The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-31
PLAN FOR HUGE
SACCO MEMORIAL
IN MANY CITIES
fLD Makes Appeal for
Support of Meetings

With numerous meetings already
arranged from coast to coast and
che news coming from Europe of
preparations for similar meetings on
a large scale in every country, The
international Labor Defense, 80 q.
18th ST., New York, through Mar
tin Abern, assistant national secre-
tory, today Issued an appeal adj
dressed 20 all labor unions, workers.
political organizations and other
labor bodies, urging widespread
support 10 the memorial meetings
being held on August %, the first
anniversary of the legal assassina-
tion Of Nicola Saeco and Bartelomeo
Vanzetti,
Cause of Worlds Masses,
The appeal points out the magnifi-
cent role played by the workers
movement throughout the world in
Identifying itself so militantly with
he cause of Sacco and Vanzetti and
the necessity Of perpetuating the
memory of the two martyrs of
Massachusetts in the minds of all of
labor. "Sacco and Vanzetti were the
victims of the frame-up system and
che murderous vindictiveness of
American imperialism and its hench-
men," reads the appeal. Theirs was
the cause and the battle Of the whole
working class. They left US, as a
heritage, not only the memory of
courageous conduct, and the great
spirit of sacrifice for labor's cause,
but they also indicated to US our
solemn duty to carry on unremit-
tingly against the system that killed
them; to prevent the persecution
and Imprisonment of other labor
fighters; to fight for the release of
the dozens of workers who still suf-
fer in the dungeons of American
capitalism"
Fight for Mooney, Billings.
The statement of the International
Labor Defense further calls atten-
ton to the need of intensifying the
campaign for the release of Tom
Mooney and Warren K. Billings, two
other labor fighters who were also
victimized by the frame-up system.
at is especially on the anniversary
of Sacco and Vanzetti's death that
our efforts must be turned toward
Mooney and Billings and the other
class war prisoners, The memorial
meetings will at the same time be
rallying points for a strengthened
mobilization of Americas labor
forces to push forward for the lib
Grafton of Mooney and Billings from
the penitentiary where they have
now served more than II years of
their sentence to life Imprisonment.
Many Memorial Meetings.
Dozens of meetings are being ar
ranged throughout the land under
+he auspices Of the International
labor Defense. Already, from the
reports received by the national Of
flee, many labor organizations have
expressed their intention Of CO.
operating with the l. L. D. in hold
ing the meetings, and it is expected
that tens Of thousands Of workers
will attend these meetings. Among
the meetings thus far definitely ar
ranged by the l. L. D. are the fol-
lowing. Unless otherwise indicated,
all the meetings will take place on
August %, 1928:
New York at Union Square;
Chicago, Temple Hall. Van Buren,
and Marshfield, with Ralph Chaplin,
Mordecai Shulman, Guido Serio and
others; Cleveland, at Public Square;
Philadelphia; Pittsburgh, Gaiety
Theatre, on August 26; Boston, with
Ben Gitiow and other speakers; Los
Angeles, Music Arts Hall, 233 s.
Broadway; Neffs, Ohio, at Dernach
Hall.
All Parts of Country
Other meetings include Detroit,
San Francisco, Martins Ferry, Mil
waukee. Minneapolis, st. Paul. Du-
luth, Superior, Seattle, Portland. Ia
coma, Denver, Baltimore; cities
throughout the mining regions, both
in the bituminous and anthracite REF
gions, Bethlehem, Akron, Canton
Gary, South Bend, Zeigler, Newark,
Paterson, Passaie. Bufl.,lo, Roehes-
ter, Wilmington, st, Louis, Flint,
Grand Rapids, New Haven, STAN
ford, San Jose, Spokane, Astoria,
Oakland, and many others to be an
nouHced later,