The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-16

snapped the words out. The
p bewildered as they were led
cause they were walking in the,
street and a cop decided to pick
them up! Not in chain ang-ridden
o. Georgia or Florida, but in dynamic
- Detroit" the classic city of the
American standard Of living with
. all that 1t implies, The official
charge: "vagrancy."
It was all in the days work for
Judge Brennan, and the whole
business only took a couple of
minutes. He-and not only he-had
handed out similar sentences be-
fore for similar crimes, 1t was
really quite simple.
But this time it was not as simple
as Judge Brennan thought. A labor
attorney, Maurice Sugar, got wind
Of it. He has offered his services
to the two Negro workers without
charge, is appealing the case and
demanding new trial The In
ternational Labor Defense is also
taking action and is preparing to
organize mass protest to back up
Sugars fight for new trial.
Labor Candidate
Sugar, who is one of the fore
most labor attorneys in the coun-
try, is now a candidate for the very
office which Brennan holds-iudge
of Recorders Court. Brennan him
self is running for reelection.
Eighteen candidates are to be
chosen in the primaries in March,
with nine to be elected in the finals
in April. Sugars candidacy is
probably unique in the entire coun-
try in that he has been endorsed by
: every section of the labor move
ment, from the Detroit Federation
of Labor "a. F. Of L. to the Com
( munist Party Among the many
other organizations that are sup
porting him are two independent
unions of highly skilled workers in
the automobile industry, the Me-
. Chanics Educational Society of
! America and the Society Of De-
signing Engineers.
Defended James Victory
Sugar is an outstanding fighter
for the rights of the Negro masses
and was the attorney last summer
in the famous frame-up of James
Victory, Negro worker who was ac-
cused of attacking and slashing a
white woman. Through Sugar S
brilliant exposure of the frame-up
backed by the mass protest organ
lied by the International Labor De-
Tense and the League of Struggle
I for Negro Rights, Victory was saved
from life Imprisonment and de-
clared not guilty.
III two Negro workers involved
In the present case are Charles Lee
and Monroe Brown. The following
is from the official stenographic
!. report of the so-called trial before
Judge Brennan held on Jan. 8. 1t
should constitute the best argument
for all workers, Negro and white,
(, and their organizations to throw all
their energies into the campaign to
put a man on the bench in whose
!; court such outrages will be impos-
sible.
After the defendants pleaded not
+. guuty.
T The Court Do you waive jury
trial?
Mr.. Lee: Sir?
T The Court: Do you want a jury
trial?
/ MI. Lee: waive jury trial.
/. The Court: Very well.
(The defendants and the officer
were sworn by the clerk
The Court: What about this
officerP
The Officer: Your honor, yester-
day afternoon at 2:3O p. m. in the
city of Detroit. I arrested these
men. They had no job, no home
and no visible means of support.
The Court: What about it, Mon
: roe2
Mr. Brown: live at 914 Sherman
Street.
The Court; Have you any Job?
Mr.. Brown: No sir, not for the
last month.
The Court: You are not or
probation?
Mr. Brown: No sir.
The Court; What about you?
Mr.. Lee: I have a job. work
down at the Twelfth Street Ter
minal, down there, 10 or 20 hours 6
week. I also have an application tc
report to Briggs this morning.
The Court; Are you on proba-
ton now?
Mr.. Lee: No sir.
The Officer: I asked both Of
them where they lived, and gave
them plenty of time to answer the
questions. The only reason they
didn't tell me where they lived was
they were afraid we would find
some stolen property at their home
Mr.. Brown: have a room at 914
Sherman.
Mr.. Lee: The only thing the of.
ficer asked me was to get in the car
. The Court: Ninety days each il
the House of Correction.
/. Amter Will Addres,