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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
The Crawford Case and the N. A. A. c. P.

they had hoped 1t would in
volve exposing the denial of the
right of Negroes to serve on jul
ries; exposing the practice of ob-
tanning forced confessions; expos
ing the whole set-up by which the
state of Virginia keeps Negroes in
semi-slavery. The Negro masses,
reused to watchfulness on these is
sues by the Scottsboro case, were
demanding militant defense. The
rulers of Virginia wouldn't like it
at all. The NA.A.CP. was ready
to drop the case of George Craw-
ford like a hot potato.
Why didn't they, then? Because,
as Houston said, "the case had
achieved an international noto-
riety, and the Association had be-
come committed to it beyond any
possibility of withdrawal" The
NA.A.C.P., in other words, simply
couldn't help itself. It had to go
on with the Crawford case. And
so, in the most efficient manner of
efficient attorneys, the N.AAC.P.
counsel helped the prosecution
helped the state of Virginia, to
find Crawford guilty" and to SEN
tence him to life in prison.
The Defense Forces a "Confessi0n'
First, Houston announced to
the world that his client was
gully. He had, he said, OBJ
tanned a confession from him.
Crawford later denied this confess
sion. In the face of complete lack
of evidence of guilt, Orawfords
counsel nevertheless announced in
advance that the man he was de-
Tending was a murderer. Helen
Boardman sums up the evidence
of guilt by saying: 1T [ths stated
had no e-witnesses to the crime,
none who could place him [Craw-
fordl at the scene of the crime
within seven or eight hours of it,
no finger prints to connect him
with it, no blood-stained clothing,
murderous weapon, or recognizable
loot found in his possession The
ordinary criminal attorney would
rejoice at having a case in which
Innocence was as patent as this
But not Houston, not the repre-
sentatives of the NA.A.C.P. There
was no need for the lynch ridden
state of Virginia to prove Craw-
ford's guilt. Houston waived all
that. Doing the job of the prose-
cutor. ha claimed to hava obtained
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
Thugs Prepare To
Crush Farm Strike
Continued from Page y


oners and the American Civil Lib
critics Union.
Three hundred Negro and white
agricultural workers, employed on
Seabrook's Farm, which is the larg-
est mechanical farm in the east,
have been on strike thirteen days
against starvation wages, rotten liv-
ing conditions, and for continued
recognition of the Agricultural and
Cannery Workers Industrial Union.
This union won recognition after a
brief strike on the farm last April.
Now Mr.. Seabrook, with the aid of
imported thugs and the connivance
of the Roosevelt New Deal govern
ment, is out openly to break the
union so the workers will lose the
gains they derived from the first
strike.
Mr.. Seabrook admitted openly in
front of a representative of the
R. F. c.. that he was given a loan
of 100000 Originally" by the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
and that he must reduce his labor
costs" under the provisions of that
loan.
Assurance that the vigilante com
mittee is determined to end the
strike, even if it means killing
strikers and driving the workers out
of their homes, was given members
OF the committee by Dave Jaggers,
head of Seabrook's vigilante COM
mittee. Seabrook, in paid advertise
ments and publicity releases to the
local press, openly calls upon the
community to help him defeat the
strike, raises the red scare, and in
cites the khan and the vigilantes to
bloody action against the workers.
Seabrook denied he had any per-
sonal contact with the yigilantes,
but the committee has ascertained
that Seabrook himself was chair
man of meeting Of the vigilantes
at which he introduced his chief
gun thug, Jack Saunders, as "the
only man who can scare the
strikers"
Small Farmers support Strike
This eye witness also reports that
the real farmers are refusing to join
the vigilantes. The man whom Sea-
brook calls "shot gun farmer" -are
really business men from Bridgeton
and Deerdeld, rich farmers and their
sons, and hired thugs.
All this intimidation, however, ap-
pears only to have strengthened the
Negro and white workers on strike.
They are showing the greatest cour-
age in holding picket parades while
the Kangaroo court sits in Sea-
brooks Office. They are determined
to keep Seabrook from moving his
tractors tomorrow morning and, in
the face Of all threats, are deter
mined to carry their strike to vic
tory.
The investigating committee
stressed the Importance of mass
pressure that must lie brought
on the county authorities and on
Seabrook to keep them from muir
dering the workers. kilograms and
delegations must be sent to
Sheriff Brown, Bridgeton, N. j.,
Judge Leroy LOder of the same
city, and Mr.. Seabrook.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09

1t must have surprised and hurt
Mr.. Tunney when Mr.. Roosevelt
did not appoint him to the Brain
Trust. He would have been an
adOrnment to the Brain Trust.
EHISS MAUREEN ORCUTT, the
H golfer, is the latest athlete to
turn to politics for public service.
She has been nominated as a DEM
ocratic candidate for the Assembly
in Bergen County, New Jersey. Miss
circuit, Of course, is running for
the people and nobody else. One
has to admit this upon looking over
her statements on her candidacy,
She confesses engagingly that be-
fore she became a candidate she
was total stranger to politics. She
became a candidate through inspi-
ration.
a year ago 1 didn't know any I
thing about the inside of politics."
she asseyerates, But I'm seriously
interested, and 1 don't see why
political procedure can't be learned
rapidly, like anything else, if one
really tries"
This shows that Miss circuit is
free from any faint. She is not a
party to political maneuvering and
corruption. Until now she has been
merely an intelligent observer"
But Circumstance = suggestion
from some one struck a live
wire in her interest" This is the
pure way of becoming a member
of Assembly.
THE impression her direct glance
makes when she says =. things
about her political future says the
Herald-Tribune, "(makes) one
readily believe there isn't much
reason why she won't learn here
new ropes rapidly
Miss circuit will undoubtedly re-
main pure. ]
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
Workers Leaders Hail
LID. From Cells In
Canadian Prison
From the Seven Canadian
working class leaders. in isola-
ton In Kigston Penitentiary.

From the Seven Canadian
working class leaders, in isola-
ton In KigstOn Penitentiary.
From our Canadian Czarist
bastille, we greet you on your
ninth anniversary and hail the
splendid work you have done on
behalf of the toilers Of the
US.A. and the world.
-Four great struggles on be-
half of Sacco Vanzetti, Gas
tonia, Scottsboro. Mooney. stand
out as a monument of the fight
ing courage of the American
proletariat against white terror,
I'VE want to thank you and
the American proletariat for the
expressions of international soil
darity you have shown to us in
the fight for our release, especi-
ally the last two campaigns
waged by the Canadian Labor
Defense League, the heroic Ca
madam Defense organization,
which you actively aided. We
refer especially to the Section 9S
and A. E. Smith campaigns.
Thanks to the wonderful soil
darity of the U. s. toilers with
the Canadian, under the leader
ship Of the IRA, Comrade
Smith is at liberty today.
"(Signed
TIM BUCK
THOS. A. EVEN
MALCOLM BRUCE
SAM CARR
MATHEW POPOVICH
JOHN BOYCHUCK
TOM HILL"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
Painters Balk
ZausnerGang
mTwOLOcals
Prevent Installation of
Illegal Candidates,
Despite Cops

NEW YORK,-Defying zauEner
machine officials and police, mem
bers Of Painters Local Unions 905
and PSI prevented illegally elected
local officers from being sworn in
at meetings held for that purpose
on Friday night.
In both locals elections were en-
gineered over the protests of rank
and file members and candidates,
and supporters of the Zausner ma
chine were placed in office by
stuffed ballot boxes.
When union members at Friday
nights installation meetings voci-
ferated against the installation of
the Illegally chosen officers, Zaus-
ner's henchman summoned police,
who attempted to intimidate the
membership into permitting the in
stalIations. The police failed and
the meetings were adjourned.
The Rank and File Joint Action
Committee of the Painters Union,
meeting on Saturday, announced
that demonstration will be held
soon in front of the headquarters
of the Painters District Council to
protest against the refusal of the
Board Of Trustees last Friday to
seat duly elected delegates from
local unions and to demand that
Zausner and his gang give up the
offices which they usurped by
means Of a fraudulent election, in
which large number of union mem
bers were prevented from voting for
Louis Weinstock, and other militant
rank and file candidates.
An indoor protest mass meeting
has been called by the Joint Action
Committee for Saturday, July IA,
at 1 pm, at Irving Plaza Hall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
State Action
Is Demanded
For JObless
Open Letter Sent To
Lehman By United
Action Conference

NEW YORK. - James Gaynor,
chairman Of the United Action
Conference on Work Relief ana
Unemployment, representing more
than $50, GOO unemployed and relief
workers ard members Of trade
unions in New York City, made pub
lie today an open letter sent to
Gov. Lehman, demanding the in
clusion of four additional items on
the order Of business of the Spe-
cial Session of the State Legislature
which opens tomorrow in Albany.
Members of the United Action Con-
ference are the Association of Of
flee and Professional Emergency
Employees; the Federation Of Ar
chiteets, Engineers, Chemists and
Technicians; the Unemployment
Councils of New York; Relief
workers League; Unemployed
Teachers Association; Recreational
Leaders Association; and the Artists
Union.
"The unemployed and relief
workers" says the letter, "haye been
completely ignored in your program
for the extraordinary session of the
Legislature. You stated in your
address of July 6, that Only those
subjects should be considered which
are of outstanding and immediate
importance but you did not men
ton the most important subject of
all-the question of relief and secur-
ity for the jobless who constitute
one-sixth of the population of this
state.
How can you dare ask that
profits from mortgages be guaran-
teed while you are silent about
the hundreds of eyietions of tenants
and Of small home and farm owners
that take place daily? How can you
assume that charter revision is
more important than annulment of
the disgraceful Bankers Agreement
which limits the amount of relief to
the unemployed bus guarantees full
payment of all interest and principal
to the bankers? How can you dare
imply, as you do, that admittedly
necessary recompense to the owners
o condemned cattle is of 'outstand-
ing and immediate Importance.
whereas providing adequate food
and shelter for hundreds of thou
sands of human beings is not?
"We, unemployed and relief work
ers, object to your attempted dis
elimination against us, but we do
more than that: We present to you
a program which meets our needs,
and we demand that you put it on
the agenda of the Legislature. Also
we announce that on July 81, hun
dreds of delegates from New York
City and the farms and cities up
state will appear in Albany to re-
affirm our demands, which are as
follows:
I've demand that the Legis-
lature make state law if the
Workers Unemployment and So
cial Insurance Bill, pending its
passage by Congress. This bill
alone of all insurance or relief
plans gives immediate and per-
manent security to workers, and
it places the whole expense for in
surance not on the workers but
On the employers and the State.
Owe demand that the Work
ers and Farmers Bill against
EvictiOns and Foreclosures be
passed at once. This bill provides
moratorium on mortgages, in
terest, taxes and assessments for
the duration Of the present eco
nomic crisis, and il provides for
the suspension of all existing laws
relating to the eviction of part
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
Bologna Makers Union
BOycOtts Scab Goods

NEW YORK-Members of the
Amalgamsted Bologna Makers
Union, locals oil, TIA and 422, who
have been on strike in New York
and Newark for six weeks, an
nounced at their last regular strike
meeting that they will begin picket
ing all stores that handle Stahl and
Meyers, Higrade and Fink and Sons
goods.
The union has called for a boy
colt on all goods produced by these
companies.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09

time workers, tenant farmers, i'm
pOverished farmers, unemployed
workers and small home owners.
"3-We demand immediate alb
rogatiOn of the Bankers Agree
ment, which limits the amount of
relief to the unemployed, while
providing full payment to the
bankers.
Dive demand that money for
relief be collected by a graduated
tax on incomes over $4,000, by
taxing the profits of large cor
pOratiOns, utility companies and
banks. In no case shall any kind
of tax be imposed on employed
workers to aid the unemployed.
United Action Conference on
Work, Relief and Unemployment. ;"
JAMES GAYNOR, Chairman"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
WILLIAM FUCHS

is painful to observe the low estimate which generally
accorded the mentality of the athlete this capitalist dis
pepsation. There number of weknown caegores in
which genuses do not generally fa-say, the category Of
the movie actor the Federal Judgebu with of these
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09

classes can one sport with SO
much impunity as one can
with the athlete-particular
the professional athlete. Call
a movie actor a popinjay or
a buffcon, and you will have dis
putants; if you refer even to Fed
eral Judge as jackass, you will re-
ceiYe irate replies-but you can say
anything you want in derision of
an athletes cerebral capacity and
if silence means assent then the
whole world is in accord with you
One does not even have to depend
upon lack of indignant replies to
testify to this fact Almost in any
company the Characterization of the
athlete as anything but poor and
hopeless ape is regarded as i'm
mature.
This is all the Sadder when one
considers the ambitions of some
Of these creatures. Some of them
have the lofty idea of being pub
lie servants. Some of them have
pretensions to culture and learn
ing. Some of them even wish to
acquire wealth, which is one thing,
Of course, for which brains are
necessary. But curiousIy enough
even the athletes themselves
never protest when a public ex-
animation is made of the insides
of their craniums and the result
revealed as nil.
THE ambitions for higher things,
\ among them, take various forms
Mr.. Gene Tunney, for instance,
used to delight in endorsing Shake
speare. Mr.. Tunney often used TO
quote from the Bard in order to
show how two great minds (his
and Shakespeare's) had the same
philosophy. 1t was natural, there
fore, for Mr.. Tunney later to take
up with Mr.. Shaw, who considers
himsel greater writer than
Shakespeare was. Mr.. Tunney, sad
to say, was misunderstood by many
people. They believed that he was
nothing but clown at the bottom,
This opinion did not change until
he married the heiress of one of
CaTnegie's partners. Then it was
agreed that he really knew his
onions; and people enyied him.
ANOTHER outlet for the ambi-
"A tons of athletes has always been
politics. Mr.. Tunney himself once
announced a desire to run for
State Senator. He did not do so,
but he campaigned for Roosevelt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09
BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-09

ANOTHER outlet for the ambi-
"A tons of athletes has always been
politics. Mr.. Tunney himself once
announced a desire to run for
State Senator. He did not do so,
but he campaigned for Roosevelt.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-20

noon. A program was presented and
a lunch served. A ten cent admission
was charged and the funds will be
used to buy q Baby bond.
L. Christensen of Janesville was a
caller at the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Fred Prail Thursday.
Frank Gordon of California made
a business trip here Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. j. C. Peters were
business callers at Marshall Thursday
afternoon. They also attended the
Ladies Aid at the Congregational
church at Garvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Engen, Lester
Freeman and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Prai
attended the home talent play given
at Westbrook Friday evening.
Mrs. Sarah McGinn entertained
the Altar society of the Catholic
church Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. M. A. Dahms was a Tracy
shopper Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Eleanor Bue, county relief
worker, was in town Tuesday.
Myron Wigen made business trip
to the Twin Cities Friday. returning
Saturday.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-20
What Others Think

"No man stands straight when he stoops to
help boy"
With so many million of out of work it is
such an easy matter to become careless and pay
attention to boys. Men doubly busy with the af
fairs of business and trying to figure out how they
can live up to their codes. Worrying details occupy
ones mind. Yet all about us, boys who need help
the help that comes from encouraging words help
ing hand, little boost All these helpful things take
just minute of any mans time-and yet they mean
much to boy.
1t does not take long for boy to grow and de-
velop into 1t may be that what we say today
will have a big influence what kind of ne
will be. Are doing the thing that will help the
boy? Just cordial word of greeting in the morning
the boy is his way school will frequently give
the lad just the needed encouragement for that part
icu,ar day. Do we do that? Can truthfully say
that have been the means and channel by which
boy gets inspiration to do better things.
There is much can do in boys work without
having to take any time to do it. Most men are
willing to do this if they only realized how easily it
be done.
"No man stands so straight when he stoops to
help boy."-Tme Herald, Alliance, Nebraska.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-20
TIE REDWOOD GAzETTE, REDWOOD FALLS msNEsorA

We know about it a year in advance Of course, we
think about it and begin to plan for it about Thanks
giving time, hear about it and read about it and
see others doing something about it, during the weeks
before but someway it seems that Christmas sneaks
up and finds with most of our shopping still
to be done.
Most people seem to be that way. Stores have
been packed day after day for weeks but we'll bet
business doesn't hit its peak until Saturday. possibly
Monday. Clerks and postoffce employees will
go home too tired to properly observe the day. but al
mighty glad the rush is
But aside from this hustle and hustle, Christmas
is great time of the year. At other time
persons generous, considerate of friends and
their Wishes inclined help the poor and needy
as we'll as please the more fortunate. Church going
becomes general school and Sunday school pro-
grams lay stress the peace and good will theme.
Life, generally, is happier
There is to Christmas than that last min
ute shopping rush.
No doubt there many circumstances to be con-
sidered but it appears that judges generally too
lenient with gangster "mols."
Women who choose to associate with criminals,
live with them, help hide them, help them in their
activities and share their profits should be made to
share their punishment well. Distribute few life
time Imprisonment sentences properly and of the
public enemies will find they not the ladies' men
they think they
Occasionally someone says, "BOy l sure hope it
doesn't snow" Hopes make little difference but hang
out the welcome sign when the first flake falls. II
there is anything this country needs in the form of
farm relief it is moisture barrels and barrels of it.
If that doesn't touch your heart, think of the dust
few inches of snow will settle and recalling last years
dirt storms, rejoice with the rest of us.
A casual observer might think the Democratic
party in Minnesota is divided into two camps the
Wolf hackers and the Reganites, jumpers, but
there is third element which doesn't approve of
Wolf and thinks rumpers properly named. If pat
ronage could be removed from the picture this third
group would soon be in the majority.
Clara Bow is sending her friends engraved
nouncements of the birth of her Suppose any
of them have failed to read about it in the
papers?
Writing open letters to President Roosevelt seems
to be the only way certain Minnesota senator
get his name in the paper.
Another sign of better times: Complimentary
calendars more plentiful.
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-20
Organizations Elect
At Walnut Grove

Walnut Grove-At their annual
election Monday evening the Royal
Neighbors elected the following offic-
ers: Oracle, Edith Danielson; Vice
Oracle, Eva Gremmert; recorder,
Celia Baker; receiver, Alma Swenson:
chancellor, Kittie Olmstead; mar
shall, Florence Rettmer; inner sent
incl, Mabel Boelke; outer sentinel,
years, Bertha Nelson and Flora Hes
nault, installing officer.
The Congregation Ladies Aid held
its annual election of officers We'd
nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
H. H. Gremmert. The following Of
ficers were elected: president, Mrs.
E. A. Hartung; vice president, Mrs.
II. II. Gremmert; secretary, Mrs. Le-
land Tyler and treasurer, Mrs. Hat
tie Schaurer.
Mr. and Mrs. M. ]. Virgins and
Rebecca McGinn were Tracy shoppers
Monday afternoon.
DR.. O'Brien gave a talk before the
Parent Teacher association meeting
Tuesday evening, December 18.
Mrs. E. Jameson and daughter,
Doris and Flora Jones spent from
Friday until Saturday in the Twin
Cities.
Miss Esther Peterson returned to
Rochester Friday where she is TAX
ing nursing.
Glenn Olmstead who is with the
highway department has been trans
ferred to Ortonville. Mrs. Olmstead
and children will remain here for a
short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gremmert and
Thelma and Opal Weedman who visit
ed relatives at Pennington, returned
home Wednesday accompanied by
their grandmother who will visit at
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-20

Keith Willison of Beresford, South
Dakota is staying at the Paul Ire
wartha home near Revere.
Kenneth bennington who has
been quite i'll at the Clinic hospital at
Tracy is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Fordham were
business callers at Marshall Tuesday.
The Pleasant Hour club met Thus
day afternoon with Mrs. Bert Addi-
son and Mrs. Edward Klevan assist
ant hostess for their annual Christ
mas party.
The Royal Neighbors gave its an
nual Christmas party Tuesday after
The Redwood gazette., 1934-12-20

the E. E. Weedman home.
Mrs. William Sammons of Holly
township went to the Twin Cities
Wednesday to visit Mr.. Sammons
who underwent an operation at the
University hospital.
Sim Nelson who has been quite i'll
is somewhat improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Addison
were Redwood Falls shoppers Satur-
day.
Mrs. Mary Ellefson entertained at
a series of quilting parties last week.
Mrs. Bert Addison entertained at a
series of quilting parties last week.