The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-07

Tomorrow a delegation will go to
the Consulate from the United Shoe
/ and Leather Workers Union to de-
mand the release of Thaelmann.
who is in daily immediate danger Of
death and is being tortured by his
Nazi isilers. The entire member
ship of the Joint Council Of the
union has also issued a call to all
shops to send delegations and help
in picketing the Consulate. Fridays
delegation will be the second sent by
the union, which has already sent
cabled demand to Hitler for there
lease Of Thaelmann and all anti
fascist fighters.
Will Picket Other Consulates
Plans are being speeded to inten-
sify the picketing of the Nazi Con-
sulste here, and to start picketing
Of the German Embassy in Wash
ington and Consulates throughout
the country.
The Working -class Women's
Councils are holding a meeting to-
day to work out plans in connection
with the Free Thaelmann cam
paign.
A Free Thaelmann open-air meet
ing is being held Thursday night
on the waterfront, 21st st. and 9th
Avenue, under the auspices Of Sec
ton 3 of the Communist Party.
The West Side Committee to Aid
Victims Of German Fsscisn, and the
Allied Professional Committee to
Aid Victims of German Fsscism,
have sent protest cables to the Nazi
authorities in Berlin and to the
N. Y. Nazi Con sulate.
Three local conferences of the
American League Against War and
Fascisn, held on May 26, sent cables
direct to Germany demanding the
unconditional release of Thaelmann.
Postcards Out
Free Thaelmann postcards, printed
/ by the Anti-Nazi Federation Of New
York, for mailing to Germany, are
being eagerly bought by local Or
CARNATIONS. Various branches Of
the international Workers Order,
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union, the American League
against War and Fascisn, and Ger
man workers organizations have
already bought large numbers. The
cards are available at the Fedora
TONS Office, 1853 West 23rd Street,
at so cents per hundred.
The Silver Hollowwars Local No.
302 of the Steel & Metal Workers
Industrial Union yesterday pledged
to take 1000 Of the Free Thaelmann
postcards and spread them among
our members and their friends to be
sent to Hitler" as part Of their activ-
ity in the Free Thselmann Cam
| paign.
Harlem workers will hold a Thael-
mann-Scottsboro protest meeting on
June % at the corner of 126th
Street and Lenox Aveue.
PHILADELPHIA, June g.. The
following protest telegram was sent
today by the Farmers National Com
mittee for Action, to the Nazi AM
bassador, Hans Luther, at Washing
ton:
"This National nm ittee
which has endorsement of one
hundred fifteen thousand farmers
scattered over forty states is fol-
lowing closely the threat against
the life Of German working -class
leader, Ernst Thaelmann. by Ger
man authorities. We warn you
that any sentence against Thael-
mann will cause intense and
widespread resentment among the
farmers of America.
(Signed)
Farmers National Committee
For Action.
LEM HARRIS, Secretary.
Philadelphia Workers 10 Picket
Nazi Consulate
Especial to the Daily Workerl
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June g.
Demanding the immediate release
Of Ernst Thaelmann, Philadelphia
workers will start mass picketing
of the German Consulate, 1920
Walnut St., Friday morning under
the auspices Of the International
Labor Defense.
The workers are determined to
continue their picketing and will
not permit police to break up their
demonstration. The membership of
the LID. and affiliated organiza-
lions have been involved, and ali
workers are called on to support
this move to wrest the German
Communist leader out of the
hands of the Hitler aXemen.