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Page Four DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TU JESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1934 Gary St Labor Board Is Trick: to Wear Out Strikers By an Electrical Worker | Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Mc gathered in tury Elec! Each morning| nd the Cen- e the defeated called the ele in its dealing thereby admitting the just cause of | the employes in their walkout. | The Regional Labor Board thus} has exposed its weakness in dealing with the situation, since the com- at no time altered ng whomever they wish. Board has given the} excellent opportunity | most loyal and r production wor c ment which will m: le ze-establishing the p nedule. I can now easily understand why the labor and arbitration boards al- ways hob-nob back and forth with) the company, while strike-breaking | IN THE By Three More Orphans So after all Mrs. Antonio, con- victed of the murder of her hus- band, has been electrocuted, while adulterers of food, poisoners of killers of strikers and murderers run around carefree. Ruling class e is running true to form. We can recall offhand the case of the wife of a Cleveland manufac- turer (Kaber) who was convicted of murdering her husband, and given (merely) a prison term for it: but we cannot recall one instance where a woman of the upper crust has been executed for murdering a husband—or for any other crime. Nor, for that matter, can we re- call that any man of the monied class has ever “paid” for any crime in chair, noose or lethal chamber. The death penalty is reserved by the capitalist State for those who do not belong to the class that rules. Commenting recently in the N. Y. American on the Antonio case, that gallant and magnificently well-heeled gentleman, Arthur Bris- bane, out of the boundless depths of a benevolent and compassionate Christmas spirit, had these char- itable remarks to make: “There is no excuse for her, although it was shown at the trial that her husband was a peddler of drugs, therefore a dangerous public enemy, and that he beat and otherwise ill-treated her.” | No doubt the money-soaked,| dollar-logged Brisbane figures that if she was beaten and “otherwise ill-trea‘ed” by her spouse, Mrs. An- tonio (mother of three small chil- dren) should simply have left the brute. On what would she and the children have lived, in this case? Ah, what quibbling? A truly great soul would not pause to worry about such great picayune details. Un- questionably the poor woman could hove vot a jod sharpening the Magnanimous Brisbane’s Hearst- ba ap 10a <poNCas. With which he also, incidentally, coied into the same article some lines (by way of carrying out the ruli class policy of keeping the “public” sex-conscious at all costs in order to keep the proletariat oc- cupied with questions of no sig- nificance) marveling at the “differ- ence between women and men con- victed of murder”; this remarkable fact having been deduced by the astute Brisbane because the two men ordered big dinners before facing the chair, while Mrs. An- tonio didn't care to cat. The major lesson to be drawn from this and similar cases is the one emphasized over and over again by our leaders—that individual methods of rebelling against oppres- sion end in such tragic failures a5 TRIAL SUB OFFER DAILY WORKER St., New York City 50 E. 13th Send me the Daily Worker every day for two months. I enclose $1 (check or money order) Name ...... Address ..... city . State .. Note: This offer does not apply to re- newals, nor does it hold good for Man- hattan and Bronx. BOOST “DAILY” DRIVE—! }employezs as outli ir | protects the rich (mul »| whenever necessary, HELEN LUKE e€ police are furnished by city or state, | so that pickets and strikers wear down and strike-breakers can be re- | employed unmolested Such playing for time is especi- ally favorable to the boss and} unfavorable to the strikers, and just another reason for the need} of unemployment insurance to all without discrimination of $7 a week to be paid by the government and in government i-millionaire) and this un- employment insurance must pro- tect the poor in case of strikes. is] form. The NOTE: We publish letters from steel, | metal and aute workers every | Tuesday. We urge workers in | these industries to write us of their working conditions and of their efforts to organize. Please | get the letters to us by Friday of | each week. | | ‘ | A Red Builder on every busy | street corner in the country means a tremendous step toward the | dictatorship of the proletariat! 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Noxt best letters will also be printed, with honorable mention given to © their writers, CONTEST CLOSES AUGUST 2dth. ~ DAILY WORKER — 50 East 13th St., New York Worker” Contest to all workers. ideas and simplicity of language. ry! el Plant Preparing to Make Stagger Plan Permanent Employes’ Sales Drive” Is Latest Westinghouse Trick By a Worker Correspondent EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa— The Westinghouse Electric, tak- ing a tip from the American Telephone and Telegraph, again toying with an “employe: sales drive.” It is the company’s intention to mobilize non-selling employes and convert them into after-hours _ salespeopl The propaganda is, as usual—‘the company’s responsibility is partly the responsibility of the worker.” Vot satisfied with sweating the the bosses feel that it is essential that he give his leisure time to the Westinghouse. (Besides, he might read the Daily Worker if he is not occupied.) ‘Plating Room Floor Splashed s . by Chemicals 7 By a Worker Correspondent NEW BRITAIN, Conn.—Since the R. A. “slavery act” was intro- duced, unusual speed-up was placed upon the workers in the plating room at the Stanley Works, espe- cially on chromium plating. The speed is such that the chem- icals poured into the wooden tubs splash so that they soak through walls and floors, which is dangerous for anyone to walk through. And there is such a stink in that de- partment that the place is fit for no human being to work in. The workers about 10 months ago had hopes in the A. F. of L,, which came in to organize them, and succeeded in getting around 60 per cent of the Stanley Workers into their unions. But when the workers saw that the leaders sabotaged their strug- gle when it was time for action, and they found themselves disor- ganized more than organized be- cause of the craft unions that were being created, they began to lose hope in the union. The Stanley workers have not yet learned what an industrial union can do for them. But the sooner they learn and make their union @ rank and file controiled union, r- turn it into an industrial union, the sooner they will be able to bet- vo. une: oCnaavions. ELECTION PROMISES By a Worker Correspondent NEWARK, N. J—During the campaign for Commissioners in Newark, N. J., an Italian candidate, Anthony F- Minisi, ran for Com- missioner. During the campaign, the usual promises were made to the Italian workers. He was elected. The Italian workers, remembering the promises made, went to his office for as- sistance in alleviating their suffer- ings, but the door was slammed in their face. One man received help, and that was Frank Loria, of Ordine Figli D’Ogira Mutuo Soccorso, a society of Italian workers which gave him 1,600 votes, thus actually electing Minisi- Returning to Frank Loria, he bought off 1,600 votes in the or- ganization. As a result of politics, Loria gambled his $4,000 barber shop and lost. Also, $250 was taken out of the treasury of the society and used for the election campaign of Minisi. Frank Loria was the only man to get help as a result of Minisi being elected. He was placed in the City Hall for a short time and then fired. At present he is without work, his business has been lost as a result of politics. Nevertheless, he still insisted on playing politics by trying to join and make connec- tions with a political club, which was turned down. Now this is the New Deal for Minisi and the N.R.A. BOOK STORES MERGED MILWAUKEE, Wisc., Aug. 12-— The management of the Workers’ Bookstore, formerly at 1110 West Nozth Ave., has announced that the store has now been combined wich Vanguard Books and that the com- bined establishment will be known as the’ Workers’ Vanguard Book- store with quarters on the second floor at 312 West State StS. Busi- ness hours are from 9:30 to 4:30. Twenty thousand new readers by Sept. Ist means 20,000 addi- tional recruits for organized class struggle, Catskill Resort Speedup Exhausts Workers Quickly (By a Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK.—The Wood- bridge Employment Agency in the Catskill mountains charges workers $4 to 5 for the privilege of a job working 18 to 20 hours a day, and therefore are short of hands Woodb:idge, N. J.. hotels pay the kitchenmen, porter, dish- washer, etc, $50 to $75 per month. Due to the speed-up and long hours, wozkers employed from out of town hold the job two or three days and quit. Bosses do not take them back to the R. R. station, which is some- times 15 mines away. Some that have a few dollars fall a prey to the above agency, others move from place to place. where, they get picked up by the charged with vagzancy, re siven 30 days. Most hotels are “Kosher” and wp is so great that hands with running b € blood ofter. mix with water and food which. is being served. If they cannot get along any- | > Rebuilding F ikpocne By a Steel Worker Correspondent GARY, Ind—Fellow workers, what is going on in the Gary Steel Works, especially No. 3 open hearth? Yo all know how we are working on a stagger system ever | since the first part of the last half of July. The production has been dropping right along. But there is something extra going on in No. 3 open hearth. They are rebuilding furnace No. 40 with double spout and ladle stands. That means a single furnace to make two differ- ent sorts of steel. By enlarging the furnace and keeping down the other furnace we get the open hearth. There are 13 furnaces, but they only use these engines to do the work of four. And, furthermore, they are taking down No. 1 open hearth pit cranes to replace them in three open hearths | Whenever you meet up with some of the American Federation of La- bor or the Amalgamated Associa- jchip and ship them back to be re- to Eliminate Jo bs | Working on Special Order for High Carbon Steel for Government tion local officials they tell you of weeks only. So the other day I had a chance to ask one of them, | since he was so sure that prosperity | is here, why is it that nothing is! on the up and up, for instance, at} the Gary and Crown Point trac- tions. But these fakers can’t and will not see it and I told them that we were getting from five to seven days’ pay and some departments are getting only three or four days. Then right away they stated that it wasn’t their business what the mills are doing: Fellow workers, what is taking place in 44 Glooming mill and how do they work their men? One works from eight to four. Then they come the next day from twelve to eight. | We make a high carbon s‘eel, or slabs, as we call it. They roll them, heated for special material for gov- ernment use, and you can decide yourself where that stuff goes. Boys Employed on Job in Boiler Room Heated as High as 200 Degrees By a Metal Worker Correspondent BROOKLYN, N. Y.—The Circle Flexible Conduit Co., at Flushing and Woodside Aves. violates the futile laws of the National Robbery Act by employing boys 16 years of age and uncer, worxing them three shifts for $15 per week under intense heat from boilers which registers as high as 200 degrees. This company fears the older men would quickly understand the situation and begin to organize and demand their constitutional rights to live as human beings. Villages Decay, Crisis Deepens in Farm Area By a Worker Correspondent ENEVA, Ohio, is a village of 3,000 in northeastern Ohio, three miles from the shores of Lake Erie. It is in the heart of the grape belt but there is also considerable general farming. I have been coming here for several summers and I see it undergoing decay. In former summers the village library kept a fairly good assort- ment of current periodicals. Ap- propriations have been cut. There are few magazines of the slightest consequence; there are no new books except in the field of stage and drama, which are furnished by a former resident who is a dramatic critic for a Cleveland paper. There is nothing on economics of the least importance. The telephone is rapidly disap- pearing from the homes of farmers. Primitive methods of pioneers days enslave the farmer and the farm- er's wife. The new farmer (there are a few) cannot afford to install electricity. He uses oil lamps. He cannot pay the required assessment for running water. He uses the pump. The weekly washing is per- formed almost as in colonial days. The A. F. of L. has established three locals to cover the village in- dustries; the principal ones being a fork and hoe company, a metal- wheel, and a hardware company. But the workers are dissatisfied with William Green's racket. If they wish to have an outside speaker, they must pay handsomely to se- cure the services of one of Mr. Green’s henchmen, and then they are told nothing. So they are be- coming discouraged with their first contact with this type of labor union. A delegation of speakers, repre- senting the Ohio Farmers’ League, visited the neighboring village of Austinburg recently and submitted a militant program which called for cancellation of all farm mortgages. They also showed pictures of farm- ing under the Soviet planned econ- omy. Despite the intense heat and the poor lighting facilities, it was like a ray of sunshine breaking out of dark clouds. Efforts should be made to dis- tribute literature advertising the League to every village and hamlet, Many of the farmers and workers are curious about progress in the Soviet Union, but radical contacts have been few and there still re- mains a stone wall of intense con- servatism. However, the deepening economic crisis will break this, and a wise distribution of agitational and | hae material will hasten the lay. Those Party members and sympa- thizers, who are lucky enough to be on vacation during the summer, must not neglect the opportunity to spread enlightment in villages and farming communities. They will find small receptive groups everywhere. GENERAL ELECTRIC BOASTS By a Worker Correspondent NEW York.—The Rex Cole Sales Organization had a real blow-out August 7 at the Waldorf Astoria. The ballroom on the second floor was packed. Twenty pieces of music kept us from falling asleep. The breakfast was good, and did cost a little change, to ke sure. Two sketches were performed on the stage pertaining to General | Electric products. One speaker praised the system of the G. E. Co. and said that nowhere in the world did electric appliances have such a Builders of Military Reseryation Road Strike for More Pay By a Worker Correspondent LEBANON, Pa.—If there ever was a just cause for a strike, that was the strike of the men who built the road at Indian Town Gap for the Military Reservation. They got 35 cents per hour, crushing stone un- der the hot sun with a 12-pound sledge hammer. They had to pay 25 cents for transportation. No time was given for rest or meal: If ever a strike promised a suc- cess this one did. The military clique was in a hurry to complete this road, as the militia was ar- riving on July 14 for training. The workers were worn out and dis- gusted with the job and agreed on the previous day to join on the next morning. Wednesday morning, June 27, one section failed to resume work, In reply to the contractor’s inquiry, they enumerated their demands. The contractor told them he would make no decisions, but would for- werd the demands to Harrisburg. State troopers arrived and started to chase the strikers away from the premises. Some of the strikers lost heart and started one by one sneaking back to their job. By noon time the few remaining strikers in disgust went home to Lebanon. Notwithstanding this, the strike was. a success after all, and the proofs are that the next Monday a new road was started and the conditions given are those requested by the strikers—50 cents an hour, paid transportation, etc. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS | MORE DISCIPLINE URGED that the stoppage was for a couple | Ambridge Terror Directed Against Daily Worker Sale By a Worker Correspondent AMBRIDGE, Pa.—I have been informed and advised not to sell the Daily Worker on the streets. The rotten burgesses of this town gave orders to the police to ar- rest every one who is found sell- ing the paper. Two weeks ago they arrested two comrades who | were holding a meeting. ‘James S. Coughlin Steel Co. put up posters in the mills that for any worker to suggest how to improve production should do so, and any worker who makes a little mistake on a job has to pay a fine, getting a week or more off, or losing the job, and the workers are so scared they don’t dare talk about the union. I heard from one worker that in the last presidential election that some workers talked against Hoover and got arrested for that. I’m going to ask all my friends to get the yearly subscription to the Daily Worker. Rifle Teams at Servel Are Hand-Picked By a Worker Correspondent EVANSVILLE, Ind.—Regarding war preparations at Servel, there is nothing visible, but this shop has a modern machine shop, Pressis Shears, which could be converted into a war machine in 24 hours. But they are feverishly preparing for the approaching war with em- Ployees by organizing interplant competitive rifle teams, as reported last week, I was just informed that Servel’s riflemen are hand picked and their activities are secret. One worker told me he had tried to get in on a team since the start and can’t | so much as learn the location of the outdoor range. But this worker didn’t see the significance of this until I explained it to him. I told him it was brutal prepara- tien to murder workers if they re- fuse to work and starve, which they are now doing, and this worker says they are using army rifles 30-30 and army ammunition. Anti-War Meeting in Chemical Center By a Chemical Worker Corre- spondent NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y¥.—We had over 600 workers at the Aug. 1 meeting against war and fascism at the market grounds. Many work- ers’ wives were there and young fellows and girls, and many for the first time heard how the Commu- nist Party is leading the struggles of the workers. The meeting was an event of great importance in this city of chemicel manufacturers, one of the greatest centers of war industries New York City. Dear Comrades: A few lines about the discipline of some of our comrades. I was one of the committee assigned on the 1st of August to keep order in Union Square and I was very much dis- appointed at the discipline of our comrades. Although it was in the Daily Worker on the 1st page Aug. | 1st, urging the comrades to pay at- tention to the speakers, they were doing otherwise. The separate meet- ings and the conversations were worse than before. Many of the comrades on committee got disap- pointed. I asked one of them what he thinks of it. “Oh,” he says, “they make me sick, I will not bother with them any more.” One worker, the first time in our demonstration, said to me, pointing to separate groups, “You Communists have no discipline.” I think, comrades, that suggestions to have ccmmittees for that purpose is a good suggestion. We must not be disappointed from the results of the first time. Comradely yours, MORE DISCIPLINE URGED New York City Dear Comrades: A few lines about the discipline of some of our comrades. I was one of the committee assigned on the Ist of August to keep order in Union Square and I was very much disappointed at the discipline of our comrades. Although it was in the “Daily Worker” on the first page August Ist, urging the com- rades to pay attention to the speakers; they were doing other- in the country. The call for unity. of ali workers, Negro and white, native and foreign-born, was cheered by the workers. Hundreds of the workers remained long after dark, asking questions about the Soviet Union and discussing their own problems and living conditions. The unit of the Communist Party distributed 1,000 copies of the Daily Worker, with a leaflet attached to each one calling them to the meet- ing and pointing out what the workers here must do, and can do, to prevent the bosses and their gov- ernment from carrying out their war plans. Every copy of the “Daily” was eagerly taken and many workers asked for copies long after the supply was exhausted- We must have many more and bigger meetings like this one, and they must be followed up with the building of strong fighting unions in the chemical plants, the organ- ization of committees against wat and fascism, the drawing in of women to the daily struggles, and the organization of the youth. It means the further building up of the Niagara Falls Employed and Unemployed Protective League, to wise. The separate meetings and the conversations were worse than before. Many of the comrades on the committee got disappointed. I asked one of them what he thinks of it. “Oh,” h2 says, “they make me sick, I will ~not bother with them any more.” One worker, the first time in our demonstration said to me, pointing to separate groups, “You Communists have no disci- pline.” I think comrades that» sug- gestions to have committees for that purpose is a good suggestion. We must not be disappointed from the results of the first time. Comradely yours, As 3D: AN ANSWER TO S. CAROLINA Columbia, S, C. Some time in this month of Au- gust before the 20th. we comrades here in Columbia, will send up some moncy for Angelo Herndon’s case and the Sco'tsboro boys, to save them from the electric chair and good future as in America, includ- ing Soviet Russia. from the chain gang in Georgia. Because we know that it is true demand adequate relief for all un- employed—unemployment insurance paid by the bosses and their gov- ernment and to demand that all war funds be given to the unem- ployed. A Red Builder on every busy street corner in the country mcans a tremendous step toward the dictatorship of the proletariat! that no Negro can live on the chain gang 18 to 20 years in Georgia. Also we only hope that the 15 million Negroes in the U.S.A. would join the LL.D. and the Communis- Party, also the League of Struggle for Negro Rights; this is the only way out for the Negrces and white workers in the U.S.A. We long to see the day come when we Negroes and white workers in the U.S.A. will be free. But only a workers’ and farmers’ government will do the job, --A READER, - | playground. PARTY LIFE | Failure of Party To Act i that around 22nd and Master Street on August 1 and the day following is an accumulation of a long cam- paign of terror, wholesale evictions, The events took place discrimination in relief and jim- crowism in the neighborhood, A few years ago money was col- lected to build a playground at 26th and Master Sts., the edge of the Negro neighborhood, the be- ginning of the white. The money was collected in both sections equally but when this playground was built Negro children were not allowed to swim in the swimming pool, Many attempts were made to keep the Negro children out of the The Negro children are forced to go to jim-crow school. All this has helped to arouse the nationalistic feeling among the Negro people in this section of Philadelphia. and only needed a spark to cause a revolt against this oppression. What Happened On August 1, Mrs. Lucille Suber, 18, who: lives at 2215 Master St., purchased a bar of soap and sugar from a grocer at the corner of 22d and Master. Edmond Morton beat and kicked this woman, who was an expectant mother. The news spread around the neighborhood. In a few minutes, thousands of Negro workers gathered. More than five hundred police immediately swooped down on the neighborhood, attacking the Negro workers and driving them off the street. Negro youths and adults fought back the attacks of thécops. During the night many windows of white store-keepers in the territory were smashed. More than seventy Negro workers were arrested. The next morning in the Magis- trates Court capitalist justice was displayed when the grocer who at- tacked the girl was held under $500 bail and was permitted to sign his own bail bond, while a Negro youth who had taken part in the struggle was held under $600 bail and was held for court. Offers Suggestions From this struggle our Party must draw an important lesson. First, the importance of our white comrades to work in this territory. About four years ago our Party began to work in this sec- tion. Our Party built up a mass influence; the unemployed council was built and led struggles against evictions and hunger. The I. L. D. was able to grow by developing the Scottsboro case into a real cam- paign. The I. L. D., together with the help of two Y. C. L. comrades, were able to call a school strike of more than 200 children in con- nection with the Scottsboro case. With all this mass work carried on, our Party made many mistakes. The most active white comrades were taken out of the section to do other work; the white comrades who remained were not active and only came to unit meetings. Some of our Negro comrades began 10 manifest nationalistic tendencies against every white comrade in the Paty by raising the question of white chauvinism. All this time the Negro reform- ists were not asleep. Reformers of every shade began to come to the section preaching natonalism in order to turn the Negro workers, who were beginning more and more to realize and follow the leadership of the Communists, tell- ing the Negro people that the Com- munist Parity was not sincere in their talk. This nationalism began to take root among the Negro workers, with the help of the police in the evictions. Comrades Under Influence Even some of our Party com- rades began to fall under this in- fluence, and began to say that nothing can be done as long as the Jews in Strawberry Mansion are running things. Our section com- mittee sensed the danger and im- mediately called section member- ship meetings, where the Negro Dr. Luttinger To Appear Tomorrow Dr. Luttinger’s column is omitted tofay due to technical reasons. It will be resumed as usual tomorrow. Growth in Influence of Reformists Struggles of Negro Masses in Philadelphia Reviewed Quickly Resulted in the question was discussed clearly, the white chauvinist tendencies in our white comrades were clearly brought forward and shown to them, for refusing to work in the Negro te- ritory. Afte: thorough discussions in the units, white comrades were assigned to work in the neighborhood. At the same time the danger of petty bourgeois nationalism of the Negro cmzades was also brought for. ward. Actions were taken aeainsg @ Negro comrade, Hamilton, wih could not be corrected on the theories that he developed on the Negro question, that there was no Negro bourgeoisie, no Negro mis- leaders, and other such statem: against the line of the Eighth Con- vention Resolution on the Necro av estion. But our section committee mide the mistake of not checking up on the decisions and seeing that our white comrades carried out fhe tasks of working in the Negro ter- ritory. When the events of August First took place we found ourselves not in position to lead this strug- gle into the correct channels of struggle against the oppression, and for equal rights of the Negro people, but allowed the Negro workers of our section to play into the hands of the Negro reformist, the nationalist, the white ruling class, to lead them into 4 struggle that would cause more hatred and jim-crowism, to enable the Negro petty bourgeoisie to obtain the ghetto, Eut our Party has immediately reacted to this situation. A meet- ing of the section was called at once, with over 80 per cent attend- ance, with representatives of the district, which took up the question of the mass action seriously with our party membership. White com- rades were mobilized to go out with the Negro comrades. Thou- sands of leaflets have been given ovt calling the Negro workers to join hands with the class-conscious white workers who are willing to fight side by side with the Negro People. In spite of the weak position of our Party, white and Negro work- ers who passed out leaflets have found a healthy situation. Worke-s were anxious to get our leaflets. Workers who had no connection with our Party or our mass organ- ization are coming into our section headquarters, taking out leaflets to distribute among the other workers in the neighborhood. Open-air meetings are being arranged, mect- ings of workers are being called by Party members and sympathizers, from which we expect to lay the basis to build the L. S. N. R. The struggle of the Negro masses in North Philadelphia is a healthy reaction; it shows the willingness of the Negro people to fight against all forms of oppression. Who Is To Lead? The question that we are now confonted with is, who will lead these struggles? Our Party or the reformists? The only assurance that we will lead them is how we give leadership to the everyday struggles against evictions and hunger, for the rights of the Negro people, for the freedom of George Johnson, a militant Negro active in the Unemployed Councils, who defended his home against a con- stable and his thugs, and was framed up and convicted for this offense. Linking this up with the free- dom of the Scottsboro boys and Angelo Herndon, we will be able to entrench ourselves among the Negro masses, isolate the reform- ists and nationalists, and build a mass Communist Party that will be able to lead the Negro masses in their fight for full social, polit- ical and economic equality. 5. Philadelphia. Join the Communist Party 36 E. 12th STREET, N. Y. C. Please send me more informa- tion on the Communist Party Name Street, City $15,000 International Lakor Defense Room 430, 80 East 11th St. New York City and Defense. NAME .. ADDRESS fincement. My only hopes of is in your strength.” Free Herndon and Scottsboro Boys “It pleased me greatly to have received your letter today if I did receive unpleasant news a few minutes before. It didn’t weaken my courage and faith whatever so leng as I know you will stick by me... .” Letter from Haywood Patterson, Kilby Prison, June 29, 1934. SCOTTSBORO-HERNDON EMERGENCY FUND I contribute $...............for the Scottsboro-Herndon Appeals | “Since the Georgia Supreme Court upheld my sentence of 18 to 20 years, the bosses and their jail teols have increased the pressure on me. I am deathly sick as a result of the mur- derous treatment accorded me during my two years of con- Letter from Angelo Herndon, Fulton Tower Jail, June 7, 1934. $15,069 ever being in the ranks again