The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-11
LABOR DEFENSE
DAY MEETINGS
IN MANY CITIES
Delegates Also to Con
r fer on Sept. Is

The national office OF International
Labor Defense is being kept busy find
ina speakers to hi the requirements
Of the mass meetings and conferences
being held turnout the country on '+La-
Dor Defense Day" Sunday, Sept. 10.
This day, the first Of Its kind In the
history Of the American labor move
ment, will witness demonstrations in
more that fifty Of the largest cities
Of the country.
At the mass meetings to be held on
Sunday evening, speakers will present
the case Of the more than one hundred
class war prisoners in American jails.
They will ask support for Internatioal
Labor Defense which seeks to defend
all workers attacked for performing
their part in the class-struggle or for
expressing their opinions. The fea-
ture of the meetings will be the case
Of the Is zeigler, ILL.,, coal miners who
are being tried for Conspiracy to
murder" in connection with a mine
strike in which their own union ofici-
ais betrayed them. I. L. D. is making
a nationwide issue Of this fragrant al
lance Of union bureucrats and mine
owners in an attempt to railroad a
group Of progressive, class conscious
miners.
Hold Local Conferences.
The evening demonstrations will be
preceded in the afternoon by local
conferences. In these conferences will
sit representatives from all manner of
working class bodies, trade unions,
benefit societies, co-operatfves, etc. In
addition. there will be present dele
gates from permanent individual
branches Of International Labor De-
Tense
These latter are being formed at a
rapid rate thruout the country. New
York, for example has already close
to fifty and Chicago forty-fve. Perm
anent local central organizations Of
I. L. D. will be set up at the confer
ence and will be composed Of branches
of individual members and collective
affiliations from other workers organ
izations
The local units thus set up win work
under the supervision Of the National
Executive Committee of International
Labor Defense which was established
at the national conference held last
June. The work OF the locals will
consist In agitating for the release of
all class war prisoners, conducting
special campaigns in behalf OF special
cases Of labor persecution, raising
funds for prisoner relief and for the
care of class war prisoners families
and resisting generally all attacks on
workers regardless Of their affiliations
OF views.
Handles Many Cases.
At the present time, International
Labor Defense is confronted with
many cases. Attempts to deport radi-
cal workers of foreign birth, free
speech in Pennsylvania, trials in
Michigan and West Virginia, the at
tempted rsilroading in Zeigler, and
persecution Of members Of the l. W. w.
in defense OF whom l. L. D. seeks to
be of assistance, are some Of the pres
ent duties Of international Labor De-
tense. Scarcely a week goes by that
does not add to the already long list
Of labor cases before the courts Of
the country.
The organization resulting from the
conferences on Labor Defense Day.
viii make it possible for International
Labor Defense to handle all these
cases and many more, beside conduct
ing the necessary work of caring for
the present class war prisoners and
their families.
Prominent Speakers.
In Chicago more than 100 creden-
tials have already been received from
workers organizations wishing to be
represented at its defense conference.
The Chicago mass meeting will be
addressed by Henry Corbishley, the
leading figure in the Zeigler trial, Dun
can Mcdonald of Springfield, VIM. o.
Foster and c. e. Ruthenberg, the lat
ter two defendants in the Michigan
trials. The New York meeting will
have as speakers, James P. Cannon,
secretary Of l. L. d. and prominent
local labor leaders.
San Francisco, Minneapolis, Cincin
natl, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, Phila.
delphia, Pittsburgh, Seattle and many
other smaller centers will stage these
mass meetings and conferences on
Labor Defense Day."