The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-15
The n. A. A. c. P. Convention in
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Pittsburgh

Pickens made his speech against the L L. D.,
Scottsboro defense, disrnissng the mass protest
which has so far saved the Scottsboro defendants
from legal murder, with the statement that the
Communists sent 100 insulting kilograms to the
Governor of Alabama" Pickens went so far as
to excuse the betrayal of the lawyer RodGv
in the first trial. by stating that he was afraid
and that anyone else would have to do similarly
in his position" in spite of the fact that Roddy
cooperated with the lynch mob and lynch courts
He called the Communists fools and stated
that the mass protest did not help. His entire
speech was speech of faith in the lynch courts
of the Southern bosses.
Walter White, Secretary Of the NAACP, made
a plea for the unfolding of Che capitalist system
He stated eve must follow orderly processes
of the law in demanding Negro rights, in order
not to leave the Negro open to Communist pro-
paganda." He stated that the NAACP aims to
"liberalze" the nations highest tribunal (Su-
preme Court and the other courts of the
country.
The editor, Vann of the Courier who has a
long strike-breakins record in the city of Pitts
burgh is described by his paper as practical
Negro business man" and his address to the
convention was quite similar to the address of
Dunn, president of the Chamber of Commerce.
He issued the typical capitalist slogan that
Service Brings It's Monetary Reward Che
should have said service to the capitalist class,
and stated "the emouments arising from the
successful operation of any publication are
things apart from the true mission of that pub
LEGATION. The public pays most when it is served
best, and herein lies the pathway to success
for any publication"
Thomas Not For Equal Rights
Norman Thomas highly praised by the cap
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Negro business men be admitted to the Pitts
burgh Chamber of Commerce. OF course,
Thomas, Pckens, White, and the others did not
say word about the Soviet Union, Dubois be-
ing the only speaker who pointed out that the
Soviet Union is country where there is COM
plete equality for Negroes. Thomas did not
come out for complete social and economic
equality for the Negro, combining his demand to
the demand for Justice" for the Negro.
The Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP, at the
end of the Convention issued an open letter
of advice to those who had made the Conven.
ton a success including the Westinghouse Eec.
trio and Manufacturing Company, the Pitts
burgh Courier Press, Sun Telegraph, and Post
Gazette, to several churches, and to the YIN
CA, which was the official headquarters of the
NAACP Convention.
The official policies of the NAACP were
stated in resolution adopted by the Confer
ence, which said, in part 9TH American Negro
still clings to the belief that just as his pro-
gress, since emancipation has been accomplished
by hard work, even if poorly paid agitation
and appeal to law and order, just so, these
same efforts today, by more intelligent political
power and economic cooperation, will lead to
complete emancipation"
The speech of j. E. Spingarn, President OF
the NAACp a1c t,a tiop of tIa
CP by calling for the defense of the Consttu-
ton Of the United States. He said 1.-THE pro-
gram of the Association u.s. and remains, the
Constitution"
The entire line of the Convention was to warn
against the awful possibility that the Negro
masses might be interested by Communism, and
to state faith in the present System of society
| On ScottSboro, the speakers stated their faith
that the courts of Alabama will deal Justice
| to the Scottsboro defendants. On the question
| of the struggle against Grow, and for So
cial and industrial equality the speakers pleaded
with the bosses to grant them equality and