Workers Rally Against War
F., W. M
Keep This Case Alive! By W. M F. ATHOS TERZANI was acquitted months ago, and so far as the public is concerned, the Terzani case is closed. But the incident is by no means closed, and it is...
...I will shut the gate to the field so as to keep him warm," said the Philanthropist...
...The law says that he is a free man and is as jf he had never* been accused...
...Abraham Lefkowitz of the Teachers' Union, and James Oneal, editor of The New Leader...
...But I intend," said the Radical, "to stop this shearing...
...D., Workers Unemployed Union, Association of Civil Works Employees, Stuyvesant Neighborhood House...
...But the fact remains that he was accused and that he was held in jail and that he bears the stigma of having been trijjd, for murder...
...What was the reason for the hysterical hurry of the Queens officials to "get" Terzani...
...The case against Terzani was so flimsy that it collapsed on trial and the jury took one ballot to acquit...
...If this performance proves to be a popular success others will be arranged...
...The lambs we always have with us," said the Wool-Broker...
...Leon Rosser Larrd, the chairman...
...The law enforcers of Queens paid no attention to him except to arrest him— but since his acquittal the man he pointed out has confessed the murder...
...Can it be explained by the fact that the fascist Art Smith was appealing for the .support of laborhaters, and that the lines are being drawn...
...After the adoption of resolutions, Norman Thomas will read a Manifesto Against War...
...Lambs must always be shorn," said the Business Man, "hand me the shears...
...If there is one law for bankers who steal millions, "Tammany politicians who rob helpless old women, gangsters who kill on the streets, and exploiters of labor and another law for plain people, this is as good a time as any to find out...
...More may be involved than meets the naked eye...
...And every Socialist and every worker owes it to his cause and his class to join in that campaign...
...We should prohibit cutting his flesh when we shear," said the Legislator...
...more than that, Terzani knew who committed the murder, even pointed him out at the time of the riot in which Fiero was killed...
...If you give me the tags of wool," said the Charity Clipper, "I'll let the poor creature have half...
...The CWA players are unemployed actors who have been employed on a relief basis by the Civil Works Administration...
...The Terzani case and its aftermath furnishes such a test, and in fighting it out to the end it will be possible to find out just where we stand...
...And all Socialist workers should watch carefully...
...It is good that the Terzani Defense Committee, headed by, Norman Thomas, is keeping the case alive...
...Among these unemployed actors are many who have Broadway reputations, many who have played leads in important successes of recent times...
...Author* forego their royalties in order that the play be put on free of charge...
...Thomas in Sheepshead Bay Sunday Night Norman Thomas will speak at a mass meeting Sunday night, April 8, at Public School 200, Neck Road and Kast 22nd St., Brooklyn, under the auspices of the Sheepshead Bay Branch of the Socialist Party, on "The Nfltion as I See It...
...What is the secret of the curious case...
...The parade is supported by the Student League for Industrial Democracy, the National Student League, and the Saudent Section of the American League Against War and Fascism...
...I Three points of view on the tactics to be followed if war comes will be presented by Dr...
...This is the first big mass meeting under Socialist auspices in the Sheepshead Bay.section outside of campaign time, and a large crowd is expected...
...Take the Brighton Beach train to Neck Road station...
...It is planned to distribute 3,000 copies of the National Office Anti-War pamphlet during the week which marks the 17th anniversary of America's entry into the World War...
...But the incident is by no means closed, and it is important that New York Socialists keep the case alive...
...The conference will get down to business immediately upon its convening at 3 P. M. with a short statement outlining the war danger In the present world situation by j)r...
...About 1,000 students from Columbia University, Barnard College and the city colleges will thus initiate, on the anniversary <<( America's entry into the World War, a week of peace^efivitie...
...It is the play in which a plumber tells what he thinks of the church and expounds his brand of Socialism...
...Poor little snow-white lamh...
...i The parade was endorsed Wednesday at the conference of the National Student Federation of America held at Barnard College, which included the student council representatives from the Middle Atlantic colleges...
...The defense knew how*flimsy the case was in the first place...
...Following is a selection from the long and impressive list of organizations that have shown their determination to act together for peace: Teachers' Union of New York, New York Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers ef America, Dressmakers' Joint Board of the International Ladies' Garment Woikers' Union, Bakers' Union Local 505, Taxicab Drivers Union of Greater New York, I. L. G. W. U. Local 91...
...A discussion of the mobilization of anti-war groups and the necessity for their joint action will follow with Mary Hillyer, David Lasser, William Pickens and William Gomberg participating...
...At 4:30 the proceedings will be put on a national radio hook-up...
...Why the bitterness of the Queens District Attorney against the Terzani Defense Committee?- (A committee that saved him "from the obloquy that is Fred Katzmann's...
...Why did they not investigate what he told them—a story since proven absolutely true...
...Wein, who told one story (under duress, he says) before the Grand Jury, told another under oath in open court, and he is now being prosecuted with far greater vigor than Moffer and" Smith...
...David Kaplan, Rand School lecturer, and Ethel Schachner, former secretary of the Y.P.S.L., will be the featured ipeakars...
...That the workers were thereby informed that they have no particular rights...
...The lamb thought this was extremely queer...
...Jessie Wallace Hughan of the War Resisters' League, Dr...
...STUDENTS MARCH IN ANTI-WAR PARADE A parade of undergraduates from New York colleges will start at noon, April Oth, from Madison Square and march up to Columbus Circle...
...His condition is improving," said the Land-Owner, "for his fleece will be longer next year...
...William M. Feigenbaum will preside...
...Bronx Free Felowship, Fellowship of Reconciliation, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, War Resisters' League, Committee on Militarism in Education Green International, New History Society...
...And if there is, this is as good a time as any to make a fight against such class injustice...
...Admission will be free...
...In the cast of "The Taming of the Shrew," which was given with great success in Deba Auditorium last Saturday was a nephew of E. H, Sothern, and the whole cast was excellent...
...on Monday evening, April 0. For the meeting 1,500 invitations have been mailed to enrolled voters, and 5,000 additional handbills will be distributed throughout the two assembly districts that mako up the territory of fl|e branch...
...demonstration there...
...Do two things...
...Servant in the House" at the Rand School The Kami School announces that in view of the success of the CWA play performed at the school last Saturday, it has arranged for a presentation of Charles Itann Kennedy's "Servant In the House" Wednesday evening, April 11, at 8:.'<0...
...It is good that the Committee is leaving no stone unturned to bring certain things to public attention...
...Why the eagerness to indict and try one Weill, a former Khaki shirt, for perjury while the prosecution of Moffer, the confessed murderer, and Art Smith, the shabby ringleader of the whole outfit of bums, drags on leaden feet...
...The others united to throw him out, then they divided the wool...
...We should leave him enough wool,to make him a coat," said the Profit-Sharer...
...During this period the speakers will be John Haynes Holmes of the, Community Church, Joseph Schlossberg of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and Norman Thomas...
...Athos Terzani was acquitted, and that is that...
...Build the Socialist Party and get subs for The New Leader to help build it...
...New York Society for Ethical Culture, Community Church...
...Whatever the explanation, it is good that the fight is being pressed...
...The performance next Wednesday night gives our young Socialists a rare opportunity to see a good performance of a great Socialist play which created a sensation a generation ago...
...It is time for us to know whether there is such a thing as evenhanded justice for all, workers included...
...Upper West Side to Hold Anti-War Meeting The Upper West Side Branch will Jhold an Anti-War Rally at 100 West 72nd St...
...A wide variety of labor unions, peace organizations, student, political and fraternal groups have responded to the call for the conference with definiteness and enthusiasm which indicates vigorous action and the promise of a really effective instrument for eace...
...Socialist Party, Young People's League, Young Circle League, Farmer-Labor Political Federation, General Recruiting Union of the I.W.W., American Workers' Party, Communist Party (Opposition League for Industrial Democracy, New York Intercollegiate Council of the Student L.I.D., Columbia Socialist Club, Church L.I...
...Land Presides at Meet Friday W H I L E the militarists of BP A m e r i c a are celebrating Army Day with jingoistic declaratiotis and demands for greater war preparations, more than 50 litw York organizations opposed Igwjr meet in a gigantic conference Friday afternoon, April 6j;in Town Hall, to plan a definite program to resist the growing military madness of the world's capitalists...
...Old Song;, » * * "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," said the Deacon...
...For there are involved issues even more important than that of an innocent worker framed for a murder he did not .commit, a murder of which he was as innocent as were Sacco and Vanzetti...
...There is no other plausible explanation...
...THE MONTHLY RENT By Bolton Hall They sheared the lamb t- elve times u year, To get some money to "bay some beer...
...The m e e t i n g was originally scheduled for two weeks earlier, but wus postponed because of Comrade Thomas' trip to Washington in connection with the C.W.A...
Vol. 17 • April 1934 • No. 14
