The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-20
BUSH SPEAKS IN
PITTSBURGH, PA
Allard Reports Illinois
Miners Active
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were held under $500 bail each. They
were bailed out by the International
Labor Defense, and all later spoke
at the mass meeting.
Bush received a tremendous ova-
ton from the Pittsburgh workers.
Her story about the militancy of
the southern strikers, their courage
in the face of most inhuman perse-
cution, drew great applause from
the audience.
Other speakers were Mike Tash-
insky, representing the miners;
James Otis, machinist; Pat Cush
of the Communist Party; Herman,
of the Young Communist League;
Louis Lathnam, a Gastonia striker,
and Max Salzman, the International
Labor Defense.
Bush pointed out that one of the
most important weapons in saving
the lives of the Gastonia strikers is
a successful Gastonia Joint Defense
and Relief Campaign, August "a to
September 2. She said intense ac-
tivity of the workers during this
period would greatly aid in helping
free the defendants to take their
place in the labor movement, after
the trial which begins in Charlotte,
N. c., August 26.
Illinois Miners Rally.
The miners of Illinois, well ac-
ouainted with the brutality of the
capitalist class in their history Of
struggle, will be modified to the ut
most for the Gastonia Joint Defense
and Relief campaign Aug. "a to
Sept. 2.
This was announced today by
Gerry Allard, acting secretary of the
Illinois Miners section Of the Work
ers International Relief in letter
to the Gastonia Joint Defense and
Relief Committee at so E. 18th St.,
room 402, N. Y. G. today.
He writes "Your letter of action
at hand. l assure you the strictest
attention and energy for the defense
of the Gastonia victims, The Nation
al Miners Union will be modified
during the ten-day drive in Illinois.
The Workers International Relief
and the International Labor Defense
and all organizations will be mobil-
lied for united action; through the
medium of raising funds, mass pro-
test meetings, building of the w. I.
R. and I. L. D., distribution OF leaf
lets, bulletins, bills, labor defenders,
etc.
Stirs up Action.
81 am acting as W. l. R. organ
izer now in this field. Today l sent
out IT'S letter dealing on the sub
| iect to secretaries Of the various I'M
ions and organizations. l intend to
arrange around twenty mass meet
ings. Send us all information pos
sible as speakers outlines, material,
ETC."
The letter sent out by the Joint
Defense and Relief Committee adj
vised the following program of ac-
ton to be carried out at once; or
ganization of joint defense activi-
ties, establishing a united front
with all fraternal and labor organi-
cations; arrangement of mass meet
ings; order copies of the Labor De-
fender, Solidarity and leaflets, etc.
The letter advised the miners "For
the time being all your energies
should be bent in giving publicity,
collecting money, signing petitions,
calling mass meetings, distributing
leaflets, and going before all labor
organizations and passing resolu-
tons on the Gastonia case. An
other matter still more important,
is the organization of your branch
of the l. l.. d. and w. /. r. on a
permanent basis and make the units
of these international organizations
function during all times.