SPRAKERS: Stalin Terror Against Sunday Evening P. Feb. Irving Plaza Hall at 15 Street Irving Place JAMES CANNON MUSTE Bis Sireh leting Place NEW MILITANT Official Organ of the Workers Party of the VOL. 2, NO. WHOLE NO. 57 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1936 PRICE CENTS Powell Framed; Scottsboro Boys In Peril Tell the Workers the Truth About Stalin Hounding Mais process of Revolutionists in the Soviet Union. Trotsky Urges For Freedom Cablegram from Leon Trotsky Hits Hearst and Daily Worker Lies Bring the Slanderers Out Into the Open. Socialist Call on Hearst Trotsky the Communists NO. Smash the Bourbon by MoBy D. TROTSKY bilizing the Labor The letters and documents reMovement!
cently published by comrades Tarov and Ciliga have served to stimulate The fourth Scottsboro trtal ended highly the interest in the repressions with the conviction of Haywood of the Soviet bureaucracy against Patterson. Judge and prosecutor the revolutionary fighters. Eighteen worked hand in glove. No Negroes years after the October revolution, New Militant Editor Calls for Impartial Committee to were on the fury: the state went Just before going to press we received the following radiogram from comrade Trotsky in reply to at a time when, in accordance with Pass Judgement on the Stalinist Frame up through the force of putting Nean inquiry from us: the official doctrine, Socialism has groes on the panel, but none served conquered Anally and irrevocably on the jury. They were either in the revolutionists who the setting up of an impartial comThe following letter, proposing of Comrade Trotsky and were challenged by the prosecution or evaded service through fear of re PUBLICATION OF TAROV ARTICLE BY HEARST COMMON en una verilmele de voted the the mittee to investigate and pass tion in the Hearst papers. The prisals.
accusations against ws and against not recognize the dogma of the instalinists has been sent to the AmPatterson was given 75 year PRESS GANGSTERISM STOP BUT IMPUDENCE OF HEARST NO EX are clapped into fall for years; in James Cannon, editor of the Comrade Trotsky are a deliberate prison sentence.
frame up.
The attitude of In order to establish the truth Attorney Lebowitz, enemy of carcerated in concentration campu: NEW MILITANT.
about this matter before labor the mass defense movement, is that CUSE FOR CRIMES OF STALIN CLIQUE STOP GAVE STATEMENT compelled to do forced labor, sub and liberal public opinion, we he has won a victory. The Nez jected, if they attempt to resist, to January 97, 1936 herewith request your organizaYork Times special correspondent physical torture: shot in the event TO ASSOCIATED PRESS UNDERSIGNED Mr. Roger Baldwin, Director, tion to set up an impartiat com comments that it may be a victory of real or fictitious attempt to es.
American Civil Liberties Union mittee to investigate the matter tor Leibowitz but it is a defeat for cape: deliberately driven to sui 100 Fifth Avenue and make a public report of its Patterson.
cide. When hundreds of the pris New York, TROTSKY findings. The fact that the Patterson himself is not deceived.
oners, in protest against the intol Dear Comrade Baldwin: LU. has acted in a similar capa He announced on hearing the vererable bounding, resort to the ter The Daily and Sunday Worker city in other disputes and has dict that he would rather die than rible means of a hunger strike, they have carried stories alleging that had its findings recognized by spend another day in Jall for someare subjected to forced feeding, the articles by Comrades Trotsky only in order to be placed later and Tarov, relating to the situsvarious factions in the labor thing he did not do.
Pen All other trials have been inmovement as fair and impartial under even worse conditions. When tion of political prisoners in the individual revolutionists, finding no Soviet Union, were reprinted in prompts us to turn to you with definitely postponed because of a this roquest.
material witness sickness.
The Prostitute other means of protest, cut their the Hearst press from the NEW We are ready to appear before boys were returned to Birmingham reins, the agents, e. the MILITANT with our permission. such a committee, to furnish all jail, Patterson pending appeal of agents of Stalin, wave the suiIt was further stated that Com Tsets and information at our dis his case on the grounds that he was (Editor Note: The following editorial is reprinted from the cides only in order then to demonrade Trotsky received money from posal, and to aliswer any ques.
denied a change of venue and thus Socialist Call for Feb. 1, 1936. strate with redoubled bestiality Hearst for these articles.
tions whatever. We have no doubt did not get a fair trial.
that there is no real salvation for There is not a word of truth in whatever that the frame up Powell Framed Louis Budenz has been rethem.
these allegations. The Hearst HEARST, TROTZKY AND THE COMMUNISTS against us and against Comrade On the road from Decatur, where warded for his era ven capitulation The Comintern Terror press neither solicited nor re to Stalin and Browder.
the trial was held, to Birmingham. It is no news to readers of the Call that William. Randolph Trotsky will be thoroughly and Decorated with shame, he will be ceived permission from us to reHearst is a journalistie whore monger who has not the slightest eonInto this horrible picture, com: completely discredited by an ima guard shot Oxle Powell, one of rade Ciliga account introduces an Publish these artieles, which apknown to the revolutionary workers ception of honesty in publishing. His latest venture in the realm of the boys, who is now close to partial Investigation and that the peared originally in the NEW element that is especially tragic.
as Pen Prostitute Number One of lareeny, stealing a series of arviolation of labor ethies involved death. The state will prosecute the Daily Worker.
He was one of the former lenders MILITANT under dates of Sepin the controversy will be placed Powell and two of the other boys ticles by Leon Trotzky, first pubof the Yugoslay section of the Comtember 28 and October 19. can where it belongs.
for attempt to kill a guard. It ap In the late edition of the Sunday lished in the columns of the Worker and in Monday edition of American Trotzkyite weekly or intern. Under any other conditions further state authoritatively that Yours fraternally, pears that Powell, subjected to rethe articles were also printed the differences of opinion between JAMES CANNON, the Daily Worker appears peated and terrible provocation, the leaders of this party would without the knowledge or consent Editor, New Militant. scratched one of the guards with scoop by this new convert to tlon.
knife.
Stalinism and twice converted Am.
have been settled by means of diserican patriot. But it is quite as shocking to cussion, by a Convention, and in The Workers Party at the request Its title reads: Militant Gives find the Daily Worker seizing Farriss, Tampa business extreme cases, by a split. But not of the PL. is circularizing all branches urging them to rush reHerret Permission to Reprint Trot upon this and interpreting it as man and an important witness in in the Comintern. That section of evidence that Trotzky has sold solutions against this new frame up sky Articles. New York American the Shoemaker police. vigilante the national which at any and the Patterson sentence. ProIs Non Committal on Cash Pay. out to Hearst. We are not con murder case, is dead. The Tampa lions of the Moscow clique, trans given moment executes the instrucment.
cerned with the truth of the state newspapers are frankly sceptical mits a request to the latter to rid tests should go to Gov. Bibb Graves And the proof: the and Lt Gov. Tom Knight at Montword of ments in these articles; but even abont the police claim that he was it of the opposition. Stalin orders gomery.
Hearst agent himself! Yes, the the Daily Worker must recognize murdered. When found, he had in very institution the Stalinstrag never tires of denouncing for its ples who has suffered personally office box, which is the official box where after brief attempt to Federal Investigation The Scottsboro Defense Commit Forces Wage Rise and lies about and against the working tee held its first public meeting for his loyalty to his revolution convince them, they are placed to the Ku Klux Klan, who had a under arrest, clapped into solitary class movement.
Sunday in the Hotel Delano, New ary ideals.
band in the murder of Shoemaker Into Case Seniority Rights Frenzy at Revolutionists York City. The Daily Worker has The Daily Worker. owes Trotcontinement and subjected to other Prins was probably murdered forms of physical extirpation.
admitted that the date was deliberIn their mad hatred of those who zky an apology. Or are we to by Klausmen in order to cover up TOLEDO, Jan. 27. The WPA (Reprinted from the Northwest Among the hundreds who were ately chosen so that the meeting tell the truth to the working class, assume that the Stalinists, too, their role in the murder of Shoe killed as implicated in the Kirov Workers Union is continuing its Organizer)
would follow trial. Thus it who excoriate the Stalinlat recruit have lost any idea of journalistie maker, unemployed organizer. Chiet cise, le in the majority of cases agressive campaign to organize all MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 22. Gen conld bring no pressure on the prosing sergeants of American imperial propriety?
of Police Tittsworth and other those eral wage increase seniority cention in the fourth trial.
ism, who throw a searchlight upon little members of the hooded gang are in this case, a number of Bulgarian County into consolid, fighting con rights recognition of the right of the meeting was given the crimes of the bloodhounds who under fidictment in the Shoemaker and other foreign oppositionists ganization. This last week it has bership, and representation by un announced came the shooting of After it was NEXT WEEK!
perseente Lenin co workers, the case. Tittsworth was bailed out by were shot. The right of asylum lifted out of the obscurity which lon committees in settling griev Oxle Powell. Hopefully, the Comhired liars of the Daily Worker Another installment of comrade leading anti untou cigar manufae for revolutionary refugees is thus the WPA administration achieve a touching confidence in the hired lines of William Randolph Anton Ciliga searching exposure turers of Tampa.
conditioned on their binding tempted to place it, the cruel murances are among the gains which mittee hired an extra hall, but Hearst.
of Stalin repression against re workers kidnapped and beaten with think independeutly. call to WP worker, who was allowed to by Local Union No. 100 of the resolutions of solidarity or protest Rogers and Poulnot Socialist themselves to renounce all right to der of Alonze Walker Negro Lave been won for the employees there was no overflow. Not more Budenx is shameless enough to volutionists, dealing especially shoemaker, will soon return to Moscow for a conference. im freeze to death out on an open EW. These conditions are guran were adopted.
write this scurrilous attack on Leon Tampa from the Ent to act as plies the and again a treacherous ditel project. The union has alreed in writing over the signature Trotsky and the NEW MILITANT with the shambles made of the on the basis of an alleged telephone Jugoslav Wy the bureaucrats the murdererss the Joint Commitsrets, there his wife, la lighter and most relednek federal investigar. Paek, president of tlie representative introducing conversation with a certain Mr.
of the will appear in the next tee for the Defense of Civil Rights son are selxed. these cases, the tion on the matter and is planning company the chairman, Colonel Schief Frank Cullen of the Narch of in Tampa is keeping up its cam ngents of Stalin itilize methods a ma protest meeting and trial.
The terms of settlement were ac felin. head of the Citizens Union Events section of the XY. Amer issue of the New Militant (Continued on Page Continued on Page Continued on Page 2)
cepted by unanimous vote of the balanced budget agitators) and ican, members of Local 100 in a special prominent Protestant layman, Mr. Cullen on the Phone meeting held on January 15. The The speakers were Osmond Frankel, You see the editor of the Magh meeting had been called by Angelo Herndon, a school teacher, of Events section, Mr.
previous decision of the union, for Robert Minor of the and Roy Ranck, was conveniently wont the purpose of taking a strike vote Wilkins of the The last when Budenx phoned. after the negotiating committee re two, until recently. wete calling And what is Cullen position on By CARL SHEA Such is the nature of this docu liue regarding Local 574: No matter speakable scheme of these people ported that the company refused to each other lynchers, provocateurs the American?
MINNEAPOLIS, Menn. Jan. 27. ment that it is little wonder that what service the General Drivers The directives cited below mean lists written agreement with and whatnot. Minor now calls with the authority to speak mands a set of atrective drawn Communist party members in Min working class, SMASH IT, for the marty means to do everything in strike vote, the Latimer Employer Wilkins says nothing about Minor. Recently there has come into one it proved too much for some of the Union in Minneapolis renders the only one thing that the Communist the announcement of the impending Wilkins an honest intellectual will he repeate telephone and by the Central Executive Commitnesota, also.
Trotskyites are in the leadership! its power to emasculate one of the Employee Board attempted to step Norman Thomas, Charles Zim swers to a court of law?
tee of the Communist party for the Page Mr. Meyer Lewis! During the 1934 strikes, the finest and most militant and power into the controversy. Meyer Lewis merman of Local 22, and MeAll the Mr. Budenz never troub. Minnesota district, one of the tuos The orders the Mone issued leaflet after leaflet repeating ful mions in America, to isolate not bothering to discuss the prob Laurin of the Sleeping Car Porters led to find out. From the word amazing documents in the recent apolls to drive the trade un. the same charges and slanders Local. 574, to undermine the sup lem with Local 160, issued a long were announced as speakers, but go he trusted Mr. Cullen like a history of the American labor move ion functionaries and membership cooked up by the Citizens Alliance port the union receives from the statement to the press demanding aid not appear.
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further away from 174 to colon and Daniel Tobin. The 574 leaders rest of the movement, to break the Pack resignation from the board The Best People of Alabama What does Bndenz say that Cul overwhelming proof, not only of to negotiate with Daniel Tobin: mit expression from the floor by International Teamsters on Tobin nction would render the board 2016 case, the thesia veruler That the Trotsky articles part, but of its muddleheadedness. Central Labor Union. the locals, etc. the workers with false promises the degeneration of the Communis: to appeal to the Minneapolis unton members, they deceived terms.
neutral. But Local 160 objected. Continued on Page 2)
And this is really not so surpris with considerable emphasis. Havwere reprinted from the NEW MIL No more shameful proposals have Page. Mr. Meyer Lewis! Here the 574 leaders were dishonest. Ing. This follows out the current ing no confidence in the board as ITANT.
ever been made by a group calling are his allies! He has been seeking they did not pay the per capita Hne: Back into the of such, they felt that Pack influSUBSCRIBERS ATTENTION!
duction to the articles specifically musquerading under the banner of one who would chatel 106. Witha ana de the height de Neger tewis carried out, would mean to wash board even less captble of making Great discovery Hearst intro itself a working class party, and for four months now to find some tax, and so gave Tobin an excuse at all costs. In effect the direc ence, on or off the board. would If the number following your name on the wrapper 19 stated that they were reprinted Lenin.
from the NEW MILITANT.
This exposure of the Communist to smash it. And now the in red scare directed against Local 574 Local 574, the union that has won a fair decision. 7 Who Gave This Permission?
party schemes will be of absorb Minnesota is ordered to do this in November, 1965, it was the a nation wide reputation for the few days prior to the January Permission, Mr. Cullen 18 ing Interest, not only to Local 574 very thing: to agitate among the who withdrew its support from the sertioes it has rendered the work. 15 deadline contact was established your subscription has EXalleged to have said, was given to and the Northwest trade union local trade union officials and progressive union bloc which was ing class movement. This means between the union and the com PIRED. We urge you to send reprint them from that paper. novement, but to honest trade un membership to drive them away Aghting Meyer Lewis and William the 18 preparing to make all pany by Attorney Fred Osanna. in your renewal by return mall, the New Milltant, the Militant or tonists, Socialist party members from 174.
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sorts of behind the scenes deals acting as a special mediator. On thus Insuring the receipt of whatever you call it.
and Communist party members the From the very beginning the The Surrender to Tobin Plan with the worst gang of reactionary January 14 the union committee, your copy without interruption. Continued on Page 4) country over.
Communist party has had oply one And now comes this latest un. Connued on Page Continued on Page 3)
700 at Tampa gran, deserves universal condemna Protest in Bare Murder Local Wins On WPA Recognition in Trotsky a man of high prinel is pocket where elipt for en post oppositionists to Moscow. Toledo Union Demands Mols Power House Union PLOTS TO WRECK LOCAL 574