The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 22, 1933, Page 2

Page Two Deny Venue Change Despite!8) AFL. Painters!® DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1933 Proof Showing Prejudice in Local 848 Vote to (Continued from Page 1) Persons who had been quoted in the affidavits made by Ellwood and Wil- liams and said that it forced him to discredit much of the other te: made by these persons. “On the other hand,” he continued “The state has offered a affidavits. They are sor are entitled to su cause they « Decatur, that offered by the def feel justified in o uminous testimony As though in a melodramatic the- atrical scene where the stage is set and lichting effects are brought to bear upon the stage to emphasize what is happening, the th tening clouds that had been hanging over Decatur ali day seemed to grow denser. The court room grew dark. Lights had to be switched on, and while the jndge continued with his address a terrific slorm swept over the town and beat furiously upon s in proof ts. I do ing that vol- the windows. “In the avplication,” the judge con- ed, und rbed, “There is much said abow roops and the nece of having them in Scotisboro and ir Decatur, The trial in Scottsboro was in the spring of 1931 and about 75 mies from here.” “There isn't any evidence re me that there any necessity for troops at Scottsboro except that they were there, I have no evidence to show that the change of venue granted from there to Decatur was for any other reason than that it Was granted. It has not been shown that there is any feeling against the defendants. As to troops, I am not blind to present surroundings. I can- not see anything here now or any- * thing that has happened since this trial started yesterday which shows | any necessity for troops then or now. | There are allegations of attempted) mob violence at the trial this spring. I have no evidence of that before me. | commenced reading the long, volum- | the motion for a change of venue.” The apvearance of the Interna- | tional Labor Defense attorneys in| court yesterday in defiance of the openly voiced threats to kill them| and the Scottsboro boys seems to have broken the tension which caused | everyone in court to expect killings moment. Only Patierson Brought in Court When court opened this morning at 8:30 to resume hearing evidence on the defense motion for a change of | venue there were about 100 spectators waiting to get seats in contiast with jams that stood about during the g trial, Nevertheless, the court | seems to have information that though everything is seemingly peace- ful, attempts to kill the defense at- | torneys and the defendants may be | made, for every person entering the | court room is ‘frisked.” Only | one person at 2 ne is permitted to Pass through the doors. The individual who was arrested 1 his pos: un was not “ained “he h ht a pi own with hin to en and when he wppreached the coors he told the Aeputy on guard he had it on him, so nothing ¥ done to him.” The deputy who found him with the pistol told this reporter that the | gun 3 is obvious that to hhave jailed a man trying to enter with a loaded revolver would have y|Brodsky and Ki ]numerous persons had made open | threats of violenc Scotts- | boro boys and their few minutes ago, ¥ “A her whett rested and ham police he police I rested her. ou try to get a permit for ing at the Bir- de- me: Hall Knight That's all Judge Calla- notion after forgan list included no Ne- race venire le because of and this constitutes a vi the United States consti ight agreed the evidence taken do their ra to sub- n at th mit Haywood Patter trial this spri This is the question of whet Negroes are to be granted constitutional rights of pa in the legal machinery of the e which is now solely in the control of the white man, The bitterness en- gendered by this case is roused more |by this than any charge that the Scotssboro boys allegedly attacked two white girls of very unsavory reputation. “I would prefer that you read the testimony taken at the preceding trial,” Judge Callahan jsaid blandly, “read it into re- jcord. In those sections where there jare objections by either side I will rule on them.” Sol Cohen, from Brodsky’s an associate counsel New York office, mous record which took days to make at the preceding trial. As the hours passed with Cohen and Brodsky alternating in reading the testimony taken before Judge Horton in the defenses move to quash the venire, it was evident y much emotion played in the E reading of this testimony is done chiefly to prepare for an appeal to the United States Supreme Court in the event of Heywood Patterson’s O'der of business the strengthening| missioner. | conviction when he comes up for trial Monday. Upon this question of Negroes upon Alabama juries, most of the hate was centered at the last trial. Negroes with college degrees who live in Mor- gan county appeared and took th stand to show that they were fit to sit on juries. There was a whole array of Negro doctors, lawyers, men who braved the hate of their com- munity to take the stand openly and | show that they were more educated | than many a white man who was on the jury list. The appearance of these Negroes in person aroused a deep rooted hate yet the taking of exactly the same testimony with only a few scattered Negroes in the section reserved for | the colored spectators and perhaps | a hundred whites, aroused only a somnolent feeling in the audience. The legal question as a legal ques- tion did not interest them. But the appearance of a Negro in the flesh who might be considered fit for jury ak © sentiment in the ” breath a word against either the Ne- ot oy took the stand for the defense. duty aroused resentment. | been first rate evidence for the de- a fo; fense’s cla! and the offic: a change of venue e do not want this | coxsre NRA Orders Leather Strikers Back onJob and their at‘orneys last spring oc- | curred, the officials also denied some privatcly admitted it. | nenin 10W too clearly the | county and would| GLOVERSVILLE, N. Y., Nov. 21.— Substantiate the defense’s claims, | The first act of the N. R, A. mediator When the motion for a change of | Who returned here yesterday was to| launch an attack against “reds” and | order the strikers back to work. With | the aid of the N. R. A. and 150 ad- | ditional deputy sheriffs sworn in for venue was re-opened in court this morning the attorney-general played the purpose, the tanneries opened this morning. WI! what seemed to be his trump card when he presented evidence that four of the persons named by Victor Ell- Wood and Chas. Williams in the de- fense affidavits as having made that the names of the relatives living | Stfation. Communist Party members | in the house might still be on the | #ddressed the strikers, pledged sup-| door bells and the investigators might | Port of the strike and contributed to | have taken that down when they| the strike relief fund, watched the person they talked to} An appeal to all workers to aid the enter a given house. In addition, | Gloversville strikers has been issued ‘here still remained almost 500 other | by the Union. persons who are said to have made Reject Zausner Tax! NEW YORK.—The decision made} rank the A. F. of I and file morning i f unem- and to refuse to rther payment of the d by the hen its ma- ed by the painters of t night at an official p meeting, Monday night. ot a single ¥ red to register at the he s in line with this de-| cision. | Members of Local 490, learning of the act of the rank and file ers, V 0 stop registration of members, but are demanding a n on the question instead the ank and file has spread to the jobs, where the are discussing the question similar action in their lo- ted that re the Zausner at the District Council has been u wn into an y of the wo threats of violence Weinstock, secretary of the A. F. of L. Committee for Unemployment Re- lief and Insurance and leader of the ‘ank and file forces in the Painters’ ion. oar at this mili- ’ Due to an error in proofreading the Daily Worker of Nov, 21, in a story on the A. F. of L. painters’ revolt avainst Zausner incorrectly reported the number of rainters at the meetings of Locals 499 anf 848 as 40. It should have read 400, +e Shoe Union Members | to Meet Thursday | NEW YORK —In the face of the| the National Miners’ Union?” this] observers that the Russian counter- attacks by the Lovestone- of the “National Shoe into their own}! ews of the revolt among} against the tax| ers, and is issuing | against Louis} & | ynemee eG CLE! copalian Rectors. JTTERS OF NEW YORK —by del he a, ) “IRE PooR WILL FLWAYS Be wrth vs * a eo? wet HME ve UNFORTUNATE. is ‘tet uS PRAISE GoD FoR “THE PHILANTHROPISTS * “Capitalist industrialism is being taken for a ride and will soon be bumped off. I urge you to lead the revolution,” Dean W. G Peck, British Divine, to his audience of Epis- Perkins Sidesteps | Borich Deportation and Strike Figures (Continued from Page 1) | correspondent asked, | | “I don’t know the record of that | Litvinoff Expects Debt Negotiations Cleared byThursday (Continued from Page 1) claims equal or exceed all Ameri- can debt and property claims, Can- aided by the Jewish | case,” replied the Secretary, though |cellation is thought to be objection- Daily Forward, the Shoe and Leather | she has been asked that question on /able to the United States, however Workers’ Industrial Union is calling the membership of the union to a to rally to defeat these union-smash- ing force: of shop work and the union's amal- gamation program. AY shoe members of the Industrial Union, are urged to be present at this meeting. Strike Called at the Morris Knitting Mills NEW YORK.—The Morris Knitting Mills have been declared on strike by the Knitgoods Workers’ Section of the Needle Trades Industrial Union, after | breaking the union agreement, dis- \criminating against the workers and asing their hours of work, The attention of the Knitgoods Board has been called to the fact |that many bosses are taking ad- val | reducing wages and changing hours | to 3744 instead of 35 per week which | is the union rule. The Board is call- | ing on all shop chairmen to be on | guard against any attempts on the | part of the bosses to lower union | standards, To maintain these conditions, the Knitgoods Trade Board is calling a general meeting on Thursday, Nov. 23rd, at 5 p. m,, at the Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. Ben Gold will speak. Call Left Wing | Group to Section Meetings NEW YORK—The Left Wing Group of Local 22, L.L.G.W.U., issued @ call late yesterday to all members of the Local to come to the Union Section meetings arranged for Thurs- day night at 8 p. m. at the following places: 3 The strikers staged the biggest | Bronx t ee, weninst — carton and | picket line since the strrike, disregard-| Bronx Labor Center, 800 West- | Scottsboro vases were iraneiored ne | ing the injunctions issued against| chester Ave.; Ambassador Hall, 3875 ‘ Decatur. The attorney-geneval ticy | them, and the police terror. Carr, Third Ave. Ft impress. the court with this inva | Premeent, of the union, is being held} Harlem 4 melodramatic plea for berth ae | for contempt of court. |_ Y. W. C. A. 179 W, 137th St. near 3 rants for the arrest of the signers on|,..The courageous determination of | pen Ate Harlem Casino, 116th St. 4) charges of perjury. |the strikers to remain out on strike | °"4 Lenox Ave. (Spanish language). q Cite Threatening Statements | until their union is recognized was mtavees pagehensiel H Fe Judge Callahan refused to issue the | ¢xPressed at a mass meeting vester-| Stwvesant Casino, 140 Second Ave. bench warrants. It was pointed out | day following the picketing demon-} mnsUre Royal Palace, 16 Manhattan Ave. Brownsville and East New York Pennsylvania Palace, 506 Penna. Ave. Boro Park and Bensonhurst Labor Lyceum, 1377 42nd St. All members must bring member- ship cards with them. e of the. slack season and are| two other occasions. | “Couldn't Colonel McCormick give | The | Meeting at Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn,|us the information?” | | A pause foliowed, during which the | “No affidavits were presented. This \is an old case which we inherited,” | | announced the Commissioner. | In discussing the plans of the de- | partment for deporting foreign-born | Russians, Secretary Perkins declared | that “to develop a policy is a matter | ‘of a long approach. We can't ar- rive at a policy except after con- | ference with the state and other de- | partments.” | Misleading Statistics In reference to a copyrighted ar- | ticle published in today’s Scripps- | Howard news saying that “Sec- retary of Labor Perkins has thrown her backing behind government statisticians in a battle to require | full and frank statistics from indus- | try under N. R. A.,” this writer asked | Miss Perkins what comment she had | |to make about published criticism of | |her misleading strike statistics, first | exposed in the Daily Worker and) later in the Nov. 3 issue of the New York Times’ Financial Weekly and the Annalist. “T haven't even seen it. I’d rather not say. So thanking you for call- ing it to my attention (calling to one of her subordinates), please get me that publication.” Scoring the Roosevelt administra- | tion, “from, the President down,” for |its failure to take “a more realistic | attitude toward present conditions,” the Annalist attacked “General Johnson’s inexcusable public denun- | ciation of the findings of the Divi- | sion of Research and Statistics of the | Federal Reserve Board.” Minimize Situation | The Annalist commented on “the tendency on the part of other gov- ernment officials, from the Presi dent down, to minimize the serious- ness of the current reaction in busi- ness activity.” In dealing with Perkins, it stated: “Secretary Perkins’ statement to the effect that the number of strikes and lockouts from April to September was less than in the corresponding period of 1921 is another example of this tendency. While Miss Perkins’ statement is technically correct, it omits entirely the fact that whereas in the recovery years, 1921 and 1922, the number of industrial disputes steadily diminished, this year the number has steadily risen, as shown by the figures in the accompanying table which are taken from the monthly labor review of the Depart- ment of Labor.” threatening statements and these ‘were not dead. Most of the morning Session was taken up by knight call- to the stand A. S. Blackwell, pro- clerk, and W. T. Willoughby, chief deputy sheriff of Morgan County. Both men are quoted in the de- e affidavits as having made jhreatening statements. Both denied hat they had ever said the state- atributed to them, which the court seemed to expect, since they NEWS FLASH! NEW YORK.—Seattle, District 12, is the second to go over the top in the Daily Worker $40,000 Drive. Boston still leads with 103.2 per | cent, Seattle is second with 101.4 | per cent, California is third with | f well t -| 96.06 per cent, and Philadelphia aon Stops Pking Ree a SA | satis, wih 67 pee cont, THe figures are as of Nov. 20. Who | The prosecution, to counteract the sk pile of affidavits showing mob ntiment and threats in the county, sountered this morning by presenting | batch of affidavits from citizens ; g that everything is peaceful will be next to go over the top? | RUSH YOUR FUNDS! | NEW YORK.—The National Daily | Worker Tag Days will start this Fri- | day, with thousands of class-con- | scious workers throughout the coun-| try marching into the streets, fac- | tories, shops and workers’ homes to wage a three-day battle for the life of our fighting paper. Children to Help The children of the International Workers’ Order schools in Greater New York announced yesterday that | they will join the ranks of workers active on the Tag Days, Nov. 24, 25 and 26. The Jewish Wo: 's’ Clubs Jewish Women’s Councils, have also | taken tag day boxes and will canvass | all neighborhoods in their territories | for funds for the “Daily.” Section 15 took 500 boxes, Sections 1, 2 and 5 took 400 each, Section 4, 350, Section 11, 300. | No class-conscious worker should fa testified that she had arrived! be a “spectator” on these three days, Decatur on Sunday and since then’ All out with tag day boxes this Fri- hae they had never heard a soul or attorneys. One affidavit in- feoduoed was from the owner of a iware store in Decatur. He swore he had not sold out all his arms ammunition at the last trial, Rois as one present during the trial this spring, this reporter could say that arms and munitions could | not be bought here then because they hhad been sold out. Spy System Revealed ‘That the State of Alabama has a widespread espionage system trying to discover radical activities among the unemployed and Negro share croppers became evident this morn- ing when Mary Leonard of Birming- | day, Saturday and Sunday! jclaims and debts of around | City Events because of fear that. it would set a precedent which would react un- favorably in negotiations with other nations for settlement of the $11,~ The membership meeting | Secretary, very much annoyed, half- |000,000,000 war debts of the allies. will teke up as special points on its| turned to her subordinate, the Com-|By recognizing and paying the Kerensky debt, the Soviet Union, likewise, would establish a prétedent in connection with pre-revolutionary $6,- 000,000,000. The formula for agree- ment therefore must be chosen care- fully. Goes to Treasury. Litvinoff went to the Treasury late today to confer with Americans, He is planning to sail Saturday, and probably will leave Washington Thursday. Constantine Umansky, head of the Press Section of the Soviet Foreign Office, was confined to bed today with a painful attack of rheumatism which developed a few days ago, following cold and fever. It was said he is expected to be able to accompany Litvinoff home, Hathaway Talks at Young Worker Meet NEW YORK.—Olarence Hathaway, editor-in-chief of the Daily Worker, will address the Young Worker con- ference tonight, 7:30, at Styvesant Casino, 9th St, and Second Ave., at which delegates from all youth work- ing class organizations will meet to decide how they can best help the Young Worker, organ of the Young Communist League of America, RELIEF WORKERS COMMITTEE AT 80 E. 11TH STREET NEW YORK.—All employees of the Home Relief Bureaus who have been fired unjustly are asked to get im touch with the Relief Workers Provisional Committee at 80 East 11th St., Room 303, peas Waa Party Members in Shoe Trade to Meet All shoe workers who are Party members are urged to attend a meet- ing tonight, 6 p.m., at the Workers Center, 50 E. 13th St, soe * Carpenters’ Meeting A regular membership meeting of the Independent Carpenters Union will be held tonight, 8 p.m, at the union headquarters, 820 Broadway, New York City. Three Day Battle to Save Daily Worker Starts Friday! Enroll in the proletarian army and win a smashing victory in the battle to save our only Daily Worker! Workers’ Clubs! All Jewish Workers’ Clubs are urged to mobilize 100 per cent for the Tag Days. Call for your boxes at once at the City Clubs Committee's headquarters, 799 Broadway. Unit Raises $50 Unit 15, Section 15, Communist Party, New York City, raised $50 for the Daily Worker at an affair last Saturday night at the Sholem Alei- chem House. Correction ‘The members of the National Tex- tile Workers of New Bedford, Mass., raised $15 for the Daily Worker, not $5, a8 was stated in their challenge to other textile unions, published in Tuesday's edition. * VOLUNTEERS! The Daily Worker Volunteer office, fifth floor, 35 East 12th St, New York City, will be open every day this week to distribute collection boxes for the Daily Worker Tag Days, All vol- unteers, their friends and supporters are asked to come to the Volunteer office for the boxes and for instruc- tions, Below are listed stations for the Daily Worker Tag Days, Nov. 24, 25 and 26th. Clip out the list of stations in your city. Volunteer to take tag day boxes. Help make these three days victories in the battle to save our Daily. Worker. Visit shops, of- fices, factories, workers’ homes, ap- proach workers on the streets with Daily Worker Tag Day Boxes on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All Districts, airmail lists of your stations immediately. NEW YORK CITY DOWNTOWN-—Workers Genter, 96 Ave. C. East Side Workers Club, 165 East Broadway. MIDTOWN-—Greek Workers Club, 269 W. 25th Bt.; Armenian Workers Club, 56 W. 26th St.; Needle Trades Workers Indus- trial Union, 131 W. 20th Bt. HARLEM—Finnish Workers Hall, 15 W. 126th St.; Esthonian Workers Club, 27 W. 115th St.; Harlem Liberator, 2162 7th Ave. YORKVILLE—Hungarian Workers Home, 350 E. Bist St. LOWER BRONX—Workers 669 Center, Prospect Ave. Bo. Prospect Workers Club, 1167 evard; Bronx Workers Club, 1400 Boston Road. UPPER BRONX — Workers Conter, 2075 Clinton Ave.; Co-op Unemployed Council, Barker and Britton Streets; Middle Bronx Workers Center, 3802 Third Aye. SOUTH BROOKLYN-—Workers Center, 132 Myrtle Ave.; Workers Center, bia St.; Scandinavian Workers Club, Fitth Ave. BORO PARK — Finnish Workers Home, 746 40th St.; Workers Center, 1109 45th St. BATH BEACH—Bath Beach’ Workers Club, 87 Bay 25th Bt. BENSONHURST — Bensonhurst Center, 2006 70th Bt. NEY ISLAND — Coley Island Workers 240 Colum- 5006 Workers Workers Center, Brighton Beach and Coney Island Ave. WILLIAMSBURG — Workers Center, Graham Ave.; Bridge Plaza Workers Club, 285 ey St.; Laisve, 46 Ten Eyck St.; Brogroasive Workers Center, ve. BROWNSVILLE — Brownsville Center, 1813 Pitkin Ave.; American Youth Club, 105 Thatford Ave.; Hinsdale Workers Club, 313 Hinsdale st. JAMAICA—Jamalea Workers Center, 148- | 29 Liberty Ave. CLEVELAND SECTION 1 ‘ainian Labor Temple, 1051 Auburn Hungarian Workers Home, 4309 Lorain Finnish Workers Home, 4528 Detroit .; Bulgarian-Macedonian Workers Home, 10515 Madison Ave,, rear, SECTION 2 Ul A A A South Slav Workers Hall, 6021 St. Clair Ave., 3rd floor; Workers Center, 756 B. 105th St; Lithuanian Workers Hall, 920 E, 79th St; Scandinavian Workers Hall, 7010 Wade Park Ave. SECTION 3 Jewish’ Workers Center, 14101 Kinsman Rd.; Hungarian Workers Home, 11123 Buck- eye Rd.; Uj lore headquarters, 6366 Broad- | way. SECTION 11 Workers Center, 3843 Woodland Ave., 3rd floor; Unemployed Workers Hall, 3874 Payne Ave.j Milk Station, E, 27th St. and Payne Avenue. SECTION 14 Workers Center, 1943 Coltman Rd; Un- employed Workers Hall, 15255 Saranac Rd.; Martticct Home, 15908 St. Clair Ave, PHILADELPHIA 1137 N. 41 Bt.; 494 N, 62 St.; ton St.; 1381 N. Franklin St.;'715 31, 6 St.: 995 N. $ St.; 3115 Dauphin 2456 N. 30 St.; 2014 N. 32 Bt; 2222 Master &t.; 1208 Tasker St.; 1829 8. & St.; 710 Passyink Ave.; 1036 Locust 8t.; 2530 N. 2 8t.; 1810 1747 'N. Wil Center, 27th St. and Mermaid. BRIGHTON BEACH — Brighton Beach South St. 159 “Sumner \ Workers ‘U.S. Budget Deficit ‘Grows, Pointing to lationary | ion powers given him by the |recent Emergency Bank Act, | More Inflation The fact that the dollar is now at }about 60 cents, without the offical uation powers having yet been | 1 ints to the situation in the} near future where the Roosevelt gov- {ernment will have to cast about for | new infla' ary measures, if it is to | maintain program of risng prices, And this new measure, even capitalist economists admit, can be nothing other than the issuance of cheap | paper money. | Bonds Fall As a result, the quotations for U. S. Government bonds are falling sharply. And this is rapidly de- preciating the value of the invest- ments of the banks, causing the shadow of another bank crisis to loom again. The Roosevelt Government, how- ever, cannot turn back from its in-| flationary policy, even though it is bringing up the prospect of another | bank crisis, The Roosevelt Government, how- ever, is confronted with the necessity of refunding several hundred million of government debt within the next few weeks, And this will it force to put on a front of temporary “con- servatism” in its money policies, a front which will be quickly discarded after the refunding will be over. The Roosevelt inflation 18 causing the sharpest aggravation of the an tagonisms between American imper- jalism and British imperialism. As a result of the Roosevelt infla- tion, the wages of the American ye ers are being gradually reduced, al- though the amount of dollars paid may remain the same. In addition, the rising prices are taking another slice out of the workers’ income. Tricks Will Not Fool USSR, Expert Warns (Continued from Page 1) bureau of the A.A.A. hastily cleared its skirts of Marcus’ assertions—and cynical correspondents laughed at the dilemma in every capital pressroom. There were more blushes than smiles, however, among Marcus’ fellow of- ficials, Officials of the A.A.A., whose |business it is to censor official state- | ments, were asked to comment on | assertions that Marcus had embar- |vassed many high officials, and re- plied, rattled, that they couldn't add anything. The statement, typewritten by Marcus and handed to one reporter who passed it around, warned Amer- ican concerns seeking Soviet orders to beware of any one professing to have an “inside track” in Russian trade. “There is no inside track in deal- ing with Russian organizations,” Marcus continued. He said, “If you have been accustomed to reck- oning with large expense accounts for the dining and winning of buyers of your goods in foreign markets please remember that such practices are absolutely and very strictly for- bidden in the Soviet Union.” Marcus added today that his many years’ experience made him aware now that racketeers claiming an in- side track would try to victimize American firms. “And such people have been able to victimize in connection with trade between two other nations because these practices have worked some- | times?” “Yes,” he replied. “I'm an old for- eign trade man, I never employed these tactics because I had a different code, but I know they exist.” Marcus was amused at the furore caused by his statement and said he was in no | trouble over it. THIS Saturday | Evening e NOV. 25th at 8 P.M. CELEBRATE 50th Birthday and 30 Years in Revolutionary Movement MAX BEDACHT TESTIMONIAL BANQUET Earl Browder, Clarence Hatha- way, James W. Ford, William Weiner, Charles Krambein M-U-S-1-C ANDRE CIBULSKI Soviet Singer EUGENE NIGOB Pianist Miss GRESSLER Violinist IRVING PLAZA léth St., cor. Irving Place Reservations $1 Get Tickets at Workers’ Book Store, 50 East 13th Street WORKERS PATRONIZE CENTURY CAFETERIA 154 West 28th Street Pure Food Proletarian Prices So arm oka imate in New York. say that it has grown to be more important, very few things can be more important, it certainly developed added points of significance, * a br meet may be the first tangi- ble indication of the new interest in labor sports which has recently been making considerable headway, We have heard “new interest” talk for years and it generally turned out to be a rather sad sort of whistling in the dark. But in the past few months I have spoken to literally hundreds of people who voluntarily assured me of their in- terest and asked how they could help. The volume of mail to the column has quadrupled in the past three weeks and the notes are full of inquiries, suggestions. This par- ticular new interest is no whistling in the dark, Tonight's tournament is a great chance for the New York District of the Labor Sports Union to realize its possibilities in wrestling and guage its immediate prospects for similar activity in other sports. Our material is there and we have the leadership, For the first time tonight two major figures in the American revolutionary movement are going to actively participate in an event of this kind. Ciarence Hathaway was enthusiastic when his subject, “Sports and Revolution,” was suggested and jotted the date down into a jammed calendar with- out any hesitation. Joseph Free- man, the editor of “New Masses” has been declining speaking engage- ments for weeks just to save his voice for the announcer’s job. This is no blarney. It’s almost discon- certingly true. Peay aa | iE wrestling talent on show will be actually equally in calibre to the best of the more elaborate and more profitable Madison Square Garden amateur shows and certainly superior to the inflated professionals. The Greek Spartacus is sending a representation of half a dozen boys with fascinating backgrounds. One Mike, whose last name I’m unable to ascertain, is a former Metropolitan A. A. U. lightweight champion, He works in the day now and studies engineering at night. Proios of the same club picked up his wrestling on This Is the Night Tonight the Daily Worker and the Labor Sports Union are holding a wrestling tournament at the Harlem Labor Temple There is a bit of undue solemnity about this announcement. which I can’t very well help because the thing is so important from many angles and it’s so near, The idea was originally conceived to help in this paper’s $40,000 Drive.and while I won’t¢ 7 an Italian training ship. This club is opening a fully equipped gym- nasium here next month. The other Spartacus from the Bronx is sending several comparative newcomers who mopped up all op. | position in their novice meets, I un- derstand, and there are three entries from the Harlem Y. M, C. A. the Negro wrestlers who competed in the Scottsboro Benefit Meet, Entries are listed from the K Prolets and Fichte clubs, among others, . * [UST how good some of the unat- tached are we'll start finding out at the eliminations which begin at | Six tonight. Here's an entry blank listing Sol Fisher, the dashing youth who directs sports activities at work- ers’ camps in the summer and heads the Metropolitan Workers’ Soccer League in season. He has recently returned from a tour of the coast where he has collected for the Daily as much as $2 a touch for exhibiting his_muscles. If you regard big names as an attraction, by all means come. The place will be an autograph hunter's promised land, but even to popular- ize this affair I refuse to adopt that peculiarly odious channel of pub- licity. This thing will be worth your time and money on its own merits, A telephone call in the midst of the preceeding paragraph informs me that some of the boys from the Greek Spartacus are talk- ing things over with Jim Londos who is to come, not in the capacity of a celeb but of referee. I hope he shows up. He will witness a special burlesque of just the sort of comedy wrestling which has been supplying him with bread, butter and Packards for many a year, You can find the details about the show in the advertisement on page three. Eight o'clock is the best time to arrive. Only a few tickets will be sold after the Standing Room Only Sign is hung. I'll see you there. , 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: Total to date ............. $153.76 PERSONAL ALFRED H. Please call home. Mother ill. CARL BRODSKY All Kinds Of INSURANCE 799 Broadway N.Y. C. STuyvesant 9-5557 DR. JULIUS LITTINSKY 107 BRISTOL STREET Bet, Pitkin and Sutter Aves., Brooklyn PRONE: DICKENS 2-2018 Offles Moers: 8-10 A.M. 1-2, 6-8 P.M. COHENS’S 117 ORCHARD STREET Nr, Delancey Street, New York City 3 Wholesale Opticians BYES &: By Dr. A.Woinstein Tel. ORchard 4-4520 Optometrist Factory on Premises STATIONERY and MIMEOGRAPH SUPPLIES At Special Prices for Organizations Lerman Bros., Inc. Phone ALgonquin 4-3356 — 8843 29 East 14th St. N. ¥. C. [NEW HEALT Fresh Food—Proletarian Prices All Comrades Meet at the The Next GALA EVENT OF THE DAILY WORKER Saturday, December 30 Save This Date! Trade Union Directory +++ CLEANERS, DYERS AND PRESSERS UNION 828 Second Avenue, New York City Algonquin 4-4267 FOOD WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 4 West 18th Street, New York City Chelsea 3-050 FURNITURE WORRERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 816 Broadway, New York City Gramerey, 5-8956 METAL WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 85 Enst 19th Street, New York City Gramercy 7-7842 NEEDLE TRADES WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION 131 West 28th Street, New York City Lackawanna 4-1910 JADE MOUNTAIN American & Chinese Restaurant 197 SECOND AVENUE Bet, 12 & 13 Welcome to Our Comrades All Comrades meet at the Vegetarian Workers’ Club —DINING ROOM— Natural Food for Your Health 220 E. 14th Street and Third Avenues H CENTER CAFETERIA ~. 19TH 8T., WORKERS’ CENTER: 1, FREUHEIT MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA in new international melodios from Soviet Union, arranged and directed by 1. Shafter, SYLVIA BAGLEY, Soprano Opera Singer, in opera solos. % Tickets in advance 10 cents less at. THIRD ANNUAL JUBILEE of thee Jewish Communist Monthly “DER HAMMER” Sunday Afternoon, November 26th, at 1:30 P. M. at CITY COLLEGE AUDITORIUM Twenty-Third Street and Lexington Avenue, New York PROGRAM-—— 12th Street and at the Workers’ Book Shop, 50 East 13th Street. 8 JOSEPH HABERGRITZ, violinist in solos from Kreister cad others, Ruth Picker at plano, ARTEF in 9 new mass play “Revolt” from L. Feinberg. “GENDEL” from the Artef in some- thing new, graduate & 5. ADMISSION 50 cents and 75 cents. — All Seats Reserved the Morning Fretheit Office, 35 East i .j a k f | Se aR ne PO REELS SRR OE: Ae F ”