The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-19

Vl0n. DetermlnaClIn TO aYenge the
murder of the fallen comrade was
written on the face of every worker
in the large hall. Standing with
raised fists, singing the International,
the masses of workers pledged to
avenge this cold-blooded murder of
this working-class fighter by building
a stronger Communist Party, Young
Communist League and revolutionary
trade union movement in America.
The workers came early to pay their
homage to the fallen young fighter,
whose body lay in easket on a raised
platform in the center of the Coli
scum. They were silent. They spoke
in low voices, as they waited for the
meeting to begin.
Daily Worker Sent Wreath.
A guard of honor-four members
of the Young Communist League,
flanked the coffin. One of them held
large red flag. Wreaths Of red
flowers sent by the Central Commit
tee Of the Communist Party, the
Young Communist League, the Daily
Worker surrounded the bier of the
young fighter.
The huge meeting was opened at 8
o'clock. Tony Minerich, a miner and
member of the National Executive
Committee Of the Young Communist
League, was chairman. Tho meeting
was addressed by VIM. z. Foster, T..
Amter, Joe Weber, who was kidnap-
ped and beaten by the Kentucky mine
thugs, and Moore, q Negro miner
from Kentucky.
kilograms poured into the meeting
from workers organizations and uni
ons all over the country protesting
against the Kentucky terror and the
murder Of Sinlnns The kilograms
expressed the determination Of the
workers to intensity their struggle
against the bosses and the Hoover
hunger government.
Father Calls Workers TO Take
Sons Place.
The father of Harry Simms. a
worker and a left wing fighter all his
life, sat on the stage near his dead
son. He received the greatest oys-
ton Of the evening when his state
ment was read calling on the workers
to rally to the Communist Party and
Y. G. l..
The statement of the father of
Simms follows:
My son, Harry SinmS, was hru-
tally murdered by the armed forces
Of the Kentucky coal barons. He
dies for the cause of the working
class. He was born in q family OF
a worker and reared in the spirit
of the rlass struggle. From his ear
lest days he devoted all his energy
to organizing the workers, to en-
tightening them, to leading them
in struggle for better life ard
against the brutal forces of capt.
talism which brushes the workers
of his country. He died on the bat
tie field Of the class struggle, while
conducting activities on behalf of
the exploited and oppressed Ken
lucky miners.
my son, Harry Sinms, went to
Kentucky, knowing very well the
dangers of the situation. AS q
true fighter he died glorious
death.
HE was fighter because he
was Communist and a member Of
the Young Communist League. 1t
is the Communist Party which leads
the working class in all its strug-
giles. 1t is the Communist Party
which gives direction, meaning and
unity to all the struggles Of the
working class. II is the Communist
PARTY which gives its members
courage to fight in the front ranks
Of their class. 1t is the Communist
Party which is following the same
road as roes the Communist Party
Of the Soviet Union, which is build
ing socialism over one-sixth if the
surface of the earth. 1t is the
Communist PARTY which will lead
all the workers of this country In
to their final battle against capital
ism and for the establishment OF
Soviet Republic
Il therefore, appeal to all of you
workers, and Young Workers to
commemorate my son, Harry Hersh
Simms, to pay tribute to a son Of