The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-03
May Day Meetings Held For First Time In Many Cities
10000 in Chicago
Meet Roar Call for
Unity in Struggle
Widow of Haymarket
Martyr Addresses
Workers
10000 March In Chicago
Midwest Bureau, Daily Worker)

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CHICAGO, May 2.-while Social
ist Party leaders and renegadet
from Communism confined the OBJ
servance Of May Day to night
meeting in the Masonic Temple
where at most 1000 could fine
space, 10000 workers under the
leadership of the Communist Party
and the United Front May Day
Committee roared a call for unity
in struggle against Hunger, Fas-
cism and War in historic Union
Park, scene of the Haymarket mas
sacre.
Nina Spies, widow of August
Spies, one of the Haymarket Mar
tyrs, evoked a thunderOus cheer
as she called on the workers to
turn out those who murdered my
husband and other revolutionary
workers"
The parade of 10000 workers
through the Loop, Chicago's bust
ness section, was in itself an express
sion Of the organized might Of Chi
cago workers, who defeated the at
tempts of the business men and
their police watchdogs to ban the
march. Over $4,000 workers lined
the sidewalks, cheering Justify az
the marchers passed by.
At Union Park, the central dem
onstration was joined by 1900 other
workers. who marched from the
Northside. This division was headed
by rs tannery workers, who downeo
their tools when the march passed
their plant.
Harvester Workers Present Demands
AT the time of the demonstration
exactly AZ years after the first May
Day strike in which their plant con-
tributed many fighters. committee
of Mccormick Harvester Company
workers presented demands for wage
increases and betterment Of condi-
tions to the management.
The disciplined march throu9f
the Loop. financial heart of thc
Midwest. was marked by one arrest
that of a march captain who re-
sisted attempts of hoodlums to dis
runt the march.
Cheer Announcement of New
Bonus March
The parade wound UP in Gram
Park where, at brief mass meet
ing, announcement by Moss of the
Workers Ex-Servicemen's League o.
the new bonus march received 6
tremendous ovation. Bill Gebert
District Organizer of the Comnlu
mist Party, and Joe Weber HEADED
list Of speakers.
Chicago veterans are leaVinc
today to join the other marchers IL
Washington, D. C.
Bob Minor Receives ThunderOus
Ovation
In the evening, 1000 workers
poured into Ashland Auditorium tt
hear Bob Minor, member of the
Central Committee of the Commu-
mist Party, who received a standing
ovation when it was announced he
was going to stay in Chicago perms-
nently. Minors speech was con-
stantly interrupted by applause
which reached thunderous proper.
tions when he declared;
LET lis fulfill the aim of the
Haymarket heroes by building a
workers society," Soviet Amer
lea"
SIS Donated for Chinese Red ARM
In the collection five dollar
gold piece was donated for the
war chest of the heroic Chinese
Red Army. This act of interna-
tionsl solidarity evoked a thun-
derous cheer from the audience.
Hundreds were turned away from
scheduled meeting on the South
side by police, who blocked the en-.
trance to a school although per-
mission for the meeting had beer
secured from the Board of Educa-
ton. The meeting was held in 8
nearby workers hall, where actor
was planned to answer this latest
attack by the police on the right
of Negro and white workers to as
semble on the South Side.