The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-01
= Councils Urge
! United Action
OfAII Groups
NeighbOrhOOd Meetings
Arranged-WiIl Hold
Protests Today

PHILADELPHIA, Ia, NOV. 3U.-
A mounting storm of protest
against the brutal police murder
of William Heaterly last Tuesday,
When police reserves swept down
on the Negro section, Dashed down
the door at 1911 Callohill Street,
entered with drawn guns and shot
down Negro worker in cold blood,
Is sweeping this city.
On Monday morning at 9 o'clock,
workers under the leadership of the
Unemployment Councils will as
semble at the Office of the County
!, Relief Board, 1850 Cherry Street,
demanding that the family of the
murdered worker be Immediately
placed on the relief lists The
Councils lay the blame for the muir
der on the welfare department for
its refusal to grant relief to this
family. The demonstration will
demand that those responsible
for any discrimination whatsoever
against the Negro people be i'm
mediately removed from the well
fare department. In addition, the
Councils will demand that the well
fare department go on record as
endorsing the National Congress for
Unemployment Insurance to be
held in Washington, D. G. on Jan.
ST.
United Front Asked
The Unemployment Councils have
appealed to all organizations for
q united front in the fight against
evictions, police attacks upon the
jobless, for the immediate release
of Samuel Heaterly, brother of the
murdered man, who was dubbed
T and jailed, and is being held with
out bail on trumped-up charges in
an attempt to whitewash the police
responsibility for the murde r.
The united front proposals, sent to
the Socialist Party, the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
the Colored People, to all Negro
churches and newspapers, to the
Civil Liberties Union and all liber-
ais, and to all trade unions and
oCher working class ORGANIZATIONS
Demonstrate Today
All workers have been urged to
demonstrate Saturday at IL noon
at the office of Constable Gilman,
1925 Girard Street. Gilman, whose
deputies have evicted hundreds of
Negro workers in the recent period,
led the police attack upon the
Heaterly home.
The Councils have further
called upon all workers to mass at
Reyburn Plaza Thursday, Dec. 6, at
p. m, when the committee of
100, which on Oct. 18 presented de-
mands to city ordinance against
evictions to the City Council, will
again demand the answer of the
city to the terror and evictions of
workers.
Protests Mount
While to date scores of organi-
cations throughout the city have
adopted the following resolution,
the Councils have called upon all
groups to adopt it:
In view of the unprovoked, ruth
less and cold blooded murder of
william Heaterly and brutal club
bing and beating of his brother,
Sam Heaterly, by Policeman Jo-
seph Anderson and Edward Meyer
for defending his right to a dwell
ing place regardless of his inability
to pay rent because OF forced idle
ness. Be it therefore resolved:
THAT the Unemployment
Councils goes on record to work
for and mobilize all organized and
unorganized workers to fight for the
following demands.
az Immediate passage of a City
ordinance to stop all evictions.
b. The arrest and punishment of
Policemen Joseph Anderson
and Edward Mayer.
Cd Arrest and and punishment of
Constable Jacob Gilman and
Deputy Constables Reub en-
Norcross and Sy Epstein as
accomplices to this murder.
r, ID Official action by County Re-
lei bOdIQ dSdl11St cflCIiOu VI
jobless workers.
e. Full payment of rent by
County Relief Board for such
houses as the workers desire
to live in till such time as
passage of above named City
Ordinance.
p Custer of Superintendent Of
Police Joseph LeStrange who
defends such acts against
iobless workers by his police.
g Immediate housing and feed
ing of the families of William
Heaterly and Sam Heaterl.
BE it further resolved: That
copies of this resolution be sent
to the press and all parties i'm
plcated and call all organized
working class bodies to take such
action.
Samuel Heaterly, the brother of
the murdered man, was yesterday
held without bail on charges of ag-
gravated assault and battery, threats
to do bodily harm, resisting ar
rest, and accessory after the fact.