The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-09
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Union, one of the organizations af-
! filiated with our committee, some of
the workers lifted him up on their
shoulders and moved towards one of
the speakers stands. When the 25,-
900 workers saw Gold they immediate
| ly demanded that he be allowed to
speak. More than 80 per cent of those
present joined in this demand.
GAS the cry was taken up by more
and more workers, the socialists, Au-
gust Claessens, secretary of the local
organization and Abraham Weinberg,
called upon the police to break up the
meeting. By this act they showed
that if their own plans could not be
realized they preferred to have the
I demonstration broken up and at the
same time allow scores of workers
to receive broken heads.
Liberation Fight Goes On.
"The Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency
Committee will go on with it's work
and save the lives of these two con-
demned workers.
"The Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency
Committee was organized July 9, 1926,
at a conference held at the Labor
Temple, 243 East Saith ST., where 400
delegates attended, representing 500,z
( 900 workers organized in trade unions,
labor, fraternal and other organiza-
lions. 1t held its second conference
April %, 1927, and its third meeting
June "a, 1927, when it went on record
in favor of the one-hour strike and
the Union Square demonstration.
"Since our committee has been or
ganized it has held hundreds of meet
ings in the vicinity of New York.
Large gatherings have been held with
speakers we have furnished in Phila-
delphia, Albany, Union City, Passaic,
Hartford, Stamford, New Haven,
Newark, Bridgeport, Jersey City, Pat
Iterson, Buffalo and Elizabeth to name
only a few.
"In New York City we filled Madi-
son Square Garden on November II,
1926 where over $4,000 workers gath
cred and listened to speeches by such
speakers as Elizabeth Gurley Flynn,
Leonard Abbot, Arturo Giovannitti,
Arthur Garfield Hays, Carlo Tresca,
Jacob Panken, Norman Thomas, Will
liam 2. Foster and many others.
Big Demonstration April 18th.
Con Saturday, April 16, we held a
mass demonstration in Union Square
where over 10000 workers gathered
and protested under our direction
The speakers at that demonstration
included Bishop Paul Jones, Leonard
Abbot, McAlister Coleman, Robert w
Dunn, Arthur Garfield Hays, Paxton
Hibbin, Scott Nearing, Harry Kelly
Carlo Tresca and others.
eve have at all times done our ut
most to centralize the work in this
city. On April 26th of this year oul
executive committee elected com.
mittee of three to attend the Sacco-
Vanzetti Liberation Committees exc
cutive board conference to try and
coordinate the work.
"On May IL we sent them a letter
requesting information about the one.
hour strike and offering our coopera.
ton. On June Is, Carlo Tresca repre-.
senting our committee attended o
meeting of their executive committee
and told them that we would cooper
ate intellectually in the strike and
demonstration.
"On June 25th we received letter
from Frisina in which he said:
"'This committee instructs me tc
thank you most kindly for your in
terest in the case of Sacco and Van
zetti and to assure you that we ap
preciate all your efforts in their be-
half.
"'Under separate cover, am send
ing you a copy Of the circular letter
which we are sending to all the labol
unions in the city, SO that you may
: see for yourself what we are doinl
: for that date.
$ "'Please advise me what--if any
8 thing-you are planning for the sam'
0 date in your locality.
j "'With best wishes and kindest re
CARDS, beg to remain for tho liberia
n ton Of Sacco and Vanzetti.
'Fraternally yours,
q (Signed) Leonardo Frisina,
o Executive Secretary
s "On the basis of this letter and tn
!. conversation our committee later he'll
: with Frisina, we went ahead and pre-