Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-03-15
INTERNATIONAL LABOR
DEFENSE
olatement OF the Southern District
OF the International Labor
Derense on the Acquitai

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leCCiILiy, pAuveu again, De3onu sIlau-
ON VI {. uVuDv-7,o .Ila. even vic DA4iiu-
GOV MVIheI Can see-UilaC Tile COuftS
,.4v IaIC anu parcel oI .iis machinery
o. VAC DIS uoSocs W hecp tiIS "Oiheie
al wage slavery.
"a ', viil,,I wvIker, Lila May wig
SluS, ~es iiiuI..el ca Oh Il puoilc nlSh-
way, al U1Vau Gay 4ISuL, a4Lvf tne uh-
o. .4eu Vi uEh III WHICH sne was riding
w {. u4uou meeting nau Ueen Lufneu
Let.A W d group Vi mugs. Witness
aver MILueo SUeoLlIleu 10 nLe 1acL mat
JIG VI Iue s,.Cuseu group nau SnoC lila
4uay. NeyeituelesS, Iney were ac-
4u4t.eu. Inc muIuer OF Ella May Is
l.vw Caileu mystery murder.
rour months ago seven Morkers-
Deai, Miner, carer, harrison, NC
Laugnlin, mcGlnnlS and hendryV-l
we've convicted 1or WnaC are acLuaiiy
living ueatn III Tie naieign pen. IheSe
NyoInerS were convicted tOr no other
Z, .Hee nun titGC lRey aarea 10 organize
uRG teaG URe masses OF 0ttterty-eG-
iptOtteU teGlate aV0rkerS. On the night
VI June Lnese IeiloW-workers heroic
anu cniuIen anu their union prop
er.y against a numerous attack or
drunken CnugS-OIlclal and unoHlclal.
) fur WorAers VINO ngnt tor better
.conmLions anu aetend tnemselves-lly-
ing ueatns IN The pen!
rof luuIuerers oI WorkerS-llke the
NiaiAvu uepuLIes ana The murderers OF
INA nIay-IreeQom!
Inls SHOWS Lne Urue nature of the
rouILs-ciasS instruments OF the big
IilliI poSseS!
Ine Virgins trial was a sham and
a 1alce 4Aom the very beginning. A
Iuug lnue ago me International LABOR
.Lv.ense puIuteu ouC mat no one would
De convicted Ior the murder or Ella
.aay, yusI as 40 one was convicted Tor
VIC luuIuer Oh our seven brothers IN
4uaIIUu.
Inc reasons Attorney General
DrulnnltU prosecuted LnIs case we're
.wo: L. ne WanCed TO make pollClcal
.apItaI OUT OIL inns trlal-coln the
uioou OIL Ella May INTO Vote Tor Brum-
inlC III 1907, voCeS from IeXClle workers
ana Z. because thousands upon thou
sanas OF workers were beginning 10
see clearly rnaJ the courts were lnStru-
menus IN the hands OF The capitalist
class TO suppress the workers, Just as
nlucn as Jne strike breaking police,
and that workers could expect no
justice" from capitalist courts. 1t
was to rty 10 revive the dying faith
of the workers in the capitalist court,
TO try to peudle further the fairy tale
that the courts are places where Jus
rlce' is dispensed regardless OF class
this was one OF the main reasons
why Brummitt went Through this
shadow-boxing farce.
Major Bullwinkle' sown statement,
which he crudely blurted out, What's
the trouble up there at Raleigh that
they direct the Attorney-General to
come here, did somebody running for
office. who already had the cotton mill
vote sewed up decide to go after the
Bolshevik vote, to-" This is an admis-
sion from the lips of an enemy OF the
workers as to what the real purpose
of Brummitt's presence was.
The international Labor Defense
points out to the workers OF the world
that this is only another glazing case
of capitalist class justice. Just as the
muroerers of Steve Katovis in New
York, and the murderers OF unem-
ployed worker in Buffalo and Berlin,
Germany, are not convicted, so have
not the murderers of Ella May been
convicted. Capitalist class justice is
international. Wherever the bosses
rule, there the workers taste of the
bitter fruit of capitalist justice. Only
the Soviet Union, where the workers
and farmers rule, the workers get
justice.
The International Labor Defense
points out to the workers that this
proves again that the workers must
put no faith in capitalist courts. The
workers must put faith in their own
lighting organizations, both on the
political and industrial fields.
This case will be a spur to the
workers to increase their work of Or,
ganization of fighting trade unions
like tn eNational Textile Workers
Union, of building a mass Workers
Defense Corps, of building a powerful
international Labor Defense. This ac-
quital should stimulate the workers all
over the country and all over the
world to raise again powerful storm
of protest against the conviction of
our seven Gastonia fellow workers,
storm that will force the bosses and
their judicial agents to grant the ap-
peal in April, force their immediate
release, and bring these valiant fight
ers back into our ranks where they
will be able to join us in our struggle
to free the working class.