The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-03
GREAT HANDS OFF
CHINA COMMITTEE
ACTS IN CHICAGO
barrow Heads List of
Famous Speakers

row, Congressman A, j. SABBATH,
President John Fitzpatrick of the
Chicago Federation Of Labor and
William A. Guinea are among the
prominent members Of Glands Off
China" Committee under whose aus
pices a huge mass meeting win be
held on May 9th, to protest against
foreign intervention in China and to
demand the withdrawal of United
States armed forces.
Many On Program.
Clarence barrow and Miss Jane Adj
dams head an impressive list of speak
ers who will address the meeting in
Ashland Auditorium, Ashland and
Van Buren, Streets, on Friday at s
p. m. Included in the list are Con-
gresham SABBATH, Rev. John A. Lapp,
Director Of the Catholic National We'll
fare Conference; Mr.. Guinea, several
times Socialist candidate dor mayor;
Rev. Paul Hutchinson Of the Chris
tian Century; Carl Haessler, manag-
ing editor of the Federated Press;
Manuel Gomez, secretary Of the ALI
American Anti-Imperialist League,
and Chao Ting Chi, representing the
Chicago branch Of the Kuomintang
Of China in America.
China For Chinese.
John Fitzpatrick, president Of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, will
send a special message to the meet
ing.
Standing firmly against any at
tempt to involve the United States in
war with China, the committee sup
ports the principle of China for the
Chinese and demands the abolition of
the unequal treaties imposed upon
China by the foreign powers.
The meeting on Friday is intended
to start a wave of protest in Chicago
that will exert pressure toward the
withdrawal of United States armed
forces from China. The prominence
of the speakers and the fact that they
include widely divergent groups
drawn from the labor, church, liberal,
and anti-imperialist fields, make the
meeting an important political event.
Union Heads Speak.
The committee sponsoring the pro-
test meeting includes besides most of
the speakers listed above: Edward
Nockels, secretary of the Chicago
Federation of Labor; Margaret Haley,
secretary of the Teachers Union;
Prof. Ferdinand Schevill of the Uni
versity of Chicago; Ella Boynton of
the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom; William H. Holly
n West Washington Street, is pro-
visional secretary. Cooperating with
the Americans on the committee will
be three representatives of the Chi
nese Kuomintang: Chao Ting Chi, p.
Wong, and J. Chin.
Seen at his office after the COM
mittee session, Mr.. Holly expressed
the attitude of himself and those as
ISOLATED with him, in the following
words:
"1Tillions Of Americans are think
ing seriously about China for the
first time. The United States, de-
claring friendship, nevertheless main
tains large military and naval forces
in Chinese territory, precisely as the
British do. Preparations are being
made to send still larger forces. Shall
we allow them to be used to crush the
great Nationalist movement that is
ushering in the dawn of new day
in China?
at is these considerations which,
as / personally see it, have resulted
in the formation of the Hands Off
China" Committee and which, as well
as the personalities of the speakers,
will give us a huge demonstration
on May 9th. And these same consid-
erations will make of the mass meet
ing the beginning of a sustained move
ment on behalf of the long-suffering
Chinese people"