The daily worker., 1934-08-03
Plans Now
Under Way
For Release
Impetus Gained for the
ScOttsbOrO-HerndOn
Defense Fund

NEW YORK. - Thousands Of
workers and sympathizers. joining
in a huge nationwide campaign
had oversubscribed the $4,000
Herndon bail fund by S132445 at
noon Thursday, the International
Labor Defense announced,
Arrangements are being made at
this moment in Atlanta in prep
aration for the immediate release
Of Angelo Herndon, heroic young
Negro leader, on bail. Certain
technicalitieS raised by the State of
Georgia will have to be overcome,
following which a delegation ar
ranged by the International Labor
Defense, the bail fund trustees, and
Joseph Brodsky, chief I. L. D. coun-
sci, will leave for Atlanta to deposit
the bail and secure Herndon's re-
lease.
The question of the safety Of
Angelo Herndon from the Southern
lynchers, between his release from
his Fulton Tower torture cell and
his departure from the state be-
comes now Of paramount impor-
tance the I. L. D. said.
Lynch Sentiment Cited
Not since the lynching of Leo
Frank have the white bosses in At
lanta whipped up such lynch SEN
timent in regard to a prisoner, ac-
cording to word received here by
the I. L. D.
Thousands Of kilograms from
every part of the country, from
every individual, every organization,
friendly to the fight for Angelo
Herndon and against lynching, to
Governor Eugene Talmadge, At
lsnta, Georgia, demanding guaran-
tees of safety for Angelo Herndon
on his release, was called for by
the I. L. D. These kilograms should
be sent Immediately, and continue
in the greatest flood to foil the
lynchers' plans.
With the bail fund for Herndon
raised, the continuation of the
drive, and turning of the i'm
petus gained through this victorious
achievement of the American
working class, to the raising of the
SIS, 900 ScottSboro-H -Herndon defense
fund becomes an urgent task.
During the 25 days in which the
$4,000 bail fund was raised, only
81 l,49210 was contributed for the
defense fund which is urgently
needed from day to day to carry
through the deense of Angelo Hern-
don and of Clarence Norris and
Haywood Patterson, Scottsboro boys,
whose lynch sentence are being ap-
pealed to the U. s. Supreme Court.
Great Achievement
THE collection Of SIS, 900 in
loans for the Herndon bail within
a space of Is days, is a tremendous
achievement in working class soli-
darity," the I. L. D. said. But in
order to safeguard Herndon, to save
him and the Scottsboro boys, the
campaign must be continued with
increased intensity. Herndon has
been saved from being Immediately
sent 10 torture and death on the
chain-gang. A stay of execution
has been obtained for the Scots
boro boys.
Now we face the major task of
completing these partial victories,
of forcing complete reversal of the
lynch sentences, and obtaining the
freedom of those victims of lynch
Justice.
Funds are essential, and must be
obtained from day to day in large
sums, Rush these funds to the
national office of the International
labor Defense, Room 430, 80 East
1ath Street"
The I. L. D. also announced that
an appeal is being made to convert
the $1,000 oversubscribed for the
Herndon bail into defense funds.
Honor certificates will be issued for
all those organizations and indivi-
dAals who wish to turn their loans
into contributions. These new GER
bificabes will be sent out in ex-
cf1ange for all bail-fund certificates
turned into the national office of
the I. L. D.
The most intensive activity was
also called for in obtaining sigma
lures and contributions on the
6cottSboro- -Herndon collection sig
nature lists issued by the I. L. D.