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The daily worker., 1933-11-17


Of the window of his Office working
his Jaws neryously.
shortly. "All I can say Is that I
would feel Inundated if the pris-
oners were taken away from me-"
The sheriff has not yet received or
ders to transfer the prisoners from
Birmingham to Decatur, nor does he
know whether only seven or all nine
will be ordered taken to Morgan
county, sheriff Hawkins explained
carefully and with a measure Of sig
niflcance that once he has delivered
the boys to Sheriff Bud" Davis Of
Morgan county his duty has been
performed. Responsibility for their
safety is thenceforth up to Morgan
county officials.
Tension More Dangerous Now Than
Last Spring
At the time of the ScottSboro trial
this spring when the tension was
nowhere near as dangerous, Sheriff
Hawkins used twelve deputies and
three cars to transfer the prisoners,
In Decatur they were met by a
troop Of some IS soldiers which i'm
mediately surrounded the boys. When
the boys were taken back to Bir-
ningham for safe-keeping the Ma
tional Guard acted as an escort.
But with Judge Callahan's state
ment that there will be no soldiers
to guard the boys or their attorneys
and with Sheriff Hawkins duty fin
ished when he gets a receipt for
them, the job Of bringing them back
to Birmingham il they are to be
brought back to Birmingham for
safekeeping after they are arraigned
is left in the hands of Morgan coun-
ty deputies. These deputies are resi-
dents of county which has been
loud in its announced purpose of
finishing this case by means Of q
thirty-cent rope, whether Morgan
County deputies will shoot into a
lynch mob OF Morgan County whites
is considered very doubtful here.
Sheriff Hawkins plans to lead his
deputies personally in transporting
the ScottSboro boys to Decatur, what
roads he will use or how many cars
and deputies Is supposed to be a Sc
cret.
Hawkins said that when an insur-
rection or riot threatens the sheriff
has the legal power to call out the
National Guard himself. This means
that in the event OF a mob movement
it would fall upon Sheriff Davis to
summon the soldiers, but in all cases
where the sheriff calls the National
Guard he is under the courts orders,
and in this particular case the court
has very specifically said that it saw
no reason to have soldiers present.
Boys and Attorneys to Be Isolated
In Court
The strange set-up OF events for
The daily worker., 1933-11-17


the difficulties up to now have been
real ones.
New speculations of the nature Of
the difficulties arose as all official
sources remained Officially a
vacuum to the press. Among these 1t
seemed to be agreed that debts and
claims probably are the chief OBJ
stacles to be overcome. It was re-
ported by one American who claims
to have authentic information that
Roosevelt has proposed solution
in the form Of suggestion that an
American corporation similar to Am
torg be formed to handle exports to
Russia and pay off the sums claimed
by the United States without the So
Wet Government necessarily recog-
nizing the existence Of the claims.
According to this theory, the Presi-
dent has implied that the American
corporation might add to the prices
of goods amounts which would be
pooled and applied to the debts and
claims without any official transac-
tions taking place between the two
governments. At this the Ru-sians
naturally baked, it was said, but
the fantastic solution" remains as a
suggestion. This informant added
that the Americans are insisting that
debts and claims be considered alto
gether, while the Russians maintain
they are distinct, separate matters.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Strikers, Cops in
Clash at American
Radiator Go. Strike
Militant Union Leads
Workers When AFL
Betrays Them

BAYONNE, N. j., Nov. i6.-Thee
hundred and fifty strikers Of the
American Radiator Factory, yesterday
Inassed at the factory in an effort to
get out strike breakers. In the fight
that took place at the plant, several
policemen were hurt and two workers
beaten up and arrested. Police are
now looking for Mullaly and Andrews,
union organizers.
The workers have been striking for
two months under the leadership Of
the Steel and Metal Workers Indus
trial Union. They at first joined the
American Federation Of Labor, and
after paying initiation fees and other
money, the A. F. Of L. disappeared
from the strike. When the strikers
found out that Scabs were going into
the plant, they came to the Steel and
Metal Workers Industrial Union.
At a meeting held yesterday, J.
Mullaly, organizer Of the Steel
Workers Union and L. Andrews, Hud-
son County organizer Of the Com
munist Party, spoke to the men and
organized them for mass picketing,
to get out the scabs.
The Communist Party of Hudson
County is calling a mass meeting on
Friday night at the Labor Lyceum in
,Bayorne in order to organize support
OF all workers Of Bayonne for the
strike of the American Radiator
workers.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Cops Make Brutal
Assault on Meat
Strike Picket Line
(Continued from Page y


---------
Eber and Delorie Payne. Many
councilnen declared that the police
are above the care and jurisdiction
of the council.
Many Arrests
Many additional arrests we're made
yesterday and today Of strikers un-
der false pretenses in an intensified
drive Of the police to help the boss
es smash the strike. These attacks
failed TO daInpen the militancy OF
the strikers. Last night the Pitts
burgh newspapers reported that the
''Dunlevy- Franklin Co. was stoned
by enraged strikers and the engine
room was attacked" Strikers massed
at the Armour Co. plant in East
Liberty, where the bosses have beer
concentrating scabs, with the result
that seabs could not be transported
to hotels, as has been done for ths
past few days. The Green and Vel
low Taxi Cab Co. refused to hau,
scabs any more, as they had beer
doing, to the Kirkwood, Ritzpen anG
Shady Hotels.
Halt Trucks
Trucks handling meats are beinl
halted along the road by delegations
Of strikers and strike sympathizerS
and tens of hundreds of pounds o.
meat, it is reported, have beer
stopped from entering the city anc
its suburb.
Bitter cold continues. but all pick.
ct lines are manned. The strikers
are building fires in old cans II
keep themselves warm, and hot cof.
fee is being distributed on the pick.
ct line A let down in the cold vii
bring about increased picket lines.
Issuing Injunction
The injunction against the strik'
ers of Oswald-Hess and Soler's viii
most likely be issued in a day o
two. The hearings before Judg'
Holmes were held yesterday. Fina
decision is expected soon. This i
one Of the reasons for the police at
tack on the Oswald Hess picket line
as an excuse for the Injunction.
A meeting OF all young strikers i
now in session. The women's meet
ing has been changed from Satur
day, Nov 18th to Friday, Nov. 17tl
| at the Bohemian Hall.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Wicks Will Speak at
Marx -Lenin Exhibit
In Brownsville Today

NEW YORK.--Beginning at noon
today and continuing until midnight
the Marx-Lenin Exhibition will be
shown at the Brownsville Youth Cen
ter, los Thatford Ave-, Brooklyn. In
the evening. at 8 o'clock, H. M. Wicks
will lecture on 1.-THE Historical De-
veIopment Of Marxisrn.'
There has been added additional
material to the Exhibition, in the
form of supplementary panels dealing
with the Paris Commune. snd the
1905 revolution in Russia, as well as
the latest material on Socialist con-
struction under the Second Five Year
Plan in the Soviet Union, which Will
be shown for the first time today.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Elk
hibition Is being shown at the Hun
garian Workers Club. On each eve
ming there will be lecture by WicEs.
Then, on Monday, the Exhibition is
to be shown in Gerard Manor Hail
in Philadelphia, where 1t will con-
tinue for three days.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17

this coming arraignment and trial
which is causing grave ar srehension
was further complicated by another
statement from Judge Callahan
which, though trifling in itself, holds
far-reaching significance.
Judge Callahan refused to discuss
anything even remotely connected
with the case and would permit him
self to be quoted in only one SEN
tence.
Press men will be allowed In court,
but no special arrangements such as
press tables within the bars (the area
separating the trial space from the
spectators seats) will be made for
hem
At the last trial press tables were
SET up fer white newspaper cores
pondents back of the prosecution
table. two Negro correspondents were
placed on the other side OF the room
near the section reserved for Negro
Tpectators.
Reporters Sense Fear of Shooting
in Court
During the entire trial newspaper
men naturally were as much at home
in the barred area as the attorneys.
Frequently speaking to them TO ask
explanations of mooted points, there
was plenty Of space, so the question
of room cannot be in Judge Gala
hans mind, for there was plenty OF
room when Judge Horton presided.
The fact that this decision makes
it inconvenient for reporters to take
notes or write q running story OF the
trial and thus by discouraging them,
thereby curtain the publicity about
The trial cannot have suggested THIS
decision, because once q reporter has
been assigned, he will cover it wheth-
er he sits among the audience or
at a convenient press table. In all
courts where large number OF news
paperlnen is expected, arrangements
are made to facilitate their work.
Judges have been known to bar the
press during certain portions OF a
trial which necessitated evidence be-
ing heard in chambers, but Judge
Callahan apparently does not have
the slightest intention Of barring the
press from hte trial
He Just does not want newspaper
men in the space where the actual
trial is being held.
See Boys and Attorneys Isolated for
Targets
Newspapermen discussing this deci-
sion found In it very grave inter-
probation in view of the seeming set
up, which makes it possible for mob
action and the open threats against
the lives of the Scottsboro boys and
the I. L. D. lawyers, the situation
is explosive. Judge Callahan, living
in Decatur, cannot possibly avoid
knowing Just how serious it Is. An
attempt to kill the Scottsboro boys
and the attorneys might be made
even in open court, since there VIII
be no soldiers there for protection.
The only conclusion the newspaper
men could come to, considering all
angles, is that Judge Callahan made
his decision to keep the press from
within the barred enclosure because
he himself fears that shooting might
start In court and does not want re-
porters where they might be in the
way of spraying bullets,
And having reached that conclu-
sion, the newspaper men cannot un-
derstand Judge Callahan's decision
not to call soldiers to protect the
bows. Leibowitz and Brodsky.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Prominent Soprano
to Sing Tonight at
Daily Worker Dance

NEW YORK.-Anastasia Rabinoff.
prominent soprano, and the Red
Dancers vii be featured at the enter
tainment and dance tonight by the
United Front supporters at Webster
Hall, 125 E 18th st. The entire pro-
ceeds will go to the Daily Worker.
The United Front Supporters are
composed of professionals, teachers
and intellectuals. Starting as a small
group interested in the study Of
MarIism, the United Front Support
ers have taken an incres singly active
part in the support of the defe-se
Of the Scottsboro boys and in the
present campaign to save the Daily
Worker.
An excellent Jazz orchestra will pro-
vide the dance music.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Helping the Daily Worker
Through Ed Newhouse

Official announcement has just
reached the office that the pro-
ceeds of the United Front Support
ers' Dance at Webster Manor. 119
E. 11th St., tonight will go to the
Daily Worker through the sports
column. The money will be credited
to Edward Newhouse in his socialist
competition with the other feature
departments to raise $1,000 in the
Daily Workers $4,000 Drive. He will
be on hand to act as one Of the
hosts and he will certainly referee
and may be prevailed upon to par
ticipate in the scheduled ping-pons
exhibitions to take place in the
lobby. Several crack players have
accepted invitations.
Contributions to date:
House party ...............$ Isl
Previous total .............. l43.25
Total to date ...........s145.7S
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Daily" Account Is
Cited In Fur Union
Injunction Hearing
Boss Association Head
Admits War Against
Industrial Union

NEW YORK.-An attack upon the
Daily Worker reports of the hearings
in Supreme Court for an injunction
against the Needle Trades Workers
Industrial Union we're made yes
terday by Null, attorney for the A.FL.
plaintiff union, who charged distor-
ton Of facts.
The Daily Worker has been carry
ing day-t day account of the frame
up case against the militant Indus
trial Union in its struggle against
the boss-A. T. Of L.-gangster alli-
ance which has attempted to smash
the workers organization.
Judge Gavegan denied Uull's eff
fort TO bring the Daily Worker &C
count into evidence, as well as the
attempt of Boudin, attorney for the
Industrial Union, to introduce articles
from the women's Wear Daily, organ
of the garment and fur manufac-
turers.
Motions for q nistrial came yes
terday from both Of the contesting
sides. Gavegan agreed to grant a
mistrial if both would agree not to
bring the case up in another court.
Null would not agree, and the trial
went on. Gavegan also indicated he
would turn evidence from the case
over to the Federal District Attorney,
who has made an indictment against
the Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union.
Joint Council
Philip Brown, former member and
business agent of the A. F. of L.
Joint Council, continued his testi-
mony Of colluslon between the bosses
and the A. F. Of L. officials in q
drive to herd the fur workers into
the Joint Council.
Scheidlinder, head OF the manufac-
| turers' association, was on the stand
most Of the day. He was forced to
admit that members of his aSsocla-
ton had signed agreements with the
! Industrial Union promising not tc
discharge workers because they be-
longed to that union. He also ad-
mitted that his association had col
lected half years membership dues
from the fur bosses enrolled in 1t
in order to make up a war chest
for a fight to crush the Industria
| Union.
Workers who gave testimony Wed
nesday of violence at the hands o.
Joint Council strong-arnn men, whC
were not mentioned in yesterday:
account of the trial, were Irving
Bloom, Isadore Young, Max Herman
and Max Silverstein.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Fight Against Cuts
In Relief, Is Call
Of JobleSs Council
Continued from Page Il

project is put forward by Roosevelt,
another "cure-all" that boils down to
more misery and less relief for the
unemployed. The Roosevelt regime
wants the workers to forget that the
Public Works Program. according to
Roosevelt's promises. would have had
unemployment abolished by this time.
Instead, the public works money was
given to the bankers and employers,
employing only q few thousand job
less workers. Now public works
money Is to substitute for relief now
given, instead OF going into new re-
lief work as was promised. Only q
few Of the millions OF unemployed will
get even part time, forced labor Jobs.
Those who do, viii have to work ur,-
der conditions comparable to the dol
lar-a-day labor now enforced In MILL
tarized conservation camps.
The Unemployed Councils state
ment pointed out that unemplo ployrnent
has not only not been decreased, as
the N.R.A. promised but that produc-
ton has declined and unemployment
has increased. The Unemployed
Council urged all workers to send
delegates to the national unemployed
convention In Washington on Jan.
13 and fight against evictions, for
adequate unemployment relief and
the enactment Of the Workers' Un-
employment Insurance Bill. This
Bill, 1t was pointed out, diverts all
war funds to the unemployed, and
forces the corporations and the rich,
through taxes, to provide the unem-
ployment insurance funds.
'The decree of Roosevelt that every
unemr'oved worker must work for his
relief with the promise Of $50 q
month for the 3O-hour week means
that millions of workers must either
consent to work at forced labor ua-
der non-union conditions or face
starvation" Amter said. Naturally
the single and young workers viii be
Disseminated against. The Negro
workers will be given the last and
hardest Jobs, as usual"
Amter described the conditions Of
forced labor under which hundreds Of
thousands are already compelled tc
work for relief.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17

| could run a dozen of the let
ters that came in with propo-
sails of all sorts.
The one from Maxwell Bodenheiin,
the poet and novelist, Was printed
last week. He wrote that "if you
want to promote that boxing match
for the benefit of the Daily Worker,
let's get together. I'm over forty,
with not much muscle but I'm will
ing to be knocked out in such a cause
any day in the year." Two people,
possibly acquaintances Of his, sent
assurances that they would be sin
gularly gratified to do so. One wild
duck launches a vicious single-spaced
tract against poets, challenging them
down the line from Chaucer to Nc
Leish. Two professional feather
weights dropped into the office to
say they would be glad to go few
rounds and it was shame TO have
to refuse them.
ONE comrade offered to sell a hun
" dred tickets IL we let him put on
a burlesque of the Curiey brand of
burping. With this one we're dick
ering. From Montreal, Canada, comes
a four-page pogrom against the same
academy of historionics by Fred Ot-
way, "for eighteen years a member in
good standing OF the brickiayers'
union in Wales" His son, Sheridan,
2le lbs, was approached by the local
Curley representative and may accept
the offer.
But the prize letter on the bouts
arrived from Pittsburgh under the
letterhead of the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union
DEAR Eddie:
~ Although we follow your col
urnH every day, everybody cut here
developed an unusually avid inter-
est In 1t after the announcement Of
the proposed wrestling matches. We
don't want TO act tough or anything
like that, but the Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union feels that
it has material that can lick any
think New York or vicinity can put
UP. we propose tnat instead OF
merely wrestling matches the show
include boxing and we,ehtlifting
and our union will supply the show
with some OF the hardest-hitting
boys you ever laid eyes on.
For instance, II the show includes
boxing we can supply you with
union members who have the fol-
lowing qualifications: Two heavy
weights--1s0 and eos, chairman and
secretary respectively of one of our
local unions, who have beaten the
best that the amateurs Of Western
Pennsylvania have to offer. Also a
bantam, second best In q Golden
Glove Tournament recently, and a
feather who has won nine out of
ten tough amateur bouts, losing the
tenth on an accidental foul.
II you want to include weight
lifting In the show, we can also
shove New York guys into last place
with two heavyweight weight lifters
who both throw a 28S-pound press,
and 306-pound back leg lift, etc.
II you really want the affair to be
The daily worker., 1933-11-17

q success and a guarantee for the
possibility for calling a second show
just have them challenge us
that's adjust have them challenge
us.
I'm sure that these comrades.
members Of our union. will all be
willing to do their stuff gratis.
Pat GUsn, our union chairman,
adds that he will take on any an5
everybody his age-weight no CON
sidcraEtcD.
Comrsdely,
JOHN MELDoN, 3
National Sec'y.
NEAR Johnny:
" Your comparatively sheltered
existence has no doubt not prevented
you from listening to the Coolidge
sermon warn seven or eight times
But the Daily Worker has never
printed it and it is particularly in
appropriate for the occasion:
The late sainted Calvin was coming
home from church one Sunday and
Mrs. Calvin (you remember, the vim
egar pus with the collies) YVES stand
ing en- the doorstep and she asked
him the Vermont equivalent of 50
what? And what did the minister
preach about" she says, Calvin
6esr?"
Sin" says Calvin expansively.
what did he say about sin?"
she says, "huh?"
Jimmy crickets," he says. "Ee
was agin It,"
Well, I'm for it. I'm for your
tournament, your weightlifters, Pat
Cush and your heavyweights, 1870
and EOS, respectively. I'm also more
familiar with the premises around
New York and vicinity. The labor
sports clubs here have the wrestlers
and the weight t-lifters but no fight
ers Of that calibre. And the regular
local amateur club fighters charge
too much.
But why don't you run a Daily
Worker benefit tournament Of your
ownP With all that material you
could pull off a swell show. I'd be
there to cover 1t If I had to ride
the rods. And then we could arrange
for an inter-city affair.
A full weeks writeups In the col
umn, that's six columns. promise
Bargain3 Comradely, EN-.
rOR detailed information about
l the New York Tournament see
the advertisement on Page 3.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17

Dear del:
Please don't think Unit IL tSec.
u has deserted you. The money has
to go through the section, you
know. They will turn it over to the
Daily" Thursday and it ought to
go through your column Friday or
Saturday. incidentally, the amount
raised at our Unit Daily Worker
house party last Saturday night, Is
even more than we thought-S14.57.
BY the way, your notice was an
Improvement: but there's no indi-
cation that you're competing with
Rurck, God and the others, and
that you're way behind and need
helping hand from the masses. Why
not let 'em know the state you're in,
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
You Bet Pm Competing!
Who Will FolloW Unit IL?
By del

SOS they'll feel more like answer
ing your appeal to "send contribu-
tions, ETC." Another suggestion: you
ought to give your cartoons to the
highest bidder, too, instead Of just
having them for sale once week at
house parties.
Good luck in catching up with
your competitors in the drive for
$1,000.
BENICE MtCHAELSON,
For Unit IL, Sec. /.
Previously recorded ..........S 4.l0
Unit IL, Sec. l, party. 14.7S
Total ...............s... .SlS.85
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Many Or CARNATIONS
FightFire Frame-up
Continued from Page ~


Broadway, New York, N. T., urges
all organizations and individuals
throughout the country who have
sent cables Of protest 10 the Ger
man ReichstaE trial Judge, to Hans
Luther, German Ambassador st
Washington, or who have visited
local German consulS to notify
them immediately.
The cables and resolutions will
be forwarded 70 Paris and from
there to the antf-fascist front in
side Germany where the strus-
gle against Hitter is being carried
on.
PHILADELPHIA TO HOLD
TRIAL"
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. l6.--
An anti Hitler mass meeting and
mock trial will be held Friday,
Nov. II, Ut Boslover Hall, 70l Pine
st, a$ pm. Tho meeting, called
by the international Labor de-
fense Of this city, Will choose
delegation to appear before the
local German consul and present
demands for the immediate re-
lease Of Torgler. Dimitroff, Pe-
)poff and Taneff.
Henderson to Speak a& Chicags
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.---Donald Hen
derson, secretary Of the American
League Against War and Fascism
will be the main speaker at 4 pro-
test meeting TO save the lives oi
the four trial defendants to be held
Sunday, Nov. 10, at pm, at the
Masonic Temple Auditorium, 3;
Randolph st. The meeting is ar.
ranged by the Chicago Committee
TO Aid Victims Of German Fascism
which called on all workers and pro.
fessionals for their support. The
Chicago local Of the American
League Against War and Fas-
cism Will hs organised therV.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
Conference to Fight
High Bread Prices
In Bronx, Sunday

NEW YORK.-Concentrating on
the high bread prices, the Bronx
Conference Against the High Cost
of Living to be held this Sunday at
1882 Third Ave, p. m. in the Work
ers Center, will draw UP a program
Of action.
More than 200 delegates from or
ganizations and houses that have
been canvassed for delegates will be
present at the conference. This is the
second such conference to be initi-
ated by the United Council Of Work
ing Glass Women.
The daily worker., 1933-11-17
A Challenge and a Bargain

in the reaction various in this space
of the Daily Worker Benefit Wrestling Tournament this
coming Wednesday astonishing. From all stories OF
life and death strike struggles Naz and Scottsboro murder
trials potential Seravos it few challenges and counter
challenges by less prominent individuals to wrese
box for the Daily that grpped peoples Imagination. wish