The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-23
A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE ANNIVERSARY
OF JOHN BROWN GENTLEMEN OF THE
NAACP, WHAT OF MR. BARROW NOW?"

Courier, dhawks) continues to its defense Of
Darrow:
IT do not feel that Negroes are right in con-
tending that Darrow should moth ave taken the
Massie case," writes Ernest Rice Mckinney, in
the Courier saturday, May 2D.
This spokesman for the imperialist ideologies
Of the white ruling class actually states, For
my part, I am willing to withhold judgement
Con Darrow). Furthermore, don't quite I'M
derstand why Negroes should get so mad about
the Hawaiians. These people are not classed
as are the Negroes. and the Negroes don't need
to spread themselves too much in claiming these
people"
A hard time, Mr.. Mckinney Of the N.A.A.
CP, you have, of withdrawing your Mr.. OAR
row. He stands condemned before the masses
of Negro and white workers in America, as a
turn-coat, poser, faker, just as the mis-
leaders of the NA.A.CP. and other traitors have
already exposed themselves.
You want to split the unity Of the Negro
masses with their Hawaiian brothers, these Bit
terly enslaved colonial people. You want to
split the growing unity of the white and Negro
masses-the unity of all workingmen and poor
farmers regardless of race But you have a
hopeless job
For the Protection of the Rich
Under the pressure of the masses armed with
facts by the campaign of the International La
Dor Defense the League of Struggle for Negro
Rights and the Communist Party, some Of the
Negro papers ask: rs it true as is being said
on every hand that the courts, judges and gov
ernora ~xiG. only for the protection Of the rich
and the prosecution of the poor? California
Eagle) But you must not answer that question
with the logical answer No, the petty bourge-
OILS groups, still on the other side of the fence
fear to hear the truth. So the editorial writer
continues "Surely, this kind Of justice is not
consonant with the fine ideal which has been
held up to all Americans. Something must be
done quickly if the people expected to retain
faith in their public officials and institutions"
"Organize!"
Nevertheless, the fight of the revolutionary,
workers forces such statements from even Lorer
Miller that Eve must put our trust only in our.
selves and proceed to organize for our own sal--
walton. Out OF organization can come the power
to stop these rich and plundering ones from
utilizing the courts and governors TO keep us
down" California Eagle, May 19).
And he goes even further, Rightly organized,
the poor can halt the Scottsboro legal lynching.
The rich have shown us how organized pres
sure exerted against those who have the power
in their hands can force pardon and set a
prisoner free" (the Massie case.
But organize with whom, Mr. Miller? But, OF
course, you can only expect bourgeois news
paper writer to go only SO far and no further,
when he hesitatingly and fearful1y walks along
the paths of truth. A few more steps and he
will walk out of his job
He neglects to say "Orranize with the white
workers Orranize with the organizations that
fight for the Negro and white workers the In
ternational Labor Defense, the League of Strug-
gle for Negro Rights the Communist Party"
No, he dare not go that far.
"The Pous Crew"
"Unless we organize" Miller writes, 1--WE can
expect to see the pious of liberals, senators,
cabinet members, newspaper editors and preach
ers lyr-- the Scottsboro boys with the same fer
vor with which they defended the Hawaiian
lynchers"
Correctl And that is long road from the
NAAC4P. cry, Don't organizc-don't protest
rely on the fairness OF the courts-on the in
stitutions Of American capitalism" Indeed. from
March 1891 when the Scottsboro boys we're ar
rested, to May 1882, the lend anniversary Of
Tom Brown, is a long, long time. Negro and
white workers have learned many things since
then.