The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-29
.5Obless to Hit
Police Terror
At Mass Meet
BULLETIN

a committee of seven from the
Committee of One Hundred to
protest police brutality was re-
fused an audience with Mayor La
Guardia at pm. last night. La
Guardia, who had conferred with
police earlier IN the day, and who
had previously been notified Of
the appointment, was stopped by
the committee as he left the City
Hall. II make appointments here"
La Guardia told the delegation.
and Won can tell that to the rest
Of your agitators.' Assuming the
air Of cEar, he turned on his
heel and, surrounded by his min
ions, left in his car.
NEW YORH-LaGuardia's cops
matched their brutality in clubbing
unemployed workers at the demon
stration at so Lafayette St. Sstur-
DAY when at a signal from Mag
istrate MCGEE of Criminal Court
Sunday, scores Of police clambereo
over seats, slugged the workers at
tending the trial, forced them tC
the street, and in series Of attacks
slugged women and men alike. ano
lunged vicious kicks at the groins OF
those lying PROSTATE on the street
In this third attack in two days BY
New York's finest" (next to the
Nezis the largest aggregate group
Of sadistS of any police force in the
world even the New York capitalist
press is forced to caustic comment
"Berserk Cops Beat Couple at
Red Trial." reads the headline in
the New York News. Woman
kicked; husband felled; teacher is
knocked out" reads the sub-head
Of the New York American.
Police brutality, so often charged
by jobless demonstrators, was &
shocking reality yesterday morning
in the street outside Tombs Court,
reads the Daily News story.
The Times, printing only news
that's fit to print gives one lying
paragraph to the assault, stating
'Patrolman Dobier seized the
woman and she fell to the side
walk. Then two detectives bent
over her, as If to help her to her
feet"
This new attack upon the unem.
ployed of New York exposes the re,
lief policy Of the LaGuardia admin
istration in its true light. No longeI
able to put off the unemployed witt
empty demagogy, LaGuardia is at.
tempting to smash the rising mill
fancy with open and unrestraineC
terror.
Home Relief Bureau application!
continue to soar. until during tht
first of May 1,925 new application
are made each day. In the face o.
growing demand and need for relief
the LaGuardia administration seek!
to slash 10000 from the relief roll
by June l. Another 10000 work re.
lief" employees face firing on June l
Instructions to Home Relief super
visors state that no rents will b
paid for the month of May.
The International Labor Defenst
and the United Defense COMMITTEES
today appealed to all witnesses tt
the police clubbing of the unem.
ployed at the demonstration Satur.
day, and all workers who witnessed
the brutal assault upon the worker,
in the court room Sunday to appear
in Tombs Court, Franklin and Cen.
ter SITS. today at 9 am. The LID
urges all workers and all workers
organizations to go to Mayor La,
Guardia and Police Commissioner
Organ demanding public inves.
tigation of the police brutality.
Demonstrate June
The Committee of One Hundred
and all affiliated organizations IL
an emergency meeting on SUNDAY
called for a mass mobilization of al
workers at so Lafayette St., Satur.
day, June 2, at 10 am, to again de.
mand that the Welfare officials NEE
with the elected delegates of the un
employed workers. The demands O
the workers are: no cutting of relief
resembling of the order to cut of
10000 from Home Relief. no firing,
of relief work; payment of rents
etc. The Unemployment Councils
and the Relief Workers League arr
continuing to send mass delegation
to the Home Relief Bureaus to mob
ilize the workers for the demonstrat.
ton on Saturday, June 2, at 10 I'm
Pack the Court Room today.
Demonstrate at 50 Lafayette st.
Sat. June 2, at 10 am.