The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-16
Delegation Forces
Mayor to Pledge No
Police Interference
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ing the Young Communist League;
Henry Shepard, of the Trade Union
Unity Council, and Julius Rodriguez,
OF the New York District OF the IN
ternatOnal Labor Defense.
In delivering his protest and his
demands, Minor emphasized that
yesterdays attack on New York
workers demonstrating in solidarity
With the embattIed working class of
Austrid, places the present Fusion
administra zion definitely on the
side of the Austrian fascists, who
have killed thousands Of workers
and their wives and children within
the past week"
When julius Rodriguez, Of the IL.
D, presented his typewriter state
uent to LaGuardia, the mayor read
it through, growing red with anger
as he read on. Finished with it, he
tore it to pieces and exclaimed that
the statement was an Insult" and
that he demanded that Rodriguez
leave Immediately.
IF he is elected" Minor inter-
rupted, Il will consider 1t an order
to myself as well If he goes, we
leave with him.
The LID. statement addressed to
LaGuardis and signed by William
wrenCe- District Secretary, for the
New York membership of 1000, after
protesting the brutal treatment ac-
corded by police to demonstrators,
whose sole aim was TO express their
solidarity with the heroic struggles
Of the Austrian workers" declared
that:
"The brutal attack Of your police
once more exposes the demagogy of
your administration. which claims to
be a liberal one" The action Of the
police on Feb. IA was not in any way
better than if there were a Tammany
administration in City Hall We dc
not expect any different action and
we are not disillusioned. We wish
to call it sharply to your attention
however, that these fascist methods
of attempting to suppress the free
dom Of speech and assembly on the
part Of the workers, will not succeed
and viii not be tolerated by the
workers"
Face to face with the militant
and persistent workers delegation
LaCIrerdia decla. ed that.
u No police would be permitted
into the Bronx Coliseum where g
huge mass solidarity meeting With
the Austrian workers, against wal
and fascisrn, was scheduled for z p
NJ. last night,
D There would be no police VIC
Ience" at the demonstration Of New
York workers to be held today wher
the Austrian fascist trade delegation
arrives in New York harbor.
- There would be no police bru-
tality during his administration.
Minor, in obtaining these promises
reminded LaGuardia that the rea
proof of these statements will have
to be made at the Bronx Coliseum
at the demonstration Friday morn
ing, and at all future workingclasS
demonstrations We demand proof
in deeds, not In words. We will have
our own workingclass discipline al
these meetings and demonstrations
and we demand that there be nc
police interference"
Asked about the Coliseum mass
meeting, Minor told reporters that
it would be attended by huge groups
of members Of the Communist Party
the Socialist Party, A. F. Of L. work.
ers, members Of independent unions
and hundreds Of other smaller work
ing class organizations.
TN this crisis, when our Austrian
comrades are being shot down in
Austria and other lands OF black
fascist reaction he told them, ''the
labor movement must stand solid
as one man against fascism!"