The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-20
ARTISTS PROTEST
WORKERS ARREST
Over 100 Sign Letter of
John Reed Club

A protest against the 1000 ar
rests for political reasons of work
ers and their leaders within the last
few months has been circulated and
signed by over 100 leading writers,
artists and scientists. The John
Reed Club, which drew up and
started circulation of the protest
document, released it for publica-
ton yesterday, together with the
names of signers. These include
Franz Boas, the anthropologist;
Carl Van Doren, John Dos Passos,
Hugo Gellert, Mike Gold, Louis
Lozowick, H. L. Mencken, Jim
Tully, Louis Untermeyer and many
others.
"Release N. Y. Committed"
The statement scores the impris-
onment of Foster, Minor, Amter and
Raymond in the March 6 Union
Square demonstration and the at
tempt to electrocute Powers and
Carr in Atlanta.
1t says:
Gan Ohio court has actually SEN
fenced two young girls to ten years
in prison for distributing pamphlets.
In California more than 900 unem-
ployed were arrested for the crime
of being out of work. In Chicago
1877 are being tried for sedition for
holding an indoor meeting to dis
cuss unemployment. Milwaukee has
jailed fifty-eight for participation
in the March unemployment dem
onstrations, and in the South work
ers are being sent to the chain-gang
for organizing unions"
1t pledges assistance to the In
ternational Labor Defense to fight
for the release of these political
prisoners.
Names of the Signers.
A list of the signers follows:
L. Adohmyan. Sherwood Anderson
Emjo Basshe. Helen Black. Prol
Brody, Fritz Brosius. Jacob Burck
David Burliuk, Rev. r. B. Callahan
Walt Cannon, Ralph Cheyney. N; CI-
kovsky. Lydia Cinduegrana. saran n
Franz f. Daniel. Miriam A. DeFord
Adolf Dehn, Floyd Dell. l.. A. De San
ties, Babette Deutsch. Carl Van Doren
John Dos Passos; Robert u,, ~: PH qrad
ing. sara Bard Field, Waldo Frank
Harry Freeman. Al Frueh.
Hugo Gellert. Michael Gold. Floyo
Gruening. Carl Haessler. e. Hadle-
man Julius. NJ. Haldeman- julius. Ruth
Hale, Jack Hardy, Nina Harkavy
son. AIine y. Hays. Arthur G; HAYS
Lowell b. Hazard. Josephine Herbst
John Herman. Harold Hiekerson
! Grace. Hutchins; Eitaro ,IshiEaki, 10
c. D. Ketcham, Rev. Frank Kingdom
II. Kittine, |. Klein. Alfred Kreym-
borg, Joshua Kunitz, Melvin r. Levy
| Louis Lozowick, Grace Lumpkin,
Norman Macleod, A. &. Magil. Jar
Matulka. II. L. Mencken, Norma Mil.
lay, Harriet Monroe, Prof. Frank Nc
Lean, Scott Nearing. Alfred H, Neu-
mann, Eugene Nigob. Joseph North
Harvey o'Connor, NJ. j, .olgin, ,Josepf
| Pass, Morris Pass, Memo Piccoli
Harry a. Potamllin,. John Cowpel
Powys, Juanita Prevail. Walter Quirt
Burton Rascoe, Anton Refregier
Philip Reisman, Louis Rlbak. Board
man Robinson. Anna Rochester. AIMS
Rosenberg, julius Rosenthal. Martir
Russak, Samuel Russak, David .Sa'
poss, f. A. Schachner. Theodore
Scheel, Isidor Schneider, Fve 1y
Scott, Edwin Seaver, Edith Segal
Esther ShemitZ, William Siegel. UptoI
Sinclair, John Sloan, Otto Soglow, A
Solataroff Walter Snow, Raphae
Soyer. Herman Spector, Prof. j. NJ
Stainaller.
Genevieve Taggard. Eunice Tiet
iens, Carlo Tresca, jim TuIly. Louis
! Untermeyer. Joseph Vogel Keen'
Wallis. Frank Waits. Prof. r. e. Wax
well Rev. c. G. Weber. @. F: Will
| son. Edmund Wilson. Jr., Adolf Wolff
| Charles T. 81 Wood. Art Young. Start
Young. Avrahm Yarmolinsky. william
| Zorach.