The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-09
CCO-VANzETTI COMMITTEE SHOWS
SOCIALISTS BROKE UNITY OF LABOR

which undoubtedly would have been
held without any trouble.
ain behalf of the Sacco-Vanzetti
Emergency Committee we promise to
continue our work in the future as
we have in the past until the day ar
rives that Sacco and Vanzetti leave
the Massachusetts prison as free men
to once again take their places in the
ranks of the working class of this
country.
"SACCO-VANZETTI EMERGENCY
] COMMITTEE,
(Signed) Rose Baron,
! Acting Secretary.
"Carlo Tresca,
Acting Treasurer"
Roger Francezon, delegate of the
Marine Transport Workers, |. U.
$40, l. w. W., issued statement
yesterday exposing the acts at the
Sacco-V anzetti Liberation Committee
meeting held last Wednesday, at
which he was delegate.
1t reads as follows:
"On July 9th the Italian Chamber
of Labor called a meeting of the Sac
co and Vanzetti Liberation Commit
tee. During the discussion, when a
list of speakers was being presented
to the delegates for approval, some
one among the delegates asked if the
Sacco-V anzetti Emergency Committee
was going to be represented also.
The secretary, Brother Frasina, made
a statement declaring that a few days
previous to this date, Carlo Tresca
and Rose Baron came to him and
asked to have united form of action
on this date, at least in the Union
Square demonstration.
"They emphasized, he stated, that
insofar as the Webster Hall and the
Cooper Union Hall had been rented
/ by the Sacco Liberation Committee
they would not insist on having
speakers there, however, they thought
it was all important to have speakers
from both sides speaking at the open
air meeting, as there the audience
would be largely composed of radi-
cally inclined people.
"Frasina declared that at the time
he did not have any objection, due to
the fact that he was finding diff
culties to secure permission from the
park commissioner for the demonstra-
ton of July 9th, so he promised that
both committees could have speakers
at the time.
"But the executive committee, when
told of this new arrangement, strong
/, ly objected to having any body COM
ing from the Communists, as they
termed the Sacco-Vanzetti Emergen-
cy Committee, and Frasina said to
the delegates, Now it is up to you
CAT this point the. chairman Of the
meeting, Abraham Shiplacoff ruled
that a discussion on this point was
not necessary and that the decision
of the executive committee was bind
ing. This started protest from my
self, representing the Marine Trans
| port Workers of the IWW and from
my fellow worker, Ben Edelman, rep
resenting the Industrial District
Council of the IWW, also Brother
James w. Walsh of the Plumbers
Helpers strenuously objected to these
determinations. Then / pointed out
, to Shiplacoff that the audience would
be largely composed of radicals of all
shades, who would protest against
any discrimination, and that some
serious trouble could ensue. Shipla-
coff declared that the police would
, protect this committee and that they
would be called upon for protection.
This caused strong protest from Ben
Edelman and myself, but to no avail,
as we were overruled by men who
had their machine pretty well oiled,
and it was useless for us to try to do
anything else as we would have been
r thrown out anyway, so we withdrew.
y "After having witnessed the das-
, tardly action of the socialists at
Union Square, where Assemblyman
Claessens and Herman Hens kicked
Ben Gold on his face and his body
while he was helplessly held by his
admirers who were attempting to
shove him on the stand, deem it my
duty to expose that gang of towards,
who have done more to stab Sacco and
Vanzetti in the back than all the CAPT.
talist agencies put together.
Roger Francezon, Marine Trans
. port Workers /. U. 81 of the IWW."