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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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Louis Engdahl, national secretary of the International Labor Defense, sent a telegram urging I.L.D. units to launch a mass counter-offensive against terror targeting workers, save seven Gastonia class-war prisoners including Cliff Saylors, George Saul, Stephen Graham, and William Shifrin, and protest worker terror in Mexico and Latin America. Funds and worker mobilization were emphasized.
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Labor Defense Urges Redoubled Struggle
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, Louis Engdahl, national secretary of the International Labor Defense, yesterday sent a telegram to all the units and branches of the I. L. D. urging them to rally in a broad mass counter-offensive to meet the terror, carry the struggle against it into the shops and factories and build a united front mass movement to save the seven Gastonia class-war prisoners, Cliff Saylors, George Saul, Stephen Graham, William Shifrin and the victims of the capitalist courts who face long prison terms in many states. The I. L. D. also called on all workers to join in mass protests against the terror against the workers of Mexico and Latin America. The telegram stressed the urgent need for funds for the defense of these many cases and for the increased mobilization of workers against the capitalist terror.
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urging to save seven gastonia class-war prisoners and other victims facing long prison terms; call for funds and worker mobilization against capitalist terror.
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Louis Engdahl sent a telegram on behalf of the National Executive Committee to I.L.D. units and branches, urging a broad mass counter-offensive against terror, struggle in shops and factories, united front to save Gastonia prisoners and court victims, mass protests against terror in Mexico and Latin America, and need for funds and mobilization.