Clarence Hath way, Ben Gold, and Rubin who has just returned from the jet Union. # A musical program will follow. Ad- mission 25¢, Needle Workers’ Open Forum ~An open forum under the auspices of the N. T. W. I. U. will be held to- morrow, 2 p. m., in the Union Audi- torium, 131 West 28th St. M. Olgin, editor of ee pac baht rey) my “Recognit Soviet Union an its Effects on the American worker.” ey Attention—Fordham Workers A new club is being formed in Ford- ham. All workers are urged to at- tend the first meeting, taking place tomorrow, 8:30, at 56 East 184th St., Apt. 2. * Pia ier Mass Memorial A mass memorial to take place at the Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place tomorrow, 8 p. m., to honor the: memory ‘of the death of Louis Eng- dahl, who was chairman of the IL.D. ‘The speakers will be William Patter- son, Bill Dunne, and Sadie Van Veen, Admission 5c. DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet. Pitkin an@ Sutter Aves., Sreokiyn Offles Hours: 6-10 A.M., 1-8, 6-8 P.M. On Lynch Terror (Continued from Page 1) also adopted a motion to secure 2,- Civil Rights taken by the Scottsboro marchers. ‘The delegates were urged to back to their organizations the taken by the conference and to hol nation-wide mass meetings to larize the decisions of the ence. The fight for the Se boys will be the central ; ‘William Patterson, National Secre- tary of the International Labor De- fense, reported on the lynch prep- arations in and around Decatur, Ala., against the Scottsboro boys and their defenders. He read scores of affi- davits exposing the plans of Alabama officials and the Ku Klux Klan for a plood. bath om the:ere of the Decatur 3 ee Has your unit, club, » 1.W.0. A ier ee union, A held collection for the Daily Worker? Help save our “Daily,” WILLIAM BELL orricta, Optometrist 0° HR 106 EAST MTH STREET Near Fourth éve., N. ¥, 0, Phone; Tompkins Square 6-8287, Nightingale 4-3886 | DR. J. JOSEPHSON Surgeon Dentist Formerly with the I. 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