The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-10
HARRY CANNES
LECTURES JUDGE
ON FREE SPEECH
His Honor Rules Cops
Time Was Wasted

Police interference with the street
meetings of the Workers Party has
not dampened the enthusiasm of the
members or lessened the attendance
at the meetings. AS the campaign
grows in intensity and the various
candidates increase their efforts to
gobble up the labor vote, the work
ers of Chicago are showing decid-
ed interest in the Communist mes
sage of the Workers Party.
The large numbers Of workers that
come to hear our speakers apparent
ly has aroused the anger of the BUSH
ness elements, who compel the police
to try and stop the meetings and fail
ing to do so, arrest the speakers.
Will Fight For Right.
Several of these attempts to deny
the Workers Party the right of free
speech on Chicagos streets have
proved abortive. The party is deter
mined to avail itself of every oppor-
tunity to present it's message to the.
workers.
On last Saturday, while Harry Gan
mes of the Young Workers League,
was speaking at Orchard and North
Avenue, he was taken off the box
before he had chance to begin his
speech. Cannes was taken to the
police station and booked for disor-
derby conduct.
Maurer Takes Stand.
No sooner was Cannes arrested
than George Maurer took the plat
form and continued his speech de.
spite threats of arrest.
1t was learned that the cause Of
the arrest was complaint made to
the local police station by the North
Avenue Improvement Association.
The crowd at Orchard and North
Avenue sympathized with the speak.
ers and resented the arrests.
Tells 1t To Judge.
Comrade Cannes ably defended
himself yesterday morning before the
police court judge and the case was
dismissed. Have not a right of
free speech on the streets?" Cannes
asked of the judge. The Judge re-
piled that he was not giving him Ie-
gal advice, and suggested that his
party was able to inform him on that
point. "The case is dismissed" said
His Honor.
The free speech fights in Engle.
wood and Cicero have ended yictori-
ously for the party. Last Thursday
evening a battery of Communist
speakers were at 62nd and Halsted
streets ready for a vocal scran IN
case OF police interference. But there
was none. The lone cop in the vfcint.
W gave the meeting a wide berth.
Negroes Interested.
Two very successful meetings that
deserve special mention were held
last week. One was on the South
SIDE IN the colored section with Cor
don Owens as speaker. Twenty
workers came up and signed the me-
titions for placing the Communist
candidates on the ballot and several
slgnified their desire to Join the
Workers Party.
AL Rooseyelt and Thalman over 3O0
workers listed attentively TO the
speakers, bought a large quantity ~
literature and several stayed after
the meeting was over to inouira
about the necessary procedure in an.
plying for membership in the Work.
ers Party.
Ihls is the first Communist cleo.
ZION campaign ever held in Cbicaoo
one OF the most satisfactory results
from the campaign is the largo ouan
tity OF literature sold at the meet.
ings. -"ee'
SHEET MEETINGS IN CHICAGO.
wednesday, Sept. 10.
oznd ana Halsted SITS, auspices r5th
nanlan branches; speakers: Herd. Ceorga
Luxembourg Y. w. L.; spealrerse u9pic gI
Farley and others. - H.
S2nd and Morgan SITS. ausnices po,,.1
branches; speakers Polish comrade ana
Thursday, Sept. II.
oznd and Halsted SITS, auspices Engla-
Wood Woo. w. p. and Y w. L.; speaissrs.
Kline and others spe"Aers'
18th st. and 51st Ave. auspices Cicero
c cnnncnesi speakers; Farley, Lithuanian
coHraue and others.
47th and Ashland (and Gross, .,,.n,a
po oiiish branches; speakers Herd and
Friday, Sept. IT,
~ lawrence and Sawyer, auspices Irving
LARK LARK branches; speakers; Peter Herd and
=, North Ave. and Washtenaw. apsnices
N. w English and Maplewood Y W. IT,.
SPEAKERS Borgeson, Kjar and Farley.
Roosevelt and Holman, auspices w
Nhykovl y. W. L.; speakers: J. I,ouis
Engdahl and Abe Harris. u's'
Wilton and Belmont auspices NJ "
w. L.. speakers Swabeck. ELSA RIooi'
Gregory Maurer. '" 0iooA'