The daily worker., 1932-04-18

yer, attorney hired by Internationa,
Labor Defense. I. L. D. and other
working-cla organizations open
determined fight for his freedom.
Secret report of Howard Kester
of the Fellowship of Reconciliation,
is made public by the Daily Worker.
This report shows among other
things that in the neighborhood of
Birmingham alone, in the summer
of 1881, rs Negro workers were
lynched or otherwise murdered by
police.
December, 1881
Sixteen hundred and fifty hunger
marchers, over one-fourth Negroes,
march on Washington from every
section of the United States, to de-
nland unemployment insurance,
calling for the freedom of the
Scottsboro boys, and appealing for
fight on lynching and jim Crow.
The hunger marchers smash JIM
Crow lines, angrily Spurning all Of
fers Of Jim-Crow lodgings, and set
an unforgettable example of soli-
darity.
Baltimore. Md. International
Labor Defense and other working
class organizations enter fight to
save George Davis, Negro worker,
framed on charges of attacking a
white woman" Davis almost lynch
ed by businessmen's mobH
New York City.-WorkeFs force
release Of Sam Brown, William
Campbell, Arthur Williams and
James Warfield, Negro workers, ar
rested on fake charges of robbery,
but really because they held work.
ing-class meetings in Harlem. Of
ficials of U N. I. A. assisted in the
frame-up.
Houston, Tex.-Barney Lee Ross,
23-year old Negro boy of danger
field, Tex, sentenced to death on
fake frame-up. The trial lasted two
hours. Workers rally to his defense.
International Labor Defense de-
mandS rehearing.
Winston Salem, N. C John
Moore, jObless Negro worker, SEN
sentenced to die for theft of pair of
wOrn-Out shoes. Workers protest.
Salisbury, Md.-Matthew Will
Jams, 35-year old Negro worker,
burned in 40 gallons of gasoline,
by unmasked mob Of big business
men. Williams committed the crime
of asking his boss for a raise from
Is cents an hour.
Report compiled by wOrker-in-
vestigatOrs show a total of 79
known Iynchings and 80 murders
by police of Negro workers in 1881.
Countless Iynchings are never re-
ported.
January, 1882
Lewisburg, w. Va.-Tom Jackson
and George Banks, two Negro work
ers, lynched by mob of so white
business men.
barrow and Hays, NAACP attOr-
news, refuse to enter defense of the
ScottsbOrO boys. Working class Or
CARNATIONS. intensity campaign for
their release. Letter of Buby Bates,
chief witness in the ScOttsbOrO trial,
in which she admits the boys were
framed, suppressed by Huntsville pO-
lice. Lawyers for International La
Dor Defense, in hearing before the
Alabama Supreme Court, January
2I, expose ScOttsborO verdict as bra
zen legal lynching.
Baltimore, Md.-Orphan Jones,
framed Negro worker, is sentenced
to death by an all-white jury in "a
minutes of deliberation. All evil
dence at trial proved innocence of
Jones. Negro workers barred from
jury in spite of demand of defense
counsel. international Labor De-
fense plans appeal of case to Mary
land Supreme Court.
Baltimore Md.-George Davis,
framed Negro worker, sentenced in
secret court session to 16 years at
hard labor. Workers protest.
Sapulpa, Okla.-Jess Hollins, %
year-old Negro worker, arrested in
Sapulpa, charged with "rape." He
is sentenced to death in 30-minute
trial in night court. The girl whom
he was supposed to have raped