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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

NEW YORK.-Mass protest against
the attempt by Judge Louis H. Ward
of the San Francisco Superior Court
to prevent the exposure of the Moo
ney frame-up by postponing the new
trial to May % Will be voiced by tens
of thousands of workers at the uni
ted front y-Seottsboro meet
ing in the Bronx Coliseum tonight at
8 pm.
The meeting will be under the aus
pieces of the Free Tom Mooney Con-
gress Committee, of which Frank
Palmer, of the Federated Press, is
chairman.
The meeting will also arouse mass
support for the Scottsboro march on
Washington, May 8, TO demand that
President Roosevelt intercede for the
release of the Scottsboro boys How
to compel by mass pressure the put
ting of teeth in the Constitutional
Amendments guaranteeing democratic
rights for Negroes win also be on
the program tonight.
Speakers at the mass meeting are
William L. Patterson, national sec ct
cry of the International Labor De-
Tense; DR.. Harry F. Ward, director
of the American Civil Liberties I'm
on; Haywood Broun, sccialis..; the
Rev. Clayton Powell, Jr, of tNe Abys-
sinian Baptist Church of Harlem;
Clarence. Hathaway, of the Commun-
!st Party; A. J. Music, of the Con-
ference for Progressive Labor Action.
Frank Palmer will preside.
A send-off will be given 100 dele
gates from trade unions, clubs, frat
ernal and cultural bodies to the Free
Tom Mooney Congress in Chicago
from April 80 to May 2. The dele
gates will leave Friday morning at
$50 am. from Union Square by spe-
cial buses.
Among them is Mrs jamie Patter-
son, mother of Haywood Patterson,
condemned to death at Decatur, Ala.
Support for the Scottsboro march
on Washington, May s, viii be rail-
lied at the meeting.
Honorary guests at the meeting will
be Jermone hopkins, New York
ps.garermaA snthv % "wnas
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
By Special Correspondent Of D. W

.
DADEVILLE, Ala, April &c -
Former Senator Thomas J. Helm
of Alabama was at the state table
as special prosecutor today when
the trial of five Talapoosa Negro
sharecroppers began. The troopers
are charged with assault with in
tent to murder" following a muir
derous attack upon them and other
members of the Sharecroppers'
Union at the home of Cliff James,
one Of their leaders, on December
10 of last year.
The presence of Heflin is an in
dication of the determination of
the Alabama landlods to crush the
Sharecroppers Union by railroad
ing the defendants to the state
penitentiary for terms ranging
from 20 to so years.
Fight on Jury
With the Scottsboro fight fresh
in the minds Of thousands of Ne
groes in the Black Belt, Irving
Schwab, International Labor De-
Tense attorney, who is assisted by
A. W. Morrison of Atlanta, at once
moved to quash the jury venire
and to dismiss the indictments
against the troopers on the ground
that Negroes have been systematic
ally excluded from jury service in
Tallapoosa county for at least so
years. Judge W. B. Bowling,
former congressman of this district,
promptly denied the motions.
Schwab then protested the bar
ring of Negroes from the court
room and charged that Sheriff
Kyle Young and his deputies were
intimidating the troopers who
swarmed into Dadeville to attend
the trial. The judge directed that
the sheriff have whites vacate
section and admit Negroes. Within
a few moments, more than 500
Negroes, most of them sharecrop-
pers, filed silently and impress
lively into the courtroom, which is
one of the largest in this section
of the state.
The Negroes entered the court
:scom while Schwes was esoss-sx-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

Behind the backs Of the commit
tee, Gerber yesterday visited Deputy
Chief Police Inspector Walsh and in
formed him that the Socialist Party
was going ahead with its original
May Day plans contrary 10 his own
agreement Gerber again turned to
the police for an agreement for
separate demonstration OF the So
ciahsts marching across the united
front route and meeting in Union
Square until pm.
The Socialist executive at its meet
ing last night made it clear that they
relied upon the police to keep the
workers divided, by clearing the
square after the Socialist Party de-
rnonStration. That was the reason
given for holding off the united front
demonstration on Union Square I'M
til 4 o'clock.
Having been driven by the insistent
demand of the United Front May Day
Committee embracing Communist
Party, Trade Union Unity Council,
Unemployed Council, Conference for
Progressive Labor Action, Amalga-
mated Food Workers, I. w. W., etc.,
and by the growing demands Of the
Socialist Party membership, a Soci-
alist Committee Tuesday met with
representatives of the United Front
Committee on May Day arrange
ments. Present for the Socialist Par
ty were: Julius Gerber, August Clas-
sons, J. TWIN. The meeting was
held in the Socialist Party offices. The
United Front Committee was repre-
sented by Marcel Sherer, Andrew
OYergasrd of the Trade Union Unity
Council, Louis F. Budenz of the Con-
ference for Progressive Labor Action,
Carl Winter Of the Unemployed
Council of Greater New York, II. d.
Sizemore of the Industrial Workers
Of the World.
AT this meeting It was made clear
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

Unemployed Councils of Great
er New York, George Siskind,
of the Communist Party, Louis
F. Budenz, of the Conference
for Progressive Labor Action,
and A. Secco, of the Industrial Work
ers Of the World.
The committee came to demand
that there be no police agreements
over the heads Of the working class
organizations and to bring further
pressure for one united May Day de-
nlonstration on fighting program.
Carl Winter, OF the Unemployed
Councils, declared: While We re-
cognize that there are certain fun
damental differences between our Or
carnations, We still contend that in
the face Of hunger and mass unem-
ployment, Fascist attacks and war
preparations, the united front of all
working class forces is imperative for
struggle against the Roosevelt hun
ger program"
Appealing 20 The Socialist commit
tee, Louis F. Budenz, OF the C.PL.A.,
stated: 1--WE are here because we
have found through experience that
this is a sincere united front That
has been true both in the Mooney
united effort and in this attempt at
workers unity on May Day. With
forces Of Fascism and Reaction at
lacking the working classes, the time
has surely come for all of us who are
in workers organization to stand to-
gether In a. great show of unity"
To these vital needs of the masses
as presented by the united front COM
mittee, the Socialist executive turn
ed deaf ear.
This action followed the violation
by the Socialist city secretary, Julius
Gerber, Of the agreement reached the
night before with the represents :
tives Of the united front committee
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
Pittsburgh Courier Defends
Alabama Lynch Traditions

hardly
The Courier is the
National Association the Advancement Cood
Pittsburgh Courier made itself notorious by
editorial praised Alabama ynch their patience
kindness in nediate burning the nine scosoo boys at the
stake retaliation against the world protest aroused by the er
tional Labor Defense
Pittsburgh Courier comes
whole lynch system repeats with coward fatness every attack
by lynchers against the defenders.
The first thing that the in the face is the fact that
Pittsburgh Courier
According to Courier this something for the lynch
Then the Pittsburgh Courier say:
Everybody something
scottsborO satisfactorily definitely opinion the
publicity too much sectional recrimnaton; too much racial
emphasis feeling"
exaggeaon"? exaggeraton
TO insist that the bows are nnontY Is It an assert that
the scosboo verdict typical the traditional
the Negro people? it exaggeaton that Negroes
Systematically
ynches
courts Of Alabama are part and parcel of the whole lynch system?
statement
that IboVz responsible for the lynch sentiment of the Ala
The judge than fair
the assertion that the tsph his judicial
those disposed of in his state and his court in salts
factory to the far-minded people of America"
Notice th Pittsburgh Courier
the innocent soooo boys When refers to the closing of
satisfactory the farndnded Of America" the
Pittsburgh Courier is in aeuay expressing Its desire for lynch YER
dict will satisfactory
The scottsboro lost when indatng kilograms
Atbama says Pittsburgh prosecution
the courts to defend what considered the traditions Alabama
and Racial preudices
to the detrinent Of the boys trial"
The objects protests
the Alabama
that these kilograms which let the Alabama
that for
OF the nine Scotsoro their traditional
Courier objects to the which
the
thing Haywood Patterson he
He merely defending the traditions Alabama
Prosecutor said prostitute
she Price
with ngge he prosecuting Patterson
Tending the Alabama
fight Of Negroes to sit es he
defending O.
indeed, they the
traditions m-crow
the which the
ard white will exermn from the the
though the editors the Pittsburgh
haon for the legal murder the
In short the Pittsburgh lynch
machinery forward
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

The Judge revealed his real
reasons for postponing the
trial, when he declared that
"the court would not be party to
weaving the threads Of legal loop
hole which will give the defendant
an opportunity to obtain his free
dom from the charge on which he
was first convicted"
Defense Attorneys Walsh and Fin
erty overruled Leo Gallagher OF the
l. L. D. and backed down before
Wards refusal to admit franeup evil
dence of the former trial. Walsh
condemned the demonstration stat
ing that the workers were mot
friends of Mooney. The judge said:
1.-THE demonstrators even shouted in
my ear Free Tom Mooney; there
fore I will not try this case until all
demonstration ceases"
When the trial opened it was eX-
pected that John O'Gara, former as
sociate of the frame-up gang would
file writ of mandate TO the Supreme
Court District Attorney Matthew
Brady expected to move for dismissal,
These steps we're not taken but
Deputy District Attorney william
Murphy stated prosecution would not
submit any evidence. Walsh declared
defense would present evidence to dis
prove all charges under indictment
as allowed by court but accepted all
other limitations imposed By the
court.
Gallagher was not allowed to ad-
dress court. The Walsh policy is a
continuation of the same old belly
crawling kowtowing to officials which
plays into their hands and keeps Tom
Mooney in Jail. Workers began to
march on square at O'Clock. BY 9:15
there were thousand in the square
and approaches packed with 5000
more. A workers delegation were
refused permit to speak by Lteu,en-
ant Casey in absence of Chief Quinn.
The delegation returned and a
speaker announced the refusal de-
nouncing violation Of the right to call
for freedom Of Mooney. Casey imme-
diately ordered score of mounted men
ruthlessly ride down men, women and
children, clubbing and wounding
many. Demonstrators showed the
greatest militancy.
Judge Wards action was the latest
maneuver OF the court and prosecu-
ton to block the trial and prevent
Mooney and score of witnesses IRON
exposing the whole frame-up appara-
tus Of the state Of California. Pre-
viously the Judge had refused the de-
mand of the defense for 20 subpoenas
for out-of-town, witnesses. and indi-
Gated that he would strictly limit the
;!ysrnsMssos Il sEitsnea shN aasA-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

they were heavily armed when
they swept down upon Cliff James
cabin in Reeltown last December,
and thu they fired as long as their
ammunition lasted, intending to
kill as many of the troopers as
they could.
Deputie. Only Star" Witnesses
The |. L. D. attorney, who pre-
viously had taken an active part
in the preparation of the Scots
boro defense, repeatedly objected
to the use Of "nigger" and other
derogatory terms.
Not only were the deputies CON
fused and contradictory in their
testimony, but were unable to pro-
duce the court order which they
said they had for the arrest of the
Negro troopers at tine time of the
shooting.
Several white character wit
nesses for the defense who agreed
to testify when approached week
ago came to Schwab today and
frankly told him that they had been
threatened and feared to take the
stand.
Prosecution Lineup
The fear which the Alabama
landlords have of the Sharecrop-
pers Union and the International
Labor Defense both of which are
growing in influence throughout
the South, is indicated by the heavy
legal battery which the prosecu-
ton has assembled. In addition to
former senator Helm are j. w.
Strother, of Dadeville, and Circuit
Solicitor Richard Powell, Jr., and
County Solicitor Sam Oliver. Hef-
lin said he chad received approx
imately 100 requests to enter the
case"
This is an interesting tie-up:
Bowling. the presiding judge in
the present trial, succeeded Hef-
lin in Congress in 1920 when the
latter went to the U. S. Senate.
Bowling resigned in 1928 to sc-
cept the judgship of this circuit.
Heflin was dressed in his usual
splendorific sttire-frocktail coat,
stEtRaG nat sse sR
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

that the pressure Of the workers for
united front had already been max
ing itself felt strongly Gerber
adopted an apologize tone and at
tempted to shirk responsibility for
his appeal to the police department
earlier in the day for arbitration Of
differences between the United Front
and Socialist Committee. At one
point Gerber and TWIN declared
that they we're ready for a united
front on the issues of May Day but
that they had to be guided by the
attitude OF the ''bonafide trade
unions. Throughout the conference
attempts we're made by the socialist
representatives to secure q shop
keepers agreement for division of time
and space in Union Square, as a
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
Ex-senator Heflin Heads Prosecution
in Trial OF Tallaboosa Sharecrobbers

aiming Thomas Bugg, editor and
publisher of the ''Dadeville Re-
cord" on an editorial in his paper
which declared that "the evil of
our jury system would be great
ly aggravated were Negroes placed
in the jury box. 1t is not at all
necessary for Negroes to serve on
our juries in order to secure just
ice in our courts. 1t is not the
Negro who is clamoring for this
right, but white people whose mo-
tives are Interior. 1t is best for
all for our system to remain as it
is"
In addition to those seated,
massed groups stood on each side
Of the room at the two entrances.
Schwab put half dozen Negro
witnesses on the stand to support
the defense motion to quash the
venire. At least 2,f00 Negroes are
eligible for and able to meet jury
service requirements, in the county
Schwab pointed out.
Ferrets out klansmen
The I. L. D. attorney selected
the jury with as much care as
possible under the Alabama sys-
TEN. He asked each prospective
juror his occupation, his attitude
toward the Negro and whether or
not he was a member of the Klu
Klux Khan, which, incidentally,
flourishes in Dadeville and sur
rounding towns under the direc-
ton of the landlords and mill
owners.
Schwab challenged the prosecu-
tion to produce the literature of
the Sharecroppers' Union "about
which the newspapers around here
have said so much" but the sheriff
told the court he Thought it had
all been destroyed" (The prosecu-
ton in the Mooney frame-up is now
saying the same thing).
All Of the prosecutions "star'
witnesses consisted of deputy She
riffs. Four of them were put on
the stand by the state-Elder,
CAN'T, Afford and Ware. Under
vigorous cross-examination by
sehwsh, Y Ess sssushs are shae
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
SUPPORT the Struggle Of
Chicago Teachers


who light
the extent to which all the strata population
being stirred increasing activity spread
The Chicago school teachers
nearly teaching overcrowded classes without
noushn food for days. and often anng
beginning realize that
nomizng with the "luxures" education Of the
When of the Chicago Dawes
There's the man who borrowed 80 million dollars
ton Finance Coporation)
people, she demonstrated the growing dissatisfaction
defenders of the capitalist
climb OF the crisis the backs
classconscicus
their potential allies and must make effort
teachers only Chicago all
OF struggle against capitalism
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
Communists Elected
Iron River Constable
Big Gains i'm Voting

IRON RIVER, Mich.--Paul Kallio
was elected as second constable, the
first time a Communist official has
been elected in this section. In Con-
over, Wisconsin, the Communist can
didate for supervisor polled 20 per
cent Of the vote.
In the local elections, q big in
crease was shown in the Communist
vote. In Amasa, the Communist
candidate for Supervisor tripled the
vote Of last fall. In Iron Mountain,
the Communist candidate for Mayor
received 1,13S, or 30 per cent OF the
entire vote cast. In Phelps, Wiscon-
sin the candidate for Supervisor
polled PA out of 546 votes, or about
40 per cent of the vote.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
.elvs FIasl,

WkSzIINGTOr.-A resolution pro-
posed by Representative Smith OF
Virginia calling for inves igation by
the House Judiciary Committee in
to Impeachment charges against
Federal Judge James A. Lowell Of
Boston because he released George
Crawford, Negro worker, wanted in
Virginia on a framed murder charge,
was adopted by the House yester-
day.
Opposing the impeachment lnves-
tigation, Representative Luce OF Mas
sachusetts did not do so because Ne
groes are excluded from serving on
the jury in Virginia, which was
the reason Judge Lowell gave for
releasing the Negro, but did 50. he
said, because Judge Lowell ws< his
frlena
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
MOONEY DELEGATES

NEW YORK, April &c. - Over
100 delegates from A. F. of l..
Unions, left-wing groups, cultural
bodies, workers clubs, and political
organizations viii leave for the
Free Tenn Mooney Congress on
special buses from Union Square,
$3.50 am. Friday.
Delegates may make last min
ute arrangements at the Bronx
Coliseum meeting tonight. They
will be seated on the platform.
Final plans for the departure will
be made at the meeting tonight,
VIXEN delegates can deposit their
SI3 fare.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
MOONEY SCOTTSBORO
COLISEUM MEETING

Happened in the Mooney Case; -
Henry T. Hunt, chairman Of the Ma
tional Mooney Billings Committee;
and Sam Patterson, of the National
Scottsboro Action Committee.
A band from the Workers Inter
national Relief, a Ukrainian Chorus,
and dance called BLACK and White
Solidarity" will be featured as en-
tertainment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

ing of the trial a star chamber pro-
ceeding. During the entire time
Judge Ward refused to order Moo
ney's removal from San Quentin TO
San Francisco. and the famous labor
prisoner had continued on his job of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27

peeling vegetables for the guards
mess.
Before the hearing, the prosecutor
had indicated that he would prompt
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
Socialist Executive Rejects
May Day United Front
RELIES ON POLICE TO SPLIT WORKERS. RANKS
Socialist Workers. Join United May
ROosevelts Hunger and War Drive

rejected the proposals the United
n Va
Despite tremendous from the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-27
is H. Ward today suddenly

Louis H. Ward
Noony o
his the
of
An ofpoc Of
to dsrerth he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
STEWART HITS
COST SURVEY

Ethelbert Stewart, former
Commissioner Of Labor Statistics.
has joined the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor in opposing fed
eral salaries based on cost of
living.
The survey Of living costs
made here in connection with
the economy act revision of the
IS per cent federal pay cut will
be ready for the President Satur-
day, it is understood. It is ex-
pected to be in the hands Of
Secretary of Labor Perkins today.
Harry King, former president
Of the Washington Chamber of
Commerce, has already notified
government officials that the
survey will not present a true
picture of living costs here, in
asmuch as the effect of NRA
advances in costs had not become
apparent at the time the survey
was made, but will be evident
as soon as goods now in stock
have been disposed Of.
e. Claude Babcock, president
of the American Federation of
Government Employees, has made
public a resolution adopted by
his organization criticizing living
costs as a basis for fixing sal
aries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
HUGE DIVIDENDS
|. PAID BY BANKS
CONTINUED from Page y

CONTINUED from Page y
pany, meanwhile, paid 1925, 900 in
dividends in 1880, 100000 in 1881
and $4,000 in 1882. These div
idends were at the rates of 1876
per cent in 1880, 10 per cent in
1881, and one per cent in 1882.
Lord listed other purchases of
"slow and doubtful assets" from
unit banks. He told of one pur-
chase Of $92,553 of doubtful as
sets from the Grand Rapids Ma
tional Bank in December, 1881.
The bank paid out $99,837 in
dividends-at a 10 per cent rate
that year to the Guardian group.
In 1882, the bank paid the group
$4,000 in dividends. Ferdinand
Pecora, Senate counsel, asked:
"YOu mean the bank paid out
$99,SS7 in dividends in 1881,
while the group found it neces-
Sary to take out $92,553 of slow
and doubtful assets?"
Lord replied:
Not necesSary-but it was ad.
visable or it wouldn't have been
DONE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20
FAVORS
DIRECT LOANS
International News Service

International News Service
Congress will authorize direct
loans to industry by the Re-
construction Finance Corporation.
Representative Joseph Byrns Of
Tennessee, Democratic leader Of
the House, predicted today.
A fund of perhaps $1,000, OOO. 900
for direct loans may be provided
when Congress is called to extend
the lending power Of the huge
Government agency. now nearing
the end of it's present resources.
While Byrns did not announce
the proposal as a settled Admin
istration policy, it is known direct
loans are favored by a majority
of the directors of the RFC and
other powerful Administration fig
ures.
Loans would be made to finance
pay rolls and production Of goods
for which orders already have
been received. and to aid small
industries unable to finance the
increased cost Of the NRA pro-
gram.
Sentiment for this action was
disclosed among returning men,
bers of Congress from widely va
ried sections of the country They
say industries are unable to Dor
row from banks even though they
have orders for goods.
The original reluctance Of many
Administration leaders is said to
have been dissipated by the failure
Of banks to renew loans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-20

ket knocked him down again she
obtained work as a Stenographer
until he won another fortune. The
first Mrs. Livermore obtained a
Reno divorce in 1918 and subse-
quently Livermore was married
twice.
Boy PIunger
At the end Of the 1907 panic
was worth three million dollars.
Still under 80, he was known as
the "boy plunger."
Livermore seesawed through
millions in the next eight years,
plunging mostly on cotton, wheat
and corn. He went into volun-
tary bankruptcy in 1915, paid off
all debts, and rose to even
greater wealth.
He threw $1O,OO0,OOO to $780,
900, 900 into the wheat pits in
the early '20's, according to re-
ports, and doubled his money.
He forecast the boom market"
of 1927 and bought in shrewdly.
He failed to guess two impor-
tant turns in 1929 and later.
They said he began to sell short
too soon before the October crash.
Livermore, tall, blond and blue
eyed, dressed Immediately. While
not a well-known figure on
Broadway he was known as a
bon vivant who liked good food,
good wine and good companions.