The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-26
10000 WORKERS /
IN ANTI-FASCIST
DEMONSTRATION
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An unexpected speaker at the
meeting was Henry Mertz, gray
haired veteran revolutionist, 89 years
old who fought against the BismsTk
Anti-Socialist law in Germany in the
1905. He was expelled from Ger
many An Italian member of the
New York Newspaper and Printing
Pressmen's Union also spoke.
Forward" BOycOtts Demonstration
The parade started at / o'clock,
with the Red Front Fighters Band
in the lead. Despite the absolute
boycott of the demonstration by the
New York press, and in spite of two
editorials in the Socialist Forward
calling upon workers to ignore the
anti-fascist protest, many organiza-
tons marched under the banner Of
the United Front against fascism.
There were German and Italian
workers clubs in line, Jewish, Bal
kan, Hungarian, Chinese and Japa-
neSe. The sections of the Commu-
mist Party, the international Labor
Defense, the International Workers
Order, the Needle Trades, Marine,
Food and Shoe Workers Unions, the
Amalgamated Food Workers Union,
the Workers Ex-SerVicemen's League,
the Italian Circolo de Culture Opera
rio, all carrying signs in many Ian
guages, were but few Of the or
CARNATIONS marching.
1.-THE German C.P. Lives and Fights
Defend the Soviet Union from
Hitler War Provocation" and "Roose-
welt Plans Minimum Wage to be
Maximum Wage" The German
Communist Party Lives and Fights
read some Of the plscards.
Two thousand followed the parade
on the sidewalks Many marched
down Broadway directly to Union
Square.
AS the marchers were stiIl COM
ing into the Square, A. Wagenknecht
opened the meeting
Erna Staemps, the first speaker,
stated that there were $4,000 to
$4,000 workers in the fascist con-
centration camps, that $4,000 Ger
man working class homes had been
broken up and that $4,000 workers
and Jews had been forced TO flee
to other lands. She said Hitler
promised the workers bread but
gives them forced labor instead.
Pointing to the marchers pouring
into the Square, Meilach Epstein
said:
You see how the Jewish workers
hav listened TO the Forward"
1.-THE Jewish paper, the Day or
gan Of the Jewish bosses, said Ep-
stein later, would have US believe
that Goeboels, Nazi minister of prop
uganda, is responsible for the fascist
terror. No, the terror is carried on
under the orders of the German
capitalist class" he concluded.
Worker Gives Gold Ring.
During a collection taken up TO
aid the victims of fascism a worker
in the crowd took off his last pos
session, a gold ring, and passed 1t
to the platform.
Shepard, Negro worker of the
Trade Union Unity Council, stressed
the similarity between the oppres-
sion of the Negro people in Amer
lea as the forerunner Of fascism
here, and the pogroms carried out
against the Jews in Germany.
A. j. Music of the Conference for
Progressive Labor Action, said Pas
cisrn will unite us all in its jails I'M
less we unite against fascism. Let
us combat with all our might any
leader of the trade unions or par
ties who are against the united
front"
Peter Elan Of the German Work
ers' Sick and Death Benefit spoke
next, in German.
Telegram to German Workers.
kilograms were sent to the Ger
nan Ambassador in Washington de-
manding the release of all political
prisoners. and to the German work
ers, pledging the solidarity of the
American workers. A telegram was
sent to Governor Miller of Alabama
demanding the immediate, mcondi-
tional ard safe release of the nine
Scottsboro boys.
A resolution denouncing German
fascism was passed unanimously
After the demonstration 900 work.
ers, led by the Red Front Band.
swept the traffic aside in spon-
tsneous march down the East Side.