The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-19

return march In close formation
While the speaker was addressing the crowd
a car drove out Of the Ford employment office.
In it was Harry Bennett, chief of the Ford spe-
cial plant police, and two others. No one paid
much attention to this car until window was
opened and Bennett himself shot teargas into
the assembled workers peacefully listening to the
speaker Almost instantly shower Of stones
was hurled at the Bennett car which smashed
front and rear windows and injured Bennett.
The car drove on until it came up to the bridge
at Gate No. 4. Bennett stepped out Of the car
and fell. AS he arose he emptied his revolver
into the unarmed crowd with fatal effect.
After the Hunger Marchers had proceeded on
the return march, the Dearborn, Detroit and
Ford police poured the murderous machine gun
fire upon the unprotected backs of the returning
Hunger Marchers, which killed is year old Geo.
Russell and laid low scores OF workers on every
side Many of those last to leave mad with
horror and indignation, wanted to return and
attack. But 1t was impossible. The only thing
left to be done was to get out OF range Of the
guns or find shelter behind parked cars.
Many workers at the risk of their lives
helped wounded comrades and IL is a splendid
testimonial to the heroism and working class
solidarity displayed by the workers that less
were captured by the police.
were captured by the police.
After the march was over, the wounded taken
to hospitals and sympathetic doctors for first
aid, all the workers still did not disperse. They
stood around in groups discussing the Ford mas
sacre and it was only after number of arrests
were made by the reinforced Dearborn police
that the groups were dispersed.
This is written on March 10. News Is trickling
in Of the feeling inside the Ford plant among
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ton of the workers is now steadily rising. The
Ford workers in various departments are or
ganizing and collecting for the funeral of our
fallen comrades. From New York we hear Of
mass demonstration at q Ford Sales Agency and
kilograms concerning the massacre and placing
responsibility on Ford, Murphy and the Dear
born mayor, Clyde Ford, are pouring in by the
hundreds.
While these events are taking place and find
reflection in many columns of space in even the
capitalist press, the Detroit News of March 10,
gives two inches of the bottom of the second
page to a bare announcement of the stamping
Of the first motor of the BLOODY new Ford
va Model by Ford himself which was not ac-
companied by the usual pomp and ceremony
The Ford massacre has already cast an ON
nous shadow over the much advertised new
model and the blood sucker Ford. But for the
Ford workers it is heralding a new day Of
struggle against the murderous speed-up wage
cuts and slave driving methods which have be-
come synonymous with the name OF BLOODY
FORD.
The answer Of aroused workers Of Detroit and
vicinity to the Ford MASSACRE on BLOODY
MONDAY, March z. 1882 will be the building Of
a powerful mass Auto Workers Union and Mass
Unemployed Council for the victorious con-
tinuation OF the struggle for the Ford Hunger
March Demands.
WORKERS OF DETROIT AND MICHIGAN
INTO THE AUTO WORKERS UNION AND
TIE UNEMPLOYED COUNCILSl