The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-07-09

not cost them anything!
Listen to what happened the other
day: Here. in the cell block, the
coffee man didn't want to give me
coffee. He stated that he already
gave it to me-, which was not true.
One of our comrades, an old man Of
so years of age, demanded 1t from
him, telling him that every day he
does the same with some other pris-
oners.
AS answer, he was terribly insulted
by the coffee man, who is a preacher
besides. He also threatened to throw
the hot coffee over him.
A few minutes later, our comrade
was put in the sweat box" with
orders to give him only bread and
water. This comrade is an ex-soldier
who was poisoned in the last war.
He looks like 10 years of age. He was
arrested for being Communist, and
sentenced to six months.
He completed his time June 2nd
and they refuse to let him ont. He
is very sick with erysipelas and is
refused medical attention.
Suffer from Cold
In winter We suffered from the cold
weather, and in this time you do not
have any idea what we sweat. The
name of the old conrade is Albert
W. MacBride.
Hundreds Of young and old workers
are arrested every day on charges OF
vagrancy.
Mass Starvation
You do not have any idea about
the mass starvation in which the
workers here in the south are living
The papers do not publish anything
about this. The American Legion
and other patriotic organizations say
that the publishing of such cases Of
hunger in the papers is an anti
patriotic" attitude.
Our comrades on the outside do all
they can to help us out, in spite of
the terror the bosses, the police and
the American Legion have estab--
lished. The yellow and reformist
leaders are sending anonymous letters
to our comrades, telling them that
they will be lynched if they don't get
out of Tampa. Yesterday they pub
lished a letter In one of the local
papers, as if it was signed by us
prisoners, discrediting our comrades
and antagonizing the defense COM
mittee with us prisoners. The letter
says that we prisoners believe" that
our comrades are stealing the money
they collect for our defense, which is
not true. We Immediately denied
such a statement and, on the con-
trary, we asked the workers for their
support and solidarity more than
ever. 1t just shows you how the
American Federation of Labor leaders
and the enemies of the working class
try to divide the revolutionary move
ment in the most low methods.
How to Help
Comrades, we appreciate your help.
But here is other help you can give
us which is doubly valuable. If you
organize more workers into your
branch, if you organize yourselves
into the Communist Party and the
Young Communist League, you COM
rades will help us one million times
better. Only these organizations and
the International Labor Defense can
help the class war prisoners and fight
readily for our release, because they
are mass organizations composed by
the starving working class, Negro
and white, native and foreign born.
Do this, comrades, and you not only
will fight for our freedom, but for
Tom Mooney and the eight Scots
boro Negro boys, and you viii fight
against the system that sends workers
to jail; you will fight for yourselves
and you will defend in this form the
Soviet Union, the workers and
farmers fatherland.