The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-08
THE CHICAGO MASSACRE

by the court 80 per cent we're against Negroes.
The Unemployed Council movement IN the
Negro neighborhoods becomes powerful Not
only dozens Of evictions were stopped, but the
charities we're forced to give relief In the ter
r1tortes Of l4th ST. and the South Side the
movement assumes mass character. BY shooting
down of, workers-the ponce,R Landlords and
Negro bourgeoisie thought they could stop it.
But it is already clear today that the murder
of the three workers of the unemployed move
ment, the wounding of many and the arrest Of
80 will not prevent the movement from growing
and developing, but it will consolidate it rather,
and the role of Mayor Cerrnak, his police, the
landlords, Negro politicians-both republican
and democratic, the Jim Crow-A. r. of L. be-
comes much more clear to the masses
After the bloody massacre of the unemployed
Negro workers and the determination on the
part Of the workers to continue their struggle,
the city administration adopted new method
to break the struggle Of the unemployed. The
Ciy Corporation Counsel, Sexton, called meet
ing of the Negro politicians, pastors ETC. Among
those present were Rev. j. C. Austin, pastor Of
the Pilgrim Baptist church; Tom jenkins, state
representative; Anton McGil1. business manager
Of the Chicago Defender; w. W. Holland and
J. B. Apperson, deacons Of the Pilgrim church;
Robert Ephrein of the Universal Negro I'M
provement Association; Alderman Robert Jack
son; State Senator Albert Roberts, and Rev.
Kingsley Of the Good Shepherd Church. At
this conference which was held secretly on the
night after the bloody mass murders, the state
corporation counsel discussed with these Negro
mlsleaders and traitors ways and means OF car
rying on the fight against the unemployed
workers. These takers issued a statement con-
denlning, not the police for shooting down the
workers, but the reds" for giving militant lead
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inability to be effective in fooling the Negro
masses, because the Negro masses are losing
faith in them and turning for leadership to the
Communist Party. Reverend j. c. Austin Of
the Pilgrim Baptist church. the largest Negro
congregation, declares, II have addressed several
of the meetings myself on the subject of Christ
and Communist but you can't talk religion to
a man with empty stomach" State Senator
Roberts demanded that all meetings Of workers
on the South Side be stopped and demanded
the arrest of every active worker in the unen-
ployed movement.
White workers must unite with Negro work
ers against all the attempts OF the white ruling
class to attack the Negro workers and must
fight for the full rights of the Negro masses
To carry these tasks to a developed mass move
ment, we must embrace the masses of workers
In a broad mass organization such as the
branches of the Unemployed Council, League of
Struggle for Negro Rights, International Labor
Defense and the leagues and unions Of the
TUUL and the best fighting workers into the
ranks Of the leader of this struggle-the Com
nunist Party.
We must clearly understand the role Of this
attack against the working class as preparations
for imperialist war which the capitalists are
preparing against the Soviet Union, as one of
their means in the attempt to solve the present
crisis.
In connection with the trial of the so workers
arrested, we must raise to the forefront the de-
mand that the jury be composed of Negro and
white workers, who not prejudiced against
the Negro, and who are not enemies OF the IN
employed Councils. The development in Chi
cago among the unemployed workers is clearly
indicating that the unemployed workers are tax
ing the right path, that they are not going to
starve-that shey will fight, and only through
fighting will they be able to get their demands
of social insurance, immediate relief for the
unemployed, stopping of evictions, unity and
solidarity of Negro and white workers. mass de-
tense of the workers-Negroes specialization
police persecution.