The daily worker., 1932-10-31
JAIL JOBLESS
IN MILWAUKEE
Savage Sentences In
Socialist" City
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

inand for food for his hungry family.
Police clubbed him over the head
with a pick handle, and woman
agent Of the relief station stabbed
him intiie back with a knife used
for opening letters.
S. p. Caucus On Sentence.
Charges having no relation to the
case were brought against Burbach,
and, when he denied them, he was
also charged with perjury. They
gave him a thirty-day sentence in
the house Of correction and after
serving that he was held in the
county jail for decision on the per-
jury charge. The judge withheld
sentence until he had a chance to
hold conferences with the Socialist
Party city and county officials.
Sentence Communist Candidates.
Meanwhile in the district court,
before Judge Hedding, twelve workers
were sentenced on rioting charges
based on their militant demonstra-
ton against forced labor and for re-
eff to certain particular cases of
k5arving unemployed workers a few
VteekS ago at Lincoln Ave. relief sta
tion. A term of four months in Jail
was decreed for Mrs. Tillie Benson,
who was at the demonstration par
ticularly to demand relief for her
four hungry children.
Others sentenced were: Carl Les
ter, Communist candidate for Con-
gress in the Fourth District, ten
months; Benjamin Pheifer, Commu-
mist elector at large, ten months;
Walter Wojtczak, Albert Krowczyk,
Roman Michaelski, six months each; /;
Walter Latowski, Joseph Plekha,
John Tuchalski, three months each;
Albert Puezylowski, Joseph Tomasau-
mas and Louis Osowitz, 80 days each.
Railroaded.
In these trials the Judge attempted
to prejudice the jurors, led witnesses
for the prosecution, coached, right in
court, all the police who testified.
restricted the defense testimony and
the argument of the international
Labor Defense attorneys, objected to
the number OF defense witnesses, sus-
tanned all the objections made by the
prosecution and overruled all made
n the defense.
Judge Hedding, who poses as a
liberal and humanitarian stated
N court that no one in Milwaukee
had a right to demand more relief
Benson Helps Convict.
Sheriff Riot Gun" Benson. Social
iSt Party leader, was in court, con-
ferring with the city police and court
officials, openly working up the case
against the unemployed and aiding
the prosecution.
Sheriff Benson recently stated, in
regard to attacks on unemployed
demonstrations: 'The Communists
are trying to keep us officials from
doing our duty, but we know how tc
handle these persons"
At the same time, high police off
cials were declaring: "The leaders Of
these demonstrations will make every
effort to incite violence" Police Of
ficials are boasting in public that
they will smash the unemployed
councils here.
When Grace Brown, Communist
candidate, appeared as a witness fol
the defense in court, court officials
and Socialist Party leaders united in
eclaring she was a Red agitator'
I'd intimating that therefore her
stlinony was not to be believed.
Wreck Socialist Propaganda.
The whole attitude of courts, So
cialist city and county officials ano
Socialist press indicates a deliberate
program of smashing by terror ano
savage prison sentences the unem-
ployed movement in Milwaukee Thi,
struggle of the jobless, led by the
unemployed councils and the Com
munist Party, is making a scanda'
and crippling the Socialist Party
election campaign claims that tht
Socialist administration "has accom-.
plished wonders for the jobless il
Milwaukee"
Mayor Hoan is travelling around
making these false claims and speak.
ing to the Army and Navy Clubs, etc.
While the jobless starve and the So.
cialist Party jams jail and prison
cells with the jobless who complain
about the starvation.
Against this Socialist Party terror
campaign, which is part of the gen.
eral drive OF the bankers and bis
busin ssslnen here. the jobless vii
fight. A children's hunger march
demanding lunches and relief ir
sf1ool for unemployed workers chill.
q IN. will take place Tuesday. TIL.
rch will go to the school board
H. the Department of Education
Building on Tenth and Highland
Ave.
There will be general, city-widt
hunger march to the county boarc
on Nov. % to demand relief ane
ab:lition of the Socialist Metcalf,
forced labor scheme.
The I. L. D. is appealing all tn.
sentences given the jobless and ask
workers everywhere to protest tn,
failing of the jobless.
Big Communist Vote.
A big Communist vote will be 5
hard blow to Socialist starvation O
the unemployed, Socialist officials
forced labor program for the jobles
and the Socialist administration
conspiracy to smash the unemployee
struggle with arrests and long jai
sentences.
Many rank and file Socialist Part,
members witnessed the conduct O
the cases against the unemployed ant
were outspoken in their disgust ans
resentment against the S. P. officials
tany of them will vote Communist
I'D continue to take part in tn,
srrggle of the jobless.
ARf
The Children's Hunger March will