The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-23
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Communist Describes
Cross Examination

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for US, slong as we take a mill
tant stand. Workers in the court
room came up to me after the testi-
mony, and said they were glad to
see we We're not afraid. They are
for taking an offensive against the
mill bosses.
Farmers Awakened.
"Two farmers were talking during
the court recess, after my testimony.
They were talking about organiza-
ton of the farmers, an idea that
had not yet occurred t othem, until
l referred to our work among the
children of the mill workers and far
mers.
"Newell tried to bring out in
cross examination that the children
were not in the struggle, and that
we were trying to involve little in
nocent children in our nefarious plots.
Of course, the children are very
much in the struggle. They go into
the mills at II or IL years of age,
and are very much exploited. Many
of them have no schooling at all,
becaues on wages the mills pay their
parents are unable to buy school
books and supplies, and North
Carolina is one of those states which
makes the pupil or his family supply
text books and all other materials.
Many of the schools are on company
ground, owned outright by the
bosses, who also own the superin-
tendents and school trustees" a.,
Edith came to Gastonia about six
weeks before the June 7 raid on the
strikers tent colony. She was active
in the Youth Section of the National
Textile Workers Union. She was
also an organizer of the Young
Pioneers of America. She knew the
young workers of Gastonia, and
when prosecution attorneys challeng-
ed her on the witness stand to name
one child at work in our Southern
mills" she obligingly named more
than they wanted to hear.
Among the Gastonia strikers was
young Elmer Macdonald, who was
sent on the Youth delegation to U.
S. S. R. His present activities con-
sist in active organization work, and
speaking at numerous meetings on
what he saw in the Workers Repub-
lie, so much disliked by the Man.
ville-Jenckes prosecution. Elmer's
mother is a member Of the Labor
Jury, and his father was one of those
charged with assault" as a result
of the June 7 affair.
Edith tells how after the assault
on the picket line by police, she
went back to the union headquarters
to report. Beal and Clarence Miller
were there. Within five minutes
after her arrival, she heard one
shot, then a series of shots. She
closed the door. They were in thu
inner office and could see nothing
There were no arms there, contrary
to what the mill bosses liars said
There were also no knot holes from
which "shots were fired from thu
union hail." as the prosecution con
tends.
After the shooting she looked GU
and saw Harrison, one Of the work
ers' guard being helped toward tn
headquarters. He was wounded
Beal took him to the hospital. Edit
and other women went to the hos
pital and found the doctors ant
nurses had not attended to Harri
son. They persuaded the hospital t.
attend to his wounds. She was ar
rested later at home and held 1.
days without charge.
On the stand she testified to this
was quizzed about her political ant
religious beliefs, and the prosecutor
made sneering insinuations that he
civil marriage to Clarence Mile
was immoral. This was to prejudic,
the fundamentalist jury, which re
CARDS religious ceremonies as of in
estimable valus. She denied tn,
existence Of god and defended rev
dictionary principles on the witness
! stand