The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-21
Surprise Demonstration
Against Nazis Held
i'm Philadelphia
Leo Gallagher, |. L. ID.
Attorney, Hailed at
Irish Meet

CLEV LELAND, Dec. ~. -
thousands of people passing
The Public Square, the busiest
spot in Cleveland, yesterday
afternoon saw two flags flying with
inc inscription stop Hitler Murder"
and Free Torgler and Dimitrof."
One of the flags was hoisted upon
\ 25-foot f1agpole and the other on
/ 12-foot 1agpole. Because the rope
had been cut, police and firemen
struggle for hours to remove the flags,
but they continued flying until $50
Ia the evening.
Just before police succeeded in
hauling down the flags Frank Rogers
vas arrested. At that moment, thou
sands OF cards signed Communist
Party fiuttered down upon the crowd
passing through the Public Square.
Earlier in the day-despite the fact
! mat the German consulate was
heavily guarded-two delegations, one
representing workers organizations
! md the other representing profess
sions, went to the consulate to pre-
sent demands for the release of Tor
.ler, Dinitroff and the other Com
n1unist defendants.
The delegations were surrounded
by police armed with clubs and tear
gas bombs. Only after q, long strug-
gle cid the COPS succeed in forcing
he delegations from the consulate.
Newark Protest Saturday
NEWARK. N. J., Dec. 2O.--A dem
on5t-ation. to demand The release
" the four Communist defendants
in the Reichstag fire trial Is being
called at Military Park, this Satur-
day afternoon, Dec. %, at / PM,
under the. joint auspices of the
, Communist Party, District Ia and
the Young Communist League.
: Greet Gallagher
DUBLIN, ireland, Dec, .20.-Leo
Gallagher, Los Angeles International
Labor Defense attorney who attended
tiae sessions of the Reichstag fire trial
until he was deported by the Nazi
government, was one of the speakers
at meeting which welcomed Sean
Murray, a leader of the Irish Com
munist Party. who had just been re-
leased from Belfast Prison Murray
had been arrested at a Belfast mass
meeting, after police had dispersed
the crowd
Gallagher, the, American attorney,
made 2 scathing exposure OF the Nazi
methods in the Leipzig trial. The
mention OF Dimitroffs name brought
rounds of applause.
The meeting adopted vigorous
resolution demanding the immediate
release Of the four Communist de-
PENDANTS in the Leipzig trial.
Besides Gallagher and Murray, 9TH
er speakers were Barney Conway, Mrs
Skiffington, Miss Jacob, Jack Carney
and Mrs. Despard.
Kenosha Protests
EENOSHA, Wis, Dec. 20.-More
than 1000 workers in Butterfly Thea
tire at showing Of the film, So
VETS on Parade" added their voices
to the mighty voice of protest against
the Reichstag fire trial frame up.
wire demanding the release of the de-
PENDANTS was sent to the German En-
bassy in Washington.
2,O00 in Boston
BOSTON, Dec. 20.--Despite repeat
ed attempts of the police to break ur
the line of march, 1000 demonstrated
in the Boston Common on behalf OF
the Reichstag fire defendants. Earlier
dispatches, incorrectly estimated the
0,rowd at 1000 Many organizations
we're represented in the den1onstra-
Lion. Thirty seven protest cablegrams
were sent to the Nazi Supreme Court
during the past few days by various
Boston organizations. -.
Finnish Workers Protest
CHICAGO, Dec. 2o.--A meeting Of
Finnish workers at 24o9 N. HalsteG
st., voted to send wire Of protest
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