The daily worker., 1932-04-18

ers In Leningrad factories protest
Scottsboro 1rame-up.
March, 1882
Philadelphia. Pa.-Worker-inveSti-
gators uncover vicious frame-up
against Willie Brown, a Negro
youth, on fake charges Of rape and
murder. Negro and white boss
class papers join in whipping up
lynch spirit
Clarence Darrow, member Of the
board of directors of NAACP, who
refused to enter Scottsboro Defense
takes defense Of white lynchers in
Hawaii who murdered Hawaiin ma
tive.
Atlanta, Ga.-State presses case
of two Negro and four white work.
ing class organizers arrested in 1896
ON charges of "insurrection." Death
penalty is demanded on basis of
law of 1861 designed to crush slave
instructions. A leaflet showing
Negro and white boy shaking hands,
which was distributed by the de-
PENDANTS, is basis of demand for
death penalty.
Birmingham, Ala.-Dent Williams.
white assailant of Willie Peterson,
Negro veteran, who shot the latter
through the bars of the Jail, ac-
quilted in 40 minutes by all-white
jury.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-OScar Nc
DoweI, Negro worker, sentenced to
one to five years in Jail and $50
fine, on framed charges. His real
"crime" was helping to organize the
All-Southern Scottsboro Defense
Conference. LID appeals case and
forces its dismissal.
Baltimore, Md.-Salisbury Grand
Jury whitewashes known lynchers
of Matthew Williams, claiming it
"can find no one remotely connect
ed with the lynching."
Montgomery, Ala.-Percy Irwin
| and Isaac Minis die in electric chair
for theft of silver half-dollar.
Clifton, N. J.-Workers meet to
plan fight on police terror against
Negro workers, breaking up Of in
ter-racial dances and arrest of Ne
groes who associate with whites.
Little Rock, Ark.-Richard and
Mary Oliver, Negroes, charged with
assault as result of their efforts to
gather a little fuel from the rail-
road tracks. They are defended by
the International Labor Defense.
Mass protest forces their release.
Alabama Supreme Court upholds
death yerdicts in case of seven
| ScottsbOrO boys. Workers of all
countries protest this vicious SEN
tence. lid prepares to carry the
case to the United States Supreme
Court.
Baltimore, Whitewash of
Salisbury lynehers is followed by at
tempt to frame Louis Berger, lid
secretary, for having called Sails
bury jury by its right name of the
lynch jury"
Shreveport, La.-John Bullen, 20
years old, is taken for ride" by
might riders" and beaten. His
death results few davs later
April, 1882
Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of Roy
and Andy, two of ScottsbOro boys,
accepts invitation to tour Europe
extended by German Red Aid. Law
yers for LID take steps to secure
release on bail Of Roy Wright and
Eugene Williams. Negro and white
workers in every important city in
q. S. pour into streets on April 6
demanding immediate release of the
ScottsbOrO boys.
Chicago, m.--AIass pressure of
workers forces removal of killer
cops" from South Side.
Omaha, Neb.--Roger Porter, Ne
gro worker, arrested for attending
mixed dance sponsored by League
of Struggle for Negro Rights. George
Stalker, local Party organizer, who
comes to his defense, is arrested and
charged with ''vagrancy
Chattanooga, Tenn.-Twelve Ne
gro and three white workers ar
rested for attending orderly Scots