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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11

Wanna see somp'n?"
1TEsTEADILY, almost falling as
Y he reached down, he tried to lift
the woman's skirt. Some of the
women In our ranks cried out in
voluntarily and the soldier straight
ened up, eyed us and laughed his
imbecile laugh. Suddenly, as his
glance wandered over us, he saw
Sam. His face changed, he pres
SEQ his fists to his eyes, and Just
looked and looked at Sam. We all
gazed at Sam, too, who stood as if
petrified. His two arms out
stretched in front of him, he Crap
ped the rod Of the banner resting
at his feet. His face was abso-
lutely rigid, as if carved in stone.
Somebody in front of us shouted,
Forward, march," Sam lifted the
pole with a swing and he, too.
shouted loud and strong, Forward,
march,"
When we we're already some fifty
PAGES from him the soldier stag
gered up to the n1archers and for
while tried to keep up with them.
He kept pointing TO Sam all the
time and explained stammeringly
to everyone, "Tha's me father
there"
The distance between us grew.
Though I held the first pole could
feel that Sam wanted to hurry, 50
stepped out fast. We turned into
the avenue and lost sight of the
soldier. Soon we reached the
Young Workers group.
One, two, three, four-one, two
three, four. We marched fast. 1
knew that behind the rigidity of
Sans face there was : hurricane
Of feeling.
The wind still wrestled with the
banner, stretched, pulled, tugged at
it; and sam held the pole until the
veins stood out on his arms. one,
two, three. four We are al
ready IN the midst Of the Young
wofkers' eroup. The neishbofhood
il cognink 70 life. The {srry house,
Lonesncreimen before the dooks.
The Slogans are shouted, mo work,
no rtnti" THE Scottsboro boys
shall not diel" At first only hsre
/ and there. But Il groWs louder and
lnIs6nr and At Last IN s16nrch -
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ScottSboro Issue Creates Rank and File
Opposition at N.A.A.C.P. Convention
Come Right Up Said
Mr.. Walter White to
Mother Patterson

Roy wilkins admitted blandly that
when the convenors of the confer
ence placed on the agenda the topic.
Are the Tactics of the N.A.A.CP.
Suitable for Present-Day Needs?" the
leaders of the organization had no
intention Of changing the tactics. Elk
pectation of Considerable discussion
was the only motive which prompted
this topic, the N A. A. c. P. chief
declared.
Haywood reported that it was
highly significant that the name of
DR.. w. E. 3. Dubois, theological
leader Of the N. A. A. c. P. for years
and the editor of its official organ,
The Crisis" was hardly mentioned
at the convention. The fact that he
was not present and that a message
Of greeting was not even sent him
is an indication Of the fact that the
Negro masses are gradually getting
away from the lettering idea of the
traditional leader of the race"
HAYWOOD said that Charles Hous-
Ill ton, dean of the Howard Univer-
sity Law School, was selected by the
ruling clique Of the N.A.A.C.P. to
make the keynote speech summing
up the conference.
There were three distinct groups
at the conference, according to
Houston, "the ultra conservative, the
ultra radical and the middle groups"
After stating that he was in the
middle group" Houston launched
into an attack on what he called
the ultra radical group" calling
upon them to "be more modest in
their criticism of the national Of
fee"
Speaking about revolutionary pol
icy and mass action, Houston hit on
the v1ciously deceitful formula that
there is nothing in the program Of
the NAA.CP. that prevents the local
branches from being as radical as
they please Houston thus sought
TO hold the rank-and-file of the or
gsnization responsible for the treach-
erous policy Of the leadership"
Walter White, declared Haywood,
said he supported Houston complete
~.
Must Bald LID.
The NAA.CP. conference, Hay
wood concluded, proved that the class
struggle policies Of the LID. had
won favor among the masses of
Negroes, and this was strongly re-
fected in the rnsneuyers which the
NAACP. leaders resorted to.
THE LID" he said, must con-
solidate organizationally this great
prestige by building up hundreds Of
new branches thruout the u. San
achievement which will be potent
force in opening the gates of the
Jefferson county jail in Birmingham
where the nine Scottsboro boys are
now imprisoned"
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Many Attending Meets
| Preparing Scottsboro
July q Demonstration

NEW YORK. with hundreds Of
Negro and white workers. attending
ecottsboro meetings ArAneed b. the
/. 4. y. IA Drocklyn and IN Corona,
Long Island, last night, and With
additional meetings scheduled for
this week, the campaign for the
freedom Of the eoottsnoeo boys.
which Will reach 1 new high level at
the ecottsbofo Mas Denomination
in Union Square. Friday, July Al, at
pm, is gaining new momentum
daily.
scottsboro mASn msotin1D, prelim-
mary to ~ Unten DQuofo oofa6n-
stration, VII n MA thio ypt6Eos-
day ~ . ~ n - - /. ~
On - 1ov 49,, IN a - -
M xsE1r |1iI1iu ~ nv 11lv-
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who, after being consistently dis
eliminated against in the U. S., went
to the Soviet Union, where he is re-
sponsible for recognizing several de-
partnents in the Moscow post-office
and saving millions of roubles in ex-
penses annually.
Ignored In u. S.
He told how Smith worked in the
Milwaukee post office for IA years
II Of them as clerk-ii1 charge OF the
special delivery department. Al
though he held this responsible posi-
ton and in the monthly efficiency
tests averaged 81 per cent rating,
he was never granted the rank or the
salary that went with his duties.
Smith studied the postal system in
Milwaukee and proposed to the Post
master General a decentralization
system Of handling special delivery
mail that would save thousands OF
dollars annually. This proposal was
completely disregarded by the postal
authorities.
Becoming disguised with the JIM
Grow treatment he received, Smith
wrote to the Peoples Cornrnissar of
communication in the Soviet Union,
A. e. Rykov, and when the Black
and White film group went TO Mos
COW, Homer Smith went with them.
He was given responsible position
in the decentralization Department of
the Central Post Office. The plans
for efficient service that he had made
during his IA years of work in Amer
lean post-offices, were adapted and
put into effect throughout the Soviet
Union.
Rewarded In U. S. 8. n.
So important and valuable has been
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his work that he has been norrin-
ated for the special premiums for
excellent service that are regularly
awarded.
Mckenzie has also been associated
with Wayland Rudd, Negro actor,
who has made such a successful stay
in the u. S. s. r. Rudd is now on
a tour with the Msyerhope troupe
through Kiev, Odessa, Leningrad and
other cities.
Mckenzie told also of other Ne
groes working In the Soviet Union.
One Of these, Lloyd Patterson,
painter from New Jersey, has been
working on the construction of the
new Intourist Hotel, which, when
finished, viii be one of the largest
in the world. There he has been
teaching the Russian painters how
to correctly mix their paints and
how TO produce correct color schemes.
Patterson has married a Cofnsofnol
young Communist League) girl and
is so satisfied with life there that
he has made arrangements for his
mother to join him.
The most noticeable thing in So
Wet life for American Negroes there
is the absolute absence Of all racial
prejudice. American Negroes asso-
ciate freely with all workers, and
some, like Patterson, have married
native Russian girls. The Russian
workers are keenly hostile TO any
digestion Of racial prejudice. In
one case, where an American white
worker attacked an American Negro
in collective restaurant, the Soviet
workers insisted that the white
worker be deported to America,
rather than allow any suggestion Of
white chauvinisrn on their soil.
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corporal" SAM By Emery Balint

We went along 37th Street TO-
wards the piers and carried the
banner sideways along the sidewalk.
We couldn't move steadily. We got
along for half block, then stopped
for a few minutes. Often we could
60 only 20 or 80 steps and had to
wait for another start.
Ahead of us marched thousands
OF young workers. Alongside and
right behind us were the members
Of the John Reed Club and the Pen
and Hammer. Sam was in shirt
sleeves, his helmet strapped under
his chin. His great fist clasped the
pole of the banner which the wind
tried to wrest from him; he was
as serious as If fighting for life at
the front with gun. This was his
first May Day.
I'VE had passed the tenements and
W there were only warehouses and
great shipping platforms around us.
Most of the gates were locked, there
was hardly sign Of life. Our
slogans were silent, our songs too
for what or for whom should they
sound? 1t was dead neighbor-
hood. When we get to crowds, wen
start again. We were even a bit
sore. Why march through the most
deserted part of the city? After
one of our starts we stopped before
hulking big building whose doors
were closed. We knew long before
hand that we were to see something
interesting there as we saw many
marchers step out from the ranks
at that spot.
A fat drunken woman was there,
leaning against the closed doors Of
big empty building. Fat, bloAted
with bleary eyes, she was about -
or SO, scum Of sailor hangouts.
She simply advertised the fact that
she was reservoir Of syphilis bacil-
Iii deposited in her by the unfor.
tunates from the whole worlds
sailor joints. Down her legs dirty.
filthy stockings hung like the
wrinkles of an ACCORDION. Straw
colored hair hung into her eyes.
She held cheap bag IN her hand
and laughing idiotically. poured
horrible words at the marchers in
hoarse voice. evidently her in
tention was not to insult but sirnp-
ly to ainuse herself. She must have
amused herself like this Tor hours.
She was still on her {tet and AFTER
each hiccou6h seemed reAdy 70
bowl over. At such timee : drun-
ken soldier with her grahbod out
and leaned on her With ~ his
weight. When she said soenethins
obscene the soldier hit nor ACROSS
the mouth, laughinely turned hss
head and looked At the rnArehorS
That's hot one!v And he HI the
woman on the mouth. On the
ground next to them tl1Sto vDre
two broken whiskey bottles an The
soldier held another empty 60 II,
his left hand.
As we reached the spof nnd e1op-
ped. the soldier yelled hooeDoiy IT
the comrades right In mont q ~,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
TO FIGHT SALES
AND HEAD TAX
IN DETROIT, MICH.
Communist artyLeads
Fight Against Cuts in
Living Standards

DETROIT, Mich.--The Communist
Party is developing 8 struggle against
the state sales and head taxes which
were passed by the last session of
the democratic-controlled state legis-
lature. The percent retail sales tax
went into effect July l, and the head
tax must be paid by December by
all residents between the ages of 81
and 10.
Widespread resentment has spread
among the working masses through
out the state since the Inauguration
of the sales tax Many Of the chain
stores have taken advantage Of the
situation to mark up goods far above
3 percent--in some cases as high as
30 percent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
4 More Demonstrators
Against Nazis Stand
Trial Thursday Morn

NEW YORK.-Charged with fel-
onious assault, four workers will be
tried this Thursday morning, July 10,
in the Brooklyn Court, Smith and
Schermerhorn SITS. They were ar
rested at the demonstration against
Hans Weidemann, NaN representa-
tive to the Chicago World Fair, on
his arrival here May Is.
Ten workers arrested at the same
demonstration and charged with dis
orderly conduct were released at a
trial June 20, when the defense put
uu by the N. Y. District international
Labor Defense, coupled with mass
pressure, forced the dismissal OF
charges against them The police
men testifying against them were
caught in a mass of contradictions,
while the brutality Of the police at
the demonstration was exposed in
court
There is information TO the effect
that the police have ben coached to
present "unassailable" testimony
against the workers charged with as
sault. To smash the second frame up
IT is imperative that workers crowd
The court at the trial this Thursday
the N. Y. District I. L. D. stated in
calling for a large mobilization OF
sympathizers.
Jacob Stock and John Russo will
go on trial the same day in Special
Sessions Court, Brooklyn, charged
with felonious assault, after police
eat them brutslly following their
rest March 16 at a demonstration
front of a Brooklyn home relief
eau They are out on bail Of $500
L. They will be defended by the
District LID.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
IngryMen SeekFOOd
City's Garbage Cans

BY a Worker Correspondent
EW YORK, N. Y.-During the
ming OF July 7, 1888, between the
RS of 2 a. m. and a. m, between
and Second Avenues on Third
have seen between IL to Is men,
y of the most oppressed class of
m-speaking in this country, Of
I the Home Relief Buro can take
ltage of digging in the garbage
trying TO get something to eat
9ir families on that night.
0 seen one Negro among the
5. I did not want to go over
them their circumstances as
)t want to annoy them. This
ular happening every morning
those hours and the numbers
increase more every day.
friendly paper the Daily News
to send their Inquiring Re-
around here, but they are
Vhen it comes to exposing the
It price war! What price, ca
mi When I see things like that
yhen they tell our delegation at
ngton, no one is starving. People
organizer type will be more
lsd to fight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
TRIAL TOMORROW
OF FRAMED NEGRO
Thrown Into Jail for
Resisting Eviction

NEW YORK-At the trial Of VIII
liam Bryan, Negro worker, which
takes place tomorrow morning in
Special Sessions Court, Smith and
Schermerhorn SITS, Brooklyn, the N.
Y. District International Labor De-
tense will fight for the right of work
ers to resist being thrown out Of
their homes
Bryan, militant Negro worker, Is
charged with having thrown a flat-
IRON at a policeman while resisting
the eviction Of himself and his wife
from their Brooklyn home on April 20.
The defense will also bring out that
race discrimination was factor in
the eviction Of Bryan and his wife.
The Bryans lost q child which died
in the Kings County Hospital from
pneumonia contracted after long
period of undernourishment. Bryan
has been unemployed for a long
perlcd.
At q mass meeting held by the
Brownsville Section I. i. D. and the
Brownsville Unemployed Council last
night. Negro and white workers pro-
tested Bryans arrest and demanded
his release and an end to race dis
elimination.
Negro and white workers are called
upon by the 1. L. D. to attend Bry-
ans trial tomorrow morning.
Harmon Trial Same Day
On the same Gay and in the same
court. Loretta Harmon, arrested June
2 at a home relief bureau demon
stration, will be tried on a charge
Of disorderly conduct. She will be
defended by the LID.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
Hathaway Speaks
on Recovery Act

NEW YORK. Hathaway
editor of the DAILY WORKER and
member of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party, will speak
on the Industrial Recovery slavery
Act" tomorrow, Wednesday night. at
8 pm, on the second floor Of the
Workers Center, so E. 18th st.
The forum is under the syspices
Of the N. Y. District of the Young
Communist League. Questions and
discussion will follow the lecture
Admission is 10 cents.
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(CONCLUSIOFJ
A WEEK later I met him in the
n union day room.

A WEEK later I met him in the
n union day room.
Sam, let me tell you the news.
We're going on strike right this
week" I was in haste to talk about
the strike.
Sam said he was glad to hear it.
II was high time for the painters
to start things.
Afterwards he showed up at the
strike headquarters regularly and I
had a chance to observe how he
changed.
BY and by the strike leader fax
ers of the union were showed up.
The strike was ordered by the Mas
ter Painters Federation, to kill off
the small firms, the "Cockroach"
bosses. The day Of big building was
over so the big bosses were forced
to angle for small fly, for the lit
tie Jobs which had been done by
the small bosses SO far. That's why
they wanted to break the small
bosses. And that's why they used
the union-and the strike.
From day to day this became
clearer, especially because OF the
tactics of the strike leaders. The
big bosses were not picketed, only
the small ones. We demanded fight
against the big bosses, too. We de-
manded that the entire member
ship picket all the scab works. OF
course this demand was sabotaged
by the leaders. Meanwhile the
strike fund, some $4,000, dwindled
to nothing, pocketed by the politi-
clans, their friends and the gang
sters. Our left-wing opposition grew
stronger every day and more eyes
we're beginning to see clearly in
the rank and file. Small wonder
then that Sam, at the end of the
strike, found himself allied with
the left-wing group of opposition.
MAY DAY CAPTAINS
co wasn't surprised when on May
y Day this year I saw Sam charg-
ing past me around Seventh Ave.
and 37th Street. He rushed on so
fast that I had to get out Of my
line and run hard to reach him. He
had a steel helmet on his head
"Hows the Corporate" I yelled
after him.
He turned back, shook hands
warmly and declared proudly, mot
Corporal, but Captain" and pointed
to the tag on his chest with the
big red-lettered inscription Cap
tain.
Three workers carried cloth sign
stretched on three poles. The wind
blew into it as If it were sail,
and almost knocked the poles from
their hands.
"Cmon", Sam shouted at me,
take the first pole, I'll take the
middle one and hold it in the di-
rection of the wind. Wen show
these civilian guys how to carry
this flag or som'th'n. C'monp we
jumped and took 1t over from the
two comrades, We carried the big
banner. Defend the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
II TOilers Who Baked
EvictiOns Face Coney
Court This Morning

NEW YORK. Eleven workers will
go on trial this morning in the Coney
Island Court, W. 9Th St., on charges
ranging from disorderly conduct to
felonious assault because they fought
against the evictions of working class
families from their homes in Brook
lyn
One of these workers, Anna Geller
will be tried on third degree assault
q policeman claiming that she
slapped him with her purse. The
others, including Bessie Horn, viii
stand trial for "disorderly conduct .
They will be defended by the N. Y
District international Labor Defense
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helplessly by and denounce this
action by an American department
store.
Here we are with everyone pro-
claiming turn for the better, and
yet here is an institution causing
thousands Of people to accept an in
voluntary reduction on top Of vol
untary cut last month.
This is an injustice and an outrage,
especially since many other stores are
paying for this off day. S.
Editors Note. These workers need
not stand helplessly by when such
things happen. They must organize
and then they can refuse to accept
such orders. Get in touch with the
Once Workers Union at 90 East 18th
Street, where you can get advice and
| guidance on how to draw up demands
and proceed to organixe.)
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70 Who Refused to
lit Theft Charge
8 Brutally Beaten

AHOMA CITY, Okla.-Work-
q demanding the discharge OF
Ter who is responsible for the
Of L. G. Garter, Negro worker
rs arrested on the framed up
of robbing a warehouse.
/ he would not admit he was
he was beaten so badly that
Iered broken ribs and was I'M
\ attend his trial the next day
We was tried, no one appeared
him, but the Judge fined him
ID costs for drunkenness
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
Joseph Urban Dies

NEW YORK, July 1o.-Joseph ur-
ban, internationally known artist and
architect. died today at the age of
sixty-one. He was Viennese who
first attracted attention by designing
the bridge across the Neva River. He
turned to theatrical designing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
Department Stores
Saturday Closing Is
Just Another Pay-Cut
(By a Worker Correspondent

BROOKLYN, N. VI received the
enclosed notice, that for eight weeks
this summer Losers store will be
closed Saturdays, and that wages
will be paid on 5-day week basis.
Losers Of Brooklyn has more than
en- eight-hour day-let them deny 1t
and with their low wage scale, they
now take one more days pay out of
their employees, who must stand
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-07-11
Returned Negro Describes
Opportunities in U.S.S.R.
Milwaukee Negro Postal Clerk Saved Soviet
Union Big Sums, Says Mckenzie
BY STEWART CARHART.

YORK-The discrimination
capitalist opportunity
Soviet described with
Mckenzie Negro moving picture recently from the
u.
MCKENZIE told smith.
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NEWS BRIEFS
F. D. to Talk For the Boys. .

WASHINGTON July 1o.--In an eff
fort to dispel the steadily mounting
dissatisfaction in the forced labor
camps, President Roosevelt will make
g five-minute radio address on the
night of July IT,
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Seven known Dead in Storm.

CeNG0 hhOWH OSdu III ObUT HI.
DENVER, July 1o-Seven persons
were listed as dead, and property loss
estimated at s1,OOo,ooo today after
cloudbursts in five sections of Colo
RADIO. Three bodies were recovered in
Bear Greek Canon, where 20-foot
wall Of water roaring down the mar
row gorge inundated Morrison and
Idledale, mountain resorts. Scores of
survivors told Of narrow escapes Both
towns we're almost completely wiped
out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
BETTY COMPSON IN SPECTACULAR
 WEDDING SCENE
Married at Railway Sta ton While 5, 900 People
 Gazed in Wonder

Albuquerque, N. M., Dec 14.- (UP)-Irving Weinberg and his bride, Betty Compson of the mov- ing pictures, today were headed for California, carrying with them the blessing of 5000 New Mexicans who witnessed their marriage at the railroad station last night. Miss Compson and Weinberg. her man. ager, were wed on the observation platform of "The Chief" crack transcontinental train as it paused here. A spotlight played on the platform while Police Judge J. l.. Gober read the marriage lines and Miss Compson promised Ito love, honor and obey
 The crowd demanded that the best man, Mayor Clyde Tingley, kiss the! bride. Mayor Tingley,. com piled with no apparent reluctance. Mrs TingleJ was bridesmaid. The party. roared with, approval when Weinberg kissed his wife under the spotlight An orchestra played 'Lilac Time.H A group of sailors on furlough gave vociferous cheers for the United States navy.
 This is lovely" said Betty{ just Q little nervously.
 Every fine,," said Weinberg.
 I'm sure this is the, biggest wed- ding I ever saw, and I want to thank you all for coming" said Miss Compson.
 Flashlights boomed, the crowd ,cheered, the movie star smiled. Everybody seemed happy when the train pulled out.