The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-10
BY n. HONG.


WASHINGTON, D. c." The Scots,
W boro case is felt by hundreds OF
thousands of Negro workers as some
thing which concerns them as mucn
as the problem of where the next
meal is coming from" These were
the words of a Scottsboro marcher
from Baltimore, speaking to the
Daily Worker correspondent, and the
eagerness of thousands of Baltimore
workers to join the March to back
up this workers words.
Even though the trucks, BUSES, and
autos had assembled at the Baltimore
Public Square on the last leg OF the
March to Washington in the dim
hours of the morning, even though 1t
rained cats and dogs, the thousands
of Baltimore workers, seventy percent
of them Negroes, came to join the
March. Thousands had to be disap-
pointed, for there were not trucks
enough to take them. Everytime
new truck came into the square, there
was rush of hundreds for it, so
keen was the desire to go to Wash
ington and add their voices to those
of the 5000 masSed in front OF the
Capitol and the White House.
THE Negro workers of Baltimore
even take over the City Hall steps
and balcony in giving the Marchers
a mighty send-off. They don't fear
the Negro hating police, because they
fell the power behind the fight for
the nine Scottsboro boys-and this
March exemplifies that power.
IT was reported that the Washington
1 authorities didn't like the idea of
the March passing thru the Negro
sections of the Capital. However,
thru the Negro sections the March
ers went. Just as you couldn't see
the beginning or the end Of the long
caravan as it made its way from Bal
tinore to Washington, you couldn't
see the beginning or the end of the
parade thru washington.
The reason that the authorities
wanted to keep the parade out OF
the Negro streets became clearer with
every foot covered by the marchers
as they paraded towards the White
House We pass jim-crow public
school. The young Negro boys and
girls, ranging from babies in the kim
dergaIten, up to older children in the
higher grades, deafen us with their
cheers and handclapping The Negro
teachers applaud too, and encourage
the school children to do SO too. we
notice old Negro men and women, to
many of whom slavery of the pre-
civil war days is still living men,
ory. They are weeping with joy as
they watch this demonstration of
strength in the fight against the
slavery OF the Negro which still ex-
lists.
On almost every stoop in the Negro
sections, all the people in the house
throng to cheer and applaud the
Marchers. Some take their hats off,
in respect to the hardships which the
MarShers have undergone to come to
Washington. In many houses white
workers cheer too.
But the demonstrations Of soltdar-
ity are not confined merely TO cheer
ing. The parade left New York and
Florida Avenues with about 1900 in
it. II reached the White House 5000
strong.
THE Committee of rs is ushered into
l the Office of Louis Howe, the
gnome-like lieutenant Of president
Roosevelt. Howe has poker-face
He automatically shakes hands with
all the members Of the delegation.
When William L. Patterson of the
International Labor Defense begins
to tell him that there are 5000 Ne
gro and white workers outside, rep
resenting Millions more, a grimace be-
comes fixed on Howe's face, the near
est thing to human expression it
seems capable Of displaying. AS Pat