The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-03
The Black Volcano of Scottsboro

to success. Among the many thou-
sands of Negroes who have learned
to love the Communist Party for, its
fight in this case and otherwise on
their behalf, some seem TO think
that ''the Communists viii save the
Scottsboro boys"
But "the Communists cannot
save the ScottsbOrO bOys-Only the
great masses of tens of thousands
and millions can save the Scots
bOrO boys. The Communist Party
of the Negro and white workers is
only the vanguard Of the working
class What the Communist Party
can do is to mobilize ard lead the
masses.
The LID and the LSNR (both of
which are independent organiza-
tions composed OF workers and
others, and some OF whom are Com
munistS) together with the Com~
munist Party, can succeed in saving
the Scottsboro boys precisely if they
succeed in mObilizing the tens of
thousands of Negroes and black and
white workers in addition to the
members of these organizations.
To succeed in saving the Scots
boro boys movement ten times as
big must be put under way by those
who have the courage of initiative
to lead the fight.
Have no illusions! The sont' ern
white ruling class and its officers
of the law in Alabama will proceed
with the legal murder of these in
nocent bOys-they will burn on the
electric chair-unless we fight on
stubbornly, without stopping one
instant, facing all dangers and
overcoming all obstacles, to mobilize
a mass movement with ten timex
the strength OF the present move
ment, (which has brought only the
first chance, the first hope OF life
to these boys.
The opportunity to do these
things is greater now than ever
before. The united front confer
ence to take place in all cities and
towns In the joint defense of the
ScottsborO boys, together with that
of Tom Mooney, the Harlan miners,
the Imperial Valley and other pris-
oners, are our finest and biggest
opportunity! Many thousands Of
Negroes can be modified in every
city for these conferences.
In addition. = mass campaign for
the release Of the 14-year-oid Roy
Wright, whose case was the only
one at Scottsboro that did nc. e.
suit in q death sentence, but ended
in mistrial-will arouse the masses
If we go at 1t with proper energy
and optimism.
Let us not forget for a minute
that in order to save the Scottsboro
boys, 1t Is not enough to defeat the
direct forces of the state Of Ala
bama, but also their hypocritical
agents who pretend TO defend" the
boys only for the purpose OF break
ing up Of the mass movement, so
that the slave-ohgarchy of the
South can proceed on its old slug
gish way Of lynching and peonage
and good race relations" as the
Ku Klux Khan and william Pickens
call 1t. Only by defeating the N. A.
A. c. p. agents of the lynchers will
it be possible to mobilize the masses
and to save the lives and liberty Of
the nine innocent boys.
Down to work. Make the world
ring with the fight of courageous
masses to save these victims of the
cold bloOded slave driving class
and In the saving Of them we will
find many chains broken which
before had bound the arms of the
great suffering black masses of this
country who will be among the best
fighters for the liberation Of the
whole working class as well from
layery.