The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-09

soon be finished OF on the chain
gang"
Denied Medical Aid in Prison
In answer to a question on his
present physical condition. Herndon
told of being sick for a long time
in prison, and denied medical at
tention.
Il was finally given a medical
examination as a result of the de-
mands of workers and intellectuals
in response of the call of the LID.
The results of the examination were
concealed, however, and my con-
dition whitewashed."
Were you deprived of papers,
cigarettes and other comforts sent
you by workers and sympathizers?"
Books and papers were rarely
delivered to me. When cigarettes
we're delivered, the packages would
be rified of part of their contents.
Copies of the Daily Worker would
be splotched with ink, or torn into
shreds before being given to me-"
Only Mass Protests Saved Him
At this point, Herndon was asked
by a reporter for the capitalist press
if he was helped any by the mass
protests of workers and intellec-
tuals, and if he ever got any news
of the protest movement in his
behalf.
"The jailers would frequently tell
me they were getting thousands of
protest letters and kilograms threat
ening' them, and would angrily
threaten to take it out on me, but
they never dared to beat me, thus
clearly showing their fear Of the
anger of the masses of white and
Negro workers and intellectuals who
were rallying to my defense. Occa-
sionally I would be allowed to re-
ceive letters and kilograms and even
newspapers from which got an
inkling of what was happening on
the outside"
do you see any connection be-
tween your case and that Of the
Scottsboro boys?" he was next asked.
Makes Appeal for ScOttsbOrO Boys
Most certainly. The Scottsboro
case is part of the systematic per-
secution of the Negro people. The
frame-up of the Scottsboro boys
reveals the fear of the white ruling
class confronted by the growing
solidarity of white and Negro toilers.
It is an attempt to smash this soil
darity, and isolate the Negro masses.
Faced by the worldwide fight for
the Scottshoro boys, the ruling class
is gripped by fear and are resorting
to the utmost terror in order to
maintain their plumber rule, which
is threatened by the rising resis-
lance of white and Negro toilers
throughout the country. They are
trying to clamp the lid down. The
Scottsboro case and mine are in
terconnected.
For the first time in the South,
lynch justice has been challenged by
white and Negro attorneys of the
LID, by workers and intellectuals
throughout the country and the
whole world
Confident Workers Will Carry On
Fight
But in spite of this terror, or
ganized struggles are going on. Good
work is being done by the revolu-
tionary forces in the South. The
lynch lords are not successful in
terrorizing the Negro people. The
firm solidarity of Negro and white
workers is shown in numerous strike
struggles and in the angry protests
of Southern white and Negro work
ers against my frame-up"
Herndon here stressed the neces-
sity of raising the $4,000 necessary
to carry the appeal for himself ano
the Scottsboro boys to the U. S
Supreme Court, and expressed the
confidence that the workers and in
tellectuals who furnished the money
for his bail would support the cam
paign of the LID. for the $4,000
Appeal Fund. He declared that hi
would throw himself into that cam
paign as far as his physical con-
dition permitted.
To Speak In Harlem August Is
Two meetings have already beer
arranged for him in this city, Rock.
land Palace, Wednesday night, Au.
gust IS, and the Bronx Coliseum
August %.
Asked what he thought of the OPP
portunity to address the Negro
people of Harlem, he declared hi
would use the opportunity TO bring