The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-09
kilograms Sent to Seven
Imprisoned Leaders
Pledging Support
BY CARL REEVE

mUQlSJ EdEJN rose anu dp-
for several minutes follow
ing the introduction of the repre-
Of the Communist Party
Of Canada. After the speech of
the delegate from the brother party,
the convention unanimously adopted
a telegram. proposed by Earl Brow
der. Gen. Secy Of the Communist
Party, U. S. A.. to Tim Buck. and
six other imprisoned leaders Of the
Canadian workers. The delegates
rose and sang the International.
Greetings from strikers and work
ers organizations continued to pour
into the convention. Seventeen unit
organizers from Minneapolis, MINI,
sent the following message which
was read to the convention last
night, I'VE are unable to send tele-
graphic greetings because Of the
strike Of messenger boys at the
Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph. We will use the money that
we raised to send the telegram to
buy Daily Workers to distribute on
the picket line
Tim Buck Greeted
The telegram sent by the Conven-
ton to Tim Buck and six other i'm
prinsoned Canadian Party leaders
declared.
ITO Tim Back No. 252S, King
stOn, COnada.
"The Eighth National COnven-
ton Of the Communist Party of
the U.S.A. warmly greets you and
your six fellow leaders Of the
Canadian Communist Party and
as a mark of prOletarian solidar-
ity, has elected you as member
of our honorary presidium. We
pledge our support to the magnifi-
cent battle Of the Canadian work
ers, led by its growing COmmu
mist Party, for your freedom"
Earlier in the session a telegram
was sent to Governor Schultz al
Tallahassee, Fla, protesting t h
lynching of James Franklin.
The telegram stated, -Four
hundred white and Negro dele
tiOnal Convention of the COmmu-
mist Party, U.S.A., protest against
gates assembled at the Eighth Ma
the brutal lynch murder of James
Franklin, Negro citrus picker, who
was preparing for the fruit strike.
We stamp vicious rape charge as
lie of landlords and as an at
tempt to disrupt the growing unity
and rebellion of the white and
Negro workers. We demand the
arrest and the penalty of death
against Joe KOpman, murderOus
landlord, who was freed by the
lynch, landlord jury. We pledge
guidance and full support to the
white and Negro citrus workers"
The representative of the Com
munist Party Of Canada was agai1
enthusiastically applauded when HI
said, It bring you greetings from TIT
beloved leader Of the Canadian
working class. Tim Buck, who ha,
for two and one half years been i'm.
prisoned for q five year sentence
together with six other leaders O
the Canadian Party. In arTestinl
our leading comrades, the Canadian
bougeoisie thought they were dis
persing our Party. But our Part!
is today stronger than ever befort
and 300 new revolutionary working
class leaders have grown up in tn
past two years to take the place o
our imprisoned leaders"
Report of Canadian Delegate
The Canadian Party representa-
tive stated that the Canadian Part,
will learn valuable lessons from thu
magnificent report Of Conrad
Browder and from the entire con
vention proceedings.
Our Party has led 300 strikes il
the past year" he said, "and owe
0 per cent of these strikes have wol
their demands. Then thousand nev
members have Joined the revolu
tionary unions, which now have /;
membership of $4,000. Successful
struggles have been led by thes,
unions and by our Party, among thu
lumber workers. the shoe and fur
niture workers the longsoremen ant
the miners Of Alberta and Nov;
Scotia"
The key problem for the CANADIAN
Party now, the Canadian repre-
sentative declared, is to wipe out tn
isolation and change the methods O
work so that the places where tn,
Party is leading struggles and build
ing a mass movement will not be thu
exception but the rule.
One of the achievements of tn,
Canadian Party, he said, was thu
election of IS Communist aldermen
and Is school board trustees.
The Canadian bourgeoisie is nov
preparing new attacks in order Il
try to make illegal the revolutionary
unions, the mass organizations ant
the Y.CL., as well as the Party. Tit
Party is answering with the unitec
working class front Of the masses.
The main instrument in the drivt
toward fascism of the Canadian
bourgeoisie is the social fascist lead
ers The united front policy of tn
Party has won masses of worker
away from the social fascist party
and it is in state of disintegration
The Canadian Party has had Il
fight within its ranks tendencie
opposed to working within the A.
Of L., and opportunist tendencie
to do away with illegal work. TIL,
Party has defeated these tenden
cies and is recruiting new member
and bringing its position and lead
ership to the masses. The Part,
realizes it's tremendous responsible
ties in the fight against imperialis
war and for the defense Of the So
Wet Union. The Canadian Comrad'
concluded with the slogan for tht
establishment of Soviet Canada anc
a Soviet of North America"