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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05
Southern United Front
Plans Broad Campaign
For Rights of ToiIers
Mass Conference in the Spring Will Fight for
Constitutional and Trade Union Liberties
of Negro and White Masses

Under point one, J. F. Ames, of the
Selma Manufacturing Company, de-
clared that subnormal code for
southern labor, both white and Ne
gro, but primarily the latter, should
be established, with $3.50 week
wage for men, So for women, and
Sc for boys and girls.
2. In the recent struggles in the
South, especially the big strikes,
there developed a fighting unity be-
tween white and Negro workers
never before seen in the South.
3. The splendid united front ae-
tons undertaken jointly by the S,
P. and G. P. in New Orleans, and
the growing friendly relations es-
tablished between the Share Crop
pers Union in Alabama, under Com
munist leadership, and the Southern
Tenant Farmers Union of Arkansas,
under Socialist leadership.
4. In the past few years the
prestige and influence of the c. P.
has grown enormously in the South
as result of our correct position
and active role in number of big
strikes, in the share troopers strug-
giles, and in the fight for the free
dom Of the Scottsboro boys. 1t
should be noted that it was pre-
cisely our correct understanding of
the Negro question, Of the struggle
for equal rights for Negroes-as a
precondition and at the same time
an essential part of the struggle for
unity of the southern labor move
ment-that stimulated the whole
class struggle in the South. and
brought the proletarian masses
closer to the c. P.
Horton Halls c. P. Work
A few examples will indicate the
prestige the c. p. in the South. In
a recent letter, Myles Horton men
tons his recent speeches at Smith
College and Union Theological Sem
mary on the labor movement in the
South, in which he declared that
"the best radical work in the South
was exceptional work being done W
the c. P. in the Birmingham area"
H. L. Mitchell, Secretary of the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union,
and also of the S. P. in Arkansas,
in his letter to the Secretary of the
Share Choppers Union, acknowledges
the superiority of the fighting de-
nands of that union, and in his
recent letters says the following:
THE S. T. F. U. accepts
your proposals for united action
on your program. Our mem
hers are not as far advanced al
yours are, but given time they will
learn. certainly appreciate
the material sent me on the s.
c. U. organization and methods of
working. They will be great
help in other places where we do
not have strong enough posi-
ton to remain above ground. -.
Some men from - section came
to see me a few days ago about
starting the Organization) 81
gave them a lineup similar to
your own"
5. And finally, one of the main
reasons for the possibilities for i'm
mediate development of a real
united front movement in the South
is the fact that the Lovestone dis
ldpters are not in the South at all,
and the relative weak hold Lhat the
old guard Socialist leadership has
over the many southern Socialist
leaders. No doubt this explains why
Lovestone declares editorially, with
the criminal levity of an adventurer:
THE so-called United Front en-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05

Of terrorist reaction against the
whole labor movement and the
working class. It means another
step along the road to American
fascism. Hitler. and all fascists,
raise as their main slogan the war
against Communism.
The question Of which class shall
rule. the proletariat or the capital
lists, becomes every day a closer life
and death question for the majority
Of the people Of the country.
The capitalists cannot solve the
crisis. They are making the lives
Of the majority of the population,
the toilerS, increasingly unbearable
The working class thinks more and
more about taking power into its
own hands, and setting up its own
class government, a Soviet Govern
ment.
Coughlin'S job is to act as a de-
coy to trap the masses away from
revolution, back to capitalist wage
slavery under the fancy name of
social justice"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05
W. L.PattersOn
Sends Appeal
On ScOttsbOrO
By PAUL PUsHKIN

MOSCOW, q. S. S. r. (By MaiD.
William L. Patterson, national
secretary of the International Labor
Defense, whose health was shat
tered in his leadership of the fight
for the Scottsboro boys, arrived in
Moscow recently from the Black
Sea. Still weak, still worn out with
his years of effort and untiring
struggle, Patterson is slowly re-
building his strength, so that he
may return to the United States
and to the fight.
But never for one moment has
the Scottsboro case and the case Of
Angelo Herndon been out of Pat
terson's mind. He talked with me
about it, earnest and intent as ever.
These cases-Scottsbor and An
gelo Herndon-are the very center
of our struggle today" he said.
BY the Scottsboro frame-up, the
ruling class said to the Negro peo-
pie what the rulers Of pre-civil war
days said in the bred Scott case:
You have no rights that we are
bound to respect. You are rapists,
beasts, sub-human things. We need
give you no rights. We need give
you no hearing, You dare not meet
with your white brothers, nor or
ganize against your conditions
Thus these cases were a chal-
lenge to the working class, and to
the Negro people, a challenge which
it had to meet, or be set back one
long step in its struggle with the
rulers. And we have met this chal-
lenge. Neither the fury of the
white rulers, nor the maneuvers of
their assistant hangmen, the Pick
enses and Walter Whites, the Hous-
tons. the Leibovitzes, has been able
to hold back the tremendous wave
of mass struggle that has been the
answer of the workers and the Ne
gro masses to the Scottsboro and
Herndon frame-ups.
MY message to the American
masses is this: Raise the Scots
boro and Herndon cases to their
highest pitch Protest! Demon
strate! Send resolutions and tele-
grams to the Supreme Court. And
remember that the burden of carry
ing on the defense is a terrific one.
Help the international Labor De-
tense to carry that burden, send
funds for the defense, so that the
fight may be carried on to the VIC
torious end
The address of the national office
of the international Labor Defense
to which funds should be rushed by
airmail and telegraph for the
urgent immediate needs of the
Scottsboro-H erndon defense, is
Room 610 80 East 18th Street, New
York CITY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05

with Hearst in his attacks on mill
tant students. The N. S. l.. does not
and will never support the har-
bingers of fascism in the United
States.
This and similar objections Gre
ated by S. L. I. D. leaders have
been answered with such clarity by
the n. S. L. that the s. L, I. D.
leaders have found it dieicult to
continue to raise theoretical differ
ences." In many schools N. S. L. and
S. L. I, D. chapters have been work
ing in complete harmony. So the
December convention of the S. L..
I. D. had to be well prepared. The
Young Peoples Socialist League in
New York instructed YpS.L.' ers to
make certain that the New York
delegation would be strong (but not
for amalgamation) An entire bus
load of New York delegates was
shipped out to the Chicago con-
vention. The Hunter College Chap
ter (68th ST., which has scarcely
a dozen Or more in attendance at
it's membership meetings. sent five
delegates. Ethel Schachner. wife Of
Winston Dancis National Secre-
| tary of the Y. P. S. ID, who left
Hunter College more than q year
ago, was one Of the Hunter dele
gates. There were not more than
so delegates at the S. L, I. D. con-
vention. The convention voted IS
to IS against reaffiliation with the
American League Against War and
Fascisn. The New York ('right
wingers") had their way
The fourth national convention of
the National Student League, which
convened Dec. 26 in ST. Louis. day
before the S. l.. l. D. convention,
was in all respects a serious busi-
ness convention. There were dele
gates from almost every section Of
the country. The New York dele
CATION of IS represented more than
400 high school and college N. s..
L.'ers. Every problem that confronts
N. S. L. chapters in their day-to-
day wo.k was brought out on the
convention floor. Experiences were
exchanged and the delegates left
prepared to improve the work of
their respective chapters.
The NsL. convention considered
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05
NEW YORK LABOR
PLANS MASS FARLEY
in FIGHT ON WRITS
Norris-LaCuardia Measure Shown to Be Useless
Only the Workers Struggle Can Defeat
In functions Aimed Against Strikers

years, and that If the Injunction Is
granted the Communists will get an
opportunity to establish a foothold
on the waterfront.
Ryan said the following when the
hearings on the injunction opened:
"The record Of myself and the
LILA, whose destinies l have been
privileged to guide for many years,
is an open book. We have not
had a strike or disorder on the
waterfront for the past 10 years,
and it is a matter of record that
we have been able to Illustrate
the Communists in their attempts
to tie up the waterfront" the last
refers TO the calling Of the east
coast sssmen's strike,-M.l
Edward C. MCGUIRE, attorney for
the union stated, in defense of the
off3ials:
II say TO your honor that If the
injunction Is granted it will tie
the hands of the responsible labor
leaders on the waterfront. II will
give the Communists an OppOrtun-
ity to say that association in the
A. r. of L. is no security for the
workers. The Communists are very
active now on the waterfront. The
injunction will give them n chance
to arouse general strike on the
Now York waterfront. and gen.
eral strike In New York will be
far greater and mean a greater
loss to industry than that which
teok place in San Francisco"
Whan the injunction was granted,
the shipowners were also named as
defendants But this is only to
beioy the issue. The Injunction
merely orders that the shipoWners
should force their workers to load
scab cargo. It is the frst step to-
ward challenging the union's control
on the waterfront. and eventually
smashing it. Although it is the
Chamber Of Commerce and mer-
chants associations that have for
mally applied for the injunction, the
shipowners are undoubtedly behind
the entire scene.
The only force in the marine
unions which sought to arouse a
mass movement to fight the injunc-
ton, and to prepare the workers to
refuse to handle scab cargo, regard
less of the decision, is the rank and
file movement in the LILA. But
Ryan centeYed his main attack
against these very rank and file ele-
ments.
Now the waterfront workers can
see what the policy Of united front
with the bosses. against the most
active workers in the unions and
depending ON capitalist laws and
courts leads to.
The fight against the Injunction
menace must be based chiefly upon
a mass movement of the workers.
They must be smashed through mass
picket lines in which workers of all
unions participate. Orders such as
that handed down to the waterfront
workers can he made meaningless
If there is a mass refusal to lead
scab goods. The anti-union charac-
ter Of every Injunction must be ex-
posed to the entire trade union
Such is the purpose of
the Anti Injunction Conference
being arranged. All unions
should be represented, just as in
the examples cited A. F. of L. indie
pendent and T.U.U.L, unions are
hit, SO the conference should be
Of all such unions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05
Detroit Labor
Backs Sugar
For Judgeship

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 4,-Mau-
rice Sugar working class lawyer
widely known for his activity in
labor defense cases here, has been
put forward by a group of profess
SIGNALS as candidate for Recorders
Judge in the Spring elections.
Sugars candidacy has been en-
dorsed by the Mechanics Educa-
tional Society of America, the Gem
trail Trades and Labor Council end
the Communist Party.
A drive to collect $4,000 nominate
ing petition signatures for Sugars
candidacy has been started, al
though only 10000 are needed to
place his name on the ballot. The
Communist Party here has in
structed all of it's units and its
fractions in mass organizations &c
take up at once the job of swinging
the largest possible number o9
workers into the signature collec-
ton drive.
The Communist Party member
ship has set itself the following
tasks in connection with Sugars
candidacy:
To distribute the petitions and
for the units to organize for house
to house canvassing in the neigh
horhoods and visiting mass or
CARNATIONS, Special days must ne
fixed in January for this task.
To raise finances for the support
of the candidacy in all organiza-
tions.
To invite Maurice Sugar to adj
dress workers organizations. par
ticularly non-left wing bodies. A
full plan of Party support will be
worked out. For this purpose
special meeting of all Party and
left wing forces is arranged for
MONDAY, JAN. Z, at 1868 Four
teenth Street. All units are to elect
at least two delegates to this meet
ing. At, this meeting we will dis
euss the manner in which the Partv
and left wing can develop a mass
campaign for the election of
Maurice Sugar as Recorders Court
Judge. All units are to elect thres
delegates to this meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-05
BY Nat Ross


IN DEC. 90, a conference of q
" number Of leading southern So
cialists and representative of the
Communist Party in the South was
held at Highlander Folk School, in
Tennessee. The main question be-
fore this conference was the de-
velopment Of the United Front in
the South.
The conference enthusiastically
endorsed the statement adopted in
Chattanooga, on Dec. 6, as result
Of a meeting between representa-
tives Of the c. P. and Socialist Party,
in which leading Socialists of five
southern states, as we'll as leaders
Of the Revolutionary Policy Com
mittee of the S. P, including its
National Secretary. called on the
Socialist organizations in the South
to start negotiations with the G. P.
on a six-point program Of joint
struggle for the immediate needs of
the southern masses.
The December 20 conference went
step beyond the December 6 con-
ference, as seen in the following
quotation from the letter which is
to be sent to each state committee
of the S. P. in the South, and which
is signed by Myles Horton, member
Of the Executive Committee, s. p,
Tennessee, and director of the High
lander Folk School, zilla Halves,
Southern Labor Secretary, S. P,
Tennessee, and leading A. F. Of l..
organizer, James Donbrowski, 8. P,
Tennessee, and Secretary OF High
lander Folk School:
We, the undersigned members
of the S. P, call upon the state
executive committees Of all south
ern states to call a special session
for the purpose of effectirg
United Front between the Social
lists and Communists and other
working class groups within each
state. We suggest as basis for
United Front action the issues
which were agreed upon at the
Chattanooga conference. Point
number one struggle against war
and fascism) is being made con-
crete in the preparation of a broad
united front conference in the
South aagtnst lynching and tor
Trade Union and Constitutional
rights. We would call the at
tention of State Executive Com
nittees to several significant steps
taken recently to effect such
United Front In the South.
IN submitting THIS letter we
feel that we are voicing the SEN
timents of the majority Of Social
lists and Communists in the South,
as we'll as all honest trade union
/ lists"
The Basis for the United Front
WHAT is at the bottom Of the i'm
W portant actions taken at these
two conferences?
/. The capitalist attack on the
living conditions of the masses il
more severe in the South than else
where, and only united, militant
struggle can prevent the carrying
out of this fascist attack. On ths
very day of the conference at High
lander Folk School, the pres:
printed the declaration of policy Of
the Southern States Industrial
Council. The first two points ir
it's six-point program of southern
capitalists are; One, a fight tt
widen the wage differentisl, anc
two, war against the labor unions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-24
Lady Of Lourdes Bowling League

Will you boys wake up and trim the Greens so tha the race will be @ little closer. The Greens are hitting on all three and Novelli, Ferrari and Tony Lupone are hitting the pins for high scores. Let's go boys and give them stiff battle from now on.
 Jumping Johnny Perrella, the Val- paraiso volcano gave one of the greatest exhibitions of poor bowling ever seen by a bowler of his ability and his teammates are still wonder ing what happened to him. Too much hard work during the election all the boys seem to think.
 Chickie Toletti, the movie star, worked real hard for his mates but no matter how well he hit them, e couldn't make up for Johnny's poor scores Try again this week Chick.
 Joe Russo the big auto mechanic is coming along very fast and most any day we expect him to come forth with challenge to Pop Cipriano the grand old man of the league
 Phil Mannello broke all his own records by rolling beautiful high three of 359 and did the little boy go home happy. It was rumored around town that he kept all the boys nj the center up all night with his story of sensational pin toppling. Nice work Phil keep up the good work, and no doubt your teacher Johnny Manzo is proud that another one of his pupils is on the road to bowling fame.
 Will some one kindly tell us just what happened to our genial secre- tary an dtreasurer Srnie Conte. If he doesn't show up this week we are going to send some sleuths after him. The boys sure miss Ernie and his stellar roofing.
 A word must be sai dabout An- thony Cipriano the boy in the but just don't seem to connect, but pincheS. His team works real hard look out for them from now on An- thony keeps plugging along regard less of the touch ereaks.
 A. J. Masone, the cigaret king, is showing real form this year and the golf season no doubt has helped his bowling arm and eye What an eye says the great A. J.
 Matty Speech the big coal, oil and ice man from the wilds of Oakville, beginning to show form after a slow start. What was the matter, Speech" didn't your hat fit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-24
CLA|RMONTS IN
 L|TCHF|ELD GO
Local Squad Goes Against Cowboys Sunday in
 Strong Game

Litchfiled, Oct. 23.-A football game between the Dunn-managed Waterbury Clairmonts and George Theodor's Litchfield Cowboys is scheduled for Sunday, but as yet the site of the duel is underter- mined. Both managers are hop ing to secure Fuessenich park, Tor rington, where ample accommoda- tion for spectators is available. The c. O. and o. eleven of Torrington, conquerors of the Cowboys last Sum- day, will journey to Danbury Sum- day to meet the champion Trojans of that city, therefore leaving Fues- senich field free for a game unless c. c. c. team maintains its in- tention of playing there. The camp boys, it has been learned, have prior right to use of the field.
 It is possible that Community field, Litchfield, may be the scene of the battle. The Clairmonts and Cowboys battled here last year, vic- tory going to the latter team, but the Waterbury boys played heads up game at all times and extended the home towners to their finest effort of the season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-24
THOMASTON TIGERS
 TO MEET WINDSOR

Thomaston, Oct. 24-Manager Err nest Ruggie of the local football team'ha secured the strong Wind- sor eleven for a contest at the Plume and Atwood field Sunday. The visitors will show a strong line and fast backfield featuring some of the high school stars of that town. Ruggie also states that he has been unsuccessful in arranging a game with the Litchfield Cowboys, who seem to 'dodging the local eleven for some reason or. other. Jake Vreeland will referee the con- test Sunday which will commence at 2:30 sharp.
 Joseph Sullivan, secretary of the club, who has been in charge of the financial assignments of the organ ization has resigned from that ca pacity. Harry Lynch, who for years has been at the head of the base- ball teams of the community, has been assigned to succeed MT. Sulli- van.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-24
Brundage Insists America WiH Enter Berlin Olympic Comes
BOYCOTT BACKED BY COMMUNISTS
 SAYS CHAIRMAN
Athletes Will Not Be Used By Politicians For Old
 World HatredS

Chicago, Oct. 24-(UP)-Partici- patton of the United States in the 1936 Olympic games at Berlin Ger- many, was pledged today in frank. unqualified statement by Avery Brundage, Chicago, chairman of the Amercan Olympic committee
 "Red" Stun
 He charged that attempts to b0y-' colt the Olympic games because of NaI religious persecution were fo- vnented by organizations and tndi- viduals with communstic connec" tions.
 He said the agitation against United States participation has been carried on entirely by persons who haven't been closer to Berlin than Manhattan Island"
 He left no doubt as to the Amer icar1 Olympic committees stand in the controversy.
 "The Olympic games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians" Brundage said. Knowing the tenn per of the true sport leaders and of the amateur athletes of this country, who are unanimous on this subject I say positively that there will be teams representing the United States in the 1936 games.
 "The sportsmen of this country will not tolerate the use of clean American sport as vehicle to trans plant old world hatreds to the United States"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-24
INDEPENDENTS
 AND BRADLEYS
 CLASH SUNDAY
Local Football Attraction at Hamilton Park;
 Reserves Signed

Proudly waving his signed con- tract with the management of the Providence Bradleys who appeared in this city two weeks ago to gain g tie with the Clairmonts, Manager Duke Del Pc of the Waterbury h. dependents set sail this morning to complete all minor arrangements which will bring the two teams to- gether Sunday afternoon at Hamil- ton Park at 2:30 o'clock.
 Bolstered by the addition of sev- eral new players including Joe Cro- min former Crosby guard, Jim Cof- fey, Rocco Rinaldi and Beef" Mag zarella, ex-Wilby standouts, the In- dies are well prepared for the Prov idence invasion having undergone plenty of practice this week under the eye of Coach Jim Murphy who now has well-rounded group of players, intent and confident that they can make much better show ing against the Providence team than their local rivals, the Clair monts were able to do.
 One or two light drills before Sum- day will complete their weeks work outs for the game they have been pointing for.