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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
By CYRIL BRIGGS

IN a statement in the New York
Times of November 8-the very
day following the announcement Of
the decision of the U. S. Supreme
Court, reversing the lynch death
verdicts against of the Scottsboro
boys-W. White, executive secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People, ex-
pressed the pious hope that pref
udice from either side may be kept
out of the retrial in Alabama and
that the innocence of the defend
ants, of which we are convinced,
may be clearly established"
The only logical conclusion to be
drawn from Mr.. Whites phrase Of
prejudice from either side" is that
he is referring to Cd the prejudice
of the ruling class lynchers against
the Scottsboro boys and the entire
Negro people, and ~ the prejudice
of the revolutionary workers in
favor of the Negro masses groaning
under a brutal national oppression,
and in militant defense of the nine
innocent Scottsboro victims of cap
italist justice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
The Negro Misleaders on
the Scottsboro Decision
Walter White, Speaking for NAAC.P., Seeks
to Disrupt Mass Fight

for the capitalist press to MAIN
tain its conspiracy of silence. 1t is
now feverishly trying to rehabilitate
the shattered prestige of the cap
itahst courts in the eyes of the
working class. 1t is seeking to dis
arm the Scottsboro mass defense by
peddling illusions among the masses
as to the fairness" and Impair
tiality'' of the courts. 1t carefully
attempts to hide the real reason for
the Supreme Court deciSion-the
tremendous mass pressure eXerted
on the court-and attempts to in
terpret this decision, WreSted by the
working class from the capitalist
oppressors of the Negro masses,
the jailers of the innocent Scots
boro boys and of Tom Mooney, the
murdererS of Sacco and Vanzetti-
as proof" of the "impartiality"
and Integrity of capitalism, a
court of last illusions. And in its
attack on the mass fight, the cap
italist press is mobilizing the white
and Negro reformists for an even
fiercer assault than these lackeys
have carried on in the past against
the Scottsboro defense.
MIR. WHITE eagerly responding to
Ill his masters voice shows clearly
that the N. A. A. G. P. misleaders
intend to continue their insidious
campaign to disrupt the mass de-
Tense campaign. The white and
Negro workers and all those ele-
ments sincerely interested in freeing
the Scottsboro boys must answer
the capitalist press and the Negro
and white reformists by further
building and extending the mass
fight on the basis of the concrete
program Of the l. L. D. for united
front from below.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
I imely Action Hats
Wage Tax
THE MARCH HAS BEGUN.

MAYOR J. HAMPTON MOORE the Philadelphia CITY coun-
u Gill; and the rest of the sere of the
Bill Ware organization of graft corruption decided
to slam tax the workers of that city With
falling off, it question of raising additional funds or
cutting down the city machine
not to tax the rich but to again rob the
No sooner had the widespread
resistance Moves
historic Raybn Plaza where the
under the leadership
Party have hocy stood the savage police
So determined City decided
temporarily to refrain from going through
the Ware machine undoubtedly waiting
the notorious Phillips president the
get in their dsupte before
down tn standards Of life Of the Of Philadelphia
MASS action has temporary victory utilization
m to consolidate organization the part-te
the participation Of larger
hunger demonstrations the
to join the demands
building that will
shameful attempt to tax wages that already below the starvation
lsYel.
This action Philadelphia possible plots
the bosses their political henchn
whole sections Of the working class population
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
at the
Factory
BY DOMINIC MUsARAFITI

BY DOMINIC MUSARAFITI
Whistles foot like aUhistles of boats
That are reodys for a picnic up
the river.
There is the grinding Of pistors
Stopping abruptly.
But it is only dinner time
A dinner Of dry food.
The Sandwiches are taken doqua .
From the pals on the qUoU.
They are chetDed, but a0ithoat
enthusiasm,
By bored jars,
With the rhythm akin 10 t1at of
the pistons
Down in tho engine room.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15

ONE WHITE PLANTER Newt County
Courthouse
dering resentment
aroused against Williams
plantation in Georgia Niger"
to trial. but to
do with similar today
Georgia, throughout nv
the united action of Negro
Insert shows William Of United
Of today has refused prosecute including
the revelation OF
Mississippi River This peonag forbidden
Section Of the 18th Amendment
1t the bottom of the picture
Of Paragraph Constitution also obddine
peonage.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15

their cots talking, often RELYING the
events that brought them there.
One Negro who had come in Feb
ruary had been on his way home
from Atlanta TO Tallahassee. In
Ocklockonee county deputy saw
him on the highway swinging his
casefree why. Now he was working
for Decring.
Maybe some time Mist Deerin1l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15

heah an den wen slap out O. his
haid Sudden. Jes' LAX dat. Hit
was chopin time an he'd bin
wukkin' all day. Right alongside
O. me, too, an he didn't ack crazy
a-tall. But all Of a sudden up he
Strengthens an wdout a wud stahts
runnin' TO- de swamps- Mist Tay-
lab was dey an he hollahs To- him
TO stop but Willie 1es' KEEP right on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15

git good an tard O. havin' dis
niger 'roun'," he smiled cheerfully,
an den maybe I kin go on my
way. An boy, Wen dis Niger gifts
home he ain travellin' no mol"
7 INPY told how Deering paid S.
Il for him, the balance of a $25
\ fine for Yagrancy, to secure his re-
lease from the chain gang a month
before the sentence was up. Thirty
dollars a month he had been prom
lsed, and in the six weeks he had
been on the planters land he had
not yet worked off the S. advance.
Deering charged him for food, for
rent, for shoes, for everything pos
sible.
Oats how dey git you" he fin
ished sourly
Il bin heah five months an Use
Sho' lucky 1 didn't git nah haid
busted Joe Wallis announced
gleefully. II was standin' from O.
Gle drug sto' in Live Oak wild half
pint O. moonshine in nah belly
was SO drunk I couldn't hit de
groun' wid nah hat! ! said, God
damn bout somethin' or other
wen white man an woman was
passin' by an TO l knew hit de
white man smacked me square in
Gle mouf fo' swearin' befo' white
woman an de sheriff slapped me in
jail-an' heah 1 isl"
yeah. An here you stay"
Limpy assured him dryly.
A LETTER FROM HOME
On the day he got Dee's answer
to his letter David was depressed.
When Cooky finished reading it the
boy shook his head dolefully.
Il reckn Gay keep niger here
till he jes' has tub run away he
said.
FREEDMAN sucked thoughtfully
L at his cold pipe.
Tain smaht to run away he
finally said.
ram night tub Keep you locked
up lax you was on de chain gang,
either"
"Co'se tain right but whut's
wum gonter do Wen a bud got him
in his mouf? Hollah Hey, Mist
Bud. you ain got no right to be
eatin' mep Whit do dat git i'm?
Cit i'm slap in de mouf. OATS
whit hit git i'm. Dat wum cain
argy wen de buds eatin' i'm. All
he kin do is try to git away.
Hollah'n ain no good. Hell, mol"
ESCAPE?
''Reck'n a niger kin git away?"
David asked in a low tone.
Las yeah Willie Frazer and Sam
LOWE done run away" Freedman
said slowly. CIVILIZED bin a good
niggah 70 month after he come
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15

FRIEDMAN never protested again.
l Succeeding months found the debt
increasing. The planter charged
20 per cent interest on the balance
as recorded in his books. The latest
reckoning showed the Negro almost
two hundred dollars in debt.
"Ah'll never pay out" he con-
cluded resignedly. But, dey all de
same, only some is wussen others.
But All ain got no mo- cough.
Wukkin' in de sun sho fixed dat
up fine. An All gifts nah close an
food, an Chrismus time All gifts
ten dollahs Chrismus money an
sometimes Mist Dee'in' sens ovah
some things fo' Ill Harrison to play
wild. All wanted to run away again
but fun whut I heahs, places aim
much diff'run' SO All stays on. Hit
could be Wuss."
JOE WALLIS
There were some who found con-
tentment in the Deering stockade.
A man has to work for someone. so
Joe Wallis, with his moon face and
sunny disposition, was happy. To
Joe life was filled with fun and
laughter,
Joe sang. His round face would
wreathe in smiles, his feet would
tap time, his head and shoulders
would shake and his eyes would
roll. Ballads, blues, spirituals. He
had a great store of them, and
when those were not sufficient for
his mood, he would make up his
own, about little things in the
stockade or thoughts that he had
or girl he had known.
They liked MY Jane" especially
and they always sang it with him
pUT sometimes Joe sang of
u thoughts none would dare utter
in prosaic talk Then his com
panions would stir restlessly and
shake their heads
Oats right" they would say to
one another.
Niger go to white man,
Ask him TO wuk
White man say to niger:
Git out O yo' shirt"
Niger throws off his coat.
Goes to wuk pickin' cotton.
Wen time come to git pay.
White man give i'm nothin'.
Lii bees suck de blossoms.
Big bees eat de honey.
Niger raises de cotton an
Gavin,
White folks git de money.
When the overseer or the planter
was in an ugly mood they did not
sing. On such days they lay on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
INsTALLMENT 1s

THE STORY so FAR: Legally kidnapped be-
cause the powerful white planter Jim Deerine
needs cotton pickers, five Negroes, including David
Jackson, son of the poor Share-cropper Dee Jack
son, are forced, under threat of being sentenced
to the chain gang, TO accept behring's offer TO nav
$25 fine for each of them as advances against
wages. OminOus tales are told about behring's
plantation, which is actually slave camp There
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15

David meets an old acquaintance, Limpy Rivers,
and also makes friends with COoky, husband Of the
cook, Mary Lou. COOky, whose name is Walter
Freedman, tells David how Deering gave him $40
advance when he went to work for him and then
proceeded TO cheat him. When COOky protested,
Deering knocked him down with blow in the
face. Now continue:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-11-15
WALTER WHITES
PURPOSE

No worker will believe that Mr..
White seriously inagineS that the
rabid hatred of the Alabama ruling
class against the Negro masses has
been magically wiped out by the
decision of the United States Su-
preme Corrt-a decision wrested
from this high court of American
capitalism by the tremendous pro-
test and mass fight of white and
Negro workers in this country and
of millions of workers and intel
lectualS throughout the whole
world. What, then, is Mr.. Whites
purpose in holding up before the
masses the illusion that these Negro
victims of capitalist justice can
secure fair trial in the Alabama
lynch courts? Plainly, what he is
seeking is not the unobtainable
Impartial" and fair trial. in the
courts Of the boss lynchers, but the
disruption of the mass defense
which alone can save and free the
ScottSboro boys.
1t is only this mass defense that has
saved the boys so far, that has five
times forced back the hands of the
1yncherS reached out to burn these
innocent working class children in
the electric chair. And it is pre-
cisely against this mass defense
that Mr.. White and the other re-
fornist leaders Of the N. A. A. c. P.
and the Socialist Party have levelled
their attacks in the past. 1t is pre-
cisely this mass fight, with its uni
Tying influence on the American
working-class, with it's relentless
struggle against the whole system of
Jim Crowism, lynch law and the
national oppression of the Negroes,
that American Imperialism and its
reformist lackeys fear.
IT is significant In itself that on
the very day of the Supreme
Courts decision, the New York
Times should solicit statements on
the decision from the white and
Negro reformists who have consis-
tently hampered and betrayed the
struggle for the Scottsboro boys.
Can anyone imagine that the New
York Times does not know who has
modified and led the fight for the
freedom of the Scottsboro boys?
The whole world knows that this
fight is organized and led by the
Communist Party, the International
Labor Defense and the League Of
Struggle for Negro Rights.
Upon several of those occasions
when the mass fight has smashed
through the conspiracy Of silence of
the whole capitalist and socialist"
press, the Times has been forced to
record the fact that all of the boys
and their relatives had repudiated
Walter White and the other re-
formist leaders Of the N. A. A. c. P.
and had endorsed and were
staunchly supporting the militant
defense policy Of the International
Labor Defense. Yet it was not from
the Negro head Of the I. L. D.,
Comrade William Patterson, Or
other white and Negro leaders of
the I. l.. D., that the New York
Times sought to obtain statements
on the present status Of the case.
The tremendous growth OF the
mass fight for the freedom Of the
Scottsboro BOYS make 1t inpossihle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19

beverages and ice. He would drop the
carbonated beverages He would add
200 men in case beer was legalized.
He mentions lithographers, ma
chinery men, automobile mechan-
les, gasoline producers, copper
smiths, machine mechanics and
railroad employees as men who
would draw down wages as a re-
suit of his re-entry into brew
ing beer.
He would add the purchase of $780,
600 in machinery to his present three
units, and increase his freight ship
ments 400 per cent "since all goods
shipped in containers will have to be
returned" He also says, "The sale
of malt made from barley would in
crease 300 to 400 per cent if beer is
legalized. The farmers, instead of
feeding their barley to stock, would
get good price for it. The farmers
could raise more barley, less wheat
and corn. Hop acreage would be in
creased"
A 1,000-Man Payroll
From ST. Paul, Minnesota, the sales
manager of the Theo. Hamm Brew
ing Company tells me that they would
invest at least $4,000 in advertising
as soon as beer was legilized. This
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19
HIGH SCORE
For Labor in Recent Pri-
mary Battles

Washington, D. C. (ILNS)-Organ-
lied labor has scored heavily in re-
Gently held primary elections and in
one state has placed one of it's own
membership high on congressional
Kentucky and Missouri have polled
labor voted that almost set high
mark for the nation to shoot at. Sem
ator Barclay, in Kentucky, with labor
backing, has scored two-to-one vic
tory.
But the best news comes from Mis-
souri,, where both senatorial nominees
are rated favorable and where a ma
jority of congressional nominees are
right from labor's point of view.
Labor Man Victor
On the paramount modification is
sue both states have given labor 8
cause tremendous support. In Mis-
souri, only five drys crept through out
of the 26 congressional candidates
nominated by both parties, and the
probability, as seen here, is that at
least three of these and quite likely
all of them, will go down to defeat.
Outstanding in the democratic pri-
mary was the nomination of r. T.
Wood, of Springfield, president of the
State Federation of Labor. Wood
ran seventh in the field of 13 who
were nominated and is regarded as
certain of election He is a member
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19

of tn Cigar Makers international
Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19
BREWERS
Buying Foreign Kegs Draw
Fire of Green

Boston, Mass-William Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, told the convention of the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees and
Beverage Dispensers International
Alliance that the federation would
serve notice on brewers that it would
"denounce and expose" the purchase
of barrels and kegs in Germany in
anticipation of the modification of the
Volstead act.
at has come to my attention" he
said, "that apparently in anticipation
of the modification of the Volstead act
representatives of some brewing con-
Germs are buying barrels and kegs in
Germany and other foreign countries.
"They are doing this knowing that
thousands of American workers, skill
ed in the trade, are idle.
"It is our purpose to trace out these
concerns and expose and denounce
them publicly if they continue to pur-
chase foreign-made barrels and kegs"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19
British Labor Leaders
Hit Higher Food Prices

Ottawa, Can.-John Bromley, an
official industrial adviser Of the Brit
ish delegation at the imperial eco
nomic conference here, filed with the
delegation a notice that the true pur-
pose of the conference would be de-
feated by the Canadian program, the
acceptance of which would increase
the cost of living throughout Great
Britain by raising food prices.
Mr.. Bromley is chairman Of the
British Trades Union Congress Gen.
eral Council. He and Charles M. Ci-
trine, secretary of the general coun-
Gil, are looking after the interests of
British labor in matters that come
before the conference.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19
Brewers Tell Of Money They Will Spend and
Men They Will Employ as Soon as Modifica-
ton Is Achieved Many Industries Included
in List to Be Helped.

Even though his market is local he
would add 1,300 cars to freight load
ings.
He would purchase 100000 bush
els of grain, 100000 pounds of hops.
Big Construction Job
The return of this one local brewery
to the making of beer would give to
the construction industry a job cost
ing $2,75O,OOO.
Answers from other local breweries
in various parts of the country to my
questions indicate that the advertis-
ing, machinery and new building
would be large
AS far as the farmer and his crops
are concerned the following table
from the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture gives fair picture. 1t shows
that portion of the grain crop used
by makers of alcoholic drinks and is
the average for the period 1914-1926:
90 used for
Alcoholic
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19
Unemployment Makes Gains
In July, A. F. Of L. Shows
While Wall Street BOoms Upward Wage Farmers Get
"M0re of the Same in Worst Period of 1892
Farms Absorb Some.

Washington, D. c. (ILNS)-Em-
ployment has just gone through one
of the worst Julys on record, and for
the month ending July 15 trade union
unemployment jumped to double the
number laid off any month this year,
the American Federation of Labor
finds.
Any Wall street prosperity re-
corded has not begun to reach wage
earners. Recent reports of improving
employment are regarded as possibly
evidence of normal pickup, perhaps
coming a bit earlier than usual, but
not eating any perceptible hole in the
total of 100000 industrial workers
added to unemployment rolls in the
month.
Fourth Jobless Winter
1t is reported that about 100000
got seasonal work on farms, so that
the net gain in joblessness amounted
to 100000 Says the A. F. of L. re-
port:
"The fourth winter of un-
employment grows closer. The
American Federation of Labor
estimate shows a mounting army
of unemployed, more than double
the army we maintained for the
World War 1t is huge task to
maintain such an army, together
with their dependents.
sour estimates of unemployment in
the United States, based on govern
ment figures, show that our indus
tries have laid off more than 100000
persons from January to June, 1882.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19

brewery carried on for II years with
soft drinks, jobbing of related mer-
chandise and making of cereal bev-
erages.
He states that this company would
add 1000 men in plant and branches,
would buy very considerable
amount Of machinery and materials,
increase freight shipments by at least
500 per cent, make very heavy pur-
chases from farmers"
Edward A. Schmidt, president of
c. Schmidt & Sons of Philadelphia
would spend from $4,000 to 100000
on advertising, would add some 300
men to the payroll. He says it would
"help thousands of men in such in
dustries as farming, glass bottle
blowing, containers and cartoons, auto
track builders, artisans in building
construction. He would invest more
than $500,000 in machinery and ma
terials and there would be II to 15
cars each day in added freight. He
says that 100000 bushels of grain and
100000 pounds of hops would be pur-
chased by his brewery and estimates
from 80ooo,OoO to 1OO,Oo0,OOo bushels
of grain and 100000 to 100000 900
pounds of hops for all brewers.
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The grams grown least are the ones
used most as will be seen. This is in
line with an urge to farmers to di-
versify.
Big Advertising Outlay
When Mr.. Pabst says that this one
concern would spend at least 100000
on advertising legalized beer during
the first year, his statement naturally
interests everyone concerned with
publishing and advertising. The Rup-
perts statement indicates how local
brewers are thinking.
Their estimates on other ex-
penditures, since they would add
greatly to purchasing power
Though the drys deny this) in
terest every manufacturer with
merchandise to sell.
If-and it is still big if-beer re-
turns, large group of brewers main
tain that there will come into being
an aggressive and important group of
advertisers at time when more ad-
vertising would act as a tonic to all
advertisers, publishers and advertis-
ing agents.
Professor Herman Feldman, OF
Dartmouth, himself a prohibitionist
says that in 1914 there was at least
1872, ,914,000 invested in breweries. AT
that time there were 1892 of them
All of them used advertising for their
products in some form or other
The great majority of these brew
cries are now junk.
A rebuilding of what was once ar
$8, 900, 100000 industry would un-
doubtedly start much activity in di-
verse lines. The Rupert statement
predicts this.
Looks for 847 Breweries
A prominent young brewer, quoted
later, believes there would be 847
breweries established during the first
year.
John F. Hunt, president of the
John F. Hunt Company, manufac-
turers Of brewery machinery, believes
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-08-19

Trade union reports the first part of
July show more than twice as many
laid off from June first to July first
as in any other month this year Up
to June, unemployment in industry
increased at an average rate of 267,-
600 month; union figures for the
first part of July indicate an increase
of more than 100000 since June. If
unemployment continues to increase
at this rate we shall have we'll over
100000 out of work by January,
1893.
Road Work Gains
Factories, mines, stores, construc-
tion industries, hotels, railroads and
utilities have all been laying off work
ers by thousands during the five
months since January. The govern
ment indexes of employment show
only one industry creating jobs (out-
side of temporary work in agricul-
ture). This is the road building in
dustry, which created jobs for $1,000
persons, while factories laid off 640,-
COO, the building industry 10000,
wholesale and retail stores another
10000, minus 10000, hotels, rail
roads and utilities 147,0O0. Even the
federal government added $4,000 to
the ranks of the unemployed.
"No measures taken thus far have
even scratched the surface of the
problem. We must create millions of
jobs. Shortening work hours is first
step to do it.
"Work hours must be shortened on
permanent basis"