The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-28
Fascist Leaders Of Veterans Of Foreign
Wars and Police in Attack On Workers

York and is a repetition of their
cowardly attempt of last year, this
time again aided by the police de-
partment. May Day has been cele-
brated at Union Square for decades
and the VIEW. are preparing the way
for an attack of gangsters, sIuggers,
fascists and police on the workers
who will be assembled under the
leadership of the United Front Con-
ference.
The Communist Party as one Of
the participants in the call for the
United Front Conference, declares
that the workers of New York will
not give up the square to the fas-
ciStS. The world war veterans. most
of whom are workers like the rest of
the working class. are suffering from
the economic crisis, two millions of
them are cut of work in this coun-
try, hundreds of thousands are work
ing only part-tim The Communist
Party and the United Front Confer
ence will welcome them in their
midst; all the workers are suffering
from wage slashes put across by the
strikebreaking A. F. L. leadership,
who are assisting Herbert Hoover and
the capitalists of this country in low
ering the conditions of the workers.
At the same time the United States
government is conducting a campaign
of persecution and deportation against
the foreign born workers. This was
inaugurated by the committee led by
Hamilton Fish, himself a fascist
world war veteran leader. A furious
drive of lynching against the Negro
workers, of Jim CrowiSm and Segre-
cation RACES throughout the Country
Knowing that the masses of workers,
white and Nee1c native and foreign
born, are drawing near to the Conn
munist Party and the Trade Union
Unity League and that particularly
this year under the weight of the
crisis a record breaking cutpour of
these workers may be expected this
year on May Day. the fascist leader
ship of the V. F. w in cooperation
with the police is preparing vicious
attack upon the workers of New
York.
EX-Servicemen, workers in the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars and all other
Tetcrans' organizations. this is an at
tack up2n you!
White and Negro workers-this is
part of the attack that the American
capitalist class is launching against
the working class to keep them from
the struggle far unemployment insur-
ance, again5t wage cuts, against per-
secution 70 the foreign born, against
Jim-Crowism and lynching of Ne
groesi
Members of all unions, also of the
American Federation of Labor, OF
unemployed councils, shop commit
tees. and shop groups, workers cul-
tural and benefit organizations. an
swer this attack upon the working
class by electing delegates to the
United Front Conference
These attacks ale all in prepare
ton for another imperialist war and
are directed both against the workers
of this country and against the So
Wet Union
Answer Hamilton Fish. the fascist
leadership of the V. F. w. and their
colleagues of the capitalist class and
the strikebreaking leadership of the
American Federation CT Lator and
socialist party by making the March
80 conference and the demonstration
at Union Square On May Day at 80
p. m. the challenging answer to these
fascist leaders!
Pass resolutions in your organiza-
ton! Send delegations to city hall
and the police headquarters and de-
mand that the workers be not in
terfered with in the holding of their
demonstration at Union Square on
May First.
CONCERT AND BALL