The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-29
CANNON ON TOUR
OF MEETINGS IN
MEMORY OF DEBS
|. L. D. Begins Drive for
"Bebs Enrolment

James P. Cannon, national secre.
tary of international Labor Defense.
will tour the country to address a
series of Debs' Memorial meetings
which have been arrangd by I. L.
D. to pay tribute to the life and work
Of the old rebel fighter Debs in the
labor and revolutionary movement
These meetings in the numerous cen.
ters of the country will also initiate
the "Debs Enrolment Campaign" OF
organizations into the I. L. D. of work
ers from all sections of the labor
movement to help to carry on the
work to which Eugene Debs so en-.
Enthusiastically gave him support.
Debs' Message.
In message sent before his death
to International Labor Defense, upon
the national committee of which he
had served since its inception, Debs
wrote:
I'VE must not for an instant pause
IN our activities in behalf of the vic
tins Of the class struggle. We must
remember and never for moment
forget Tom Mooney, Warren Billings,
Matthew Schmidt, Anita Whitney.
Sacco, Vanzetti, RangeI and Cline, the
seventy members Of the I. w. w. in
the fostering black holes of California
and all other rebels under capitalist
imperialism in prison or on trial, or
placed under arrest for their loyalty
to the working class Not only this
but all the liberal, radical and pro-
gressive forces OF the labor move
ment and all others who believe in
the right Of free speech, free assem-
blage and free press should rally to
the support of the International La.
Dor Defense in the campaign to wipe
all anti-criminal syndicalism and anti
sedition laws from the statute books
Of the states which have enacted them
for no other purpose than to gag the
lips of the working class and strange
all progressive tendencies of the L.
Dor movement"
Schedule.
The meetings to honor the work of
Gene Debs in the movement Of tbs
working class have thus far been ar
ranged as follows:
Chicago, on October 30, at Temple
Hall, Marshfield and Van Buren,, g. D.
m, with James P. Cannon, Ralp Chap
lin, the ]. w. w. poet and former class
war prisoner; Lyman Schneid, geu-
eral organizer of the Amasgamated
Press, who served term in Leaven.
worth during the war as a political
/ prisoner, and others.
Detroit, on Oct 81, at the Detroit
Armory, Brush and Larned streets,
at p. m, with James P. Cannon and
other speakers.
Youngstown, on Nov. 1, at the
Ukrainian Hall, SIS w. Rayen ave.
nue., 8 p. M, with James P. Cannon
and speakers from the local labor
movement.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 8, with James p.
Cannon and other speakers at the La
Dor Lyceum.
Boston, Nov. 4, at fremont Temple,
Lorimer Hall, at p. m, with James
P. Cannon as main speaker.
Buffalo, Nov. 5, with James p.
/ Cannon.
Akron, Nov. 6, at the Perkins Audi
forum, Bowery and w. Exchange
streets, 1880 D. m, with James P.
Cannon, and DR.. ]. N. Simmons as
chairman.
Philadelphia, Nov. Z, with James
P. Cannon.
st. Louis, Nov. 10, with James p.
Cannon and other speakers.
Kansas City, Nov. IA, with James
P. Cannon.
A highly successful overflow meet
ing has already been held in New
York where the Carnegie Hall and
the Central Opera House were filed
to capacity. In Cleveland a success.
full meeting was addressed by Charles
Cline, Tom Clifford, veteran in the
labor movement and an old friend Of
Debs, and Israel Amter. Carl Hacker
was chairman.