The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-09

AlAb1 ICASA WI hC1G dIC JUG
York, %, District Organizer of the
Young Communist League in Detroit
and member of the National Execu-
tive Of the Young Communist League,
Coleman Leny, 20, Ford worker, Geo.
Russell, 16 years old and Joe Debru-
Skc, Daily Worker newsboy.
The reign of terror invoked by
bringing an immense military dis
play int oaction is being further in
tcnsificd by raids conducted on all
Communist Party headuarters. Fran
tic efforts are being made to cover
up the criminal responsibility of Ford
ard Mayor Murphy for the bloody
Shaalbles staged yesterday by framing
the workers who participated in the
Ford hunger march. Murder charges
have been brought against three of
the 81 workers arrested. Sheriff Ben
nevt announced that he would ask for
the filing of murder charges against
john Fautl, Shelley Rogers and Paul
james.
. F0Gcc and detectives are securing
the city searching for William e.
Foster, National Secretary of the
Trade Union Unity League, William
Reynolds, former candidate for mayor
OF Lincoln Park on the Communist
ticket, john Schmies, District Or
ganizer Of the Communist Party in
Detroit, Albert Goetz and John Pace.
steve Cojeran, Daily Worker agent,
has already been arrested
Not satisfied with the horrible
massacre carried out by their gun
thugs, Mayor Murphy and Henry
Ford are trying to charge the workers
with first degree murder.
Led by Unemployed Council
The Hunger March to the Ford
plant had been called by the Unem-
r,oyed Council of Detroit. The march
started at the corner of Fort Street
and Oakland Road With over 1900
workers III line and hundreds stream
ing in every minute by auto, truck
and street cars. Carrying placards
demanding Unemployment Insurance
at Full Wages, Immediate Winter
Relief, the return Of jobs for all
discharged Ford workers, Down with
the men who destroy milk the
workers proceeded along Fort Street
TO Miller Road. With every passing
block, masses of workers fell in with
the hunger marcllerS.
Nearing the Dearborn city limits,
the Hunger March was attacked by
over so Dearborn police who drew
their guns end hurled a volley of
tear gas bombs. Defending them
selves against this vicious attack, the
workers began shoWering the police
with stones, and pieces of frozen
mud, forcing the bluecoated thugs to
retreat.
The surging line Of r'~"'' ~--
forward till it met soldi phalanx
of police lined up ul> -
overhead treStle on Miller Road
near Gate No, of the Ford plant.
There scores of police were lined up
with drawn guns and tear gas bombs.
Overhead, on top Of the trestle stood
company of fircmen.
The surging line of march swept
forward until it was met with Ia
powerful stream Of icy water played
On them by q company of Ford frie-
men stationed on an overhead trestle
near Gate of the Ford plant.
Cops Suddenly Open Fire
suddenly" as the United Press
correspondent on the scene put it,
the police opened a Volley of shots
point blank into the maased crowd.
The sfrieks stopped in an instant,
while the cracking of pistols con-
tinued. Men dropped along the line.
More police arrived at this juncture. "
The police then advanced, as
photographs show, in battle array
bent on deliberately numbering Tie
unemployed masses.
VIM. Green, former governor of
Michigan. who stood on the bridge
witt. Edsel Ford watching the slaugh-
ter. is millionaire furniture manu-
facturer from Grand Rapids.
For years he had a contract with
the Michigan State Prison in Jack
son to manufacture furniture with
1T
on this contract.
In order to hide the facts Of the
slaughter, and to cover up the DELHI
crate murders OF the Ford gunner
capitalist newspaper men were or
dered away from the scene of the
butchery and their cameras seized
and films destroyed. A special wire
from Detroit to the New York Her
aid Tribune, appearing in the Tues