The daily worker., 1932-11-29
TORTURED-STILL
FACE LYNCHING!

TORTURED-STILL
FACE LYNCHING!
Yet these nine lads have been
held in the Alabama torture jailS-
bail refused-for almost two years
now! -Four times has the day been
set for the burning Of seven of
them. -Four times have they been
thrust directly towards the electric
chair. The lynch rope, the stake
and the electric chair still stare
them in the face today! 1t is for
us to complete the heroic task and
bring to them unconditional free
dom.
The ScOttsb0ro boys have not
been freed by the decision of the
u. S. Supreme Court. The power
full, worldwide mass struggle led by
the I. L. D. has forced victory
a great victory, but only a partial
victory. The decision states: '"The
judgments are reversed and the
causes renlanded for further pro-
ceedings."
Our victory deals a body blow to
the lynch terror. But the ruling
class will try to counter. The de-
cision denies that the boys we're
actually in danger Of mob vio-
lence." This In the face Of the
savage orgy around the Scottsboro
courthouse whipped up by the lynch
ers' press, which stopped short Of
the immediate, ghastly lynching,
only upon the pledge of the lynch
officials that the boys would be
lawfully burned"
SCOTTsBORo BOYS
IN GREAT DANGER:
The Scottsboro boys are thus still
in grave danger The cue has been
eagerly seized by the lynch masters.
The liberal Birmingham Post
states significantly every precau-
ton should now be taken so that
no room is left for criticism
when the second trials are COM
pleted and the verdicts pro-
nounced." We must not relax for
one moment our vigilance, greater
mobilization, greater agitation,
greater financial support now for
Scottsboro. The Alabama press
Seethes with violent indictments
against "the agitators who ap-
pointed themselves the special
friends Of these fe1ons" The Ku
Klux Khan rides openly through
the streets. The Birmingham office
of the International Labor Defense
has been raided.
WE MUST not be misied by the
w hypocritical hopes Of the upper
class Negro traitors-Waiter White
and the other leaders of the Ma
tiona1 Association for the Advance
ment of Co1ored People that pre-
judice from either side may be kept
out Of the retria1." This can only
prevent the necessary defense
action.
Only by raising the mass struggle
at once to still higher level have
we the slightest chance to save the
lives of these innocent Negro work
ingclass boys.
The Scottsboro boys are symbols
of the oppressed Negro people and
of exploited, starving terrorized
labor! Nine piteous examples of
the frightful terror with which the
lynch lords crush the Negro masses.
Examples Of the rising bloody boss
terror against all the toiling masses
white and black!
UNITE! ACT
TO MEET EMERGENCY!
White workers and poor farmers!
Oppressed Negroesl All who revolt
against savage lynch terror! Unite
to save the nine Scottsboro boysl
For their sake and for your own
protectionl The situation is criti-
cal; the emergency great! The
mass struggle and legal defense
must be intensified at once!
The I. L. d. attorneys have al
ready begun proceedings. Joseph
Brodsky, outlining this action, ap-
peals:
''I wish to point ont that these
steps involve heavy expenditures.
The workers Ut the United States,
Negro and white, must come TO
the support Of the International
Labor Defense with MASS PRO
TEST AND WITH MATERIAL
ASSISTANCE If they are to be
successful"
The costs OF the legal and mass
campaigns are Jremendousl
WE MUST RAISE $25, ,0o0--HAYF
OF IT AT ONCE-THE REST IN
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS! WE
MUST NOT FAIL! WE APPEAL
TO YOU, WITH FAITH THAT
YOU WILL RESPOND TO THIS
EMERGENCY CALL!