The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-20
Ivy. DEFENSE
READY TO AID
CLASS VICTIMS
10000 Workers Repre-
sented in Conference

NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 1s.-Here
in New York where there have been
all sorts Of defense organizations Gre
sted for the purpose Of defending the
Victims Of the various drives launch
ed against labor by the agents Of capl-
tslist class terror, many skeptlcs thot
II an impossible task to consolidate
into one organization this fundamen-
tai work. Since Sunday, however, Il
has become plain TO all those Inter
ested In the struggle Of labor against
tyranny that under the banner Of
the International Labor Defense such
an organization Is actually In exist.
ence.
A check-up of the total number Of
workers represented by the various
organizations participating in the con-
ference Of last Sunday reveals the
fact that more than 10000 workers
were involved in the meeting. This
is a very conservative estimate.
A Committee Of Action.
The personnel Of the local execu-
tive committee and the organizations
they represent leaves no doubt in the
minds Of those informed on defense
activities in the past, since the dark
days of the beginning of the world
war, that those workers who fall into
the clutches Of the legalized thugs
Of the ruling class, and those now
suffering in prison, and the families
dependent upon these workers will
have an effective organization behind
them in their struggle.
Prominent among the members of
the executive committee are two wo-
men who have for years been in the
forefront Of the defense work in this
city Rose Baron and Mrs. Kate Git
low, Representing the /. w. w. is
Richard (''Dick') Brazier, himself one
of the victims of capitalism during
the; war hysteria Others are Lena
Greenberg of the Joint Board OF the
FurrieFss Union, L. J. Shader of the
Shoe Workers Protective Union; L.
Noffbauer Of the Architectural Iron
Workers Union; W. Feinstein of the
Window Cleaners Union; X. Fabri-
cant of the United Council of Work
ing Glass Women; J. Kossov Of the
International Labor Defense Branch
No. 8; R. Moore of the Elevator Op-
orators Union; M. Spavik, for Work
ers' Union No. 10; A. Walker of the
Hungarian Sick Benefit Association;
A. LEVITT Of international Workers
Defense Branch No. 8; S. Reisel of
the Brotherhood of Painters; A. N.
Shalupsky, Max Rishen, ]. Scheinen,
W. Cohen, and N. Sharnow, represent
ing various branches of the Work
mems Circle.
This committee, representing as it
does a cross section of the labor
movement in New York, is already
laying concrete plans for the purpose
of consolidating all defense work, and
Of building up powerful organization
that will leave its impress upon every
struggle, in which workers face the
ordeal Of capitalist courts.
Best of Legal Defense.
s TO obtain the best legal defense for
persecuted workers. and to at all times
work under the advice of experts in
handling workers cases will be one
Of the principal aims Of the organ
ization. Furthermore, great deal of
energy will be devoted to- relief of
prisoners and their dependents in or
der to alleviate as much as possible
the horrors endured by those already
in the clutches of the bestial tyrants
who run the prisons of this country.
On the committees are also mem
bers who are familiar with the white
terror in other countries and who
will be able to aid in forwarding the
work of defense and relief of those
victims all over the world who have
dared challenge the ruling cliques of
their own lands.
Defense Ball Arranged.
] Among other things, the commit
tee has arranged for Defense Ball
tthat is to be held in this city on Oc-
tober II. This win be one of the
biggest affairs Of its kind ever staged
in New York and will be means of
bringing together large numbers of
defense workers and their sympathiz-
ers. Special features are being ar
ranged for this occasion and it prom
Uses to be one Of the events of the
coming winter in the labor movement
here.
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