The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-25
Unison Fights
Gast0nia Seven

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the pickpocket who hollered Stop,
thief
Communists Real Friends.
SIN spite of what Mr.. Unison and
Co. say, the Communists and the
workers whom they led were the
backbone of our defense, through
out the country. 1t was the Com
munists, many of whom went to
Jail while protesting for our free
dom, who forced the prosecution to
reduce charges from first to second
degree murder, and thereby save our
lives. For just as it was possible
for them to convict and sentence us
to living death in the pen, it would
have been possible for the prosecu-
ton to burn US in the electric chair,
in spite of our innocence.
"Jimison's attack ON the l. L. D. is
an attempt to check the progress of
the campaign pending the appeal.
The l. i. D. has done everything
possible for our defense. Not only
have they kept us in comfort while
in jail for the last five months, and
hired counsel, but have aroused the
workers, who are the mainstay OF
our defense.
"Mr. Unison can not get away
with the $4,000. The best thing
that he can do is to return the money
that was to be our bail, and let us
choose our own friends.
eve feel certain that the other
two defendants, Beal and Hendricks,
if they were here, would subscribe
to this statement"
(Signed, Louis Mclaughlin, Jos
Harrison, Clarence Miller, W. NJ
M-Ginnis, G. w. Carter.
The International Labor Defense
is the only and sole organization
that is in charge of the defense and
appeal to the state and United States
Supreme Courts of the cases of the
seven Gastonia prisoners-Beal, Car
ter, Hendricks, Mclaughlin, McGin-
mis-, Miller and Harrison; and is
taking care of everything in the way
of retaining attorneys, preparation
of record and appeal brief, and the
financing of the expenses attached
to all of this. North Carolina at
torneys are already informed of
their retention for the legal matters
involved. Messrs. Unison, Aber-
nathy and Neal quite obviously and
definitely will not be in the case,
Mr.. Alternately and Mr.. Neal were
not engaged for the lalt trial by
the |. L. D. This trio has betrayed
the defendants, and any of them lie
when they protest friendship for the
seven defendants.
Adams Statement.
Mr.. Adams, speaking also for Mr..
Flowers and Mccall, wrote to the
Charlotte Observer, saying in brief:
Unison did not pull out from the
defense counsel" because of his an
ger at what he alleges was the de-
tense counsel's accusation that Soil
citor Carpenter and Bulwinkle were
in the mob that flogged Ben Wells,
"He can not make such statement,
and tell the truth"
"But why did Unison, Neal and
Aberthy pull out from among their
associated lawyers and turn on
their clients? That question is easy
to answer. They got possession OF
1000, and had some one else at
tach $4,000 more, all sent here for
bond money, and all of which be-
longs to some one or more OF the
very organizations they admit en-
ployed them, and which they are now
denouncing.
"The plain facts are that Unison,
Aberthy and Neal are trying to
keep the spotlight of public opinion
off Of. themselves for withholding
the bond money, and thereby keep
ing those in Jail they were employed
to defend and get out if possible, by
denouncing the very organizations
they admit employed the or with
which they agreed to work, and by
trying to inflame public opinion
against the defendants on account
of their alleged religious, economic
and political beliefs.
"In the last analysis, the facts
contained in their signed and pub
lished communications demonstrate
beyond doubt that Unison, Aber-
nathy and Neal have not only be-
trayed the trust imposed in them as
lawyers, but are substantially help
ing to keep in Jail the very men
whom they were employed to de-
fend and get out of jail"
Build Up the United Front OF