The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-27
Southern Woman Bares Tricks of
Higher>Ubs to Shunt Lynch Blame
Says Mass Defense Is
Urgent to Save the
Scottsboro Boys

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1 ask you to examine The validity
of this glory of the Anglo-Saxon.' -
/ know Jews who have lived in the
South for many generations, who
made fortunes there who are as re-
lentless as any other Southerner in
their wish to punish Negroes for
crimes they have not committed. But
on their faces shines the glory of the
Anglo-Ssxon, the same glory that
shines on the faces of other South
erners who have fine houses and
plenty to eat and drink.
What is the glory of the Anglo
Saxon?" Do you look for it in the
faces Of pallid, worn-down Anglo
Saxon factory workers. Do you
search for its glow in the ignorant,
half starved faces of the Anglo
Saxon tenant farmer?
You will find it in the faces of the
judges and judges sons and their po-
litical and economic equals. Their
hands are clean. They can look you
in the face with clear eyes, and say,
like Pontius PLATE, my hands are
clean. Look, I have washed them"
But those who know the South know
that they keep those other Anglo
Saxons, the factory workers, the poor
farmers in ignorance and poverty, not
consciously, not with dirty hands, but
in many devious ways, politically,
and economically, they must keep
these whites ignorant so that they may
have group which through ignorance
and superstitution and prejudice will
perform the dirty work which their
delicate hands must not touch. With
sweet courtesy, they live a life Of
calm beauty and harmony, while
under the life they are carrying on
another life, setting one race of
poverty ridden people against another
race. But their hands are beautiful
and clean. And on their faces shines
the glory Of the Angio-Saxon.
Why the Lynchings?
Knowing the facts, the history OF
what has gone before, I believe that
the lynchings in Alabama, the arrest
of the Scottsboro boys, are a direct
result of the determination Of upper
class Southerners to keep the Negro,
as well as the poor white, in economic
and political subsection. The poor
white is necessary tool, as well as a
necessary part of the industrial
progress" OF the South.
Knowing the facts, I appeal to all
intellectuals OF the North and of the
South, to look closely into these mat
tiers. I appeal to them TO fight for a
new glory, the glory of those who
look for economic freedom for all
men, of whatever race, Anglo-SaKon,
Negro or Jew.
This can be done only by using
every weapon we may have at our
command. The Scottsboro trial is
taking place now. It will continue for
at least month, according to those
who understand the workings of the
court. Let us examine what is hap
pening there. Let us not be timid
about placing the blame where it
should be placed. Whether we are
far away, or close at hand, let us
watch the events and make our pro-
tests as the trial progresses. And
let us always keep in mind that those
who have murdered before, will MUIR
der again. Let us know that any
thing will be done to keep the Negro
race ignorant. miserably oppressed,
so that the glory of the Anglo
Saxon" may continue to shine in the
faces OF Southern judges and lawyers,
governors, and their economic and
social equals.