The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-04


bring together all forces willing
to fight for Negro liberation end
the building OF mass news
paper as q mighty weapon in this
struggle The call. which fol-
lows, urges all organizations to
elect two delegates to the con-
ference:
WE. NEGRO people OF the
" United States face the Bit
terest moment Of our existence.
We were told to look to WASH
ington for relief from the ter
rible economic crisis. For over
one year now the New DEAF
has been in operation. The exc
cution of the Scottsboro boys
stares US in the face, while the
boys are being tortured in pris-
on. The attacks against the
masses of our people continue
by open lynch terror, the denial
of the right to employment, jim
crowism and refusal Of relief to
impoverished and starving Negro
workers and their families. Fss-
cist violence against us stalks
throughout the country.
Murder of Negro Strikers
The cold-blooded murder Of
striking Negro miners in Ala
bama and lockers on the At
lantic and Gulf Coasts, who are
fighting for the right to live,
must cause us to stop and think,
and arouse our greatest indigna-
ton. We want to work, but
through no fault Of ours, mill
lions of US cannot get work.
When there is little work, we
are either forced to work for
starvation wages or be shot.
Forging a New Slavery
The New DEAF is forging a
new slavery upon the Negro peo-
pie! The MIRA. codes have
sanctioned discrimination and
supported Southern differential
wages for white workers, and
jim-crow differentials, of still
lower wages for Negroes. The
pillow under cotton program
threatens a nation of Negro peo-
pie with economic extinction
Mr.. Roosevelt is hailed by his
Negro leader-supporters as a.
friend of the Negro people. But
on Mothers Day, a day set aside
by presidential proclamation, Mr..
Roosevelt ran away from Wash
ington and lodged the Scots
boro Mothers who went to see
him about their children. All of
these things should cause us to
stop and think!
We Are Not Without Allies
AS terrible as our conditions
are, we are not the only ones
oppressed by the great rulers Of
the U.S.A We do not, there
fore, stand alone in this situa-
ton. The "New Deal" attacks
the entire working and toiling
masses, Negro and white. The
rulers and their government pre-
pare for bloody fascism, like that
which RACES in Germany; they
prepare for war also. The same
rulers who enslave US, enslave
our brothers in Cuba. West In
dies and the Philippines. The
revolutionary white workers
know that it is impossible to be
emancipated themselves without
emancipating the Negro people.
1t is necessary for every Ne
gro man, woman and child to
be stirred to action. We must
have paper to arouse them.
There is a place and the neces-
sity for paper which will not
hesitate to print all facts about
our oppression, and spread ev-
cry spark of indignation to the
four corners of the country and
arouse the Negro people to unit
ed action.
We call upon you to join with
us to consider the establishment
of an organizationsl center in
New York that will coordinate
the forces of all Negro organiza-
tons and sympathetic organiza-
tons of other groups to resist
effectively the growing attacks
against the Negro people.
At this Conference many other
burning issues that face the Ne
gro people will be taken up and
tasks outlined for putting through
the above program.
To Welcome New "Liberator"
Editor
We urge you to join with US
to prepare banquet to welcome
Ben Davis, Jr., defense attorney
for Angelo Herndon, as the new
Editor of the NEGRO Liberator"
and to launch drive for mass
paper to circulate throughout the
US.A., in the West Indies and
Africa.
We call upon every organ
ization that endorses and is
willing to support the fight for
Negro liberation and freedom
to elect two delegates to tn.
United Front Conference, Jun.
18th.
1000 paid subscriptions by
July 18th!