The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-09
WORKERS PARTY
ANSWERS CHARGE
OF, A. SHIpL ACOFF

Flatly denying all of the charges
sent to the papers yesterday by A.
Shiplacoff and l.. Frisina that the
Communists created disturbance at
the Union Square demonstration for
Sacco and Vanzetti, the New York
District (No. p of the Workers
(Communist) Party has issued a
statement, placing tie blame directly
on Shiplacoff and his associates. The
statement goes on to say, in part:
ct is called to our attention that
Mr.. Abraham I. Shiplacoff in a letter
to the American Civil Liberties Union
charged that the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party is responsible for the break
ing up of the demonstration for Sacco
and Vanzetti at Union Square Thurs
day and that it was decided upon at
a meeting of the Workers Party
Wednesday evening.
"Mr. Shiplacoff claims that he and
his group will not defend Communist
prisoners in the future.
"In the first place Mr.. Shiplacoff
and his socialist colleagues are try
ing to explain away their criminal
action in asking the police to break
up the Sacco-Vanzetti demonstration,
because the thousands of workers
who came to voice their protests de-
manded to hear the militant leader
of the striking furriers, Ben Gold.
"Many of our members and trade
unionists generally have brot to US
the facts concerning the incident,
namely that Gold who together with
members of his union came to share
in the protest and demand the free
dom of Sacco and Vanzetti was recog-
nized by group of workers and they
raised the cry: Gold is in the audi
ence,' which was Overwhelmingly
shouting demand that Gold be given
the platform.
"Gold was hoisted by many of the
workers upon their shoulders and car
ried to the platform. He did not de-
sire to speak and demanded of the
chairman that he be allowed to quiet
the audience so the demonstration
might proceed peacefully.
SIT is the selfish and narrow inter-
ests of the right wing socialists that
is responsible for the entire affair.
First they try to exploit the issue of
Sacco and Vanzetti in their interests,
denying the Sacco-Vanzetti Emer-
gency Committee representing 500,-
600 organized workers of this city
of which we are part, the right to
have a share in the Sacco-VanZettl
demonstration.
"Shi .lacoff is making use of the
fact that the Workers Party held
membership meeting on Wednesday,
a meeting that was advertised in the
press as was also the order of busi-
ness. This is another example Of the
provocative methods of Shiplacoff,
a Sigman, and of the Socialist and
the Forwardite.
GAS to the statement about the de-
cision of the union affiliated with the
Liberation Committee for Sacco and
Vanzetti that they will not in the fu-
ture defend Communist political
prisoners, we want to state that Mr..
Shiplacoff and his associates, the
Sigmans, and the Schachtmans are
today pointing their fingers at and
iailing not only Communists but hum
dreds of trade unionists in the needle
industry.
"The Workers Party will defend in
the future as in the past every work
er taken in the clutches of the capi-
talist police, be he anarchist, social
ist, Communist or workers holding any
other view, so long as he is fighting
in the interests of the wOrkingclass."