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

- n ENAAA DANANAOO
While every honest Negro and
white person halls the magnificent
heroism of Angelo Herndon and
vies to pay honor to this young
Negro hero of the Atlanta, Ga.
instruction" trial, Herndon's
courageous defiance of the lynch
rulers evokeS only rage and slam
der from tn t despicable tool Of the
ruling class, George Schuyler, Ne
gro Judas and columnist Of the
Pittsburgh Courier, UNOFFICIAL
mouthpiece of the N.A.ACP. lead
ership and the New Deal" ad-
ministration.
"Herndon has dared to defy us
and make the impudent. blatant
statement of the hardened revolu-
zionist" screamed Assistant Prose-
cutor Walter LeCraw. brother Of
the president Of the Atlanta Cham
Der Of Commerce, at the Atlanta
trial" and demanded death in the
electric chair for this heroic fighter
against jim-crow oppression and
starvation. The indignant protests
of the working class saved Hern-
don from the electric chair. The
lynchers, however, sought to
achieve his murder by the less
dramatic means of torture on the
notorious Georgia chain gang.
Lynch Lords in New Offensive
The working class responded to
the courage of this fearless Negro
leader. White and Negro workers
engaged in the utmost sacrifices to
provide the exorbitant $4,000 bail
demanded for Herndon's release.
pending appeal against the afro
cious sentence Of 18 to 20 years on
the chain gang. BY their protests
and sacrifices they have tempo
rarily rescued Herndon. But Hern-
don is not yet completely free. The
sinister threat of torture and death
on the chain gang still hangs over
this heroic Negro leader.
The lynch rulers, taken by sur
prise by the splendid demonstra-
ton of the solidarity Of white and
Negro workers in raising Hern-
dOn's bail in the incredible short
time of 20 days, have now rallied
their forces for a counter attack.
George Schuyler souirms into the
limelight as the chief assistant
lyncher in this attack.
Schuyler knows that an addi-
tional $4,000 must be raised imme-
diately by the International Labor
Defense to carry the Herndon and
ScottSboro appeals to the U. S. Su-
preme Court. Unless this is done,
and the mass fight intensified,
Herndon will be murdered on the
chain gang, the Scottsboro boys
will be burned in the electric chair.
So George Schuyler tries to sabo-
tage the campaign for this fund.
His method is to ATTEMPT to I'M
dermine the confidence of the
workers in Herndon. In his column
in the Pittsburgh Courier of Aug.
rs, this renegade Negro makes the
slanderous insinuation that Hern-
don will betray the confidence of
those who loaned their last pen
MES to secure his release on bail:
"Herndon is out on bail (and
will probably skip it, like the rest)
Herndon Has No Fear of the
Lyncbers
In the face Of Herndon's fearless
conduct in the court of the enemy
Schuyler dares make this SANDER
Gus insinuation. Herndon went into
the South determined to organize
white and Negro workers together
in joint struggles against theil
common oppressors. That he knew
what to expect at the hands of the
brutal ruling class is clearly shown
in his ringing defiance to the lynch
rulers during his trial:
"You may do what you will
with Angelo Herndon. You may
indict him. You may put him in
jail. But there will come thor
sands Of Angelo Hrrndnns. If
you want to really do anything
about the case, you must go out