The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-10
FOSTER ARRESTED
IN TEXTILE CITY
Lawrence Bosses Fear
Fight on Wage Cuts
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

fare department in charge of relief.
Workers who filled the Council
Chambers repeatedly applauded
Bramhall who in addition to de-
manding the right of free speech
and assemblage, demanded adequate
relief for the thousands of starving
textile workers of the city.
The lineup in Lawrence is seen
from the fact that opposing Bran
hall and the workers committee in
their demand for the right of free
speech for the workers, was John J.
O'Rourke, secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, who urged that "all
Communist meetings in Lawrence be
barred"
At the same time Alderman Gal
vim, spokesman for the council
policy, declared that "the city coun-
Gil, Chamber of Commerce and other
similar groups should interest them
selves in securing cooperation from
mill owners"
Action Is Denounced.
The Foster-Ford election cam
paign denounced the arrest Of Foster
and charged that "the mill owners,
bankers and the Secret Three be-
hind Mayor White are leaving no
stone unturned to prevent the work
ers of Lawrence from taking action
against wage cuts and spreading
starvation, which caused the death
Of a worker right on the City Com
mon Saturday. This is part of the
plan to prevent the workers of the
city from rising up against the wage
cuts and starvation and against the
cutting off of what little relief is now
being distributed"
Hathaway Scores Arrest
The arrest of Foster and the break
ing up of the Lawrence meeting which
he was to address was denounced in
statement issued yesterday by Clar-
ence Hathaway, chairman of the
National Communist Campaign Com
mittee, which said:
1.-THE denial of free speech, the
arrest of William e. Foster at Law
renee, Mass, seems to be concerted
move of the police throughout the
country to stop all working class
meetings addressed by the standard
bearers of the Communist Party,
This is the second time that Foster
has been arrested since the campaign
opened. James w. Ford. our vice.
presidential candidate, was arrested
only a few days ago in Washington.
The Communist presidential cam
paign will proceed In spite of this
denial Of political rights to workers,
and we call upon all workers every
where to organize in defense of their
political rights, as well as the right
Of their candidates to address the
tens Of thousands Of people fiocking
to Communist meetings. The Com
murist Party raises as one OF the
central issues in the present election
campaign the struggle against capt.
talist terror and against all forms
Of suppression of the political rights
of the workers"
Dictated by Mill Owners"
1.-THE arrest of william z. Foster,
Communist candidate for President,
in Lawrence was dictated by the mill
owners, who fear the growing move
ment among the workers against the
assistant secretary of the Trade
put over" declared Jack Stachel,
continuous wage cuts that have been
Union Unity League. Foster is the
national secretary of the organiza-
ton.
1T is significant that while A. J.
Music, who backs the Socialist Party,
is permitted to speak in Lawrence,
Foster meetings are barred and
Foster himself arrested. The reason
| is no doubt to be found in Muste's
services to the mill owners in help
ing to drive strikers back to their
looms whenever they engage in a